New job

as you know, I way laid off from Borders. 200 people. I took some time and just went on a road trip, as seen in the previous posts. well, things have quickly turned around for me. while I was back in my home town, I decided to send an email to someone who I had a portfoilio review with back in college. I had known that he had since started his own design firm, and always had it as a goal to either worl at this place, or find something very similar. and well, not more than 20mins later I received an email asking if id like to come in to the office and chat. a week later I go to meet him and the team. its a very cool place. looks like a creative environment. I was there for about 2 hours. I left feeling good about the place and felt good about myself. and sure enough the next day I get an offer to join the team.

as of now im still looking for a place to live. I have aplace lined up to see this monday, and if all goes well, I could move in that next weekend.

im excited.

Link to my Flickr photos.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody24/sets/72157605690181728/

I want one of these.

today was fun. went to the dayton air force museum. for those that don't know, dayton is where the wright bros had there shop and built the flyier. I think you can tour their shop but I didn't know where it was. maybe another trip.

I took my nice camera and my sisters tripod to get some good shots of the planes on display. I have all 350+ up on flicker. ill post a link to them later.

as I was walking through though today, there was this subtle head nod, or friendly exchange from others who had nice camera and were taking there time getting the right shot. I had seen a guy laying belly down on the ground as if to use his own arms as a bi pod to stead the 1 second exposure. I was wanting to get a photo of that plane too, so I pulled out the tripod, and was setting up behind the guy. he then gets up sees my tripod and says 'i guess that'll work too.'

it was fun. would love to have a few of them. would love to see what the insides of them look like too.

Hangar 3.

hanger3. 3 hangars. get it? ah haaa

Dayton Air Force museum

here's a few photos from the museum.

this is the Super Fortess that dropped the bomb to end the second WW.

Back on the road.

4 hours at the museum. will update with photos later. right now I just want to get back.

Alcatraz

at at the alcatraz brewery. pretty good food. was expecting a little more of an alcatraz theme. one of these days I would love to go to the real alcatraz.

Photo opp.

I've driven by this place a few times, so I've decided to stop and take a few photos with my dslr.

Trip back home

on my way to Indy. beautiful outside.

Snake alley Art Fair.

lots of booths. lots of art. and some so-called art.

Flooding in Iowa

this is a view from Burlington Iowa looking over to the Illinois side. you can't really see where the flooding has happened, but when going over the bridge you can really see it.

Oops

forgot the shinny shinny photo.

Shinny shinny

at my desination in s. illinois.

Misc trip photos

I want one.

Misc trip photos

duckies

Misc trip photos

before leaving my sisters I noticed that my mileage was exactly 16000.0 miles.

Stoppin at the mc'y d's

finally got on the interstate and on my way south in illinois. had to stop to pick up something little to eat because I was expecting to be at my destination by lunch time.

Went for a walk.

since every way to get to the interstate seems to be blocked, I went for a walk to the county courthouse. im in brazil indiana trying to get to carterville illinois.

Blocked.

flooding in indian is keeping me off and away from the interstate.

Holy gas prices batman

a few years ago you would have thought
that this was an SUV.

Destination 1

staying the night
with my sister in indy.

Stop three.

bathroom break. 218.8 miles into the trip.

Stop three.

bathroom break. 218.8 miles into the trip.

Detour

stopped at a cool WWII/car museum. spent a little more time than I planned in there.

First rest stop.

about 50-60 miles into the trip.

The trip begins

Continued. read the story below first.

Didn't realize I had a limit on the size of the message. so to pick up, one of my new skillls would be becoming a businessman. this wll be more advanced than me just selling necklaces, it'll have veriety.

but I still won't be able to run that site exclusivly. I will need a new job. I was already in the thought process of finding a new job, Borders just beet me to it.

so if theres anyone out there in Internet world that knows of a small design firm that needs a jack of all tradesman, let me know. looking to move to IL and surrounding area. and if possible no real specfic jobs. like only web designer, only production, etc.

so that's me. the owner of hanger3. eventually one day hanger3 will be huge and I will have my own corporate office. I can worl formyself and have others work for me. you may be thinking that its not possible, but it is. never underestimate a person and their dreams. there are numerous successful people out there who have been told they were going to fail.

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Personal update.

since I can't sleep at this current moment, I decided to give un update to anyone other than my family who may be reading this. I apologize for any missspelled words or incomplete thoughts as I am typing this on my phone and with two PM pills in me.

tuesday I was laid off from my fulltime job. hanger3 is just a side business in case you thought that's all I do. I was an interactive designer for Borders. it was a great opportunity but wasn't for me. it was too much of the same thing over and over again. and when I really thought about it, I was only using 1/8 of my potential. 2/3 of myskills was already wasted because I also know print and video. then in that 1/3 of web, I was doing a lot of maintanance, banners, or just making pages from already pre designed designs.

so I figure I was only using 1/8 of my skills. so with this time off, im making hanger3 the best it can be. I am going to use all my skills for the new design, plus add some skills I don't even know I have yet. cont

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Insomnia

I don't know what it is, but I can't get to sleep tonight. I slept perfectly fine last night. and I drank diet caffene free rootbeer today. im no more stressed than I was yesterday. its not roasting in my room. just can't sleep tonight. I don't like to take pills, but I finally took some advil pm just a little while ago.

so before I start to get sleepy, ill make some blog posts. next ones coming up.

Hanger3.com v2 progress.

im going to hold all of you accountable in making sure I get the re-design of www.hanger3.com done.

its looking pretty good at this point I think. and as I buid this im trying to keep in mind that this needs to be CSS, PHP, and oscommerce friendly. very unlike www.hanger3.com v1. I was in such a hurry to get that one done, that I skipped a lot of stuff. its served its purpose
and its time for the new.

A/C for the offce.

since it gets up to 83 degrees in my office, I installed a window unit. now it stays at 72.

Tin cans

new idea