Almost Ate It…

Posted on April 23, 2010
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Several times. After months of riding a motorcycle around town I decided to take the bicycle out for a ride yesterday afternoon and hit the walking trail on Palm Beach Island. The first few blocks were awkward at best as I’m so used to the weight of the motorcycle that taking a simple corner on the bicycle made me look like I’d never been on a bike in my life. Wobbly and unnerving, like watching a kid learn to ride.

I’m sure there were a handful of people who got a good chuckle out of my plight. Regardless it was a good ride and except for the almost eating it several times and running into a swarm of nats it was fun.

Deadlines, deadlines…

Posted on April 20, 2010
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Being swamped with work is both good and bad. I’m thinking it’s a good thing at the moment though the daunting task of completing 8 or so deadlines before the end of the month is going to be a challenge. I’m pretty sure I’m up for it. It’s just time to get the nose to the grindstone and get it all done.

Two of my own clients need their site done by the end of the month as well as four site builds for my client in Washington, a design comp for them as well as additional changes and adjustments to older projects. At least I’m busy.

Once the month is over everything should be back to normal but until then, let’s get this done!

Up At 4:30

Posted on April 14, 2010
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Some days I just seem to wake up and can’t get back to sleep so what the hell, I guess I’ll just get up and get some work done. It’s now 5 am and I’m showered, dressed and sipping on a fresh cup of coffee. The sun’s not due to come up for another couple hours but here I am typing away.

Not sure why but the last few days I’ve been waking up at 3am on the dot, regardless of what time I go to bed. This morning I just decided, instead of fighting to get back to sleep I’ll get up and see what I can get done. I can always take a nap later in the day so we’ll see.

I haven’t used an alarm clock since I my last in-office position and now that I’m a freelancer there’s all kinds of freedom to work when you want… even when you’re not really up for working at 5am.

Glad the Rain Is Gone

Posted on April 13, 2010
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….at least for now. Yesterday was just an extension of the rainy day we had on Sunday. Pretty much all day was a wash with clouds and rain. This morning, though, we have clouds in the sky but a 72 degree outlook and sunshine. I love that feeling of walking out on my balcony to sunshine once again.

For the winter months I never get any sunshine on my balcony since it faces north but no longer. Within the next month or so I’ll even have sunsets which, you all know, I love and try to photograph often.

Yesterday was a fairly busy day, billing over 8 hours since I was stuck at my desk all day. Over the last few months my Washington State client has been sending me a constant supply of dental and orthodontic websites to work on. Though it’s not the rate I want, it’s constant work and for the most part they pay on time. Aside from the taxes it’s good to have something that steady, now it’s just a matter of getting as many projects done as possible each month.

One of these days I’d like to get back into a real office with a real salary but until people start hiring developers and designers again this will do just fine.

Where the Wild Things Are

Posted on April 12, 2010
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I finally received this movie via Netflix over the weekend. It was a sweet little movie but not as good as the book I remembered as a kid. The little kid is kind of a brat and most of the movie was kind of sad. Life lessons, etc but the Wild Things were so well done. The costumes and character development was really kind of cool.

I think more kids probably liked this over the adults though it does kind of conjure up memories of being a wild little kid. Overall a good flick but it probably won’t make it into the DVD library.

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