Boring Life

So I learned 3 things during Halloween

Richie — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:47:28 GMT

The first thing I learned is that I am too old to be going to raves where the main DJ act comes on @ 2am! By 2:45 I was beat and had to bounce the hell outta dodge, but still, it was an awesome night.

Which then leads me to the second thing I learned, which is, he who has the camera never gets into the pictures! Which is ok with me for the most part, but one of these days when I’m going through all the pictures, I’m going to be like, wtf was I during all of this :)

And lastly, I learned that going to events at the freaking Wamu Theater is a waste of time. Nine bucks for a single shot of vodka, with 25 min lines for drinks. If I ever go back to one of these events, I will have a bottle in my car with some redbull mixers, and we will be walking outside for drinks! Either way, it was a lot of fun.

But it might be a while before I go back and do something like that cause man I was thrashed for the next 24 hours, and I hate that feeling! Anyhow, big shout out to all my peeps that went out for the party. Love all you guys, and hopefully we’ll all get together again soon, in a less frenzied setting!

-- Richie

Time sure does fly

Richie — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:50:22 GMT

And I’m not about to make some big boring post today. Just wanted to say that turning 33 came and went. Parents are getting settled in nicely. After a long and hard working month of October I will definitely want to take it easy this month. Still, work is so busy. So much to do, so little time. I do plan on taking a week of in November to blow of some steam which will be nice.

Other than that, I’ve decided that I am going to start New Years Resolutions early this year. Figure I will add them in here as they come to mind. Today’s big thought is photography. I need to start shooting at least once every 2 weeks. Doesn’t matter what, where or who; All that it matter is that I go somewhere for a few hours and shoot. That will help me develop more of a workflow at home for all the damn pictures I have scattered everywhere. And also, I mean really shoot. Little point-and-shoot doesn’t count (though I’m hoping for a bunch of those for Halloween). So yes, will try and get a head start and start this weekend.

Which reminds me, this weekend is … Freak Night! … PvD, Moby, Crystal Meth… I mean come on! That’s a hell of a venue. Though it is at the Wamu theater again, and if it’s like anything like the previous USC venue we went to, I will NEVER go to one again. I mean seriously here’s a quick rundown of what was bad:

All ages show
It took over an hour for Lindsey to get a drink
Tickets are over 50 bucks for GA… over 100 for VIP
The lighting was HORRIBLE… its a rave people. Make it look like one

Pricing… You know people are going to be thirsty… charging 4 bucks for a bottle of water and not giving them the cap so they can refill at the fountain is dumb
There was a line to go outside to smoke. SERIOUSLY!
After party was a joke. Yeah this one isn’t their fault, but still… Gotta lay blame somewhere when they charge you 20 bucks to go to an after party that lasts 3 hours.

Ok, That about covers this post. Either way, we’re already committed to going so I hope it’s fun. In the mean time… bleah… peace.

Quick Update

Richie — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:39:11 GMT

Since it's been a while since I wrote an entry. Let's see what's going on...

Brix is almost complete. They are due to finish in August, or so they say. So it's time to figure out either how to move into the place, or how to sell it. Either way, it'd be nice to get that off my plate of things to deal with.

North Bend is still a pain in the ass. For those who don't know. I have a lease option gone awry out there. I need the tenant to either purchase the place or get out of it so I can sell it. Either option is going to take a crap load of my time.

Lake Stevens is still on the market, but I really don't care how long it's on the market for. The place is +600 monthly on cashflow so whatever. I do need to figure out rent checks there though. I hate bookkeeping. I need to hire someone to do it all for me so I don't have to deal with any of it meh!

Bryan is a cluster frack (yes, you like how I substituted BSG lingo in there!?) ... We just put all 3 units on sale and I'm just hoping we get out of the deal non-net-negative. This is the first deal I've done with Will and I'd hate to frack it up. At least Lindsey and I have a working property double meh!

Redmond lease is running out in December which is a good and bad thing. Good news is, its way under price in terms of rent, but bad news is, its nice to have something consistent. On the other hand, my parents are retiring this year, and this could be a nice place for them to stay.

