| Irvine |
[Jul. 25th, 2007|10:08 am] |
I'd like to introduce you Irvine, California. That link takes you to the Wikipedia article on the city, but here is an excerpt that I think accurately describes the layout, at least:
"The layout of Irvine [...] is nominally divided into townships called villages. The townships are separated by six-lane streets. Each township includes a spectrum of similar types of dwellings, along with shopping, religious institutions and schools. Commercial districts are checker-boarded in a periphery around the central townships."
Living in Irvine is simultaneously cool and frightening. I've put up a Picasa album of pics around our village, and I threw in some fun beach shots, too. Check it out here. |
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| We survived the move! |
[Jul. 23rd, 2007|01:53 am] |
We survived the move to California and are *finally* back online. I've put together a rough and quick (just the way your mother likes it) Picasa photo album with captions HERE, and that's about all I've got the energy for tonight.
Thanks to everyone who helped us get our junk out of Utah! |
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| (no subject) |
[Jun. 18th, 2007|02:23 pm] |
Generally, I avoid the office watering hole.
The coffee that erupts from that spout is like flavored dirt, and the people that gather around it remind me of flies on a hot, steaming pile of...
Unfortunately, this afternoon has been dragging by, and I decided to take the risk. Perhaps I'll let you know how the coffee tastes in about 3-4 days, after it has had a chance to cool down.
I re-used my Starbucks cup from this morning, and the outer sleeve that is supposed to protect my delicate hands almost burned me within seconds of filling the cup.
I swear, that brew is the temperature of the sun. |
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| Death by Squirrell? |
[Jun. 14th, 2007|01:02 pm] |
Um, this is real news.
Sort of.
Reminds me of the time when I was 12 that I tried to pick up a big squirrell at La Jolla Beach in San Diego. It went on a rampage, too, and I still have the scars.
In my pride. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jun. 13th, 2007|03:16 pm] |
This is just another work rant... ignore if you've reached your daily limit.
Last week, my boss instructed me to take our software development team "off the network" by the end of the month. There are too many network controls, he decided, and it makes it too hard for us to complete our work. He was also concerned that unknown changes to the network configuration might impact our workload in the future, and he couldn't handle that.
If I go through with his project, we have to avoid detection of the organization's official network admin group, because they have told us not to do this and will shut us down if they find out.
I put together a detailed plan describing everything it would take to complete the task and all the risks associated with it, including my recommendation not to do it, and when I came in on Monday to brief my boss, I discovered that he has taken the entire week off for an unplanned vacation.
Huh. |
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| Coincidence? |
[Aug. 14th, 2006|12:13 pm] |
I attended my cousin's wedding on Saturday, and I was absolutely flabbergasted to discover that they used the same judge to officiate their wedding as ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1) kasynia and I will be using for ours. Judge W. Brent West will be presiding over our marriage, and it was very cool to be able to see him in action so close to our own.
My cousin's wedding has been full of these types of surprises. For example, we discovered that they are going to the same general location as we are for our honeymoon. In addition, they used the exact same type of invitation as we will be sending out next week.
None of this was pre-meditated. I'm fairly close with this cousin, but since we were both getting married, we really haven't had time to chat. It's just a little creepy to see, because Utah has TONS of options for marriage, and we don't even live near each other. |
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