I'm currently reading/listening to Eragon. I've throughly enjoyed reading it, but it wasn't until I had a conversation about the book with my buddy James at work did I realize I might need to dig a little deeper into the author. The author Christopher Paolini was 18 years old when the book was published. I consider myself officially impressed.
Current Brainstorms
Friday, March 26, 2004
I'm currently reading/listening to Eragon. I've throughly enjoyed reading it, but it wasn't until I had a conversation about the book with my buddy James at work did I realize I might need to dig a little deeper into the author. The author Christopher Paolini was 18 years old when the book was published. I consider myself officially impressed.
I'm currently reading/listening to Eragon. I've throughly enjoyed reading it, but it wasn't until I had a conversation about the book with my buddy James at work did I realize I might need to dig a little deeper into the author. The author Christopher Paolini was 18 years old when the book was published. I consider myself officially impressed.
9:23 AM Posted by Big Dave | 0 Thoughts
Monday, March 22, 2004
I am back from Costa Rica. I had a wonderful time. But it all feels like a dream now. One long extremely vivid dream. When compared with the reality of coming home and what happens here. I will eventually write down what happened this week, but for right now I'm still on Tico time and I'll get to it when I'm darn good and ready.
9:37 AM Posted by Big Dave
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I am back from Costa Rica. I had a wonderful time. But it all feels like a dream now. One long extremely vivid dream. When compared with the reality of coming home and what happens here. I will eventually write down what happened this week, but for right now I'm still on Tico time and I'll get to it when I'm darn good and ready.
9:37 AM Posted by Big Dave
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Tuesday, March 09, 2004
MP3 Players give you freedom? Something to ponder
9:19 AM Posted by Big Dave
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MP3 Players give you freedom? Something to ponder
9:19 AM Posted by Big Dave
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I'm just cruising at this point. This weekend I leave for Costa Rica on a mission trip. I've been looking forward to it for a while. I'm not quite sure what I'm getting myself into. That seems to have become a theme for a lot of the things I have done this year. I have heard wonderful things and I hope to have a great time while helping to do some good things.
Work is on schedule to deliver to a new client this week. I'm glad I'll have all my stuff done before I go so I won't worry about leaving any loose ends.
The weather was absolutely gorgeous this weekend. I didn't get out and enjoy it as much as I should have. It would have made great camping weather.
I think the Jiu-Jitsu lessons are starting to kick in. Last night we were practicing a choke hold. Let me tell you. There's probably not a better way to kill brain cells and remain perfectly sober. At the end of class we "Roll" or spar with partner. I usually get trounced since I'm all muscle and have very few technical skills. Last night I did a lot better. I didn't tap anyone, but I didn't get tapped very often either.
Dezi and I are still taking Ball-room dance lessons. The classes are fun, but I have a hard time getting excited about it. It's all very... Demanding. And the more you get into it, the more is demanded.
8:51 AM Posted by Big Dave
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Work is on schedule to deliver to a new client this week. I'm glad I'll have all my stuff done before I go so I won't worry about leaving any loose ends.
The weather was absolutely gorgeous this weekend. I didn't get out and enjoy it as much as I should have. It would have made great camping weather.
I think the Jiu-Jitsu lessons are starting to kick in. Last night we were practicing a choke hold. Let me tell you. There's probably not a better way to kill brain cells and remain perfectly sober. At the end of class we "Roll" or spar with partner. I usually get trounced since I'm all muscle and have very few technical skills. Last night I did a lot better. I didn't tap anyone, but I didn't get tapped very often either.
Dezi and I are still taking Ball-room dance lessons. The classes are fun, but I have a hard time getting excited about it. It's all very... Demanding. And the more you get into it, the more is demanded.
8:51 AM Posted by Big Dave
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Monday, March 01, 2004
There's a reason I don't come in to work at 7:00. Now what was it? Oh yeah, I don't get anything done early in the morning. I am a true creature of the night. It's easier for me to stay up until 5:00 AM that it is to wake up then. I turned my CD alarm clock to near max volume to make sure I got out of be this morning, but it was still 5 songs into the CD before I woke up enough to crawl to the shower.