Wow, what a boring post... I ended up talking about real estate bleah... guess thats just what I had on my mind at the time. And now, its tomorrow cause I never finished. So I will just post this and add more fun stuff later :)

BTW, just went and saw Wanted. Kick ass...

Back from Scottsdale, AZ

Richie — Sat, 31 May 2008 06:02:01 GMT

Ok so I'm going to go on again and say how cool Windows Live Writer is because right now, I'm on the flight back and I can put all my fun thoughts down before I forget them. So, we're going to break this down into 4 main sections. <note to self, update with a picture or two at description points... wish i had an usb cable!>

First, and most annoying is I lost my fucking sunglasses... seriously, those things were no more than a month old. Now I have to go out to the store and drop another 200 bucks on another pair of sunglasses. I don't mind spending money but in the last few years, spending money on sunglasses has been the most dreaded things cause they keep getting destroyed, lost, stolen or chewed up by the dogs. So hopefully, Sunglass Hut will have some sympathy and let me recoup some cost with their replacement plans.

Secondly, funny quotes... the first is from Joe. We're sitting around talking about movies and we ended up talking about Braveheart. So let me give you some background on Joe. All trip he would deny his involvement with things because of his man card membership (like really, what card carrying member of the man club would watch Pretty Woman and enjoy it?! ;)... Anyhow, we start talking about Braveheart cause of some bag pipe player on the golf course (which incidentally was amazing! wish I a) brought my clubs b) didn't have a hurt arm and back and c) played golf well enough to go out there solo) and he goes and says how that's his favorite movie and it makes him cry every time. But these were not normal tears, these were "huge drops of man tears". So from now on, I shall only have huge drops of man tears, nothing else! The second funny quote is from uhhh... I actually don't know her name, but we were all getting into a group photo and the photographer starts snapping away, and out of the blue I hear, "Don't worry Amber, we'll photoshop you a guy in later" ... Nearly lost it, it was that funny.

Thirdly, clubs in Scottsdale blew! We hit a couple of places and it just wasn't what I imagined especially with all the trouble the ASU cheerleaders get into ;) ... Either way, we did meet one other cool couple there but we lamed out and flaked on them after the wedding. Other than that, it was dead. Word has it the students were all out of there for the summer thus it was only the locals left. Oh well!

And lastly, the ceremony was lovely and I couldn't be happier for my friends Claire and Lloyd. I think I'm the only one remaining in our core group of friends here in Seattle that isn't married. Not sure how I feel about that yet, but right now, I'm not sure I care. USC is next weekend with BT and Tiesto coming to town! Gonna rock.

And in closing, it was a great trip except for the lost sunglasses and the weather. Will have to make up a dinner to Lindsey cause it was her b-day and she was a good sport about it. With that, peace out will have the pictures up from the trip shortly!!

Different blogging software

Richie — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:20:39 GMT

This is just a test of a different blogging software called ecto. Not sure I like it or not but just wanted to make a post to test. Will try posting from this tomorrow morning at Starbucks :)

Wow it worked, but man, does my blog look bad using Safari! What''s up with that! Its barely tolerable and only slight more readable! Bah!

WLW actually has me posting more!

Richie — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:20:37 GMT

Seriously... WTF... I get some stupid little program and I actually post more?! Anyhow, I was doing some research on HDR photography today, and in doing so, it made me bust out my camera and get images off the card. And in doing so I found some pictures that were left over from Iowa visiting with Lindsey's family. So this post is to say nothing more than, go look at my Gallery and see where I spent my Christmas. It was cold and dark, and cold, and dark :)

Actually the worse thing that happened while I was there; We were out "partying" in one out of two places that were open that night and while walking to an after party, I slipped on the frozen sidewalk and broke a rib or something. That hurt for weeks! Almost as funny... Lindsey was drunk and thought she was calling a friend of one of the people we were with; Turns out she called her mom, who didn't know she drank. So, when she stumbled home and started crawling up the stairs, her mom walks out. It was priceless...

Anyhow, that's all. I'll make another post once I figure out this HDR stuff!

Just a quick entry...

