Sometimes in life when you have wanted one thing for so long that you start to lose sight of just what it was you were after, cosmic forces and coincidence allow you to have that very thing you’ve been chasing, if only for a moment – so that when it’s gone again, you are left with a desire and drive to achieve stronger than before. It’s one of the little tricks life pulls on us. It’s a trick because we all tend to believe that whenever we catch that one thing we’re after, that true happiness will be magically bestowed upon us. But life wants to let us know that the greatest experience, the real thrills in life – lie in the pursuit.

Server logs are funny things. I was just looking through mine, and people have been finding this site in very strange ways… The following search terms, entered into Google brought visitors to this site:

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Speaking of Synergy, over the past few weeks I’ve been working on a new site design for them, which was launched yesterday. Check it out and let me know what you think.

So I did my first Adventure Race this past weekend. I did the Outlast Kingston race with Team Synergy Support. It was a phenomenal experience. It was incredibly gruelling, but monumentally rewarding. Just to cross the finish line was such an incredible feeling. And then to realize that we actually placed fairly well in the race – somewhere around 8th or 9th out of 22 – not bad for a couple of first-timers whose only goal in the race was to not finish last. It was a rough day – the race was supposed to be 6-8hours, but due to some miscalculations by the organizers and a more-difficult-than-expected orienteering leg, we came in at just under 11 hours. After a few days of rest, I’m almost completely recovered – ready to start training for the next one.

Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day!

I really need a new pair of headphones.

It’s been two years since I started this blog… hard to believe. I can’t say I’ve been blogging for two years, since if you look at the archives, you’ll notice I took a break for no less than 7 months between October 2001 and May 2002. What can I say – I was busy and bored with the way the site was shaping up at the time… in May of this year, I was itching for a creative outlet, and decided to return to blogging – hoping to raise this site from the dead and bring it up to a higher level of creativity than simply posting odd links as I used to… I’ve been trying to give it a bit more of a personal touch, as well as express more opinions and share more creative-type writings. I still sometimes revert to the old odd-link format, mainly when I’m too busy to compose my thoughts on any given subject, but I think I’ve been keeping a pretty decent balance. Anyway, I hope I have been. And I hope to keep improving… I’ve got a lot of things I want to write about, if only I could find the time.

Delirious young people break into song, prayer … heh – young people breaking into song and prayer? they must be delirious!

Action Comics #1 – super cool!