So, it really was severely misrated, buuut…I don’t make the ratings. 
1) Memorize one phone number from my cell phone’s contact list per week.
2) Get back into running shape (half marathon at least)
3) Shoot pictures more in Manual
4) Finish my photography website
5) Beat Mario Galaxy and Mass Effect
6) Finish the many, many wedding albums I have on my backlog.
7) Go camping
Climb an 11b
9) Get a puppy
10) Think of a #10 for my goals list.
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When people ask how I’m doing, I sometimes answer that I am “operating at a high frequency.” While this makes perfect sense to me, it generally elicits a response of stunned silence. What I mean by this is that I am feeling very stressed out, usually about work.
The problem with this state is that I tend to get a sort of tunnel vision around the thing that is the source of the stress, causing me to leave all other interests by the wayside. This is why my Flickr stream has all but dried out, I am terribly out of running shape, I’m still stuck at 10d/11a in climbing, and why a 40-hour game is probably going to take me a year to complete.
This is not a wah wah entry, just an explanation as to why I might seem a little out of it nowadays. And a little fatty.
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I came up with a list of goals for myself for this year. I guess you could call them New Year’s Resolutions, but I’m kinda late for that.
1) Memorize one phone number from my cell phone’s contact list per week.
2) Get back into running shape (half marathon at least)
3) Shoot pictures more in Manual
4) Finish my photography website
5) Beat Mario Galaxy and Mass Effect
6) Finish the many, many wedding albums I have on my backlog.
7) Go camping Climb an 11b
9) Get a puppy
10) Think of a #10 for my goals list.
Keep in mind I haven’t even moved towards doing any of these, so I’m not going to hold my breath, but I’d at least like to keep them in mind.
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Unless “N/A” stands for “Nearly Awesome”?
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As a companion to Jan posting their vows, I wanted to post the text of the ceremony I performed for Yar and Jan in Puerto Rico last December. It was written mostly in my head on the plane ride from San Francisco to Miami and committed to hotel stationary and post-it with significant edits between the hours of 12am and 2am the morning of the ceremony.
In all seriousness, the real reason I was so excited about being able to marry them is that I really believe in them as a couple. I think I am a bit of a rarity in this group because I have only ever known Yar and Jan as a couple, and I really couldn’t imagine it any other way. As different as they are, and as independent as they are, I believe they are truly meant to be together. Just a few days ago when we were having dinner in Old San Juan, the subject of travel came up, and Jan looked at Yar and said, “No matter where we go, as long as you’re there, I feel like everything will be okay.” [At this point, a number of the people in the crowd said, "Aww...."] And really, you only have to hear them call each other “Hubbin” and “Wifey” once to know this is for real.
As you all know, Yar and Jan were already legally married in a small city hall ceremony in San Francisco about a year ago. As and aside, I was a little disappointed about this, but only because it meant I didn’t get to become an ordained minister over the internet., but I’ll get over it. So if they are already married, what are they here today? Well no matter how much two people love each other, a marriage is only as strong as the amount of support it receives, and that is why you all are here today. Yar and Jan have chosen to stand before you today to publicly declare their commitment to each other, and I invite you to join me in taking this opportunity to declare to them your love, support, and commitment for them as individuals and as a couple, in good times and in difficult times, as they continue in their shared life together from this day forward.
Marriage…is about a lot of things. [A few people started giggling after I said 'Marriage' here because they had offered me money to talk like the priest in The Princess Bride. I didn't say it all, but I did manage one 'Mawwage.'] It’s about love, honesty, commitment, but most of all, it’s about trust. In the spirit of this trust, Yar and Jan have written each others vows, because as you all know, keeping promises you wrote yourself is pretty easy, but keeping a promise that someone else wrote, especially if that someone is Jan, is a whole lot harder. So here are the vows that Jan wrote for Yar, [hand vows to Yar] and here are the vows that Yar wrote for Jan [hand vows to Jan]. Keep in mind that neither of them have seen what they will be reading until now.
Yar? Whenever you’re ready.
Jan?
Rahul, may I please have the rings?
[They join hands]
Yar, repeat after me. Do you, Jan, take this ring as a symbol of my love and commitment to you for the rest of our lives?
[Jan: I do.]
Jan, repeat after me. Do you, Yar, take this ring as a symbol of my love and commitment to you for the rest of our lives?
[Yar: I do.]
By the power vested in me by absolutely nobody, I now pronounce you Hubbin and Wifey. You may kiss the bride.
Marrying Yar and Jan was probably one of the more nerve-wracking things I’ve done, but also one of the most fun, and I was really honored to be a part of it.
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This morning I saw a Prius with the following license plate:
“OFF OPEC”
Now, friend, I’m sure you do love your car, and I applaud you for doing your small part to reduce your carbon emissions, etc etc, but PRIUSES ARE HYBRID CARS. THEY STILL USE GASOLINE.
Sorry to break it to you this way.
[Edited with a much better title.]
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From your friends at Sky Mall.
This is apparently a neck traction device, but I like to call it “The Suicide Machine”.
Anyway, apologies for the lack of updating here; I’ll try to get back on it soon.
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