I'm house-sitting for someone next week for about eight days. This person has a separate guest house on their property that I will be checking out too. If it looks good, then I'll be moving into it over the next few weeks, so looks like the house-hunting is just about over. Best part: it's in South Tampa, not far from Arnold's place (and work). I'm going to start working on SCS017 again tonight right after I read a script that Carl sent me (sorry, been busy man).
Category: General
Getting Sick
One of the features of the original site was Sick Thought of the Day, which was a footnote to each blog entry. There were hundreds of these, which were lost forever. Lucky for you all, I created a Twitter account for this a while back and I've just added the feed to this homepage of the site (scroll down a little - it's on the right side). Enjoy!
A New Hope?
I visited the studio apartment tonight and liked it a lot. It had plenty of room for me. I'll have to get a stackable washer and dryer combo, but that's pretty much it. And, oddly enough, there wasn't a closet, so I may have to look at getting a wardrobe for my clothes. I'll check out IKEA after I'm done writing this. The lady who owns the property was really nice. Her husband passed away recently, and I think she took a liking to me. I need to hammer out some details tomorrow, but I told her I'll have a decision to her no later than Thursday. I'm feeling really good about this. Other than the drive to work, I think it'll be a good fit.
Housing Adventures
Tonight after work I'm going to look at a 1,200 sq. ft. studio apartment in Wesley Chapel. It's on the same property as the owner's regular house, but there appears to be about an acre of land around it. The pros: It's at the top end of my price range, but all utilities are included, so the cost works out pretty cheap. Also, it's one large, open room, which means I can set up the space for studio work pretty easily. It will also put me a lot closer to Alex & Nel's house. The cons: If I get this place, it will extend my drive from 15 minutes one-way to work to 50 minutes one-way. This also equates to spending more on gasoline. It also takes me away from South Tampa, which kinda sucks a bit as I really like the area. Right now I'm living with all my...
Full, Yet Relaxing
That pretty much describes my weekend. I stopped off at Hooters Friday night and watched the Lightning win their game and the Yankees lose theirs. I've decided I need to slow way down on eating out to save money, so I'm going to limit myself to one night per week. I may make it a weekly pizza night and stay home and do work on this site while eating. I woke up Saturday determined to relax and de-stress. I cleaned up a bit, went out and grabbed a little bite to eat, then got the truck washed. While I was waiting for them to finish detailing the truck, I thought about heading to the the airport I normally fly out of, Tampa North Aero Park (X39) up near Lutz, and just hang out there for most of the day. So, after they were done, I got in the truck and...
Chewbode’s Abode
I'm in a transitional phase yet again. The house I've been renting for the last several months has been sold. I was supposed to be out this past Monday, the 18th, however the deal fell through - or at the very least has been put on hold for a little while. So, I've been searching for a new place, which has been very difficult, mostly because I've got such poor credit and am getting turned down left and right for apartments and house rentals (mostly through real estate agents). My only hope is to get a cool owner that is willing to do first and last month's rent with a security deposit and not run a credit check. I got a bite today and will be talking to someone tomorrow about a house just a few blocks from here, in South Tampa. I'm also looking at a 1,200 sq. ft....
The Phoenix
"To be reborn is a constantly recurring human need." -Henry Hewes A while back I stopped supporting this site. A lot of things took over my life, and, frankly, I purposely neglected it. With the advent of Facebook and Twitter, why would I need to keep up on my own site anyway? Why deal with all that work and custom code? And to top it all off, I never wanted to market it, so no one really visited. The result: into the dark, dank corner of the internet it slipped. And was forgotten. Until one day, about a month ago, I wanted to get some data off the site. I literally hadn't visited it in over a year. And, lo and behold, the site was down. Glitch? No problem, I'll fix it. So, I logged into the admin console at the hosting company and to my horror I found the site was...
New Server, Washed Car, Sandwiches
I’ve spent the past 24 hours building a new server for home. My main server on the network seems to have a bad hard drive in it. Even though the drives are mirrored (RAID 1), I’ll need to reinstall everything on it at some point, and when I do, I’ll upgrade the hard drives from 160GB to 500GB each. So, I’ve built the new server as a temporary box until the primary server can be rebuilt (primary is a bit unstable right now – kind of like me). I’ve been configuring Distributed File Service the last several hours, and have moved print and most FTP services to the new box. I still have web, Exchange, and anti-virus to move. I expect it’ll take me until mid-next week before I can shut the sick server down. I’ve been working on transferring disc 2 of 2 of my friend’s wedding/honeymoon footage. Looks...
Laziness Ensues… Again
Well, I didn’t hear anything back from my recruiter today. Bit of a bummer. But, I still think there’s a very good chance I’ll be getting the job. Fingers are crossed. I was really, really lazy again today. I’ve been slipping more and more into a bit of a depression. I really need to get out of it. I played WarCraft a bit more today and got a gob of gold. I watched this crazy movie called Confessions of a Superhero on NetFlix (streamed it to my laptop). The skinny: it’s a documentary about the street performers on Hollywood Blvd. that dress up like superheroes and make a living off getting tips from people who want to get their picture taken with them. Very interesting to watch, highly recommend it. I’ve been listening to Pandora on my iPhone 3G a lot lately. I’ve added my Stations to the sidebar on...
Ho Hum
Spent several hours cleaning yesterday. The apartment needed a good once-over, so I obliged. When I was done playing Molly Maid, I worked on editing together DVD 2 of 2 for my friend. Almost everything is done, except I need to lay down a music track for the slideshow at the end. I’ve been having a lot of trouble getting motivated the last couple of days. There are a lot of things I’m kinda bummed about and I’m sure it’s not helping me. I’ve mainly just lazed around the house watching movies – I think it’s helping. I watched Twister on Blu-Ray and saw Die Hard: With a Vengeance and Independence Day on TBS HD (which isn’t the same, but I was too lazy to get the DVDs out anyway). I saw this great short film: I talked to my recruiter this morning, and it sounds like I’m still in...
