Alanz Eyes

I had a dream

1 comment November 11th, 2008

Over the weekend, I had a dream. I was driving my car very slowly and carefully along a very rocky road. It was severely hampering my progress, and I could have been walking faster than I was able to drive. However, I came upon an intersection, where the rocky road met a well-sealed highway. I knew that as soon as I could get onto the highway, I would be able to put my foot down and drive the car like it was meant to be driven. As I was waiting for oncoming traffic before I could turn onto the highway, I woke up.

Welcome back

Add comment November 4th, 2008

It’s been about 3 weeks since I last posted here. A big reason for this has been due to the fact that I’ve been playing Eve Online quite heavily. It’s an online game I’ve been involved in before, and I got back into it a few months ago. What with not working, I’ve been occupying my spare time quite heavily in the game.

The weather turned

Add comment October 7th, 2008

My last post talked about the warm weather, and the plans I had to go to the coast and enjoy it.  Unfortunately, the long weekend (Labour Day here) turned out to be a long, wet weekend.  We didn't leave the city.

But we had some friends over for the BBQ, as planned, and that was a good time.  The first BBQ of the season.  Also went out to brunch on Sunday, instead of going to the coast. Enjoyed sitting at Cafe Essen, sheltering from the occasional rain, and enjoying the atmosphere.

The warm weather returns

Add comment October 3rd, 2008

The weather has gotten warm again, which is excellent, but it also means outdoor entertainment returns.  So I've been cleaning out the BBQ after it's been sitting there over the winter break, and tidying up the garden, getting rid of leaf debris from all the winter storms.  Tomorrow, some friends are coming over for the first BBQ of the season.  Should be fun.

On Sunday, Deidre and I are going to go for a drive to the coast to chill out a bit, and I'll catch up with my friend Kath while I'm there.  I'll see about taking some photos of the beach and stuff.

About my back

Add comment October 3rd, 2008

Back in 1993 I suffered from a collapsed disc in my lower spine, which caused me no end of difficulty.  However, I focused on managing it, because having an operation wasn't a good idea; too much could go wrong. Massage has been a central method of management, relieving pain and muscle tension which results from the muscles compensating for the weakened spine.

Future plans

1 comment September 18th, 2008

Yeh, I know, I haven't written anything for a couple of weeks.  I've been spending a lot of time and energy on finishing up my work and looking for another contract to move on to.  I haven't got anything yet, but I'm enjoying the free time I have right now.  It'll end soon, when I get another role and will become busy again.

One of the issues about contracting is the time between contracts, which can be a little frustrating, so I'm going to do some focusing on full time work instead of just contracting.  Bring on some stability. 

Spring is here

Add comment September 1st, 2008

It's the 1st of September, the first day of spring. And what a lovely day it is today. Yesterday was such a miserable, wet day, and today's gorgeous. It's like winter was trying to have its last gasp before spring arrives.

I'll try to use more photos in future, or even images. I'd like to spice this blog up with photos, and it worked out well the times I've done it in the past. I keep on having issues, however, with maintaining the insertion of photos into blog posts. I usually just want to write something, and when I finish, I just publish it. It's often quite a lengthy process to find a relevant photo or image and then insert it. However, I've recently installed an album plug-in that should make image management a much easier task.