31fps by Sam Purtill A blog about business, technology, and life

An Update for Everyone

These last few months have been a whirlwind and I can't believe we're already in mid-July. That sentence was so cliché. Anyways, here are some highlights:

• Went to Romania and met Okapi- trip of a lifetime
• Drank Absinthe in Romania
• Saw where Dracula lived
• Went clubbing in Romania
• Was inspired by Gabi Lungu to get a nice camera, so I bought a Canon EOS 20D
• Met Amon Munyaneza and went to a Giants game with him, founder of Africa Mission Alliance
• Partied at WeGame
• My sister graduated from high school
• Began Twittering up a storm
• Began using Hacker News and traffic spiked here
• Went to Yahoo! with my Grandpa to hear a talk for U of M alumni
• Someone submitted my blog post to Hacker News instead of me (omg I've made it!)
• Photo op with Kevin Rose exactly one year later!
• Learned how to sail in the bay
• Got my backpack stolen (ERGH!!)
• Bought a BlackBerry Pearl to replace the BlackBerry I dropped in a gutter
• Partied with Adam Richman from Zambino at Clift Hotel
• Met Halle Tecco finally (online buddies!)
• My grandparents 50th Anniversary Weekend in Carmel with the whole family, had an amazing time
• Finally went clubbing in the US
• Giants vs Dodgers game on the 4th of July
• With my family on the 4th of July and chanted U.S.A. while the fireworks burst
• Got crushed playing against Kirill in golf
• Bought a MacBook Pro and tried making the switch. Failed. (Will keep you updated on that)
• Became addicted to Blockles and got 10 other friends addicted
• Started writing ActionScript again, finally!
• Went to a mustache party (I don't have any pics from it at the moment)
• Made it into Sarah Lacy's book Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good on page 227 (I'm the 19 yr old kid from Vacaville!) thanks to this picture
• Went to the PHP Meetup at CNET and actually understood what the nerds were talking about
• Lots of Giants game and had the San Francisco Dog at every game
• Tumbled at SamPurtill.com like crazy
• Worked out consistently
• Took my 4 year old cousin to 7/11 and got him a slurpee
• Nate's 29th birthday party
• Hung out with great friends
• Upheld my promise to blog once a week when I came back from Romania (I thought I had written this down somewhere, apparently not?)

And for the next few months:

• Poker nights
• Web 2.0 Parties
• Meeting the ValleyWag reporters
• Hanging out with my cousin from Seattle University
• Camping in Yosemite
• Skydiving in Monterey
• Trip to San Diego or Boston
• Giants games

These last few months have been amazing - and as always, really looking forward to what the future has in store!

PS if I missed anything put it in the comments and I'll add it. Thanks!