Photo Firsts (Ally, Brewer)

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Life has some more updates. Yay for life.

A lot has happened in my life since last post.
I had a two-year anniversary (although anniversaries seem kind of silly if you’re not actually married, but not any less meaningful) and I still wonder every day how I managed to be so awesomely lucky.
I tried making homemade ravioli at 1:30 AM. Still haven’t cooked it, so I have no idea how it tastes. I should do that soon.
I discovered a tasty dim sum place and went with coworkers. $5 gets me enough food for lunch and a snack… $6 gets me lunch and dinner. Cheap and tasty and mmm chewy little treat goodness.
I’m improving at running. Today I ran almost 3 miles nonstop (2.97 miles, to be exact; yay for treadmills keeping track of distances). I generally feel healthier and happier. This is also causing me to eat healthier and watch my snack intake. This is a good thing.
cpride and Marty came up from Santa Barbara and Jess came down from Seattle to visit and there was much awesomeness. Photos are posted at photos 2.

I’m flying out to Pittsburgh this Saturday and will arrive around 11:30 PM. There should be halfprice on Sunday for those interested.

Anyway, here’s my first photo of Ally:

August 26, 2005 in the cluster.

And my first photo of Brewer:

September 9, 2005 in the Underground Tour. Can you spot him?

These stats are awesome and terrible and are a testament to how many more photos I take at each event nowadays than I used to (since I now regularly fill up a 2 GB card at each event, and sometimes have filled up two).

    Ally: 2106

  • August 1, 2004 to December 31, 2004: 0
  • January 1, 2005 to May 31, 2005: 0
  • June 1, 2005 to July 31, 2005: 0
  • August 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005: 49
  • January 1, 2006 to May 31, 2006: 137
  • June 1, 2006 to July 31, 2006: 24
  • August 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006: 6
  • January 1, 2007 to May 31, 2007: 57
  • June 1, 2007 to July 31, 2007: 1
  • August 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007: 84
  • January 1, 2008 to May 31, 2008: 7
  • June 1, 2008 to July 31, 2008: 0
  • August 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008: 0
  • January 1, 2009 to present: 1741
    Brewer: 1718

  • August 1, 2004 to December 31, 2004: 0
  • January 1, 2005 to May 31, 2005: 0
  • June 1, 2005 to July 31, 2005: 0
  • August 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005: 59
  • January 1, 2006 to May 31, 2006: 138
  • June 1, 2006 to July 31, 2006: 12
  • August 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006: 26
  • January 1, 2007 to May 31, 2007: 89
  • June 1, 2007 to July 31, 2007: 18
  • August 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007: 0
  • January 1, 2008 to May 31, 2008: 280
  • June 1, 2008 to July 31, 2008: 107
  • August 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008: 195
  • January 1, 2009 to present: 794

Photo Firsts (Tom, Dave)

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Life has gotten another few months of updates. This includes the time when I was experimenting with Dom’s wide angle lens and when I bought my telephoto lens, so the little lens info (under camera info) will be something besides D50 (Nikon 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6). Whee.

Here’s my first photo of Tom:

September 9, 2005 before the KGB Underground Tour.

Here’s my first photo of Dave:

April 14, 2005 during the Kiltie concert during Carnival. (That *is* him, right?)

And stats for them both:

    Tom: 1460

  • August 1, 2004 to December 31, 2004: 0
  • January 1, 2005 to May 31, 2005: 0
  • June 1, 2005 to July 31, 2005: 0
  • August 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005: 219
  • January 1, 2006 to May 31, 2006: 313
  • June 1, 2006 to July 31, 2006: 0
  • August 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006: 118
  • January 1, 2007 to May 31, 2007: 401
  • June 1, 2007 to July 31, 2007: 0
  • August 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007: 0
  • January 1, 2008 to May 31, 2008: 158
  • June 1, 2008 to July 31, 2008: 0
  • August 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008: 83
  • January 1, 2009 to present: 168
    Dave: 1047

  • August 1, 2004 to December 31, 2004: 0
  • January 1, 2005 to May 31, 2005: 3
  • June 1, 2005 to July 31, 2005: 0
  • August 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005: 51
  • January 1, 2006 to May 31, 2006: 162
  • June 1, 2006 to July 31, 2006: 0
  • August 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006: 17
  • January 1, 2007 to May 31, 2007: 13
  • June 1, 2007 to July 31, 2007: 0
  • August 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007: 0
  • January 1, 2008 to May 31, 2008: 552
  • June 1, 2008 to July 31, 2008: 138
  • August 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008: 111
  • January 1, 2009 to present: 0

Photo Firsts (Jeff, Dan B.)

