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Watching the clock, looking ahead

September 21st, 2007 9:58 pm —  150 views

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As for looking ahead; who really knows? I mean seriously. If you had asked me 15 years ago if I thought I’d be where I am today, I would have had to answer, “I have no frickin’ idea.”

And that would be truth. Who really knows what lies ahead. You put your ball on the tee, you get out a club and line up your shot, then you take your swing. The factors that determine the path of the ball are many. The preparation for the swing is your entire lifetime up until that moment. Sounds corny maybe, I must be missing golf or something.

So I’m not sure I like the template yet. I could use some feedback. I think it’s better than the one before, but that isn’t saying much.

W. and I went to dinner at her favorite restaurant tonight (Carlyles). Our waiter was great, which was a lucky break. Getting a good waiter can be a crap shoot anywhere you go. We enjoyed ourselves and I got a chance to tell her how much I valued her support … yada yada. But I really do. She said nice things to me that sort of melted my heart. Almost like she can read my mind. She mentioned how proud she is of me and what I’m doing. And really, this means a lot when I’m up late at night reading articles on topics I can hardly pronounce. Words like that are good. W. is too good to me.

Just heard from a professor from last semester that I’d taken an interest with. He needed a code monkey and I needed some perspective. Not sure he got what he needed but I learned a few things about trust and caution. Live and learn you know.

Almost eleven. Time to wrap this up and hit the sack. I have to get up early to type up notes from a contextual inquiry before heading off to a group meeting where we’ll be putting together an affinity diagram. I should be sleeping but here I sit, blogging to a silent audience.

“Hello world.” (Nerds get the joke I hope. I crack myself up sometimes).

Image: I took this picture on my way home last night. Downtown Ann Arbor is pretty cool anyway. Even though it was dark there were tons of people around, going about their Ann Arbor ways. And yeah, it’s tough to take a picture from a moving vehicle through the sunroof.

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  1. Baldrick on September 22nd, 2007 9:18 am

    Hi.. of course you have regular readers :)

    I prefer the new template myself too.. it looks less ‘default’ than before and I’m a fan of darker backgrounds. I think the best bit is the header image at the top tho – good work :)

  2. Dawn on September 23rd, 2007 5:46 pm

    You didn’t really think you were out there in the world all by yourself did you?

    And of course W can read your mind, that’s why you two are so good together! Nice that she is giving you support, it makes a difference!

    Very good picture of AA at night. Especially if it was out the sunroof!

  3. Spike on September 23rd, 2007 6:54 pm

    In a moving vehicle no less. These action shots that are all blurry and in motion can be pretty interesting.

    Or maybe thats just an excuse for this picture. :P

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