THE NEGATIVE REACTION

A CONSPIRACY NO MORE. . .

Wow it was a long weekend. Two VERY long calls with my son and his Mother, and I finally got him moving in the right direction. We'll see how the reception at the airport goes. He can be pretty chilly when he wants to.

In the end, I had to dig in and play the hard ass in all this. I always think the more time I have to spend with him, the better off I'll be and sometimes you just can't let the other side win and give up and give in to let them get what they want. It also helps when you hold all the aces at the table.

The rest of the week should be pretty smooth (all things considered) and we'll have some good free time before he heads out Friday morning.

I was planning on going snowboarding with him, but his recent ankle surgery, and long recovery time has put that notion in the back seat for now. It would have been nice to get out early this season, but. . .whatever, I'll get over it.

TIME FOR A NEW CHALLENGE. . .

Okay, so I dropped onto the development team like a commando in the dead of night. I'm sure some of my co-workers woke up and were like, "Who the FUCK is this guy?" and here we are a year later and it's been pure paradise. Oh sure, has all been tea and crumpets? Not always, but my co-workers are some of the coolest people I know. I got a great spot, and my two cube mates (Vah Jay Jay and Tief) have made a funny and fairly easy transition. Of course, being, "the new guy" opened me up to some artful hazing, but I took it all in stride. This is the place I finally feel like I WANT to be here and help the team as best I can. And that's no Bull Durham rip off quote.

After a year though, I need a new challenge. I've just found out I will have it come December when I get to learn CSS. I deal with CSS on a daily basis and am well familiar with it, and I've started to do some development projects outside of work with CSS, but this it going to be completely different. The one thing I need to learn to do before I feel like a "real" developer is how to take a PSD design and cut it up into vaild CSS code. Likewise, learning how to design a full site in Photoshop has always been a goal of mine. The ability to combine both and be good at it is one of my long term goals.

The following months are going to be another barn burner.

I'll hit yah back up on the flip side after my son goes back to school.

In the meantime, here's another couple of vids for you to enjoy:

I've always been a skateboarder fan, and a HUGE fan of Plan B. If you don't already know, Plan B formed after H-Street skateboards went defunct and Mike Ternasky (God rest his soul) passed away.

This is the trailer for their video - Live after Death which I think came out sometime in 2007. Anyways, this is the second trailer, you should also check out the Part 1 of this on youtube - its INSANE as you can clearly see in this clip:




The second vid I'm pretty sure hockey fans will like. My soccer career is all but a smoldering bit of ashes right now. After the outdoor season ended and the I played the first session of indoor, I just had no desire to play anymore. It was as if a ghost had finally left my body. Sure, I still love to watch the games on TV, but I have no more desire to play. Dunno what happened to kill my desire to play, but there's not a single bone in my body which wants to play anymore. Instead, I've chosen to play hockey on Wednesdays and am loving it and feel like I'm actually getting better each week. I just feel a lot more confident on the puck and feel like I'm a much better defensemen now. Anywho, hockey is where its at right now, so here's a good one:



Alls I got for right now. . .

Seacrest EWT.