Richie — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:39:35 GMT

Been sick now for almost a full week and I'm getting a bit sick of it. As such, I really haven't done much of anything except read work email and play poker. Both of which are boring activities... I'm going to be much happier when I get into work. Which is odd cause I really don't like working that much :)

Other than that, not much is going on. I guess I can put my to-do list on here or something cause frankly, I haven't gotten shit done weeks. WTF, shit isn't a known word in WLW? F that... lets add that to the dictionary cause we know how much I like using that word heh...

And with that, let me leave you with a picture... This is my current desktop background and I really like it cause it's a really high resolution picture. I wonder how much one of those cameras costs... oh wait... I was putting together a list... but first, a pretty picture. I'm not sure who took it or where it even came from so I unfortunately can't give proper credit :(

And now, the ever so fun list:

Get Tax stuff together for my accountant
Go through Costa Mesa paperwork to figure out utilities
Finish mulching the yard
Clean up the bottom floor
Steam clean the carpets
Take care of random paperwork on my desk
- HOA for RR
- HOA for RCE
- Get Pictures of North Bend Property

Man I don't want to do my paperwork for taxes... I have crap everywhere. One of these days I'm just going to write a proper Real Estate tracking software that I can use to remind me to pay stuff, and to store payment information etc.

Speaking of stuff I don't want to do; I have to write my Mid Year Career Discussion review for work tomorrow. Bleah, I guess I'll just do that in the morning...

Boring post.... dont' read, go directly to pics

Richie — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:04:06 GMT

Ok so i don't really wanna write anytihng here but since i went through and finally got all the pics online i figure i might as well let everyone know. Since my last entry i have got to vegas, iowa, beijing, france, vegas. Busy 12 weeks. I promise i'll update something here sooner rather than later, but until then, click on Gallery in the nav bar and look under "New Pics by Date"... have fun.

Richie

Nonsense

Richie — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:33:10 GMT

That just felt like a fun word to type, so i did... nonsense!

Anyhow, not much going on... the holidays are coming around and well, you know how i feel about those. They blow chunkies. Other than that, hmm.... i really wish i had some interesting news, but frankly there isn't much going on. Oh i can talk about some stupid movie i watched... 30 days of night. Worse movie i've seen in a long time. In fact, its so bad i don't even know what i can write about it. There was no decent plot, no decent back story, no decent history. I mean it was 2 hours of random killing and running and hiding with cut away scenes where they would paste up "8 days left" pfft.. its like what happened to the days inbetween! And if you were safe during those times what would compel you that you had to move NOW.

Hmmm Oh, we got a new dog. Kola. He rules. Infact if you look in my Gallery there will be pictures of him. He is the most chill dog i've ever had. Too bad he's not potty trained worth a crap and thinks my entire house is his bathroom. Oh well; I got some really cool pics of Carson and Kola playing at the dog park out in Ballard so i'll post those up later tonight.

Oh lets rant about TV shows. Check out the list of crap we watch on a weekly basis:

Monday - Chuck, Big Bang Theory, Heroes, How I Met Your Mother
Tuesday - Bones, House MD, Reaper
Wednesday - Bionic Woman, Private Practice, Weeds
Thursday - Grey's Anatomy, Scrubs
Friday - Moonlight, Stargate Atlantis.

Pretty insane huh? Obviously we dont' watch it when it shows, but thats a lot of TV time to put in to be up to date :)

Ok i'm done ranting and babbling.... time to finish up work and head home in the darkness that now falls so early into the night.....

back from vegas and back into the grind

Richie — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:10:40 GMT

ok so vegas came and went. it was a good trip. the one thing that bugs me is the fact i felt like i wasn't needed there. it was a work trip and normally i'm very busy talking to people, organizing things, etc... but this year, it felt like there were people there whose job was to do just that.

outside of the work aspect, i learned 2 things in vegas. one, i suck at poker. now i dont' know if i really believe that cause i was fine for 4 days till one long bad run. just gotta hate when youre hands constantly get beat. two, i absolutely LOVE phantom of the opera. there was a showing at the venetian that we got tickets for and it was worth every penny. i've been wanting to see phantom now for almost 10 years and i finally got to so that was really awesome.

other than that, its just time to get back into the grind. work is busy so gotta stay focused there. gotta keep pushing these austin purchases. gotta get my RE license ASAP. but first and foremost, i need to find some motivation sigh... for some reason, i still haven't found motivation in life...