I’ve been spending a lot of time trying to get various aspects of my life in order, enjoy what I have now, and plan for the future and what it means for my adventures and careers. Working in IT for 12+ years has had varying degrees of success and frustration. Software changes so much so…
Category: Life
Thoughts of a Cubicle Monkey
It is the 1-year anniversary of the day I walked away from a well-paying corporate job to the would-be life of the self-employed. Fed-up. Burned-out. Disgusted. Tired. Frustrated. Every word imaginable of just being unable to bring myself to go into an office any longer. I could no longer get paid to do a job…
Not Anti-Consumerist
I own very little…and I continue to crop my possessions to the bare-minimums. I don’t own any entertainment electronics like a Playstation, Xbox or even a TV. Sure, I may have a laptop and an iPhone, but both devices let me pursue the actions and adventures I deem most valuable to me. Putting a higher…
Quick Life Update
Still looking for IT work Updating 3 blogs Focusing on Running Exercising Regularly No iPhone at the moment Dating someone for two months now Completely money-less Eating pretty healthy Going Barefoot as much as possible Trying to lean towards the Paleo or Caveman diet Camping every other weekend
Just get started!
The Only Way to Get Started is to Get Started Everyone has that moment in the morning. Waking to an alarm clock, being jolted from rest, realizing the dream is over and reality has returned. One thinks “I SHOULD get up now, but I have a few minutes”. Minutes pass without stir. Suddenly, you sit…
Snow Day and Night
Late Addition: 26.3 miles of snow-biking goodness. Portland finally got some REAL snow today! We had a sorta-snow-day last week, but it was only enough to cover the ground, look pretty, then it all melted by lunch-time. I awoke to 3 inches of powdery stuff on the ground and the temperatures somewhere in the 20’s….
Move By Bike Times 2
Update! Steph R has posted her bike move pictures on Flikr. Move by Bike 2 and 3 These last two weekends I’ve assisted some strangers in a “Move By Bike“. First was “Kirsty’s Aquatic Bike Move” and then this past Saturday was the “AaA:aAA Bike Move to Alberta and Albina: an Alliterative Address”. I had…
I Can’t Do That Anymore
Ever reach a point in your life when something you’ve been doing for some years, months, weeks or days, can no longer be done? Back in 1994, I was working at a rental hall for over two years as a kitchen staff slash handyman. It was sometimes hard work with awkward hours on the weekends,…
Open Drawing Night
I went to an open Life Drawing session today. This is the only day I’ve draw since early March. Wow, I felt rusty at first, but by the time I got to this drawing, I was feeling much more confident. I will be going to other Life Drawing sessions at different locations this week and…
Migrating West
My car with all it’s traveling junk on top near the first quarter of traveling through Wyoming. It wasn’t too cold, but enough for the snow to stick to the ground but not the highway. You can’t tell, but it was REALLY windy out there!
The Final Stretch
Well, Friday was the “Final Stretch” of my long and treacherousjourney into the West. I had a decent rest at the “Sleep Inn” but couldn’t get the internetaccess to work, I think the port in my room didn’t work and I didn’thave a wireless adapter at the time. It was a perfect sunny day to…
The Next 18 Hours
I know the update is late, but here it is, so stop whining. Thursday, May 12 2005: After sleeping a few hours preceding my brush with Tornado drivenDEATH, I prematurely awoke on my comfy bed of $75 per night when I hadonly slept maybe 5 or 6 hours. So, cleaned up I got, dressed andpacked…