Bob
Bombs over Baghdad. Also, Bob got a job down in the DC area. Sounds like he will be my nieghbor (Cue in Thin Lizzy).
Teh Lan Party |20><0|2
We had a Lan party at the house a few weeks ago. That was sweet. We had like 15 people from work and work contacts in the living room, stress testing our network. It was fun. We had minimal problems and maximum fun. It was a pretty decent spread of people including some who rarely played video games but who play quite often now and some lifers (doit).
As you can see, I got a chance to practice making websites with the Mac. That was fun and easy. I'm gonna have to redo rodericj.com with that. Cuz right now it is like the 2nd lamest website ever. iWeb really does a ton for websites for those of us who have no right brained ability at all.
Additionally, who is the tool who has a 1) Lan Party and 2) a website about the Lan party? What a tool!
Since we had all of the computers and stuff in the dining room/living room, we decided to move the office into the spare bedroom upstairs. Its so sweet now. We actually get to see light when we do marathon game sessions. Plus its helping us keep the room/the house(to some extent) much cleaner that rules. Of course, now the basement is a friggen trash heap.
Thanksgiving
Christie and Dave came over, and Sen and Kathy and they and I all had Thanksgiving dinner (2 days late). It was great. It was the first time I reached into a turkey's sliced open neck to grab its liver and heard and neck and stuff. It was totally gross but totally cool. The Turkey came out AWESOME! We had TONS AND TONS of food. It ruled. We are still enjoying the food. Also, it was totally great to see Christie and Dave finally making the trek down to the house.
Other Family News
My sister Meredith spawned on November 19th. She had a small human female named Maya Ashley. That was pretty cool. I'm planning on heading out there in January to check her out and see Meredith's *new* place. Should be fun.
Scuba
I'm getting PADI certified soon. I'm taking the class this weekend. I'm totally stoked. That and skydiving are things I've ALWAYS wanted to do. I am 100% stoked. While everyone tells me that its unlikely that you will drown, I still run through the scenarios of like a swordfish stabbing not me, but my regulator hose, thereby making it impossible for me to breath. Well hopefully the Marlin fishers will get them all out of the pool by the time we dive Saturday. But man, that would suck.
We have some HW assignments due Saturday for the class. We just started Monday with the book and its like 250 pages long. So basically, no starcraft for me this weekend. I guess we didn't realize how much we'd have to know BEFORE we showed up. Oh well. This week is especially hard for Kathy as she has TONS of work stuff going on this week. Its a bit easier for me as I've got that 2 hours of train riding every day which I can use to read.
I think thats it.
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Cirque
Last weekend, Kathy's sister came and visited. We found a decent Chineese restaurant in Chinatown (go figure, for real, we've been looking for a good one). We were there while we were seeing Cirque Du Soleil - Corteo. It was awesome as expected. If I can say one thing about that show, is that it makes me want to get a hotel room and re-master the skills of hotel bed skydiving. It was so cool some of the stuff they were doing. I loved it.
I got back into playing starcraft. Go figure, I get a screaming gaming machine and I play a 10 year old game. Awesome. Well anyway, that game rules. I also got Call of Duty. I gotta say, that has some of the best single player action I've ever seen. Its really fun and really intense. I dig it. One thing that was cool is that I was actually there a few weeks ago in Caen. That was cool. It looks a bit different. Its fun though.
I got back into playing starcraft. Go figure, I get a screaming gaming machine and I play a 10 year old game. Awesome. Well anyway, that game rules. I also got Call of Duty. I gotta say, that has some of the best single player action I've ever seen. Its really fun and really intense. I dig it. One thing that was cool is that I was actually there a few weeks ago in Caen. That was cool. It looks a bit different. Its fun though.
Friday, November 10, 2006
Finishing Europe and new Computer and fixed the house.
So a recap of how the rest of Europe went: Gallery
So we took a Ferry over the English Channel into Caen France. That is where many of the beaches of Normandy are. We had to take the night ferry, and we wanted to be to Paris by the time the night train left for Barcelona so we didn't have a lot of time. We got to one of the beaches. It wasn't really what I expected. It was just a normal beach. I didn't see like the cliffs or anything of (Utah) so it wasn't like in Saving Private Ryan. We were there for about 3 hours. We ended up missing a bus to downtown Caen cuz we were walking around the little port town. 1 thing that was cool was the very very very fresh seafood they were selling at the little market. The fish were still alive. It was wild.
Anyway, so we ended up in Caen and we had to get a train ticket to Paris which proved somewhat difficult. I was able to ask the busdriver if we were headed to Caen because of the book we had. But once he explained stuff and I had no idea what he was saying, I figured it was best for me to just get on the bus. It was the same at the train station. I basically just handed the lady the book of french words and pointed to what I wanted to say. It was a mess.
Paris was alright. We saw the Louvre. That was tight. I guess thats like the "castle" of France. That is where Louis the something lived. Unreal that anyone can live in a place like that. It was absurd.
While we were in France we were hungry. We tried to eat, but apparently no restaurants serve food between like 2 and 7 PM. So that was weak. I didn't get it.
We left Paris.
The night train was tight. We met some dude who was a bouncer who just kept going to all these cities doing bounce work. He knew all kinds of languages. He was more than helpful with us. We like him. I had myfirst experience speaking spanish on that train. It was tight. I tried talking to the train bartender. I did ok. It was really fun.
Barcelona was off the chain. I loved it, the weather was stellar, the people were awesome and I got to practice more spanish. It was so great. I really enjoyed that. We went up and down La Rumbla and saw all these hella cool street performers. It ruled. We went to the beach, we went to La Segrada Familia (awesome) and a whole bunch of other stuff. Again, I really liked Barcelona.
So at this point we had a choice of either going to Madrid or somewhere else. We heard that Valencia was really nice, plus it was farther south which meant warmer waters. We went. Thats one of the big things I loved about this trip, we could do whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted. So we hoped a train and went.
Valencia was tight as well. The food was good and of course more spanish speaking. We went to a museum there (see the gallery). We went to an "American" restaruant. That was kinda interesting. Very TexMex. It was fun. They have this (no longer a) river there that runs through the whole city that you can now walk on. Its really nice. It would have been stellar to run that. But I didn't. We went to the beach in Valencia and the sand was super super soft. I loved that.
We were only in Valencia like 2 days, so we split out of there and went back to Barcelona. When we were there we saw these Soccer dudes, including Beckham and Ronaldinho, shooting a commercial for pepsi I think. It was crazy, Kathy and I were standing where all the extras were and since we were dressed like extras I don't think the directors cared that we were there. So that ruled. Plus it was just cool to be around all those famous guys.
