Archive for the ‘Life’ Category
So, as most of you haven’t noticed, since no one really reads this thing… I lost my server over a week ago. Now I’ve finally gotten everything back and setup on a virtual machine, thanks to my friend Adam. Even though I was a wee bit (heh) behind on payments, he was still a good enough friend to hook me up with something that works for both of us. So now I can post all of my ramblings again that you probably won’t even read. 
Nothing real exciting has gone on lately… I’ve caught a cold, that’s really it. I guess on another side note, I have been working on somewhat of a new exciting project. It’s a custom gallery I’ve built for myself. As it is currently it doesn’t really do much, but I have been working on the admin side of things to get everything going the way I think it should. Right now it adheres to a current directory layout parsing images and spitting out thumbnails. While I was developing, I figured… hey, why not do movies too? So I did… it also makes thumbnails for all kinds of movie files. I even added embeded HTML to allow for playing the videos, though I prefer the FLV method.
I’m not really sure when I’ll have a good preview available… I just kinda work on it when I’m bored. Anyway, I don’t have much to say besides that, so I’ll let you all get on with not reading this. Will post again soon, I hope.
Tags: Life, Site
Hey all. Just wanted to update everyone on what’s going on. I’m finally all moved and settled in to the new place. It was hard moving everything, I think the only thing that didn’t survive the move was my back but everyone is alright, so that’s what matters. Kelsey and I have our own place that we’ve got settled in to for now. Most of our stuff is in storage… but now the hard part about that is going through everything.
I had a bit of a problem with internet, but got that resolved as quickly as possible, though it did cost me a hotel stay. Right now my main issue is that everything is very slow with internet, but it was that way before the move. Apparently my cable company doesn’t want to fix a problem that’s been looming for months, and now it’s so saturated that I can’t hardly SSH anywhere without a 2-5 second lag. I’m planning to get DSL, but I’m not sure how soon that will be.
Anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know the latest. I also wanted to tell everyone thanks for the support during this hard time. I just hope everything keeps going good for us all.
Just wanted to update everyone on the latest. I’ve found a temporary place to live until I can get things sorted out enough to find a more permenant home. Right now I’m back in the apartment and have the power on, though I have no running water since the water lines ran through the basement of the house. I’ll most likely be moving this Saturday/Sunday… but I don’t know how that’s going to effect internet and such. I’m hoping I can get all that hooked up by then. I’ll update again once I’m all moved.
Tags: Life
I don’t even know where to begin with this post. I’m really just posting to let everyone know that I might not be online a whole lot of the next few days. As some of you know, I live in an apartment above my girlfriend’s parent’s house. Well, last night around 3:30am there was a fire in the basement… everyone got out okay, but the house is devistated. It only burnt the basment and a little of the room above the basement, but everything in the house itself was destroyed by smoke. My apartment just got a little smoke in it, but everything is ok up there. I feel so bad for my g/f’s family because they basically lost everything.
Right now I’m staying in a hotel for a couple nights until I can get power hooked back up to the apartment. From there I’ve got to get in and get all of my stuff packed up, and then find a new place to live. The g/f’s family has already got a couple things lined up for them as they’re getting a lot of help, which is good. I don’t know how long it will take to get power back, or even if I will be able to. So my connectivity will be very on/off for the next few days at least. I’ll keep everyone updated as to what’s going on… I just ask for prayers and thoughts as we go through this challenging time. Thanks.
Tags: Life
Well, as usual, I had a busy weekend. This weekend we went to a festival around here that was pretty fun. We got to see a couple shows on stage, and did a lot of shopping at the flea markets and garage sales. I managed to pick up a steering wheel for my computer. It’s a Thrustmaster NASCAR Pro Digital racing wheel. I’m excited since I found it for $5 at a garage sale. I also found a Playstation (yes, the first one) with a couple controllers, memory cards, and games for pretty cheap too.
Overall it was a great weekend. I only wish I had more time here at home to do a few things here, but I still had a lot of fun. Sunday the girlfriend and I went to a waterless waterfall… figure that one out. 
I’ve been down there before, but this time there was just no water since it hasn’t rained in a while. I’ll post some pictures later from there. Well, that’s all for now.
Hey all. What a weekend. Yesterday was September 7th, and for those of you who don’t know, that’s the day that I asked Kelsey to be my girlfriend three years ago! It really has been the best time of my life because she is everything to me!! I’m so lucky to have her, I really do feel like the luckiest guy ever!
Yesterday and the night before we went to Champaign just to celebrate, it was great. The first night we went out to eat at Applebees. The food was okay, but not horrible. We just had a great time talking and eating. Then we went to the movies and saw the new Halloween movie. That movie is awesome! I jumped a few times, haha. Next we went out and went shopping for a bit, before finishing our night up with a visit to I-Hop. Last night, we went to the mall and did some shopping. I found a couple of great t-shirts that I wanted, and we got a new light that looks like a beer mug that’s constantly pouring. We then went and ate at this resturaunt we’ve never been at before. It’s called Texas Roadhouse. The food and service was spectacular. I ordered the full slab of ribs, and they are probably the best tasting ribs I’ve ever had.
Overall it was a great weekend. I’m so happy that we could cellebrate our three years together! I love you Kelsey, with all my heart and soul. You mean the world to me! I LOVE YOU!!