Dance Off!!

Modern street face-off's have nothing on these guys. Lets see some "SO you think you can dance" dudes pull off the accordion dance!! I freakin' love Russia!!

Sick

I have been sick since last Saturday and it is not fun. Luckily, there is not the stomach, throw-uppy kind. It's the sore throat, headache, fever, aches and pains kind. Me and my son both got it while we were camping. A little freaky considering we were eaten alive by misquitoes and they carry a little virus called West Nile. We went and got some blood work done so we will find out results in a couple of days, but I'm betting it's not anything serious. All I need for it to do is go away. Life carries on as usual though so I went back to work before I was fully recovered. I had to do some more project scoping but it allowed for me to take some more pics. Hope you enjoy!

My birthday has come and gone and I am officially old. I remember being a kid and thinking that if I ever got to 30, I would officially be old. The one cool part about being this age is that I still feel that there is so much ahead of me and I’m not tied down or set in my ways. It feels good to still be able to change and morph, despite my age. I had everyone sing happy birthday to me at work and they gave me a cool soda pop bottle with M&M’s and salt water taffy. The real treat was at home where I got to go bowling, have a party and got “sprinkles” cupcakes. Not the real ones from LA, but ones my wife made from a recipe she found and all I can say is…THEY WERE PERFECT. I told her she should open up a bakery they were so good. I also got the Indiana Jones Trilogy from my son and he loves watching them as much as I do. I was definitely not as brave as he is at that age since he seems to take melting heads and hearts being ripped out a lot better than I did.

How High?

A lot of people ask me about where I work. I work in a skyscraper...in fact, it's the tallest one in Salt Lake City. For some reason, I think there is a myth around that the higher you work in the building, the more important you are. Well, that is not the case. Security occupies the top three floors, administration the bottom three. HR is on the first, and a myriad of other departments make up the other 23. I'm on the 23rd floor, without a window. It honestly means nothing other than I get a great view every time I go into my boss's office. He even has a telescope that we use to see what's going on around the valley. cool! Here are some pics I took of my building affectionately abbreviated to the COB.

Museums

My family came to eat lunch with me at work today and it was a lot of fun. They went to the History and art museum that is here first and loved it. I am so glad that I work in a place with so many pieces of art and so much history. It's invigorating. I am actually working on doing some signs for some artwork that is around the campus here. I had a camera with me to take reference pics and got a little carried away. I have been really interested in the architectural themes of the buildings near where I work and took some shots. What do you think?

You know you're loved when...

you come back to your cubicle looking like this! The pic of the family and the rotten babana were my favorite.

Signs

A part of my new job is making signs. I recently toured a new building that needs signs made for it. During the tour, we figure out where the signs should go, how many, how big etc. I had a camera to take reference pictures so I can design the signs later at my office. Needless to say I got a little bored taking pictures of 6 stories of walls and doors. Once on the roof, I aimed the camera at things that interested me a little more and got some OK pics that just have some cool composition. What do you think?