Monkinetic Weblog

Oh God, what's happening to me?

Well, I finally rented Final Fantasy. I think I'm glad I did not see it in the theater - the graphics are amazing, but I'm not sure they could withstand the scrutiny on a full-size movie screen. The plot is not bad though.

This is, in fact, not a sarcastic comment on the Americanization of the world. In the process of moving to Phoenix, I've apppreciated the fact that I can go to a Target, a Walmart, or a Blockbuster and know how it works.

this is a test, please disregard

And we're mostly in one piece. I'm writing this post on, yes, my new TiBook, christened "Ti Fighter". I love that you can name your Mac. I'm going to ramble.

This is Steve's wife, Jodi. Just thought you all might like to know that Steve (and cats) are on the road to Arizona as of 4 am this morning. But the adventure has evidently just begun.

(I'm ready to change my whole label system, so a lot of stuff these days is going into "Personal Ramblings because I don't have categories anymore for what I want to say. I think I'm going to simplify my categories, and use keywords to group similar postings.)

I've spent the better part of today (and I do mean it was better ;-)) out in the soon-to-be-no-longer-mine garage, cleaning and packing and seperating the valuable shit from the ditritus. The valuable stuff get's either packed or put into the moving-sale pile. The ditritus goes into the Big Black Can. Rockin out to the radio (oh god for a portable MP3 player) and futzing around the garage. Heaven.

Hillary Rosen of the RIAA:

I'm really tired, and the above title will have to do. Suggestions can be sent here.

Until making it out to Phoenix, I've been set up with the First Class client, so I can access U-Haul's email system and groupware environment. I've never used First Class before, and I'm pretty impressed with it so far. From what I hear it's been this good for 12 years. Soooooo, why is Exchange even on the radar?

I was just listening to Rush Limbaugh - something I hardly ever do anymore, since he's more of a blowhard now than ever... but I was in the car running errands earlier, and tuned in. It turns out Rush is going deaf, and has been for many months. He's wearing hearing aids now, and if his current medications do not help, he will probably be 100% deaf in a month or so.

I'm working full-time on the house now - partly packing, and partly wrapping up last-minute repairs and projects. I went to the neighbvorhood coffeeshop this morning for a leisurely cuppa before beginning the day's tasks. Nice.

Ev has an R.E.M. moment. Exhuming McCarthy

Nate (aka LEGOMAN) is the best: He gave me a going-away present - a U-Haul plaque made out of LEGO. Now that's awesome.

I've started cleaning up here at Compass. Unsubscribing from mailing lists... handing off reams of documentation and design work... inventorying software. It's sad and yet, I can't wait to get to Phoenix.

Well, I can finally get this off my chest. After working with Compass for 3 years now, I've taken a position with U-Haul in Phoenix, AZ. I'm emotionally exhausted right now, after turning in my resignation today, and explaining it to my project manager, supervisor, and the somewhat flabbergasted HR department.

Ten Mistakes in Site Planning: I saw a couple pointers to this out there, and it's a good brush-up for those of us that sometimes feel like we've got it down pat. There are a lot of things to consider when building a new site.

Today is going to be a big day for me, one I've been waiting for -- for months it seems. Bet you're wondering what it is...