Last Night

You will not want to miss tomorrows blog either. I will post more interesting pictures of Stephanie and I having fun (and yes those are hand carved pumpkins Steph and I made last night).

Mountain Biking

What a fun morning. My dad and I enjoyed a morning of mountain biking in sycamore canyon. Check out this picture of my dad, we had just climbed a rather large hill.

Tech Support

It never fails. Something has gone completely wrong with your computer, ipod, network, or whatever else seems to consistently break. You spend hours trying to fix it; you go through the standard trouble shooting routine, make sure it’s plugged in, check battery life, etc. Finally you humble yourself to call tech support; a mixture of frustration, irritation, and the hope that you might just stump the tech support person, lead you to make the call. After waiting for an hour on hold you finally are connected to a person, two minutes into the call, after going through the exact trouble shooting methods you have already attempted, your problem is fixed, one more easy solution to your massive problem. You thought for sure you tried that same method earlier, but somehow tech support fixed it.

Accept,
John Denton

My Desk

Well. Like most people I too have random things on my desk at work. What kind of random stuff do you have on your desk? Stephanie made me this change collector; for all of my spare change.

Two Things.

This Surfboard is so sweet.

Monday at beacons looked rather crazy.

This bonzer 5 is pretty cool. Nice surfboard and good surf. I like both of these things. I own lots of surfboards and enjoy all of them; this blue board I saw online has recently caught my attention. Sorry my blogging has been rather slow this week, it is because I don’t know what exactly to write about. My heart breaks for everyone displaced from the wildfires across southern California.

That’s what I am talking about.

Today I surfed. It was so fun. There was a bit of a swell rolling in and it was picking up through out my session. Phil and I literally caught waves until are arms were tired. I am not one to complain about bad surf but when it is a warm day, and the waves are just right I feel on top of the world. Thanks Phil for sharing a few waves with me today.

Fun

Matt Old's having fun.

Day Dreaming

I don’t get to surf that much right now because I am so busy with school, but I spend a good deal of my day dreaming about good waves and fun times with friends. It’s hard to explain in a way that people who have never surfed can understand. There is something about surfing that feels so good. When you are on a wave the only thing you are thinking about is that wave, that moment, and what your next move is going to be. Over the last few months that clear and focused state of mind has appealed to me more than ever. Too much has been on my mind and more stuff keeps piling up. When I have gone surfing the conditions have been less than desirable but exactly what I am looking for; an escape from my daily routine.

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John Denton

Funny Voice Mail (100th Blog!)

What a better way to celebrate my 100th blog, than with this voice mail I received yesterday. Thank you to everyone who keeps on reading my blog for some crazy reason. I love writing everyday and I always wait around for comments, and try to respond to everyone. Yesterday I was even able to help a guy get online with grand central. Thanks for reading my blog.

Accept,
John Denton

Call Me (Grand Central)

Another day. Today take a few seconds and give me a call. Just click the above button, enter the number of the phone next to you (you have to click off the leave my number private box if you want a call back), your phone rings, you pick it up, magic: its already calling me. Then leave a message in my voicemail inbox. Grand Central is pretty neat. It allows you to choose any phone number you want in the United States, and forward all of your calls from you new number to all of your existing numbers at once (its does tons of cool stuff check it out). Oh yeah, as of now its invitation only, leave your email address in your message and let me know why I should invite you, and maybe I will (I can invite 10 people). I can’t wait to here from you.

A New Starbucks

The anticipation is building here in the office at Central Community. We have a new Starbucks coming our way (only a block away to be precise). There was not a Starbucks in Riverside three years ago, now we will have four locations all within three miles of us, on the same exact street. The new Starbucks looks pretty big and it has a drive through. I think I might walk to it every day; maybe I will go read a book, drink coffee, and lounge around?

You can do it!

I haven’t played golf for two weeks and I miss it. Check the picture of Sean teeing off at Oak Quarry’s signature par 3. Sean is a great friend; we enjoy golfing together, talking about random sports facts, and sharing our afternoons with each other. Sean golf’s way better than I ever will but is still patient enough to wait for me when I am struggling on a particular hole or simply playing bad golf. The last two weeks I have let small things get in the way, and stop me from golfing on Mondays with Sean. Often we let these little minute details destroy our big plans and fun times that we could be having. This week get out there and do it, don’t let small things stand in your way.

Accept,
John Denton

New Shoes and more (Video Blog)

Click twice to play!

Click twice to play!

Angel's Lost (sad face)

Artivist Film Festival

On November 10th, Glue boys, a feature length documentary, will make its world premiere at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood as part of the Artivist Film Festival. It will be screening at 8:15. You can purchase tickets now at www.artivists.org or find out more information about the film at www.glueboys.com. Bring a friend, date, or spouse and come out to support this great film project. Philip Hamer, the film’s director, contemplates the future of the world’s estimated 150 million street children and documents the day-to-day plight of a handful in Kitale. The film also unveils the distribution chain of their addiction to sniffing glue, from the small-time street dealers who facilitate it, to the authorities who enable it, to the massive multinational corporations that profit from it (www.Glueboys.com). I had the privilege of working on the project with Phil and have seen his heart and passion for these children first hand. You will not want to miss the world premiere of Glue Boys.

Accept,
John Denton

How to make a video blog

How to make a video blog:

Step 1
Record yourself talking with your webcam, video camera, or cell phone camera
Tip- unless you are great at improve you might want to make an outline

Step 2 (optional)
Edit your video blog: Add title music, funny pictures to support your vlog etc.
Tip- You can use the software already on your computer such as iMovie or Windows Movie Maker

Step 3
Post your video blog to a video host such as video.yahoo.com or use bloggers built in upload video utility to let blogger host the video for you (Safari users don’t have access to the blogger upload video utility).

Step 4
Insert html provided by video host into your blogs html (if you used bloggers insert video utility you will not need to do this step).

Step 5
Publish your blog and look super hi-tech.

Word to the wise: Go out and buy a MacBook and perform all of these steps with ease thanks to the built-in webcam and iLife 08’

Random Video Blog

Click twice to play!

Click twice to play!