Bound By Brackets
Written on 8:06 PM by Gabe Cizzle
Today, I noticed that my life is bound by brackets. I should probably say dollar signs, but for the sake of the blog, it's gonna be brackets.
1. Tax Bracket - I'm 3 months old as a father, and with the wife on FMLA, i'm the current bread (crumbs) winner. So far, becoming a father helped me by forcing me to start budgeting. No more frequenting Woot, and buying things I never use (ie. a 3rd mp3 player, a drawing tablet w/ software, or a tv show to dvd burner.) The overall hunger to break out of this bracket is what drives me to further educate myself, or pursue further education.
2. Playing Tag - Everyday, I slave over a hot CPU viewing textpads and textfiles of ad tags and code. JavaScript, Iframe, XML. It's amazing how the worlds most amazing ads look on the back end. To see how fun my day job is, hit CTRL+U if you're using Firefox. View > Source if you're using Internet Explorer. Most of what I know about tags, code, design, or the various web interests has been primarily self taught. Having had to beg, borrow, and steal the tools, or scrape for resources has convinced me that, yes, it is possible to make a dollar outta 15 cents.
3. Tag You're It - When in a time-crunch, I find myself frequently communicating by sharing tags & links. As a matter of fact, I seem to organize, categorize, or remind myself through the use of these types of tags. I take tidbits of info, and email them to myself, then classify each using tags.
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what about the third? You are so serious! When I think "bracket" I think "Go Heels" and "Thank God I don't have to listen to Dicky V during basketball seaon this year!"
Absolutely! When I think of brackets I'm thinking of march madness, office betting pools, and cutting work to watch the games.