It's a new dawn

Life has been quite a jumble lately. Among my responsibilities as a continued consultant for my previous research, I have been finding myself almost shockingly occupied.

First, I've done a couple fun things like: a bit of a night out in mpls, seeing Ratatat live in mpls, going to a Vikings game (been years), going to the Twins game that resulted in a division clinch, after said clinch.. celebrating with the team and getting some high-fives n such, getting involved with a nearby ballroom studio, and continued doing graphic design work..got business cards too.

I've also managed to continue getting part-time pay for my further research work. Along with that I am also getting more involved with Peragen Systems. I have visited the site twice now and we're so very close to start-up. Additionally, I am now going to be working in Aspen to model the process as it is currently, then eventually scaling up. This involves me working in dtwn mpls in AMEC's office - a real engineering consulting firm. Who knows where this will all lead, but I never expected it that's for sure.

I'll leave this post with a clip of what I may consider one of the better rounds I had at my last comp (at least for smooth). More available on my youtube channel.

Home Vacation

I went home to MN for 6 days and I have some pictures of my adventures. Enjoy!

July 2nd, went to The Taste of Minnesota and saw Staind and Chevelle perform. At the end of the concert Aaron Lewis showed up mid-crowd and played a few last songs. Pardon the quality, I had only my cell phone to take pictures. The concert was pretty fun.

And a video

On July 3rd I sort of spontaneously decided to check out some guitars and ended up getting one!

It's hard to tell from the pic but it's a dark blue. I really like the feel and I can try some new things.

Later that day my dad and I went out to the Twins game. It was a long battle.

The good ol' metrodome. Probably the last time I'll go to it (for a Twins game).

The Twins were down 7 to 1 and came back to tie the game. If you look closely below you can see that it is a very long game here tied in the 15th inning. The game ended up going 16 full innings and unfortunately the Twins lost. I was so tired for being there 5+ hours but I couldn't just leave the game at a tie!

At home my sis had me take care of her new pup Chloe during the week. She's a lovable lil one who's very nice and playful.

Also during the week, no photos though, I did play some bingo and messed up missing out on a $248 pot (one number too late). I played some roller hockey, hung out with Kyle and Brianna a bit. Played some Wii Fit. Had my sis' annual 4th of July/B-day BBQ party. Removed and repaired siding on the house. Ate a delicious and fancy ribeye steak, with blue crab cakes and lobster bisque to start and creme bruleé to finish.

Now I'm back to work, but summer is halfway over. We shall see what happens next!
Also paid $966 this morning for repairs on my car :(

Twins vs Cubs

Last Sunday I made a day trip out to Chicago and met up with my buddy Matt. We hung out then went out to the baseball game. Here are a few pictures of the trip. Click the panoramas for a full view.

Wrigley Field

The old fashioned scoreboard

the infield a bit closer

After the game we wandered around. There was a blues fest going on.

and me pretending to play guitar