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| Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 | |
| 2:00 pm | Public Knowledge I know I haven't said a lot about this but due to some confusion at the convention I thought I should say it. I have been single since October and am no longer dating my now ex-girlfriend. It came up several times in conversation during the MWFF with people asking me about my relationship status; I suppose it's my own fault for not talking about it more. At any rate I don't think its a topic that needs discussion so I just want to leave it at that. |
| 1:19 pm | A Request Hey, if anyone has video or pictures of me DJing or performing at MWFF please let me know as I'd love to see them. |
| 9:34 am | Home Safely From MWFF It was a long and exhausting trip to and form Midwest Furfest but a good one overall none the less. I've kind of given up on doing con reports since I've been to so many by this point in my life but I do want to make a couple short notes regarding the convention. All events have problems; that's just a given. I think what sets MWFF apart from other events in my mind isn't what goes right or what goes wrong its the staff's undying eagerness to improve. They constantly and consistently strive for excellence and to do the absolute most with what they have to work with. Sure a few problems occurred during the weekend but whenever I saw something go wrong I saw dedicated, caring and eager staff rise to the occasion to try to improve or fix it. The mark of a truly great convention isn't being perfect all the time but instead it's in how you respond to the not so perfect situations. Kudos to all the staff that made the event happen. You guys all run an excellent convention. One final note that I would like to make before my post gets all "TL;DR." MWFF is a convention where I always seem to make new friendships or meet interesting people who I hope to become friends with. This year was no exception so thanks go out to Ford Shepperd and Scribblefox for making it a more entertaining convention. Now that MWFF is over it's the signal to me to start working overtime on getting FCN put together. Hopefully I can apply the inspiration that I received this weekend. Thanks again to the staff of MWFF for a great event. |
| Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 | |
| 10:50 am | Obligatory "Going to MFF" Post Go! I know I've mentioned it before but since it's one day away I figured I'd once again say that yes I will indeed be at Midwest Furfest. I will be arriving Thursday afternoon and will be leaving Monday afternoon. I should be out and about a fair amount and not terribly difficult to find if you want to hang out. If you're a fan of Method 1 and want to come chat please do! I love meeting new people, not to mention fans of my work. The same goes for FCN as well; I'm always happy to talk some shop about the con in case anyone wants to discuss it with me. While I mention those two topics specifically I'm always happy to chat about pretty much anything so feel free to come say hi. I will be doing some programming at the convention so if you're interested in any of that see my schedule below. Thursday November 19th @ 8:00 PM: DJing in Ravina D Friday November 20th @ 11:30 PM: Method 1 Live! in Botanic A/B Sunday November 22nd @ 3:00 PM: Effective Furmeet Planning in Maple Also as a note to all the Method 1 listeners all the times posted are Central so the show will be really late if you plan on listening in live as it will be at 12:30AM EST. In addition to those planned time I will probably be in Botanic A/B from time to time taking care of the audio gear so that may be a good place to find me. One of the things I love about this con is I treat it as my hang out con with lots of time to do stuff with people. Anywho looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow! |
| Monday, November 16th, 2009 | |
| 9:29 am | Furry Connection North 2010 Pre Registration Now Open! Hey everyone! I just wanted to let you all know that preregistration for Furry Connection North 2010 is now open! FCN 2010 will take place April 8th-11th. This year we celebrate the decade that produced new wave music, wonderfully bad fashion and some of the best cartoons ever: the 1980s! Once again we return to the Detroit Novi Sheraton for four days of furry fun and celebration. A furry convention wouldn't be complete without some special guests so we invited two very talented artist's to join us as guests of honor; Mary Mouse and Dingbat. In addition to traditional art Mary is the creator of the very entertaining MICE comic and Dingbat creates some of the most unique and amazing furry themed pottery ever seen. In addition to our two guests of honor we will be welcoming back our special guest from last year Uncle Kage. Returning again this year will be our now famous sponsor's lounge, laser light show, huge sound system and party atmosphere. We're all so excited about this year's FCN and we hope that you are too! You can preregister for this years event at our web page at http://www.furryconnectionnorth.com Hope to see you all in April! |
| Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 | |
| 4:25 pm | Old Habbits Die Hard I just got off the phone with my manager. He needed some assistance with a Power Point problem. After suggesting a fix there was about a minute long pause while he tried it. Finally after he said it fixed it I instinctively asked if there was anything else I could help him with today and when he said no I thanked him for calling. After hanging back up I sat there for a moment stunned that I'd went right back to my help desk routine after not doing it for 3 years. Wild. |
