(cross-posted like a poseur)
Hey e-world. I've posted nothing but links and the equivalent to cybersmalltalk for a few months now. For sake of livejournal, I thought I'd spill what's goin' on so I can go back and show my grandkids how boring other people's lives really are! Everytime I see the word "lives" I can only think of that trick in Super Mario Brothers where you can bounce on a single turtle up against one of the enging staircases and get 99 lives. That ruled. So! WARNING: Potentially boring ass shit up ahead! No nudity, funny links, or even creative commentary!
So what's up with me, anyway? On the left side, I'm kickin' it with Honeywell Aerospace for the summer working on improving their traffic avoidance system. With the 9-5 M-F there I'm spending most of my Sat/Sun teaching Microsoft contractors about stuff. Past classes were networking/domain adminstration and SharePoint Portal Server. Currently, and probably for awhile, is SQL Server 2005/Yukon. After a little fear that I wouldn't do what I said I would, I also started in on the summer's programming projects. I dove into automating the image software for my digital picture frame and hacked together out of an old laptop. I actually got that done in just under 30 minutes so I decided to put throw it into a GUI. An hour later I got done with that so now I'm figuring out some of the specifics for a good network interface to control the automation remotely. This is a little more difficult, but I got a rough working today - AND C# is damn cool for rapid prototyping software, foshizzle my developer nizzles.
Kick it right side and things are a little up in the air. Working all this time doesn't leave too much time (or energy) for hangin' out with all my homeys. All the homeys really have a lot going on themselves so schedules rarely sync up. If it were last summer I'd be all up in the proactive solutions, but not so much now. I've also been seeing this totally rad girl which also cuts my short-notice availability down for friendular activities. She seems to like the homeys so I hope there will be more intermingling and such. With her we are stuck in this halfway relationship thing in-between "just started hanging out" and "somewhat committed." There are a few reasons for this, none them really holding much water, but things are good and certainly not not-good enough for one (arrogant English alert!) to push very hard. Girls are rad, and this one is mad phat rad.
I'd like to take this time to say that my digital photo frame thingy can totally suck a software fuck right now.
She, not so much seeing her, is the reason I decided to study Chinese this summer. Hearing her speak on the phone to friends makes Mandarin sound like softest and most beautiful (read: HOT) language. I did some reading on the grammatical structures and logic and decided it'd be cool to study up while not in school for the summer. Now that we're hangin' out regularly there's a billion times more inspiration to keep studying. I'd probably keep studying it anyway, it just helps to have a friend that really knows the language. There's a chance she's going to Shanghai for vacation with friends and I got invited along. That kicks ass and also kicks more ass right after kicking the first one. BTW, Chinese is hard and shit, so don't do it.
Dammit, I was supposed to ask E-Pro about stuff and I totally didn't.
Now that the flood gates are open, anything else? Let's see...the seemingly quartly urge to rearrange living quarters has hit in a big way. I'm doing measurements tonight.
I need a real computer desk with foot space - IKEA? If anyone has actually read this far, I'm looking for dark wood finishes with attached drawers for stuff. Suggestions on places to look?
I didn't realize what a weird state my parents are in until I talked with my mom a few weeks ago on a visit. After a series of events, my dad spends the weekdays living in a pretty big triple-split RV here in Bothell while my mom lives in their house 1 hour north in La Conner. Dad goes up there on the weekends when he's not working. This was supposed to be the temporary thing until my dad decided it was time to retire. It's been a year! A year! With no sign of change. The plan was for them to move on to Hawaii ASAP and live the rest of their lives in sunny happiness. My mom, who's is doing perfectly awesome up north running the local YMCA, has pretty much succumbed to the fact that they are probably never going to move to Hawaii. She made a comment that "your dad's probably going to die way before I ever do and I don't want to be in Hawaii by myself so staying here is looking pretty good." ... !!!! WTF! I've always admired how straight-forward my mom has always been but JC! My dad has outlived and is 1000x healthier than anyone else in his family, but there is still plenty of scotch, cigars, and sittin' goin' on. I love my dad and I hope he lives to be a hundred. Though, now that I think about it, they are both doing exactly what makes them genuinely happy. Who can complain about that? Go mom and dad!
I'd like to take this time to say that my digital photo frame thingy does not need to suck a software fuck anymore.
Philosophical point: There's this book of "36 business strategies." It's apparently fairly famous and cool people memorize all 36. Remember we're in the land of Zhongguoren to each strategy is summarized into 4 characters that refer to some story or historical event that represents the strategy. One of them boils down to "don't sweat the small stuff." I didn't use to think that meant much of anything, but now I think I know. It's not "don't sweat the small stuff" but what you define as "small stuff." Does this irritant actually matter in the grand scheme? Almost everytime, no.
I play volleyball twice a week and a LOVE playing volleyball. I'm down 4 pounds from last month, but I am most certainly NOT trying to lose weight. I just like to jump up and high as I can then hit something really hard. And a good dig, I love a good dig. Where else do folks play intermediate to advanced?
I have awesome friends who are awesome, both of my parents are happy doing they want to do, plenty of money which I get by making software and teaching (two awesome things that are awesome), and every once in a while I get to kiss a smart and beautiful girl. Man, if I were more honest with myself I'd put that last one first, but I'm trying to artificially keep any floundering hopes at bay (is that the right 'bay' to use?).
