I told you I was going to do this. I’ve also started a picassa album for an ongoing “Photo Diary.” This week’s daily photos are after the jump.
…It’s snowing. In case you hadn’t noticed.
So, I bought a camera. And I’ve been taking quite a few photos of everything I’ve been doing. This coming Sunday, I’ll post 7 of the pictures I’ve taken this week , one from each day.
7 days, 7 photos.
(Ed. note: This is the actual text of the paper I turned in for the team project)
There were supposed to be six of us, but due to factors beyond our control our group only numbered four. Well, technically five, but Byron wasn’t present on picture day.
By this point in the week the only thing that gets me through the lecture is the Blue and Silver can.
Conan O’Brien speaks his mind, and gives advice we should all listen to.
As I get older, and define myself as an individual human, I’m finding out certain things about my personality and the preferences that are a result thereof. Some people may find most of these preferences normal, and some may find them strange. I don’t really care either way about what my peers think of my likes and dislikes, they’re mine.
One of the areas of my life where I’m discovering that my tastes are unique from, apparently, the rest of humanity is in my approach to gadgets. Namely, the amount of things that my techo-accessories can do. With the exception of my cellphone (we’ll get to that in a minute) I prefer to own a set of specific toys, rather than one or two that can do everything.
For example:
1) I still own an iPod. I also have a wicked cool phone that can hold and play music, just like my iPod. But I still carry and use “The Beast” as much as the day I got it. read more…
Last week, like most of the other 52 we experience yearly, was completely forgettable. I got out of bed every morning, I went to work when I was supposed to, I went to school when I was supposed to, and I spent time with my friends when I was supposed to. I guess having a routine is good, but that doesn’t mean it’s not boring.
For those of you that follow my Twitter feed, you know (pretty well) by now that the man who presides over my Business Ethics class on Thursday’s – from this point forward I refuse to refer to him as a “professor” – is a complete moron. Well, maybe thats a little harsh, he must know something he is “teaching” after all, but the man is pretty clueless. read more…
As all this drama between Conan and Leno heats up, I just can’t help myself but to weigh in and remind the NBC execs of this one little thing: Conan is funny, Leno is not.
Our parents like Leno better because our parents don’t get most of Conan’s jokes. Our parents also go to bed at 11:30.
Leno was cool 15 years ago. So was Windows 95.
I respectfully ask NBC chief Jeff Zucker this question: If your boss gave you a new job, and you stunk the place up with it, nearly killing most of the company’s other products in the process, would you get fired or would you get your old job back?
This is basically what’s going on with Jay Leno. He agreed six years ago to step down from The Tonight Show in 2009, but then he decided he didn’t want to quit TV so NBC gave him a new gig. It failed. Fire Leno, he’s the guy who sucked at his job. Don’t punish Conan and his fans for what Jay did wrong.
Conan, to his credit, is playing the entire thing super-cool because he knows that he’s right and the network is wrong. I just hope the network figures it out soon, too.
Today is January 9, 2010
Really? Twenty Ten? I can’t believe I’ve made it this far. Let alone the rest of the world, I could have sworn we’d all be dead by now. Either at the hands of a zombie apocalypse, some crazy world-wide epidemic, or even thermonuclear war. But then again what do I know, Nostradamus I’m not.
But anyway, here’s a quick recap of ‘09: Got hired by That One Company after temping there for more than a year; Parted ways with a girlfriend of three years; Fell in love all over again with The Massive; Kicked started a career in writing; Followed The Crew to Chicago, Denver, New York, and Chicago again; Got touched by the economy; Picked myself up by the bootstraps; Enrolled in college; and Finally found gainful employment. Busy year, eh?
But that was the past. It’s all about the future now, and I’ve got big plans for this year. I’m going to buy a new (to me) car. I’m going to move into a new (to me, probably) apartment. I’m going improve my personal brand and get paid for writing. I’m going to get my associates.
There are a few other things that I want to do in the next 365, but I’m going to keep those under my hat for fear of jinxing them. But lets just suffice it to say this will be a big year for me. I’m going to make things happen.
Carpe diem, y’all.
