03.24.08
Update on the life of Ed
Prompted by 6 months of lack of updates on MySpace, I put together a quick “What’s happened in the last 6 months” post. I noticed later that I had already done a few of those months on this site. Oh well, consider this partially a rerun. 
Here are the last 6 months of my life in list format:
October 2007
- Arse Elektronika - How many times in your life can you say you got to see a tongue chainsaw in use?
- LTJ Bukem at Temple (omg) - Incredibly good show that had me dancing even after the rest of the crew left, leaving me alone and smiling.
- Heather’s radioactive treatment for the remainders of the thyroid cancer. She did not gain any new super powers, but everything went well.
- Modeselektor (omg) - tiny little show that was unbelievably good. Dancing until we were dripping with sweat and couldn’t dance any more.
- UNKLE (meh) - finally saw UNKLE live and was unfortunately disappointed.
- Launched www.sklxthemes.com - After months of rewriting the code base I used for sk3themes.com, I launched my first site (www.sklxthemes.com) using the templatized code. Currently the site hovers between 8-9,000 visitors a day. My code stands strong so far! My bandwidth bills ended up shooting through the roof though, but luckily ad revenue still covers it.
November 2007
- Kai’s birthday in Monterey - Went down to Monterey with a group of friends to run around the Monterey aquarium in honor of Kai’s birthday
- Launched www.skslidethemes.com - Second site using my new code! Not as popular since the Slide had a lower adoption rate, but still not bad.
- Said goodbye to Gabby.
- Double date with Mella/Nicole that sparked a Top Gun obsession
- Thanksgiving with Heather’s family
- Mike Doughty - I finally got to see Mike Doughty, the man behind Soul Coughing who’s music I love.
December 2007
- Saw Bladerunner on the big screen - The final cut was released into theaters and we somehow managed to organize 20+? people to get to the theater and see it all together.
- San Jose art trip - Running around San Jose checking out art.
- Early Christmas in NC with my family - Heather and I flew out to NC to stay with my mom and celebrate Christmas early with them. I got to show her around my old high school stomping grounds and she got to meet everyone.
- Heather and I celebrated our anniversary at the top of the Mandarin Oriental - An expensive night, but a gorgeous view with a gorgeous woman that made it worth every bit!
January 2008
- New Years celebration in Joshua Tree - Spent the New Years weekend in Joshua Tree, camping in the backcountry. Millions of Joshua Trees, climbing mountains, freezing, fitting everyone into one tent, and lots of fun.
- Went and ‘heard’ Audium
- Rewatched The Wizard with friends. I love the power glove, it’s so bad.
- Trampolines and Sushi for my birthday (Wow, I actually made it past 27! Now what?)
- Work on 2pir started back up
- Heather and I moved in together into an awesome 2 bedroom right down the street from my old place and across the street from Rubin!
February 2008
- Day trip to LA for work - I love working in the Video Games industry.
- Nicole’s crazy Lego party - So many legos. I didn’t know anyone ever owned that many legos. We managed to put together a couple of sets, but spent most of the time organizing. Rubin made a cool time-lapse video of the afternoon.
- Annual Valentine’s Day Pillow fight in SF - Fun as always
- Snowboarding trip to Yosemite - Spent the weekend with one of Heather’s friends in her cabin in Yosemite. Finally got a chance to go snowboarding after so many years and found out that I still could do it. Next year, more snowboarding trips!
March 2008
- Danger Weekend - shooting semi-automatic weapons and skydiving. I got a chance to shoot an original issue AR-15 and loved it. It’s weird, I never thought I’d be interested in guns.. No interest in shooting anything other than targets though. We also went skydiving the next day. My second jump and it was a lot of fun.
- Bunki got sick (hepatic lipidosis) and had a feeding tube put in! 
We’re not sure why she stopped eating, but she lost 40% of her body weight and her liver wasn’t functioning right. She seems to be on the mend and is eating by herself now. She hates the e-collar though.
- The new and improved Interpretive Arson webpage got built and launched!
- Pi Day (3/14) party at Peter’s - Last minute celebration of Pi day
- Sara’s Arcade Birthday party - A bunch of 20-30 year olds running around an arcade. What’s not to love? Tons of skee ball and crane games.
- (Pre)Easter dinner with Heather’s parents
Whew… Lots of stuff, I’m sure I forgot something or other, but that should be good for now.
