Jeff

Leaving in a bit

Gosh, I leave for the airport in like 3 hours. Then I get to travel for around 20 hours until I finally arrive. sigh I wish it were a lot shorter, but the time is expected when I am going to travel halfway around the world. I shall be journaling my trip through this and hopefully be adding pictures I take to the gallery. I shall see how it turns out. I haven’t tested a lot of the things since I moved everything over to the new domain. Hopefully if anything is awry I will be able to fix it over in asian country. I still need to pack my carry on and a few other things.

Oh and this is the new design. I have added all the stuff that I planned on adding for the trip. I put in a kind of jankety modal image viewer, its that thing that zooms the image real close when you click on it. I plan on putting a better custom fitted one in at some point, but that will have to do for now. If you are ever curious, I put my partial to-do list in the footer since I felt weird having a footer that was empty, I figure I will build stuff into that in the near future. I tried to keep this design expandable and capable of being modified for things. Alright, I’m going to get out of bed now to try and get this list of things I shouldn’t forget together.

New Design

I have been “secretly” designing a new design for when I move to a new domain. The design is done for the main journal format. I hope to have the gallery at least finished by the time I go to Japan, else the striped design will have to do for the gallery. I shall buy the new domain at the end of the week (after I am done with working this week) and then move the design and code to the new domain. This design is one I really like. I will probably be tweaking it often over the next few months as I test it and try to polish it off for a long term use. I probably will at least change the background as it is pretty generic and easily changed.

In other news, I am going to Japan in less than a week to see my wonderful girlfriend. I bought a Zune last week. It is really nice, I have really enjoyed the UI and control scheme. I began netcasting (podcasting, but without the iPod) the other week and have found a number of nice casts to follow, if anyone knows of other good ones I should give a try, tell me. I now have my music source for the trip, I activated my credit card so that I have an avenue for money if necessary. I have confirmed with my debit carrier that I will be in Japan and have requested some Yen. I just need to pack everything up and I shall be ready to go. It seems like my summer is ending already, when I have a good 4 weeks left.

Gosh, school begins soon. I will be entering my senior year, meaning lots of work, but lots of fun. I’ve got to start hunting for jobs also. It scares me to be getting ready to make the final step in growing up. Then I will be paying my rent, paying my bills, handling all the stuff without anyone to lean back on. I get to find out what all is ahead of me soon. sigh I should probably get ready to nap before another overnight.

Overnights

I am switching to overnights starting tomorrow, meaning I work Sunday night to Thursday night 10:00 m to 6:30 AM going through the closed store setting new shelving sections with new layouts. I am making the move because they are offering full time hours and I get an extra $1.50 an hour, this adds up to about $200 dollars more per paycheck (before taxes) and I get to have the days open for things I want to do, I just have to throw any real normal sleep schedule out the window… It is exactly one month from today that I go to Japan, the highlight of my summer.

I went and watched Wall-E yesterday. The reviews are immensely positive and I have to say it is one of the most beautiful films I have ever seen. It is incredible in every way. It draws emotion, it entertains, it conveys a message, and its fun for everyone. There were families in the theater, there were adults, there were couples, there were singles (I was one). The crowd erupted in applause at the conclusion, I was on the verge of tears. Pixar out did themselves yet again. They bring so much to the table and each time they top themselves the next time around. I don’t want to ruin anything for anyone, but if anyone wants to see it with me, I will gladly watch it again. It was incredible, I was in shock for hours after watching it. Go see it, if its the only movie you see all summer or not, it will be the best you see.