hot chocolate

spring

made progress

unproductive

but remedying that right now

living room

productive 2

and the productive streak continues...

productive

Got a lot done today!

friday

It's gonna be friday already? How did that happen?

oops!

I was messing around with the audio effects on my webcam/mic combo and I accidently left one one.  And then a client called!  And I sounded like a munchkin!!!  It wasn't as bad as it sounds.  But it wasn't good either.

two dreams

• first one I realized I was dreaming and started to take over and do whatever I wanted because I knew I was dreaming and I could do whatever I wanted... then I woke up.
• second one involved terrorist activity at a school. weird.

multitasking

I think I just confused somebody because I answered the phone while trying to hold the concentration that I had on the project that I had open. Then they said their name and where they were from, which didn't really register. And then I said, "Hey, how's it going" in a very upbeat voice (like I knew them maybe). Which I think confused them because it was someone from the accounting departement of government agency. I think we may have swaped voice mails a couple times but this is not a person I probably ever talked to on the phone before. 

In any event I came off as very friendly, so that can't be bad right?

pretty sunset

The sun shining on the water made it a silvery blue color. 

driving with the top down

Yeah, the sun is freaking awesome today. So warm. Just went for lunch and took the top off for the drive. So worth it! Love it!

Laying in the sun... soooooooo nice....

sunny, sunny, sunny and warm

not a fan

I'm currently not a fan of Plesk 9 - mainly the lack of a migration manager. Blahhhhhhhhhhhhh.

HURRAY!!!!!!!

Everything works now. Very, very happy. 

Explination: All audio devises are working on my laptop. Previously with various drivers I've tried I could only get certain functions to work at the same time. Like external speakers, or mic, but not both. 

So if you've got an XPS 1330 then apparently this is the right driver:

http://ftp.us.dell.com/audio/R167846.EXE

I don't know why that's not what they had posted on their website. I had to email support to get it. But I'm happy now. 

laptop, pool, sun

Working out by the pool with the laptop = nice!!

San Diego

all shiney

I went outside to check the tempature and caught sight of my car. It looks sooo good when it's clean. I took pictures of it. I know that's totally "car nerd", but I was excited. If you click on it you'll see.

Also, that Thai food from Friday night - I just at the leftovers. I had been wondering if my observations on Friday were jaded by my hunger. But no, that stuff is really, really good!

www.lotusthaibistrocarlsbad.com

Clean

Exciting... my car is getting super clean right now. An the inside is getting cleaned - LONG overdue.

Y.U.M.

I don't know how this looks, but I can tell you how it tastes: awesome.
It's Thai. It came with jasmine rice and it was really, really good.
It sounded good on the menu and then once I tasted it
I knew I made the right choice.
It's got eggplant; I love eggplant.

pink

Hmm... just noticed that my forehead is a little pinker than my scalp. I feel a suntan coming on. 

(And I should probably bring some sunscreen when I go to the desert this weekend. Especially if I'm riding with the top down. Yeah!)

inbox...

Down to 26 from 107 ;-)

fruit anyone?

beach

I meant to just go out and get something for lunch today but then I decided I'd just drive to the end of the street to see where it led. I ended up at the beach so I felt compeled to drive along the coast for a while to absorb the rays.

Buffalo Bros Guitars

www.buffalobrosguitars.com

(Apparently a former grocery story building...
with a giant chicken on top!)

weather report

the subject of the daily weather report for Eugene in my inbox: "Another Bone Numbing Night..."

damn, too bad I'm gonna miss it. 

shouldn't winter be over by now?

sleepy

I keep waking up at 8 cause it's light out, but i'm still going to bed at 1, 2, 3. time for bed.

watch this...

Click here

warm warm warm

and great scenery

swimming anyone?

sunny sunny sunny

and beautiful. love the warm weather.

Border

Oregon thanks you.
Please come back soon.

Trunk space

Is not one of the features of a lotus!
Oh well, I wouldn't take another car over it.
And away we go...

quick getaway

Step 1: Throw random stuff you might want in bags...

Step 2: Dress for the coming weather (not the current 45 degrees)

Step 3: Drive... (yeah, blue sky!)

beacon

Nice view of the sunset from Beacon. There were bright orange and pink and dull purple clouds surrounding the sun. The sun was a massive half circle of orange fire. Somehow with all the shapres and colors the clouds seemed like they were worshiping the sun. 

typing

I like typing cause it's words coming out through my fingers.

more on faces

I like watching peoples faces when they're so suprised (or something else) by something that they can't talk.  It's really facinating to me becasue it's like you can read so much on their face even though they're not actually saying anything with words.

jumping rope

is relaxing to me

if you're a developer...

I think this phrase is only funny if you're a developer:

"attempting to checkout with out creating an account"

Paul said it while we were discussing a website. I heard it and repeated it back to him and for some reason we both started cracking up.

A little later I was trying to figure out what was funny about it so I told ben, and he kinda laughed as well.

I think it may be twofold. One, if you think you're checking out without creating an account you're only kidding yourself. You have to create an account. If you choose not to, you still are, you just can't ever access it again. (Great choice). Two, I think "attempting" made it sound like they could try but they wouldn't be able to, like it was some cruel joke on them that sent them into and endless loop of pages. (kind of what was happening since some of the code needed to be adjusted).

sound

Yeah! I fixed the sound on my laptop. That needed to be done for a while.

life is freaking exciting

(among other things)

making faces

We had to practice making faces while we were signing very small sentances in class tonight. Making faces is really funny to me. Not making them myself but watching other people. I have to try really hard not to laugh a lot. Mainly cause it's all confusing. People are trying to coordinate their faces with their hands and everything else and it just turns out to be so so funny. I litterally have to try not to replay these things in my head or I'll start cracking up when they've moved on to something else. At which point it's just embarassing cause it looks like I'm loosing it. (Which I very well may be.)

look what i found

Looks like the flowers in the front bed are making a comeback.

at least the sky is blue

why am i awake right now?

unpleastant dreams

Learning by Surprise

This is why I need to learn a foreign language in a foreign country:

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=learning-by-surprise

landline phone

The only time I've ever had a landline phone is was when it came with internet access. First in my trailer with a 33k modem (that's a frightening thought). And then later with DSL. I never really used the landlines when I had them.

I thought of this because I was talking to Leah tonight. We were employing multiple modes of communication: phone then skype - chat and voice, plus some emoticon wars ;-) Part of the time we were just listening to each other type to one another. It's kind of like talking is one type of conversation and writing is another. 

At some point it came up that we started talking on the phone around 2002-2003. Which in retrospect is kind of interesting since we met in 1994. So we knew each other for 8 years before we started talking on the phone. 

We trained together for a year and a half but didn't really talk. We only started talking the last day before she left for school. Then we wrote a few letters and started emailing. Ok, I did most of the emailing. But then she does most of the calling, so I think we're even. 

So now we've been talking on the phone for the last 6 or 7 years with varying degrees of frequency (or lack thereof). But as for face to face time in the last 12 years, I'm not even sure if it would even add up to a month worth of days.

Tonight we made fun plans for the future. Last wednesday we shared our day over txt and voicemail. It's interesting to share your experiences with people who knew you back when. New people just don't quite get it.