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Life has gotten another update.

Here’s my first photo of Jeff:

September 23, 2004 in 15200 recitation.

Here’s my first photo of Dan B.:

Since that’s the back of his head, here’s one of his face:

October 29, 2004 at the SCS halloween party.

Also, stats for them both:

    Jeff: 2732

  • August 1, 2004 to December 31, 2004: 98
  • January 1, 2005 to May 31, 2005: 190
  • June 1, 2005 to July 31, 2005: 0
  • August 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005: 317
  • January 1, 2006 to May 31, 2006: 169
  • June 1, 2006 to July 31, 2006: 0
  • August 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006: 130
  • January 1, 2007 to May 31, 2007: 572
  • June 1, 2007 to July 31, 2007: 0
  • August 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007: 405
  • January 1, 2008 to May 31, 2008: 61
  • June 1, 2008 to July 31, 2008: 357
  • August 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008: 334
  • January 1, 2009 to present: 99
    Dan B.: 1151

  • August 1, 2004 to December 31, 2004: 7
  • January 1, 2005 to May 31, 2005: 0
  • June 1, 2005 to July 31, 2005: 0
  • August 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005: 116
  • January 1, 2006 to May 31, 2006: 153
  • June 1, 2006 to July 31, 2006: 47
  • August 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006: 17
  • January 1, 2007 to May 31, 2007: 0
  • June 1, 2007 to July 31, 2007: 0
  • August 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007: 18
  • January 1, 2008 to May 31, 2008: 247
  • June 1, 2008 to July 31, 2008: 187
  • August 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008: 128
  • January 1, 2009 to present: 231

Oh god

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I don’t even know what to say to this, besides oh god i logged in to write this post and realized my last journal comment was from him and now for some reason i’m crying wtf is wrong with me…

RIP Twizmer. You will be missed.

Edit: Greg’s entry really sums it up well. Please, if you ever feel like you need to talk about your issues, and feel like I can be the person to listen, get a hold of me somehow. You are never alone.
cpride has a gallery for Twizmer photos here. I’ll upload most of mine at some point, but you should contact him if you have some to contribute.

Breaking the Drudge

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Life has received another (rather large) update (3 months! :O). If you follow it, you should leave more comments :D Comments are awesome.

Here’s a couple photos from this weekend. I love my new f/1.4 lens so much.

I think I’ve recently been spending less and less time at my computer (outside of work), which is a good thing.
After work, three times a week, I go running for half an hour, and it’s a really nice feeling afterward. On Tuesdays, Will joins me and we use some of the weight machines as well. Other nights (or sometimes after exercising), I’ll wander the city, walk to Safeway or the mall just to walk (but not buy anything), or cook lots of tasty food. Tonight, for example, we walked over to Virgin to check out their store-closing sale (verdict: prices still way too high… $12 for a CD after the 30% off is still too much, and don’t even look at their DVDs). Afterward, I walked to Borders to look at their media liquidation and picked up some cheese at Safeway.

I’ve also been getting less sleep, breaking my habit of oversleeping, which makes me feel lethargic and bleh all week. I’ve been going to bed around midnight and waking up at 7:30, which gives me plenty of time to do things in the morning. I generally feel more alert at work (although I don’t particularly feel productive given that all the work at this point in the release is test automation and bug fixes… but I never feel productive when doing those because there’s no finished feature to show for it :P). This is awesome.

I’ve also been having fun with people on weekends. Last weekend there was Ally and Matt and wandering and tasty food. This past weekend there was Dan and Jeff and Nesky and Dan’s Wii and lots of Super Smash Brothers Brawl. Next weekend there will be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles party with Ally and her friends. It’s nice having something to do rather than just sitting around in front of my computer all day (which often turns into going back to sleep or taking naps, neither of which are particularly good for me).

So yeah, I feel happy and, somehow, better than I have in a long time (not that I have been at all unhappy lately, just that I feel *really* good now). Maybe it’s the exercising.

Totally unrelated to anything, you should check out Josh Freese’s new CD. His packages are hilarious. I downloaded his single today (free, legitly from his website :P) and I like it, so I’ll probably spring for his CD at some point… but probably not one of the higher packages :P