So last night, I wrote about my new favorite app CardStar. I’ve had it for several days now.
Today, two of my favorite blogs picked it up: Consumerist and Lifehacker. For some reason, I just feel special that I knew about something before these two.
So why am I neglecting my blog lately? Here is what else I’ve been neglecting:
So what have I been up to?
So now what?
Since my blog has basically turned into a photo gallery lately, I thought I would come up with something to write about today. I haven’t wrote much of anything lately, because I’m still struggling with the “Should my blog go public?” question. I don’t want to express my opinions too much and then have a potential employer read them.
So lately my time has been taken up by all of these season finales on TV. Tonight is American Idol, which I could care less about. I’ll go run or something. But since my four favorite shows are over, I will make a few comments about them:
LOST: That atomic bomb better not have blown them back onto the original flight. That is really going to tick me off. Besides, a lot of questions still haven’t been answered . . . like why Juliet time-travels when the other others don’t?
PRISON BREAK: Not only was this the season finale, but also the series finale. I can see why. The first season was smoking hot but it pretty much went downhill from there. But did they really have to kill off Michael in the end?
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES: Another show that has started out great but has gotten more boring over the seasons. The finale closed out a lot of storylines, but the ones that they introduced weren’t too great. The new chick that moved in with Carlos and Gabby is the only thing that offers any potential.
24: We all know Jack will live. And the president is going to leave her sickly looking first-man and hook up with Ethan. And the next season will continue to get the terrorists that were missed this time around. I’m just glad that my hacker hero Chloe is back and has managed to survive … even if she doesn’t quite get the I.T. lingo right.
This is only my 8th blog post this month. Sad.
This month, my blog made $65.23. That’s $141.68 since this blog began on July 15, 2008. I’m a loooong way from being a professional blogger. Thanks to whoever is clicking on my amazon links and purchasing stuff. Also, thanks to those who are clicking on my adsense links.
I uploaded my final C# project tonight. I am 1/10 of the way towards another masters degree.
I ran 37.2 miles this month, totaling 458.19 miles since I began running in February 2009. That’s a pathetic average of 35 miles per month.
Hopefully, that chart will start to look more like an upward curve. Then again, the summer heat is not a runner’s friend.
This fall, I plan to run 4 10Ks, a 13K, and a half marathon — all in preparation for the 2010 Goofy Race at Disney.
That’s enough math for tonight!
This morning, I’m blogging from Butler Toyota. I HATE car dealerships, but Kimberlie’s car needs an oil service. I guess the economy has really hit these folks.
I can’t figure out why there’s so many car salesmen on duty at 10:00 on a Friday morning. I’m no rocket scientist, but I would guess that most people who buy new (or used) cars have jobs. On top of that, it’s raining. I would guess there is some correlation between rain and the lack of customers. One sales guy here has been to the coffeepot like 242355 times already. It seems like all these people do is drink coffee. If I had a job where I only made commission, I would only go to work when I thought customers would be there.
Maybe they should just have the service department open during normal hours with a limited sales staff. It’s like they sell good cars but they have no common sense.
Since I’ve been slightly neglecting this blog lately, I figured its a great time for a life update. In no particular order:
RUNNING: I ran 4 miles tonight. It’s the longest distance I’ve done since the Disney Marathon, which was almost 3 months ago. I’m just over a 9 minute/mile pace at that distance. I have five races scheduled in April/May so I’m really going to be hitting the pavement. It feels good getting a trophy at the end of a race!
SCHOOL: I turned in my second C# project last weekend. One more to go and then class number one of masters degree number two will be complete. Summer semester is going to be rough because it’s less than a month and I have a work trip to Colorado scheduled right in the middle of it.
WORK: Work sucks lately. I just hate being there. Our worthless marketing guy is trying to take over technology and my boss doesn’t like to fight the political battles. On top of all of that, four years of doing the same things is getting boring. There is no chance of advancement in my current job and my boss doesn’t support formalized training (even when it’s free). I would really like to get my expired CCNA back (which wouldn’t cost the University anything but time), but the boss believes that if you train someone, they will leave. I’m not knocking my boss. He’s a great guy both in and out of work, but I need challenges!!! I would go for the CCNA outside of work, but I don’t have time. I do have a 5 day weekend beginning tomorrow, so maybe I’ll be re-energized by Wednesday. If things don’t improve over the next few months, I may jump into the job market.
TRAVEL: Yes, we are hitting the road again Sunday. Back to Disney World. As annual passholders, we can book the value rooms for next to nothing. Apparently though, too many of them have been booked, so someone from Disney called me today and gave us a free upgrade to one of the Deluxe Villa Resorts (Old Key West). It should be a great weekend.
TELEVISION: LOST is really slow-moving this season. Some questions are being answered, but there’s not much new. I’m ready for more action. 24 is pretty much the same old thing. Some [insert hostile county]ian terrorists plan to detonate a [insert WMD type here] weapon in the U.S. and Jack is going to save the day. Been there, done that. The best part of the entire show is Chloe!
Macon’s Cherry Blossom Festival kicked off about an hour ago, but we’ve already had our fun. Frugal Jonathan knows a secret. The Thursday night before the open ceremonies, all of the rides and attractions at the park are open to the sponsors, volunteers, vendors, dignataries and people who know about it like me — for free! We stopped by last night and rode the rides for free with no wait. The kids had a blast and I left with the same size wallet as I came with.
Here’s another gallery post that you are all so tired of seeing, but when you have kids and you love photography, you have lots of pictures to show:
Make sure you get out and enjoy the festivities. This is one of the few weekends that there is actually something to do in Macon!
This evening, I’ve made a few subtle changes to my blog.
I’ve upgraded from 2.6 or something to the latest version, which means I can’t find anything in wp-admin anymore! It takes me 10x as long to blog now.
I also added the fotobook plugin. This links to my Facebook account and automatically imports my photos from there into my blog. You can view the most recent photos in the widget to the right or all of them by going here. This will allow non-Facebookers to view my photos, including Mobile Uploads from my iPhone. I’m going to stop using the old photo gallery software, but what is already up will remain.
I’m also considering going “public” with my blog. This would entail changing the address so that www.bistan.net automatically points to the blog. I’ve struggled with doing this since I started this blog, but up until now, www.bistan.net/blog has been primarily word-of-mouth. I already watch what I say about people now, but if I do go “public”, I definitely won’t be able to say bad things about my in-laws or tell you how worthless the new marketing guy at work is.
So what do you think? Public or word-of-mouth?
Sorry for the neglect, but I only have 4 more days to be a twenty-something. We have a road trip planned for this weekend (guess where?) and I have a huge project due the day that I return. However, I will be back to blogging regularly again soon.
While things have looked quiet lately here on my blog, I’ve actually been writing several posts. They are all “drafts” right now instead of posts for various reasons (timing, sensitivity, etc.)
Other than that I’ve been busy, busy with a number of things. This is the first week of classes here at work, which makes for a nice headache. It’s also my second week of class. I just started on another master’s degree through Mercer’s School of Engineering. This semester, the only class I’m taking is an object-oriented class using C#.
I had the kids all day Monday because healthcare doesn’t observe holidays, last night was 3 amazing hours of LOST, and tonight I have the kids again while the wife updates her CPR certification.
I intentionally withheld my comments about this weeks “historical” event, although I think Obama did a great job attacking global warming — it is freaking cold here! I’m also intentionally NOT discussing some work-related items.
My Latest Run
