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July’s “12th” coming Wednesday – get your cameras ready!

Jeromey Balderrama

The 12th is quickly approaching and with it another opportunity to share your day in pictures!  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!  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 June, May & April. I hope to see your pictures on Wednesday the 12th!

Where the heck have I been?

Jeromey Balderrama

Well, it’s definitely been a while since I’ve found time to blog.  I’m sorry for that. There has been so much going on, and I’ve had every intention on giving updates as to my whereabouts.  Unfortunately my lack of computer/internet use preventing me from doing so.  Before Wednesday (and not counting work on Friday) I’ve probably spent a grand total of an hour in front of the computer.  I’ve enjoyed my break and time away, but I’m anxious to get back in the saddle and find some kind of routine again.
In my time away, I celebrated my 25th birthday with a BBQ and Poker tournament with great friends. It was great to see friends I haven’t seen in a while, as well as eat, drink and be merry.  Last year the party lasted until 6am.  This year we did a little better with most people going home around 1.
I had a great 4th, going up to Red Rocks with friends and family to see the Blues Traveler concert.  This is the first July 4th I’ve spent away from Loveland for as long as I can remember.  It was a great celebration, although I was disappointed with the (lack of) fireworks at the show.  We saw fireworks there, but they seemed at a bad angle and far away, leading us to believe that it was a neighboring city’s fireworks.  However, as the night grew later, we were convinced we weren’t going to see any close Red Rock fireworks.  Still, any day spent at Red Rocks is a good day.  I have pictures from the concert, and I’ll get them on Flickr in the next day or so.

Happy Bike to Work day!

Jeromey Balderrama

I made it!  10 miles and 45 minutes later I managed to get into work on my bike!  I was a bit nervous about the trip, as I’ve never done 10 consecutive miles before.  I realized I didn’t have anything to be nervous about.  The ride went pretty well.  I spent 3/4 of it on bike trails which was nice.  The highway section of the trip was on a back road, so I didn’t have to deal with so much traffic.  I pretty much went the whole way without stopping, and the only issue I had was that I got lost in between trail #1 & #2, but I found my way and got back on the trail at a later point.

I’m looking forward to starting the tradition of biking to work at least once per week throughout the summer & fall.  Hopefully by the end of the summer it’ll be closer to 2-3 days.

The laptop survived the trip, although it does miss it’s protective sleeve.  I went as stripped-down as I could go: taking my laptop (no power cable as I have a Port Replicator at work), my USB stick and my iPod.

A co-worker jokingly reminded me that I’ll need to make the ride home, but I’m not too worried.  My legs are a bit tired, but come 4:30-5pm they’ll be well-rested and ready to head home!