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That Other Guy

steve — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:46:20 +0000

Jazz Hands!
Originally uploaded by Espressobuzz

Kate and I both performed at the Salon of Shame last Tuesday. I sang a song I wrote in 11th grade for a girl I had a crush on. I did sing this song to the girl in question, and she thought it was nice, but claims she didn’t realize it was about her.

Loneliness is a state of mind
Where you can’t see nothing ‘Cause your heart is blind
And all it is that I can see
Is the way that sometimes she smiles at me

In that smile is there a longin’
Does she wish to someone else she was belongin’
Does she wish she was here with me?
Does she know that I can set her free?

Sometimes I wonder if she really knows
And I wish that there was more that I could show
But I have to keep it all inside
Cause you are with… that other guy

Salon of Shame

steve — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:01:56 +0000

Last night Kate and I became the first married couple to read at the Salon of Shame, a literary event where people expunge the demons and dorkiness of their childhoods by reading from their diaries.

I read selections from 1984, 6th grade, about a doomed software development project that was supposed to be a gift for my sister’s birthday; about “Lasers & Lords”, a Dungeons & Dragons-style game I was creating; and about trying to impress the mother of my current crush to show that I’d “make good boyfriend material”.

Kate read some pieces about a crush she had in her early teenage years. Her reading was hilarious. The mind of a 15-year-old girl is a scary place to be.

Not only are the Salon of Shame events fun events to attend (and participate in), but I feel like I’m learning invaluable insights for when Ruby hits her awkward goth/swoon phase.

Some pictures from the event can be found here:

http://flickr.com/photos/espressobuzz/2180347934/in/photostream/
http://flickr.com/photos/espressobuzz/2180350800/in/photostream/

Tee hee

steve — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:28:32 +0000

Just click here.

Goodbye, My Little Furry Friend

steve — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:04:36 +0000

So few got to know you; even fewer understood you. And now, you are gone… forever?

Overlapping Worlds

steve — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:06:50 +0000

As I was walking towards my building this morning, a woman asked me if I knew where the DSHS was (DSHS = Department of Social and Health Services). I didn’t.

Rumor has it there are lots of social services in this area, but I don’t know where any of them are.

However, I know the locations of at least three cookware shops within a few blocks of here.

A Poem I Inadvertently Wrote Over IM

steve — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:57:28 +0000

Steve says (3:23 PM):

you yelled right after my browser crashed, taking down pandora with it
there was a nice bit of silence
filled with your grief
but usually the music drowns out whatever you’re doing

Scene from Saturday’s Dinner

steve — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:50:01 +0000

We walk into the restaurant foyer, where Chong is waiting.

Steve: “Hi, Chong”.

Chong: “HA HA HA HA HA HA H A HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!”.

In related news, I now have a moustache.

Thirty Five

steve — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:42:19 +0000

I’m 35 years old today!

Also, I’m currently growing a beard — as a temporary step on the journey to a moustache. Care to voice an opinion on which style would suit me best?

http://www.americanmustacheinstitute.org/MustacheStyles.aspx

Put your vote in the comments.

Pop

steve — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:00:14 +0000

My great-grandfather was John Keelty. We called him “Pop”. He had three daughters and so no one in his family carried the Keelty name until I was born and my parents named me Stephen Todd Keelty.

When my great-grandfather died I (as the last of his line to carry the name “Keelty”) was given his war medals. He fought in both world wars, and received 5 medals for his service.

Today is Remembrance Day, and so I took the medals out, showed them to Ruby, explained what each medal was for. Ruby’s full name is Ruby Joan Keelty.

Selling My Camera Gear

steve — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 04:30:44 +0000

I’m parting with all my old camera equipment (it’s up on ebay right now). This is the last of the gear from my photography days at Microsoft — when I was flush with spending money and I didn’t meet a lens I didn’t like. I already went through and sold the majority of it last year so that I could buy a new digital body, but now I’m selling the rest — my four favorite lenses, the body, and the flash.

Two days ago, I was trying to take pictures of Ruby and struggling with the incredibly slow focusing of the Pentax system. I was missing shots, switching back and forth between manual and autofocus, and generally spending too much time fighting the camera instead of taking pictures. We’re already using our lower-quality camera way more often than the fancy SLR because it’s so much easier to use. But that night was the last straw.

So, I’m auctioning it all off. I’ll use the proceeds to buy a new system — whether it’ll be a new SLR or a souped-up point-and-shoot, I’m not sure.