It was pretty full, considering the weather. I was a bit disappointed in the Farmers Market portion of the deal, since I went there to get some fresh veggies and fruits, there pretty much weren't any. I did get some Mexican food with Brina though, and we had fun walking around, even though we were, once again, freezing our arses off.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
First Saturday Market of the year!
It was pretty full, considering the weather. I was a bit disappointed in the Farmers Market portion of the deal, since I went there to get some fresh veggies and fruits, there pretty much weren't any. I did get some Mexican food with Brina though, and we had fun walking around, even though we were, once again, freezing our arses off.
Drew's opening baseball ceremony.
We had lots of fun here, even though it was FREEZING cold. I can't believe its less than 40 degrees in APRIL! The Oregon Duck mascot was there, our former mayor and current mayoral candidate Jim Torrey was there, along with the new U of O pitching coach was there as well. The big treat for the kids was Mel Krouse, the last coach for the Oregon Ducks baseball team (1971-1981).
Friday, April 4, 2008
Dinner w/Brina and others
Were having dinner at Ring of Fire! This is one of the restaurants on my 'list' of places to visit and eat...we'll see how it goes!Update!
Dinner was great, the food was delish, and we had fun! I'd definitely go back to this place with other friends, it had a good atmosphere, great food, and I've heard it has fantastic drinks. My sister had some kind of foofie martini style drink and she loved it (she had two....lol). You may be surprised to hear I had a beer, not a mixed drink (4.50 vs 8.50 for one thing), but they had Terminal Gravity IPA on tap, which is a pretty good IPA to have. Its also probably about 3/4 of a mile from my place, so I could walk it if I wanted to. I hung out with my sister half the weekend and it was lots of fun! We had dinner tonight with her girlfriend Tiana (upper left of the pic) and her friend from work Elizabeth (to my left).
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Did I say I was going to bed??
I just remembered something I read about on CNN.com yesterday. Its a website called Hulu.com.
Pretty cool stuff, they have tons of free hi-res clips, whole episodes, and whole movies you can view for free online. I just quickly found one of my all time favorite TV characters on the site:
It rocks, and I'm definitely going to be searching for more videos soon...for now, I'm really going to bed...really.
Gabriel
Pretty cool stuff, they have tons of free hi-res clips, whole episodes, and whole movies you can view for free online. I just quickly found one of my all time favorite TV characters on the site:
It rocks, and I'm definitely going to be searching for more videos soon...for now, I'm really going to bed...really.
Gabriel
Broke..but not desperate!
So I checked my mail this morning, the mail was from yesterday. There was one letter in my box. It was from a company called Brookwood Loans, and its funny, I've seen a letter like this before.
Of course, at first I'm thinking this letter is simply a phishing expedition by mail (the letter refers me to a website). Before I visit questionable website, I usually google search it. Here is what I found on the search results page, sounds like it was just about what I expected. This person is absolutely correct about the decimal points. The loan they are offering is 96% apr for the year. 96 PERCENT!!
Like I said, broke, but not desperate. I can't imagine the pressure to apply for this offer if you are in more desperate financial straits. I've contemplated getting a loan before, to pay off some of my debt. The paradox is that my credit is not good enough to get a loan to pay off my debt (so my credit can get better). WOW...I still can't get over it, 96%. Its really hard to believe that loans like that are legal. This is in a similar line with banks fees that they charge for overdrawing a checking account. Imagine that you overdraw your account by $10 (sure its more sometimes, and less other times, but 10 bucks seems like a good average number), and you are charged the $27 my bank would charge, that seems like its about a 270% fee for 'loaning' you the extra $10 dollars (now change that $10 to $1, 2700%). I think most of us might be better off just having that charge denied, know what I mean?
When I said that I had seen a letter like this before, I got one in the mail in Beaverton, but it was for more money, up to $5000. I actually tossed that one without reading it much, but I do wonder what the percentage rate was on it.
Well, enough about the vultures taking money from people who already don't have enough...
I've had a rough couple of days at work, more due to my inability to deal with my direct supervisor (I hesitate to call her that, as she is much more like a floor lead than a manager). She's the type of person who is never wrong, always assumes that you are doing something incorrectly, doesn't understand that her opinion is only that (and that other people's could possibly be correct), only grudgingly lets you make autonomous decisions (I can virtually guarantee you will have done it wrong when you're finished), and tends to see everything in black and white.