On the way up to Paris to catch our flight, we stopped by some store and got a big baguette thing and some brie cheese. It was great, we just ate that on the way to the train and on the train. We also stopped by a wine store and I got a nice Spanish bottle. The problem was that we didn't have a bottle opener on hand, so the guy (super awesome) just gave me the stores bottle opener. How friggen sweet was that? He said something like "Esta recuerdo Espana". Something to remember Spain. I thought it was totally cool. He ruled.
Anyway, Paris was Paris. They had Crepes. And the Hostile was REDICULOUSLY wierd. There were like 10 year olds staying there as well as like 80 year olds. It was odd. And like I said....Paris is Paris. Not much to say.
Totally unrelated:
We finally fixed up the ceiling in the house It was a mess for like 2 months. Now its finally good and we can finally live in our living room. What a mess it was. And what a pain to clean it up. The job we did is not nearly perfect, but it is only noticeable if you are looking for it. So whatever. We learned alot about drywalling.
I got a new computer:
Unremarkable case
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Windsor 2.2 GHZ (that is alot of description in only the title..wierd)
2GB DDR2 SDRAM PC2 6400
and here is the good part...
19" 8ms HD Widescreen
XFX GeForce 7900GT 256MB GDDR3 gfx card (oh god....i need new pants)
So I've been playing wow and half life on it. Wow is like a totally different game now. It is absolutely georgeous to look at. I relike it now. Also halflife is just off the chain. Oh god its good.
Done.
So we took a Ferry over the English Channel into Caen France. That is where many of the beaches of Normandy are. We had to take the night ferry, and we wanted to be to Paris by the time the night train left for Barcelona so we didn't have a lot of time. We got to one of the beaches. It wasn't really what I expected. It was just a normal beach. I didn't see like the cliffs or anything of (Utah) so it wasn't like in Saving Private Ryan. We were there for about 3 hours. We ended up missing a bus to downtown Caen cuz we were walking around the little port town. 1 thing that was cool was the very very very fresh seafood they were selling at the little market. The fish were still alive. It was wild.
Anyway, so we ended up in Caen and we had to get a train ticket to Paris which proved somewhat difficult. I was able to ask the busdriver if we were headed to Caen because of the book we had. But once he explained stuff and I had no idea what he was saying, I figured it was best for me to just get on the bus. It was the same at the train station. I basically just handed the lady the book of french words and pointed to what I wanted to say. It was a mess.
Paris was alright. We saw the Louvre. That was tight. I guess thats like the "castle" of France. That is where Louis the something lived. Unreal that anyone can live in a place like that. It was absurd.
While we were in France we were hungry. We tried to eat, but apparently no restaurants serve food between like 2 and 7 PM. So that was weak. I didn't get it.
We left Paris.
The night train was tight. We met some dude who was a bouncer who just kept going to all these cities doing bounce work. He knew all kinds of languages. He was more than helpful with us. We like him. I had myfirst experience speaking spanish on that train. It was tight. I tried talking to the train bartender. I did ok. It was really fun.
Barcelona was off the chain. I loved it, the weather was stellar, the people were awesome and I got to practice more spanish. It was so great. I really enjoyed that. We went up and down La Rumbla and saw all these hella cool street performers. It ruled. We went to the beach, we went to La Segrada Familia (awesome) and a whole bunch of other stuff. Again, I really liked Barcelona.
So at this point we had a choice of either going to Madrid or somewhere else. We heard that Valencia was really nice, plus it was farther south which meant warmer waters. We went. Thats one of the big things I loved about this trip, we could do whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted. So we hoped a train and went.
Valencia was tight as well. The food was good and of course more spanish speaking. We went to a museum there (see the gallery). We went to an "American" restaruant. That was kinda interesting. Very TexMex. It was fun. They have this (no longer a) river there that runs through the whole city that you can now walk on. Its really nice. It would have been stellar to run that. But I didn't. We went to the beach in Valencia and the sand was super super soft. I loved that.
We were only in Valencia like 2 days, so we split out of there and went back to Barcelona. When we were there we saw these Soccer dudes, including Beckham and Ronaldinho, shooting a commercial for pepsi I think. It was crazy, Kathy and I were standing where all the extras were and since we were dressed like extras I don't think the directors cared that we were there. So that ruled. Plus it was just cool to be around all those famous guys.
On the way up to Paris to catch our flight, we stopped by some store and got a big baguette thing and some brie cheese. It was great, we just ate that on the way to the train and on the train. We also stopped by a wine store and I got a nice Spanish bottle. The problem was that we didn't have a bottle opener on hand, so the guy (super awesome) just gave me the stores bottle opener. How friggen sweet was that? He said something like "Esta recuerdo Espana". Something to remember Spain. I thought it was totally cool. He ruled.
Anyway, Paris was Paris. They had Crepes. And the Hostile was REDICULOUSLY wierd. There were like 10 year olds staying there as well as like 80 year olds. It was odd. And like I said....Paris is Paris. Not much to say.
Totally unrelated:
We finally fixed up the ceiling in the house It was a mess for like 2 months. Now its finally good and we can finally live in our living room. What a mess it was. And what a pain to clean it up. The job we did is not nearly perfect, but it is only noticeable if you are looking for it. So whatever. We learned alot about drywalling.
I got a new computer:
Unremarkable case
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Windsor 2.2 GHZ (that is alot of description in only the title..wierd)
2GB DDR2 SDRAM PC2 6400
and here is the good part...
19" 8ms HD Widescreen
XFX GeForce 7900GT 256MB GDDR3 gfx card (oh god....i need new pants)
So I've been playing wow and half life on it. Wow is like a totally different game now. It is absolutely georgeous to look at. I relike it now. Also halflife is just off the chain. Oh god its good.
Done.
Friday, October 20, 2006
England and more
Links to pictures: here
England is friggen sweet. I would totally move here. London has to be one of the best cities I've ever been to for someone my age. The nightlife looked (yeah, looked) like it rocked. I'd love to come back and hit some of the bars. I bet they'd rule.
So we meant to head to France today on a Ferry but the weather wouldn't allow it. So we spent another day here and we checked out Bath. Its the home of these Roman bath houses that existed when the Roman Empire spread to this island. It was pretty tight. I've never seen so much influence regarding the Roman Empire before. It was cool. Maybe in Spain and such we will see more.
