Some dude at some swanky club in Raleigh also told me to bring him a demo. I’m sure he would have hired me. After all, I have tits. But… I probably won’t do it as I have nothing to practice on.
Stupid expensive hobbies.
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I sold all my DJ equipment in Portland before I moved to Raleigh because it was just going to be too damned expensive to ship such heavy items. And wouldn’t you know… all of a sudden I want to mix up some tracks?
Must. Keep. Star! …Always!
;)
This weekend turned out to be way awesome! Last week I realized that I had *nothing* planned for the three-day weekend and did two things to fill up my time. 1) I posted on the Couchsurfing site to the Portland group (of which I’m a member) and asked if anyone wanted to hang out, and 2) I decided to make up the hours I’d be taking at the end of the week (to go visit m) and make them up over Sunday and Monday.
Turns out they conflicted.
Toward the end of last week I received a reply to my message from the head of the Portland CS group, Benjamin, inviting everyone for a BBQ at his house on Sunday. This took immediate precedence over working. I figured if need be, I can take the vacation time I really don’t want to take, and make up hours for the Xmas break in early December. (Pictures of the BBQ are here and here.)
I ended up working in the morning and busing up to NE Portland to Ben’s house, where I proceeded to have a really fun afternoon/evening with fantastic people. There were probably 12 or 14 of us at one point, but some came and left and we ended the night with a small group of around 8. We spent hours eating great food, drinking a little and playing party games. Excellent. I’m going out with a few of them this evening as well. :)
Earlier in the weekend, on Saturday, I headed to Sauvie Island with Theresa and Chris, which was beautiful. The three of us hung out and were silly on the [clothing optional] beach. We got a pizza when we came back into Portland and then headed downtown to Ground Kontrol, a bar/arcade/hangout with a DJ! (Must remember to visit Jared, the DJ, who works at the record shop down the street called Everyday Music.)
I had my preliminary bike fitting on Friday and man has it made a difference. I’ve been doing yoga each day (even if just for 20 minutes) and that has helped too. My hip feels a lot better. The girl, Monica, who did my bike adjustments didn’t even charge me. I highly recommend the Bike Gallery for any service. They were super nice and helpful!
And last Thursday, I walked over to the Portland Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore warehouse. After having a nice conversation with Joe, the Director, and meeting some of the people who are regular volunteers, I decided it was a good fit for me. I’ll be working on Saturdays starting the 15th as a cashier/sometimes-web-designer. I am *really* excited about it.
I’ve taken three rolls of film with my Holga. I can’t wait to see how they’ve turned out. I’ve tried a bunch of different things with multiple exposures using the colored flash and things like that. We’ll see!
Whew! So much stuff happening. My weekend was fantastic and it’s not even done yet!
I went camping alone at Cape Meares this weekend. It rocked.
I started off Saturday morning at the UPS store shipping a box of happiness to the BG. At that point I had no idea where I was going to end up camping because most of the sites I tried to reserve were booked. The dude at UPS actually told me about Cape Meares and printed me a map and directions (what a nice guy!). It was super easy to get to, just outside of Tillamook, and there was no one there save for a few stray walkers along the beach during daylight.
It was just what I needed, apparently, because since then I’ve felt really great. Accomplishing goals do that for me. :)
This week, on Thursday, I’m going to walk over to Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore warehouse (which is just one block from my work building) and talk to a guy named Joe about volunteering on Saturdays. I’m pretty excited about it.
I finished another sizable site at work this week and it’s going to look awesome when it goes live. I didn’t design it, Hilary did, but I did all the page layout in CSS. There were some hurdles I had to jump over to get everything looking right because the original site was done with tables. I had to take apart everything and rearrange some stuff. Anyway, the bosses and Hilary are happy and so am I.
I’ve been riding my bike to and from work for two weeks now and I’m having major pain in my left hip. It’s the same stupid pain I get when I stand in a line for too long, or wash dishes in the same spot without moving, or standing and waiting for the bus… except this is like 20 times worse. I believe my bicycle needs adjustment. My handlebars are low, I have long legs and a short-ish torso. There’s definitely something up, so I’m waiting for a call back from the downtown Bike Gallery. I am making an appointment for a fitting service. It’s $75 and they have a one-year guarantee (I can go back any time and fine tune adjustments as necessary). Hopefully this works and the pain subsides. I bailed on salsa class last night because I could barely walk.
There are a few people I’ve talked to via email that I’m hoping to meet soon; one from CL and two I got connected to through m. They all sound like sweethearts.
And speaking of sweethearts, last night I hung out with Holly and it was great. That girl kicks ass.
I have 8 more days until I see m. We shall re-spark the tewtal awesomeness that I miss so much.
My goal for this weekend is to figure out my Holga, which I got in the mail yesterday. The packaging and stuff that it came with looks pretty sweet. I’m set. I’m not sure if I have enough time to take pics and get them developed before I leave for PA; I’d like to make sure I’m doing this shit right before I take photos when I’m with m. We’ll see.
Teehee!!!
All week I’ve been reading about the camera that takes these pics. I found out that it’s a cheap one to purchase, so I bought it. I haven’t screwed around with manual photography in a long time. This will be fun. :)
I got the Holga CFN which has a 3-choice dial on the top for the color flash.
Hokey? Yes.
Charming? Yes.
I am excited.
