Author: ryan

Friuesday

So today, Tuesday, was my Friday… that makes Friuesday. Right? Right. I had a bunch of PTO days to use before the end of the year, and seeings how Thursday is my birthday, I thought I’d treat myself to a five-day weekend, starting tomorrow. Hooray!

Today after work I met my friend JB (joined later by Kelly) at the Mash Tun for some beers and dinner. Had a great time out, and then Kelly and I walked home.

Today was a beautiful day for late October, reaching 72 degrees. Of course it figures that it would be this nice on a day I couldn’t possibly escape the office for a walk, since I was trying to finish up all my work before taking the rest of the week off. I guess it’s going to be decent, but a lot cooler, for the rest of the week. Oh well, At least it’s not supposed to dump it down like it did over the weekend. Might get some yardwork done tomorrow. OR, I may just be a lazy slob. Not sure yet, I haven’t decided. 🙂

UPDATE: for the 2nd time in the past few days I got to do a bit of video chat with my friend Martin who is currently in Shanghai for work. It’s one thing to video chat with someone only a timezone or two away, but an entirely different experience sitting at home and seeing a friend several timezones away, sometimes hearing your voice echoed nearly halfway around the world. I childishly said “Hello China” at one point, hearing myself transmitted from my laptop’s mic, to Martin’s speakers, back through his mic, and back to my laptop. All delayed by no more than a second. Neat! – 1:30am, weds

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Gratuitous Amounts of Energy

Post author By ryan
Post date October 22, 2007
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This is the best thing ever. Don’t argue with me, I’ve got ENERGY LEGS!

Found this during lunch today via this blog post. Hilarious stuff, though Powerthirst is probably the best one.

“MENERGY”

*dies from laughter*

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Heroes, Radiohead, and The Doctor

Post author By ryan
Post date October 21, 2007
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The week was pretty busy with work, though I did manage to go out some. Spent time with Snooks on Monday at Kennedy School, and my brother Travis at Moon & Sixpence on Thursday.

Friday I was pretty exhausted and Kelly had class, so I came home and relaxed. Had a couple beers, but ended up going to bed pretty early, though Kelly and I did finish watching the first season of Heroes, which was fantastic. What a great show. Now I’ve got the first four or so episodes of season 2 recorded to do a mini-marathon with. Brilliant!

On Saturday I woke up unusually early for me on a weekend, 7:30am (just as Kelly was headed to class) and couldn’t fall back asleep, so I just got up and got a lot of little things done around the house. It was pretty easy to do, it was pissing it down outside, just a miserable rainy day.

One of the things I finally did was buy the new Radiohead album In Rainbows, which in case you’ve been living in a cave (or don’t care for Radiohead) is being sold directly by the band now that they’re out of their recording contract with the big labels. Reports have been good regarding the sale, despite the fact that it’s a “name your price” sale. I opted for the box set route (which is VERY expensive) because I want the physical CD, though I wouldn’t have probably done it had my friend JB not gone in on it with me for the vinyl that I have no use for. It’s a really good album, and if you like Radiohead, I suggest going and buying the digital download for whatever you feel it’s worth to you, $2 or $20, if for no other reason than to ‘stick it to the man’ and prove that big labels have become largely irrelevant in an age of cheap recording options and virtually free distribution and promotion options.

Sunday was another largely lazy day, Kelly had some schoolmates coming over to do some studying, so I went and picked up pizza for them from a spot down the street and then hid out in my office for a few hours surfing the net. Later Kelly and I watched the last couple episodes of the 3rd season of Doctor Who, which was also really good (if you’re into that sort of thing, like I am). It was a good, relaxing weekend.

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Friends for dinner

Tonight we had my good friend Sean and his family over for dinner. Kelly made some delicious BBQ pulled pork and home-made mac & cheese, and we got to spend some time hanging out in the back yard catching up while Sean’s kids had fun coloring and playing with the little Halloween toys Kelly had picked up. Had a great night, despite the fact that the fire I tried starting in the fire pit thing only smoldered (which admittedly, kept the insects away). Sean & Co. left around 9pm and of course right about then the fire started burning, so I spent the rest of the night sitting out waiting for the fire to burn down and sipping on beers. It was quite nice.

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Moon over Shanghai

Tonight after a long but very productive work week I met my good friend MB at Shanghai Tunnel for some beers and few games of pool, after which we took the MAX out to the Moon & Sixpence for a final pint before we hopped the bus to our respective homes. I had a fun time, and got home early enough to tidy up the house a bit in preparation for the dinner we’re hosting for some good friends tomorrow evening.