by Matt | Dec 4, 2005 | Friends and Family, Personal, Travel
At this very moment I’m waking up on Ashley’s couch after a long night of dancing. Lauren and I came up to College Station (Texas A&M) to visit Ashley and because they were having a swing dance sponsored by the Aggie Swing Cats (college dance club). It was actually very enjoyable. We got all dresses up and spent the night dancing and talking and having fun. We were also talking to members of a larger group, the Houston Swing Dance Society, which I think Lauren and I are going to want to join. They have lessons and dances every Sunday. Its a yearly membership fee but it includes the lessions and stuff. There’s also a workshop in the spring called Lindy Fest that’s a 3 day focus on just the Lindy Hop, something Lauren and I have always wanted to learn.
Anyway, we even dragged out Ashleys Canon 20D, so we have pictures to share. When I get home tonight I’ll try and open a Flickr account or something.
Just a quick note along similar lines, Lauren and I decided to not get each other a crazy ammount of presents this year, but rather to get a consumer digital camera for ourselves, so, it’s likely they’ll be regular photo uploads after the new year.
Out.
ps: sidekick blogging ownz
by Matt | Nov 24, 2005 | Personal
Its been a pretty good Thanksgiving here. The whole family had the traditional Texan feast of Cajun fried turkey and sweet potatoes. Very tasty. Now we’re taking a break between dinner and desert and watching Batman Begins while the ladies are sifting through ads for tomorrow black friday sales.
Hope everyone is having a good day. Later.
by Matt | Nov 24, 2005 | Friends and Family, Personal
Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, whoever you’re with, here’s hoping you all have a great Thanksgiving. Say hello to the families for me. Take care, and try not to over eat… Ha!
by Matt | Nov 18, 2005 | Personal
Have I bitched about having so many things I wanted to do before? I think I have. And did I mention my complete lack of motivation for any of them? Probably. Well, Lauren and I were talking over dinner last night and she suggested I divide the things I want to do into categories and then pick 1 and don’t start another until I finish it. As she pointed out, I have Monday’s all to myself and could do any of this if I really wanted to. She’s right of course, she’s always more practical than I am. So, here goes. This is a list, mostly for myself, based on cost, time and priority.
Free/Quick:
-Mod a keyboard. $5 in paint and an hour or two in drying time.
-Update this page with a better theme
-Finish my Drupal install (that Chris helped me start, thanks Chris!)
-Design a layout for Chris’ new page
-Adjust TCC logo’s for tshirt printing and submit them
Under $50/Medium Length (day or two):
-Register and setup new domain (secret project)
-Mod my Xbox (mod chip + new hard drive)
-Mod my 2nd case (basic mod, paint only)
-Redesign TCC page
Expensive/Time Consuming:
-Design afor mentioned secret project (free but time consuming)
-Heavily RE-Mod my current case (going all out this time)
-Build a car-puter/mp3 player
-Build a HTPC for the living room (cross off if Xbox mod is successful)
That’s all I can think of at the moment. I’m sure there’s more in the back of my head somewhere… Now, where should I start???
by Matt | Nov 16, 2005 | Personal
Its kind of weird, this whole process. At the moment I’m waiting in a hall way with 20 other people, some of them jurors for other cases, some of them lawyers, some of them the people they’re defending. What’s weird is that more than likely the person who’s trial we might hear is probably nearby. How mess up would it be if the person sitting across from me was the person who’s fate I’m deciding. Weirdness. You’d figure they wouldn’t mix jurors, whitnesses, lawyers and defendents all in on place.
by Matt | Nov 16, 2005 | Personal, Work
I sitting in the parking lot of the Brazoria county courthouse at the moment. I’m visiting it for the 2nd time this week. On Monday I was selected for a pannel. For those of you fortunate enough not to have had jury duty yet, a pannel is a larger “pre-jury”, meaning you’ve been selected but not assigned yet. You still have a slim chance to go actually sit through the trial, you might be an alternate, you might be dismissed all together.
So, being picked for a pannel on Monday brings me to today. The trial starts this morning and jury selection is immediatly before hand. Why they couldn’t have picked the jury when we were all here on Monday is beyond me. Regardless, we all had to come back today.
Part of me kinda wants to see the actual trial, since I drove all this way. The other half of me calls that first half a raving lunitic and wants to go back to bed.
Oh, I’m off to serve the public, or some crap like that.
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