An Update for Everyone July 15, 2008
Posted by sdpurtill in : Life, Updates , trackbackThese 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!
Comments»
Blogs are so indie
you’ve def been busy.
how’s the switch to dvorak going?
@Nick
Switch to dvorak = fail. I switched back to qwerty but will pick it up again in about a month.