What I am listening to as I type this: Soulfly w/ Sean Lennon - Son Song
December 29, 2008
This has been a busy and eventful month for me. I returned yesterday from a relaxing week in Iowa at my parents' place where we celebrated Christmas and just bummed around. As much of a people person as I am and how much I enjoy going to see my friends everywhere, I made no effort to see anybody this year other than my family, which was so much less stressful than the way I normally do things. It was a great trip, but also good to be home. I actually turned down $200, a free flight, and a later flight back to Denver from Omaha yesterday as I simply wanted to get home and watch the Seahawks play; which brings me to ....
THANK YOU MIKE HOLMGREN FOR BEING COACH OF THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS!!!! It was a rough season this year and a bad way to go out, but wow, you turned that program around and I am thrilled to have been able to cheer for you the past 10 years. I hope you enjoy your future, whatever it may entail (even if you go to the 49ers next year, as I suspect).
Dreams have been occurring lately, and I have logged them.
I finished my book The Given Day last night, by my favorite author, Dennis Lehane. It was a slow-start to a book, his usually suck you right in, but it was highly climatic near the end. Imagine my inner calamity when, after reading 695 pages, my plane landed and I had to deplane with just 7 pages to go. Had to wait until that night to finish 7 damn pages. Anyways, if you haven't read any of Dennis' books, this one is different from his normal crime mystery novels. It is set in the 19-teens during the Boston Police Strike and follows to separate stories which merge around halfway through the novel. It's a fictional story based on true events. Excellent read, excellent read.
Work ... busy. I am firing off project after project these days. Feels good, I've gotten many things done I've wanted to complete for quite awhile, and I'm continuing to move forward. Although I'm still behind and have many projects on my desk, I can see improvements in most areas of my work and our overall database's integrity is growing as well. This pleases me.
It feels beyond wonderful having this break from school; I am smack-dab in the middle of a month long break. I was able to receive an A in my Middleware Architecture class last term, and on January 12 I begin my Oracle Database Tuning course; In March I will begin an OLAP class, and then I am finished with my Masters degree with the exception of my thesis. In my life I have looked forward to fewer things with more anticipation than I look forward to completing this degree. It feels so awesome having the light at the end of the tunnel be visible, although I still have much work to do. This break is refreshing, to say the least. Although unlikely, I may .... MAY .... fix my web gallery so I can add new pictures. I simply don't have any time for this site while in school, so during my break if I'm not spending 100% of my free time on my German, I may fix that and post some pictures from the past year. We'll see.
I have let myself get back in horrid physical shape the past 2 months, that Middleware class kicked my ass. These next two weeks before school starts will be intense. I feel weak. I feel fat. I feel like I need to run and lift weights for 3 hours a day for two months to get back where I should be. As Sr. Talley would say on Shark Attack 3: Megalodon... "Yes, make it happen."
"STAY! You don't always know where you stand, 'till you know that you won't run
away." --Slipknot
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