WTF Hail?!?
Current mood: blank
Category: Blogging

It’s almost summer. It’s been in the mid 70s all week. Last night I see lightning flash through my closed blinds, and hear the window shake in its frame as the thunder hits. A moment later my brother wanders in and informs me that it’s doubleyou tee eff hailing outside. Not just slushy rain, mind you... fullblown hail. In southern California. O_o

I suppose weirder things have happened ;P

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Summer!
Current mood: tired
Category: Life

Okay, so technically it’s not summer yet, but I am excited already. The weather’s warmed up considerably. I managed a trip up to Reno to visit friends and do some snowboarding, and then another trip to Big Bear for even more snowboarding the next week (at a long-lost friend’s birthday party, no less). So I’ve gotten my fill of winter sports out of the way. Summer.

Warm weather means a lot of things: parties, pools, beaches, coming home while it’s still light out... But mostly it means shorts! Good god, I’m not sure if I’ve ever expounded on my dislike of jeans. Now granted, that comes primarily from Kona, where I just cannot wear them during the day at all due to the temperature and the humidity, but growing up that way, I’ve just become more comfortable in shorts, and like them much more even without the humid claminess. I’m wearing shorts right now. Lovely!

Summer also brings parties. The weather here is never completely miserable, but for some reason parties are few and far between during the winter. Summertime hits and suddenly just about any event is an excuse to get together and bbq/rockband/drink. And take pictures. Ah yes, I have some to share already ;) The full album link is in a bulletin I posted, but here are some quick hilights:

It was Calei’s birthday! Hooray!

Nick and Kris were busy representin’, while Geoff was chillin out on the wesssssiiiiede!

Fun stuff =) Nick made it into quite a few photos with this exact same pose. Perhaps I’ll post a collage :D

You get the best photos when you catch people offguard. Or at least making faces at the camera ;) Aside from their collapsable dance recital, these were the most entertaining shots I got of Shelby and Ryan all night.

Of course I was taking the pictures, so this is one of like 3 that had me in them. Yes that is a Mike’s Hard Lemonade. No, I do not consider it a girly drink. You obviously have no appreciation for the sheer manliness it takes to squeeze juice from hard lemons. For real.

Maybe more pics soon. Well, certainly more pics, maybe more blog with pics. Otherwise, you’d best befriend me so that you get the bulletins. Cause I’m lazy like that ;)

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Sand in My Hair
Current mood: relaxed
Category: Blogging

I wish that were a euphamism. Or at least just a quirky title to grab your interest. But really, my hair is deeply infused with micro sand particles from Hapuna. It was far more windy today than I've ever seen it there, and the constant sand-blasting left my back smooth as a baby's ass. It also left my hair loaded with sand (as I've already explained). Thus far two showers have failed to rid me of this malady, and I sit here comtemplating the notion of going to bed knowing that I'll wake up with highly abraised cheeks, as the tiny sand granules detatch themselves in nature's patented and carefully manufactured time-release method onto my pillow as I sleep. I hate touching my hair when it is dirty (or salty or bromine-y), and this extends to the feel of my hair pressed against my head when I lay on a pillow.

I'm tired enough to sleep now. I just can't bring myself to lay my head down. On the other hand, an additional shower will take time and effort and leave me with wet hair, neccessitating a waiting period of no less than 45 minutes before I can safely place my head on the pillow without waterlogging it and ensuring the most gnarly bedhead imaginable when I awake. Granted I highly enjoy a myriad of bedhead hairdos, but sleeping on wet hair has never produced favorable results for me.

Decisions...

Currently watching : Hitch (Fullscreen Edition) Release date: 14 June, 2005

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Ice Ice Baby to Go!
Current mood: contemplative
Category: Life

Since everyone else who was out at the Carriage House last weekend blogged about it, I felt a little left out.

I was there.

So was Tami...

Not to be outdone, Chris and the rest of the table joined in.

Amanda with the flying hair!

Cat's tongue...

Emily's cat can beat up your cat. Her shirt says so!

And what kind of karaoke evening would be complete without me singing Ice Ice Baby? =P

Look closer: "The block was dead, yo, so I continued to A-1-A (Beachfront Avenuuuuuue!)"

Too tired to really blog about it, but obviously the evening was hella entertaining. Yes, I just said 'hella'. What what?

