Taking MCSA classes at RCC

Today is day 3 of a 5 day course for my first MCSA class. Deploying and Managing Windows XP....umm, thats what I do at work..... Needless to say, I find that the course material is pretty easy. I work 8 to 5 doing this stuff day in and day out. I've picked up a few new things but not much. I guess that'll make the first test pretty easy.

Job Corps

We attended an orientation meeting with Kay-la yesterday for Job Corp. Everything has gone pretty well so far. She seems excited about it, which means that she will likely stick to the plan and do well. What struck me as odd is that she was very much like all the other students there, as far as academic and social circles goes. Guess that means that this is a good idea for her. We've been pushing her to go for awhile now and I'm glad that she finally decided that this is the next step for her to take.

Stay outta my beer!

Had a birthday party for a friend over the weekend and it was a smashing success. Only one little issue....I bought a ton of beer and put it all in the kegerator out back. I showed all the beer drinkers where the beer was, and what was available. I even put all the beer out there that the guests brought. Now a few hours pass and someone walks up to me and says "Wow this is good, but there is no label...what it is?" This guy didn't understand why I started to freak out, but he had just gone though my kitchen fridge and raided the beer in the back that I had put away to save (thankfully he hadn't opened one of the barley wine style ales). Specifically he had just popped open a cherry stout that a home brew friend had given me. I know this isn't that big of a deal....but I am still a little pissed that I didn't get to taste it....

I love my Sci/Fi

From Wired.com:

Wired.com has a post about a slew of new Sci/Fi coming to Fox's fall line up. I love me some Sci/Fi!

Virtuality: Penned by Battlestar Galactica creator Ronald D. Moore, this show revolves around the plight of a crew aboard a 10-year mission to a distant solar system. The ship is equipped with virtual-reality equipment that lets them "travel" to other destinations -- which is fine until a mysterious bug infects the system. Moore has reportedly written the two-hour pilot; production is set to begin in July.

Fringe: Lost creator J.J. Abrams was reportedly given $10 million dollars to shoot a two-hour pilot episode for Fringe, a drama about an investigative unit specializing in otherworldly mysteries. Long-time Lost scribe Jeff Pinker recently signed on to run the show, which Abrams has described as a cross between The X-Files, Altered States and The Twilight Zone.

Dollhouse: Joss Whedon's dystopian drama about killer assassins living in a futuristic lab will star Eliza Dushku (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Tru Calling). Whedon has described the show as "The Bourne Identity meets Stepford Wives meets boarding school meets Los Angeles neo-noir meets the Whedonverse." Shooting is slated to begin on the first of seven episodes at the end of April.

Boldly Going Nowhere: From the creators of the under-repped comedy team behind It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, this show follows the misadventures of a space crew -- sort of a campy take on Star Trek. Shooting for the pilot is set to begin in October.

Update to the update

I completely forgot to mention that Jen got her position with the university full time now. Previously, she was hired on as a temp, but when the position was opened up as a full time, classified (union), opening, she applied for it. She faced some serious competition for the opening, but came though the interviews well and was offered the job! Sadly, this means no vacation this summer :(

Spring Term update

Man it been awhile since I posted on here! Well, I am just about to start classes for my MCSA and am going to test for my A+ certification so I've been busy studying. Other then that I have been fighting my Media Center PC. Its been randomly rebooting. Thought it might be an update issue, but wasn't. So, I tore it apart, cleaned it up, reinstalled a lot of stuff, uninstalled all the unneeded apps and what not, and it was still rebooting. Finally, I just wiped the hard drive and upgraded to Vista....still not sure if that was a good idea or not 'cause now I have a whole different set of problems :)

On the kid front, Noah is back in soccer now. I'm not sure how much he is enjoying himself. I suspect he would rather stay home and play video games or go out and play with friends. Kay-la is back home with us now. Seems to be that her time away from home was somewhat beneficial. Its been a week now and she willingly cleans up when asked, and often with out being asked at all.

I've been brewing a lot of beer for the last year or so and have been brewing "all grain" since the start of the year. All grain brewing is when you start with just malted wheat and barley, not using the syrupy malt extract. Takes a lot more time, but gives you a lot more control over the final project. About Oct of last year, I joined a newly formed brew club which has been a lot of fun. I've met a lot of fun people.

Hopefully, I'll be able to keep up on posting here. I've also decided to start a new beer related blog, Everyday Drinking, though so far haven't been able to post much, lol. My hope is that each weekend I can post there what I have been drinking (along with photos, description, availiblity, etc.), and write about the local beer scene and any beer related events coming up.

At this time I am planning on going to the Oregon Brewer's Festival, and Hop Madness, and my 30th birthday is just bout 6 months away. Expect to hear more details soon about the party to beat all parties!