Archive for January, 2007
The day started off like any other day I suppose, with an exception, my dad’s blood pressure was totally out of wack, and his Doctor suggested the ER - so around 1ish Mom came and took dad, me following shortly there-after to hang out most of the day. Off and On stress, but really it was pretty nice, the hospital staff was awesome - the day went well, some craziness - they came to a few conclusions:
- New Blood Pressure Meds were too aggressive.
- He was probably dehydrated.
- He needed a nap.
But it was a crazy day, and I have to say, I have some great friends and customers who were up for praying, and up for giving me some spare time to work on projects - but one couldn’t wait, a customer’s DNS was entirely screwed up, so I had to go in and poke at some things, but a few lines later, and a bit of hand holding with the server, life was happy again.
So quite a day, just a lot of ups and downs - but some good prayers out there, folks being very awesome and supportive, and even a friend or two who’s cells were on to hear me rant a bit - and thankfully some work on the plate to focus on for a few hours to really unwind from Hospital talk, but all in all we made it through the day, things could of been worse, better, whatever - but God is good, and I made it threw, and my dad is spending a night in the ER for observation to see whats up (if anything else exists) - they looked for a room, but sadly no rooms were open, so he got a bigger bed in the ER and stayed there, so in the AM I’ll probably check in on him or pick him up depending on if they find anything, but I think they’ll just adjust his meds, and tell him to drink water and REST 
Anywhoo - off to zone out watching Studio 60 the Replay picked up, and then maybe Sunday’s Battlestar Galictica that’s on there too (nerd out time!) and probably crash here on the couch.
Posted on 23 January '07 by Chuck Brown, under prayer requests. No Comments.
Today went a lot better (or rather I guess I should say, Yesterday) - but I got some good work done, got another order in, and I need to call a customer back on one tomorrow, but all things considered, it was a fun day. Even got to meet the newest Foster in the Foster family, cute kiddo, and I now have my new buddies Ethan and Carlie - it was a fun evening, of course, we didn’t get the baby’s picture taken, but I have some fine shots of Ethan’s transformers 
A much needed day, a nice balance of work, and a nice balance of simply relaxing - me and my red-headed buddy ate Cheeze-it’s while Matt talked on the phone, and I got to chat a little with Marcie, and Ethan sang me the Transformers song I can safely say I wouldn’t mind a day like that again soon!
What else, I feel like I am forgetting something, server stuff is picked out, got my paper invoicing out, watched the Illusionist, and I shaved loosing the bearded look, and I killed over 200+ zombies (Rising Dead for Xbox360 @ the office) - so really, it’s good, all coming together, just had to really let go on some things, as in my hands, it seemed impossible, but now, if all goes as planned, by Friday I could have a new set of servers, new billing, new website, and who knows, if time allows, maybe a fresher for the blog’s look? let’s not rush things!
Have a great Friday folks!
Well this week so far has been… well kinda odd. Not necessarily bad, not necessarily good - but sort of that middle ground that well leaves you say “Wha?” - I haven’t been sleeping too much, not that I am busy late night, but I just have stuff griding away in my mind, work, personal, faith, etc. just all there - so I figured write a bit down tonight here in a blog - not EVERYTHING, but at least a little helping of each to simply put down on the virtual paper so to speak, vs. keep in my head.
So let’s start with the thing I have been doing lately: Work. The servers have been performing well enough, but I really want to re-do everything, heck I have done everyone else’s, but for mine, most are pretty older in the sftw. department, and with the new FH on the horizon, I kind of want to go into 2007 with new things like fresh servers, same with TN, just clean slate, stuff migrated, and online - and I am looking at a solution that could do the following:
- Increase Performance
- Add Value To All Accounts
- Simplify Hardware
- Cut Costs
- Did I mention Cut Costs?
This is what happens when your mind grinds Every possiblity is considered, and I do mean every - I have been in talks with other companies, I have been researching hardware/software that I have tested over the last 2 years as I have considered new solutions, but tonight I am sitting here about to hit purchase, max out a credit card or two, and simply get it rolling - I just think at some level I need to do something, and get things moving.
Which leads to the next bit, Faith. A lot lately I have gotten the “Good Christian” bit, not saying it’s a bad thing, but apparently I live my life different than a lot of folks, and I get this confused look from people when I am polite, tip a foodservice person, open a door for someone, and do things like Not Drink. Most of my friends drink, and honestly, the nice thing about that (yes I found a positive in someone drinking) - I get to be the driver, I get to cruise around in a Cadillac CTS now and again, now thats some fun raw power but Church is one thing on my mind lately, I see a door that maybe is the one I have been waiting for, its a local church, and there is some spots I could serve, and I think the same for my Dad, I dunno, maybe why my brain is going a bit crazy.
But I have had some nice talks about God lately, and folks are always curious if I don’t drink for a “Spiritual” reason, but honestly, I have no desire to try it, I am crazy enough on my own, as I have seen this last couple weeks socially, I do well @ parties without drinks, I dunno - apparently I’m fun lol. but I had some nice talks with folks about my faith, about some churches lately, I dunno - lot of things on that, I really want to start a Men’s bible study, we talked about it, but never did it, Jake how’s Tuesdays?
