Yes it's just as weird as it sounds. So my girlfriend told me the other day, hey Katie wants to go to Brad's this weekend, something about watching a movie in a cemetary. I was like what?!? How morbid and creepy is that?!? But then I sort of got into the idea, and even thought it might be cool to watch a horror film there or something. Well no, instead I got the Graduate, a classic yes, but I had started looking forward to a horror film at the cemetary. It actually ended up being much cooler than I had expected... It's a pretty big event. I guess the cemetary had to close a while back and to keep it open they started showing movies on Saturdays. This raised money to help with maintenance and renovation projects. Brad made quite a spread, it was delicious.
We ended up having a GREAT time, I barely watched the movie, but I got to catch up with some old friends. And what could be cooler than watching the Graduate in a cemetary in the middle of Los Angeles?
My latest site, Sustainable Menlo Park is finally up. The challenge for this site was the somewhat tight budget and the lack of good photography. Thankfully using PHP, CSS and solid, current web standards I was able to come in just under budget. Check it out by clicking on the photo at left.
I finally finished revising my portfolio site. I'm pooped. Lately I’ve been doing more freelance work and am also seeking a new full-time position. Can’t very well look for web work without an online portfolio... Man I could tweak this site forever (and probably will), but at some point, you just have to call it done. It still needs some detail work. Every free moment I have is spent on this site, but still have to go to work Monday through Friday and that keeps me from fixing this stuff faster. I'm also going to add a php stylesheet switcher so you can choose your own color...mainly to showcase my wicked CSS skills.
I've been working my butt off over the last few weeks.... Between work, and looking for work, I have very little time to update this. Of course I started with my work, making that look nice. Now it's time to flesh out the other areas. Do I even need a blog? I do want to add a photo gallery eventually. I'm not sure if it'll ever happen. I'm trying to do it the "right way", by learning mysql and using a database. I could cheat like everyone else and use a CMS or flickr, but where's the fun in that?
Visited Canada for the first time at the end of January. It was cold, very cold, so cold. They say it's not normally like that... that there was some kind of unusual weather going on, but I can't say I believe it. I've always heard Canada was cold. While I was there (one day after I arrived actually) that plane crash landed in the Hudson river. Thank God nobody was killed. What an amazing thing, eh? That pilot deserves a medal.
The other noteworthy event in October was Tom's wedding. He and Rosa had it in San Diego so they could call it a 'destination wedding'. Man that one hit the pocketbook hard. But we had a lot of fun. It lasted the entire weekend with golf on Friday, Bachelor party Friday night, Gaslamp Quarter Saturday night, wedding on Sunday. Oh yeah, and I met a nice girl...
Went to Vegas in the beginning of October. I ended up donating many hundreds of dollars to Sin City (as usual). I did play in Hold' em tournament and placed 4th, which didn't actually yield me any winnings :(... It was stupid. I could have held out and at least gotten second which would have been good for something. I made a stupid move and pushed against the chip leader. I didn't think he had the cards, oh but he did. He didn't bluff much, and I should have noticed that before trying to go up against him. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Oh well, I'm happy I lasted so long in the game.
