C.Whyte

There’s a lot of funny facebook mock ups going on out there with the caption “What if facebook existed years ago” or “if facebook existed years ago” and I have to say they are ridiculously hilarious.  I’ll post a couple that I have found below, but before I do that, I figured I would take a stab at making on myself.  The theme:  Saved By The Bell.  Why? Why not I suppose.  Takes a lot longer than you think, but the end results are pretty good.  I have all the layers chopped out and can pretty easily manipulate them all, so if you have any “ideas” for another one, let me know!  Totally down to make it happen.

So without further adieu, I give you my creation:  Saved By The Facebook

Here are some more epic ones as well for everyone’s viewing pleasure:

This weekend in Santa Cruz I got to witness a solid new band from Santa Cruz, CA called “Dirty Mojo.”  Pieced together from all walks of life, one thing not missing from this band is the amount of members.  There were two guitarists (lead and rhythm), two drummers (which was actually REALLY cool to hear), a percussionist,  bass player, keyboardist, and singer/harmonica player.  With all that going on, it’s hard to imagine how it would sound, but it actually turned out to be really good/entertaining.

I took a few videos from the show with my little Flip Camera… terrible video quality and sound quality, but it got the job done.  Check ‘em out:

Dirty Mojo – Intro to the Set
Dirty Mojo – Don’t know the name of this song!
Dirty Mojo – Harmonica Song

Heads up for the world tour!!!

After hour/days/weekends of brutal manual labor digging up some of the rockiest soil I have ever had the honor of working with, it’s finally time to get my planting game on.  The only problem… I have no idea what I should plant.

I have the day off tomorrow (woohoo!) and am going to spend the day reviewing the two “backyard gardening” books that I have read to try to get some new ideas going.  There’s also a nursery right up the street from me which I might go to and ask for some advice/tips on what I should plant.

Here’s the small (newly irrigated by yours truly) area that I have to do something with:

Ok, wow, that’s sideways and I’m not smart enough right now to flip it.  How about this, just turn your head 90 degrees to the left and check it out… how’s that?

Here’s what I know for sure:  I don’t want to do grass… at all.  I rolled out sod in the front yard back in mid June and it was a nightmare! Not to mention that every couple weeks I have to cut it… who saw that coming???

It’s a dangerously small area, and I do have the AC unit right in the mix of things, which makes things even more difficult.

ANYWHO…. it’s all going down tomorrow one way or another.  The best advice one of the backyard books gave is that “if you don’t like it, you can always change it.”  Here’s hoping I don’t have to go that route!

That’s right, it’s the end of another era of the “Where my pitches at?!?” clan.  We ended up taking 7th place in the league this year (a depressing distance from our last season’s 4th place position) and tied for 5th/6th/7th/8th in the playoffs (I actually have no idea how this works since there was no losers bracket and I didn’t keep track of points at all…. we were one of those places though.

In our defense, the league this year was out of control with stacked teams!  Pretty sure there were at least a few dudes (and possibly some females) doing a hard cycle of roids or HGH b/c there were some monsters competing :0 Maybe that’s what the Pitches need next season.

Question of the hour:  will the Pitches return?  The answer is YES! Probably, most likely, eh maybe.  I think there will be another round of fun (this time in the Summer) with the burnt orange crew, but who knows.  Kickball brings out a lot of emotions and I don’t know if we can all put ourselves through that kind of physical/mental punishment again.  If/when we do return, we’re going to be ready (maybe even practice a time or two) and shred some serious CORE (#shredcore). O’Doyle Rules!!!

For the record ya’ll, I’m wicked wicked wicked busy right now… which is not totally bad, but very tiring :0

That’s all I’ve got.

This past weekend it was my brother’s birthday and instead of going out to a restaurant for dinner, he decided to have the family stay in and make one of his (and my!) favorite food:  Sushi.  I have only attempted sushi on my own one time before, which I think went fairly smooth, but the thought of doing it again brought a bit of worry to my mind.  Thoughts of “oh man, what if it doesn’t taste good??” crossed my mind at least a few times.

Luckily for us all, I documented the entire event with the ever-useful iPhone and will now show off our amazing sushi making skills!

How to make Sushi:

Get the right gear!  And by gear I mean ingredients.  Check out our plate of sliced veggies and variety of fish/seafood.  I’ll try to write down all that we had:

The Pregame: Here's what we've got!

The of course, we have the fish and other seafood items to add to the rolls.  Believe me, it tasted better than it looks here

The Fish!

- Yellow Tail
- Another type of Tuna
- Octopus
- Imitation Crab
- Scallops
- Salmon
Now for the veggies.. what did we have to go with the substance?  Let’s find out:

- Cucumber
- Japanese Radish (forget the real name for this)
- Jalapeno (sounds spicier than it was)
- Radish sprouts
- Avocado
- Green Onion
- Sticky Rice
-”Mid Range” seaweed (we weren’t all about to go top shelf on this)

With all that in place, we were full blown ready to go with the making of the sushi.  I’ll fast forward here and just drop a ton of back to back pics of how we did things… I think everyone would appreciate that more than me giving the play by play.  Ultimately, we rolled it all together and got some seriously tasty dinner.  Oh yeah, and my brother put on his chef gear to give the full effect!  Pretty supreme looking hat:

So there you go, there’s the action shots of this all going down.  You might be wondering where I am in all these pictures, and the answer is that I’m taking them.  Don’t worry, I was definitely making rolls!  After all the hard work of carefully rolling our masterpieces and chopping them up into little stout cylinders we were left with a heaving plate full of Sushi.  I have to say, it was surprisingly (ridiculously) good:
FAQ’s:  Was it good?  Yes.
Would I do it again? Yes.

