The Chronicles of John Trammell

For a year and two months, I have now worked for Operation: Military Kids as a Computer Technical Specialist/Web Master.  My main purpose is to maintain one website, and design and build another.  I would also help with other projects with my co-worker.   During work, my co-worker and I would joke around, argue with everything we can think of (because we are bored), and other things.  Today was the last day I will be working with him.  He got another job that pays way more money somewhere else on the university.  With him gone, I am now in control of the 15 lap top computers and running a few trainings and other things my boss might want me to do.  It is just me and my boss.  So I wont be able to goof off much anymore.  I will be busier but it just wont be as fun.  That is just life, and I will be on a work trip this weekend in sacramento, and I wont be that fun.  I will survive, and maybe things wont be that bad, but we will have t...

This weekend, I was at the Asilomar State Beach Conference Center in Pacific Grove just south of Monterey for the 2007 State 4-H Leaders' Forum.  This is a conference that 4-H adult leaders, the state 4-H ambassadors, and 4-H Computer Corps come together to learn about leadership skills, 4-H, and to share ideas.  This year has been a very slow year then the past years.  I flew in to San Jose Airport, met up with Peter M from Los Angeles County, and we drove on down to the conference center.  This conference center is right on the beach facing the Monterey Bay.  I had a 2 part web design workshop, and a geocaching workshop I was in control of.  I helped with the other workshop our computer corps is doing, which is our state technology team.  On friday night, my roommates and I where extremely hungry, so we went down to Cannery Row to get a large pizza.  Little did we know that this large pizza would need 2 people to carry.  It was extremel...