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Get the EFF out of my yard

Sean — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:37:01 +0000

Stupid raccoon. Mostly I like nature, which is why I have two bird seed feeders and a hummingbird feeder in my backyard. But when the fatest, most fearless piece of TRASH raccoon comes climbing down the tree and starts smacking the feeders around with his fat little paw, then I get a little less excited.

You can see from the pictures that I was pretty close to this big guy, and he didn’t really mind. Just eatin’ some bird seed, like ya do. Lovely night, isn’t it?

I’m looking for solutions on how to get rid of him without KILLING him, so if you have a thought, please let me know. Probably will end up calling animal control to come get him. I’m really going to try and find one that doesn’t just toss all captured animals into the Tree Shredder 3000. But if he keeps wrecking my stuff, I’m going to care a lot less about this little rascal’s future.

Our Roses

Sean — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:22:35 +0000

As promised.

It is not quite like an English cottage, but I like to pretend. It has yet to hit 80 degrees for 3 consecutive days yet this year (and yet, back east, it is pushing the 100s day after day). And that’s why I love Utah.

The State of Things

Sean — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 03:31:06 +0000

So I haven’t posted since January. There I said it. It’s funny how one builds momentum in doing (or not doing) something, and it just becomes so hard to do it again. ”Yeah, I’d like to write about this, but I haven’t posted since January!!”

Oh well. I’m going to post whenever I feel like it. It’s my website, after all…

I’ve been changing a lot of things lately, mostly my focus and how I spend my free time. I’ve been working on somewhat of a business called The Instant Rockstar. Want to learn how to become a Rockstar? I’m going to teach people how to read music, how to play an instrument, and maybe go into attitude and fashion. It’s been a lot of fun and I anticipate I lot more fun to come.

I’ll post here about my progress with The Instant Rockstar, and I’ll also maybe post about some of the other projects I’m working on.

I will leave you with a picture of my cat, because you are THAT special.

Cat in the Sun

Coffee Noir

Sean — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 01:10:16 +0000

Up early (for the weekend, anyway) and checking out a new cafe. it’s called Coffee Noir and it’s…. cozy. The coffee is DELICIOUS though. There’s not much room for a crowd, with seating for about 12, but if you can snag a table it’s a comfortable friendly place to hang out.

Just visited their facebook page and it looks like they’re closing at the end of the month (or when they run out of inventory). SADFACE.

The Movement of Storm Clouds

Sean — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 07:31:45 +0000

One day I will write a story called “The Movement of Storm Clouds.”

Spent a good chunk of today out with the wife recording some video for a super awesome project she is working on. The location offered us some nearly panoramic views of the Salt Lake valley, so I used our new HD camcorder to record a little storm cell passing across the valley like a scapel. Only a narrow path in the west valley got precipitation from this.

The footage is sort of sped up to create a time-lapse view of the storm, because, man! Clouds are slow!

And for extra fun, here is a photo I took of the storm with my iPod. Unedited. Woo!

(click picture to embiggen)

No, I won’t trade you my macbook for a canoe

Sean — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:32:51 +0000

I recently put my macbook up for sale. I was selling it at a used price, but I still sold it for several hundred dollars. I listed the ad on craigslist and on ksl.com, a local news organization’s classifieds listing. I got many good offers from KSL, and a couple from people saying basically “Hey, I don’t have enough to afford this; I’m a student. But I really really need it. Would you let it go for 500?”

Fair enough. It doesn’t hurt to ask.

But I got a lot of people from craigslist asking me if they could have it for 500, or for 250. A 2010 macbook. I was kind of amazed. And then I got the best email of all. I am bringing it to you in its entirety:

I have tools or a canoe that I would like to trade for. Are you willing?

Not tools AND a canoe. But tools OR a canoe. WTF, awesome!

No, I did not trade my pretty macbook for a canoe, but I found a reasonable buyer who paid asking price.

What about you? Would you have been tempted to trade based either on the absurdity of the request, or the shoulder-shrugging chance for future adventure?

the newest edition

Sean — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 07:14:46 +0000

Tonight Beth and I bought a Sony Bloggie Touch camcorder. It’s kind of like a flip video recorder, except this takes 12MP pictures, which is pretty handy. We are both beginning to work on separate projects where high quality video and imaging would come in handy, so we decided to get something a little nicer than the camera that comeswith an iPod touch 4g (nice as those are…).

So I took a little video of it snowing tonight, though you can’t see much of the falling snow, and edited it with the iMovie software. This is my first try with the iMovie software, so I went a little overboard with the effects and such. It’s totally cheeseball, but it was fun.

Enjoy!

Stairs

Sean — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 08:15:59 +0000

I fell down them today. I was out shopping, and there was some ice on a stair and I slipped and fell. I survived, but I’m pretty sore. Have to return to teaching on Monday, so hopefully I will feel better by then.

Rectangles + Weather = DANGER.

NYE Party

Sean — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 23:02:16 +0000

To celebrate the new year, we had our Good Friends Skipper and Kelly over. It was to be a fancy affair, and we came up with a menu to match. Beth and I cooked the food while Skipper came up with drinks to match. Here is the menu:

Pre-dinner drink: Manhattan cocktail

Fresh-baked rolls with four kinds of homemade butter (tangerine butter, honey butter, rosemary butter, and caramel butter)

Appetizer: Potato Pancakes with pomegranate-apple sauce, and sour cream(drink: mint-ginger caipirinhas)

Palate Cleanser: Fried potato slice with fried ginger and carrots

Soup: Creamy leek soup with polenta and heavy cream

(drink: watermelon-ginger agua fresco)

Main Course: Duck breast with Pomegranate AWESOME SAUCE, roasted root veggies, and roasted garlic potato Ravioli with rosemary cream sauce.

(drink: classic champagne cocktail)

Second Palate Cleanser: Tangerine granita with gingered mint leaf

Desert: Salted Caramel Panna Cotta

(drink: Mexican coffee)

Delicious! Here are some pictures from the evening. The fried ginger and carrot on the potato chip ties for tastiest menu item, along with when the cream sauce and awesome sauce mingled on the plate, and we dipped our fresh baked bread in it. Yum!

9.5.10

Sean — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:39:28 +0000

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