Hello I'm Rich Brown and this is my personal website and blog. I'm just your simple, average, down to earth, professional, out gay man and aspiring circuit boy, living in Phoenix, Arizona with a few things to say while trying to find my place among all the scary, conservative, religious nuts in this sick and twisted world.
Sunday, May 30, 2004
@HOME. All I can say is that I'm glad this week is over. Well I suppose it's been over for a day now. I had to take a break and get away from the computer last night so after the gym, Justin and I just watched tv. So last week was my DFSS training and I had to take my certification exam on Friday which I passed with only 2 questions wrong. I'm pretty happy about that, even though it was a very long and draining week.
So I'm really starting to notice a big difference now that we've been working out 5-6 times a week. Here is a recent picture of me that I took with my webcam on Friday. I haven't gotten around to posting any new pictures on my website so I figured I would just include one here. I can also notice a big difference in Justin as well. I'm proud that he's been working so hard at it. It's amazing what just getting motivated and working out on a regular basis will do for your body and even your mind. I really do feel so much better since I've gotten back into working out.
As I said in my past few posts, I'm really happy to have this long weekend. Maybe it's just me but sometimes it seems like a 2 day break just isn't enough. I spent most of the day today updating the photos and products on one of our clients e-Commerce sites (http://www.see-jane-play.com). That took about 7 hours, which I was not expecting to spend on the computer, but it's done now and I don't have to worry about it. Justin and I went to the gym tonight for an hour and then went to grab some food. After that we ended up over at Mark and Andrea's and then out with them for a quick bite of frozen yogurt at TCBY. We also got to meet Mark's father tonight, who's in town for a few weeks. I just finished converting my website completely over to .NET and recompiled it. Thankfully everything converted fine without me having to spend time making changes.
I guess I don't really have anything to complain about today. That's a miracle. I'm just really happy right now and I'm trying to take some time to enjoy my life. I heard something the other day that really made me think. It was a quote something equivalent to "the only regrets in life are looking back and wondering what-if for all missed opportunities that we failed to take" I know that's not the exact quote but it's close enough. I'm really trying to live my life day by day and not fall into the rut of a boring existence. I think it's important that while we are still young we take the time to travel and enjoy ourselves, because we never really know what life has in store for us and how the future beyond this moment will turn out for us. I've really been giving a lot of thought to an overall career change. I really would like to find the one thing in life that makes me happy and just do it. Too bad the bills can't get paid that way. I think sometimes going into technology wasn't the best decision because I was blinded by the money and now I'm almost too entrenched to leave. Maybe if I keep looking I will discover that one thing and be able to dig myself out of technology. I've really been thinking about taking a few photography classes at the university. I have an interest in photography and I don't really know much about it other then all of my amateur picture-taking. You can check out my photo gallery of pictures that I've taken over the past several years at http://photos.cyrek.net I put pretty much every digital photo that I've ever taken on that website. I guess we'll just have to see what happens.
Alright well it's getting late and I have a few modifications to make to my site before I go to bed so I think I'll end this now. Maybe more tomorrow, maybe not.
Hey Rich! Thanks for your message - I'm back in Australia now, and sent a blog update today. Sounds like you are having a great time in life now as well, but asking a few of the questions that I'm asking. I'm stuck in the IT industry as well and the more I specialise, the better the money, but the less I enjoy the actual work. So I see this overseas opportunity as something I should just take because, as you say, you never know what will happen tomorrow. I think it's great that you have Justin to have you there for support and to assist in the decision making process. That would really help. I say life's about taking a few risks and hey, if they turn out bad, then atleast you learn from it and try something else. So do you get a similar satisfaction from your good gym efforts that you do from work? Probably not...is it possible and practical to take the photography route and just go with it? Or maybe plan for it to happen in 2005 so you can work and save towards it? (these are all rhetorical questions, just stuff I'm throwing out there for you to consider!) Take care dude and write again soon. SeanP7.
|______________________________________________________________________ posted by SeanP7 @ Sunday, May 30, 2004 9:20:00 PM
Grrrr... Gosh! Will people ever stop leading pathetic, little lives and turn to true values?!?! Will people ever realise that their problems are as tiny as atoms when compared to the ones of the children in Africa, Roma in Eastern Europe, gay ppl in Eastern Europe, 1st nations in Canada, Palestinians in Israel, Tibetans in China, etc, etc? Actually, leaving a comment here is not at my level at all. Just get a life - do something that's worth living for! Do not comform to the stupid values of the idiotic capitalistic society!
|______________________________________________________________________ posted by Anonymous @ Monday, May 31, 2004 2:56:00 PM
Here is a recent picture of me that I took with my webcam on Friday. I haven't gotten around to posting any new pictures on my website so I figured I would just include one here. I can also notice a big difference in Justin as well. I'm proud that he's been working so hard at it. It's amazing what just getting motivated and working out on a regular basis will do for your body and even your mind. I really do feel so much better since I've gotten back into working out.
