Jake’s Life

I really haven’t posted that much lately. This year, rather. Things get busy…you know how it goes.

Here is my official check in, photo style:

My accident (I hit a patch of ice, spun out, hit a median, went up onto the median, and got stuck. My entire axle was pushed several inches to the left.):

Holiday Report (Gifts, etc.):

I also got a car detail kit from a co-worker.

Weather report:

I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but Mother Nature has taken a huge, fat, white dump on the Northwest. Due to this, and subsequent actions which have followed, my patrol car received extensive damage from a vehicle collision, my Scion’s rear trunk handle broke off because it was frozen shut when I tried to open it, my parking lot has five foot snow drifts in between and around cars, I spent an hour shoveling before my shift to get my loaner patrol car out, then another hour during my shift after getting stuck. My walking to the store in the snow for an hour to get Sandro snacks and being saturated up to my knees–yes we have multiple feet of your shit on the ground–will also be mentioned.

Because of this, and the feeling of utter dread and anxiety I now have when I see snow, I am suing you for…………

One Billion Dollars!

I won’t be the only one either. The two bus fulls of people who slid off the overpass to dangle over the freeway, the man who went for a walk and fell, you burying him and killing him, and the countless others who have been adversely affected will follow. This, and the 60 MPH winds in some areas, has been deemed unacceptable.

You’re such a bitch.

Disgusting. This article blames it on ”consumer desperation amid a bleak economy,” but it’s obviously the “do what I want, when I want, where I want, to whom I want” mentality.

Full story.

Sandro and I finished moving on Sunday to our new place. It feels great to be out of the old one and here with each other. We made a last minute switch in new apartments from the 2BR to a 1BR down the street, and we’re so much happier with it. The apartment we moved into is less than two years old, everything is new, we’re on the 3rd floor (which makes it easier to be a day sleeper), and we find things everyday why we love the place even more.

On moving day Sandro’s parents decided that we have a moving truck and can get their new 63” TV from the store for them. By the time we got it to their place and to the floor it was to be on, we got their 52” TV for our new place!

Here’s Sandro on move-in day…we still have a few things on the shopping list…

Our bath tub, which I can actually fit in!

We have pretty high ceilings, so here’s something short to give you an idea how high they are.

Our fireplace.

Closet.

Kitty found an issue…the ledges are skinny…

It’s getting to freezing temperatures around here at night now, which means turtleneck time!

Busy lately…Sandro and I are moving into our own place at the end of the month! That’s about the most exciting piece of news I have at the time. We’re moving into a nice 2BR, 2BA on December 1st that’s not too far away from where I live now. It’s within a few blocks from both his work and school, and now that I have a take-home patrol car it won’t make much difference in gas price for me.

Speaking of my take-home patrol car, it’s so nice to be able to go straight from your driveway to the area you work in without always having to go to one place first. It’s also nice knowing that when you start your shift you won’t be sharing a car with someone else when you’re off, which saves a lot of time and affords a lot of little things that make it worthwhile: I have my iPod mounted on the console which is a huge thing for me. Music makes work go by so much quicker.

I’ve got some plans for it, mainly kitting up the lights a bit more with grille lights and getting a TA for the back deck (which it why I left a few bays on the console open to accommodate the control pack).

Here is the model of light bar I currently have on my car.

When I check my invoices and see this, it makes me feel good.

Sandro and I got on the waiting list for an apartment where I currently live. When we were walking to the office to give them deposit checks to hold it really kicked in that we are actually doing this. When we were looking at the model unit and planning where to put things, and writing the checks out, it really made me excited. We are a few months short of two years together now, and even with earlier…complications…this is going to be really good for us.

I haven’t worked weekends in a while, so here what I found this last weekend or two that I’ve missed:

Occupied stolen vehicle: The driver just got out of jail for, you guessed it, possession of a stolen vehicle. He said that the car dealership let him take the car overnight to sleep in because he was going to buy it. Oh, and that active warrant for his arrest? It’s a mistake. Right, because this is my first day at the rodeo.

Car vs. Guardrail Accident: Pouring rain out, and the driver of the vehicle is now missing a toe.

The Family: Where do I begin? The mother had a VUCSA for attempting to bring methanphetamine into a jail, and guess what she had in her purse? Her boyfriend just got out of prison for Theft 3rd degree for vehicle related crimes. He had a duffle bag full of burglary tools and car GPS’s. The 15 year old son, who was on his weekend with Mom because his father has custody, had similar charges. The family that steals together stays together. All in jail.

AWOL: The 19 year old AWOL Marine who someone pointed at and shouted, “He just robbed me!” Turns out he didn’t rob anyone, and after a bit of prodding he turned himself into my co-worker who happens to be a Chief in the Navy.

Man, I tell ya.

I got a phone call from a client today saying that she had good news. Evidently her web site—which yours truly developed and designed for her—which is going live in the net day or two, will be featured on the apparently famous Brides.com. I’ve never been so excited to have a project of mine featured on Brides.com. In fact, I’ve never thought of myself and Brides.com being in the same sentence together!

With the nearing completion of a major web project I find myself asking those I now to check it out and let me know what they think. Sandro’s tested it on his shiny, new iPhone 3G, I’ve done the same on my Blackberry, and so far so good. I would love to have a few others help me out by going to the site, browsing it, tossing items in their cart, go through the checkout process, then cancel the order just before payment. I just want input on the general usability of the site.

Anyone up to it?

One of my major web projects is 99.999% complete. The site should be live any day now, and this client also has two other smaller sites waiting in the wings for me. In the meantime, I am working on an even bigger project which has presented some unique challenges just because of the custom options for each items in the e-commerce app. It’s definitely testing my problem solving skills.

I’m also half way through with a smaller brochure web site, which should be posted any day now as well.

I got business cards printed and shipped, so they should be here tomorrow.

I also set up a separate domain name for my web design freelancing, www.jacobidesign.com. If you send me a client, I’ll give you 10%!