that one guy named brandon

why is it…. April 4, 2009

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that i can never get anything done?

On one hand i wish i had the ability to reign in my crazy new idea every single day kind of self and focus a bit more…. but on the other hand, thats what makes me me! It would just be nice to be able to accomplish something for once. Everything lately seems like I get super excited for a couple days and then move on to something else. And lately I just keep rotating through like the same 5 or so things. Starting a band again, fixing/modding the eeeeclipse, getting my drum set together, getting new guitar pedals, coding a website for my work, coding a website for myself, pulling the weeds in the yard, cleaning the garage, the list goes on and on. Each day i wake up and get excited about accomplishing one of these, then nothing happens that day, and the next day means a new idea….

I think more or less I’m just frustrated that its already april. I feel like I’m wasting this year. I dunno…. Maybe instead of sitting here writing this I should go do something. I just noticed that I capitalized almost every singe ‘I’ in this post. And the first words on my sentences…. wtf. something must definitely be wrong with me

my dog February 4, 2009

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last night i finally bonded with my dog.

to take a couple steps back…. a couple of months ago, jessica decided it would be a great idea to go out and get a puppy. a chihahua puppy. knowing that i am deathly allergic to dogs. if i come within 50 feet of a dog, my allergies kick into overdrive, and then cause my asthma to come out of nowhere and attempt to kill me. it gets really bad. and i mean really bad.

so for the past couple of months, i ‘take care’ of our dog, but i don’t enjoy it at all. all she seems to do is get her hair everywhere, jump all over me, and generally make me miserable. i lost count of how many times i daydreamed of punting her through a couple of goal posts.

tonight, with jessica at school and dylan at his grandparent’s, it was me and our dog. alone. we started out with our usual staring at each other hating each other’s guts. this lasted for an hour or so…. i decided to get up and take her out. she actually went to the bathroom on her first trip outside. i was amazed. on the way back in she went and stood at her food and water bowls. this prompted me to grumble, then get her some fresh food and water. while she ate, i realized how nice the weather outside was, so i threw a shirt and some shoes on. almost as if she could read my mind, she met me at the door. together, we went for a jog around the block.

after our short jog [which served to remind me how out of shape i am], we came back and played a little bit of fetch and i spent a bit of time trying some more to train her to sit. we spent the last hour before bedtime sitting together at my computer. today had the perfect combination of my allergies not bothering me, my patience for the dog lasting longer than normal, and the puppy behaving better than normal. thanks to this random trifecta i finally started to bond a little with our dog and her a little with me. while i feel these days will probably be few and far between, knowing that they do exist, makes it all worth it

[and as i save this post, i turn around to find that she has gone to the bathroom on my living room carpet!]

college at 23 years old. October 31, 2008

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so i finally broke down and dropped by the college to take my math placement test that i’ve been dreading….

i’m not ashamed to say that i couldn’t answer a single algebra question. i took algebra1 way back in 8th grade and didnt pay a damn bit of attention. same with algebra 2 in 9th grade.

it being 2008 now, and my 9th grade being back in 99-00, its been quite awhile.

which means….. yep. i get to take math 93! haha. introduction to algebra. then math95, algebra1. then math96, algebra2. and THEN math120, which is the only damn math class i need for my degree.

lesson to be learned? none whatsoever. because i still feel better than all of those kids who went straight to college out of highschool and either switched majors 5678 times before giving up after 6 years, or spent 40k on student loans for a degree they will never use.

i took the time to wait until i was ready to learn, and knew exactly what i want/need out of college.

kthxbye

internet television and the future October 27, 2008

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my san francisco trip October 23, 2008

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my first time to San Francisco. as well as my first time editing video. leave a comment [or two]

i lold September 25, 2008

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had a nice relaxing night…. got way into working on my new project: www.mysekrit.com! Hopefully it will launch this weekend!

spent the last few hours coding as well as hanging out in @siliconcalley’s ustream. some decent laughs tonight…

decided tomorrow im picking up an IPEVO web cam…. 640×480 @ 30fps for 30 dollars…. plus its great for skype…. so expect me on ustream tomorrow night! here’s a little linky

i was excited to blog a few minutes ago…. now i’ve lost my steam lol. until tomorrow!

aimless September 3, 2008

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i apologize if today’s blog seems to be lacking direction…. i couldn’t narrow it down to a specific topic, so i decided to just kind of throw out three or four random things….

first up is a great article that i love to throw in the face of all you losers out there who love to brag about your 4gb of ram and 1gb super macho gpu killer gaming machines:
article [will open in new window]

which leads me to a apple/iphone semi rant:
1) FIX THE DAMN KEYBOARD LAG ALREADY….
2) IMPLEMENT BACKGROUND SERVICES ALREADY SO I CAN USE AIM….
3) Where are all the amazing productivity apps? When the SDK was announced I went to sleep each night dreaming of the amazing wonders that awaited me. I dreamt of controlling anything and everything with my iphone. Is it me, or is it just 98% games? Maybe i’m just not looking in the right places? That being said, here’s what I currently have installed:

anyone who has any good recommendations, please leave me a comment….

and finally, i was having a little bit of a hard time getting started this morning, so i had to power myself up with a super healthy breakfast:

tuesday morning rant September 2, 2008

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yes i know, there’s a commercial about standup2cancer, with a url and they will be having a show with a telethon and blah blah blah…. but this commercial last night was different and just plain… stupid…. no info about the website or show or ANYTHING AT ALL

yawn September 1, 2008

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sitting around doing a whole bunch of nothing… just wrapping up the end up my 3day weekend….

i’ve decided since i can’t ever think of what to write, ill just record a bunch of video each day and post it up, funny or not. informative or not. stupid or not. lol.

and expect a blog redesign soon