Other things we saw in England included Jessica Simpson in "Chicago", the London Eye, one of those Red double decker busses, Parlament and the Big clock connected to that (apparently its erroneously called "Big Ben"), their nice train system. We had a few long rides on that. It was nice. Saw Salisbury (Steak) Cathedral, St. Paul's Cathedral (way cool), cute british accents, Beefeaters (not so still), the Queen's Castle (Winchester or something), Stonehenge and more.
Anyway, we are off to France. We are taking an overnight ferry to Caen which is near Normandy. We are gonna do that whole thing tomorrow then hop an early afternoon train to Paris, then another night train to Barcelona. It'll be tight. I still want to do the French wine with a Baguette when I get there. It'll rule I'm sure! With all that night travelling we will be Le Tired so we might need a nap.
England is friggen sweet. I would totally move here. London has to be one of the best cities I've ever been to for someone my age. The nightlife looked (yeah, looked) like it rocked. I'd love to come back and hit some of the bars. I bet they'd rule.
So we meant to head to France today on a Ferry but the weather wouldn't allow it. So we spent another day here and we checked out Bath. Its the home of these Roman bath houses that existed when the Roman Empire spread to this island. It was pretty tight. I've never seen so much influence regarding the Roman Empire before. It was cool. Maybe in Spain and such we will see more.
Other things we saw in England included Jessica Simpson in "Chicago", the London Eye, one of those Red double decker busses, Parlament and the Big clock connected to that (apparently its erroneously called "Big Ben"), their nice train system. We had a few long rides on that. It was nice. Saw Salisbury (Steak) Cathedral, St. Paul's Cathedral (way cool), cute british accents, Beefeaters (not so still), the Queen's Castle (Winchester or something), Stonehenge and more.
Anyway, we are off to France. We are taking an overnight ferry to Caen which is near Normandy. We are gonna do that whole thing tomorrow then hop an early afternoon train to Paris, then another night train to Barcelona. It'll be tight. I still want to do the French wine with a Baguette when I get there. It'll rule I'm sure! With all that night travelling we will be Le Tired so we might need a nap.
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Iceland.
we got to iceland alright. we are in the hostel right now. so far we have seen quite a few things...including about a ton of rain. it is pretty cold here too...but we went to the blue lagoon (hot springs powered by lava) which was awesome on a very cold day!!
Kathy and I ate whale today. That was fun. i think it came directly from the harbor we are near. you can go whalewatching near here. i think they caught one of them and gave it to us....maybe not...
anyway...we will be in england tomorrow and for a few days. Then its off to warm weather in France and Spain...have i mentioned i´m stoked about spain? and that this keyboard has all these odd symbols. and the shift key is small. and sites default to not english...maybe icelandic...which makes sense.
i guess thats about it.
more later.
Kathy and I ate whale today. That was fun. i think it came directly from the harbor we are near. you can go whalewatching near here. i think they caught one of them and gave it to us....maybe not...
anyway...we will be in england tomorrow and for a few days. Then its off to warm weather in France and Spain...have i mentioned i´m stoked about spain? and that this keyboard has all these odd symbols. and the shift key is small. and sites default to not english...maybe icelandic...which makes sense.
i guess thats about it.
more later.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
On our way to Europe
So we are off. We are pretty much all packed up. Thinking of some last minute things but we are pretty much ready to go.
So I wasn't totally stoked about it till just today or yesterday. I was talking to my buddy Jason and he mentioned some of the stuff he did when he was there. Man I am stoked. One of the things I didn't realize is that Barcelona is right on the coast of the mediternanianum. I can't wait. I love the water. I have a feeling that that is going to be my favoritest place in the world. I think even better than Hawaii. Oh man I'm stoked.
In other news...the creators of Youtube got bought out for $1.5B in google stock.
Wow.
So I wasn't totally stoked about it till just today or yesterday. I was talking to my buddy Jason and he mentioned some of the stuff he did when he was there. Man I am stoked. One of the things I didn't realize is that Barcelona is right on the coast of the mediternanianum. I can't wait. I love the water. I have a feeling that that is going to be my favoritest place in the world. I think even better than Hawaii. Oh man I'm stoked.
In other news...the creators of Youtube got bought out for $1.5B in google stock.
Wow.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Post dated updated
⁃ Now that bushwackers is over, things have gotten like 100 times better. Even with the massive water damage in our ceiling. That pretty much sucked. Our first free weekend, we woke up on Saturday morning and there were giant water bubbles above the TV. Long story short, we are re-wiring our house now. So thats cool....Except its not going well. But still, better than driving to Northern NJ ever weekend. Anyway.
⁃ So I went to Atlantic City last weekend. That was pretty cool. I still hate NJ, but it was good to go to a beach and do some gambling. I started out winning like $30 playing slots....like right away. It was a great way to start the weekend. Then I went to play some craps and I was up like $80. So that was cool. Anyway, a few minutes later I was in the hole. So that was cool. I ended up down on the weekend but it was worth it. We did another one of those timeshare presentations. I love those things. Its so funny to hear the stuff they have to say. Kathy and I had a good time talking to him, then he got to the sale and we became pretty distant. He even called us out on it. It was pretty funny. So we got a free vacation and $50 bucks. Pretty fun.
⁃ Made some plans to go to Europe, so that is a definite go. Leaving in about 4 weeks. Can't wait. I think I already mentioned that on here.
⁃ Going to Michigan also to visit some friends from my drumcorps days. That'll be fun.
⁃ I started speed reading. I also think I mentioned that. But I'm reading much faster. Its pretty cool. I'd recommend it. Especially if you take a train or something to work.
⁃ So I'm on the train. And I'm not writing really constructively. I'm going to stop now.
⁃ So I went to Atlantic City last weekend. That was pretty cool. I still hate NJ, but it was good to go to a beach and do some gambling. I started out winning like $30 playing slots....like right away. It was a great way to start the weekend. Then I went to play some craps and I was up like $80. So that was cool. Anyway, a few minutes later I was in the hole. So that was cool. I ended up down on the weekend but it was worth it. We did another one of those timeshare presentations. I love those things. Its so funny to hear the stuff they have to say. Kathy and I had a good time talking to him, then he got to the sale and we became pretty distant. He even called us out on it. It was pretty funny. So we got a free vacation and $50 bucks. Pretty fun.
⁃ Made some plans to go to Europe, so that is a definite go. Leaving in about 4 weeks. Can't wait. I think I already mentioned that on here.
⁃ Going to Michigan also to visit some friends from my drumcorps days. That'll be fun.
