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Gabe's Blog: Music recommendations

Gabe — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:30:59 +0000

I was putting a list of artists together for someone who wanted some music recommendations from me. I figured i’d throw it up here as well.

I’d guess most people I know already are aware or are fans of this stuff already, but maybe not.

* The Postal Service: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMOkfI7wCrI

*!!!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYXvSUei4Ow

* Black Moth Super Rainbow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYXvSUei4Ow

* Walter Meego: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0guf7O4mKQ

* Ghostland Observatory: http://www.last.fm/music/Ghostland+Observatory/+videos/+1-wzE1sSVSY_8

* The New Pornographers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDUHJNVjpS0

* The Go! Team: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lT2Tq2rC9I

* Battles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSkU5GJmtXc

* Hella: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xOW8urHBDU

Gabe's Blog: Gabe’s Gym Story

Gabe — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:45:11 +0000

So I took my gym going to another level.

I haven’t been going often… at all. So I figured I needed help if I were to expedite the degutting process. So last week I signed up for a personal trainer at the local Bally’s.

I got Jen, a cute, short, bubbly girl. Oh yeah. She’s also the manager and just finished her first Iron Man Triathlon this past weekend.

She kicked my ass last night. About 45min into my hour session I had to stop because the room was spinning. She said my blood sugar got too low and got me some Gatorade. I did feel better after that. Then we sat down and she said something about the food I eat… “How much did you pay for personal training? And how much did you pay for the mostacholi? Throw away the leftover mostacholi.”

My choices are a) lifestyle change or b) blow it off. Both are valid.

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Gabe's Blog: You are being judged

Gabe — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:28:56 +0000

Does anyone else get these things from Facebook “Compare People”? It’s always interesting how you’re ranked compared to others. Here’s my current standings:

#1 craziest (gained 1 place)
#2 person with the best taste in music (gained 1 place)
#3 nicest (gained 1 place)
#5 best room-mate (gained 1 place)
#6 most entertaining (gained 1 place)

Best room-mate? Really? I’d be the worst. I’ve only lived with one person before, and it ended awful. We accidently got married one time.

Gabe's Blog: Bad news

Gabe — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:34:38 +0000

So bad news all around.

Today I found out due to restructuring in the organization I was applying to, they could no longer offer me the position. I was told I was the most qualified for the role, and they’re pretty disappointed they can’t bring me on board.

Last week while talking with my uber-manager, he offered to give me a new title and better responsibilities if I were to stay with his organization. This would include the title of “Systems Engineer”, the person who works on capacity planning, architecting the platform, and staying ahead of big picture items.

Instead, he’s removing me from emails and phone calls and going right to Eric. What a fucking slap in the face. I’ve never felt more lied to in my life. I trusted him more than anyone else in this place, and now he’s the one I trust the least thanks to this.

So I guess since any offers (that I probably would have taken, and stayed) to make my life here better are lies, I have to look elsewhere. I can’t stay where I’m purposely decieved.

Gabe's Blog: Today’s links

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Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:14:38 +0000

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Shows Gabe Plans on Attending: Ghostland Observatory at Metro, Chicago on 7 Nov 2008

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:24:47 +0000

Location: Metro Friday, November 7 GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY Tickets: $25 18 & over Doors: 8pm / Show: 9pm On sale Sat. 8/16 at noon

Shows Gabe Plans on Attending: Wire Magazine's "Adventures in Modern Music" festival - day 2 on 11 Sep 2008

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:18:29 +0000

Location: Empty Bottle Our ‘five day celebration of outsider sounds’ continues, as BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW head up the second day of the Adventures in Modern Music festival. The kaleidoscopic, otherworldly five piece composes enigmatic works that can be difficult to characterize, though a hypnotic, trippy hedonism seems to prevail throughout. They’ll be previewing material from a forthcoming (scratch and sniff!) EP, Drippers. Idiosyncratic songwriter CARLA BOZULICH has followed her muse, unflinchingly, down a variety of paths over the course of a near twenty year career, espousing a singular eclecticism at every turn. Her latest endeavor, EVANGELISTA, is an experimental rumination on the darker sides of blues, country and folk, a collaborative effort that includes musicians from the Constellation Records camp. Their latest, Hello, Voyager, is a profound success, one that Stylus has called “fascinating.” COLOURMUSIC play second, a quintet that write complex orchestral works that are rollickingly theatrical. Their rather curiously named debut - f, monday, orange, february, venus, lunatic, 1 or 13 - speaks to a conceptualism they embrace unabashedly, on both record and stage. French classical musician AGATHE MAX makes her Chicago debut with a set of improvised, modified violin. After a decade of composing and performing conventional classical works, MAX began to experiment with the limitations of her instrument, developing new sounds and techniques through the use of delay, distortion and loops - the results are quite compelling. A new Table of the Elements disc, This Silver String, was just released. ( Time Out )

Gabe's Blog: I owe you all an update

Gabe — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:38:58 +0000

Hello, Internet. I have a few topics to discuss, in no particular order.

Ginny and I broke up. I’m taking it pretty hard.

We were only together for comparitively a short time, but honestly it was an amazing time. She took me by the hand and walked me through so many new things. It went from me not understanding how someone could be a part of someone’s life if they were married to integrating seamlessly into not just the life of one person, but the family of two. I loved her dogs like they were my own, and I became close with her husband, Pat, who I found I had a lot in common with.

I’m not going to talk about how shitty I feel, or any of the details. It’s something i’ll have to work through alone and hope that time will heal the wounds. Just know this is very odd for me. I’m usually one to bounce back from something like this, but it’s different. She’s different.

Twelve people applied for the position I mentioned before. Two got initial HR interviews. I was one of the two. Then I got a phone interview with the hiring manager. And he likes me. But honestly, I don’t see why he wouldn’t. I feel like i’m interviewing to get my old job back, so i’d fit right in. And i’m damn good at what I do, when it is “what I do”. My job now is not “what I do”, so i’m not so good at it.

So what does this mean? I think my time is limited in my current role. All of management knows of my intentions, and I hope they’re supportive. It’s pretty obvious that what my role has turned into has become something i’m not compatible with, so I have to move on. I’ll even be at the same company, so it should be easy for everyone.

All in all, there’s a lot going on right now. So I’m sure I can use anyone’s support if you’re willing to offer it.

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Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:59:07 +0000

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Gabe's Blog: Hellooooo Omaha

Gabe — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:29:46 +0000

So like I said in a previous post, the time to complain about my job and the direction of my role is over. it’s time to start doing something to better my situation.

So that time started last night when I applied for an open position in the Load balancer/unix scripting/sendmail/qmail team in Omaha, NE. Unix! I miss you!

Does it sound like a great match to what I’m good at? Absolutely? Do I want to move to Omaha? Not really. But it certainly won’t hurt to discuss the opening.

But you never know. It sounds right up my alley, all things i’m good at kind of rolled up into one position. We’ll see what happens…

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