the ENFP geek

No longer sick

2009-05-08T01:00:00.001-07:00

10 day flu. I hope it was Swine FLu :)

Time to geek like mad now and get the DVD distribution for TOIOU rolledout.

And start running again. Oh yes.

Still got flu

2009-04-30T11:28:00.001-07:00

Day 6. Woot. If I'm still sick Monday, it's off to the doctor I think.

Sick, sick, sick...

2009-04-27T19:34:00.002-07:00

And there was me thinking it was the fact that I had a few beers Saturday night for the first time in 3 weeks. Woke up today, could hardly talk, and I just felt zapped. Diarrhea, then vomiting (that I thought was a hangover), and now light flu like symptoms. And just feeling really, really tired all day.

Slept all day, and am now trying to get the energy together to actually do something constructive!

On a brighter note, I'm downloading Ash's first run edit of his songs for the Vegas DVD. He's a damn good editor, so I can't wait to see what he's done with the fan footage - now, if only Torgo hadn't been having such bad hardware issues.

Back from the zoo

2009-04-19T19:50:00.002-07:00

And it was fun - they've built two, new water play areas since our last visit, and they were excellent relief from the heat.

Abbey and Grace rode camels, and each had $3.50 popsicles (rape charges for concessions, as usual...). Other than that, a great dat - but boy, am I exhausted.

Deep coding bliss

2009-04-16T17:13:00.003-07:00

There's nothing like getting so totally immersed in some code that you just don't want to stop. So wrapped up in namespace and DB manipulation right now. I have to remember to stop every now and then! This app is exciting - it's new code, so I won't fall into the "refactoring crap code" mode that ruled my life for a while. Ahhhh, the smell of fresh classes in the morning...

Also, 12 days off the beer. Wasn't hard this time at all - I think I'm finally getting sick of the beer gut.

All I have to do now is remember to run every now and then to stay sane (ish) ;-)

Walking in the hills

2009-04-12T10:45:00.001-07:00

It rains all night Friday and most of Saturday. Operation OMFG There's Flowers in The Desert comes to fruition.

Need to burn off all the damn candy I ate yesterday anyway...

A week without beer

2009-04-12T00:44:00.001-07:00

It's been a while, but it feels good.

Let's see how this next week goes.

SO much to keep me busy, and no desire to drink right now. Woot.

Getting sunk into new Job...

2009-04-07T05:50:00.002-07:00

Interesting position. Work isn't too challenging, and I come in as technical lead. If I fit in here this could turn into a very rewarding career move.

Only problem is whether I'll get bored or not. Right now it's all good, but I kinow how I can get after a while.

Still, at least I have my side projects to tax my little brain.

OK, let's go hammer out an application framework!

Going part time for a while - by choice

2009-03-30T19:29:00.002-07:00

I think if I was being honest with myself, I've been burning out over the last year. I'm now in a position where I can take a part time job, and focus on a few things outside of the general 9-6 that need attending.

In an ideal world, I'll work towards doing three 10 hour days a week, and then spend two days working on my little startup idea.

Let's see if I still feel the same way in 3 months though...

2009-03-28T03:06:00.002-07:00

Back from CT. Relaxed and revived.

The Prodigy was funky.

First we had dinner at an Irish bar round the corner. I put on some pre-show music to get us going, starting with Justice's "Waters of Nazareth". When the synth kicked in, the barmaid turned it down and said, "Oh, sorry, it sounds like it's broken". Heheh. She reluctantly turned it up when I told her it was "dance" music and meant to sound like that. And then I had to put up with her glaring at me when the Prodigy tracks kicked in heheh.

Then, when we finally get into the venue, out of the rain, the warm up DJ, Busy P, played "Waters of Nazareth" too. In fact, I pretty much enjoyed the whole set - even though I only knew a couple of tracks.

The Prodigy didn't disappoint, but the elbow in the nose drawing blood during Run With The Wolves did put a bit of a damper on me for a while.

All in all though, a great show, a great week ending with a mini ETS meet after the show (seven of us). And a long train ride, Bed was so welcomed after the long day out.

Heading East

2009-03-20T15:01:00.000-07:00

Time to start working on life while on vacation. Should be interesting.

Added bonus - get to see The Prodigy next Thursday in NYC!

If I had a job on the table right now, things would probably be perfect, heh...

From 2 to zero in 1 hour

2009-03-20T07:15:00.005-07:00

There was I, thinking I was doing well. Two jobs lined up, both looking like they were ready to make an offer...

I get a call from one, "I just thought, are you a citizen are still Green Card? Only, we do a lot of government work and you will have to be a citizen before we can hire you. Get back to me when you're a citizen because we definitely have work for you." - crapola.

Then I'm on IM with the other prospective employer and their "done deal" for financing has just got yanked.

So my mood is thrown from confident and optimistic to stressed out yet still optimistic in the space of an hour.

I know I have great skills - but I also know that there's not a lot of telecommute / local work out there right now. So now I'm moving from just applying for positions to actively hassling companies that I know deal with Perl.

It's midlife crisis time :)

2009-03-12T12:47:00.000-07:00

I'm actually beginning to thank this recession for kicking me in the ass regarding where I'm going in life.

I'm finally regaining my optimism and direction, and am starting to get excited again about projects and work.

And I'm starting to examine my motivation and other aspects of my personality. I took a few Myers-Briggs tests, and they suggest I'm type ENFP. So I dug deep and found some very astute observations about the personality type. And these insights are really helping me deal with some of the frustrations in life that I thought were just there - rather than actually being internal parts of my personality.

So, part of my mental clean up is to spend a little time each week thinking about me (something I'm not very good at) and focusing on goals I need to set and achieve to improve my life in general.

Let's see how this goes ;-)