Back to work and drudgery. Back to routine and thoughts of strangling incompetent supervisors. Just not a fan right now, though I have a tan so I can't complain too much, once this cold kicks it.
Some things are just more important than complaining about a job being sucky (as in sucking the life out of you), I do realize that. Surgery, for example, is a biggie. So is having to relearn your hand motor skills.
These are sufficient to distract me back to work. I wish these surgery-goers well.
27 November 2008
14 November 2008
19 October 2008
Bingo Blitz
I've had the opinion lately that I can fool the lottery.
Disregarding my, you know, engineering background, I feel that one day I'm going to find a pattern and choose a set of numbers that are 'bound' to win and then I'll prove everyone wrong.
My theory is based on the fact that it cannot be completely random: the machine was built by humans. Even random number generators are not completely random, as they're based on a random-esque formula.
OK, it might take me 18 years, but I might as well start playing it now.
Disregarding my, you know, engineering background, I feel that one day I'm going to find a pattern and choose a set of numbers that are 'bound' to win and then I'll prove everyone wrong.
My theory is based on the fact that it cannot be completely random: the machine was built by humans. Even random number generators are not completely random, as they're based on a random-esque formula.
OK, it might take me 18 years, but I might as well start playing it now.
27 September 2008
Panorama: Glacier Bay
I've recently figured out how to pan-o-ram it up with multiple shots. It's kinda fun and kinda time consuming as most hobbies go.
This shot in particular is kinda cool since there's a lady off to the side, looking at the same thing I am: the view from the back of the ship. Little did she know she's been captured forever, mwa ha ha!
And there's an interesting point to all this: how many pictures are we really being captured in around the world? And suddenly we realize the world is becoming smaller the more we travel.
This shot in particular is kinda cool since there's a lady off to the side, looking at the same thing I am: the view from the back of the ship. Little did she know she's been captured forever, mwa ha ha!
And there's an interesting point to all this: how many pictures are we really being captured in around the world? And suddenly we realize the world is becoming smaller the more we travel.
10 September 2008
The Last Frontier
We came back from an Alaskan cruise on Monday! We spent one week sailing up the inside passage and making port calls in Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway, plus sea days in Glacier Bay and College Fjord.
Our friends got married at sea the first formal night. Short, sweet, and surprisingly moving, I didn't realize how choked up I get at these things -- especially in such an intimate setting with a dozen of your friends and family.
Best memories? The wedding photo of everyone on the staircase. ("Put your hand on her other cheek, please.") The gorgeous views of glaciers and mountains and whales and seals. Snorkeling in Ketchikan. Hottubbing at the back of the boat on frosty evenings. The White Pass railway trip up from Skagway to Fraser, BC. The brewpubs! (Sooo many new ratings!) Seeing Mount McKinley, the highest point in North America, on a clear day -- from Anchorage, more than 300km away! Panning for gold!!
Oddly enough, after watching a couple of Princess PopStar live performances, I have a strange urge to go and sing karaoke somewhere with my sister...
Our friends got married at sea the first formal night. Short, sweet, and surprisingly moving, I didn't realize how choked up I get at these things -- especially in such an intimate setting with a dozen of your friends and family.
Best memories? The wedding photo of everyone on the staircase. ("Put your hand on her other cheek, please.") The gorgeous views of glaciers and mountains and whales and seals. Snorkeling in Ketchikan. Hottubbing at the back of the boat on frosty evenings. The White Pass railway trip up from Skagway to Fraser, BC. The brewpubs! (Sooo many new ratings!) Seeing Mount McKinley, the highest point in North America, on a clear day -- from Anchorage, more than 300km away! Panning for gold!!
Oddly enough, after watching a couple of Princess PopStar live performances, I have a strange urge to go and sing karaoke somewhere with my sister...
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