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So, Cinco De Mayo was yesterday and it was awesome. For some reason I thought that we were having people over for margaritas just for fun. Little did I realize that we were going to be celebrating a Mexican holiday that simply translates in a American to great tequila sales.

We started the night off with some of the most amazing margaritas I have ever had (I think Jill has discovered a hidden talent). She purchased 4 different types of berries, tequila and some margarita mix. We had a nice variety of blended margaritas and the traditional margaritas.

Then, inevitably, Guitar Hero 3 was called upon. It was a party and the only way to party is to rock…and we rocked.

After rocking so hard we became famished and needed some food to replenish our energy. Since it was a Mexican fiesta the only real option for food was a quesadilla. And since we so happen to have a quesadilla maker we made the best quesadilla you could ever have. Jill got a little carried away with one of hers.

At some point in the night Ryan flashed everyone then disappeared into the bathroom.

I thought he was taking a dump for how long he was in the bathroom but it turned out he just wanted to fill a stereotype we hadn’t hit on yet during the night…he cut a mustache.

This was the best Cinco De Mayo I have participated in. So, if you want to have the most excellent party ever next year, use the formula in the title of this post and you will succeed.

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I went to Los Angeles last week to meet the people that I have been working with over at oversee.net. They have the 44th and 43rd floors of the Paul Hastings building in downtown LA. It was a really awesome experience and the people that I met were super nice. It was really cool and it was great to meet people face to face. I got to stay at the Westin Bonaventure in LA, which was pretty epic.

While I was there I got a chance to hang out with my friend Sujan from San Diego who moved to LA. We went out one night to this hotel called The Standard. It was a total hipster bar/nightclub but it was awesome. All the workers wore all red uniforms, there was a swimming pool and these weird pods that had water beds in them. It was cool to hang out with Sujan and to get a glimpse of what a successful internet company looks like on the inside.

And I saw Dane Cook at a food court while eating pizza, it was weird.

Here are some pics:

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I finally uploaded the pictures of where Jill and I are going to get married to my computer. We are going to get married in Newport, Oregon. The place is incredibly picturesque and pretty much exactly what we imagined. Check it out.

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Just moved into a new office. Totally rocks!

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So on February 28th Jill and I got engaged! After four awesome years the time was right. This is how it went down:

Jill and I started to get antsy about getting married because we were thinking about future living arrangements and were tired of trying to figure out how we were going to coordinate living situations and all that crap. There was definitely more to it than just the living situation that made us decide to get married but it got the ball rolling.

I wanted to get a ring on her finger as soon as I could so she wouldn’t feel weird planning stuff so I secretly got a ring made based on a design she saw online from a local ring maker. The guy was super awesome. I went in there a week before I was going to ask her to marry me and he said that he would be able to make me a ring in 4 days. During that four days I kept on telling a disappointed Jill that it would take at least a month to get a ring made :)

By the following Tuesday I had the finished ring. The next day the 27th, I picked up Jill from school and we headed off on the trip I told her we were going to take for our 4 year anniversary. We got in the car and got on I-5 south and she got a little suspicious so I handed her a map of our trip to San Francisco.

We basically drove all day but we totally loved it, traveling is one of our favorite things to do. When we got to San Francisco we checked in to the Hotel California. We had stayed there in the past when I picked up Jill from Spain and we drove up the coast back to Oregon. The next day we woke up when we felt like it and headed out to Union Square, which is only about 4 blocks away from the hotel. We did some shopping at Urban Outfitters (Jill’s favorite store) then we went to Borders to get some books (Jill is a book junkie).

After our little shopping spree I took Jill on a cable car ride down to Hyde Pier and Ghirardelli Square. It was cool seeing the old factory and we had a cool view of both Alcatraz and the Golden Gate bridge. After we walked around and checked things out we got some lunch at a restaurant nearby. After lunch we walked back to the pier. I asked her if she wanted to go sit on the beach and look at her anniversary surprise.

I had created a book that was basically a graphic history of our four years together. It had all our movie tickets stubs, notes, plane tickets, etc. At the end of the book I wrote a little not that said “And now everything changes…” At that point I took out the ring and got down on one knee and proposed. It was a very surreal and wonderful moment.

After that we got ice cream at Ghirardelli Square and enjoyed the rest of our time in San Francisco. Here are some pictures:

Leaving the Hotel California

Cable Car Action

More Cable Car Action

We are now engaged!

Ice Cream and the Bling

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It was my birthday last Friday the 22nd. It actually lasted all weekend and was totally awesome. The above picture is from that Friday. Jill came over and brought over my favorite beer, pizza and cake. In my excitement I decided to dress up like Geordi La Forge. I know, the resemblance is impeccable. About two weeks before my birthday I started a campaign among the people that I knew would get me a gift. The campaign was to only give me cash or a Best Buy Gift card so that I could get a Play Station 3. On Saturday I whined enough and talked Jill into letting me buy the PS3 before I got all my gift cards and cash. It turned out that no one had really bought my gift cards yet so I just told them to go with cash, it worked out great.

Then on Sunday I had a wonderful night eating awesome food and more cake with my Eugene family. Over all I give it a 24 out of 24, because that’s how old I am now.

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As you can notice I have updated my theme. It is a long time coming that I finally design my own custom theme. Since this is such a small update I decided to post a picture I took of a dude with a ridiculous haircut :)

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