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Roadtrip Anyone?

tra — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:39:51 +0000

It’s hard to believe that the day of our moving is actually almost here. In fact, one week from today we will be hitting the road in what will be my longest and most eventful roadrip ever! And boy oh boy am I looking forward to it. Some days I think I’m a planner, and some days I don’t, but in this instance, I’ve definitely planned out exactly where we’re going to go and what we’re going to see. The only other, what I call a roadtrip, is when I moved from Seattle and drove down to California. It took us three days to do the drive, without very many sightseeing stops along the way. This time, however, we’re going to take our time, see whatever we can along the way, and even venture beyond the straight route to get there.

If we took the straight-shot, quickest way to get to our final destination of Denver, it would take us 21 hours to get there. We’ve decided, however, on the slightly roundabout way. We will be moving to Denver via the Yosemite National Park, Disneyland, Joshua Tree, the Mojave Desert, Route 66, the Grand Canyon, Arches National Park, and the ever exciting Rocky Mountains! We’re turning a 21 hour drive into at least a 33 hour drive (not including random stops along the way of course!). This adventure of ours should make for some amazing pictures and crazy stories, and I can’t wait to share them!

In the meantime, let’s all hope the car makes it…

Can We Say Coffee Addict?!

tra — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:17:01 +0000

I have yet to determine if the term “coffee addict” actually applies to me or not. I’m sure most people who know me, would say that yes, I am indeed a coffee addict. And for the most part, I’d have to agree with them. On any given day, I will have at least one thermos mug of coffee (this would equate to about 3 cups), sometimes more, depending on the weather, the temperature in the office, and my amount of sleep the night before (or lack thereof). However, and this is the main kicker as to why I don’t think I’m necessarily that bad of a coffee addict, I don’t NEED coffee the moment I get up in the morning, and can, in fact, go for days without a real cup of coffee (unless you count a bottled frappuccino, but that really isn’t coffee in my book). So maybe, instead of a coffee addict, I’m more of a coffee lover? I may not NEED the coffee, I just LIKE the coffee. Which, even I still find amusing. Why you ask? Well, let me tell you the story of how I first started drinking coffee…

There was a point in my life where I was not allowed to drink coffee. As in, friends would literally take a cup of coffee away from me. I suppose this had to do with the fact that if I had a single cup of coffee, I would be hyperactive for hours upon hours on end. I would talk five times faster than I already do, and basically wouldn’t slow down for at least 6 hours. Yep, it was pretty bad…but then, grad school hit. In order to get through the mountainous pile of homework and projects, that single cup of coffee became a staple. It would still keep me wired for hours, but at the time, it didn’t seem like such a bad idea. I didn’t really like the taste of coffee, so much in fact that I would drench it in sugar and cream, even if it were flavored coffee. That eventually changed as well. By the time I graduated, it was a routine for me to walk down to the coffee shop at 10:30 at night, where the owner would already have a cup of coffee sitting there waiting for me to pick it up. I would thank him, then walk back up to my apartment where I worked for another hour or two, and then pass out. No more of the coffee keeping me up for hours upon hours, now I could just drink a cup, then go right home and pass out if I wanted to. I think, at that point in my life, I was definitely a coffee addict.

I’ve definitely cut back quite a bit since then, but I think that mentality of “hey, why not, I’ll just drink a cup of coffee” is still with me. My lifestyle has changed quite a bit since then in that I don’t stay up till 2 in the morning getting work done. I do, however, get up earlier, so I guess that offsets the staying up late. Maybe the reason I drink coffee nowadays is not because I need it to keep me up, or even wake me up, but that now it’s that I know what’s good coffee, and I like that, so I’ll drink it…so, I guess the question really is, does that make me a coffee addict, or a coffee lover?

The “L” Word

tra — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:40:43 +0000

Love. Now there’s a word you won’t hear me saying very often. It’s not that I don’t like the word or don’t love people, I’m just not a person who uses it very often. I tend to believe in the idea that a person is better off showing how they feel, and maybe this is because I want to make sure when I do say the “L” word, I mean it, and it’s still special. Or maybe I’m just full of crap, who knows. Either way, the “L” word was finally spoken out loud, the other night. Now, not that anyone actually reads this, but for those in the know, I’m sure you’re very very surprised by this statement of fact. It’s not that we don’t already KNOW that we love each other, or that either of us are unsure about wanting to spend the rest of our lives together. Quite the opposite, in fact, is true. We, weirdly enough, think so much alike that although we’ve never said it out loud, we know when the other person is just thinking the words “I Love You”, so there really hasn’t ever been a need to say it out loud. So why, then, you ask, did we say it now? To be honest, I’m not entirely sure. It just “felt” right, for reassurance purposes I suppose. People have questioned our “fit” for each other, and I guess saying it out loud was in a sense a way to confirm to each other, that we don’t care what anyone else thinks, we’re happy and we know we’re right for each other in every way. So to all you doubters out there, all I have to say is “PPPPFFFTTTT!” Does this mean we’re gonna be like other people and say I love you all the time now that we’ve said it the first time? Doubtful. That’s just not how we are. Either way, I spose it was a major milestone, and one I felt like sharing.

Revamp!

tra — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:01:40 +0000

So I decided to re-vamp the look and feel of this blog. Why, I really don’t know, seeing as how nobody actually knows where it is or reads it or anything, but I figured, what the hell, time to do something new right? I found a new template, and set upon customizing it to match what I wanted. And BOY does this take me a long time! You’d think, being in the professional field I’m in, I’d be able to do this in a snap, but for some reason, it’s easier for me to create my own CSS, XHTML, blah blah than it is to modify other peoples. Maybe my new project should be to create a theme/template all by myself? Yeah, I’m sure it’s a great thought, but knowing me, it’s never gonna happen…we’ll see though! Until then…I shall continue to modify/customize this lovely template

really?! i suck at updating…

tra — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:29:00 +0000

One would think that with the amount of time I spend in front of my computer, I’d be more proactive at updating this thing…but alas, I, SUCK at blogging on a regular basis! haha!

other than my rather random move to a new apartment (yes I know, I moved AGAIN), the bratling (Keala) and I are doing well. We love our new place, well, okay I love it, Keala is still convinced, I think, that the bed shocked her (an entirely different story).

we’re starting a new regimen of hiking on weekends, in training for an upcoming backpacking trip, so if anyone wants to go hiking (dog-friendly would be great of course), lemme know!

okay, back to work…