Summer 2010

I’ve got so many things going on this summer, 2010!
Working Part Time at TCU 8am-12noon. Then to UTA Full Time 1pm-10pm.
I would definitely say that TCU is a work out, lol.
Also getting Bowflex Extreme 2 this summer.
House – Yard is in great shape, which means lots of general maint, such as mowing (reel mower, ftw), weed eating, and watering. Two new Cherry Trees in the front yard are taking extremely well!
New Roof is Amazing. The vented ridge cap should prove itself this summer. 105 degree this Friday, 6/4/2010!
Dad’s Ranch – Spent Memorial Weekend out there, cutting down trees, mowing, cleaning up. Fishing is good, McHuge Bass growing up. Everything is filled with water. Mosquito’s are a problem. Snakes at the lake, I guess because the ground water has filled all the holes and/or they are hunting the water area for food.

New Summer 2010

I’ve got so many things going on this summer, 2010!
Working Part Time at TCU 8am-12noon. Then to UTA Full Time 1pm-10pm.
I would definitely say that TCU is a work out, lol.
Also getting Bowflex Extreme 2 this summer.
House – Yard is in great shape, which means lots of general maint, such as mowing (reel mower, ftw), weed eating, and watering. Two new Cherry Trees in the front yard are taking extremely well!
New Roof is Amazing. The vented ridge cap should prove itself this summer. 105 degree this Friday, 6/4/2010!
Dad’s Ranch – Spent Memorial Weekend out there, cutting down trees, mowing, cleaning up. Fishing is good, McHuge Bass growing up. Everything is filled with water. Mosquito’s are a problem. Snakes at the lake, I guess because the ground water has filled all the holes and/or they are hunting the water area for food.

Easter Weekend

Well I had a great Easter Weekend. Except for accidentally posting this on the main UTA Maverick Blog the first time 🙂

Soccer, Family, Friends, Girl Friend, Food, Holidays, Travel, more soccer, lol!

Windows 7 issue that I resolved – Taskbar Icons Continue to Glow

I was having an issue in Windows 7 where by my taskbar icons were staying lit or glowing – Image Here. After doing some research and reading people bashing MS by using simple algorithm in the gui to query for the most dominant RGB value in an icon, and paint the icon with that color. I figured that this is a part of the explorer.exe process.
Solution
So open task manager, quit explorer.exe. File New Process – Explorer.exe. Problem solved
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Seems this is a rare bug in Windows 7… that happens to me multiple times a day, lol.

My Blog about My Toys

Toys
Since I can do what the hell I want I really have been doing what I want!
It’s pretty freaking nice. Now I have enough toys to keep me busy until the day I die. I will never be done shopping.
I am going to try and put these in order of $cash$ value!

    Braces for my Teeth – Not really a toy, but expensive!
    HDTV – Samsung 50″ Class / 1080p / 600Hz / Plasma HDTV
    Home Theater System – Yamaha 630W 7.2-Ch. A/V Home Theater Receiver – Model No. RX-V665 Best Buy SKU: 9245426
    XBOX360 Elite – w/XBOX 360 Live Account
    Play Station 3
    Pistol – Taurus Pro 24/7 .40 Caliber Pistol – w/Extra Clip
    Pistol Light – Surefire clip-on X300 tactical weapons light
    New Bed – 12″ Spa Sensations Theratouch Memory Foam Mattress; Size: Queen
    New Bed Frame – Platform bed and headboard – SouthShore Collection – Walmart
    iRobot Roomba – Cleans my floors for me.
    Charter PVR HD Receiver – HD TV and records my fav shows!
    All in One Remote Control – Logitech Harmony One Advanced Universal Remote with Color Touch Screen
    Rug – Large Rug Cow Hide
    Microwave – Sharp 1.4 CuFt. 1100 Watts 14 1/8″ Turntable Microwave Model No.: R426LS
    Blender – Oster Fusion Blender – 600 Watts of Power and a Stainless Steel 6-point Star Blade
    Guitar – Acoustic Guitar

Video Games!

XBOX 360 Games

    Lego Indiana Jones
    Kong Fu Panda
    Pure
    Gear of War 2
    Red Faction: Guerrilla
    Borderlands
    Halo 3
    Halo 3 ODST
    Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
    Trails HD
    Rock Band
    Rock Band 2
    PES 2009
    FIFA 09
    UFC 2009 Undisputed
    Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
    Call of Duty 4
    Zuma

Play Station 3 games:

    Demon’s Souls
    Tony Hawk: RIDE
    MAG

My Braces

I do not think that I announced my Braces!
I got the top ones on May 25, 2009! At the staggering age of 32!
2 years of braces, two years wearing an active retainer, and two more years of a night-time retainer.

A Picture of my top braces

I had my bottom braces put on a couple of months ago. Been doing pretty good. The tops were put on first, they had the most work to be done.

My Teeth are straightening very well. They all hurt, but the movement is awesome. Bottoms are straight, top is moving the way it supposed to! Can not wait to have perfect teeth.

Winter 2009!

Love the cold weather. No matter what, the winter is my favorite time of the year!
Been uploading lots of my pictures – Here
Soccer has been great. We had a tie last week, 4-4. Was a lot of fun. Starting to run into friends who know my friends. Making lots of friends. It’s good to have friends!
Cheers!

Early Art Memories

Most of my early years, I had a wonderful creative side. I remember making things, most of which my Mom still has, such as a wooden rooster with a clothes pin on top to hold the recipe you are working on. I was also lucky enough in grade school to make a plate with a piece of art on paper infused inside of it. I choose Garfield and it turned out really well. You can see where I had to erase lines and fix crooked spots, lol. I spent a lot of time trying to make is straight, the yet the lines wavered. I think that is where the art lies. In things that are a little off and can’t be reproduced. In grade school, I remember I had a friend named Drew. Not sure when or last name, started with a B maybe. But he drew whales and he taught me how to. I had a lot of fun drawing killer whales. I remember he was mad at me because I could/would draw the thing he was drawing. So I taught him what I knew to draw, helicopters. All was forgiven 🙂

Presently I still have unfinished art work. But I think that God leads you down paths for a reason. And I feel uninspired to finish them. I think that if I had found another creative outlet when I was younger, let’s say graffiti, I would be totally enveloped in art.

Hold onto young ideas.