captbrando's log

Gotta love December. Its that month with all kinds of holiday parties (EVERYONE seems to be having one this year) and its the first year in a while that the wife and I have not been going to my company party. Yes, I just got a new job, but our company is spread out all…

Yep, I’m now more than halfway through my first week. While the first couple of days were slow, today certainly made up for it! Sheesh! I’m really working hard to climb up the NewJobLearningCurve. Anyway, sleepy time for now.

I’ll start working on a new design as well for the sight. Maybe I’ll have something working before the end of the year!

Welp, it has finally happened! I found a new job that looks like a real winner with a company that seems to have one hell of a fresh look. I’m very excited and am enjoying my last few days of no job. Celebration is indeed in order, and what a better time of year than…

Yep, here comes that short week for Thanksgiving! A time for chilly weather (Farking Finally Folks!!), mass amounts of football, gluttony and holiday beverages. Oh and driving. We’ll be putting the miles on this weekend! At any rate, I hope everyone out there has safe travels and enjoys this long weekend.

Done for 2003! Finished my Import/Export exam today in about 20 minutes (went through it twice). I’m glad that school is done for a while. This semester has been extra difficult! Still doing the job search thing. I’ve got a few leads, but people are so busy these days that getting return phone calls is…

Yes, it is another Saturday. Thanks Leslie for helping me out yesterday! We had fun, and Chris and I enjoyed your company at dinner. Sucks having to suffer through some of those crappy jukebox songs doesn’t it? This weekend is dedicated to my Advanced Supply Chain Management project. Its due on Monday by midnight and…

For some reason, my birthday post did not make it up here. Anyway, last Tuesday was the ol’ birthday! I’m such an old fart now. School is just about wrapped up for the semester… YAAAY! Its definitely time to get moving along the road on some side projects that have been shelved for the past…

So, its 2 days before Halloween and I’ll be damned if its not 85 degrees here in good ol’ McKinney. I’m protesting today and wearing shorts. How silly is this? Well, here in Texas we’re used to the funny weather so I’m sure this does not phase you Texans out there. This past weekend was…

So Gator is now forcing companies who call their product “Spyware” to remove that terminology and call it “Adware.” I am not going to put my opinion down in this medium or try to classify it one way or the other, but is this a new way for companies to justify their software? C-Net has…

Yeh, its time to review some of the new albums that have come out that I bought over the past couple of months. Yes, some of these are not recent, but deal with it. Dave Matthews, Some Devil The first official solo project from Dave Matthews is much darker than that of the early records…

I’ve got my home computer all feeixed up. Needs some memory, but I’ll work on that later. At any rate, check the Photo Gallery as I have gotten all of the pics to-date updated there. Basically, everything since our vacation. Have phun!!

Yeh, SLACKER! Please, bring it on. I’ve been busy on the job hunt for myself, but also for Chris. What a busy few weeks. Not to mention the mid-terms from hell and projects out the wazoo (yes, I said wazoo). My home PC has just about had it as far as the current installation. The…

Busy busy busy. How is everyone else out there in netland doing? Doing the whole Field Trip thing tomorrow (yes a field trip in grad school. Its FUN!) We get to tour an importing facility (for my Import/Export class)! I’m really digging this tour as we will get to see more hands-on about how the…

Man, this new boat thing is fun but its so hard not to overdo the fun. My ankle is killing me. I tried once again to slolum (woh that looks funny when it is typed there…) but after 2 tries I just had Chris throw me the second ski. I think I’m paying for it…

Boy, Gorman got hit this weekend pretty good! Figures it was the weekend of the Dove Bash. We only planned on staying Saturday night, and thank goodness for 4wd, we got out! It actually was not as bad as it could have been, but I bet they got a good 3 inches of rain on…

Well, Happy Birthday Ashley! Finally 21. Anyone else think we need to up the drinking age again? We celebrate her birthday tonight in Addison, so fear us. This weekend has predicted rain in store for us, but I am hoping the rain leaves us alone down at the 4J. Maybe if we can get moving…

Class is starting again! I’ve opted to take on online and one in the classroom (which is probably going to be my mantra until my Capstone where that will definitely be on campus) which means I’ll be giving up my Wednesday nights for the next 13 weeks. whee. This weekend was full of boating fun…

welp, that hard drive finally decided that its time was up. We are now running on our new server and enjoying life once again! We just got back from vacation and have spent the weekend unpacking and recovering while trying to enjoy the last days off before work begins tomorrow. Unfortunately, fixing a server was…

Ok, so the last few weeks were hellacious! I was shooting several seniors, did a magazine photo shoot, and work has been killing me. In addition to that, school ended last night for the summer and I had some killer classes that were beating me into a pulp. woh. This weekend we are doing the…