⁃ I started speed reading. I also think I mentioned that. But I'm reading much faster. Its pretty cool. I'd recommend it. Especially if you take a train or something to work.
⁃ So I'm on the train. And I'm not writing really constructively. I'm going to stop now.
Friday, August 11, 2006
Europe and Biking
Couple things to mention here:
Drumcorps
Only 3 more Bushwacker shows for me. I kinda can't wait till that ends. Although, I am surprisingly learning A TON about how different people work. It's actually sort of exciting. Not exciting enough to be valuable, but definitely something to reflect on.
Biking
So I rode my bike home
from work(approximate map) 2 times this week. That was sweet. I've been sitting here watching my bike at work but the weather was too hot to take a trail I've never done. I'll post the gps data when I get around to it. I'm stoked about that. It was a great ride. The way I see it, I'm essentially combining the commute and my ride time. So in the time it takes me to do a 1.5 hour ride AND get home, I've done a 2.5 hour ride. Plus there is no downtime like when I get home for changing into bike stuff and all that. Its a pretty good system. I'd like to do morning and evening but that is a whole new set of challenges. Plus, 70 miles in 2 straight days on a bike makes me feel like I just got out of prison. I'm not up to 60 a day like some people. So that was fun.
Europe
I bought a ticket to Iceland yesterday. That's fun. So Kathy and I will be flying to Iceland on Friday Oct 13 (scary date). We'll hang there for awhile. I guess hiking is big there. So that, and whatever else you can do there. I'm stoked to get some gps run data from other countries.
So anyway, then we head to London a few days later to hang with Kathy's rents on her Mom's Bday. That'll rule. Check out Big Ben and traffic circles and what not. Then its off to France and Spain for some (very) short backpacking/hostel living. So I'm stoked. Hopefully I can run at least 1 time in each country we visit. Then I'll have maps from cool places. That'll be fun.
Ipod
I've been using my Ipod like woah. Apparently I can have it at work as long as I don't have the cables. So that rules. I'm beginning to like that thing. I got some accessories for it. I got a Car Charger and an FM Transmitter. I got the charger but not the transmitter. I guess I"m stoked about never having to have cd's in my car ever again. But I guess that is the whole point of these things. SON!
Speed reading
One other thing. I went to a Bday happy hour and was talking to some dude from TSS. He was talking about books he read. He listed off a few recent ones. I was like "So what you have like a summer reading quota". He was like, "Nah, I did that all this weekend". I was like "". So he got this book and he said it worked. So I got it too. He said there are drills and things you need to do. He also said that retention was through the roof.
So I'm stoked. I'll do my drills on the metro in the morning. I'll be a superhero before long.
I think that is all.
Drumcorps
Only 3 more Bushwacker shows for me. I kinda can't wait till that ends. Although, I am surprisingly learning A TON about how different people work. It's actually sort of exciting. Not exciting enough to be valuable, but definitely something to reflect on.
Biking
So I rode my bike home
from work(approximate map) 2 times this week. That was sweet. I've been sitting here watching my bike at work but the weather was too hot to take a trail I've never done. I'll post the gps data when I get around to it. I'm stoked about that. It was a great ride. The way I see it, I'm essentially combining the commute and my ride time. So in the time it takes me to do a 1.5 hour ride AND get home, I've done a 2.5 hour ride. Plus there is no downtime like when I get home for changing into bike stuff and all that. Its a pretty good system. I'd like to do morning and evening but that is a whole new set of challenges. Plus, 70 miles in 2 straight days on a bike makes me feel like I just got out of prison. I'm not up to 60 a day like some people
Europe
I bought a ticket to Iceland yesterday. That's fun. So Kathy and I will be flying to Iceland on Friday Oct 13 (scary date). We'll hang there for awhile. I guess hiking is big there. So that, and whatever else you can do there. I'm stoked to get some gps run data from other countries.
So anyway, then we head to London a few days later to hang with Kathy's rents on her Mom's Bday. That'll rule. Check out Big Ben and traffic circles and what not. Then its off to France and Spain for some (very) short backpacking/hostel living. So I'm stoked. Hopefully I can run at least 1 time in each country we visit. Then I'll have maps from cool places. That'll be fun.
Ipod
I've been using my Ipod like woah. Apparently I can have it at work as long as I don't have the cables. So that rules. I'm beginning to like that thing. I got some accessories for it. I got a Car Charger and an FM Transmitter. I got the charger but not the transmitter. I guess I"m stoked about never having to have cd's in my car ever again. But I guess that is the whole point of these things. SON!
Speed reading
One other thing. I went to a Bday happy hour and was talking to some dude from TSS. He was talking about books he read. He listed off a few recent ones. I was like "So what you have like a summer reading quota". He was like, "Nah, I did that all this weekend". I was like "
So I'm stoked. I'll do my drills on the metro in the morning. I'll be a superhero before long.
I think that is all.
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Long ride home in the hot weather
So tomorrow in the 100 degree weather, I'm gonna try a long ride home from work. I hope it doesn't suck to have stuff on my back in that weather. My bag might be kinda full with work clothes...Or I could just leave some at work. I dunno. I'll figure it out.
So here it is. I hope I don't die.
So here it is. I hope I don't die.
Monday, July 31, 2006
Short update
Not too much to report really.
1) I fell in love with Filet Mignon.
2) Bushwackers is still the same old thing. We are getting DESTROYED in drums.
3) I fixed my map thing is working for IE. However, now it doesn't work on the Linux system I have at home. Ugh. Oh well There were a few runs in there where the gps was on a bad setting. Wes, I don't know if you have tried the "less smooting" option. But that sucks unless you are going in a ton of straight lines. I have removed some of the extra laps on the actual device and I haven't updated them yet on the server. Soon.
4) With the runs, i'm up to 5.5+ miles per run. The last runs I've had were awesome. Take a look at July 25th and July 27th. Its a cool place to run. Right by the airport and almost to the monuments. My goal is to be able to run around all of the monuments. Or at least the ones on the mall. Stoked!
I think that is about it.
1) I fell in love with Filet Mignon.
2) Bushwackers is still the same old thing. We are getting DESTROYED in drums.
3) I fixed my map thing is working for IE. However, now it doesn't work on the Linux system I have at home. Ugh. Oh well There were a few runs in there where the gps was on a bad setting. Wes, I don't know if you have tried the "less smooting" option. But that sucks unless you are going in a ton of straight lines. I have removed some of the extra laps on the actual device and I haven't updated them yet on the server. Soon.