Personal. The one thing I tend to avoid real depth on my blog about, but really it comes down to this - my personal life is odd, when it comes to a love of my life, I just have a ton of good friends - I spent the other afternoon hanging out with William playing Lego Star Wars for Xbox at the office, which was fun, and I got a nice break for my brain, but I laugh because I have been told I am dating like 3 different girls, heck people thought Courtney and I were married, but we have just known each other since what, kindergarden? Oh yeah, were nerds, and we know each other’s secrets, and were taking them to the grave.
The bottom line is when it comes to a Mrs. or even a “Chuck’s Girlfriend” - it’ll happen, not sure when, not sure who, but as my MySpace profile says, I hope she’s patient with my craziness, not sleeping, wearing shorts in 20F weather, and odd batch of business / non-business friends - but with that said, its not like I DONT want it to happen, just I need to get some areas in my life in order, but at the same time, that’s never going to all be perfect, but where does a odd Computer Nerd look for girls? Last setup I had, apparently the gal was scared to high-heaven… maybe I should shave, I don’t think a beardish look makes me scary? but maybe it does.
Anywhoo my therapy is done, I am going to go pray over this new server/software configuration, and maybe hit buy and get things rolling, it’d be awesome to get things rolling tonight, clean slate of FH/TN online (clear out a TON of old junk) and put the new FH online - or I’ll put my camera on to charge (Baby Photos Tomorrow!!! New Foster Child!) and hit the hay, but no matter what, I need to clean this room, I just am rarely here anymore, where to put it all…. I need a house of my own - or a dump truck. One of the two.
Night All.
Well it’s chilly, we keep having these crazy record cold weather, dipping into the low 20’s, which is rare, its not bad - I enjoy cold, but this keeps hitting hard - says 28, but I’d say in my neck of the woods were looking at 19F - house is frozen, so @ 3am, my pizza comes out of the oven.
In other news, Wonderfalls should of been allowed to live - its a great DVD, one of those “Perfect Series” that should of been given a chance by networks, one such show which surived the network cut was Monk, which to this day is a great show, CBS killed it, USA picked it up, and its still alive today - too many shows which should not of been killed, if you get a chance, snag this DVD set.
I have 2 plans on the table, servers, servers, and more servers - its been a lot of back and forth, I am enjoying a few options I am seeing, but just waiting for cash to come back into the bank, apparently this whole holiday thing kills the cash flow but a few big deals are done, and cash will follow, tomorrow I have to do some invoicing of print invoices, not my favorite, but a good flow of funds - but after that, and normal bills, I’ll really have a choice based upon cash - but this means good things for everyone, servers all-around.
Anywhoo, going to head towards my pizza, then back to logos and a hint of spam server monitoring - morning!
Well just got done doing the 2.0.7 update for Wordpress (which powers this blog) - pretty much just a hotfix for some minor issues, but figured better safe than sorry - simple simple.
The spam server is officially in production mode. Those who came on to help give it a whirl, have free filtering, and with the recent tweaks, that includes 90% spam quarantined! 2% is viruses, it spikes up to above 90% now and again - but very very nice, now we can push forward, already have a corporate client coming on board for $230 a month! Woohoo!
Sleep has been odd, I think I need more, moving Courtney this weekend was a tad exhausting, but fun and glad to know she’s all settled in (well for the most part) - but it was fun fun.
World of Warcraft - Burning Crusade - I am a no-go, I am going to wait, but others are flocking tonight to get it - who knows, maybe for my Birthday.
Thats my update of the moment, more later.
Well it’s official, its 27F outside, nice and chilly - I just got back from Rosie’s par-tay, twas enjoyable, met some fun people, and saw some folks again I already knew, but when they called for going dancing, it was time to call it a night
But I got the age-old question asked several times “You don’t drink?” I think I was asked a total of 7 times as I quietly sipped my water, but it was fun, got to chat with Noah a bit, saw my sister’s old boyfriend, and watched Arm Wrestling on the TV’s in the sports bar, twas a funny evening.
But I am going to try to crash out here soon I think, Courtney assures me she has folks to cover it, but if not, I’m on standby with my truck if needs be so she can get settled in and happy in her new Apt. - but a fun evening and some other misc. stuff happened today, but more on that later, let’s just say possible more work, more money, more fun. Night all, have a good weekend!
(ps. yes, the notebook is my favorite movie, so there! - (you had to be there))
Well here we are, well I guess I really shouldn’t speak for everyone else, but I have made it to Friday! Hip-hip-Hooray! This week was crazy at best, but a lot got done, and now things are going to get wrapped up here and the party begins - quite literally in fact, at 8pm Rosie is having a “Done @ Barnes” shin-dig, should be a nice visit, Courtney is moving - so helping out some there, and the mail filter is nearly completed from Dev -> Production.
So busy, yet still a real friday, not one of the fake ones I have tried to have this week - tired though, too much socialness lately I remember were times were simple, I was a super-nerd and I lived in a small dark room I call my bedroom, and I had a mini-life outside of that warm, safe, happy place, but now apparently, life has struck me - so I guess I am moving forward with that - only so many parties, and free meals I can handle (ok, so maybe on the parties, but free meals, never) - so today should be a nice wrap-up.
Have a good Friday Folks.
Posted on 12 January '07 by Chuck Brown, under basic goodness. No Comments.
