Hello!

Good morning ya'll!
Okay so I'm in a really good mood this morning, don't ask me why. I'm feeling a little bulletproof as well. It's a nice change from the typical recent morning. I'm still having the chain of memorable dreams, though tey are getting more or less normal. for the most part. I guess thats a good thing. Anywhodles, I hope this finds all of you well, and best wishes on your day today!

A weather post

Okay I know there's nothing new about this. But this spring in January thing is really getting on my nerves! I don't believe in Global Warming, that is too simple. However, I do believe we are experiencing Climate change. For the next few years I'm expecting a more moderate climate in this area. Or at least that's the way the past few years have been going. Remember 2006's cold summer? Basically, I think the difference between winter and summer may become less drastic. Give it 20-30 years and we should be back to "normal".
Global warming is scare tactic, it's too simplistic to say things are getting warmer in general. In reality, different climate zones are experiencing different things. I'm waiting for the day when the news people will start to report on this.
Do I support, going to non-gas and hybrid cars? Yes. But such changes should be driven by the market and quality innovation, not the government telling auto makers what to do. Though tax incentives on those purchaces are nice :) I think the demand for the uber SUV is becoming niche. As the quality of hybrid increase we will see demand low-emission/ no emission continue to grow.
Do I support clean air / clean water? Yes. But again, I don't want to see anything that will harm our economic system due to rushed, unreasonable, and irresponsible over-regulation. Or hypocritical international regulation from the UN.

stuff n junk

First things first, Chaucer ain't half bad, I've made is about a quarter of the way through in 2 sittings. Very entertaining, but like shakepeare it takes some time to get used to it, Usually about 20 lines or so. ANYWAY one of te highlight christmas gifts this year was from my sister. It was a collection of The X-Files episodes surrounding the Black Oil story line... one of my faves. It's good to see these again, oh to be a geek again! Of course I used one of my gift cards to get Firefly, great anytime DVDs. I also received Secondhand Lions, by far one of may favorite movies, period. Now there is only one more movie I REALLY want, Chocolat.
Oddly enough I haven't downloaded much music recently, maybe I'm just content with my collection as it stands right now. I've been listening to Jars of Clay, Nickel Creek and Gaelic Storm for the most part recently. Good stuff.

Of school and books

When it comes to fiction; I like old books! Well, by old I mean written before I was born. And the book I'm beginning to tackle fits that description, and then some. I read parts of it for school and I remember liking it alot. I also have to blame Mr. CS Lewis and George MacDonald for peaking my interest in poetry. Just reading Surprised by Joy, The Four Loves, Phantastes or Lilith will get you at least thinking about taking on classics like Beowulf. As great as that sounds I've decided on something a little lighter, The Canterbury Tales. The idea behind it was enough to get me hooked, and after reading the prologue I should have no problem finishing it by the end of January. For those who are wondering, I am using a modern translation... boo and hiss all you want I refuse to be distracted by endless foot notes. It is about the stories after all. I may just have to post my thoughts as I go, so good night ya'll!

Here it is in all it's glory 2007!!!!

I haven't blogged in a long time... at first it was the fact I thought I had nothing to say. Now I think it's just it's not organized enough to put together into words.

My head has been this swirling mess of thoughts for the last month, things I want to do, hobbies I want to take on, stuff I want to find out. True, life has been easy, but I can't remember a time when things seemed so wide open .

I've been reintroduced to old passions I thought were dead years ago. I've found that I'm still very much the same person I was 12 years ago just a few years older. I see that it is very easy to become self absorbed, you can see this by the sheer number of "I"s in this blog and this needs to be worked on.

There was a time that I thought I had no story. I used to disregard all the things that happened before I graduated High School. I felt what was there was broken beyond repair or use, but over the latter part of the last year I've learned that these broken pieces are the fundamental parts of who I am. And my walking, and sometimes running, from them did more harm than good. Maybe the fate of brokenness isn't to be put back together as it was, but rather be healed and put together as it should be, as it is. Always live in the present, for it is only place where we can experience eternity on earth.

Moving forward.

Okay so maybe not

Just thought I'd let you all know that betweenthemonitors will no be biting the dust anytime soon, however, I will be adding a new blog called "In Case of a Water Landing..." this will be more of an art geek blog. I hope to have some stuff post on there soon.

