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So my post last week was unlike most… I got really nerdy and wrote about some tech stuff. While I know most people who read this don’t, in any way, care about that stuff there are some who do. I submitted my post to Digg, posted it on SA and got some pretty cool results. The post ended getting picked up by EngadgetHD and a few other blogs. Most of the feedback was positive, and the ones who disagreed at least disagreed with the content and not my writing skills.
So that was fun… the internet can be surprising though, who would have thought that something I wrote on a lazy sunday afternoon would be seen by thousands and thousands of people. For the record my page is visited by an average of 800 unique viewers a month. I get trackbacks from blogs on almost every post and remember that silly boston market graphic? That has popped up on some random people’s myspace pages.

Kinda weird huh

I finished my paperwork for the next part of my degree; I start the bachelor’s program in October. While filling out part of the forms I almost had a heart attack. I misunderstood part of the tuition explanation and for about an hour thought that my education was going to cost me about $35,000 more than it really is. I even posted about it (The post was taken down about an hour later). Well after talking to some people about it, I was all wrong and all is well. But for a while there I really didn’t know how I was ever going to pay for all this stuff.
The two sections of the bachelor’s degree (Film production and Visual FX) have now been folded back together and there is an elective sort of system for picking classes. I’m glad I no longer have to choose between the two, but now I get to make like 20 different decisions about classes instead… oh well. I’ll get to take some cool classes this way.
There is one roadblock about the bachelor’s program though, scheduling. There are only night classes from here on and that does not work with my current work schedule.

So while I don’t know what is going to happen I have started working on my normal paper resume again just incase.

Laters
David Hildreth

Meatloaf with red potatoes and stuffing

I love boston market.

It’s just soo good. Where else can you get a decent meal for $7? No where. I’ve basically stopped cooking all together, apart from the cereal i am currently munching on, and some chicken and rice, I do not cook anything. I got to this point the first time i lived on my own but it feels more permanent now. I still enjoy cooking here and there, but the lack of a grill and funds for meat means that all that i was cooking was freezer food anyway. Pasta, pizza, fish fillets… the extent of my meals up until now was pulling something out of the freezer and “cooking” it.

It seems i’ve moved even beyond even that though. Between work and school i very honestly don’t have time to cook 4 days out of the week. The other 3 i just want to sit in my boxer briefs and play wii so cooking isn’t much of an option then either.

So i roam from restaurant to restaurant looking for something that resembles real food. Boston Market has precisely that…. not real food mind you but something that gives the feeling of a real meal. Not to mention the fact they have sweet potatoes year round.

It’s such a bachelor place though, i was at one just a few days ago and there was 1 woman and 7 men in the restaurant, that includes the staff.
They really should just turn the seating area into a big living room, that’s where everyone would be eating if they could anyway.
Couches and TVs, maybe a few ugly lamps for effect, just a big place where you can sit, eat and relax.

Slashdot had an interesting story today about Heinz’s commercial contest. The marketing people at Heinz think they all suck.
They do.
This is awesome news for me. My first submission will be done in a week and we are shooting the other concept this friday. We got all the costumes we need, now i just have to figure out how i’m going to survive jumping into a dumpster :]
We have a real chance of winning this thing, and that 50 large will go a long way to pay off my student loans.

I don’t identify myself as a hipster. It seems that i have cemented my status as one though.

I bought a turn table a few days ago and am excited to buy my first vinyl records this week. I’m not sure what my first real record will be (although the Flash Gordon soundtrack would be a good time), i roamed a few record stores here in tempe over the weekend and had a lot of fun. I’m not sure i really need a new hobby, but it’l be fun to hear music in that format.

I’m working on a new look for the site (yea that’s 3 in a year), it’l be done in a few days. The biggest change will be how my content is organized.

David “flippy” Hildreth

oh, in other news i fixed the spelling of fries, a big thanks to those who pointed it out…. english sucks.