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Written By: darien on October 16, 2009 4 Comments
Sometimes…

Sometimes I read comments from strangers on my blog that say things like, “Are you a professional journalist?  You write very well!” and it makes me feel happy and excited.  Then I realize identical comments appear a dozen times and they all link to an online Viagra clearinghouse.  /sigh.

Written By: darien on June 5, 2009 No Comment
A testament to my nerdiness

So it’s been a while since I’ve updated here.  I spent the last two weeks in the Washington DC area, visiting family and attending a cousin’s wedding.  It was good to see everyone again, but I’m also glad to be home and getting back to business.

Today, however, I had to take care of something that [...]

Written By: darien on May 17, 2009 No Comment
A steamy bromance

For the past several months, Jon and I have been spending a lot of time together.  It’s really a function of the obvious: that a) we’re roommates and b) we’re starting a business together.  But we go to the park together, to movies together, to cute restaurants together, yesterday we went to the mall [...]

Written By: darien on May 10, 2009 2 Comments
Happy Mother’s Day, foo!

T knows you gotta treat yo mother right!

Written By: darien on May 9, 2009 No Comment
Upward and onward.

Time to look busy…

 

After only a short eight month stint, my position at the company I work for was terminated on Thursday. Unfortunately, the current economic situation has taken a profound toll on the consumer summer-camp business - particularly those at the high price point we have been offering.

While the timing [...]

Written By: darien on May 3, 2009 No Comment
A quarter-life crisis and Whatnot…

 

So I’m at home, sitting in front of my computer and waiting for a customer to call me back on my cell phone.  Yes, I made that mistake.

Today, more than anything, I want to be a Muppeteer.  You can call it a quarter-life crisis.  While waiting for this customer to call, I’ve spent [...]

Written By: darien on May 2, 2009 No Comment

Yesterday, I met up with some friends after work for a Mariners game — my first.  Just before the game, we met up at a sports bar adjacent to the stadiums.  Not really my kind of place but, to my surprise, they were blasting

Written By: darien on April 29, 2009 No Comment
Mail!

I love getting packages in the mail, especially when they’re from foreign countries.  Today I found a package on my doorstep from Korea:

Package from Korea!

It was a late birthday present from Anastasia.  One and a half months late, in fact.  Most of the lateness was the result of the mailman requiring a signature [...]

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