Updates Complete

You may have noticed the site's awesome new layout. I moved some things around, cleaned some things up and added a few new little tidbits. I am still working on getting the "search" capability back in, hopefully within the week. If you have been subscribed to my feeds you may have seen some chaos in the past little while (like the previous post mentions) but all that should be over now.

In addition to the new goodies, I would also like to somewhat "restate the objective" of the blog. I found myself wanting to post many items on the blog that were simply "quotes" of someone else's content. I realized that essentially all I was doing was sharing items---and the overhead of having to create a unique blog post for each "shared item" was redundant. Granted, on occasion I like to create my own posts--which I still plan to do. So from now on, the blog posts themselves will all be only "my original creations" and all quotes or "shared items" will show up in their appropriate section. There is even a separate feed for these shared items if you wish to subscribe to them.

I hope this setup isn't too confusing. I believe it will allow me to more quickly get stuff up, and make the site more visually pleasing and easier to understand.

So there you have it. Welcome to DanTheManLand. Enjoy your stay.

Under Construction

Sorry for any errors you may encounter with my sites/feeds in the next couple of days. I am upgrading some things under the hood, and eventually some things above the hood.

Thanks for your patience

Into the dark and dreary world

The summer is coming to an end along with another chapter of my life. I've spent the past 5 years here in Provo getting my degree and, to be honest, have gotten used to the way things have been. All of that is about to change.

While I haven't yet found a full-time "dream job", I have secured a place of living for the next while. That should give me a little more time to find employment. It is a house here in Provo being rented by a friend (and two other guys) from the ward last year.

My on campus employment in the Chemistry department will only last for two more weeks. So I'm sort of scrambling to find something for work soon. It's hard not to become discouraged with the economy the way it is (and the fact that I'll have to start paying back student loans pretty soon). Nevertheless, I am quite optimistic about the next couple of months and the things that can be accomplished. I'm a single, broke college grad with my entire life ahead of me. The current soundtrack for my life is summed up in the song "Just Wait" by my recent favorite, The Reign of Kindo. These lyrics especially:

One more day and it's all the same.
Time is a poison and it's coursing through my veins.
Got somewhere to be and I'll be darned if i know when.
The bank is broke and my well is dry.
There's something wrong here that refuses to be set right.
I keep pushing forward but the scenery won't change.

All the days that I live, the best is yet to come if I just wait for it.
But time will find a way to run your patience thin.
Praying for some promise that this life can't make,
with my youngest years at stake.