workin' it

For the last three weeks I've been hitting the gym religiously every morning. Randy set me up a routine in the weight room which I have been sticking to every other day. Randy's workout focused on the upper body, so on the off days I've been working my butt off in cardio and focusing on my legs.

Today however I woke up late having slept right through my alarm. I think the 'ol body needed a break. That and my work changed my schedule for a few weeks which meant getting up many hours earlier if I wanted to get a workout in.

Now I'm feeling rather lazy having sat on my butt all day at work and having an excessive lunch with the co-workers.

tree

Dear Reader:

I took 2 minutes out of my day to watercolor you a crappy tree. It is intentionally crappy, but I did it just for you. Just be glad it doesn't look like a turd bagel.

Happy friday,

Daniel

watercolors

I was bored at work, so I took a very late lunch and walked around fred meyer's. Passing the craft isles, I eyed a watercolor set among some of the crayons and such for kids. So I snagged the cheapest one, grabbed a sandwich, and got back to the office.

I sat staring at the blank paper not sure what to attempt to paint. I never really watercolored before so I wasn't expecting anything. I thought back to walking around the grocery when it hit me... if i could've bought anything, I'd get an everything bagel.

So I painted it.

Now, I'm not saying it looks like a bagel. It actually looks more like a turd with a blob in the middle and specs of something all around the top. But you know what? It says bagel to me, so I'm happy with it. Besides, it only had one little crappy brush, how much could I really expect out of a $2 watercolor set?

life is dull.

I came into work today to sit down and get some stuff done when my evil minion, Nathan, turned and told me that we have nothing to do. I gave him a look like he was crazy. We had been working day and night pushing print orders through our queue down to the printer. Our new site is still in beta and is in constant need of attention. Evidently, our current duties were suspended while an outside party is monkeying around.

So we're twiddling our thumbs today.

We took a break and went outside. Not that we were breaking from anything but it was something to do. Somehow we got on the subject of contentment. I told him my life is boring. I get up, go to the gym, go to work, sleep. Everyday. I have been trying to get out and do things on the weekends, but the weekdays are uber-lame.

Last weekend I ran out with Smitty and Tranny (the graphics guy and his fiance) and dabled with our cameras out at Gasworks Park here in Seattle. It was fun, here are examples of some of the images I took.. Neither are great, but i'm still learning about HDR imaging. Each are a combination of 14 different exposures, but they both are not as crisp as they could be. I still need to find money to buy a remote so i'm not touching the camera.

But, in the end, I need to find some excitement. I have a job, good home, but lame life. I need to find something that excites me. Photography is interesting to me, but not something that necessarily excites me. I've said all this before, so I'll stop now.

What to do, what to do. *twiddles thumbs*

bored @ work

this is what they get for leaving me alone with expensive equipment :P

shuffle to the left...shuffle to the right... shuffle shuffle shuffle

So i'm borrowing a last gen shuffle at the moment, but I want one of my own for the gym. I want the new little hot pink one, cuz it's cool. So I jumped on mac.com to order one and forgot you could have ipods engraved for free if you ordered direct.

The question of the day is: If you were buying me a shuffle as a gift, what would you have engraved on it?

tax woes

I worked on my taxes last night and looks like I owe $3000.

I almost cried.

So I started the "Save Daniel's Butt" fund. Any rich people with $3000 burning a hole in their pocket?

it made me laugh

I went outside for a stretch. Behind our building there is some construction going on and two guys were taking some measurements. One was at the top of the steep hill and one at the bottom and both were shouting back and forth.

