doh

i just spent an hour working on a new style for this thing only to decide that it looks like crap in internet explorer and firefox (i use safari (mac) and it looked freaking classy).

i suppose i have a lot to catch up on. it’s been nearly three weeks since i’ve made a decent post. we shall see if i remember some of the good things i’ve been meaning to say.

work has been insanely busy. i remember when i first started that i was begging for things to do to stay busy. now i’m working 45-50 hour weeks and i’m still not getting everything i need to get done. i swear i’m not complaining though. i do rather love my job. i’m working on some amazingly fun programs right now. i’ve had four day weeks for the last three weeks so that’s part of the reason i’ve had to work so much. lots of cable upfront presentations have been going on but sadly i’m having to miss out on a lot for client calls and the other uncancelable meetings. speaking of when i first started on the team … it’s been almost a year (may 8). can’t believe it.

a couple of weeks ago i received a call from UT asking for a donation. i was floored. seriously?!? it hasn’t even been a year since i graduated. plus they have some student calling and asking for the moneyt. as if i’m going to be guilted into giving them money. it was at that point that i decided the university absolutely WILL NOT see a dime in donations from me until my student loans are paid off. i stopped paying my alumni association dues because i decided there’s no point to until i’m making so much money that i have money to throw away like that. i don’t need to pay $600 for a freaking alumni sticker that i don’t even have a car for anymore. i just started paying on my student loans back in january and it was kinda depressing. i have like $21k in student loans and my principal balance on both loans combined has gone down about $11 in the four months i’ve been paying. the good news is that i’m going to have a HUGE student loan interest deduction on my 2007 taxes.

i’ve started looking for a new apartment, as my current lease expires at the end of may. i have decided that i’m ready to live alone again and that i need something a bit closer to work. the commute time drives me insane, especially with the late hours that i work. since i don’t need much room anyway i’m aiming for a studio apartment. i figure that will do nicely, plus then i won’t have to buy a lot of furniture beyond a couch and coffee table. i’m finding that most places aren’t listed for Jun 1 yet. so i figure i’ll really start looking next weekend or the weekend after that. my goal is to only spend three days on finding a place. two weekend days and one weekday.

other than that nothing too exciting going on in my life. i have to admit that i have been slacking with my running. haven’t kept up with it as much as i would have liked to in the last couple of weeks. i’m getting back into it this week though now that the temperatures are supposed to level off (it’s been insanely cold for the last week or two).

until later.