An Aussie in Boston

Make a kids wish come true! Donate!

A fundraising activity that I do every year, called the Santa Speedo Run, is coming up soon! This year I really need your donations, and the kids do too! You can donate by going to this website:

http://www.ssrunners.org/ssrun/participantpage.asp?uid=129&fundid=164

As usual, if you donate and leave your email address, I'll e-mail out photos of the day. Please donate!

IT'S FOR THE CHILDREN!

Here's some information about the santa speedo run:

Join us at Lir Tavern at 903 Bolyston Street in Boston on December 11, 2010 for the 11^th Annual SSRun. This year’s event will benefit three terrific local charities that are making a huge difference in the lives of youth across Massachusetts – Starlight Childrens's Foundation, Play Ball Foundation and Hospitality Homes.

Wassup?

So I'm currently at the Sebago bar in Scarborough, ME (not WA, Aust. Who would have thought there's more than one? The one in Australia has much better weather now though. And less mega malls.) after a pretty intense P90X workout and I'm pretty chuffed with myself.

Also, there's a couple at the bar around the corner from me complaining way too loudly about thanksgiving.... But what's wrong about thanksgiving? It's pretty awesome, unless you're divorced and your ex is going to be there with a new wife and AND WHY ARE YOU TALKING SO LOUD ABOUT THIS! I came here for food and sports. Gah.

Anyway, this week is going pretty well in terms of working out for the Santa speedo run, which I'd really appreciate it it you donated oh pretty pretty please with a cherry on top. You can make and child's wish come true and donate money to a good cause.

Costume ideas for this year:
-White speedos, angel wings, and glitter. (kinda glad that one was vetoed)
-Abraham Lincoln in speedos (kinda want to wear a fake beard)
-rappers in speedos (my current fav, wear a big clock around my neck, and the group might organize a dance routine)

So please donate, and let me know what costume idea you like! I'll be putting the website to donate on soon!

I'm certified!

No, not certified insane, I'm a certified Oracle Essbase 11 Certified Implementation Specialist! So anyone out there that wants their finance systems to use Essbase, let me know!

Hi!

That's my tongue, not my lower lip. :)

Stuff has been pretty daaaaaamn good. I'm now a certified oracle Essbase administrator, and I've just been to Italy, and taken a stack of photos I'll have to put up soon.

Coming back from Italy has renewed my energy, and I think i've got to use this time to come up with list of stuff I want to do for the next few months.

1. Have a 4/6 pack by the Santa speedo run.
2. Have the donations I need for Santa speedo run, and any donations would help!
3. Make more headway into getting my game finished.
4. Get my driver's license.
5. Finish two weeks of p90x.
6. Run 10 miles a week.

Any of you out there have goals for before the end of the year?

Staying in touch

G'Day Blokes and Sheilas,

Since I'm travelling between Maine and Boston each week, it's become harder to keep in touch with people, so hopefully this will make it easier to say hi.

HI!

So I've now gone from being a C# developer/ SSRS report designer / (apparently set up as a) project manager / CIO's whipping boy to a (going to have to relearn) java developer / Essbase database admin / Access (Access? really) / whatever the heck else I can do / consultant that travels up and down to Maine from Boston and back.

Being paid to stay in hotels and get food paid for is pretty damnnnnnn sweet. But now I miss people both in Boston and Australia. Hope you all are well!

What else has been happening? Well, I've been doing a heck of a lot of nerdy stuff, but some athletic stuff as well to make up for it:
-I've got an XBOX 360 2nd hand, so I've been playing Gears of War and teh haloz and all that stuff. Eventually I'd like to get the game I'm developing on there, but there's so much to do right now it's getting hard to find time to program that.
-Did a triathlon on the 29th of August - 0.5 mile swim, 17 mile bike ride, 3.5 mile run or 800m swim, 27 km bike ride , and 5.6 km run.
-Currently do about 4-5 miles a week biking or jogging - but I'm not a massive running animal like Rohan - that guy can run!
-Going to sign up and do a Duoathlon in October, I'll know more about that soon.
-Got some Essbase training on next week, which I'll be in Boston for (Sweet!) so hopefully I can start to catch up with Boston people next week.
-I've set up Subversion, Gemini and remote desktop connection stuff on my computer, so I can access my computer at home from anywhere, which is sweet.
-Finally found an outdoor pool in Boston for 15 bucks a season, but the season ended last Monday. wah.

Anyway, hope to stay in touch with a lot of you through this, hope to hear about what everyone is up to!

Talk to you later,
Nathan