Skylar’s Blog

Well, more than 7 months after my first post, perhaps it is time to update a bit on things that i have accomplished from that original list. I’m just gonna list things that i did do, and not worry about the rest, some of those things were pretty long term goals anyway .

As of now, i have:

Baked bread from scratch. many times over now. I love it, cooking, baking, it’s fun!! So i have baked white bread, wheat bread, and banana bread, and while i was still at my dad’s house, i had been baking the wheat bread on a fairly regular basis. very tasty! Not hard to do, just mix the ingredients, let the yeast make it rise, punch it down, let it rise again, bake it, and walah! bread! dash gone good bread too Now that i am in own apartment, haven’t begun the baking yet, but i do have the ingredients .

This year i did help immensely with the home garden, and i have been enjoying the fruits of labor since the beginning of summer. now that i am out of the house, i don’t have as easy access to the tasty plants, but i have tried to have some on every visit to my dad’s house. I also built several planters out of the same boards i made that crazy sled out of during winter, and have the planters set up at the new apartment on the balcony. haven’t planted anything yet… soon soon….

The learning of Russian hasn’t been a real hardcore thing, but i do feel like have learned a lot, and have become at least a little familiar with the language. i hear… like… every 3rd or 4th word .

At the end of this spring, i finished up an associates degree! word, not that it will get me far, but i am working on the next step here at OSU in the fall. New goal: B. S. in two or so years.

Remember that t-shirt thing? well, never did actually make a t shirt for cameesa, but did put that stuff on Cafe Press, and… have so far sold 2 tshirts!!!! woot woot! made 5 bucks… split between me and Oksana. wow, profits just rollin in…..

Totally made a white wings.

I was working on Learning the night sky pretty hardcore at one point, but then kinda slacked. I learned a lot, and feel pretty familiar with several of the major constellations, but i would definitely say my knowledge is incomplete. a little harder to keep up with here in Corvallis too, but i think i can handle finishing this one up in the near future.

Though i haven’t really reaped any profits from a website, i have started a project in the direction, in collaboration with my good friend Tom, with Goji Berries Facts. I may consider putting google ads here at this blog as well in the future. At this point the blog does get regular traffic, but not much, and mostly for insignificant and un-focused keywords. Certainly, won’t be pulling in more than a few dollars anytime soon, but money is money.

So, that’s the story. I pretty happy that i could say all that had been done actually. Perhaps the next blog will be an updated list and what i see for myself in the near future.

In other news, I am engaged! And getting married within the month! It’s craziness, but i am filled with Joy

I suppose I haven’t felt the desire to share. .  I guess i figure that a blog  is for fun, not for work, and if i don’t feel like i have anything that i want put out there… then nothing gets put out there.

Sooo, basic update:

Moved to Corvallis, signed up and registered classes for OSU in fall, rescued cat from shelter, cat’s name is Speck, Oksana is here at our new apartment, we have plenty of plans, apartment is nice, cozy (aka small), but nice and modern.  Went to North Carolina a month ago, saw extended family, was wonderful trip, everyone getting a little older, more grown up, except uncle gary, who grows down.  On the tail end of a very strong heat wave with temperatures over 110 degrees fahrenheit, put window air conditioner in sliding glass door and sealed with saran wrap.  very ghetto.  set up first online marketing site, Goji Berries.   getting a handle on the online marketing world, if i spam your blog, no hard feelings.  Oh yeah, this blog got spammed hardcore, lots of stuff about viagra etc.  had to change comment options, so now if you want to leave a comment, you have to register on the blog.   not a big deal, but i promise not to be offended if you just skip it, even if your comment was amazing.  also changed style of blog.  much cleaner, more professional, while still being light on dark, which i like.  have been playing with linux more, setting up old computer to be file server, and maybe web server, stopped using ubuntu and went to Debian.  I liked it at first, but starting to think that linux for brain dead idiots (ubuntu) may have been the way to stay.  so i might go back.  ummmmmm, got netflix! and… thats about all i got…

new russian words to know:

potom = later

moszhna = allowed

panyat = float in the air

beleeko = far away

zamoski = overseas

I don’t know how these words will come in useful, but i hear them in russian conversation, and it helps a lot to know them.

Peace out.

Well, made some headway towards another one of those goals from oh so long ago.  Though i have not yet found that perfect design to submit for competition on cameesa, with oksana’s help i have started a tshirt shope on cafepress.com.  Yes that’s right! if you have ever wanted a sweet ass tshirt with original art and perhaps some eastern european influence, all you have to do is go to http://cafepress.com/skyoksy and pick your favorite.   All for less than 25$!!!  Hehehe, I think its a great start to creating something that could go far on cameesa, but in some ways i am more impressed with the workings of cafepress.com anyhow.  So check it out.  I may actually try and create something very specifically “skylar related” and incorporate some of the shopping directly here on the blog.  And while I’m plugging websites, I added the link to Gadget Geek Blog, which has devoloped into a content filled website for those who are geeks with a love for gadgets.  I owe the hosting of skylarmarvin.com to more than one of the websites plugged on the bottum left of the page, and feel free to check them all out at your convience.

Also, i have been kinda thinking about my presence on the web.  It is interesting to think of all the footprints i have created here and there, myspace and facebook being obvious ones, but also now a tshirt shop, twitter, youtube, and even the less obvious ones like photobucket and vkontakte.  Makes me happy to have this blog to tie everything together.  Most awesomely, if you are to search “skylar marvin” in google, this website is the first to come up.  Point being, expect this blog to look cleaner in the near to middlin future, and links to and from other various efforts being put forth on the internet, everything being more organized.  So far i had basically taken for granted having a youtube or twitter page, but i now plan to integrate them more completely with the blog.  Word.

Life in Ukraine continues un-abated.  Wow, i think the jet lag was really getting to me when i posted that last blog… Sorry for the poor writing.  Nothing too crazy here, no bar-fights or anything.  I am quite satisfied with how far a dollar can go here.  At the bar, figure a dollar stella artois at most restaurants and even cheaper vodka shots.  Hehehe, i also had the opportunity to partake in some absinthe, the green fairy!  It really does practically glow, and it probably tastes like you expect.  Now if i can just find some cuban cigars…