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Carrie
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Not blood-related, but just as close.

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personal blog
My fiance.

Johnny 5000
My best friend since the sixth grade.

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My friend and roommate for the past few years.

Niccole
Friend originally through Katelyn.

Fun Kristan
Her name is Fun Kristan, 'nuf said.

Bish
personal website
The Great Bish. The best programmer I know.

Kurt
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The Intern.

Dan
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All the News Worth Wrapping in Markup.

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I hope no explanation is necessary.

The Jargon File
Dictionary of techy slang.

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A daily collection of all the truly odd news on the net. Very funny stuff.

HowStuffWorks
The most fascinating collection of articles about how things work.

Wikipedia
The best encyclopedia ever written. And it's all free!

My Journal - September 2004

2004-09-27
It's Monday again. Can you believe that shit? Anyway, my weekend was pretty good. On Friday Rachel and I went out for dinner and a movie, which was a lot of fun. The food was great, the wine was great, the movie was great, and the company was great.

On Saturday, Gortho, Katelyn, and I helped Niccole move. It was really not bad. I got to drive her dad's big old rusty red Ford F150, which I love. I bought an AC/DC disc just for the occation! Here's some pics:

Niccole, Gortho, and The Truck.

Katelyn going gangsta.

Gortho is too strong to put his arms down.

I didn't watch the Vikings game on Sunday. No, not because of God. I went to a little to-do for my Grandma's birthday. Here's the pics:

Grandma and Grandpa Hannay. Yeah, they're completely sappy all the time.

Mom and Katelyn.

The birthday girl!

Mom and my uncle Mike.

Family everywhere!

Artsy shot of Carrie.

I guess that's it. Can you believe this is the last week of September! Damn, this year is flying by. Later.

2004-09-22
Ok, I actually don't think I've got a whole lot to say, but I've got a ton of pictures! Rachel and I went up to the lake this weekend. My (immediate) family was spending the day up there. Anyway, we went out on the lake and took lots of pics and generally just enjoyed not being in the city for a while. Anyway, here's the highlights...

Rachel and I on the way up to the cabin. Yes, this was taken at 80 MPH.

Me driving with my game-face on.

Rachel out on the lake.

My attempt at an 'artsy' shot of the shore.

Yeah, it's the lake! It's supposed to be picturesque!

Someone said something really, really funny.

The requisite sunset shot. Ok, everyone now: ooohhh ... aaahhh.

I think that's all I'm going to put up tonight. There are a ton more that are really good, but I've only got so much room.

So, what else? Well, I finally got a cool fix for a rebates ticket that's been open. I tuned a function that took more than 4 hours down to about 0.25 seconds. Not bad. I don't really have anything else on my plate for the week that sounds too interesting, so hopefully I get caught up in something.

Well, I should go. Later.

2004-09-17
I'm really not in the mood to go on and on, so I'll keep this short and sweet! Today I took the afternoon off so Rachel and I could spend some time together. We went shopping, which was, well, shopping. I got some cool stuff and Rachel bought just one thing. Either way, we spent the day downtown which was nice. I went out to dinner with The Matts afterward. I'm not a fan of the restaurant we went to, but it was good to see everyone again and I got more than my fill of Mongolian food. So, that's that.

So here's the news story for the day. It's pretty good, but the last sentence makes it a keeper. Enjoy.

2004-09-16
Ok, so I'm pretty tired, so this will be short. I just checked my web stats and my traffic has been increasing quite a bit for the past 6 months or so. I'm guessing it's mostly because I've actually put some content up here to look at. Anyway, I'm curious what the heck people are here for and what they think, so I'm contemplating writting a quick blog-style thing so people can leave notes. Just a thought.

This week has been pretty quiet. I've been trying to catch up on my infamous To-do list. Now I'm down to the handfull of things I really, really don't want to do. Work has been really frustrating lately. I assume it's because of my quiting smoking or personal stuff or both, but I'm having one hell of a time concentrating on problems. That's very bad because solving problems is basically my entire job. Hopefully with a little sleep and some relaxation I can get back into the swing of things. If not I may have to do something drastic. :)

The sky from my deck.

I've got a pretty full weekend coming up. Friday is open, I guess, which is good cause I'm pretty wiped from this week. Maybe I'll watch a movie or get stupid drunk or both. Saturday Rachel and I are going up to the lake for this family thing. That'll be fun, I hope. Rachel picked up this sweet Holga camera that takes these really strange pics. It's medium format, which I've never used before. I'm pretty pumped to try it out. Sunday is, of course, the sabath, so I'll be celebrating with a full day of football! Go Vikes!

So that's about it. Thank god. I'm about ready to fall asleap on my keyboard. I'm going to try having breakfast tomorrow. It's been years. My car rules!

Oh yeah, and one more thing. This quiting smoking thing is not as easy as it looks, SO BACK OFF!!! That's not directed at any one person, I just wanted to be angry for a second. I'm over it now. :)

Here is your news story for the day. Enjoy.

2004-09-14
That's right, two entries in the same month! No, I'm not bored, I just have stuff to add. :)

I finally got a some pics with Rachel and I. Here are a few:

Me and Rachel.

Us again ... relaxing.

Us eating at Chino Latino. That's her sister-in-law on the right.

Rachel having this super-good dessert thing. I can't remember what it's called. :)

Most of these pics are from this last weekend. We spent a lot of the time with her sister-in-law and her (sister-in-law's) brother. Both of them are from Germany, so it was cool to talk to them and get another perspective on the world. I'm a pretty big fan of both of them.

So, what else? Well, I've mostly quit smoking. I'm doing the patch thing again, which seems to be working well. I'm still having a couple smokes a day, but that's a lot better than 20! I'm thinking I'll be totally off them soon. In the mean time, it's nice to get back some lung power and my sense of smell and taste.

This weekend I picked up 8 tickets to see the Deftones! I'm pretty excited because I haven't see a good concert in a while and it's in a pretty small club. Fun Kristan and 5K are pretty excited too. It should be really good.

Anyway, I should get to bed. I've been getting into work pretty late for the last few weeks. That's got to stop! But before I go, here's your daily "Good for You, Kid" news article.

2004-09-08
What up? So, I know it's been a *really* long time since I've updated this thing, but I've been really busy. I swear!

So, what's been going on? Well, a lot, I guess. The coolest thing is that I started dating this girl named Rachel about a month ago. She's incredibly sweet and beautiful and cool and funny. I'm really quite taken with her. No pics to put up yet, sorry.

Last weekend I spent hours and hours with the fam painting a big portion of my rent's house. It was exhausting, but the girls and I had fun. Anyway, here's a couple pics:

Carrie painting some details.

I did most of the rolling.

Carrie is the only one not afraid of heights. :)

Mom and I trying to be funny.

The requisite pic of Katelyn in a stupid pose.

The three of us finally done.

The dining room, finished.

The living room, finished.

Another pretty cool thing is there's a new addition to the family. Last week Bob and Kenna bought an incredibly cute little dog named Ginny. I'll probably end up with a million pics of her, so here's a good start:

Cute?

I mean, please...

And a hunter?

I finally get a little lovin' too (that's my hand).

Oh, and Gortho and I finally got a new table for our deck. And, you guessed it, there's a pic:

This is far nicer than our last one.

Ok, enough pics? Anyway, I've got more to do tonight, so that's it. Later.

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