4) With the runs, i'm up to 5.5+ miles per run. The last runs I've had were awesome. Take a look at July 25th and July 27th. Its a cool place to run. Right by the airport and almost to the monuments. My goal is to be able to run around all of the monuments. Or at least the ones on the mall. Stoked!
I think that is about it.
Monday, July 17, 2006
ical and todo lists
My old working pal Karthik told me about this site Remember The Milk back when I was working in Herndon and I've been hooked on it ever since. It is a TODO list built on an AJAX style front end. I totally dig it. I think I dig the whole AJAX feel more than the actual functionality.
That's not entirely true. I find that I am pretty much bound to TODO lists. As soon as I couldn't bring my PDA into work I became less productive. When I was in school I ALWAYS had a todo list on my PDA and I was happy because I was always getting things done. Anyway, RTM is a great little TODO app. You can use the ical feed in a whole bunch of different mac products and google products for an overload of reminders. I'm pretty pleased with that. I'd recommend that everyone try using it for a few weeks to see if you can boost productivity at all.
As for ical, I'm starting to get a little more into that on my mac. I've been using Google Calendar for quite some time and the integration to ical using ical was pretty seamless. So that is fun. I feel like I am getting more productive as a result of that.
I'm trying to get more into my mac and use some of the features that are unique to that type of machine. The automator thing seems like a good thing, but then again, it also just feels like a script front end. Oh well.
The athletic tracker is fun to play with. I'm working on putting a better run selection thing on it. I was throwing around the idea of using google calendar as a storage facility for runs but that will be a pain I think.
Oh...one of my lists on RTM is "things to do when drumcorps is over". So yeah, that should explain how that is going. :(
I start taking the metro to work everyday starting tomorrow. That will give me tons of time to watch movies and or read books and stuff. That'll be fun. I'm excited about that.
That's not entirely true. I find that I am pretty much bound to TODO lists. As soon as I couldn't bring my PDA into work I became less productive. When I was in school I ALWAYS had a todo list on my PDA and I was happy because I was always getting things done. Anyway, RTM is a great little TODO app. You can use the ical feed in a whole bunch of different mac products and google products for an overload of reminders. I'm pretty pleased with that. I'd recommend that everyone try using it for a few weeks to see if you can boost productivity at all.
As for ical, I'm starting to get a little more into that on my mac. I've been using Google Calendar for quite some time and the integration to ical using ical was pretty seamless. So that is fun. I feel like I am getting more productive as a result of that.
I'm trying to get more into my mac and use some of the features that are unique to that type of machine. The automator thing seems like a good thing, but then again, it also just feels like a script front end. Oh well.
The athletic tracker is fun to play with. I'm working on putting a better run selection thing on it. I was throwing around the idea of using google calendar as a storage facility for runs but that will be a pain I think.
Oh...one of my lists on RTM is "things to do when drumcorps is over". So yeah, that should explain how that is going. :(
I start taking the metro to work everyday starting tomorrow. That will give me tons of time to watch movies and or read books and stuff. That'll be fun. I'm excited about that.
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Running Log
So with my new GPS of course came with some sexy coding opportunities. If you have firefox, check this out: AthleticTracker.
Pretty fun. Still working some of the kinks out. I'd go ahead and give this a freeze as version 1 though.
Version 2 will have some more information built into it I think. Totals and speed and altitude and stuff.
Anyway, its written in Python in the back with some AJAX frontend stuff. Doesn't work in IE so don't even bother. Unless of course you know how to fix it. I'm not concerned about it though.
Pretty fun. Still working some of the kinks out. I'd go ahead and give this a freeze as version 1 though.
Version 2 will have some more information built into it I think. Totals and speed and altitude and stuff.
Anyway, its written in Python in the back with some AJAX frontend stuff. Doesn't work in IE so don't even bother. Unless of course you know how to fix it. I'm not concerned about it though.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
I'm a mac person
Last night I went out and bought me a nice new macbook. It's a tight little 13 inch thing.
I'm so unbelieveably clumsy with it. But its cool. I'll get used to it. I like it so far. I was up real late last night using their video conferencing with Bob. Its pretty cool cuz the macbooks come with a built in camera. Dig it.
In related news I also got a 4gb black nano and a printer. If anyone cares, apple is having a big sale for college students. Check er out!
The downside is that the little thing does run pretty hot. I was reading some article about their thermal grease which didn't make me happy. Oh well. It's not a big deal. Kathy's run's hot too. Anyway, I'll post more later. I wonder if I'll end up getting a mac blog instead of this. That would make the graphics part of my site less of a hassle.
I think one of the things I like the most is that you can get a terminal in OS X. That kinda makes me happy. I can't imagine life without that thing.
Anyway, I'm a mac guy...cuz its fun to not know what the hell is going on.
I'm so unbelieveably clumsy with it. But its cool. I'll get used to it. I like it so far. I was up real late last night using their video conferencing with Bob. Its pretty cool cuz the macbooks come with a built in camera. Dig it.
In related news I also got a 4gb black nano and a printer. If anyone cares, apple is having a big sale for college students. Check er out!
The downside is that the little thing does run pretty hot. I was reading some article about their thermal grease which didn't make me happy. Oh well. It's not a big deal. Kathy's run's hot too. Anyway, I'll post more later. I wonder if I'll end up getting a mac blog instead of this. That would make the graphics part of my site less of a hassle.
I think one of the things I like the most is that you can get a terminal in OS X. That kinda makes me happy. I can't imagine life without that thing.
Anyway, I'm a mac guy...cuz its fun to not know what the hell is going on.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
More FEMA issues
Wow.
The rundown:
Fema issued debit cards to people who needed help. But there was no policy set in place as to how to distribute them. Some people issued fake addresses and p.o. boxes as damaged property and were offered money no questions asked.
People who were living in Hotels paid for by FEMA were offered temporary housing assistance while staying at the hotel. $200 bottle of champagne from Hooters and $300 worth of "Girls Gone Wild" videos were among items bought with debit cards handed out by FEMA to help hurricane victims, auditors probing $1 billion in potential waste and fraud have found.
Wow. In retrospect it was a bad idea to handle things that way. So its funny.
On the other hand. What would you do if you were assigned the task of handing out cards to the needy and everyone said they were needy? And there were cases where people were dying as a result of no food or water.
Sucks to be in that situation.
The rundown:
Fema issued debit cards to people who needed help. But there was no policy set in place as to how to distribute them. Some people issued fake addresses and p.o. boxes as damaged property and were offered money no questions asked.
