Friday, September 23, 2005
My How Time Flies
Wow over a month without a blog post. People probably think I've given up on blogging. OK let me tick off the major events of the last month.
Nian is back in China -- Guangzhou to be exact after a couple of weeks visiting her parents in Wuhan. She is very busy with planning our wedding, while I am content to sit back and let her. The wedding dress is purchased and the wedding location booked (Ramada Inn in Guangshou), the airline tickets purchased for my trip November 12th, the wedding to take place November 19th.
Initially Nian was a little reluctant to have me post pictures of her, now I think she is a little peeved that I haven't posted anything that shows us together, so here is a shot of us having lunch in Chicago.
What has occupied my time this month in place of blogging (or planning a wedding, which I have left in Nian's capable hands) has been a ramp up for a return to moonlighting work at the Canopy Club. I won't go into a lot of details this post, but I have finally repaired some equipment I need to do what needs to be done and purchased some additional items on Ebay that should make for an impressive return of The D.O.D.J. (The Dirty 'Ol DJ). Though most likely most of my work will center around setting up an online TV station for The Canopy Club and converting our considerable backlog of Concert Video Tapes (which for the most part I shot) to a web friendly format. Whether I might return to a semi regular job of DJing/VJing special events is still up in the air. I might be more content this time round with more administrative duties and making sure the equipment is kept up to snuff and used properly. Either way I will start to get a return again on a substantial investment in equipment that has been sitting idle for much too long.
In very recent news I have had an article submission accepted to Slashdot.org -- "Lightning Fusion And Other Hot News" which admittedly is more a series of article summaries with links to the originals. Still... Slashdot.org is a highly visited website and I have only had one other submission published in the past (I'm 2 for 6 now).
There is a big change coming to where I work, I wish I could say more, but I don't want to create any possible problems for myself. This change however is forcing me to get my financial ducks in a row and has a huge upside potential. I doubt it will make me a millionaire, but there is the possibility that my net worth could double by this time next year.
I can't seem to escape diagnosis hell, I have no symptoms, but doctors insist on putting me through more tests for a spot on my lung. Nian seems more concerned about this than I. Most likely the spot is nothing, but determining this for a certainty is turning out to be non-trivial. They were to schedule a biopsy, which would have answered all questions once and for all, but due to the spot's location they have decided against a procedure that could possible puncture a lung. Instead they are scheduling a PET scan. The down side is a negative from a PET scan isn't a completely 100% negative that a biopsy would be. I'm almost inclined to insist on the biopsy despite the risk for the comfort of the certainty, but I am deferring to my doctor's hopefully better judgment.
In closing, my sympathies to those suffering in Louisiana and Texas these days. Nian has been very curious about how such things can happen in America. The answers are of course complex and to be fair not really completely known by anyone. Though I might offer some opinions on this topic next time.
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1 Comments:
hooray! you're back! love the pic. what a happy and lovely couple you two are :)
i hope the spot on your lung is nothing serious! come back with some good news, okay? ;p
regards,
lotus
By lotusearth, at September 23, 2005
