Let's see, 10 years ago today, I would have just finished my worst semester at BYU and been preparing last-minute things to leave for my mission the next week. I knew I had been partying a bit too much my Freshman year, but I had no idea how badly I had missed out on studying until I took my finals that semester. I don't even want to talk about how horribly I did.
My mission, on the other hand, was something I had looked forward to for a long time and I wasn't about to screw it up the way I had my first year of school. You can retake classes, you can keep trying until you graduate, but you only get one shot at a mission and then it's gone. What you make of it is your choice.
My ToDo List
DITA XML development:
Document CMS procedures for L10N PMs
XSL:FO Validation testing for Japanese, Chinese Simplified, German, French, and Russian.
Pseudo localize the XML test document into zh_CN, de, fr, and ru.
Localize the front-matter content for PDF publications
Select and purchase fonts for Simplified Chinese (ja and zh_TW are done)
Complete ESS Sheet for Trisoft CMS
L10N Infrastructure and Tools:
I'm getting depressed... I'm going to stop my list now (there are 13 items under this category, most of which will takes weeks, if not months to accomplish).
If I suddenly had a billion dollars....
Invest in all kinds of things so that I'd be sure I didn't have to work again. Think about it, how long ago would the question of have been, "If I suddenly had a million dollars"!?
Quit my job, move to Hawaii, get my own plane and pilot's license and start doing photography full time all over the world for fun. Spend a significant amount of the money each month/year on a pet project I've wanted to do for a long time for people in need.
3 Bad Habbits
- Itchy ears due to Qtip usage
- I'm too trusting - I've been told this WAY too many times and I'm usually wrong. Believe it or not, people CAN be scum, even when they seem good.
- If a room is slightly unkempt, I figure, why try. I just toss my stuff wherever I fancy too. If it's a clean room, I make a point of putting my stuff where it should be.
Cambridge, ID
Redmond, WA
Cambridge, ID
Heber City, UT
Provo, UT
Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Ogaki City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Takefu City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Provo, UT
Payson, UT
Union City, CA
Jobs I've had....
Why reinvent the wheel? LinkedIn, baby.
5 things people don't know about me....
- I get really bad ingrown toe nails due to a genetic inheritance from my dad - he's amputated his
- I'm sorta insane
- I wasn't really ready for another baby, but I'm glad now that we're having one
- I often think babies are fat and their parents should be told so
- I think stereotypes in all their lovely varieties deserve comic attention at some point in time. I also think people who severely disagree with this deserve comic attention at some point in time. Thank you comedians for all the wonderful work that you do:
By the way, Ryan Ox and Ryan Farrington - TAG! You're IT!
2 comments:
It will be a miracle if you get Ryan to make a blog entry, let alone a tag!
"And yet I must try to divine answers to many of those abiding questions, at least about this complex and alien world..."
--A book I've never read: Mr. Spaceman by Robert Olen Butler
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