My life and times
I gave a presentation this morning in Tommy’s 1st period Journalism class, in addition to the students in 2nd period Journalism as well. The school paper was published today, so it was a pretty good day for it. It went much better than my first experience at Lake Mary High, last [...]
I went to the UCF game tonight, and had a great time with my boss Ben. We got to sit in the President’s box, and it was pretty incredible. Great food, great people, great game. And we won for the first time in a LOOOONG time, 23-13. We had the longest [...]
I headed up to Gainesville yesterday to talk to Computer Science students that might want to get into the game industry or come to FIEA. I had a lot of fun, and the more I go there, the more I like Gainesville. This was the first time I’d been there while school was [...]
Every morning in my UCF mailbox, I get a mail with the with the subject line “Good Morning UCF!”. While I think that’s weird, one of those emails led to me looking at something called the DMAC (Downtown Media Arts Center, basically an artsy-fartsy movie house). When I went to their site, I [...]
I got a Mac today. It rules. Sign me up, it makes me want to go work for a Mac software company. Tiger is so great, I can’t believe it. My Dad really needs to get a new Mac - maybe he could hand down his current one to a grandchild [...]
Well, it’s good to return somewhat to normal with the family home and such. I was glad to hear that they had a great time visiting family and friends in Utah - I only wish I could’ve been with them. I’m not sure I would’ve lasted 3 weeks, but it would’ve been good [...]
I haven’t written in a while, but the funny thing is that I’ve had a very busy blogging week. The reason is simple - I’ve been upgrading my wonderful wife’s site to show her cell pics. That’s been a fun experiment, but I’m still not convinced I should upgrade mine.
Had a memorable 4th [...]
Had a good time over the weekend. Worked all night Friday, until early Saturday morning, on some animation stuff for the big review this week, so I could have the weekend off. The irony is you kill yourself so you can have your Saturday, but then your Saturday is kind of shot because [...]
Had another tour of FIEA, and before heading home, Tommy and I went down to the OWC to checkout Simon and his new sport.
Needless to say, he looked awesome, and was having a blast. This place basically tries to mimic what it’s like to wakeboard behind a boat with a machine not [...]
Before heading to work yesterday, I headed to Circuit City to try to rectify the screams I’ve been hearing from the kitchen the last few days when anyone tries to use the computer. As usual, the best way to diagnose the problems is to try using the computer yourself. No sooner had I [...]
Well, as you no doubt have heard, I hurt my back Wednesday night - so that sucks. I used my time laid up wisely and put together new sites for Tina and Tommy. I’m pretty proud of both of them, although I’ll be making Tommy’s better in the future with some finishing [...]
Well, I made it to LA in one piece. I hitched a ride down to the airport with the inlaws, who happened to be leaving at almost the same time - my how convenient. I really don’t like traveling by myself, but never fear, I got on the plane with about 10 guys [...]
Sounds like the “procedure” went well, and no mussel shell was found. Scrapes were apparent in the stomach, but none in the esophagus, so I guess that was good. They found 3 ulcers in his stomach and they took samples from them, but they suspect it’s from all the pain medication he’s taken [...]
We’ve been wanting to try the new Chinese Buffet in Lake Mary, so we took last night as our opportunity to give it a whirl. It was good - expensive chinese buffets normally are - with lots of seafood options as well as the traditional favorites. Unfortunately for Tommy, they had mussels in [...]
Took off Monday morning bright and early to recruit students from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Ill and Washington University in St. Louis. Flight was full but uneventful, and the drive to Carbondale from the St. Louis Airport was a piece of cake. Going through territory like that makes me sad, because I [...]
Work definitely heated up this week, that’s for sure. I would say this week was 20 hours FIEA, 60 hours EA. We’ve got some pretty lofty goals for E3, so I think the next 4 weeks are going to be pretty insane. I’m going up to St. Louis on Monday morning for [...]
Well, this week certainly flew by, didn’t it? Olivia did well at her cheer competition and made her Dad proud by nailing her elite stunt for the first time. She’s a real go-getter, and hopefully this will give her the confidence she needs to not be a complete basket case for hours before [...]
I admit it, I like sleep. I’m a big fan. Maybe the biggest. This may surprise you since I normally stay up so late. I really should start hitting the hay around 9, I’d probably be much happier.
Sleep fans like me know that this night - pushing the clock [...]
I want to post. No really, I want to. But after I don’t post for a few days, it’s like I have too much to talk about, and it seems like a daunting proposition to post everything I need to. I get “stuff” built up, and then it would take too long(like [...]
I tell ya, this American Idol thing is really heating up. Last week’s first vote out show was pretty tough to watch, but I must say I’m pretty pumped up about tomorrow night’s version. My girl had a tough night, but she’ll be back. I don’t know what I’ll do if she [...]