Moved in, new toys

I’m finally moved in (99%) and Carol is getting closer (65%?) - we’ll finish up the rest of the move on Sunday, but everything is looking great and our new location is epic.   Now that the nice weather is back (save it, midwest) we can take full advantage of our new-found ocean proximity (3 blocks).

Also, picked up a MiniHD Flip cam the other day just for the heck of it, mostly because of all the insane press they got last week when they were bought by Cisco for $600 million.  This thing is going to be perfect for recording all of my traveling, so small - it’s like the size of a 2nd gen ipod - and records at beautiful 1280×720 Progressive HD.  Nice.

FOWA Featured at Motionspire

My open for the FOWA Conference is featured over at Motionspire right now.

Miami, Sickness, Weight, Moving

Sooo got back the other weekend from Miami, where I was attending the 2009 Future of Web Apps conference.   I was there for 5 days, did some shopping and got some sun - also did some stellar networking and re-upped on inspiration.   I also designed/animated the graphics package for the conference, which you can see samples of here if you are interested.

After I returned to LA, I picked up what must have been the flu, and was literally bed-ridden for about 3.5 days with migraines and fever.  So that was fun.  All better now, just nursing a cough.

In the course of being sick, I lost 8 pounds, so that makes me really happy.  (That’s sarcasm, it actually makes me angry.)

And, lastly, but CERTAINLY not least, Carol and I got the keys to our new apartment on Thursday night!  We are moving into an amazing 4 unit building, three blocks from the beach.  The building was built in 1908 and is historically protected, which means that it has more charm than a southern belle.  Old school door handles, a vintage ironing board, spanish arches in spots and a great open layout.

The Wench.

Andrew Corneles, if you’re out there, this is for you:

http://www.veer.com/products/merchdetail.aspx?image=VPR0001503

oh yeah, and send me a freaking email.

Things that are awesome

Here are my two new favorite daytime listens:

AcademicEarth.org - get your knowledge on…

and

RadioLab podcasts - it’s like This American Life, but for science.  Shweet.

Happy 2009, how’s your weather?

Not too bad today in LA for the second week in January… how’s your weather?

BWAHAHAHAHA!!

Carol Fabrizio, Esq.

My beautiful girlfriend is now also super-official!!   Bar results came tonight and she PASSED like a champ, just like I knew she would!

I love you baby congrats!!!

Feeling Strong

Today towards the end of my workout, I threw a bunch of weight on the flat bench and set a new personal (calculated) max record: ~282.  Seeing as that was towards the end of my workout, and I’m also generally stronger when I actually do max weight instead of calculated max, I’m actually feeling pretty good about breaking the 300 mark sometime soon.

It’s exciting for an ex-scrawny bastard to finally be able to put size on.  I weighed 224 today, which I think may also be a weight record.  My lanky days may finally be behind me!!  Rejoice!

Moving (the video is, not me)

If there’s one thing that you’re guaranteed being a Barack Obama supporter, it’s that every now and then you read something he has written, or hear something he says, or appreciate the message he sends, and you feel all warm inside and realize that there is hope moving forward (without being cliche’).

Anyway, here is a video about one of his supporters.  It’s 3 for 3 pulling tears out of this cornfed rugger.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW-6DpC-mj8

New Reel, New design.

For those of you that navigate directly to this blog, go check out my new stuff: chriskelley.tv.

I *might* update the blog section to match (I should) but time constraints and priorities currently dictate otherwise.

So whaddya think?  Not a bad little body of work I suppose :).