Here we are at our favorite bar, and Jon dared me to blog from my iPhone….. so here you go! Tones is pretty pleased with the hot waitress and her new hairstyle. Big kudos to the al natural! And the new rye ale is kicking my ass. So yea. Follow my twitter feed for the real updates! Wordpress mobile kicks ass.
I also finally deconstructed the WTF BOOM youtube video last night. I’ve been pondering over exactly what soundbytes made this thing up, so I did some detective work.
—-The Components!—
WTF Part:
Steve Mustache episode 3 (0:41)
Beeping:
The bomb sound from counterstrike (0:21)
BOOM HAHAHAHAHA:
Mega 64’s cold fear ad (1:20)
Laughing skull guy:
Pearl Jam: Do The Evolution Video (2:57)
I have way too much time on my hands lately.
Where to begin? I’ve had a series of crises on my hands lately. Here’s the first one:
On February 1st, my relationship of 3 years finally caved in. There had been tension building for a long period of time, primarily inside of her, and I had been ignoring the signs. I don’t really understand all of the reasons still (which was part of the problem in and of itself), but it boiled down to one thing: we weren’t compatible. That’s fair in my book. We did have different outlooks on life, and since having her son at age 18, she wasn’t able to experience her late teens/early 20’s in the same way I was able to. She had been craving the experimental aspects of life, rather than the 9 to 5 suburban reality I had been living in. Whats funny is that the only reason I was existing in that reality was because of “settling down” with her. Perhaps it was for the best. This has been particularly rough because I was becoming more and more attached to her son, who I’d known since he was born (we began dating when he was 3-4 months old). The strange pseudo-paternal influence has really scrambled my emotions as of late, and I’m feeling laregely vacant inside. I hope in time I can sort it out. He’s not mine and I don’t have a say anymore, but I honestly wish I had that part of the deal back. Being that pseudo-father figure felt emotionally fulfilling. Don’t get me wrong; going in to a relationship where a child is involved is mortally frightening. I really wasn’t sure what to make of it at the time. Here I was connecting with this girl on a very real level, but there was always a devil on my shoulder saying “You need to get away from this now; he’s not yours and you don’t need this kind of responsibility at this age”. That voice slowly subsided as I realized the reality of the situation: I really like kids. It definitely was tough to balance the selfish me-time with kid time. Your mind comes up with thousands of reasons to ignore responsibility and be lazy. For far too long I treated him as a perk rather than a responsibility. Only in the last several months I began to make a deeper connection. Then things turned south. Ces’t la vie, no? I think I have a lot left to ponder on regarding that topic. More later.
Tune in next post for the work crisis! Our biggest vendor (75% of total revenue) goes bankrupt.
Well, after my most recent break up, I have decided to do some life restructuring. My life almost entirely consisted of work from 8:00 to 5:00, and then time with my ex afterwards (minus the occasional happy hour, or weekend with my brother). When I was on the computer at home, it was usually for less than an hour, and I’d waste it on a game, or reading news. Now with the combined pressure from the economy, as well as the free time, I’m begining to devote more of my time to new ventures. I should be hosting a couple pre-alpha web applications soon on this host, and my blog will turn in to a log of their development. I can’t detail anything quite yet, but information will be on the way as soon as we have a functional alpha. If you have facebook and like clothes, this may interest you.
Here are a couple of ways to keep up with me until the next blog post:
My Google Reader Shared Items page (I keep it updated!)
My Facebook page
This one is for you, Jon. Â
I thought this little player quite cool / convenient!
I’m sitting in my hotel room in San Diego while Jon and Justin are out running their 5k. I wasn’t exactly up to the task, as we only got about 5 hours of sleep last night and my kneecaps were rubbing up against the glove box of Jon’s Jeep (3 people in a small 2000 Jeep Wrangler = Fail). Anyway, we’re here finally. I’ve need a nice and relaxing vacation with all the turmoil at work and at home. We’ve been going CRAZY at work trying to gear up for some big changes, and I just signed a lease the night before I left. My girlfriend, Tasha, is spending the weekend moving her stuff in, and I’ll be moving my crap in on Thursday. I’m pretty stoked! Moving in with her is a big step, but I think it’s the right thing to do. As long as she can tolerate my computer addictions. 
I’m going to try to post some more pictures and stuff here soon, as well as put some links out to all of my social profiles (flickr, facebook, twitter, youtube, photobucket, myspace, digg, pownce, aim, picasa, gmail, etc). Anyway, I think we’re going to try to hit a few local brew pubs today, including the famed Toronado or Ballast Point, so I’m pretty excited.
Tags: sandiego, new condo, random bullshit
Sadly, round 2 is (probably) right around the corner. It remains to be seen how bad this can get, but right now we have a big balloon full of debt floating over our heads, and everyone is still busy worrying about The Dark Knight. I can’t possibly write the 40 or so pages describing this mess, but I’ll provide some links. Josh (Ian), I think oI finally understand what you’ve been n to. Although I’m anticipating some tough times, I don’t see the apocalyptic outcome you do. But I will hedge my bets just in case.
Some good reading material:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/20/64928/7807/206/554077
Thank god I don’t live in cubicle land.
Just testing out the iPhone functions! Looks like I can now blog effectively on the road, which should mean I blog more. The tests are almost complete! Oh, and apparently I have a fatty liver now. Less calories, fat, and beer, and more working out. Sounds like a good idea to me!