About a year ago, Van became a Christian.
About two years ago, I got my first DSLR.
About three years ago, apparently not much happened.
About four years ago, I tried to watch My Sassy Girl and removed the ability for other people to post on OliverWEB.
About five years ago, the password was removed from OliverWEB and uh… I guess Chad made his site.
About six years ago, Wes made his first post on OliverWEB.
About seven years ago, OliverWEB.
Wow… seven years.
For kicks:
As promised, here’s a pink picture. Haha…
That is all. =)
“I fell in love again
all things go, all things go
drove to Chicago
all things know, all things know
we sold our clothes to the state
I don’t mind, I don’t mind
I made a lot of mistakes
in my mind, in my mind” - Sufjan Stevens
Was on campus today and met up with Sam and Kathy who were shooting some pics of some TiSA girls. Took some pics myself (not many of the girls they were shooting cause it was weird having so many cameras on them and I didn’t want to make them feel awkward) and I think they turned out alright. See flickr set.
Umm, that’s all I’m gonna say for now, might post some more later, haha…
So I’m too lazy to write up the password protected post right now… not all that much to say anyways (yet) so maybe I’ll just write a huge summary later… haha.
Anyways, we had our first discussion-focused Elements yesterday and I think it went really well. I was scared of having a group where generating discussion is like pulling teeth and I would have to fight silence trying to get people to talk, but that’s definitely not the case. I think we could have gone on for a few more hours with no problem if we didn’t cap the discussions off at some time, haha. Makes my job a lot easier. ;) Thanks to everyone who came and shared your thoughts, and Kathy for the cupcakes.
Afterwards, I apparently made a stupid bet with Kathy that she couldn’t tie my hands together if I didn’t want her to and ended up being physically injured. I’ll show you a picture of the massive bruise on my hand and leave it at that… I think it actually looks worse in person.. haha.
I went to Angell’s Xanga earlier this morning and decided to listen to his radio blog… hehe, gives me some more variety than the stuff that’s on my iPod I listen to all the time.
“Yesterday was over
Today I’m fine without you
Runaway this time without you
And all I ever thought you’d be
That face is tearing holes in me again,
but today I’m fine without you
Runaway this time without you
And all the things you put me through
I’m holding on by letting go of you” - All-American Rejects
Haha… so… angsty.
Lost S3 starts tonight, but I will be leading my Elements, so I will not be able to watch. =( I suppose that’s why we have a DVR… you guys better record it, haha.
I didn’t even realize that the UT/OU game was this weekend until a day or so ago. Usually I feel some kind of buzz of its coming, but not this year… maybe cause both teams aren’t as good or because I’m not as close to UT? shrug dunno. =)
Some other stuff I might blog about in a password-protected post soon. We’ll see… haha. ;)
Oh yes, and congrats to Andrew and his Freescale offer. =) (I hope I’m allowed to say that… lol)
“This seems too big for me
hulking monstrosity
too late to get out now
And like the speed of sound
this thing has brought me down
I don’t remember how
I want to be free
but Juggernaut is killing me
Freedom like a song
The weak shall be made strong
I may sink before I swim
but I’m not giving in to you” - Five Iron Frenzy
Haha, so Olivia was telling me about how she tried to get “Owibia” once on AIM to match my “Owiber” and how it failed. We were talking about how weird that was cause I’ve rarely (never?) had anyone take “Owiber” before me and it seemed doubtful that “Owibia” would be popular too. Anyways…
olivia: OMG
I WENT
AND TRIED AGAIN
AND I GOT IT
So she went and got Oriana “Owiaba” too and now we’re an Owi-family. Haha…
I had to wake up an hour early today for a meeting and I think it really threw me off… I feel a lot sleepier than normal. =/ Anyways, on the way to work, the roads were decently foggy. I like the way fog looks, maybe cause it reminds me of California a lot and it just seems all mysterious and fun. That is, until a car comes out of nowhere and hits you, but that hasn’t happened yet to me, so it’s all cool. I’ve always wanted to take pictures in the fog with some nifty lighting, but haven’t gotten the chance to yet. That, and to take some nice lightning pics… hmmm… and I guess I have a lot of other things I want to shoot but don’t really get the opportunity to… oh well… someday…
“Making young girls pine
I don’t have the time
Babies, get in line
I’ve got a protractor
Got a stapler now
it goes Ka-ching!
gotta have the math club crown me king
gotta rock the screen with the cosine graphing
on my calculator
If you’re up
and if you want a piece of me
wave goodbye and blow a kiss
Cause you can’t handle this” - Five Iron Frenzy
Haha, that songs’s so awesome. Reminds me of Chad and I and Freshman year.
Another block of that song is:
“And I am awesome
awesome
I am the awesomest”
I used to write that on the bottom of CS tests I took… haha, I was a cocky little guy. =)
One of the other ERPs in my class was telling me about how he once interned in Washington D.C. and would wake up every morning and run around watching the sun rise among all the monuments and stuff. I was just listening to the Top Gun Anthem and man, it would be awesome to do that run listening to that on my Andrew Approved iPod. I think one day, I might go to random places and do a morning jog around parts of the city. I want to take my camera too, but DSLRs can be kinda tricky to jog with… haha…
Edit: Oh, maybe I can put a light lens on my 5D and a heavier one of the Rebel XT so they’d weight similarly and jog with one in each hand like people do with weights… haha…
“Cause I want someone to share my smile
To share the pain
To be there when the sea turns gray
To share the joy
For better or worse
And I thought that it might have been her
I thought that it might have been her” - Switchfoot
I think I like that song because of its clever title: “It Might have Ben Hur”
Edit Edit: I realized I would probably get mugged like no other running around with two DSLRs in D.C…. well, possibly not, the hoodlums might not wake up so early in the morning.
I’m having one of those days where I really don’t want to be at work and I really don’t want to do anything. I think I need something to drive/inspire me and I feel kinda dead right now. I have an urge to just go to Zilker or something and plop myself on a park bench and sit there for a while with my trusty (well, that’s actually debatable) Andrew Approved iPod. My shin still hurts a little when I go up stairs and that’s bugging me cause I really want to run (I might anyways).
Church yesterday was good, although I have to confess that I tuned out a lot while Gid was speaking. I need to start bringing a notepad maybe so I can take notes since I probably should remember what was talked about if we’re to discuss it in Elements. Haha… on the plus side, I have my post-grad Elements on Tuesdays before mine on Wednesday, so maybe I can catch up there. =) Hehe…
“I want to break free
I want to break free
I want to break free from your lies
You’re so self satisfied I don’t need you
I’ve got to break free
God knows God knows I want to break free” - Queen
Ahh… these songs just don’t feel the same without the music. =)
Well, it’s October. I used to really like October (I guess I still do) probably because my birthday is in it and birthdays are really exciting as a child. The birthday thing gets a bit less exciting the older you get I suppose, but there’s still Halloween and… uh… Columbus Day I guess (oh, joy!). =)
Viraj bought me She’s The Man… haha, thanks. Although, unfortunately, I have already seen it… and I’m not going to watch it again unless I get more of you other people to suffer through it with me, haha.
I am accumulating a mass of pink stuff. It’s a little frightening… I think perhaps it has gone too far, but I don’t foresee myself stopping anytime soon. Trouble?… Oh, I’ll have a picture to back this up sometime within a few days. Andrew’ll have a field day too.
Edit: This is a test. Xanga gave my oliverweb account a free premium trial thingy and I think it might have broken my crossposter…