Well, normally I can just blow her attitude and behavior off, but these last two days have been difficult. Keep in mind that I don't get rattled much, but I've been pretty close to popping off at her...better for me to just keep quiet. It really isn't worth it to let my emotions get the best of me. To tell you the truth, she really means well.
I'm beginning a month of no coffee and very little beer in order to save money up for the Hopscotch Brewfest and Scotch Tasting in Seattle. Also likely going back down to SFO for Cassie's 1st birthday around Memorial Day, we'll see how this goes....lol
Ahhh well....its almost HUMP day!
Well, its off to beddie-bye, I need to try to get to work early tomorrow.
Of course, at first I'm thinking this letter is simply a phishing expedition by mail (the letter refers me to a website). Before I visit questionable website, I usually google search it. Here is what I found on the search results page, sounds like it was just about what I expected. This person is absolutely correct about the decimal points. The loan they are offering is 96% apr for the year. 96 PERCENT!!
Like I said, broke, but not desperate. I can't imagine the pressure to apply for this offer if you are in more desperate financial straits. I've contemplated getting a loan before, to pay off some of my debt. The paradox is that my credit is not good enough to get a loan to pay off my debt (so my credit can get better). WOW...I still can't get over it, 96%. Its really hard to believe that loans like that are legal. This is in a similar line with banks fees that they charge for overdrawing a checking account. Imagine that you overdraw your account by $10 (sure its more sometimes, and less other times, but 10 bucks seems like a good average number), and you are charged the $27 my bank would charge, that seems like its about a 270% fee for 'loaning' you the extra $10 dollars (now change that $10 to $1, 2700%). I think most of us might be better off just having that charge denied, know what I mean?
When I said that I had seen a letter like this before, I got one in the mail in Beaverton, but it was for more money, up to $5000. I actually tossed that one without reading it much, but I do wonder what the percentage rate was on it.
Well, enough about the vultures taking money from people who already don't have enough...
I've had a rough couple of days at work, more due to my inability to deal with my direct supervisor (I hesitate to call her that, as she is much more like a floor lead than a manager). She's the type of person who is never wrong, always assumes that you are doing something incorrectly, doesn't understand that her opinion is only that (and that other people's could possibly be correct), only grudgingly lets you make autonomous decisions (I can virtually guarantee you will have done it wrong when you're finished), and tends to see everything in black and white.
Well, normally I can just blow her attitude and behavior off, but these last two days have been difficult. Keep in mind that I don't get rattled much, but I've been pretty close to popping off at her...better for me to just keep quiet. It really isn't worth it to let my emotions get the best of me. To tell you the truth, she really means well.
I'm beginning a month of no coffee and very little beer in order to save money up for the Hopscotch Brewfest and Scotch Tasting in Seattle. Also likely going back down to SFO for Cassie's 1st birthday around Memorial Day, we'll see how this goes....lol
Ahhh well....its almost HUMP day!
Well, its off to beddie-bye, I need to try to get to work early tomorrow.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Walk through the Rose Garden and Skinner's Butte Park
My sister Reb, my niece and nephew Anastasia and Zane (respectively) went for a little walk through the Eugene Rose garden today, and walked down the bike path to Skinner's Butte park. It was pretty cold for a March day, especially late in March (it really felt like it was going to snow while we were out there). Its been snowing in the foothills around Eugene, and just a few miles north and south of here in the slightly higher elevations. CRAZY!!
Here is a picture of just one of the 400 varieties of roses they have there:
I've posted the rest of the pictures (and a couple that Anastasia took) in my Picasa web album here .
Another good time!
Here is a picture of just one of the 400 varieties of roses they have there:
I've posted the rest of the pictures (and a couple that Anastasia took) in my Picasa web album here .
Another good time!
While I'm at it...
I suppose I can pass a link to my Trips n Places blog I started in January. I intended to post more before I made it public, but what the heck Here it is...
Gabriel
Gabriel
Thought a discussion blog would be interesting..
So I started one!
Here is a link to my Topics of the Time blog. I'd like to just blab about current events, past events, or something that may be coming on the horizon.
Feel free to join up!
Gabriel
Here is a link to my Topics of the Time blog. I'd like to just blab about current events, past events, or something that may be coming on the horizon.
Feel free to join up!
Gabriel
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