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How Was Your Lock-down?

Hobbies , Life , Movies • Jul 2, 2022

There are a few times in your life you are acutely aware that you’re living through history – 9/11, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Borat movie premier… – but those moments are fleeting. Which makes this last two-year-and-counting, protracted, once-in-a-lifetime pandemic feel so weird.


At the moment I’m writing this, we’ve re-entered the high community transmission level for the umpteenth time, this time thanks to the BA.5 variant, and are likely heading into another lock-down/mandate – to flatten the curve™. So I’ve been reflecting on this whole time period lately, and at one of the many “returns to work,” I was chatting with someone about how it felt like going back to school when you were a kid. Everyone asking how your summer was. And everyone having some adventure or project they did. It seemed like everyone had a Covid project – a remodel, a new hobby, etc. So here’s how my lock-down has been (so far).


Alpha – Gamma


At the start of Covid, after weeks of quarantine, I really needed to do something with myself. I decided to take an online screenwriting class, which turned out to be a great decision. It was really great to have a creative outlet, and connect with some new people online. And it was really fun to try something new that I had been wanting to do for a long time. Afterwards, I figured I should do something with a short film I wrote, so I submitted it to a competition. Guess who made the quarter finals?


Oh, and I stopped shaving.


Delta


After one or two false starts in attempting to return to the office, I decided to finally finish our never ending backyard remodel project. Vinyl fencing, terracing, retaining wall, rain gutters, artificial turf. Thanks to Covid, it’s now done.



 

Give My Creation Life!

Life • Dec 3, 2016
Throw the third switch

I see you there.
No, not the two of you reading this. I see you too on Google Analytics (hello!).

I mean this blog. Neglected and forgotten. It’s been calling to me. Maybe because of things happening in the world, or my life, but I’ve been feeling… aspirational lately. Among a lot of other things, I guess. And blogs, by their very nature, are aspirational. Everyone seems to start one with the best of intentions, and eventually they sit, abandoned.

Maybe it’s the season. But whatever it is, I’m in the mood to take action. I’m overwhelmed by aspirational thoughts.

  • I want to read more
  • I want to be more focused
  • I want to eat healthier
  • I want to exercise more
  • I want to learn to play chess
  • I want to learn more about Astronomy
  • I want to be a better dad
  • I want to be a better husband
  • I want to take action on the environment
  • I want to volunteer and make a difference
  • I want to meditate
  • I want to have a creative outlet (or three)
  • I want to hustle more and make money
  • I want to be more financially responsible
  • I want to be better at public speaking

The list goes on. Or, you could say the list piles up, if you don’t do something about it. So, as the saying goes, “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.” Time to start taking bites, no matter how small. Thus, a blog post. The first of many more bites? You’ll have to wait and see.

Australia Trip and Maintenance

Life • Jun 30, 2009

I came back from a 2 week vacation in Australia to find my sites hacked with spam link injection yet again. If I had the time or inclination I would redo this site in Expression Engine, but i don’t. So I’m trying some more extreme measures to keep my site from getting hacked. So you’ll notice things a bit different around here..

Anyhow, I was playing around with iWeb because 1) it’s on my computer which means 2) I paid for it in some way or another (even it it came for ‘free’ on my mac) so I made a cheesy click-and-build, drag-n-drop photo gallery of my pics just for the heck of it. Find it here.

Roadside Kangaroo