Screw you guys, I'm moving....

Yes that's right. Betweenthemonitors is about to bite the dust. I don't like the way this blog is going and I want to start over, hopefully with a more creative flavor to it. A place where I can post some of the stuff I've been working on, video, photography, design, and what not. I'm tired of the ponderous loads of crap. I'll post the new site as soon as it is finished. probably later this week.

Family Roots

Okay so I've been a little bored recently. So I decided to toy around with the Lake family history. I've only been at this for a week or so but already I've found some new info and now I have even more questions. So many interesting events that explain the reputation of various family members. Good stuff.
You know those dreams that you wake up from and you feel more drained that when you went to bed? I've been getting those ALOT over the last few weeks. I wish I could just tell my brain to stop doing the school day dreams. I've found myself in just about every school I've ever attended all involving stressful situations. It kinda sucks. Lay off!!!
Other than that life's been like the weather, cloudy, a little rainy, but at least it's warm.

Dreams and hobbies.

I deleted the ponderous steaming piece of crapola once taking the space on this post. I need to get out more often!

Another week....thrill

Especially when I think about what's coming this Christmas... one of the busiest travel periods I've ever had, including a trip to New York for my grandparents' 50th! So exciting!
Anyway, in other ares life is going as usual, no real surprises, some steady progress. The usual.
That should do it for today... I need my coffee!
Oh yeah, I STILL LOVE NICKEL CREEK!!!!!

NEW SKIN!!!!

So I have the new skin for the blog! It's okay, it still needs a little work. But overall I'm proud of the thing.
I've had alot on mind recently, I guess that's why I haven't been blogging. I don't feel comfortable having this kind of stuff out in public. It has to do with a number of choices I see coming up in the near future, and the direction I want to take over the next 2-3 years. What am I going to invest my time in and when? Exciting times. Exciting steps ahead.

Firefly...

Okay, im making more attempts to get in touch with the inner geek, I decided to take another look into Firefly. I don't know how I thought I didn't like this stuff. Too bad it didn't make it to it's second year. Who ever thought a commentary on post civil war america set in space would work so well. Hopefully it will go through the "Family Guy" treatment someday. Anyway after watching 5 episodes or so it was time for bed, but first I had to install the new router. When all was said and done it was about 2 AM and sleep was easy. Funny thing is this morning was the first time I've overslept in years. I woke up @ 8:30, that's about the time I like to get to work:)

What is the hope?

So this morning in Sunday school (ahem I mean ABF or whatever) we continued our discussion of be book of Hebrews. It's been a great time, learning the deeper truths of our faith from the perspective of history. Anyway, when we came to verse 10:23 "Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful." an interesting question came up. What is this hope? After alot of thinking I'm convinced that this is one of those personal questions that one can only answer for one's self. And what is mine? It can be summed in one reference. "Well done, good and faithful servant! ...Come and share your master’s happiness!" (Matt. 25:23) The hope is God will give me the wisdom to live my life faithfully in His will. And the promise linked to this hope is found in Proverbs 2:6-11

6 For the LORD gives wisdom,
and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7 He holds victory in store for the upright,
he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
8 for he guards the course of the just
and protects the way of his faithful ones.

9 Then you will understand what is right and just
and fair—every good path.
10 For wisdom will enter your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Discretion will protect you,
and understanding will guard you.

I guess that's it for now...

On being uncle ben....

So Elijah arrived on Tuesday and for the past 2 days it's been nothing but fussing about him... and it's the most enjoyable fussing I've experienced in a long time. He's been an absolute riot. I can't wait for his personality to really set in. Right now he's very much a sleeper. When he cries, it isn't to bad he's kinda quiet about it. Plus he has a great sense of rhythm about it (DJ Eli anyone?). I just find it amazing how so much person can be bundled up in such a little guy. It seems every time I see him I learn something new about him... and holding the little guy... nothing like it. This kid is messing with me and I love it!

AGHHH! It's been too long since my last post!!!!

Okay so maybe it's been 4 days or so... Anyway, my little sis is having her first kid on Tuesday... yeah can you believe it? So this it going to be one crazy week the families. I don't knew how I'm going to stay focused @ work... oi!

Feeling like a million bucks!

