• Trying to find a good burrito near work. http://yfrog.com/58maywedj #
• sitting in a conference room that is almost as hot as it is outside, but the rest of the office is nice and cool…what is going on here? #
• it's amazing that #WeLoveYouMiley is a trending topic and most of the tweets have nothing else in it. btw, #WeLoveYouMiley ! =P #
• office almost ran out of diet coke, but a shipment came in just in the nick of time. #
• 36.98GB of 97.22GB backed up. it's going to be a long night… #
• Mexican food or Hawaiian BBQ? Decisions, decisions! #
• time machine backup is done, now trying to do a superduper backup. it's an all backup evening for me. #
• just found out on FACEBOOK that my wife cut all her hair and my love for her off. FACEBOOK is how i find out!? =P #
• getting sleepy…it's not even 10 yet! #
• Koda, go get the ducks! http://yfrog.com/0iragdj #
• Dog that stick is still attached to that bush! http://twitpic.com/doeb0 #
• Koda loves the percolation ponds http://twitpic.com/doix2 #
• I think the ape is out to get me. http://twitpic.com/ds9jw #
• Have a weird froyo craving. What is going on? #
• Walking the dog, trying to discourage him from eating passing pedestrians. http://twitpic.com/dxixp #
• That CAN'T be per slice, right? Right?! http://twitpic.com/dyhyl #

people are calling it sympathy cravings, but i had two very strange cravings today. the first was froyo which is weird because i never crave froyo. i only tolerate froyo, but don’t usually go out of my way to get it.

maybe what got me craving it is that @cafeyolicious followed me yesterday and i decided to try out their BOGO (Buy One, Get One Free) offer. just mention twitter and they say that you buy one and you get one free. it’s really more like BOSOGOF (Buy One, Sort Of Get One Free). i bought a small froyo with 1 topping and they gave me 1 mini froyo with 1 topping. still, not a bad deal compared to other froyo shops, but still a little misleading…

the froyo was decent, but the selection of fruit was small. the chopped mangoes looked sad, but the blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries all looked good.

the other craving i am having is sushi. i really, really want some good sushi, but am sad that i won’t be able to indulge in sushi at home for a while.

it always starts like this:
1) buy a camcorder.
2) make videos.

and i thought i would be done there. but once i started to make videos, i realized a few things:
problem: audio quality with the built-in mic is awful.
solution: buy an external mic.

problem: camcorder’s hot shoe mount is not standard.
solution: buy a mini shoe=> standard shoe adapter.

problem: video quality is great, but is really shaky and dizzy to look at.
solution: buy some kind of steadying device. buy a manfrotto modosteady.

so what started off as an already largish $600 camcorder purchase became a $600 camcorder + $100 external mic + $30 hot shoe adapter + $100 modosteady purchase.

man, it is never easy, is it? these home videos better look awesome!

every year i ask if anyone wants to play in a just-for-fun fantasy football league on this blog and so far i don’t think anyone has ever expressed an interest. it almost seems like it is fruitless at this point to ask again, but here i am writing this entry asking because…well, rejection for me seems to have become tradition.

if you are interested in playing in a fantasy football league, email me at wilco AT ocliw.com and if we have enough people, i’ll set up the league.

since no one has ever expressed an interest, this signals to me that either:
1) all of my readers are not big football fans
2) all of my readers are not interested in fantasy football (you should, it’s fun and though a little overwhelming at first, not all that bad)
OR
3) i have no readers.

i have long since passed the days where i would check on my site’s stats so i actually have no idea how many people read the blog anymore. i guess it’s just not that important to me anymore to know if two, twenty, or two hundred people are reading up on me.

sometimes i come across something so stupidly simple that i need to do, but i don’t know how to do it. today’s task was to delete everything in a directory recursively, but not the directory. i have never done that before and it didn’t seem like it would be that hard to do, but it took me a minute to figure it out.

it’s a little embarrassing, really, but:

delete everything in a directory, including the directory:
rm -rf directory/

delete everything in a directory, excluding the directory:
rm -rf directory/*

simple enough task, but it made me have to think and i don’t like thinking…it hurts my brain.

• Just finished playoffs tonight. That's two rounds of vball today-once in the morning and once in the evening! Sooooo tired. #
• read that a pregnant woman is supposed to drink half their pre-pregnancy body weight in ounces of water a day. i'm going to try that today. #
• Express prepaid line at costco is longer than normal line #
• Line getting out of costco is crazy too. I'm never getting out of here! #
• I uploaded a YouTube video — koda at the ponds http://bit.ly/v9AjB #
• Fire alarm went off at the office. Fire fighters are here now. http://twitpic.com/cvrfh #
• All the nurses in our building were giggling like schoolgirls while posing with the fire fighters. http://twitpic.com/cvxpm #
• Mint chip mocha ice blended coffee from it's a grind is FABULOUS! http://twitpic.com/cx8r4 #
• Ugh. Tweaked my ankle this morning while taking the garbage out. #

i’m having my first drink ever from it’s a grind and while deciding what to get, i see on their menu, “Famous Mint Chip Mocha” under the Iced, Blended Coffees. just how good could it be if i have never heard of it, i ask myself.

let me tell you something, from the first sip, i was taken aback. it is AMAZINGLY good. i am beside myself at just how good it is. i still can’t believe it.

if you have never been to an “it’s a grind” go check it out and go get this drink. it will not disappoint, i promise!

to fully realize my teeny bopper self, i’ve started watching this new show called make it or break it. it is fantastic. all the teen drama wrapped inside a gymnastics gym. it’s almost like bring it on, except instead of cheerleaders there are olympic gymnast hopefuls.

christi rolls her eyes whenever the show comes on the tube, but really, give it a try, it’s way, way better than you think.

• Free iced mocha Mondays at mcdonalds. It's only a 7oz serving, but it's free! http://twitpic.com/bv6j8 #
• Koda and I are picking christi up from the airport. http://twitpic.com/cbpxv #
• Golden kiwis? http://twitpic.com/cc97v #
• Little Chloe. http://twitpic.com/ccasn #
• getting ready to go to koda's 1 year bday party with his siblings. #
• Woke up at 8 to play sand vball and am exhausted now. #

after waking up at 8 to go play volleyball, i am totally exhausted. koda and i went to play sand vball and while we were there koda started to dig a hole in the sand.

i would go over and fill the hole that he dug and i think that just made him even more determined to dig that hole. this went on all morning. i guess it kept him entertained.

but i’m so tired now i think that i need a nap for the rest of the day…