Preparing for the blitz.

I don't really know what will happen over the next several days as I make my way to the NAB conference in Las Vegas... but... I believe it will be a tremendous learning experience which can affect my life forever. Though I guess that remains to be seen.

Man and wife.

It is a beautiful, blessed thing. I am quite happy for my friends who have been blessed by it in their personal lives. I am inspired but certainly could stand to act more on the good things than I do.

One thing after the next, ad infinitum.

I have no understanding of why I am actually still awake right now. None. So, I suppose I will make the choice to go remedy that problem right away.

Busy day!

Work, thinking, excitement, play, learning, driving, food recovery... and lots of smaller, cumulative things as well. I was running around pretty much non-stop. I think it was probably a good thing. I am certainly looking forward to the sleep recharge tonight!

The money spending whirlwind.

I know I am generally foolish with my money and today has been no exception. It seems that I have been planning how to spend it for so long that it really stood no chance of lingering in my accounts for very long at all. I do, however, feel pretty good about my purchases and payments today.

A new camera and various peripheral accessories, rent, back-rent, software(which I have been pirating for 15 or so years) and that's pretty much it. Now I feel like a contributing member of the economic society once again… even if only for a moment.

Now, I just need to pay off a grip load more of debt and I'll be set for quite a while!

I guess I am older than I realized.

I noticed that a certain actor had his 36th birthday today and it made me realize, after a bit of introspective thought, that I am basically in the same age bracket yet have not really considered myself to be anywhere near it yet. I thought of this guy as somebody older than me so it is sort of a surreal feeling to have, equating his age to mine.

I also think I really like reading nicely written articles. They make me feel like I need to improve my own writing quality way more than the very slow pace that I might be improving it. Consistent writing certainly does help, but consistent effort makes much more of a difference, I tend to think. I should be more deliberate about timing things better at night so I don't always feel like I am rushing things. As the Jamaicans always say... haste make waste.

Listening to inspiring people is a good activity.

I think it is their energy for life, their enthusiasm and motivation, their insights, and all of their quality ideas that really get me going. They seem to have a different kind of work ethic which comes through in the manner as well. Something of an obsession in some cases but always a powerfully effective force in their lives. It makes me hope to become something like them in each case.

And, if I practice enough, I know I might be able to achieve a measure of that quality in my own life... a blessing of their examples before me.