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2008 Ritchie’s year in review

I’m glad 2008 is over! It has been the busiest year in my natural existence. Let me recount the major events that have happened in my life this year and the lessons I’ve learned.

• First comes love… then comes marriage, then comes Ritchie in a … well, not quite yet. This was the year that I got married. How’s that for life altering?
• After a year of school and working for myself, I rejoined the workforce. Not just that, I came back to my old job with more responsibility (and work). At least they promoted me.
• It seemed like I was going to a wedding every single month. I’m not quite sure why that was. Looking back at my finances, I think I spent more on wedding presents than birthday gifts this year.
• Archie got himself a girlfriend! I know this is my year in review, but when one of your good friends finally finds someone (after a very long hiatus). You’re happy for them.
• I went to Las Vegas for the first time.
• I went to Paris and Italy! Good food, good shopping, and nice people. What more can you want on a honeymoon? Oh yea, your wife!

And here are some things from my 2009 goal’s list (nothing like “Go on a date with Jennifer Aniston“).

• More me time. More me and Cheryl time. More me and Family time.
• No more phone buying (for 2009); I am resolving NOT to buy a new phone for 2009. People who know me will understand that this will be VERY hard for me.
• Less work, more success
• Have more fun, make time to enjoy and appreciate

Alright, your turn… in 2009 I will ___________.

10:10 am 2 Comments

Weekly twitter updates (cause it’s a good excuse to get some content up)

• note: priuses don’t run well in snow. my parent’s car moved 2 inches before getting stuck in snow and ice. #
• Sometimes I think about balancing speed and quality of implementation of anything. This is one of those nights. #
• watching liam neeson kick butt in Taken. making lists and taking names should’ve been the tagline. #
• watching Transporter 3. dad is the best. that is all. #
• whoohoo I made it to Richmond in one piece! #
• Why do I even bother catching up on Bleach? It’s been like 10 episodes and they’re still fighting the same people. #
• Contributing to my weight gain is being stuck in the house! #
• I suppose I should tweet about MrTweet! http://mrtweet.net?c=7 #
• good freaking god; it’s snowing again! c’mon people you got your white christmas already. wish the snow away! #
• has an urge to go buy something, damn you boxing day sales! #
• best line: I want to be your girlfriend more than a proton wants to attach to an electron. #
• seems everyone is having dinner out of the house. #
• enjoying the ‘clone wars’ movie. it’s not as bad as I expected it to be. #
• happy holidays to all!! #
• Merry Christmas, thank god for the time suck apple calls the “apple tv” #
• proud of himself for making a ‘perfect strangers’ ringtone for his iphone! #
• Vancouver Christmas is canceled due to immense snow and the city’s inability to plow fast enough. I’m going to go kick some kittens! #
• alright, am working from home and starting to get bad ideas like sliding down my side walk on a trash can lid. #
• 1 step closer to the six pack; shoveled snow AGAIN. I wonder if buying a snow blower contributes to a six pack? #
• ok sleepy time now… gonna hope that the snow gets scared and goes away. screw you white christmas! bah humbug! #
• why can’t i get my code to cooperate?! i will bend it to my will! #
• I don’t understand this obsession with white Christmases. especially when we have to driving with other dumb drivers in said ‘white’ ish … #
• I suppose today I attempt to go to work so the work that I put in shoveling yesterday doesn’t go to waste. either that or some crazy dri … #
• not understanding how my instructions of ‘refresh browser’ came across as ‘ok I’ll reboot my computer’ #
• headache, rearranging rooms, shoveling snow, work… all in all a productive day at home. #
• ok, am stuck in snow. definitely not fun! #
• if this snow keeps up, I’ll get my sixpack in no time from shovelling. 3 times today. 3 times! #
• appletv keeping me inside. nice and toasty from the mean snow! #
• snow has been shovelled and side walk has been salted #

11:59 pm

My Internet Activity

So I debated about replacing this blog with a lifestream/presence stream (yes, new up and coming buzzword meaning personal skinned content aggregation). Watch for these buzzwords to enter marketer’s mouths like a bad case of gonorrhea.