Worker 1: I don't think I needed this vest!
Worker 2: What about your chest??
Worker 1: VEST!
Worker 2: Your breasts?
Worker 1: They're hard and supple!
Worker 2: Maybe your having twins!
Worker 1: I think we'll need a bigger truck!
Worker 2: We can get a mini van!

having a good day today

today was my second day going to the gym and lifting. randy had taken me over the weekend to the local gym and put together a routine for me to follow. my arms hurt so bad getting up today. they were bad yesterday, but today was even worse! it was expected, i just like to complain. :)

even tho my arms hung lifeless at my sides, i forced myself to the gym, went through my routine, and was feeling awesome by the time i left. i lazed around west seattle, drank latte's, got ready for work, and took off.

lazy mornings are good, mmm'kay?

i'm going to be going every morning. haven't decided about weekends yet, but i'll be there every weekday before work. i like having a later schedule!

pissy...again

I'm pissy today, one thing after another has contributed to my mental state.

I want to go home but don't want to deal with traffic, so i'm still sitting at work.

You probably should've just kept staring at the ducks and avoided reading this. Wasn't really worth your time, was it? :P

photo with the new camera

came out all funky and i loved it

king

i am the king of spontaneous purchases. and when i am guilty of it, i'm guilty of it big. oy! i had to hit CompUSA for work today and the store was closing so they had huge sales. i saved $150 :) i've been staring at this and the canon rebel xti for months upon months. it's nice that i finally got it, but my wallet is in pain.

i wish the battery would hurry and charge...i want to play!!!

expressive face returns

My evil little minion just said "Dude, you looks are so classic. You say so much just by looking at someone."

I think he's saying i'm bitchy and it shows.

meghan

Oh Meghan, you reasoning just astounds me. She just ran into my office as I was typing the last entry and said:

"Hey Daniel! It's almost Friday!
"ummm...no it's not."
"It's Wednesday! and tomorrow is Thursday, which is almost Friday, and who cares what happens on Friday, because it's FRIDAY!"

and it wasn't supposed to be silly. scarey.

freaky

So I was out hanging with 2 of my buddies last night when some older guy pulls me aside and tells me he's a world known psychic.

"You have such a great presence and your friend's is just amazing."
"Mine is definately better than his.... it just is."

He laughs at me and i'm told my favorite color is purple and he gives several bits of information to all of us. Then he looks at me and says "and your ready to marry."

ACK!

all moved

So last weekend was the move. I really hate moving. It was 4 days of hell. I kept trying to take off work to stay home and pack but kept getting called into work for various emergencies. I ended up staying up the whole night before the movers came early in the morning and packed. I still didn't get everything packed and spent the remaining days moving things in my car and being completely exhausted.

I moved across town into cid2042 and seattleducky's place which is cool. Cheaper rent but longer commute. I'm sure it'll all balance out in the end.

The cats are still adjusting. My two little girls have a new boyfriend, Blacky Chan. The house is still filled with hisses but i'm sure they'll get used to it soon. So far my cats are ruling the basement and Blacky Chan guards the stairs to the main level. I'm glad to see Monkey out of her carrier, she spent the first full day in it and wouldn't come out until seattleducky pulled her out.

In a month I get one of the rooms after their current roommates move out, until then it's living out of a duffle bag for me! Kind of a pain, but it'll go fast.

stressbob

Bad News: This is my spongebob felt drawing pad my vp bought me. I draw on it when I get stressed and need a time out. As you can see it's finished. Can you tell how today is going?

Good News: I have the next two days off. Thursday I'm packing, Friday I'm moving across town, and Saturday is cleaning up the old place.

FW: What does a Blonde do after a bad accident...

What is the first thing a blonde does after a bad car accident?


Turn off the ignition?



NO


Get away from the car in case it explodes?



NO


Call 911 on her cell phone?

NO

weekend highlights

met several cool people

stealing large wooden spoons from our pitchers at a local restaurant

spanking random people on the street with them

scaring off a group of chicks hitting on me with said spoon

tried duck for the first time...tasty!

bought a new hoody, shirts and overalls (never had overalls before)

found the answer to all my life's questions: "because you big!"

watched movies and relaxed...ahhhh!

nathan says...

For once I was minding my own business and working away, when Nathan, my new evil little minion, turns to me and says:

"You have a foul noise hole, Daniel. A foul one."

Well, ok then.