Okay, the huge project was a raging success!
I'm very proud of the work the team did on this thing. We now have a line on 2 production clients and a few possible homeshows on the horizon. I think I will post the thing soon. Once I get my google video thing all set up.
In other news this week is a little on the slow side, but it's giving me some time to start getting familiar with our 3D software. This is my passion, and it's nice to be in the middle of it right now.

In further news, I'm trying to get back into the workout schedule again. Early mornings aren't working anymore so I've been moving it to early evenings. I only hope I have the willpower (dc Talk, Ha ha!) to keep it up for longer than a month. I have clear heart rate goals 165 at 18o (I'll translate that later. It's where I was when I started @ the Enterprise) , though I'm going to be more flexible on the weight goals. Lifting is another question. I love to push myself, but without a SPOTTER THAT CAN BE DANGEROUS :p

Anyway, take care ya'll

I don't want it to be easy, I want it to be right...

I Love Megatokyo!!!

Okay, brief rant over.

continuing life.

Has this year gone by fast, or what!?

Hmm, it's coming up on christmas... YAY!
It's almost time to break out the Mannhiem Steamroller. Christmas lights and other random goodness. This season has been a little strange since I've moved out. I'm still not used not being home. But I guess I'd like to find a way to at least acknowledge it's existence in my apartment somehow. Hmm, something that could be useful all year long. I'll get back to ya'll on that one.
Here's a random Christmas related question for ya'll. WHERE DID THE WORDS "SANTA CLAUS" COME FROM!? I mean really here, why didn't America just stick to Father Christmas or something like that. Anyway, I think I'll Wiki that right now.

Take care peoples,

ON ANOTHER TOPIC...
The Audio Cassette is not dead, as I had once hoped.
As I type I'm making 7 copies of one for an phone system in Toledo. Oh the simplicity of it all. I do enjoy not having to ask:

Me: Do you know what format?
Other guy: Digital
Me: Okay, Do you want this on a CD or can we FTP it to you?
Other guy: We'd like it on CD.
Me: Is this CD going to be played on a standard CD player? Or are you going to copy it to a computer system?
Other guy: We are going to copy it to our computer system.
Me: Is there a specific file type you'll need?
Other guy: I don't know Let me talk to I.T.

Two Days Later...

Other Guy: I just talked to I.T. and apparently we need audio files.
Me: Do you know what format?
Other guy: Digital......

You get the idea.

Ah life is normal again... well kind of.

So here's the deal, that huge ass project from last week is over and I couldn't be happier. I'm proud of the work and one of these days I may just post the thing... and if your up for watching 5 and a half minutes of cooperate presentation you may finally may get to see what I love to do.

As for other stuff. I feel the need for a IKEA run in the near future...I need chairs...and some bedroom stuff. More on that later. Life is good, I slacked a little this week, but that's fine. But I need to clean up some more stuff. My apartment is STILL a little messy from last week. Ugh, it may be time to deep clean the bathroom too. I need a longer weekend. Maybe take a day off. I haven't done that for a LONG, LONG time.

and oh why not...

FAVE MUSIC POST!!!
Not much has changed

JARS OF CLAY
-Redemption Songs
-Jars of Clay
-The Eleventh Hour

DIERKS BENTLEY
-Long Trip Alone

ABOVE AND BEYOND
-Tri-state

OH BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?

CHRIS THILE
-How to Grow a Woman From the Ground
-Not All Who Wander Are Lost
-Deceiver

GAELIC STORM
-Bring Yer Wellies
-Special Reserve

DEEP DISH
-George is On

RANDOM TRACKS
My Doorbell - The White Stripes
Josh Turner- Long Black Train
Santa Fe- RENT Motion Picture Sndtrk
Eleven- Bleach
Montgomery Gentry- My Town & Hillbilly Shoes
Herbert- The Audience
Fidelity- Regina Spektor
Bullet- Mat Kerney
Sarala- Caedmon's Call
The International Friendship Song- Animaniacs

Oh man, this list could go forever.

See ya'll round

wow it's wednesday...

So yeah, recently it's been work, sleep, work, sleep, work, sleep.......
I really hope this project comes off well, it will really help the year finish on a high note.
So busy, can't think of anything to write....

CONSERVATIVES UNITE!!!!!!