Spattering Neurons » State of the Brian http://blog.semi-sentient.com Randomly generated words and pictures Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:41:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Self #6 http://blog.semi-sentient.com/2007/04/self-6/ http://blog.semi-sentient.com/2007/04/self-6/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:51:45 +0000 Brian http://blog.semi-sentient.com/2007/04/self-6/
Self #6
Originally uploaded by cheerfulstoic.

So much to say! Let’s traverse the past week backwards:

  • Visited the emergency room to check out an issue with my eye. I think it was from the impact of a bit of debris from a mulcher

  • Visited a friend in Louisville and

    • Played with (in a very serious, professional, and safe way) his compound bow

    • Did some rock climbing at his gym

    • Hung out with his adorable and very well behaved son

    • Ate McDonalds (haven’t done that in about 10 years and I don’t plan on doing it again any time soon)

    • Helped make noodles (from scratch) in chicken broth (from scratch, except that cheated with the chicken and bought it rather than growing it)

    • Various other things I can’t quite remember

  • Prepared to visit my friend is Louisville

  • Started walking to work and bought an iPod shuffle to keep my company (should arrive tomorrow)


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Self #5
Originally uploaded by cheerfulstoic.

Big week:

  • I officially gave my notice that I was going to quit.
  • I’ve been working on a personal Ruby project I’ve been thinking about for a while.
  • I watched four Jim Henson features at the Wexner Center yesterday. One was called “Dog City”. As many who know me will lament, I loves me some puns. Dog City was a pun overload. For example at some point a dog sweeping the floor passes by Rowlf (who played the part of the piano man) and gives an explanation of the movie’s current plot which is completely off base. Rowlf comments to the viewers, “Normally I’d correct him, but my mother always told me to let sweeping dogs lie”.
  • I photo-walked around downtown Columbus today and got some pretty nice shots. You’ll get to see them if I can come up with some decent content this week. I might just upload some surplus to Flickr because I love my imaginary audience that much.


    • ]]> http://blog.semi-sentient.com/2007/03/self-5/feed/ 0 Decoration? http://blog.semi-sentient.com/2007/03/decoration/ http://blog.semi-sentient.com/2007/03/decoration/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:51:49 +0000 Brian http://blog.semi-sentient.com/2007/03/decoration/
    Decoration?
    Originally uploaded by cheerfulstoic.

    I slipped for three days. Technically I’m slipping now because this post won’t have much to it aside from whines that I’ve been looking for a job and empty promises that I’ll do better.

    I did want to share a good quote I read just now from a man named Dave Farell who was quoted on this site saying “The devil is in the details, but exorcism is in implementation”.

    Ah, software engineering quotes.

    ]]>     http://blog.semi-sentient.com/2007/03/decoration/feed/ 0     Booked’d http://blog.semi-sentient.com/2007/03/bookedd/ http://blog.semi-sentient.com/2007/03/bookedd/#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:55:48 +0000 Brian http://blog.semi-sentient.com/2007/03/bookedd/ I just booked my tickets for my trip to Europe (and back).

    Hopefully I’ll get my passport soon (the US Department of State cashed my cheque, so I’m hopeful)

    ]]>     http://blog.semi-sentient.com/2007/03/bookedd/feed/ 0     Self #4 http://blog.semi-sentient.com/2007/03/self-4/ http://blog.semi-sentient.com/2007/03/self-4/#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:05:46 +0000 Brian http://blog.semi-sentient.com/2007/03/self-4/
    Self #4
    Originally uploaded by cheerfulstoic.

    I applied to four companies this past week. This more than doubles the number I’d already applied to. It this exponential trend continues as I expect, I will be applying to 485 jobs per week in less than a month.

    On the topic of increasing numbers, the Flytown picture I put up in my last post got 92 views on Flickr, doubling or tripling the number of views I’ve gotten on on recent popular pictures.

    That “# views” note at the bottom of every picture is an interesting example of training (one could more innocently say helping) photographers to find out what works to create a really good picture. Obviously this shows what most people like and what is most instantly visually pleasing since a view is when somebody clicks through from a thumbnail amongst many other pictures. I think that the photographer needs to keep in mind what they want too. Woody Allen once said “When I put out a film that enjoys any acceptance that isn’t the most mild or grudging I immediately become suspicious of it.”

    In other news I watched Serenity twice yesterday (the second time with Joss Whedon’s comments). That’s about the level of excitement that yesterday held as I wasn’t really motivated to get much done. I did have a shot of Bailey’s in honor of St. Patrick, though. And in honor of my tastebuds.

    Oh, and I’ve been doing this blog for a month now. I don’t know how that happened.

    ]]>     http://blog.semi-sentient.com/2007/03/self-4/feed/ 0     Self #3 http://blog.semi-sentient.com/2007/03/self-3/ http://blog.semi-sentient.com/2007/03/self-3/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2007 01:25:09 +0000 Brian http://blog.semi-sentient.com/2007/03/self-3/
    Self #3
    Originally uploaded by cheerfulstoic.

    Ever the procrastinator I didn’t take any pictures this week until today. I took a walk through my neighborhood to try to explore some things I hadn’t before. A couple of those pictures will likely make it up this week, though I’m not as happy with them as I was with last week’s shot so I hope to bring my camera along with me this week. It was wonderful out, though. It was a bit nippy, but quite confortable for an hour’s constitutional.

    Still looking for work in Boston. There was one job I’m very excited about that I applied for Tuesday. I’m going to have to kick it into a higher gear so that I won’t be while I’m trying to prepare for Europe in May. Exciting times. I won’t bore you with all the details, so off to another week I go.

    “I don’t care if they eat me alive, I’ve got better things to do then survive.” -Ani DiFranco

    ]]>     http://blog.semi-sentient.com/2007/03/self-3/feed/ 0     Self #2 http://blog.semi-sentient.com/2007/03/self-2/ http://blog.semi-sentient.com/2007/03/self-2/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2007 20:18:43 +0000 Brian http://blog.semi-sentient.com/?p=39
    Self #2
    Originally uploaded by cheerfulstoic.

    G (my ex) moved out on Thursday. It’s nice being able to have more space to put my stuff, though now there’s actually a bit too much space. So I’m now by myself in the apartment. Though I do have Tom (the cat I inherited from G) to keep me company. All in all, it’s nice to have the space all to myself, though I don’t plan on doing much with it since I’ll be moving in a few months anyway.

    Speaking of moving, I’m still working on being able to support myself after I move. I had a phone interview on Tuesday which went pretty well. It was reasonably technical, but that’s to be expected for a software developer job. They should be getting back to me soon either way on if they’re interested in pursuing me further.

    Everything seems to be chugging away pretty happily (including this blog, which surprises me just a bit). Until next week, enjoy the randomness.

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