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So, I haven’t posted since November 14th, which is 96 days ago. I know some people who post to LJ often enough that the time between their posts doesn’t even reach double digit hours, mine is well into 4 digits of hours, but I don’t feel like looking at the exact times to figure it all out. Suffice to say, this is not a good way to know what’s going on in my life because so much can change in that amount of time. ^_^
In the past quarter year a bunch of stuff has happened. Like the new year, Happy 2007 everyone, even if we have already gotten through a decent chunk of it already. It’s also the Chinese New Year today, and as with many of the people I went to school with I’m a 1983 Pig, so it is once again my lucky year.
I just got back from KatsuCon, which is where I met Cat last year. If I had written up a “my thoughts on 2006” post right as we moved out of it, she would have factored heavily into it. There were three really notable things that happened in 2006: graduating from Virginia Tech, starting my career as an Architect, and dating Cat. Meeting at a Con was kinda crazy, dating from so far away was hard, but the relationship was wonderful, and my only regret is that it ended so soon. But such things are well past at this point, even if this weekend brought back a lot of memories.
I’ve been reacquainted with old friends since New Year’s (Hey Troy, I know you’re reading this) and now I go rock climbing with them once a week, which is awesome. I had been out of contact with most of my friends, and people to hang out with until a very fortunate message from little Kate when she was in Annapolis for the New Year’s party everyone was attending. Though speaking of friends, I have begun to spend a good deal of time with one of my co-workers, Patrick, and his boys. The eldest two are 10 and 7 and I have gotten them into Magic: the Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons (with the help of their dad), and the Civilization series by Sid Meier. The youngest boy is 18 months and while being a little terror, is also exceptionally cute and fun to be around while watching him learn and develop.
Due to my growing relationship with Patrick and his family, when the ice storm hit last Tuesday and my house was without power for 36 hours, I ended up spending my time at his place building and maintaining the fire in his fireplace and helping entertain the kids so the parents could get a break. It was fun to play “uncle” and it made the cold dark misery more enjoyable than if I’d tried to manage alone in my house.
Work overall has been good these past months, and while I’m over the excitement of “I have a job!” and I’m beginning to get the “I’m going to be doing this for the REST of my LIFE?” sensation, I do enjoy what I do. I’ve worked on several projects, some of which are well out the door and under construction, some of which are getting there. I’ve worked on the company logo and business cards and watched the whole transition to the new firm identity. For those who are familiar with the Baltimore Convention Center, the woman who designed it (with the help of a team to finish out the details) is now working at my firm as a new principle. She also brought with her some huge clients and projects, but I’m not allowed to talk about any of them specifically until contracts are signed and we begin work on them. Through her influence we’ve also jumped on a new boat in terms of CAD software which everyone is now in the process of learning, which also looks very promising.
And that’s about it. I might update more in the future, I might not. We’ll see.
In the past quarter year a bunch of stuff has happened. Like the new year, Happy 2007 everyone, even if we have already gotten through a decent chunk of it already. It’s also the Chinese New Year today, and as with many of the people I went to school with I’m a 1983 Pig, so it is once again my lucky year.
I just got back from KatsuCon, which is where I met Cat last year. If I had written up a “my thoughts on 2006” post right as we moved out of it, she would have factored heavily into it. There were three really notable things that happened in 2006: graduating from Virginia Tech, starting my career as an Architect, and dating Cat. Meeting at a Con was kinda crazy, dating from so far away was hard, but the relationship was wonderful, and my only regret is that it ended so soon. But such things are well past at this point, even if this weekend brought back a lot of memories.
I’ve been reacquainted with old friends since New Year’s (Hey Troy, I know you’re reading this) and now I go rock climbing with them once a week, which is awesome. I had been out of contact with most of my friends, and people to hang out with until a very fortunate message from little Kate when she was in Annapolis for the New Year’s party everyone was attending. Though speaking of friends, I have begun to spend a good deal of time with one of my co-workers, Patrick, and his boys. The eldest two are 10 and 7 and I have gotten them into Magic: the Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons (with the help of their dad), and the Civilization series by Sid Meier. The youngest boy is 18 months and while being a little terror, is also exceptionally cute and fun to be around while watching him learn and develop.
Due to my growing relationship with Patrick and his family, when the ice storm hit last Tuesday and my house was without power for 36 hours, I ended up spending my time at his place building and maintaining the fire in his fireplace and helping entertain the kids so the parents could get a break. It was fun to play “uncle” and it made the cold dark misery more enjoyable than if I’d tried to manage alone in my house.
Work overall has been good these past months, and while I’m over the excitement of “I have a job!” and I’m beginning to get the “I’m going to be doing this for the REST of my LIFE?” sensation, I do enjoy what I do. I’ve worked on several projects, some of which are well out the door and under construction, some of which are getting there. I’ve worked on the company logo and business cards and watched the whole transition to the new firm identity. For those who are familiar with the Baltimore Convention Center, the woman who designed it (with the help of a team to finish out the details) is now working at my firm as a new principle. She also brought with her some huge clients and projects, but I’m not allowed to talk about any of them specifically until contracts are signed and we begin work on them. Through her influence we’ve also jumped on a new boat in terms of CAD software which everyone is now in the process of learning, which also looks very promising.
And that’s about it. I might update more in the future, I might not. We’ll see.