Five of us brought cameras, so there are tons of other pictures (and some drunken Dennys videos) on other folkseseses' sites:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/crjunior/sets/72157602032533051/
http://www.thehappycat.net/blog/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/siberianlocust/sets/72157602031595887/
http://picasaweb.google.com/yretsym/KaraokeSept15?authkey=K2P76lT_zlY

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I Love Math
Current mood: pensive
Category: Blogging

Somehow, in all my busy-ness (I'd normally spell it business, but that just comes out sounding strange), I'd forgotten to continue with my programming. I look back and it's been nearly a year since I began learning Python. My Arena program has been lying dormant, it's text-based phase a good 95% complete. Waiting... waiting.

Then a friend from work reminded me that I should be spending at least 15 minutes a night coding, just to keep my projects progressing. So I picked pyArena back up and coded the save and load character functions. The game now works pretty fully in its text-based form. It needs a little bit of balancing on low-level healing costs, but otherwise seems to play out pretty nicely. My current project is learning pygame, which contains modules and libraries to interface with graphics. I could probably much more easily use tkinter (a Python GUI module) for this step, but I really want to learn pygame so that I can make little sprite-based 2d games. I'm going to add buttons and some window space to pyArena that allow it to be played by mouse. This should clear up a lot of my crappy text-menu code, and allow me to add more intricate features, like item and spell systems.

It's all for fun, really, but I love programming. It gives me such a sense of fulfillment to have created something with a function. It matters not what the function is, simply that it has a purpose, and that it works. I get this same feeling creating pieces of pottery, or building structures out of legos. Or creating complex spreadsheets full of math. If the spreadsheet calculates things for me when it's all done... ahh. Somehow this turned into a blog about engineering, but began with a notion that it's the math in things that often makes me happy. I love the way it fits together. That there is a solid "right" answer to an equation. One can tell when it has been solved. No ambiguity.

Currently listening : History for Sale By Blue October Release date: 05 August, 2003

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No Sleep for the Wicked
Current mood: tired
Category: Blogging

Up too late to blog. But now that someone has pointed out that my old blogs are merely being archived, not deleted as I had presumed (hooray for unintuitive page structure design by MySpace), I may resume posting tidbits here and there once again. Maybe ;)

I've been averaging 3-4h of sleep per night for the past couple weeks. Why do I do it? I know not. I just know I'm gonna die at work tomorrow. Today. Whatever.

More blogging soon. I promise. Maybe.

Currently watching : Serenity (Widescreen Edition) Release date: 20 December, 2005

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Blogging for Blogging's Sake
Current mood: listless
Category: Blogging

I don't even have anything to write, really; and it's another night where I should be sleeping. I think it's cause I ate dinner so late that I'm up. Also it's Friday, and that always seems to make me feel like I can get away with a little less sleep. I know a reprieve is just around the corner. Precious sleep.

The only sad part about this is it's going to eat one of my bottom blogs. I'm not terribly fond of MySpace's habit of doing that =/ Perhaps I ought to blog elsewhere and just add them in here. At least I'd have an archive.

My mind wanders. Far away from reality. I'm missing music. Think I'll put some on then head to bed. You're welcome for the empty blog ;)

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I should be sleeping...
Current mood: peaceful
Category: Blogging

I should be. I just ended a phone conversation that way. Saying I needed to get to sleep, that is. Writing this makes me a liar.

I want to sleep, but insomnia is gripping me. That feeling that I have not yet had enough "me" time tonight. My body craves sleep, but my mind is not yet ready to yield. "You've only been off work for two and a half hours", it says. It seems to require at least 4 =/

The music picker only seems able to find albums by Barenaked Ladies, no singles, but I'm actually listening to "Alcohol". Incessantly. That song is so damn infectious. You can find it on YouTube, if so inclined.

I think bedtime for real now. Just haven't been posting near enough here lately, and I figured the few of you that read this could use a bit o' entertainment ;) I need to drag my ass off the comp! For real. But there's something else I want to say. I just don't know what it is. It is my brain trying to trick me. Into writing more, which keeps me on the computer. Perhaps, but that is not it, I think.

