Archives 2007

7/4/07	July 4th again! But dang it, it's in the middle of the week, so what to do? Actually, not much except to take a breather from work before getting slammed again. Some say that having work is a good thing, but wouldn't it be better to earn money and not really work at all be an even better thing? In an ideal world, that would be the rule, but unfortunately, most of us don't live in a world like that. So, I'm going to use tomorrow to take a break, eat some good food, vegitate a bit, just not think about anything that doesn't concern me having some R&R. Other than that, past month has been pretty lively with outdoorsy events and I think I got banged up pretty good during the last rafting trip. Still have bruises and an odd bump on my face from it, not sure if I should have it looked at or not. One thing to remember when rafting....don't go into the rapids sideways or do a Titanic move where you clip one side because instead of sinking slowly, you flip over immediately! And doing that in rapids (which are caused by rocks), you get slammed into rocks without any padding. Lost my favorite Oakley sunglasses during the hit, but somehow I got my trusty visor back. Kinda bummed. Oh well, guess it was bound to happen someday. When you don't take precautions (like tying a string to your sunglasses), you're bound to get shit on someday!
5/22/07	Once again, between work and personal stuff, I haven't had any time to write at all! However, I have a good reason.....I got married! I find that the planning of the wedding isn't that stressful, you just need to plan well and it's a pretty easy. The problem is with executing the plan! With proper planning and good help, it shouldn't be that hard, but like any plan, if one part of the chain starts to fail, it has a cascading effect throughout the entire day. One mid-day vendor was late by an hour, which delayed our timetables by an hour, which had a cascading effect on the remaining day, causing us to have to curtail some socializing time with friends/family and picture time as well. But, we got back on schedule at the ceremony and the rest of the evening went smoothly because everyone else played their parts superbly! Anyways, that big part of life is now completed and not so surprisingly, it doesn't feel any different. Basically, we just made our union legal in the eyes of the government and pay them a fee for getting married. oh well! Other than that, it's life as usual...working, playing, eating, sleeping!
2/18/07	Must be a record....less than 2 weeks later and I'm already babbling again! =) Anyways, today, I had two people ask me about cell phones and the general consensus is that they just don't understand what the heck is the difference all the phones and plans that is currently available. Since I deal with this on a daily basis, it makes sense to me, but after hearing them, I can understand the confusion. There are like 3 dozen different phones plus over a dozen voice plans, almost 2 dozen data plans, and another dozen add-on packages like insurance, etc. Oh, and that's just one carrier. So, as usual, I asked how they like to use their phone or how would they like to use their phones and gave them a few options in terms of phones and services. Each of them said that they'll go out and check out the pricing and let me know what they go with. Glad I could help!
2/6/07	Well, figured I'll put in my first words for the year. The entry below really couldn't be said to be the first words of the year. To start off, I have to wonder why some people take more risk than others and do people end up breaking even in the end? For example....sports betting...football...say the Super Bowl game. It was pretty clear from what I gathered amongst my friends and comments online that Colts will win and will more than likely beat the spread of 7 points. So, I could have easily put down money on the Colts and be happy to get 1:1 on my money. HOWEVER, I decided to be greedy and figured that if I bet on the Colts and since they have such a great offense, most likely they'll go OVER on the game's total points which was 48.5. So, I took a parlay instead of the pretty sure thing to have the Colts win by the spread and took the over. Now, you're asking why??? I could have easily gotten ....let's say $100 risked, $100 gained, but instead I risked it by doing the parlay. Well, because the parlay would mean that with the same $100, I could potentially gain $285 or 2.85:1 for money. At the time, that sounded like the 'smart bet', you get almost 3:1 on your money for only getting two items right. In hindsight.....I should have just taken the 1:1 bet and be up $100, instead of totally out of the money. Stupid, stupid, stupid! Well, another year, another lesson.
1/15/07	Updating and archiving old 2006 photos. Shawn speaks archived.