Dezi has a big week of tests and projects. As such we went out Friday night, but that's about it. I had a whole list of things I planned to accomplish. I didn't make it very far down my list. In fact I managed to accomplish the bare minimum to maintain human subsistence. Maybe a slight exaggeration, but I barely left my apartment Saturday or Sunday. Instead I was consumed with the desire to watch all 22 episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 5. 45 Minutes times 22 episodes = 16.5 hours of vampire killing fun. I used to make fun of people for watching that show. Then I got trapped. The show is off the air and I'm still trapped.
The box set was a gift from Desiree. It was a thank you present along with a King Cake for the New Orleans trip. I ended up bringing the King Cake to work for Fat Tuesday. A couple of people had heard of the tradition, but most hadn't. The way it works is that if you find a baby/bean in your slice of cake then you are supposed to bring the cake the next time. The guys who made this cake didn't put the baby in the cake and I didn't add it later. I didn't want some unsuspecting victim to need to visit the dentist because they found the baby.
On the side I have been playing some games that my friend Jeff lent me. I thought I'd give a quick review for anyone who is interested. These are all on the XBox.
Kung Fu Chaos - wouldn't buy it, but it's really funny to play. The premise is that you're an actor in an old style kung fu flick and you have to battle your way through scenes. Very quircky humor so I was of course laughing hysterically at parts.
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge - Very pretty game, but I never really got into it. It's hard to play and I just couldn't make myself play very much.
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time - The fighting leaves a little to be desired, but as far as being a puzzle game, it's great. I actually plan to beat this one if I can spend the time to do so.
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - This is one Desiree will actually play with me. Probably because she knows the story line. It's a fun game, but relatively easy to beat. However, I'll still play it and run around and "Kick orc bootie."
I have a potential project to work on programming and app for a Palm OS and Windows CE environment. I spent a lot of time last week at Barnes and Nobles trying to decided if I liked any of their books well enough to buy them. I decided not to, but I would still like to get into the guts of programming one of these guys. I guess for that to work I need to acquire one. Well at least if I get paid for the job it will be tax deductible.
7:52 AM Posted by Big Dave
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There's a reason I don't come in to work at 7:00. Now what was it? Oh yeah, I don't get anything done early in the morning. I am a true creature of the night. It's easier for me to stay up until 5:00 AM that it is to wake up then. I turned my CD alarm clock to near max volume to make sure I got out of be this morning, but it was still 5 songs into the CD before I woke up enough to crawl to the shower.
Dezi has a big week of tests and projects. As such we went out Friday night, but that's about it. I had a whole list of things I planned to accomplish. I didn't make it very far down my list. In fact I managed to accomplish the bare minimum to maintain human subsistence. Maybe a slight exaggeration, but I barely left my apartment Saturday or Sunday. Instead I was consumed with the desire to watch all 22 episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 5. 45 Minutes times 22 episodes = 16.5 hours of vampire killing fun. I used to make fun of people for watching that show. Then I got trapped. The show is off the air and I'm still trapped.
The box set was a gift from Desiree. It was a thank you present along with a King Cake for the New Orleans trip. I ended up bringing the King Cake to work for Fat Tuesday. A couple of people had heard of the tradition, but most hadn't. The way it works is that if you find a baby/bean in your slice of cake then you are supposed to bring the cake the next time. The guys who made this cake didn't put the baby in the cake and I didn't add it later. I didn't want some unsuspecting victim to need to visit the dentist because they found the baby.
On the side I have been playing some games that my friend Jeff lent me. I thought I'd give a quick review for anyone who is interested. These are all on the XBox.
Kung Fu Chaos - wouldn't buy it, but it's really funny to play. The premise is that you're an actor in an old style kung fu flick and you have to battle your way through scenes. Very quircky humor so I was of course laughing hysterically at parts.
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge - Very pretty game, but I never really got into it. It's hard to play and I just couldn't make myself play very much.
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time - The fighting leaves a little to be desired, but as far as being a puzzle game, it's great. I actually plan to beat this one if I can spend the time to do so.
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - This is one Desiree will actually play with me. Probably because she knows the story line. It's a fun game, but relatively easy to beat. However, I'll still play it and run around and "Kick orc bootie."
I have a potential project to work on programming and app for a Palm OS and Windows CE environment. I spent a lot of time last week at Barnes and Nobles trying to decided if I liked any of their books well enough to buy them. I decided not to, but I would still like to get into the guts of programming one of these guys. I guess for that to work I need to acquire one. Well at least if I get paid for the job it will be tax deductible.
