2020 A New Decade

I didn't post last week. I wanted to but was preoccupied with other things and couldn't quite gather the motivation or focus to write. I'll play a little catchup and bring us up to speed. Last week was the first of 2 Beanpot nights. The Beanpot for those who are unfamiliar is a college tournament between four college hockey teams here in Boston. There are two games with the winners face each other the next week. Lucky for us the team we are rooting for (Northeastern i.e. NU) won their first game so they've moved on and will be playing for the Beanpot (trophy) tomorrow night. I've never really been into other sports but c ollege hockey is something special.  The school band is at every game and always plays great music. Some fan/student favorites are Every-time We Touch (Cascada), I'll Make A Man Out Of You (Mulan Soundtrack, and of course Stacy's Mom (Fountains of Wayne) among others. The student section always gets into it and sings along. When the band...

One of my weaknesses is a nice slice of bread. Not the grocery store brand of course, but a solid piece of homemade bread. Im not a huge fan of consuming a lot of bread though because of my exercise diet so I do try to limit myself. I've been splurging recently though and this week I was weak. I ate a lot of bread. Not too long ago my dad visited a farmers market where he picked up a loaf of bread from a man by the name of Mr. Rein. Rein makes unbelievable breads. The Rye is the classic, and my dads favorite. Im partial to the Gouda Cheese bread. Yes, as in gouda cheese in the bread. It's amazing. This bread can only be bought on occasion though because Mr. Rein only bakes once a week and bounces between farmers markets. This week was something special. After 9 years making bread Rein decided to hold an open house where he would give a tour of his operation. The ride wasn't long, about 40 minutes somewhere on the Cape. My dad and I made the trip and got t...

My dad went to NU (Northeastern University of Boston) and has always loved college hockey. He buys 4 season tickets to the games and they're a blast every time. Yesterday, Saturday January 18th it was just us two and even though we lost it was a ton of fun.  I didn't think this post would get "techy" but, how this picture was taken is actually pretty amazing. NU has this cool thing you can do where you go to a website, enter your section, row, and seat number and it finds you from across the stadium! Can't post about NU without mentioning Stacy's Mom (the song). The band plays it every-time and its always a hit.

Thursday January 16th was a day where polar opposite events happened. It started per usual with work at PBI (the insurance agency). I had plans that night to see Deadmau5, a trance/house artist at The House of Blues (HOB) in Boston, MA. Going out to a concert on a Thursday with work the next morning might be a little atypical however things got more interesting when I managed to schedule a meeting at Liberty Mutual headquarters in Boston just hours before the concert.  I'm working on a project, something I hope will revolutionize the insurance industry. Unfortunately I wont be sharing too much about this until its completion in the coming months as it is pretty technical and potentially top secret. Nevertheless, I went to meet with an acquaintance to talk about the project who offered to give myself and my friend Matt a tour of Liberty HQ. Matt drove up with me to Boston for Deadmau5. Liberty HQ was cool, very big and corporate. One of the posted images is Mat...

The age of information is a wonderful thing. Although it has its flaws, it will be what helps to encapsulate my year of 2020. I believe this is a good opening because it expresses my love for technology which I'm sure will be recorded here throughout 2020 a lot. I studied in the digital animation and visual effects industry, worked at a VFX studio, Disney, Universal, and now as an insurance agent. Diversity has opened my mind and this year I want to push that even further by switching gears and living life more. This post is a little late, mostly because I had the idea to track my 2020 progress and share it with friends and family very recently. That being said, I plan to post at least once a week (probably on the weekend). If interesting things happen along the way I'll try to squeeze them in! So, the blog then. Whats here, why follow? My brother Haakon (pronounced  hawk•on )  lives the most interesting life I could ever imagine and he is my inspiration for ...