A co-worker just questioned if I'd lost weight, someone who had no idea about my diet/lifestyle changes. Nice to get some impartial confirmation/validation that it's noticeable. Now I know my friends aren't just blowing smoke up my ass when they say it's obvious. *wink* Imagine when I finally get some new clothes that actually fit!
I’ve finally gotten back into drawing this week. I’d dabbled here and there over the last couple months, but ended up setting it aside every time. This time, I’m sticking with it pretty well. I’ve got a fairly major project that I’m well into, and fully plan on finishing. I’ve got the pencil work done, … [Read more…]
Getting better at putting these out in a more regular fashion, rather than the binge and purge method I used to employ! Another little slice of textural, Basic Channel-style techno. This song is about all those people that have dropped into my life and made a huge impact. All too often, these people leave my … [Read more…]
Several weeks back I made a decision to try and simplify and minimize my life. As part of that process, I began purging and streamlining my apartment, through which I ended up taking down all the pictures (and everything else) that I had hung up on my walls. Today, I was sitting here looking at … [Read more…]
I've now had two occasions in recent months where someone has referred to me, or something I've said or done, as inspirational. Which is a new thing for me, I've never heard anything like that before, and it's not like it was anything I was even trying to be. I don't aspire to inspire, I'm … [Read more…]
Following up on my last post, here’s a few more potentially embarrassing confessions/things you probably don’t know about me… I used to be a ginger kid. Up until I was around 5 or 6 I had curly, bright red hair and a face full of freckles. The freckles mostly faded, as did the hair color, … [Read more…]
Yes, it’s true. Once upon a time, I was quite the metalhead (as the icon for this post will prove.) What can I say? I was in a teenager in suburbia during the 80’s, and there was no better form of rebellion than listening to Slayer. It’s really all my father’s fault, it was a … [Read more…]
I've spent a good deal of the day today just sitting and listening to it rain. It's been a constant drone throughout the day, and I find it very relaxing. Soothing, even. Other sounds have come and gone, the heater clicks on and off, the refrigerator purrs in the background for a while, the fans … [Read more…]
Okay, I’ll warn you in advance: this is very nerdy/geeky. So, if you have no interest or knowledge of back-end web development then you should probably just stop reading right now and move on to the next post. :) I’m excited because I finally got Ruby On Rails running today! I’m using Ubuntu Linux running … [Read more…]
I've been thinking about the direction I've been taking with this blog lately. Too much personal, introspective stuff? Is a wide open, publicly accessible avenue such as this the best place for it? Should I pull back on sharing all these explorations into my psyche and soul and go back to ranting and rambling about … [Read more…]
Okay, time to finally let this particular rumination free. Yet another case of my friend Melissa giving me things to think about, putting these little birds in my mind that flit about and make me pay attention. Pondering their flight paths, if you will. She wrote: (and I hope she’ll forgive me for editing this … [Read more…]
I think my old, reliable iPod might be getting a bit sick. I've noticed it locks up for about a second every once in a while while playing, not terribly long and it recovers quickly (and it does it very rarely) but it never used to do that. It's also tripping up on files it … [Read more…]