April 27, 2007

Happy Birthday to US!!!!!!

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So, it was time to upgrade. And upgrade we did!!!! I have been feeling an increased amout of love towards a new Mac Pro for the past several months. Who am I kidding? Since the day it was announced!! I have been doing my normal level (OCD level) of research for a few months, and came to a great surprise. The new 24" iMac fit the bill quite well. I chose a build to order model sporting the intel core 2 duo at 2.33 Ghz, 2Gig of RAM, and the 256MB graphics card. This behemoth of a computer has to sit ALL the way at the back of my desk so I don't have to turn my head from side to side to see the whole screen. It is pushed back even further than in the picture. The brightness had to be turned down almost all of the way as well.

Loving it!

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April 10, 2007

2005-2006 Roundup......

Ukrainian Village, The Panic Channel, Being apart from the one that I love, Marriage, 4 different DSLR's, Blue Moon, Sambuca, Blue Chicago, The Cleos crew, The Accord Stolen, Sandals in the Bahamas, The Green Mill, Clark Street Ale House, Big Moves, Blues Festival, The Cherry Bomb, White Sox, Designer Vinyl, 2 Catastrophic HD failures, Blog laziness, A realignment of priorities, The realization of the fragileness of life, Deep Forest, BT, Radiohead, Snow Patrol, Tolerance of Country, 312, NYIP, Sasha, John Digweed, Head First Series, U2 live, Chicago and Damon, The "L," Realizing that I'm a lot smarter than I give myself credit for, Lots of love, and lots of learning experiences.

Most of you already know that my wife and I lived separately for almost the entire first year of our marriage. We mutually decided late last year that the money wasn't that important, and that being together was more important that the financial advantages of my being in the city. It has been a long year of realigning career goals with personal ones. I'm at a major career crossroads as I type, a change is imminent. When I was young, I always thought that by this age, I'd be working on my second or third million, and that we'd all be driving hover-cars. Ha.

Life really is good. The non-commute has opened up our lives in so many ways, and we get to visit family and friends far more often. Travel is the theme for this summer. It is something that I miss greatly, and that The Wife is coming around to accept. =)

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