Food comas and second winds June 18, 2008
Posted by Niels in : Personal , 2 commentsSince adding the veggie smoothies to my diet, I’ve become much more sensitive to the effects of what I eat. I normally eat a lot of vegetables and whole grains and feel pretty good around the clock. But when I go out to eat and buy something fatty and carby, I feel my energy plummet about an hour later.
A few days ago Craig and I went out for huge ice cream cones on empty stomachs, and sure enough about 90 minutes later we both fell asleep in the living room. An hour or two later I dragged myself off the couch into my bed and found I couldn’t sleep after all. I guess my post-sugar rush insulin dip finally balanced out.
It’s interesting because I remember so often as a kid getting “second winds” at night, right before I was about to go to bed. I’d feel really tired, go brush my teeth, and then just as I was ready to go to bed I’d suddenly feel wide awake again. Growing up on a diet of Chinese food, I bet it was actually just a nightly sugar low from all the white rice.
Your thoughts?Family reunion June 13, 2008
Posted by Niels in : Personal , add a commentFamily’s here! I’m off to Victoria to celebrate my aunt and uncle’s 50th wedding anniversary. Wow!
Your thoughts?Photos: Craig turns 27 and the Moustachio Bashio is a success June 9, 2008
Posted by Niels in : Personal, Photos , 3 commentsI’d wanted to throw a moustache party for a long time. The internet answered the “how” with 250 fake moustaches for $40. Craig’s birthday provided the “when”, and that was all we needed.
I don’t know who that last guy is, but one day he’ll regret this photo.
Preparing for another career move June 6, 2008
Posted by Niels in : Personal , 3 commentsSeems like it was just yesterday that I was excited about my new job at Biznik. I’m still excited about Biznik - I think it provides extremely valuable networking opportunities to small businesses - but two months in, it’s become clear that I don’t fit into the Biznik business. I was hired to do sales and business development, but I’ve come to understand that my ideas about how to monetize the site are too different for me to help the founders along the path they want to follow. I’ve told the founders as much, the split seems amicable, and so I plan to continue working to make July’s BizJam conference a success as I simultaneously start planning my next career move.
I’m thinking about marketing for my next step. I’ve got a tech background, sales experience, marketing experience, I’ve done a bunch of copywriting, and I think behavioral economics is awesome. Marketing’s the obvious choice. Consulting is another possibility. The end goal is still my own business eventually, but I need to take a break from being poor for a while, just for my own mental health.
On an entirely unrelated note - interesting development on my prosopagnosia. Apparently I compensate for my faceblindness by recognizing things other than faces and am better than average at recognizing people from behind.
Your thoughts?Life continues June 2, 2008
Posted by Niels in : Personal , 1 comment so farMemorial Day weekend was great. Sasquatch music festival was fun, even though I didn’t actually attend. We camped down the road and spent the weekend boating and wakeboarding. There were a couple stops by the sandbar, which was an interesting “alternate reality” Spring Break Girls Gone Wild experience that I’m glad I had but don’t really need to repeat. I came back in time for Seattle’s Northwest Folklife Festival, which remains my favorite summer festival. I do wish our steel drum group had the chance to play - we would have been great!
In other news, my job has continued with some interesting and unexpected ups and downs. I wish I could talk about it in more detail here, but it seems inappropriate to air everything in a public place. But I expect my career to stay exciting, at least in the near future…
Your thoughts?