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12 on the 12th for August – This Saturday!

Jeromey Balderrama

Where has the time gone this week?  It’s a bummer I haven’t kept up with my blog this week.  I have a lot of really funny stories to share as well, I’ll make time in the next day or two to share them.  However, I quickly wanted to invite everyone to participate in 12 on the 12th, as Saturday is fast approaching:

The concept is simple: Throughout the 12th of the month, take your camera with you and snap 12 pictures during the day.  At the end of the day, take the pictures and post them onto your Flickr account, blog, MySpace or web site! The hope is that you’ll give others a glimpse of your typical day through the pictures you take.

Please consider taking part and sharing your pictures!  I’ve heard many people saying that they’d like to try it, this is the perfect month to do it! 

 Getting a Flickr! account is free, and probably the easiest way to  do this.  When you’ve posted your pictures, here are a few places you could share the link:

  • The Daily Breakfast podcast forum
  • A 12 on the 12th Flickr group
  • Make a Bulletin posting on MySpace for your friends to see!

To get an idea of how it works, check out my 12 on the 12th for July, June, May & April. I hope to see your pictures on Saturday the 12th!  My pictures will involve a wedding!

First time golfing – I’m not so bad after all!

Jeromey Balderrama

Greetings from Durgano, CO!  Bethany and I traveled down here to visit her family and for me to see where she spent her high school years.  It’s so beautiful down here and we are having a great time!  Bethany and her family are taking me to all of their favorite resturants, and we’ve been taking in the scenery.

This morning we went out and played 9 holes of golf.  Having never golfed before, I was content with simply watching, but Bethany and her family convinced me to play.  I had a blast and I didn’t turn out too badly. Of course I couldn’t drive worth anything, but I had some pretty nice shots and am definitely interested in playing some more golf!  I’m glad I was convinced!

We took a camera along this morning and took some great pictures, which can be found on my Flickr account!

Pete Coors arrested for DUI

Jeromey Balderrama

Friends don’t let brewing magnate friends drive drunk! Not the best thing for someone on the board of directors of Molson Coors to be caught doing, as the company ostensibly promotes responsible consumption and designated drivers.
If this isn’t the definition of irony I don’t know what is! It’s a bit sad because he ran for the US Senate a few years ago and I voted for this guy. It goes to show a few things: 1) You never really know someone; 2) People, no matter from what walk of life, make stupid mistakes.

At least he owned up to it. In a written statement he says "I made a mistake by driving myself home after a friend’s wedding celebration. I should have planned ahead for a ride. For years I’ve advocated the responsible use of our Company’s products. That’s still my message, and our Company’s message, and it’s the right message. I am sorry that I didn’t follow it myself."

Still ironically funny…

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12 on the 12th for July!

Jeromey Balderrama

Well, it’s definitely been a long day, but also pretty uneventful as well.  Here is my day captured in 12 pictures!  As always, you can view these on Flickr as well!

This morning I had an early teleconference (at 7:30am), so I was sleeping right up to the minute I had to join. I didn’t want to get up…

Bright & chipper on my early-morning phone conference. I’ll eventually make it into the office.

I went out to lunch with a few members from my department. This is us walking out of Red Robin – mmm Freckled Lemonade!

I’m ready to go home! This is the view right before I get in my car to leave.

Making the drive home (along Harmony & Lemay in Fort Collins)

I dropped off my movie rentals on the way home…

For dinner we were making salmon! I came home and prepared the herbs & seasonings before my next phone conference (this time a 5:30pm)

Bethany’s over now and we’re finishing our cooking. I’m having too much fun making salad.

After dinner we played some video games. Bethany was beating me pretty badly and I was starting to get frustrated.

I did win a few rounds, but Bethany eventually kicked my butt. This was me before my defeat…

Because it was too dark to bike, I took Bethany home. On the way back my car hit 50,000 miles. This is a horrible picture from my camera phone, but if you look closely you’ll see that my car is at 49,999.9 miles!

I get home and continue to work. Things are really busy right now. I’m trying to figure out a solution to a bug in our application.

Also be sure to check out my friend Matt’s 12 on 12, and my girlfriend Bethany, did a 12 on 12 too!  I hope you enjoyed it, and I look forward to new month’s 12 on the 12th!