I may be approaching another transition. I’ve updated my resume and am starting to target local tech startups in search of positions where I can reach my full potential.

I’ve had a full 24 hours. Last night, I stayed up late working on the update. Today, I drove to work rather than taking the bus. After work, I headed to a local event, did some networking, learned about a new web product, and now I’m at home. I’ve done my followup for the evening.

I’m gonna go chill and check out the new PS3 movie rental service Sony just launched.

Categories: Life
Tags: job, PS3, transition

Dancing 2008 from Where the Hell Is Matt?

I found this video incredibly inspiring. It’s one further push in the direction I’m leaning.

“Which direction is that?” you ask.

Whichever direction takes me around the world. Seattle is a good center point, but I need to TRAVEL!!! All y’all in Nebraska or Kansas or Illinois or Colorado or wherever who are married or working or in college… well, I’m hoping to take advantage of my singleness and my freeness and do something spectacular with it. Now I’ve just gotta work on my dance moves. Perhaps I should ask Jake for some pointers?

Categories: Good Times, Video
Tags: dance, travel

Step 1) Find a vision.
Step 2) Go for it.
Step 3) Stop waiting and go for it.

Categories: Life
Tags: vision

I’ve had a long, productive, and emotionally draining day. I woke up early, had some great conversation w/ guys at church, but then found out the first friend I made after moving to Seattle will most likely be moving before the end of the year. It shook me up. There may have been tears.

Talked some more then moved on to Saturday House. Got some work done, shunned conversation for the most part, and went to a birthday party afterward.

I did two dumb things at the party.

1) I assisted in throwing the birthday man in the pool.
2) I committed a Larry David/George Castanza party foul and took some unopened food with me when I left (without the host’s explicit okay to do so). I can script out Larry David’s dialogue in my head, but it doesn’t convince me. I’ve always felt like I see through his character.

Ah, regrets. It’ll be better in the morning. One benefit of not drinking is I don’t have the added punishment of a hangover.

Categories: Life
Tags: emo, guilt, tired

I cooked dinner tonight. I had fewer guests than initially intended (only two) so I ended up cooking way too much.

Menu:
1) Spaghetti. wheat noodles and spaghetti sauce (from packet)

2) Chicken. Skillet cooked. When the skillet gets sufficiently heated, I pour in some water to create water vapor, and then seal the top of the skillet w/ some foil and a round pizza pan. This heats things up quite well within the skillet and helps the meat cook more thoroughly on the inside. The water vapor also helps the meat remain juicy. It’s still a good idea to turn the meat over a couple times and redo the seal.

For flavoring I tend to improv: today, added salt, pepper, dash of oregano, one beaten egg, “bread crumbs” (fist-ground Ritz crackers), Parmesan cheese, and some spaghetti sauce. It tasted good for improv. (I was roughly following a recipe for Parmesan chicken.

3) Green beans. They come from a can, they were put there by a man.

4) French bread. Sliced, buttered on each side. Note: don’t broil french bread. It starting burning on top in less than five minutes. I need a better way to heat it up for the future.

Results: Although I didn’t have as many guests as intended, the two people who were able to make it had a good time. I had some decent discussion about Christianity, science, and community with Lion. Also discussed work situations and other topics. Nick got here a bit later.

We played a game of Carcassonne. It’s my current favorite board game. It’s tile based and you take turns putting out tiles and placing your pieces. You get points as you reach objectives and keep playing until you run out of tiles.

After Lion took off, played some PS3 w/ Nick for a bit, but I’m not enthralled by any of the multiplayer games I’ve tried so far (Gran Turismo 5, Armor Core 4). Then again, I’m not quite the fiend at video games I was in the late ’90s ;)

All in all, I’m glad I had people over and I’m hoping to do it again on a monthly or bi-monthly basis.

Categories: Friends, Life
Tags: community, cooking, food