So, I haven’t posted anything really talking about the details of my life in 2009. This is likely attributed to my extremely busy schedule for the majority of the year, amongst being overwhelmed at times with the changes going on that directly and indirectly affect me and my family. I hope to cover the highlights of the year, and then wrap up with great news that has changed Melissa’s and my life forever.
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I’ll keep this brief and won’t include any spoilers. Out of 10 Star Trek gets a 12. The movie didn’t just beat every last one of my expectations for the movie, it flat out obliterated it. I was really impressed by how much different it was from the old series, yet not. For those trekkie fans out there, you’ll definitely notice the things that are the same from the original series & movies, and will hopefully like the fresh perspective and view that its taking to make it different from the past. Cheers.
No, I didn’t get neutered, for those of you with a sick sense of humor. I got my hair cut. How much? Let’s say about 12″+, e.g. almost all of it got cut off.
Why, do you ask?
I’ll post pictures of before and after soon.
I was on a quest. You know, one of those quests of “I can save myself close to $200 if I can figure out how to fix this.” types of quests. It involved trying to replace the chip on my color toner cartridges. My first attempt at replacing a yellow toner cartridge with a magenta chip failed (presumably because I scratched the chip). On my way back, though, my foot slipped off the little ledge in my garage and onto a box of nails - where one of them proceeded to go about half an inch into my foot.
Needless to say, blood, pain, and some betadine was in order. On a positive note, however, my yellow cartridge is printing again - so it wasn’t all for not. 
I’ve been working relatively quickly to try to get everything moved off of one of my servers in Dallas so that I can turn it into a virtual server. One of the things that had to go is my blog. Rather than hosting it inside of a VM (when the space, memory, etc. would be better sold), I decided to package it up and send it over to DreamHost. So far, my experience has been pleasing, and it was a surefire cannot pass-up-this-opportunity thing when they had the 777 deal - 1 year of hosting paid up-front at the amazing cost of $9.24.
I’ll be sure to blog about them on down the line. Not too much though - I’m still a hosting provider too. 
Today marks what I believe to be the official first day of spring for Bryan/College Station. Despite the Spring Equinox occurring a little over a week ago, the temperatures have only recently begun to stablize above freezing, which is crucial for lawn and yard work. Anyone who’s been to my house in recent months has seen the shape it’s been in. It’s hard, uneven, and as of late has been overrun with weeds (especially in the back yard). This year I’m going to do everything I can to get it into better shape, but not without the help of some local professionals. I’m going to post pics and tricks that I learn that show either amazing improvements (or horribly backfire) so that others who own their own lawns can attempt the same to get it as green and lush as possible.
…that I can somehow feel like a member of the Battlestar Galactica family, even as a viewer? I just watched The Last Frakkin’ Special and can’t help but reflect how I somehow relate and/or wanted to relate with the actors and actresses in the series.
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I was privileged enough to get a couple of free passes into a pre-screening of Dreamworks Monsters vs. Aliens. This was the first time I’ve ever seen a movie before it was released to the public, so needless to say I felt privileged. (To the one who hooked me up with the passes, thanks again!) In any case, Dreamworks managed to put themselves back on the radar of having really good potential in the animation market, and definitely didn’t let me down this time.
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Wow, this semester has been far worse than I had expected. I feel like I’ve been constantly on-the-go…which has really been the truth of it. For the first night in a long time, I’m actually able to sit down and do what I want - not what I have to do.
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