There are good ways and bad ways to save money.   Ultimately this came about because this year I managed to save up a buttload of money and then I realized why it happened:  I didn’t have anyone to spend it on!   Strange right?  Not having a girlfriend or dating that much, or even going out all that much ended up with my bank accounts blowing up out of control.  BUT, I definitely do NOT recommend this.  It’s kind of wack when you think about it and is making me feel WEIRD!

Here’s a better way to save money:  each paycheck, drop a couple hundred into a separate bank account that you don’t have readily available access to.  I don’t do this personally, but I know at least TWO people who do this and dig it.

Another way to save some money is to drive less… maybe try riding your bike to work (I do this sometimes [edit: when it's a little cold for me to be doing this now, but I have done it in the past]).

Finally, another way to save money is to simply not spend it on ridiculous stuff.  For those of you who know me, you know that I spend a ton of money on random weird things that no one in their right mind needs (or even wants for the most part).

Bottom line with this post:  Don’t be like me.  Save money the right way.

I don’t know why, but all of a sudden I’m getting crazy amounts of spam comments on one of my posts (the “Apple TV Flashing Yellow Light” one) <– notice how I didn’t link to it because I don’t want any more spam.
I’m no stranger to spam, but it’s weird the volume that I’m getting.  Today alone it was 98 spam comments on the one post and that’s WITH a CAPCHA spam blocker on.   WACK!

Some people wonder what I do every day.  Well, actually no one wonders that, but I’m going to write a neat little post just in case someone ever does.  This will not include specifics but rather a general overview and time slots for how my days usually go.  I’m also going to throw in a section at the bottom for things that happen on a weekly and monthly basis just for fun!  Alright… here I go!

Weekday:
7:23 –> wake up to get ready for work.
7:42 –> leave for work.
7:50 –> get to work, boot up the computer, and start the first cup of green tea for the day.
8:00 –> work day starts!!!
10:00 –> 2nd cup of green tea, still at work
12:00 –> LUNCH!  3rd mug of green tea
3:00pm –>(depending on the day) 4th mug of green tea
4pm –> workday officially ends, but I’ve usually still got some stuff to finish up
5:30 -6pm –> leave work and head to the gym (4/5 days… on the offday [usually Wednesday], skip to 7:30pm)
6:15-7:20pm –> get shredded up at the gym
7:30pm –> get home from the gym and start making some dinner
8pm –>  Eat some dinner while watching a little TV (current fave shows: Pawn Stars, Daily Show, Colbert Report)
9pm –> hop online and do my online thing!  Check emails, facebook, look for new merchants to promote, work on websites, design projects)
10pm/10:30pm –> hop in the shower
11pm –> hop into bed and read for about 20-40 minutes
11:30′ish – Midnight –> fall asleep

Weekends:
10am –> Wakeup
10:30am –> Eat breakfast  / work on websites
2pm Onward = ???

Daily:
–> Check text messages / voicemail to make sure there are still “none”

Weekly:
–> Call home and see how things are going with the folks
–> PPC stat review (make sure I’m not spending too much money on my websites)
–> Post to Forums / Comment on blogs (just to make sure my name is still out there)

Monthly:
–> Do some WORK! (aka take photos)
–> Make new epic shot pictures (for pictures for people I like)
–> Check for deals on new TV’s (or whenever Splooge sends over a deal)

Welp, that’s just about it.  I am pretty sure that’s all I do!  If there’s anything else I forgot to add, then I’ll be sure to update.  Comment!

As some of you might know, I’ve been trying to break into the hybrid game and have decided to go with a Prius (for the record, there are only really a handful of choices). Apparently American made hybrids are not the way to go, so it was only between Toyota and Honda. My dad’s got a Honda hybrid (the Civic) and the pickup is a little wack with it, so that kind of got me thinking Toyota. Top of the Toyota food chain is the Prius, so now I’m going to get one. Big question is… do I get a new one or a used one? Pros and Cons to each, so let’s compare:

Pros to New Prius:

• They look less like toasters and more like cars.  The old look of Prius’ is kind of strange, but the 2010 models are actually pretty sweet looking.
• No existing problems / no miles on it
• I’d get to pick the color
• Wouldn’t have any little dings or scratches
• Full warranty from the dealership

Cons to New Prius:

• More expensive than a used (about $3,000 – $5,000 cheaper to get a used)
• That’s pretty much it for the cons

Pros to Used Prius:

• Cheaper than a new one

Cons to Used Prius:

• It’s always weird buying a used car
• Might have strange problems
• The one’s I’ve seen have test driven / seen have all been fairly high mileage (even the ones that were only a year or two old)
• It’s weird that someone would want to give up a car that’s only a couple years old… seems sketchy (a little bit)

So what do you guys think?  I am leaning towards a new one just because I think it’s worth it, but I’m always down to get people’s take on it.  When am I going to get it???  I don’t know, maybe February.