In 4 hours…SPRING will have SPRUNG!
That’s right, despite what the weather looks like outside, the first official day of spring is tomorrow. So as of 12a.m. it will FINALLY be spring, regardless of the fact that it will probably be in the 20’s with snow flurries. Just having the terrible label of winter (yuck) out the door, and spring (ahhhh) in will surely put a smile on my face 
<-- see it really did! I can already start to smell the sweet flowers starting to bloom and the green grass covering the ground... hmmm I love this time of year!! Unfortunately after checking the 10-day forecast things aren’t exactly looking up if ya know what I mean. Oh well, at least there is hope on the horizon right!? Bring on the Sun!!
Feeling great besides a butt that’s asleep
Before I headed to work out I wanted to let everyone know that I am feeling great today, that I am getting a little hungry and that my butt is asleep due to these damn wooden Starbucks chairs. I guess that it’s also kinda my fault since I’ve been sitting here for about 3 hours. Time to go get swoll - more soon.
p.s. I found Marc Andreesen’s blog(founder or Netscape, Ning.com and others) today and I have already read some amazing stuff that he’s written. The guy really knows what he’s talking about and he seems really, really down to Earth. I’ll meet him one day.
links for 2008-03-19
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For those who suck at getting the pics off of their cameras.
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Angry leprechaun at the Mojo St. Patty’s Day party….watch out!
Open call, anyone?
A while back I met up with a friend of mine who works for an advertising agency called Hirons here in Indianapolis. At Hirons she is constantly in need of talent for all types of ad campaigns that are ran everywhere from TV commercials to billboards to websites and who knows where else. While we were chatting I brought up the fact that I have always thought that Stephanie should go test the waters at a telent/modeling agency here in Indy and I asked her who she used when finding talent for the many projects that she works on. The first group that she mentioned was The Helen Wells Agency, who is based in Carmel, IN. She said that they do a lot of work around the area and that they’d be a great place to start.
That conversation happened over a month ago and for some reason last night I decided to check out Helen Wells’ website and I quickly learned that they have open calls once a month and that the next one was actually the next morning(which was this morning). After a couple quick phone calls to Stephanie she quickly agreed on heading over to check it out and so that’s just what we did.
We arrived to the open call right before 10:00am and before you know it we were getting ready to hear how we can possibly become the next big talent here in the tri-state area. After listening to 25 minutes of the basics of what to expect from here on out we handed in our info, a few pictures(that I printed off of Facebook) and now all we can do is wait for the next step in our ambitious pursuit - the highly anticipated call back. We’ll get called back though, right? Maybe? Oh crap, keep your fingers crossed.
links for 2008-03-18
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Best utility to make a realllllly long URL into something short and simple. I use this for Twitter all of the time.
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Great points on why anyone would need a resume. I, for one, hate the thought of them.
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Cool, new IMA exhibit that will be opening soon. This is a great interactive site to play with.
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An awesome new way to snag screen captures for pics and video.
links for 2008-03-17
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Since I am finally wiping my laptop clean, I was trying to find ways to archive old files for free and I found this amazing resource. Reinstalling your operating system and getting it up and running again - all with free software from A to Z.
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This is my college roommate’s wedding webpage that she created to keep everyone up to date on all of the wedding planning happenings.
Fixed laptop = more videos!
My laptop and I have been butting heads for many, many weeks and probably months due to the fact that it has been running really, really slow and has gotten to the point where I can barely get my day to day stuff done without throwing it out my car window. Luckily, I took the high road with the many frustrations that me and my constant companion have been dealing with by taking to the time to archive all of the files, etc. from the laptop’s hard drive so that I could proceed to wipe out everything that has been saved, installed, hacked and created on it.
Well, the good news is that I’m back in business with a decent laptop(it’s runnin’ great…for now), it’s not taking 25 minutes to pull up the Internet and probably the greatest result of getting it fixed is that Stephanie and I can start doing videos again. The videos that we put together are a great creative release from me and something that I really enjoy doing by myself as well as with Stephanie. Since I worked so hard at getting the laptop fired up today, I vowed to get at least one video up and ready by the morning, so here goes nothing.
This video is of a glimpse into the first birthday party of my two baby nieces, Reese and Riley - you can also check it out over here on YouTube if you can’t see it below.
Sweet Memories…
It’s always fun to take a little trip down memory lane isn’t it? Tonight I was looking through some old videos and I stumbled across a video I made way back last summer on my way to hang out with Ryan on one of our first “dates”. It’s so funny to think about the beginnings of our relationship and all of the crazyness that has preceded those early times. In this particular video I was actually on my way to be picked up in a chicken limo ( yes a chicken limo) that would then take me to a poison concert (Yea Bret Michaels!!). I can’t believe that I almost made up an excuse not to go… What was I thinking?!?! Haha This night has got to be one of my favorite memories with Ryan. It’s obvious that we were simply destined to be together.. I mean come on.. I was already making videos in my car before I even knew him… coincidence?? I think not!
Check out the video below or over here on youtube.
Quick Re-cap
The Wizards came out strong today in their fight for the sectional crown. Victory prevailed in our first game, and the team really looked great as they played together and earned their first W for the day. Unfortunately, despite their hard efforts the wizards did not win the second game. With a player consistently shooting an inevitable layup with each drive down the court, and our inability to rebound….Our boys just couldn’t quite make the cut. But as mentioned before, we plan on having a pizza party soon so that we can all get together for one final hoorah before we tackle the next sport!! Track and field, swimming, softball, or maybe even bocee ball:) Here we come!!
Getting prepared for victory
It’s game time! This is what all of our games come down to: the playoffs. This is where we separate the men from the boys, this is where the rest of the season is decided, this is the big time! Hopefully we play well and win, but if not - hopefully we’ll have a pizza party sometime soon to say goodbye. Hey, it’s a win-win.
Stephanie’s Thoughts: The time has come… After a season full of ups and downs, victories and losses, and a load of fun and inspirational times, the Special Olympics basketball tournament has begun. Today we will make the trek out to Shelbyville to take on our opponents in hopes of sweet victory. An encouraging practice last week will lead our team onto the court today with a great deal of excitement and confidence. It’s quite an exciting day, but let’s be honest, win or lose the only thing that truly matters is that the players have a great time playing and are encouraged and praised for their hard efforts. This being my first year of coaching Special Olympics, I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect, but I can honestly say that it has been one of the most uplifting experiences in my life. Every single one of our players holds a special place in my heart and I look forward to watching them accomplish their goals and aspirations both within athletics and their lives.