I suppose I should mention (for public consumption even... scary) that things have been going quite well with Lindsey of late. We went to a Farmer's Market downtown this Sunday and I bought a bag of Blood Oranges. They scare me and fascinate me at the same time. I'll get a picture of one and post it soon so you can see. Assuming you haven't already seen one. But I've never seen one in Hawaii, and Oregon is not notorious for its crazy fruits, so I'm going to take a stab and guess most have not (I certainly hadn't). But I've gotten off topic. I guess I just wanted to mention that things have been... peaceful lately. Maybe that's not the proper word. There's been turmoil and anxiety and stress. But there's been a measure of happiness that only another person so amazingly into you can bring. It's been nice. At times like this it feels peaceful =) Lyrics from Nickelback's Savin' Me running through my head. Also on the Y'tube.

I digress. Bedtime. More on this later when I feel the urge to write =)

Currently listening : Stunt By Barenaked Ladies Release date: 04 January, 2007

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On Fire
Current mood: contemplative
Category: Blogging

I'm not quite sure where that title came from. A phrase I often use at work, but it really has no bearing on this blog. I'm not even sure what I'm going to blog about, so you'll have to bear with me. I'm sure I'll ramble. My last two blogs were eaten by MySpace (well, to be fair, one was eaten by my own stupidity), so I've been a bit too disenchante to post anything substantial.

Life has been a rollercoaster recently. Lots of ups, lots of downs. Prior to that, just coasting for a long time. Neither state  has been objectionable, really. I'm enjoying work and enjoying life, and just trying not to stress out too much about everything going on right now. Over the summer I was running and swimming every day, which was extremely good for me. Winter weather and 6 months of overtime have all but killed that happy little existence. I used to run, then work out, then swim, then collapse into the hottub. Mysteriously, it was always sunset at that point and someone was always grilling steak somewhere nearby. The second most relaxing feeling on this earth is sitting exhausted in a hot tub watching the sun set and inhaling the tantalizing aroma of roasting meats... ahhh.

Then the overtime. Good money, and it's peaceful, since I spend about 4 hours at work after everyone else has gone home. So I get to work at my own pace and just quietly get things done. It hasn't been a problem, due to my lack of social life. Aside from SOE parties, which have always been late enough to attend anyway ;) But then the social life kicked in... and there's no time. I'm not off work till 10 every night, even Fridays. Makes seeing someone midweek a bit difficult, unless you don't mind going to sleep till 2 or 3. Not that I am unfamiliar with this concept, but I hate keeping others up late. Plus the dark circles under my eyes and being sleepy at work are no good.

I was supposed to visit Reno this winter to go snowboarding, but I had 2 games releasing right in the middle of it, so there was no real way to get time off to do that =/ Will have to plan for next year. I also want to get back to Hawaii for a couple of weeks at some point. I miss Hawaii. I was listening to Rhythm of the Ocean the other day and it made me incredibly homesick. Just want to go hang out on a secluded beach and watch the waves. California, for all its reputation, just does not have beaches like Hawaii's. Makes me sad. I still eat a lot of white rice here. And teriyaki chicken from COSTSO. And Yoshida's Gourmet Sauce. I still take my shoes off in peoples' houses. Always seems to throw them for a loop.

Have not been playing online games as much. I play a WC3 mod every so often in the evenings, and I've actually been playing Angband again, but no Wow/EQ2/Vanguard. And two of those are free for me =/ Playing EQ2 feels almost like homework, which makes it hard to get into ;) A lack of overtime would help with all this. I also play Battlefield 2142 on occasion. And sporadically play Diablo 2 with Rick.

Speaking of Rick, he's been running twice a day now. Crazy shit. Icould not get him out of the house to work out for the life of me back during the summer when I was going daily =/ Now that I have no time, he's all balls out about it. Hopefully it holds and he's still up to it once summer returns and I lose the overtime. I need to get more pics of him up on my page. And more pics in general. I have a ton from New Years, tho most of you wouldn't know anyone in them. I'm in a couple, but since I was taking the pictures...

Rollercoasters I tell you. One day I will awake from this dream and have a real life on my hands. Soon... soon.

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Falling
Category: Romance and Relationships

"Your heart is the most expensive thing that can be broken."

And with that in mind, one must wonder why I am setting myself up for such an incredible fall. It's always a battle between reason and emotion, but goddamn if emotion hasn't been taking steroids ;P

Perhaps I'll be less vague when next I write. I'm just too busy teetering on the edge, way up here, and I don't fancy describing the view until I know how good the guard rails are.

Geronimo!

Currently listening : Savin' Me By Nickelback Release date: 27 April, 2006

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