well my trip to the USA went well. i had a great time at the wedding, actually appreciated the extreme temperatures, enjoyed being myself, and, well, confirmed my love for vancouver. anyways, someone should have reminded me before my trip that the following weekend (this weekend) is a long weekend, because if i knew that, i would have flown to ontario from the usa (to visit with my friends/family), and killed two birds with one stone (or for you animal lovers out there… drank two beers with one funnel)… ohh well too late for that now.. so i guess, i will have to find some things to do to entertain myself… maybe head down to the waterfront, look at all the boats i wish i was on, set some new medium-term goals, and no matter what, focus on enjoying every moment that composes this ride called life.
it is absolutely perfect outside in vancouver today.. nothing but sunshine, blue skies, and 21°C of sheer joy!! and here i am going to arkansas tomorrow, where i am going to:
either way, i am going to feel like a fish out of water, kuz:
anyways, this trip isn’t about me… it’s about ryan’s little sister who is getting married, so i hope it all goes well.. and that my visit makes everything that much better…
so today i got a personal reply to my product registration for my external hard drive. adam, actually read what i type in those little form fields!!… and replied to me… wow good work maxtor!! i know i will, for sure, buy from you guys again, well assuming the drive doesn’t die on me (and if it does, that there will be no hassle over-nighting me a free replacement).
well i opened my mailbox today, and guess what, there was a dvd in there!! i am in love with zip.ca so far.. and it makes sense.. kuz, one, i have always loved getting mail and two, these are not bills but rather movies and tv shows i can watch! sopranos time, cheers!
so, this is the third entry that i have started with ‘so’, and so what… when i look around this apartment, i get a feeling that tells me that i need some stuff on the walls, that i need some art, something kool, that i like, and that i can relate to, and that i can justify spending money on…. now, i know that my walls will not be full immediately, since that would require many bunches of cash… but i know in the end, buying some real art will be kool… now, maybe this idea of ‘acquiring’ art is stemmed from my childhood, where i was not exposed to any real art or anything expensive that represented unique thought (well, unless it had some functional use, of course).
so, this weekend has been filled with many events… i’ve watched movies (thanks zip), did some freelance work (thanks nationals), went out friday and saturday nite (thanks mitch and hebs), went shopping (thanks retail stores and work), did laundry (thanks tide), and more (thanks)… but today, something just feels kinda off.. it’s not that i am bored per se, but that i have nothing to do that feels worth while. sure i could do some of the 23978972 things i have to do at the office this week, but it’s the weekend and i should have something better to do. now, i could go hang out at some random place in vancouver, and potentially meet my dream girl, but chances are she’s locked in her own apartment right now, drinking some lightly spiked fruit punch, out of a glass that is heavily marked by condensation, while carelessly flipping through a rather thick glossy magazine over and over. so.. given that.. i think i am just going to have a drink myself, sit on my balcony, and enjoy my own company. all in all, nothing new here.
so yesterday, i finally splurged and bought me an external hard drive. i got the maxtor onetouch ii (250 gb/16mb cache/7200 rpm, with firewire 400/usb2) and it’s fucken sexy. now, i can backup my data easily and don’t have to think about any exceeding my capacity limit on a daily basis (well for at least for the time being). it was kinda a little more than i wanted to spend, but it was exactly what i desired, and of course it was the lowest market price i could i find, so i just bit the bullet. “yey, more room for multimedia!!”
there should be another way record what i am thinking slash feeling without needing the actual mental process that is required to write it out coherently. if this was possible this weblog would be way less ambiguous and would actually be an interesting record of my life. but guess what, that method doesn’t exist, so here i am, in essence, writing about wanting to write about, what i essentially want to write about.
well some of you may notice i changed the style of this blog. it still has the boring grey look.. and seems kinda awkward but the menus on the side are now more IE friendly.. this look will probably change in the near future… but for now enjoy if you can.
UPDATE 14:43: i’ve added a bit of asynchronous javascript and xml (AJAX) to the side menus.. just click the titles to expand the content.. also.. the new look is slowing becoming refined…. let me know if ya like it.. by commenting on this post.. i am open to all suggestions.. but reserve the right to ignore them..
UPDATE 19:06: well i’ve got live search working how i want it too.. by sorting the results in reverse chronological order and fixing the error it was getting before.. search is still limited to one word, but i think that’s a good balance between the kool factor and functionality for now…
UPDATE 19:31: oops.. live search isn’t working in firefox.. and some other browsers i guess.. works in safari tho.. so everyone.. go out and buy a mac.. ok? also, i need mod the stylesheet/layout a bit more to be more friendly with smaller resolutions…
well, when i came home today, there was no one here. my mom and sister left for london ontario this morning, which makes tonight is the first night in my new place all by my lonesome. the apartment feels really big with two less people living here, but i am sure i will get eventually get accustomed to it. once again, i need to find some furniture and this time, i actually want stuff i like, and that will directly reflect my personality. now, i understand it’s going to be hard to find a sarcastic sofa with a minor superiority complex within my budget; but i’ll try! anyways, i do have a good feeling about this pad of mine here, and i think it stems from the idea of it being all mine; i have total and compete control over every aspect of my home, and i find that extremely kool. also, the idea that it is located in the third most densely populated area in all of north america [wikipedia], that it’s close to absolutely everything, and that it gets me out of my old garden level suite, are all also… very kool. now that i am here, i just know, that everything that is missing in my life, will now soon be found, since i think this apartment was the last bit of asphalt i needed lay, before i could successfully open the new road i am on.