If you wonder where I have been lately, I will have to admit I am wondering too. Things have been hectic, involved and very serious. I do know one thing, and that is that life is good, let's just say that I have experienced some life changing things in the past few weeks. The one thing I can say is I have the most understanding, caring; people around me, to consider myself to be just fortunate would be an understatement.
I am stating to see the light at the end of the tunnel as far as the release date of my first product. The SEP people are getting a little bit impatient with me, and I don't blame them. I made some decisions to add some other features (some not realized), and it has cost me more time. The trouble with all of it is making it all look simple and leaving the complexity behind the scene. My target market is not going to figure it out if it isn't easy to use.
I have set a deadline which I know can't be met, with hope that the SEP people will come around and extend it. Otherwise I will be releasing my first product when I have to, rather than when I want to, which doesn't make sense, and could greatly affect initial sales. It is kind of Dilbert like when I think of it, the pointy haired manager is telling me to put the product out, and all I can do is complain to Dogbert when I get home.
With all said and done I really don't care, I have realized recently that things can and will work out. So it is just another grain of sand in a vast desert of issues that come up in life. I will deal with it, I will get through it, and I will look back at it as trivial.
I came across a quote the other day, and forgive me for not being able to reference it properly, but at least I am not taking the credit up front.
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us"
It is nice to know that friendship exists in the world. Certain people in my life recently have made things become worth looking forward to. Certain connections that have been there but not known for an eternity are connecting.
Deep? Yes I guess life can get that way sometimes. Complicated? Very much so, but it is worth working through things, continuing on, learning, and strengthening because of the experience makes it all worthwhile.
Again, getting very spiritual here, but the two people involved will understand, and that is all that counts.
Welcome back rain, where did you go? Ah this is BC, cold wet damp, makes you feel like you are home. The rising water levels of the river that come ever so close to flood conditions, mudslides and washouts, what more could a good BC resident ask for?
What is even more in place for the season is the literally thousands of tourists that invade our road this time of year. Fishing season brings them from all over the world; they park in the wilderness, camping in their RVs and SUVs. They deposit their garbage on the sides of the roads because it is not "their backyard", and it is the wilderness, no one will notice. Heck I like the extra color the full garbage bags left at the side of the road add to the beauty of the season. After all the leaves are changing and falling why not garbage too? The extra hue of orange and red from McDonald’s dinners thrown on the sides of the road by fishermen really spice up the base for this beautiful picture that Nature paints us in the fall.
Ah yes, it is good to live in BC.
I have had some wonderful things happen in my life lately, can't really give any details but the people that I am talking about know that it is wonderful. What I can say is that you should never give up hope; things really do come to those who wait. Be honest with yourself, and your loved ones and things do, and can work out in the long run. No I haven't found religion (for those who are starting to wonder) but I feel blessed just the same.
I want to thank these 2 individuals for saving me from certain failure, I love you both with all my heart.
Taken from a scene in the movie Shawshank Redemption:
“You have to have hope. Hope is a good thing, maybe the very best of things.”
I have a weird thing that has started happening just recently for no apparent reason when loading Windows XP. The wallpaper loads and then windows just sits there for about 60 seconds or more, before it decides it's ok to continue to load. Very strange!
Any ideas would be welcomed.....
I have not been feeling good this week, and not having any consistency. I had a few really great days followed by some really bad ones. Today was a day when things came together. I can only aspire to have more days like this. It makes days that are unproductive weigh less in the big picture, days like this come as one of life's rewards.
Now That's What I'm Talking About ! I am impressed with the Canuck's ability to continue where they left off last year. An A-typical Bertuzzi goal along with some pretty impressive play by the Sedin line and the new Linden line was the highlight of this game!
Still to early I guess to be saying "Told you so", but I think even teams that are trying to, buy their way to a Stanley Cup are going to have their hands full with this years nucks!
One more sleep unitl opening night..
Holy Shit! It is pissing out!
Lightening Bad !
Yes it is only two more sleeps until opening night for the Vancouver Canucks , and it is that time of year for us to wipe the slate clean, and look towards the playoffs. I think they made some correct moves with the roster and also some boners. We will soon see, but my pre-season prediction is that they make it to the finals.
How is that for believing?
Friday, I didn't get to sleep until 5:30am Saturday morning, least to say when the alarm went off to go golfing at 6:30am, I could do little more than lean over and smack the alarm clock a few times until finally doing more than hit snooze and successfully shutdown the annoying beeping sound. Sorry Bear for not making golf Saturday morning.
Sunday was Shaaron’s birthday so I decided to not golf the usual Sunday morning either, since we (Shaaron, Tracy, Marilee, and Myself) were to head out for a round at 12:16pm. Marilee was a no show, apparently doing some great white telephone talking at about that time (big birthday bash the night before for her hubby). So, we got Jesus put with our now threesome to make up the foursome. I had a shitty round (after all Jesus can make you nervous, the guy actually exists, real last name Jesus), but we all had a gas. The weather held up and it was a great afternoon.
The down side to it all, Shaaron and I caught a chill of some sort, Shaaron worse than me. She is home from work along with both kids, and I ended up sleeping in until almost noon.
Well my better half was attending a seminar at the Landmark Hotel on Robson in Vancouver today, and hates driving in Vancouver. I had picked up a power inverter for the car so I can charge the old laptop when needed, and this sounded like a good opportunity to try it out. The idea here was I could at worst stay in the car and code all day while Shaaron attend her seminar.
I didn't get to sleep until almost 3:00am so after the drive in I ended up sleeping for a few hours in the car. Shaaron woke me up at her first break and I coded until lunch. We had a nice lunch at Fog & Suds, and I decide to come into the lobby to see if there was a power outlet.
Next thing you know one of the attendants is opening up the board room for me to work, yes the boardroom all to myself. At the afternoon break the manager of the hotel comes down for a meeting in the board room and I thought this is over quick, but no, he opens up a conference room for me. Here I am coding at the head table with a few hundred empty chairs. An attendant of some kind comes in late in the afternoon and asks "where are all your people”, and I jokingly answered, "They’re all LATE!”
The long and the short of it, I got a bunch of work done in some very different environments today.
It is actually spelled Asplundh but it sounds better when there is a group of them. They do tree trimming in our area and are currently working on the main road to my place. They were parked at the end of the street the other day and we were heading out in the car and I yelled out “The Asplunders are here”, "The Asplunders are here”, quick, run and hide thy rear ends!
OK I have a sick sense of humor, but at least I have one.