Here is another new Polaroid of my sleeping area. I need to think through this entire work a little further, but I suppose that I am most interested in understanding why I don’t maintain or appreciate my sleeping area/bed. Perhaps it is because I am satisfied with the fact that currently my sleeping area is the least used part of environment and this is a strange satisfaction. Am I living more than anyone else… certainly not at all. I just prefer to stand rather than lay in most instances.
I decided to restart my series on sleeping. Here is my latest Polaroid of my sleeping area.
Sad news this morning. My Polaroid Sun 600 that I have used for so long is starting to see some wear and tear in the processing gears. While it is sad, sad news, I have also seen some interesting results come out of it? Who knows what will come out next.
So today I ran my first half marathon. I decided, rather foolishly, that I didn’t need to train for this because heck…I’ve run 5ks and 10ks for a long time now, what’s another couple of miles. Those extra couple of miles do make quite a big difference. It was quite a painful process but when I have now learned from. My knees are sore but that is all.
I had no problem with the pacing of the run, my legs simply got tired and felt like soggy wool socks that you can’t take off because then your feet will freeze. Not quite the analogy I wanted but that’s okay. I’ll try again some other time.
Update: I also won this really sweet medal and my legs don’t hurt nearly as much today… so I’ll probably run another half marathon sometime in the future after more training.
It has been just over a year since I came to California and it has been quite an adventure. I have lived on my own in the city and now I live up in North County by the ocean, with some friends just relaxing and going to the beach every few days. I still don’t really own any shorts but I have never found the need to own shorts other than running shorts and swim trunks. With that in mind though I have updated my wardrobe so that it is somewhat more California or maybe just more modern.
Work has been great. We have released a lot of new products and we still have a lot of big, interesting plans to keep working. We’ve been working a lot and we’re keeping busy with all of the new adventures ahead. I have even had the chance and pleasure of doing some traveling for work over the last year. I have made it to a few different parts of Florida, Vegas a few times, Germany once and of course NYC. I know I’ll get to do some more traveling in the upcoming year as well (more trade shows ahead). It will be quite a rush and an experience to keep all this going.
Otherwise I have still been taking photographs and working on some side projects. I’ve been slowly working on updating my website and soon I will unveil it (I was reminded again by the fact that the domain was going to expire next month).
I suppose that I will be hanging around here for sometime and just trying to keep this going.
Here is a Polaroid of my bed I took yesterday…
It’s long overdue.
Dear Blogalicious blog,
Sometimes I abuse you. I am not sorry. Sometimes I abuse you because I can, which is not an excuse but merely me reasoning with myself. I will only abuse you a little more. I will now abuse you by posting too much. I will try to post a self-portrait at least 3 times a week. This way you will be happy. You will have attention and you will like it. If you do not like it, we will not be friends.
<3 + XOXOs,
Sean
PS - It starts now!
PPS - I really do love you.
So I have had quite a few visitors here in Solana Beach and I am generally taking some photos during those excursions. Here are some new Polaroids from when my friend Melissa was out here.
It’s always good to have some visitors, but if when they come in succession it can be quite tiresome. It’s also nice to enjoy a routine. Now I am almost into a routine that has the variance I enjoy. More on that to come later. Enjoy the pictures.
Dear Mr. Ford, Mr. Lucas, and Mr. Spielberg,
Thank you for loving me so much that you decided to make an additional final chapter to one of my childhood idols. While it was silly like a cyclone of Ju-Ju-Bees, I still appreciated the wonders of Dr. Jones’ final adventure (at least this time I really hope it was the final adventure).
While it has taken me quite some time to go and see this, it is not for a lack of trying. The first time it sold out as I was in line and the second time I had tickets and I even went into the theater but it was oversold and consequently no seats. So the third time was the charm (and only a month late!)
On a more serious note, if you went into that movie expecting some other than an over-the-top action movie a la National Treasure and The Rock, you will leave sore. This movie will crush your little heart with all of the dreams you had inside of it and then pick it up to show you.
This could be what you look like after seeing this film:
I was able to enjoy this because of a nice piece of advice just prior to going to it “Go as if you were six years old, like when you first saw your first Indiana Jones movie.”
Now, I was six when I first saw it because I am young and that was the most appropriate age for my father to introduce me to such a wonderful person as Dr. Jones, but I feel that using that mentality for this episode was completely appropriate. That may disappoint some older Indy fans, but realistically what could you expect?
In order for this saga to compete with the other nonsensical hoopla going on right now, it seems as if this was the only approach. Could they have tried for a more classic approach, sure. But what’s the point? This is a new time frame, a new era, and a chance to gain a new fan base. Making it more “classical” or “true” to the previous adventures would have only made it feel archaic and my question is, could they have actually pulled it off?
My guess is no. Simply put, the movie was fun if you go into it with the right mindset which can be applied to the majority of things.
So all my love to Mr. Ford, Mr. Lucas, and Mr. Spielberg for putting the last hoorah together. I enjoyed it for what it was, a good show and only a reference to what was a great trilogy with an additional ending.
Love,
Sean