Travels and Destinations

Destinations:

Monterey (8/21/09 - 8/23/09)

End of Summer State of Things

I have been LAZY this whole summer. Lagging on physical activities, reading, writing of any sort, and working on various projects. I don't even remember what is on my list anymore. I have all but abandoned all the so call projects on here. I need to hit a sort of master reset here. There really is not that many projects that I can work on. Blogs, website, exercise, weight loss, take photos, reading, running, crafts, travels, food stuff... that's about it. I'm glad I used this to get a bunch of things done since March this year. It was very helpful in organizing my thoughts. But I think it's time for me to move on from this particular format and try to focus on the main items (as listed) done. The problem with the project list is that I inevitably bite off more then I can chew. At which point I get discouraged and abandon all of it.

I have a new job. More responsibility and less time to do other things. I really need to make time for a couple of things. Exercise and working on my website. Going to the gym is the matter of not being lazy. I'm even trying to make time in the late afternoon right after work for it. In fact I leave work earlier just to be sure I get the machines I want. It's a good thing. I have been exercising a bit more then earlier in the year. I just need to keep going at it.

Having written out some of what I want my website to look and feel helps a lot. I need to come back once in a while to clarify how I want things to be. I think I have a solid idea of how I want the content of the blog to come out. I have not been a great fan of tags but I would imagine it be useful when it counts.

So my mission for now is to reboot and refocus. Tomorrow is a new week and everything starts anew.

Monterey 8/21-8/23

Weekend trip down to Monterey Bay.

Friday 8/21
- morning - leave for Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

Pacific Garden Mall
- lunch @ Santa Cruz
- travel to Seaside
- check-in to hotel
- afternoon - Monterey Fisherman's Wharf area
Camera West

Saturday 8/22
- morning - Monterey Bay Aquarium
- lunch - Cannery Row

- late afternoon - 17 mile drive
- dinner @ Carmel by the Sea or Monterey or Seaside

Sunday 8/23
- late morning - checkout
- brunch @ Seaside? lunch @ Santa Cruz?

Ideas and Future Reference

Blog Monterey

Monterey
Parker-Lusseau Bakery

The Crown and Anchor Pub and Restaurant

Seaside
Phat-Burger
Baldemiros Taco Shop
Noodle Bar Restaurant
The Alternative Cafe
City Diner

Fishwife Seafood Restaurant

Cannery Row

Bistro Moulin

Ambrosia India Cafe

Vivolo's Chowder House
Trailside Cafe

Santa Cruz

Zachary's

*list

Carmel

Carmel Belle

Little Napoli Bistro Italiano

Mundaka

Carmel Tagine

time to evaluate

I have all but abandoned the projects on here. I still update my weight and stuff, but I don't exercise. I never get anything done off the lists and I don't add items. It looks like this month is another loss. How long does it take to take 30 days of dinner? Apparently more then 3 months. Great isn't it? I think it's time for me to reevaluate some of the items on the list. It might not be really feasible to do some of it.

I think I'm doing ok with some of the on-going projects. The ones that are left pending are mostly related to my website. I'm not too concerned about it. One of the great thing about these projects is that it help me figure out what I'm really interested in and what sort of content I want to put in my website. It has been really helpful. Maybe at this point I have hit my upper limits.

Books, photography, travel, food, exercise, crafts. These are the different main sections to my site. There will be some crossovers, especially between photography, travel, and food. I think I can start writing my requirements document base on that.

I need to buck up and finish my 30 day dinner project. It's getting a bit ridiculous at this point. It's been four and a half month at this point. It doesn't matter how boring the subject is, I need to finish it. And remember to do it.

I started a wish list simply because I have stuff I want and ran out of ideas of what to do. I guess saving money for those stuff so I can use them for more projects would count at part of projects? At least this is a good place to centralize my ideas.

I need more ideas!!!

Wish List

Things I want to get. Is it a project? Yeah, saving money is what.

- Prime lens for camera
- Timer remote for camera
- Bike (no idea what kind)
- 10 year web hosting plan ($714)
- yearly domain registration ($9.95)
- flickr pro account per year ($24.95)
- MacBook Pro 13", Aperture 2, iLife '09, Final Cut Express 4.0, 500GB WD Passport ($1644.01)
- BBEdit $125

End of June State of Things

Ha. Yet another month of doing nothing at all. I went ahead and worked on the book cover blog and many of the tags. That's about it. I'm starting to run out of steam on a lot of my work. I need to try harder. I want to work on more of the on going stuff and be able to blog more about it.

I need to keep running. I got some new shoes and it worked pretty well. I just need to get some motivation.

Photo project - Book Cover

I have a crazy amount of books. Recently, thanks to my significant other, I have been very picky about how my books look. Simple idea to add to my photo queue. Take a picture of each cover, put them up on the daily queue. I think that's a great idea.

http://macchiatodaily.tumblr.com/tagged/Book%20Cover