| Thursday, November 5th, 2009 | |
| 8:37 am | Out of Touch If it's one thing I'm definitely not good at its interacting with children. I really never quite know what to say or how to treat them. On occasion a coworker will have their child in the office with them and they will bring them around to say hi to people around the office. (Part of me thinks its sort of like a dog show where they are just trying to be like "look at my precious!" but that's really beside the point.) This morning was one of those days. I had not sat down for 2 minutes when a coworker that is an acquaintance at best brought his son by to my cube. My coworker introduced his son and I said hello and pleased to meet you but that's pretty much where my line of conversational ideas ran out. I seriously have no idea how to relate to children. I try to think of how I liked to be treated when I was a kid but I have a terrible time translating that experience since my parents always treated me like an adult from the time I could speak and read. As such my first inkling is usually to talk to them like I would an adult. This only seems to work on rare occasion with kids in the 8 or older age group. This particular child was around 2 or 3 so I froze like a deer in the headlights for about 5 seconds of the most awkward silence I've experienced in some time before coming up with "So are you going to help daddy do his job today?" That was it, that was the best I could manage. I seriously have no idea how to speak to kids. |
| Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 | |
| 2:03 pm | MFF - DJ Performance and Live Method 1! Hey everyone. I just wanted to let you all know that I'll be DJing at MFF Thursday from 8:00PM to 9:30PM. While I know that not everyone gets to MFF on Thursday if you're there please come see me spin, I'd really appreciate it! I'll be over in Ravina D with my own AV system in tow. Also, Nik, Oddy and I will be doing Method 1 Live Friday night at 11:30PM. Its a late night show so you can rest assured that our signature blend of off the wall absolutely wrong humor will be intact. Make sure to stop into Botanic A/B for our show, hope to see you all there! Finally in case anyone is interested in knowing how to make a furmeet run smoothly Nik and I will be doing an effective furmeet panel Sunday at 3:00 PM in the Maple room. Anywho, that's about it, hope to see you all at MFF! |
| Monday, November 2nd, 2009 | |
| 12:09 pm | Boring cat is boring I've been having one of those sort of introspective days today. I've noticed that while I'm very good at what I do and always the go to sort of guy that otherwise I'm incredibly dull at the office. I really don't have any friends in my own building to speak of and I never seem to want to do any of the semi social things that we do around here such as team lunches. It strikes me as odd that I'm such an introverted task oriented person here and such an extrovert when I leave for the day. I've thought about it a lot and I think it goes back to the fact that I'm always worried people are going to judge me. I think that's why I've always worked so hard to keep my private life separate form my work life. I've done a very good job at it but as such I think I've made myself seem like a very boring person at work. Current Mood:  contemplative |
| Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 | |
| 2:29 pm | I just gave a presentation to one of the managers from the campus IT department on our problem review process that I handle. They actually seemed really impressed and stated that they were amazed at how well organized we were. And here I thought I was really kind of flying by the seat of my pants. At any rate hearing kudos from someone with no investment in the process was real nice. |
| Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 | |
| 9:37 am | More Activity I haven't spent enough time working n projects lately. I sort of fell into a depression the last month or so where I would come home form work then really not do anything else. I managed to get my tail in gear last night and spend a little time working on my car. I gave the air filter a good cleaning as it was about five thousand miles overdue. I was rewarded with better throttle response and a sense of accomplishment. I'm going to make a resolution today to do at least 1 little project every day. Nothing big, 30 minutes of work at least but not more if I don't feel like it. I think that will let me start chipping away at some of the bigger tasks around the house that I've been putting off. I think this is going to be really good for me. |
| Monday, October 12th, 2009 | |
| 1:54 pm | All things considered I sort of look at all of the project that I've got going on sometimes as an insurmountable problem. Today isn't one of those days. I'm looking at things today with a clarity that I haven't had in quite some time. I've been thinking about FCN a lot today and have had more ideas in the last few hours on how to make it better and run smoother then I have had in the last few months. I'm really feeling jazzed about doing the event again; I'm no longer dreading all the work. I don't know why to be honest but today the weight of the world just isn't quite as heavy as it usually is. Current Mood:  cheerful |