People who were living in Hotels paid for by FEMA were offered temporary housing assistance while staying at the hotel. $200 bottle of champagne from Hooters and $300 worth of "Girls Gone Wild" videos were among items bought with debit cards handed out by FEMA to help hurricane victims, auditors probing $1 billion in potential waste and fraud have found.
Wow. In retrospect it was a bad idea to handle things that way. So its funny.
On the other hand. What would you do if you were assigned the task of handing out cards to the needy and everyone said they were needy? And there were cases where people were dying as a result of no food or water.
Sucks to be in that situation.
Friday, May 12, 2006
Back online!
It's been months but I finally got my server back up.
Thanks to Sen, we were able to do a network install of Debian. After doing that, I can't think of a way that I would rather install a system. Thanks Sen. 2 Floppys and we are good to go. We did that because my CD drive wasn't working and no other alternatives seemed viable. I'm very pleased. Debian is real nice.
Lets see, so gallery is the only thing that is up for right now. I'm cool with that. Kathy has decided to spearhead the running tracker problem. That's pretty cool. She is going to be using Ruby on Rails which I am stoked to hear all about. Should be fun. I want to dig in as well. I might duplicate what she does in Python or something cuz I don't know it. Then maybe we will compare and contrast and write a report. Or probably not the report.
Anyway, thats all for now I suppose...Well...all that I can post anyway.
Thanks to Sen, we were able to do a network install of Debian. After doing that, I can't think of a way that I would rather install a system. Thanks Sen. 2 Floppys and we are good to go. We did that because my CD drive wasn't working and no other alternatives seemed viable. I'm very pleased. Debian is real nice.
Lets see, so gallery is the only thing that is up for right now. I'm cool with that. Kathy has decided to spearhead the running tracker problem. That's pretty cool. She is going to be using Ruby on Rails which I am stoked to hear all about. Should be fun. I want to dig in as well. I might duplicate what she does in Python or something cuz I don't know it. Then maybe we will compare and contrast and write a report. Or probably not the report.
Anyway, thats all for now I suppose...Well...all that I can post anyway.
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Exciting times
It's crazy. has quit his job to move out to Cali. Damn, he's only been here like 8 months. Unbelieveable. He leaves today for his interview trip. He lands in San Jose :( in about 12 hours. Crazy. I wish I were that spontaneous (not that he did it on a whim or anything).
It's just crazy.
I've been getting busy doing interviews and stuff for new "rotations". Got a few cool ones coming down the pipe. The most interesting one I would say would have to be Japan. Yeah...Japan. Sweet. I don't have much detail on that one though, they haven't given much. What I do know is that it'd be a year and the customer is in Japan (that makes sense). More details will definitely be coming later.
Running/Biking is awesome. I've got a little running schedule that I've been keeping up with. It is 3 runs a week. There are 2 shorts and 1 long. So far my long is 4 miles and my short is 3miles . My next long however will be 5 miles. And that is on Saturday. That should be fun.
Once I get the server up and running I will be able to post my runs like I did in the last post. That is a ton of fun to do, again, I need to get my server up.
Ok....I guess times aren't THAT exciting. At least they are for Cory.
Check that, times are exciting. As soon as I leave work(at least yesterday), I feel like I have a whole lot to look forward to in terms of potential happenings in the form of phone calls. I'm being vague but I think you probably get the point. If you don't, it will be apparent when something crystalizes.
It's just crazy.
I've been getting busy doing interviews and stuff for new "rotations". Got a few cool ones coming down the pipe. The most interesting one I would say would have to be Japan. Yeah...Japan. Sweet. I don't have much detail on that one though, they haven't given much. What I do know is that it'd be a year and the customer is in Japan (that makes sense). More details will definitely be coming later.
Running/Biking is awesome. I've got a little running schedule that I've been keeping up with. It is 3 runs a week. There are 2 shorts and 1 long. So far my long is 4 miles and my short is 3miles . My next long however will be 5 miles. And that is on Saturday. That should be fun.
Once I get the server up and running I will be able to post my runs like I did in the last post. That is a ton of fun to do, again, I need to get my server up.
Ok....I guess times aren't THAT exciting. At least they are for Cory.
Check that, times are exciting. As soon as I leave work(at least yesterday), I feel like I have a whole lot to look forward to in terms of potential happenings in the form of phone calls. I'm being vague but I think you probably get the point. If you don't, it will be apparent when something crystalizes.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
First few runs
I posted my first few runs with my GPS. I'm pretty pleased with the results. It's obviously not entirely accurate, as one of the maps shows me running on water. But its pretty damn close. You get a really good idea where I'm at with this stuff. So I dig it.
Kathy and I are gonna work on the DB storage for this as soon as we get the server up again. I swear, its pretty close. The OS is actually installed, but we are having some issues with moving the hard drive (not interesting).
Kathy and I are gonna work on the DB storage for this as soon as we get the server up again. I swear, its pretty close. The OS is actually installed, but we are having some issues with moving the hard drive (not interesting).
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Bush:
So everyweeks starts at Bush this weekend. That should be fun. Although the last time we all got together was a bit of a stretch in terms of productivity or awesomeness.
1) They all basically told me that they weren't going to memorize their shit. That sux for me alot. I'm not happy.
2) The shorts took about forever. Luckily they made them for me so I didn't have to do anything.
1') It was fun though cuz they all came to my place. We drank and had a good time
GPS Biking and Running:
So I've been running and biking some. Now that the weather is basically consistently 60's and 70's I figure I gotta utilize it. I found a few trails in Gaithersburg that supposedly go down to DC. I haven't found that path yet. I always get stopped right around Rockville somewhere.
Each of the last two times I rode I popped a tire. That sucked. Don't know why that happened. Gotta figure that out. It sucks cuz that tire had about 14 miles on it. What a waste. Oh well.
I ran a 5k a few weeks ago. That was pretty cool. I pretty much got pwned though. I miscalculated my pace. I thought I was running an 8 minute mile. To my surprise, I was only running a 9. That suxor.
Well, in order to get a better handle on how fast I am going, I have purchased a little device that I am very very very excited about. Just ask anyone I work with. They are all sick of hearing about it. Its the Garmin Forerunner 201. I'm pretty stoked about this thing. You can track your runs on this badboy and it spits em out in XML format. I'm stoked. The first link there is one that I did using the Gmaps API. That was a fun little project that Kathy helped me out with. I dig it. Side note: I really want to learn more about AJAX and different ways I can use that.