My ideas around building a lifestream developed like this:

• “Man I should really update this website (macapinlac.com) more”
• “I’m on del.icio.us, flickr, last.fm, digg, youtube, and twitter way too much”
• “I wonder if there is a way of me getting all of this activity into one place”
• “Then I’d have an excuse to not update this blog!”

The interesting thing about a lifestream is that it aggregates content no different from an RSS reader but it allows you to skin that content in a way that it’s visually appealing and makes sense for people. Plus, it’s all your content: your twitter feed, your last.fm recently played music, your flickr photos and your links; so it makes for easier stalking (provided someone actually wants to stalk you). That, or you just have a big ego like me.

Anyway, here is mine: ritchie.macapinlac.com. You can even save the RSS into your reader (but I imagine that it might be Ritchie overload).

9:04 pm 2 Comments

Weekly twitter updates (cause it’s a good excuse to get some content up)

• who knew hell on earth would be THIS cold? #
• I’m awake because I want to try a new recipe but I don’t have all of the ingredients #
• editing video again, but unfortunately not anything honeymoon related. #
• man that’s a lot of wedding photos. 2 hours on the appletv and it’s still going. awesome!! #
• is yelling it out to the world: “the jellyfish did it!” #
• dismantling furniture while playing with itune’s genius playlists. me thinks last.fm recommend engine is a tiny bit better. #
• enjoying this lifestreaming thing a bit too much. #
• new website almost finished; less work to maintain and more entertainment for everyone. it’s like a win/win situation! #
• Checking out boxee and thinking: oh man, this thing is NOT ready for the big time #
• 7 pounds. totally predictable but most women in the theater came out crying. don’t quite understand why. maybe it’s cause my heart is bl … #
• today my lack-of-caffine-headache is caused by too many meetings. #
• today I brave the snow and ice outside. #
• I just joined the vancouver Twitter Group http://tgr.me/g/vancouver and you can too. Please Retweet. #
• Just heading off to see Guys and Dolls at the Richmond Gateway Theater. It better be worth the trek! #
• Trying to get into the habit of keeping a food log. #
• Disadvantage of working from home, you don’t realize that you’re still in your PJ’s until you walk by a mirror. #
• I’m still awake… why am I still awake? #
• I will be obsessing over this new site for a while. But first, I need food to munch on. #
• Building a lifestream site for some new years resolution tracking. Drupal to the rescue. #
• thinking while looking out the window: “must fight urge to shake window like a snow globe” #
• http://ping.fm/tW8ba if programming languages were religions… perl… voodoo! #
• as expected the city has shutdown due to snow. its like lord of the flies out there with the crazies on the road. long live piggy! #
• its amazing how many people think they can do your job and do what you do. #
• Ritchie needs coffee, that 4am wakeup call isn’t working out as expected. #
• it makes me happy to know that people are actually capable of moving on with their lives. it gives me hope. #
• ugh, a timesheet task that should’ve taken 15 minutes turned into 1 hour because of bad UI design! #
• my year-end goal setting exercises are fun. as opposed to ‘forced’ ones. #
• watching ‘love actually’. it’s a bit of a Christmas tradition #
• still fighting to get this lifestream thingy to work! #
• poor wifey is still sleeping. me thinks combined stomach ache and my snoring didn’t help last night. sorry babes. #

11:59 pm 0 Comments

Celestial bodies

Cheryl logs into gmail chat from work only to be greeted by my usual stupidity.

Me: Aren’t you supposed to be working?
Her: I am, my patient is a star!
Me: Cooooool maaan!
Me: How do you treat a celestial body? Can you actively give it medication? How would you give it medication?
Her: You’re an idiot! *Cheryl has logged out*

Well at least she’s learned to just ignore me now.

2:30 pm 2 Comments