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Well it’s late, and I always seem to reflect on my past at 1am sitting in my office. Did what I always do, started looking at old photos, thinking of other moments in my life. Have to say I have been really fortunate. Have had many people come and go, but always seems that I pick the good ones to stick around. I am very stoked on the path my life has taken. I am happier now then I can remember, but also very lost… someone told me I’m going thru a “Quarter Life Crises”, could be true.

I am way to busy! Yet I never feel as if I get a whole lot done, but things are being done… just not as efficiently as I would like. Here is a simple breakdown of my day:

• 7:30 to 8:40 AM - Wake up, get dressed, have a quick bit to eat and head out the door.
• 8:40 to 9:20 AM - Fight morning traffic to work (Thank goodness my LS is fun to drive).
• 9:20 to 11:30 AM - Attempt to get some work done, but mostly check e-mails and tighten up loose ends and daily tasks.
• 11:30 to 12:30 PM - Take a lunch break (but not always an option, depending on my work load)
• 12:30 to 5:30-7:30 PM - This is when I get most my work done, and working on my 3rd cup of coffee.
• 6:00 to 7:00 PM - Drive home, stop and pick up some food, gas, etc.
• 7:00 to 8:30 PM - Make dinner and just try to decompress from the day.
• 8:30 to 10 PM - This is a foggy area, sometimes I do yard work when I get home so I might not eat dinner until 9PM.
• 10:00 to 11:00 PM - Go to 24 Hour Fitness, or go running. I switch every other day.
• 11:00 to 12:30 AM - Attempt to get some work done (but mostly spazz out and look at old photos).

And that is a typical work day. Sometimes I do a happy hour, or something will come up that changes my time around, but pretty simple. My weekends fly by even faster, before I know it… back to work on Monday. When I break down my times I really could be more efficient and make time for other activities, but where do I start? I want more time to hang out with friend (or make more at this moment). I would like to spend more time doing some outdoor activities, like stand up paddling again… that will kill at least an hour on the lake each day. Let’s not forget that I am single and dating too, where do I fit that time in? Ahhhhrggg! Man, I need surfing again, thats when time just stands still.

So this Friday night was my first real tornado watch here in Texas. Was a little paranoid but also a little excited, have always wanted to see a tornado in real life. I sat on my back porch looking for funnel clouds, but it was getting dark and the storm started producing some heavy lighting. I decided that sitting in the backyard was probably not the smartest idea and decided to take safety indoors. I needed a safe lighting viewing position so I opened my garage picked up my old Nikon digital camera and snapped a few photos. Was really stoked on the quality of some of these shots… wanted to share them with all of you.

So earlier this month I attended SXSW Interactive again. This was my second year in attendance, and feel I got a lot more out of it this year then last. I viewed a few panels, meet some new people, did a little networking, and of course hit up a few after parties. The Frog Party was huge, long lines at the bar and a ton of people… I did meet a beautiful (AKA smoking hot) woman, but that’s another story.

During all the mixers and after parties I noticed a common need in the industry, graphic designers are still in high demand. The senior level designers are hard to come by, most are employed and the ones that are looking don’t stay unemployed long. My company was looking for junior level designers and we had a hard time filling the position. Any time I mentioned I was a designer some recruiter or project manager would swoop in and hand me a card. Felt good to be wanted, and after seeing some of the resumes for our designer position I know I am still kicking ass. Not to say I am satisfied with my current state, I am always making efforts to improve myself and my talents.

Note to self - Keep busting out ideas for new projects, and one day it will all be worth it.

Okay so, this is day one of my new blog and am switching my CMS from ModX to WordPress. I really loved ModX, but find it works better for my client sites and not a good blogging tool. Wordpress seems to have a large community behind it, so I am sure I will be spending a lot of time in the forums looking to customize my blog…. I can’t have the default layout… I need my design back. Any way…. this first post is kind of point less, and only using it to remove the default content. Ohh and welcome to my site, hope you stay for dinner.