Archives for category: Asides
- So in a little over seven months, I’ll be turning the big thirty. Personally, I’m looking forward to it. But we’ve established this already, right? I was looking back at some goals that I made last year before turning 29 and trying to see where I’m at so far. Professionally, my business has been going great. Financial has been pretty nice too (aside from a slip-up or two). Personal has been…interesting. Gaara is completely out of the picture. And there are some interesting personal developments going on which…I’m not really going to mention yet. Haha.
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- No sense in really even explaining my absence now, is there? Business has picked up dramatically, which I consider a good thing in this economy. Unfortunately, that leaves me little time for leisure activities, like video games, vegging out in front of the TV, and blogging. I’m really trying not to do the whole “post once a month” thing. That’s so Spring 2009. I’m going to try a new tactic though — I’m going to blog first thing in the morning before starting work (unless I’ve got an early morning client meeting). This way, I’ll get out what I need to say then and can work through the day without wondering when I’m going to crap out a blog entry. We’ll see how that works out. I can’t lose my voice, after all.
- Speaking of crap and blogs, I looked at my stats the other night and…um…well, it’s a good thing I’m shutting this blog down in a little under a year! Readers and comments have plummeted, which is expected when you’re only blogging once a month or so. Besides, the content here has always been more personal than pop culture, so that’s probably attributing to the low reader numbers. It’s probably also attributing to my piss-ant ad revenue as well. I got a fucking PayPal payment for $2 last month. TWO. FUCKING. DOLLARS. Well, you reap what you don’t sow.
- FWIW, I haven’t forgotten about the things I promised in my last few entries last month. I have an update on the family tree research. I’m one step closer to ditching Comcast for TV after this past month of outages and technicians and overall shit service. A new site is coming (I bought the theme and everything). And if you noticed all the linking in this post to other entries I’ve written, well…that’s what you get for not commenting. Nyah!
- In case you’ve lived under a rock for the past week, history was made yet again in the US with Obama signing a bill passing comprehensive health care reform. I sat up and watched the vote on C-Span with some friends. The biggest thing that this bill means is free preventative care for all. Check out The Loop for more plain language info on what will happen immediately with this bill and what’s coming in the future.
- I am *this* close to ditching Comcast cable for good. I was hanging out with Goofball and Milk-Chan the other day, and their television picks up digital cable signals via clear QAM. I’ve got digital cable now, but I am not feeling the channel selection mostly. I only really watch Logo and VH1 Soul…everything else I generally just skip over. All the shows I watch now I either end up downloading (for the HD quality), watching on Hulu, or catching up on the season via Netflix. I’m giving Comcast cable another month or two, and then it’s getting the boot. I’d probably up my Internet speed though.
- Well it’s about damn time. After four seasons of pussyfooting around their attraction, Amaar and Rayyan from “Little Mosque On the Prairie” finally admitted their mutual attraction. Something needed to save that show — this current season was lame even by Canadian sitcom standards.
- For the past few weeks, I’ve been testing out encountr, an Android app that helps you find gay guys in your area. It’s sort of like Grindr, except there’s not the huge user base. Thus far, it’s been pretty good — I’ve chatted it up with a few guys, which I guess is par for the course with these sorts of things. I’d imagine it be better if you’re travelling. All the benefits of online tricking with none of the tedious cruising mechanics. Gotta love technology.