Life As It Comes

Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Phil 3:13-14

Today was a full day. I did a lot of work for class, and I’m just now finished with one class for the night (circa 2 AM), but my new camera came, and I decided to break a little bit for dinner to shoot Georgetown’s Christmas Stroll 2006. I didn’t really read about the camera yet at all. I just went out and started taking some pictures. As I learn more about it, I’m sure the picture quality will improve. These photos are unedited — a little editing could have helped some of them.

Here’s how I spent my day today:

I worked on my project for my Mobile Computing class for my Masters at UT. Our work is coming along nicely, and I’m excited to see how it stacks up against other projects next week.




As the sun was setting, it was time for a break, so I went outside for a bit to take a few shots, before deciding to go downtown for the Christmas Stroll.




This is one of many floats that I saw, but it makes for a busy picture, so I thought it was interesting.




The square in Georgetown is all lit up for the holidays.




One store has especially many Christmas decorations.






Part of the reason why I went to check out the Christmas Stroll and parade was because I was hungry for one of the County Seat Cafe’s chef salads. They are delicious. Here is a view across from my side of the balcony to the other side.




On my way out, I came across the free-carriage-rides-with-Santa line.

Then, finally, it was a trip to Starbucks and home to finish my work for the night.

Best quote from the movie:

“You think you can stitch me up on your own? If you don’t mind, I’m gonna pass out.” — Robert De Niro

This is interesting…

It’s more than a feeling (more than feeling),
When I hear that old song they used to play (more than a feeling)
I begin dreaming (more than a feeling)
‘Til I see Marianne walk away
I see my Marianne walkin’ away……

Last weekend I washed (WASHED!!!!) my iPod Nano in the laundry! Yikes! I took it out mid-cycle when I realized what I had done and tried to press the buttons - any button - to see if it would work. No dice.

I pronounced it dead.

Today, on a whim, I plugged it into my Powerbook (thinking that it might be a very dangerous and stupid thing to do), but it lit up, booted, and is playing Boston at this very moment!