Anyway, I think this device is gonna get me even more motivated to run and stuff. I'm gonna use it up in Jersey this weekend and I'll do some running up there. I figure it'll be another good way to track all the place I go. Plus it will keep me fit. Good times.
Cory:
Damnit. Cory is moving. This makes me livid. But it also got me to get in touch with my manager and ask him to get me out there. I think this could be a pretty good deal for me if I can get some TDY pay.
Speaking of TDY...
Roommate:
We got a new roommate. Don't know if I posted since then. But he is still working out to be a stellar roommie. He is mad easy going, pays ontime, helps with tech stuff, shares the same interests, and is totally successful at our company. Its great.
He helped me with...
New Server:
...getting the new server up. Well, tonight we are gonna finish it. But we had to get the data off of my old hard drive which I feared was hosed. Turns out I think it was just the boot partition. So we got everything off. Only took about 9 hours to xfer to a windows share. Weak...NTFS and its utilities are garbage. That is all I'm gonna say.
Anyway, so I am going with a Knoppix system. I was thinking Mandriva but I figure it'd help me out since Sen (roommate) is a Knoppix fan. That way I can just ping him for help.
Settlers of Catan:
Got into a board game which we call "Settlers" that is pretty sweet. Long story short, you can play it online for free at AsoBrain games and its fun.
It got Kathy and I back in the mode of doing something productive with our free time. We are gonna prolly make some web games in the near future. That'll rule.
So everyweeks starts at Bush this weekend. That should be fun. Although the last time we all got together was a bit of a stretch in terms of productivity or awesomeness.
1) They all basically told me that they weren't going to memorize their shit. That sux for me alot. I'm not happy.
2) The shorts took about forever. Luckily they made them for me so I didn't have to do anything.
1') It was fun though cuz they all came to my place. We drank and had a good time
GPS Biking and Running:
So I've been running and biking some. Now that the weather is basically consistently 60's and 70's I figure I gotta utilize it. I found a few trails in Gaithersburg that supposedly go down to DC. I haven't found that path yet. I always get stopped right around Rockville somewhere.
Each of the last two times I rode I popped a tire. That sucked. Don't know why that happened. Gotta figure that out. It sucks cuz that tire had about 14 miles on it. What a waste. Oh well.
I ran a 5k a few weeks ago. That was pretty cool. I pretty much got pwned though. I miscalculated my pace. I thought I was running an 8 minute mile. To my surprise, I was only running a 9. That suxor.
Well, in order to get a better handle on how fast I am going, I have purchased a little device that I am very very very excited about. Just ask anyone I work with. They are all sick of hearing about it. Its the Garmin Forerunner 201. I'm pretty stoked about this thing. You can track your runs on this badboy and it spits em out in XML format. I'm stoked. The first link there is one that I did using the Gmaps API. That was a fun little project that Kathy helped me out with. I dig it. Side note: I really want to learn more about AJAX and different ways I can use that.
Anyway, I think this device is gonna get me even more motivated to run and stuff. I'm gonna use it up in Jersey this weekend and I'll do some running up there. I figure it'll be another good way to track all the place I go. Plus it will keep me fit. Good times.
Cory:
Damnit. Cory is moving. This makes me livid. But it also got me to get in touch with my manager and ask him to get me out there. I think this could be a pretty good deal for me if I can get some TDY pay.
Speaking of TDY...
Roommate:
We got a new roommate. Don't know if I posted since then. But he is still working out to be a stellar roommie. He is mad easy going, pays ontime, helps with tech stuff, shares the same interests, and is totally successful at our company. Its great.
He helped me with...
New Server:
...getting the new server up. Well, tonight we are gonna finish it. But we had to get the data off of my old hard drive which I feared was hosed. Turns out I think it was just the boot partition. So we got everything off. Only took about 9 hours to xfer to a windows share. Weak...NTFS and its utilities are garbage. That is all I'm gonna say.
Anyway, so I am going with a Knoppix system. I was thinking Mandriva but I figure it'd help me out since Sen (roommate) is a Knoppix fan. That way I can just ping him for help.
Settlers of Catan:
Got into a board game which we call "Settlers" that is pretty sweet. Long story short, you can play it online for free at AsoBrain games and its fun.
It got Kathy and I back in the mode of doing something productive with our free time. We are gonna prolly make some web games in the near future. That'll rule.
Monday, February 13, 2006
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Not too much going on. Recaps thats all.
Vegas:
I don't think Vegas got enough coverage in the last writeup. The sights were totally rediculous. I'll post some pictures when I get the time. We saw the Bellagio fountains from way at the top of the Eiffel tower. That was totally rad. After that, we drank a bunch in Paris and just rested our feet. I fell in love with the margaritas. So nice. Drinking like that is totally prime. Good friends, good drinks, Paris. It was great.
I keep thinking of more things to put here about the trip but I keep forgetting. I guess what they say about things in Vegas is true.
Network:
Uninteresting news...The home network is up. For some reason, the LAN addresses are all of the form 192.168.2.x instead of 192.168.1.x. I thought that was odd. But it fixed the problem. So I played warcraft again last night. That was cool.
Drumline:
The drumline was doing well this weekend. We had 9 snares. My buddy Rawdie got cut. That sucks. I feel for him. He just didn't have the experience. I suggested he march elsewhere. He wants to hang out and be an alternate. I don't think that is in his best interest. Oh well. A vid of the weekend can be found here.
Work:
Kathy made me a great dinner (pork chops, rice, creamed corn) last night. I fell in love with mixing the creamed corn with the plain white rice. I brought the leftovers into work. Someone ate them. I was pissed. Really really pissed.
I don't think Vegas got enough coverage in the last writeup. The sights were totally rediculous. I'll post some pictures when I get the time. We saw the Bellagio fountains from way at the top of the Eiffel tower. That was totally rad. After that, we drank a bunch in Paris and just rested our feet. I fell in love with the margaritas. So nice. Drinking like that is totally prime. Good friends, good drinks, Paris. It was great.
I keep thinking of more things to put here about the trip but I keep forgetting. I guess what they say about things in Vegas is true.
Network:
Uninteresting news...The home network is up. For some reason, the LAN addresses are all of the form 192.168.2.x instead of 192.168.1.x. I thought that was odd. But it fixed the problem. So I played warcraft again last night. That was cool.
Drumline:
The drumline was doing well this weekend. We had 9 snares. My buddy Rawdie got cut. That sucks. I feel for him. He just didn't have the experience. I suggested he march elsewhere. He wants to hang out and be an alternate. I don't think that is in his best interest. Oh well. A vid of the weekend can be found here.
