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Beer Music Work

Fancypants Fri, work Sat, yard Sun

Friday after work I joined Kelly for an Oregon Symphony event called ‘Party of Note‘ where people can hear small ensembles/quartets of Oregon Symphony performers play in a more relaxed setting. The one on Friday was held at a house in Portland’s west hills (where the upper echelon live) and this house was insane. It was like walking into an Italian-inspired palace, complete with columns, tapestries, wood-paneled dining rooms, chandeliers, and fancy furniture. It reminded me of visiting some of the palaces in Europe, only smaller. I was clearly out of place, having come from work in my usual jeans and shirt outfit, everyone else were dressed to the nines, sipping wine and nibbling hors d’oeurves. It was a bizarre experience, but the string quartet that played some Mozart and Hayden was great. Even Kelly said that the previous one she attended was much more casual, so hopefully (if I go again) it won’t be so stuffy. That said, I got to see how the other 1% live.

Yesterday I got up around 8am and spent the whole day and most of the night working, trying to put the finishing touches on some features I’m on the hook for. Kelly got me away long enough to take a nearly 5 mile walk though, so that was good. She also got me out to Moon & Sixpence for a couple pints of Kilkenny. Mmm.

Today I relaxed a bit, watched several episodes of this British comedy The Inbetweeners, and then got out and mowed my lawn (first time for the year), aerated the front and threw & watered a bunch of grass seed (in an attempt to revive the sad little strip of mostly mud).

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Entertainment Movies Television

A long week & The Road

I’ve been very busy this past week with work. I’ve spent many late nights trying to clean up code and finish features (including a marathon on Monday, working until 4:30 AM; I was on a roll and couldn’t stop). I’ve managed to get a lot done, but there’s a lot more left to do. It’s probably going to be a long couple of weeks. C’est la vie! (Ou, c’est la travaille).

In my breaks between working, Kelly and I spent a couple hours at our old haunt Moon & Sixpence on Wednesday for a few pints, and then last night we caught The Road at Living Room Theaters. For anyone who hasn’t read (or seen) The Road, it’s a post-apocalyptic story of a man and his son struggling to survive in a lifeless wasteland. It’s depressing, somewhat scary, and very touching. Kelly hadn’t read the book, but since her reaction was very similar to mine after having read the book, it’s a good indication that the film did a good job adapting the story. Worth watching (or reading).

We’ve also continued to keep caught up with Lost, Heroes, Fringe, and Psych. That’s about it for now.

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Beer Entertainment Food Movies Work

Recap: work, movies, games, etc

Returning to work after 2 weeks of time off always means a lot of catching up to do. That means, as always, I fail to post. Sheesh. So here we go with more recappy goodness of the past couple weeks…

Kelly and I have watched a few decent films; the animated film 9, Charlie Wilson’s War, and just this evening, Michael Clayton. We’ve also continued to hang out from time to time at a recently discovered bar a few blocks from my house, NePo 42. They’ve got a decent beer selection, good grub, and free pool on a table in the back. The only downside are game nights when the Portland Trailblazers are playing (the place fills up with dudes that get drunk and like to loudly holler at the TV).

And today I freed up enough hard drive space on my PC to finally pick up Call of Duty: World at War off of Steam. Since I refuse to buy Modern Warfare 2 (no dedicated servers, no lean, etc – read more if you care), and I enjoyed the demo of World at War, I dropped my $39 on it and am currently gobbling up my bandwidth waiting for it to download and install. Game on!

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General Work

Family weekends done & an afternoon at the Zoo

Last weekend was a relatively relaxed weekend, sandwiched between some very busy weeks of work, and we continue to plan for our upcoming trip to Hawaii. I even picked up a waterproof camera (the Canon PowerShot D10, waterproof to 33 ft! Pretty happy with the test shots so far).

This past weekend (starting Thursday) we had some of Kelly’s family in town (her Father and his new ladyfriend who stayed at a nearby hotel, and an Aunt and Cousin who stayed with us). As a result, it was a hectic few days, not only disrupting our usual routines, but also trying to keep them all entertained while here.

Today, after the family left, we went to the Oregon Zoo for my work’s summer (or end of summer) picnic. I hadn’t been to the zoo in many years, and had a pretty fun time wandering around seeing all the animals. The highlights for me were seeing Samudra (the baby elephant),  and the big cats (lions and cheetahs) at the Predators of the Sarengeti exhibit. Also, the company picnic was good fun, had a nice late-lunch/early dinner, a beer, and a chat with coworkers before Kelly and I continued our tour of the Zoo.

See the photos from the Zoo here.

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Beer General Technology Work

Damn, it’s HOT (and some excuses)

Holy crap it’s hot out! Got to 95 here in Portland. Yikes!

Anyway, been a while (nearly a month) since I’ve posted, and I’ve had stuff to write about. For those who subscribe to my blog’s RSS feed, you’re going to see a few posts that I’m going to back-date (because I want it dated correctly in the blog), so when you see some of these posts, the present tense I write will be referring to the real date, not today’s date. For everyone else, just ignore this entire paragraph, ok? Thanks.

Two reasons for my lack of blogging activities of late: Work, and Twitter. The latter has successfully managed to usurp much of my “hey, this is what I’ve been doing lately” style transmissions. Combine that with a heavy workload, and the result is massive blog rot. To the 3 or 4 people who actually read this blog: sorry ’bout that. However, I’m pretty sure most people who read this also follow me on Twitter, so it’s probably not a big deal. I guess I’m just feeling guilty as I watch the date of the last post recede further and further into the past. Oh yeah, again, for anyone who doesn’t reads my blog via RSS, ignore this paragraph too, ok? Good.

Today (yes, the real today, July 2nd) I took the day off of work, and spent the day just hanging around the house, keeping indoors due to the heat. I did manage to scan some more photos, sort some music, watch some TV and play a bit on the Wii. I spent the (now tolerable) evening writing the blog posts mentioned above, and sipping on beers. Never left the house, which was fantastic. Tomorrow is supposed to be as hot as it was today, but I’ll actually be doing some running around, so it will be less ‘chill’ than today. Anyway, that’s it for now. Keep cool folks.