Archives for “Plans”
I just realized that I never posted any New Year’s resolutions this year. That’s probably because I never chose any – which is probably because I’ve done such a lousy job of keeping them up in the past. In 2004, I achieved 2 out of 5 resolutions (eat breakfast every day, and do more design). [...]
For a variety of reasons, not least of which the impending birth of our first child, I’ve been looking for ways to be more productive at home, and more efficient with the time I get to accomplish things. As I looked at the way Annie and I spend our evenings, I noticed that there tends [...]
Updated/redesign front page of spaceninja.com to display more content from external sites like flicr, del.icio.us, and last.fm. Post more photos from my archives to my flickr account. Post photos from our third annual group anniversary trip. Post funny movie of Oskar watching his dad cut up a mango. Put up a whole bunch of funny [...]
Since starting my new job, I’ve been slowly putting on weight. I’m not thrilled with this, since I was carrying more than my fair share to begin with. While I’m still looking for an exercise solution that I’ll be able to stick with in the long run, I’ve set my focus on other places in [...]
Sorry for the lengthy silence, but things have been a bit crazy around here. We helped my brother move about a month ago, then packed everything we owned, then we moved into a house in the Alberta neighborhood with Sean. The move went relatively smoothly, and we even got everything done in one long day, [...]
There has been a lot going on lately that I’ve been holding off from posting about until it was finalized, but I’m pleased to say that over the last week, two big things came together to the point that I can share them here. First of all, Pop Art, the company that I’ve been temping [...]
The holidays were great, but they also sucked up any energy I might normally have devoted to posting. In the interests of not procrastinating any longer, I’m just going to write one sort of uber-post about all the holiday-related stuff.
Sweet. Cafepress.com is going to start selling black shirts. I have no idea how they’re going to do that, since iron-ons wouldn’t really work for this, but once they’re available, I’m going to buy one to check out the quality. If they’re any good, this makes cafepress 100% cooler, and I’ll be amped to revitalize [...]
Without really meaning to, Annie and I are pretty much on-track with the five year plan I posted nearly two years ago, on a whim.
Two weeks ago, Annie and I found out that we’re pregnant! The Big Details The doctor says that we got pregnant the first week that Annie was in Portland. That means we’re just over seven weeks right now, and puts the due date on June 6th or 7th. (There’s a chance our kid will be [...]
For the past several weeks, I’ve been having trouble sleeping. This varies from slight restlessness before I fall asleep to being completely unable to relax, even though I feel tired and my eyes are “sticky”. Tonight, after heading to bed around 2am, I tossed and turned for about an hour, before I gave up and [...]
The idea behind Paragraph is pretty much exactly what I’ve pictured doing for tech guys. I’m sure there’s a decent population of tech people who telecommute, but sometimes need a place to go work that isn’t the living room. For me, this desire came out of wanting to recreate the atmosphere in the tech office [...]
Too tired to post more right now, but I thought I should mention that Annie and I have found a nice one-bedroom apartment here in Portland. It’s on Hawthorne, and is pretty cool, plus the landlord is really nice, and willing to roll with our odd employment situation. Also, Eric and Jill found a house [...]
I’m a loud person. I don’t mean to be, but especially when I’m around kids, it seems I’m constantly getting shushed because I CAN’T CONTROL THE VOLUME OF MY VOICE. Lucky for me, everyone seems to be understanding about it. Still, last night Oskar was falling asleep (by which I mean, standing in his crib [...]
Annie and I are moving back to Portland. There are a lot of reasons, and I’ll touch on them, but at the heart of it, we’ve just come to realize that we’re not happy here, and that we’d be happier in Portland. It isn’t any one overwhelming thing, it’s more the cumulative effect from lots [...]
Oh! I guess we should probably do our taxes.
Well, we’re all moved. It was crazy, and I’ll post details later, along with photos. We could never have done it without the help of everyone who helped at both ends of the moves. Thank you so much everyone! Right now, I’m tired and sore from dragging things around the house all day, so I’m [...]
I haven’t felt much like blogging lately, but lots has been happening. Annie’s last week of work ended on Friday. Now she can focus on packing for the next week, and continue looking for a job in Washington. My work situation continues to be strange, but I don’t feel like getting into that. Email me [...]
I’ve gotten odd reactions from several people when they hear that Annie and I are moving on Halloween. Most are just surprised “Oh are you moving?” kind of reactions, but a couple people have actually been angry “Why didn’t you tell me?” kind of reactions. It feels like all we’ve been talking about for the [...]
After jumping through every hoop they threw at me, Annie and I got approved for the apartment in Puyallup. What’s that? You say I never mentioned anything about this? Oh. Well, Annie and I are moving. To Puyallup, Washington. It’s pronounced Pyoo-Allup, and it’s a little East of Tacoma, a bit South of Seattle, and [...]
Agh! Has this horrid design really been up for two weeks? I thought if I put up an ugly design it would motivate me to finish the code changes and start work on a better design, but instead I’ve barely been posting at all – I think a change in strategy is needed. I’ve got [...]
I gotta get my shit together, ’cause I can’t live like this forever,I got a new computer and a bright future in sales, yeah yeah!– Fountains of Wayne Except for sales, that song pretty accurately sums up my life right now. It’s crazy how just one or two changes can throw your whole life in [...]
monday july 5 — sg-1/atlantis: the lowdown. overview of the last 7 seasons of sg-1 and some previews of atlantis. friday july 9 — sg-1 two hour season premiere friday july 16 — sg-atlantis two hour series premiere friday july 23 and on — sg-1 and sg-atlantis every week looks like i’ll be at scott’s [...]
We were going up north this weekend, but sadly, Dave and Rose weren’t able to get their sonigram appointment in time, so we decided to save the money for going up north a few weeks from now. The upside is that I can use the extra time here in town to get a bunch of [...]
No time to say hello, goodbye! I’m late, I’m late, I’m late! Yesterday was a much better day than Monday. I was cranky all day Monday, but I managed to shake that off yesterday. I got lots of happy birthday phone calls, and all day long I was looking forward to going out for fried [...]