Work:
Kathy made me a great dinner (pork chops, rice, creamed corn) last night. I fell in love with mixing the creamed corn with the plain white rice. I brought the leftovers into work. Someone ate them. I was pissed. Really really pissed.
Friday, January 27, 2006
It's been awhile
Bad news
Family Health:
Horrible news. For a month my Dad's Mother has been growing more and more ill. It is a worst case scenario. Needless to say, I'll be in Rochester a few times in the next few months.
Work:
I sortof got laid off in December. My IRAD got cut significantly (+50%) and I was one to get the axe. It isn't so bad, I actually still get a paycheck and I wasn't alone. Well, at first I was the only one, I think cuz I was ELDP and I am expected to bounce back. Anyway, I look at it as, I felt what it was like to get laid off but I didn't have to deal with the significant consequences. The resolution is in the Good news Section.
rodericj.com
Is down. Our whole network is hosed. Something is up with the hardware. I think it is the switch.
Good News:
Las Vegas:
Uh....I went to Las Vegas last weekend. It ruled. OMG It ruled. First night I was up $200 in Roulette. I could not miss. It was amazing. It was almost to the point that I thought I had figured the game out! Pretty sweet huh? I thought so. Anyway, by the end of the weekend I was down into the negatives. I don't care, it was well within the pre-determined limit that I set for myself so I am happy with that. I learned how to play craps. That game rules. I think the odds are the best on that table. It was a really fun game. I learned a few strategies and it was cool. Of course I lost a buncha cash on that.
One of the best things about Vegas is that your drinks are almost always free. That ruled. I was wasted a few times.
Summary of that goes a little like this - Went with Kathy, Meredith, George her husband, and Adrian (Kathy's old Roommate). It was great. One of the real highlights was drinking in Paris with Adrian and him saying "Nurk Nurk" instead of "New York New York". That ruled. There were other things of course. Pictures will be on my site, which is down, soon.
Pictures:
Speaking of. I ordered some pictures that I took. I got them from Shutterfly. I got 6 8x10's of some of the best pictures I have taken from Hawaii, Bahamas, Honeoye, etc. Grand total with Shipping: $1.79. Kick ass.
Work:
I started a new rotation. I work in Virginia now. The drive is not so bad. Bout 40 minutes if I leave at 6. Thats fine. I can handle getting up early. More later as I gotta get out of here for...
Drumcorps:
...I started teaching a drumcorps in New Jersey. It is a pretty big thing for me. I am very excited. If you knew me, I was considering some drastic changes. I think I just needed to get my favorite hobby back. Anyway, this is working out quite well. I am leaving work right now and I am gonna head over to that as soon as I can get packed. This is huge for me. Some thoughts: the line is pretty good so far. I They are a little green but it is entirely workable. I think this is the right spot for me. Not to mention that everyone is on this huge momentum kick and they really are thinking that this is going to be the year for them. Dan Delong is the writer. He knows what he is doing so this could work out huge.
Oh also, it turns out that I am not so bad at this teaching thing. Not as bad as I thought anyway. I'll report more later, but it looks like its gonna be good!
Project:
I submitted my project 10 days ago. Its the first draft of my paper. I am excited to be wrapping this up. I expect only cosmetic changes. Since it has been 10 days and no response, I think that Kaminsky is already passing it to the rest of the committee. That is hugely awesome news for me. I am excited. Sweet.
I have to go now.
Family Health:
Horrible news. For a month my Dad's Mother has been growing more and more ill. It is a worst case scenario. Needless to say, I'll be in Rochester a few times in the next few months.
Work:
I sortof got laid off in December. My IRAD got cut significantly (+50%) and I was one to get the axe. It isn't so bad, I actually still get a paycheck and I wasn't alone. Well, at first I was the only one, I think cuz I was ELDP and I am expected to bounce back. Anyway, I look at it as, I felt what it was like to get laid off but I didn't have to deal with the significant consequences. The resolution is in the Good news Section.
rodericj.com
Is down. Our whole network is hosed. Something is up with the hardware. I think it is the switch.
Good News:
Las Vegas:
Uh....I went to Las Vegas last weekend. It ruled. OMG It ruled. First night I was up $200 in Roulette. I could not miss. It was amazing. It was almost to the point that I thought I had figured the game out! Pretty sweet huh? I thought so. Anyway, by the end of the weekend I was down into the negatives. I don't care, it was well within the pre-determined limit that I set for myself so I am happy with that. I learned how to play craps. That game rules. I think the odds are the best on that table. It was a really fun game. I learned a few strategies and it was cool. Of course I lost a buncha cash on that.
One of the best things about Vegas is that your drinks are almost always free. That ruled. I was wasted a few times.
Summary of that goes a little like this - Went with Kathy, Meredith, George her husband, and Adrian (Kathy's old Roommate). It was great. One of the real highlights was drinking in Paris with Adrian and him saying "Nurk Nurk" instead of "New York New York". That ruled. There were other things of course. Pictures will be on my site, which is down, soon.
Pictures:
Speaking of. I ordered some pictures that I took. I got them from Shutterfly. I got 6 8x10's of some of the best pictures I have taken from Hawaii, Bahamas, Honeoye, etc. Grand total with Shipping: $1.79. Kick ass.
Work:
I started a new rotation. I work in Virginia now. The drive is not so bad. Bout 40 minutes if I leave at 6. Thats fine. I can handle getting up early. More later as I gotta get out of here for...
Drumcorps:
...I started teaching a drumcorps in New Jersey. It is a pretty big thing for me. I am very excited. If you knew me, I was considering some drastic changes. I think I just needed to get my favorite hobby back. Anyway, this is working out quite well. I am leaving work right now and I am gonna head over to that as soon as I can get packed. This is huge for me. Some thoughts: the line is pretty good so far. I They are a little green but it is entirely workable. I think this is the right spot for me. Not to mention that everyone is on this huge momentum kick and they really are thinking that this is going to be the year for them. Dan Delong is the writer. He knows what he is doing so this could work out huge.
Oh also, it turns out that I am not so bad at this teaching thing. Not as bad as I thought anyway. I'll report more later, but it looks like its gonna be good!
Project:
I submitted my project 10 days ago. Its the first draft of my paper. I am excited to be wrapping this up. I expect only cosmetic changes. Since it has been 10 days and no response, I think that Kaminsky is already passing it to the rest of the committee. That is hugely awesome news for me. I am excited. Sweet.
I have to go now.
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