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I’m quite surprised as to what’s been going on over the past couple of days with what I’ve been doing online. From sitting around working on this rather lengthy website redesign for work to not even having time for living a somewhat “normal” life, I’ve been off of my game. Ever since I’ve decided to delve into this whole area of being interactive, I’ve been having on and off streaks of motivation and inspiration. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely have interest in continuing with this area, but I can’t seem to just find the time to do it least keep up with all the readings. But hey, why reinvent the wheel, right? I’m not one to blog about the latest feature and try and get the latest news out, but I DO need the time to actually read half of the stuff that’s coming down the pipe and scope out the new applications and sites that appear on the Internet.

But doing social media isn’t just my thing to do. I’d love to start getting back and improving upon my design and development skills. Just simply being aware of Photoshop and Dreamweaver isn’t enough these days. There are days when I wish I can just sit around and improve upon my Flash skills and perhaps delve in other areas like learning Adobe Premiere and even other programming languages. Hell, there are times when I’d like to just simply redesign my own website. But with all this shtuff going on, these things just seem to come in as lulls over the course of the month.

So right now I’m rather infatuated with what’s going on online. I’ve been blogging somewhat regularly with different posts, doing some flash work, and hopefully this momentum will continue. I need to make some extra efforts with this stuff.

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That’s completely awesome that one of my former bosses has been recommended to become the new athletic director to the University of Hawai’i. Announced yesterday on the Honolulu Advertiser, the name of the Executive Director of the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl has been given to the Board of Regents by the Manoa chancellor Virginia Hinshaw to replace fired AD Herman Frazier.

I think this is a really great step for a rebuilding year by the Warriors.  They’ve already screwed up the football program with the departure of great coach June Jones to SMU. No money is spent on improving infrastructure so now the state legislature is working to change that (but let’s not “work at it”, but actually do something) after Heisman finalist Colt Brennan complained about the state of the equipment and facilities. They took forever to get the 2007 and 2008 football schedule together. And let’s not forget the other coaches on the roster. Why did they procrastinate with Randy Wallace’s successor? They couldn’t have planned for this occasion?

So now they’ve been moving forward. They got an interim AD who’s done one helluva job securing a local favorite for head coach of the football program. McMackin is doing one helluva job recruiting with a truncated timeframe since he came on board and has an outstanding staff, including fan favorite Nick Rolovich, the Lee brothers, and many more. I’m not surprised by Jim Donovan’s selection nomination since he knows how things work at UH and is sure to straighten things out and bring prestige back to the university’s athletic program. He’s really smart, a former Warrior himself, and I’ll be rooting for the Warriors even more in the coming season.

So Board of Regents, don’t screw this one up. He’s been nominated. Make it official and let’s keep moving forward.

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I’m rather ashamed of what our soldiers are doing these days. I support them when they’re fighting for us and whatnot, but c’mon…are you THAT bored that you need to result in killing of innocent animals? I’m talking about the YouTube video that’s been circulating around the Internet of two stupid soldiers (based in Hawaii) who filmed themselves holding a small adorable puppy and then this one idiot hurls the poor canine over a CLIFF and the last sounds you hear are the puppy yelping! It’s absolutely horrible…and all that the news has to report is that the army is going to investigate and if they’re charged, they could be discharged from the military, face a court-martial, or be demoted in rank? Are these things actually going to solve anything?

Obviously they’re guilty because the dumb soldier at the end didn’t even care that he killed an innocent animal. We’re not supposed to be fighting the animals. I thought we’re there to stop Saddam Hussein and defeat the insurgency. If President Bush thinks that our troops don’t have anything to do to quell the violence and bring reconciliation to the land then we should get the hell outta there and let our troops come home where they can find something more productive to do with their time.

I’m absolutely shocked by this and can’t believe that Americans would do such a thing. I’ve always thought that our soldiers were supposed to live a life of morality and something to respect and look up to, but apparently the military is letting anyone in who would kill innocent creatures and bring shame to us. I don’ t know what else to say about this but it’s absolutely gut-wrenching and I’m ashamed of it…

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So while out on the town this morning, I again stopped by Borders to check out what books they had. I took a slight detour beforehand and stopped by CompUSA where they were advertising 80% off all their stuff. In case you didn’t know, CompUSA is closing all of their stores so when I walked in, I wasn’t surprised by the lack of inventory. They had been doing this sale for the past few weeks so now they were down to the last two days and the shelves (or lack thereof) was rather empty. I left and walked down the street to the Borders and my intention was just to read through some of the books and kill some time before heading over to the gym.

‘Lo  and behold, a book naturally caught my eye. It’s The Digital Photography Book: Volume 2 written by Scott Kelby. Of course I consider myself a decent photographer, but by all means do I think of myself as an expert. Hell, nothing could be further from the truth. Besides, what’s listed in this book is quite informative and I’m actually glad to have bought it. It tells you the “step-by-step secrets for how to make your photos look like the pros’” There are pretty intricate tips that you can take for wedding shots, traveling, and all the other things to make you a better photographer.

So I get home and naturally now I need to figure out what to get for my upcoming trip. What do I do? Well I hop online and skim through FredMiranda.com, look up lens pricing on B&H Photo & Video, Amazon.com, and any other place I can think of. Found some stuff and I’m surely going to be broke after buying all the stuff I want….but what exactly do I need want to get?

• Canon Zoom Wide Angle-Telephoto EF 28-20mm lens
• Canon 50mm lens
• Supreme Flash Diffuser
• Vertical battery grip
• More batteries
• More compact flash memory cards

Well I guess it’s time to figure out what’s essential. Need to get some dough first…

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