the quest is over

By luck I have stumbled on perhaps the only convenience store in my town to purchase Bawls Guarana. I still need to visit the others just to see if perhaps I can get a better price, but I have at long last found a place to feed my addiction. :)

I think I am finally coming out of my latest bi-monthly burn out session. Lately, I've tended to enter these periods of apathy about every other month or so in which I have to force myself more than normal to concentrate on things I should be doing. It's really not a matter of a lack of productivity though, rather it's just my mood during that time. Lately, I've been loathe to get myself out of bed in the morning, but finally I'm getting to the phase where I enjoy doing what I do again. :) Maybe it's just because of the onset of spring, perhaps it's because I've gotten a hold of several new songs that I'm rocking to, or maybe it's just because I've finally found a source to feed my Bawls addiction. Who knows; I just hope it sticks around a little longer this time...:)

[Listening to: Where Do We Go From Here? - Jamiroquai - Synkronized (5:13)]

need...more...bawls

So, I finally got the chance to try out BAWLS Guarana this weekend. We were passing through Paducah on our way to visit family for Easter and I just happened across a gas station that actually carries them (something I have yet to find here in Murray). Anyway, it instantly became my favorite caffeinated beverage. Now, I just have to find somewhere more local that carries them. I've started a hunt through several convenience stores all over Murray but have turned up nothing yet. I'm just rather reluctant to spend the $40 (after shipping) at ThinkGeek to order a case of 24. It's strange...it would actually be a little cheaper doing it that way, but in my mind, I can justify spending $1.99 for one at a convenience store but not $40 for 24. I guess I have the feeling that I'd go through all 24 too quickly to get my forty bucks worth...:)

I'm trying out a new blog tool also. I'm giving w.bloggar a try, and so far it seems to do everything I want, and more. I guess this means I won't be writing one myself...ah well. Guess I'll have to try and find some other project to work on in my spare time. :)

[Listening to: breath - Bamboo Forest - Bamboo Forest (8:02)]

waiting for the weekend

The weekend cannot get here fast enough. I don't even have anything extraordinarily exciting planned for the weekend either, I'm just ready for a couple days off. My colleague and I have been racking our brains for most of the week trying to understand a data object library that wraps ADO.NET; a library with a very spartan outlook on documentation. While the documentation was technically complete, there were certain aspects of it, such as how to use the thing that were notably absent. Needless to say, it was a two and a half day adventure into the underpinnings of a system we had little to no information about.

I've been absorbing as much Naruto as humanly possible the past few days. I got hooked on the manga and ended up spending quite some time downloading and reading every chapter available on the web. I'm now completely caught up and can't wait for the next episode or chapter to come out. Dark will be the day that they license this anime in the states and I have to wait for some US group to sub it. (And sub it they had better; the seiyuu couldn't be better in the series, and I'd hate to have to hear another voice for any of the characters.)