ok, i'm a loser but check this out...

Endgadget posted a news article that links to a thread i created. I know it's really lame to almost everyone, but it's kinda cool to me. The "read" link posts to a thread i started.

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/02/21/htc-apache-gets-aku-3-5-from-the-underworld/

clothes, phone and snow

Well i finally picked up the clothes i needed from dover for my training. I still need to take them to get taylored and drycleaning done. Shouldn't be a big deal. I also need to break in my boots and run and do pushups and situps.

I broke my new phone the other night. I was loading a software update and now it doesn't boot. I think there is a hardware problem because i tried lots of stuff. It is under warranty, but i probly won't be able to get it back in order before i go away. I'll be working on calling utstarcom on monday.

It started snowing again today. I was going to go to a party for poppop, but we cancelled it due to the weather. Instead i sat around the house all day doing just about nothing, but i did have a nice cup of tea. The kind where you forget about it and it's really strong when ya remember! Made me smile.

Weather, pay raise, Clock etc.

So this weather we had last week was fun, i'm glad i had the 4wd fixed in the ranger. I used the tow strap at least 6 times since the snow started. My road wasn't plowed til after it iced up so they just took the thin layer of snow off the top of the ice to make it nice and slick. When i pulled the last car out we didn't even take the slack of the strap to loosen it. The guy pulled the car sideways a foot and a half by hand (yeah it was that slippery!!) and that loosened it up.

I found out how much my pay raise was this week and i'm happy with it. I got the promotion to a level 2 analyst and a good merit raise in addition. I'm probably the lowest paid on my team still since i'm so new, but i'm workin on it.

My grandfather just delivered the grandmother clock today. It is sitting by my mantle now. It doesn't have the workings yet as i wanted to pick them out personally. Unfortunately the clock peddler store has been closed for a while now and i'll need to take some time to look and order. That means it will have to wait til i get back from training.

I played hockey last night and ran more than others so i could get in shape too. I also got the phone working about how i wanted. Today i tried to start my taxes even, but i don't have all the info yet, i might even need to file an extention since i'm gonna be gone. Final misc item is i'm almost out of oil. I have to call tomorrow and hope they can deliver soon. Oh well i have blankets =)

Bro update again...

Here is the biweekly(-ish) update from my bro:

Dear Friends and Family,

Another two weeks have passed. I've effectively finished my outline. I'm going to wait about two weeks before I start writing though. A friend of mine was writing a book once. After he got to about the halfway point, he realized he wanted to make a major change, thus ruining the last six chapters that he wrote. I'd rather change an outline than even one chapter. Even if I find this outline to be flawless, two weeks probably won't be that big of a deal in the long run.

After telling that story to my landlord, he told me I'm probably still going to rewrite six chapters once I get into it. One of his relatives is an author, so I can't just dismiss his warning. It's as my grandmother told me, "A good author's wastebasket is always full." I am however using a computer to cut back on the clutter.

Nothing terribly interesting happened lately. I've been going to Denny's in the middle of the night to work on my outline. That isn't really new; I frequently go to diners in the middle of the night. Or go for walks on especially clear nights when the visible stars are plentiful, which they haven't been. As much as I dislike Denny's, the one here is empty after 10:00pm (local time). So I've found it to be a wonderful place to focus.

My biggest responsibility is taking my roommate to school. Oh and not waking him up when I get back from Denny's at 2 or 3 in the morning (local time). In regards to a writing environment, this is great. Unfortunately we still have cable.

I can't think of anything else to mention. I guess I'll wait until the middle of the month when I have everyone's responses to the first letter. Since I'm sure everyone who received it will either respond, or send Terrific Uncle Pat an "unsubscribe" request.

Officer training

Today was my last guard drill before my officer training. I will be leaving for training March 10th the graduation is on April 20th. I still need to work on getting my clothes first though. I need to get to running too though.

my Cell phone etc.

Yeah i know, big deal right? That's exactly why this journal entry is so overdue. Since my phone actually is a PDA it runs a version of Windows Mobile. Well i've been spending (wasting?) a lot of time on it lately updating it to a version that was previously not working on this phone. To me it's kind of a big deal like a pioneer or something, but i realize this is really not too interesting to many people. So instead of posting to the blog i've been posting to a forum about the phone. That way i've been sparing you a boring details and actually sharing them with other's with similar interests. On a related note i just got the $100 rebate check for the phone and everyone should understand the excitement there!

I've also had blockbuster total access for the past month (cancelled it this weekend) for the trial period. It was good and another way to be wasting my time.

I also have made progress getting the clothes for the officer school. It looks like i could have them as early as next week. I emailed the list so i didn't have to waste too much time. It is great to have a friend that already went through this stuff! Looks like the next class starts in March and if i don't go on that one another starts in May.