| Monday, October 5th, 2009 | |
| 4:06 pm | Hogwarts this ain't! I went to visit my parents this weekend as I hadn't done that in a while. We were wandering around the city for a bit when my mom suggested we go down town to have a look at some of the art installations that are down there as part of something called Art Prize. Three of which were in the courtyard of the high school I attended, Grand Rapids Catholic Central. I was a little surprised at one of the pieces residing between the main building and the music building.  Is it just me or does this look like something that would more be in a Harry Potter movie and less on the grounds of a Catholic school? Either way I was really amused. |
| 8:53 am | Being that crazy 1% I had a dream last night that I was on a flight to Florida for some unknown reason on a ridiculously huge airplane. During the flight I decided to get up and explore the giant plane for a while. In the very back I found a strange door. I opened it and walked through and found myself on an island. This island turned out to be "pleasure Island" form Pinocchio. Anywho the big difference between the Disney movie version and my dream version is people were getting turned into rabbits. Not surprisingly I was ok with this. Its amusing when you're the only one not freaking out over getting turned into a bunny so you could be sold to a petting zoo. Sounded like a hell of a good time to me. |
| Thursday, October 1st, 2009 | |
| 9:04 am | Furry Connection North 2010 Rooms Now Available! Hey everyone! I just wanted you all to know that rooms are now available for Furry Connection North 2010 at the beautiful Detroit Novi Sheraton for only $99 dollars a night for either a king or a double. Get them while they're hot! Click here to reserve a room! |
| Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 | |
| 9:47 am | No really, I'm a minister I got to perform a wedding ceremony this last weekend. Yes you read that right. Years ago on a lark I bought some minister credentials from a church in Louisiana just so I could say that I was an ordained minister. It was all a good laugh for quite some time and in general served the purpose of the money it cost me. Well a few weeks ago a friend of mine asked me something I never expected; he wanted me to officiate his wedding. I was greatly flattered and agreed to do it. The wedding took place at the Michigan Renaissance Festival which is definitely a unique and exciting place to have a wedding. Its certainly the most fun I've ever had at a wedding ceremony. In the end it was a really rewarding experience. I was so honored that they would ask me to be a part of something like that. I really hope I get to perform a marriage again some day as I really can't think of anything more special to be a part of. |
| Friday, September 25th, 2009 | |
| 4:39 pm | Perspective Its hard to be impartial and base decisions on logic. Its harder when I do something that I see as completely logical and in the best interest of something and someone else doesn't see it that way. Perspective is a funny thing. I guess its just proof to me that sometimes there is no "right" solution; just the one that appears right to me. The lesson I need to learn here is sometimes there is no solution that will please everyone. |
| Thursday, September 17th, 2009 | |
| 3:52 pm | Restlessness I'm starting to get the itch to build something or do something major again. Last time this happened I completely rearranged my room. Maybe I'll just do some cleaning. I've been very unhappy with a few things in my life lately, it seems like I start to want to change my environment when that happens. Hopefully I can manage to fix a few of the things that are depressing me in the near future where I can move on with my life. I'm very restless overall lately, I really can’t wait to have things fixed. On the upshot I've been working on a complete rework and code update to the MiFur site and its coming along quite well. Hopefully it will be ready to go to coincide with the upcoming release of the SMF 2.0 core software. (I've been doing all of my work on the release candidate.) Finally I think I'm going to start documenting my projects in photos again and start posting them to my live journal and web site. I used to do that all the time but I haven’t in years. I think showing people my work might actually start to keep me interested in doing it again. |
| Friday, September 11th, 2009 | |
| 8:41 am | New Badge I think I've finally got a winner to replace my LJ icon after getting a new badge from Tod Wills. The scan just doesn't do it justice; its much more vibrant and has more depth in real life. Awesome work on Tod's part.  |
| Thursday, September 10th, 2009 | |
| 1:53 pm | Big Brother While using my HTC touch Pro to send a text message earlier today all of a sudden another screen came up that I had never seen before and it claimed to be installing "verizon-xv6850-4.1.5.60-prod-lps_signed That's all well and good, in fact its pretty awesome to hear that my software will be automatically update if a critical bug is found. There's just one problem with all of this; I never installed VZ Navigator on my phone. The last thing I wanted was to put a piece of software on my phone that they'll charge me for monthly when I can get Google Maps for free. I don't know how I feel about the fact that they can load a piece of software on my phone without my permission. I might just have to reflash this bad boy this weekend. |