Hey e-world. I've posted nothing but links and the equivalent to cybersmalltalk for a few months now. For sake of livejournal, I thought I'd spill what's goin' on so I can go back and show my grandkids how boring other people's lives really are! Everytime I see the word "lives" I can only think of that trick in Super Mario Brothers where you can bounce on a single turtle up against one of the enging staircases and get 99 lives. That ruled. So! WARNING: Potentially boring ass shit up ahead! No nudity, funny links, or even creative commentary!
So what's up with me, anyway? On the left side, I'm kickin' it with Honeywell Aerospace for the summer working on improving their traffic avoidance system. With the 9-5 M-F there I'm spending most of my Sat/Sun teaching Microsoft contractors about stuff. Past classes were networking/domain adminstration and SharePoint Portal Server. Currently, and probably for awhile, is SQL Server 2005/Yukon. After a little fear that I wouldn't do what I said I would, I also started in on the summer's programming projects. I dove into automating the image software for my digital picture frame and hacked together out of an old laptop. I actually got that done in just under 30 minutes so I decided to put throw it into a GUI. An hour later I got done with that so now I'm figuring out some of the specifics for a good network interface to control the automation remotely. This is a little more difficult, but I got a rough working today - AND C# is damn cool for rapid prototyping software, foshizzle my developer nizzles.
Kick it right side and things are a little up in the air. Working all this time doesn't leave too much time (or energy) for hangin' out with all my homeys. All the homeys really have a lot going on themselves so schedules rarely sync up. If it were last summer I'd be all up in the proactive solutions, but not so much now. I've also been seeing this totally rad girl which also cuts my short-notice availability down for friendular activities. She seems to like the homeys so I hope there will be more intermingling and such. With her we are stuck in this halfway relationship thing in-between "just started hanging out" and "somewhat committed." There are a few reasons for this, none them really holding much water, but things are good and certainly not not-good enough for one (arrogant English alert!) to push very hard. Girls are rad, and this one is mad phat rad.
I'd like to take this time to say that my digital photo frame thingy can totally suck a software fuck right now.
She, not so much seeing her, is the reason I decided to study Chinese this summer. Hearing her speak on the phone to friends makes Mandarin sound like softest and most beautiful (read: HOT) language. I did some reading on the grammatical structures and logic and decided it'd be cool to study up while not in school for the summer. Now that we're hangin' out regularly there's a billion times more inspiration to keep studying. I'd probably keep studying it anyway, it just helps to have a friend that really knows the language. There's a chance she's going to Shanghai for vacation with friends and I got invited along. That kicks ass and also kicks more ass right after kicking the first one. BTW, Chinese is hard and shit, so don't do it.
Dammit, I was supposed to ask E-Pro about stuff and I totally didn't.
Now that the flood gates are open, anything else? Let's see...the seemingly quartly urge to rearrange living quarters has hit in a big way. I'm doing measurements tonight.
I need a real computer desk with foot space - IKEA? If anyone has actually read this far, I'm looking for dark wood finishes with attached drawers for stuff. Suggestions on places to look?
I didn't realize what a weird state my parents are in until I talked with my mom a few weeks ago on a visit. After a series of events, my dad spends the weekdays living in a pretty big triple-split RV here in Bothell while my mom lives in their house 1 hour north in La Conner. Dad goes up there on the weekends when he's not working. This was supposed to be the temporary thing until my dad decided it was time to retire. It's been a year! A year! With no sign of change. The plan was for them to move on to Hawaii ASAP and live the rest of their lives in sunny happiness. My mom, who's is doing perfectly awesome up north running the local YMCA, has pretty much succumbed to the fact that they are probably never going to move to Hawaii. She made a comment that "your dad's probably going to die way before I ever do and I don't want to be in Hawaii by myself so staying here is looking pretty good." ... !!!! WTF! I've always admired how straight-forward my mom has always been but JC! My dad has outlived and is 1000x healthier than anyone else in his family, but there is still plenty of scotch, cigars, and sittin' goin' on. I love my dad and I hope he lives to be a hundred. Though, now that I think about it, they are both doing exactly what makes them genuinely happy. Who can complain about that? Go mom and dad!
I'd like to take this time to say that my digital photo frame thingy does not need to suck a software fuck anymore.
Philosophical point: There's this book of "36 business strategies." It's apparently fairly famous and cool people memorize all 36. Remember we're in the land of Zhongguoren to each strategy is summarized into 4 characters that refer to some story or historical event that represents the strategy. One of them boils down to "don't sweat the small stuff." I didn't use to think that meant much of anything, but now I think I know. It's not "don't sweat the small stuff" but what you define as "small stuff." Does this irritant actually matter in the grand scheme? Almost everytime, no.
I play volleyball twice a week and a LOVE playing volleyball. I'm down 4 pounds from last month, but I am most certainly NOT trying to lose weight. I just like to jump up and high as I can then hit something really hard. And a good dig, I love a good dig. Where else do folks play intermediate to advanced?
I have awesome friends who are awesome, both of my parents are happy doing they want to do, plenty of money which I get by making software and teaching (two awesome things that are awesome), and every once in a while I get to kiss a smart and beautiful girl. Man, if I were more honest with myself I'd put that last one first, but I'm trying to artificially keep any floundering hopes at bay (is that the right 'bay' to use?).
Also: congratulations on making an awesome and satsifying living. Bastard.