Category Archives: Life

Under the Sea~

I realized just the other day I never posted anything up regarding my beloved Picotope mini-reef tank that I’ve been wanting to set up for years! So I went to it and took a bunch of pictures and even made a stupid little video. I amused myself with all of this at the very least.

Procrastination end?

For a while I’ve been meaning to finally sit down and write again. Start making updates and show I’m existing. I suppose I still had a lot of recovering to do. I thought moving in general was my way of healing. Apparently time is a huge factor as well. It was a very difficult summer at times.. but now that it’s over I see the progress that’s been made. And if I can reverse this much of the damage done over the years in one simple summer I’d say it was well spent.

Cooler weather is starting to move in here in Seattle. I’m actually kind of relieved. Summer time isn’t all that hot here. Especially this past Summer. It felt rather foreign and uncomfortable. Not like how Summer usually feels in New York. As Autumn is setting in, however, the smell of the leaves and drop in temperature holds a nice familiarity. So I think I’ll start to feel more relaxed and at home.

With that said, I’m feeling far more productive than I’ve felt in a very long time. I’ve started sketching again. And a part of why I’m writing now, I’d like to get back into my old web projects which includes fixing this place up properly. All this unfinished content bothers me. Most of my old entries I’ve archived as they’re rather pointless by now. I’d still like a proper gallery set up at some point too. So hopefully this is the end of my procrastination on everything I use to love doing. Or at least a step in the right direction. I’ll also try to focus on not posting uninteresting randomness like I’m so notorious for doing (like I’m probably doing right now!). No one cares WTF I did for Columbus day or what kind of sauce I like on my chicken nuggets… including me when I look back and try to read my own writing. It’s probably a bad sign when you’re boring yourself with your own ramblings years later!

I’m bad at ending my posts as well so here’s yet another bad ending: It’s kinda effen late and I’ve satisfied my craving to accomplish something before bed. SO I’ll be back soon hopefully with something more substantial to say! Night!

Goodbye, Hello, Happy Birthday! and The Universe

This post is pretty back dated but in need of publishing! After all the planning, the ups, downs, complications and slight loss of sanity I’m finally in Seattle… How? I look back on it now and think… Did I really just do all of this?! Did I seriously re-locate myself to the complete opposite side of the country, leaving everything behind by uprooting my job and all known stability in my friends and family? Did I really completely turn my world upside down in less than a years time? Why, yes. Apparently I did. If I could go back and tell myself where I would be and what I would be doing I doubt I’d really believe it. Though it is quite eye-opening to see what I’m truly capable of when I really want something. I’m kinda sad that aspect of me has been suppressed for so many years. Either way, I’m finally starting to feel some sort of true happiness. For that, all the bad and crazy events leading up to the move was well worth it. So lets move on to talking about life again.

Planning!

Ah, random post. Quiet and relaxed on a Sunday night, good time for an update I think :3 like I use to when I had more of a life XD
Things seem so busy lately and it’s left me exhausted. In addition, it’s been a whole lot of stress since the new year. Things bouncing up and down, so many obstacles and so many questions unanswered. I’m a little cautious to say I think it’s all starting to calm down a bit and everything is falling into place. Does this mean I can breathe now?
Breaking bad habits has been my goal for this year and so far I’ve been quite successful. I started living a healthier lifestyle, dropped a ton of weight, have kept up on my bad habit of procrastinating and found myself a direction. The only thing I seem to be struggling with is my pessimistic attitude. Like.. Automatic response to most things is negative. I can completely understand how I’ve developed this horrible view on everything but now it’s hard to get rid of. I’m truly hoping once I move I’ll be able to start healing fully. New place, new love, new job, new life, new dreams. I’m amazed at myself for the work and progress I’ve made all year to even make it to this point. It makes me wonder what else I’m capable of accomplishing. Can’t wait to see! I have much more confidence in everything.
Kai informed me yesterday that his grandmother met the curator of the Seattle aquarium. Told her how into fish I was and she said to call her once I’m in town to set up an interview x3 I hate to get my hopes up about it but… WTF. Seriously? Interview to work at an aquarium o_o. Interview for a dream job. That in itself is an amazing opportunity. She’ll also introduce me to a girl currently working there who will be staying in the condo downstairs to hers. Time to build up my own connections x3
Kai on the other hand, has his eye on google, who is currently hiring over 11,000 at their Seattle office. Now, it’s google, it’s competitive and pretty impossible to get a job at unless your super amazing engineer programing person of doom. But apparently his grandmother knows yet another person, working for google o_o. Who might in some crazy amount of luck at least be able to get him an internship while he finishes up school. Really, considering how things are going why should I think it impossible? Guh, would be amazing -.- but is there anyone this woman doesn’t know?! What’s with all this awesome stuff coming up!? Is this what hope feel like?! I love when things are going well. I hope this will be the new pattern to my life.

Also have lots more web projects taken on. Some against my will but 8D at least I won’t be lazy. I’d like to get more into wordpress custom layouts that I can put up for sale on vicious and other sites seems like a good money maker on the side. Kai will be concentrating on making plugins, widgets and tutorials. Hopefully ones he can sell to net-tuts or, again, for purchase on vicious :3 being a nerd kinda pays off in it’s own way <3

Once again active

Now that I have a moment to breathe lets make an update.
So I’ve settled for a pre-made theme… for now. I have so much to do with DS at the moment that I can’t afford to work on two sites at the moment… technically 3 with the forum… and 4 with vicious 8D. Once I get a little more time I’ll probably update the header or something to make it a little different. At least this way I can start using wordpress again. I have some back dated stuff I’ll try to catch up with posting. I archived a lot, as far back as 2004 o___o; WTF. So old.

Nothing but work and web stuff lately. Deadeyes-star had started a collaboration with the tainted world forum a while back. Seemed like a good little merge that made everyone happy, we get help on the database and they get support for their community. BUT people are dumb, some drama happened and the forum became compromised due to an old admin popping back up demanding control of the site after he already screwed the staff over and left the site to die, and a current one who still has a thing for him apparently and didn’t care what anyone else’s opinion was in his quest for internet fame and numbers. Both of them even tried to get us to hand over DS or take the site down even though it was never in any way theirs to begin with o___O. A sneak attack was made in an attempt to bring down our entire community so they could steal it and relocate it somewhere else.
Happy to say, crisis averted. Our staff is just too awesome and our community too great. With that all far behind us, the forum has been re-named, Monochrome-heaven.com, and the community stayed very well intact. Proves that rarez really aren’t all that’s important to make a good and active forum… mostly. Hopefully they’ll take something from this that trying to screw people over to get what you want only leaves you looking like an ass hole. That’s a hard skin to shed.

Theres my small rant, now back to work I go slaving over a dirty keyboard.