Life in the "Real World"

Well ... I have been in the "real world" for a good 2 months or so now. So far so good :). I am so glad that I decided to bail on my PhD now. I have probably been putting 8-10 hours a day in at work ... but it is so nice coming home at night and being able to really leave work behind. I suspect that as time progresses, there will be times where I have to do a bit of work at night ... but I don't think it will be that bad. The work is pretty interesting. I have a lot of different projects that I am working on ... and I even have an intern :). It is tough meeting people that are in the same stage of life that Janel and I are. A lot of people at Intel have kids ... and of course there are a good number who are just a bit strange. I am looking forward to Allen and my friend Michelle moving out here. Anyway ... time to close this off ...

Webpage Overhall

So I decided to scrap my old main iansteiner.com page in place of just using this blog. I think my old main page was just a big waste of time ... so this is my new home :).

Waterfalls

Today Janel and Shelley and I went to Silver Falls State Park. This place was amazing. For those of you Illinois people who are somewhat outdoorsy ... this Starved Rock times ten. I am a big fan of waterfalls (almost as big as I am of suffering to climb to the top of mountains) and this place was great for them. We actually got to walk behind 3 waterfalls. I turned asian and took a whole bunch of photos ... you can see them all here.

Wedding Pictures from Rohini and Rashmi

We just received a bunch of photos from Rohini from the wedding. Her sister took a bunch of pictures at the rehearsal (here) and Ro took a bunch of pictures at the rehearsal (here). Enjoy :).

More Wedding Photos

My grandmother takes excellent pictures :) ... and today I turned her negatives into digital copies and have posted them to my website. She decided to get a digital camera after the wedding! :) Anyway ... check them out here: Grandma Steiner's Wedding Photos

New Apartment

As many of you know, Janel and I recently moved out to Portland (Hillsboro actually) and have been busy for the past month or so getting settled in to our new apartment. The place is starting to feel like home ... although we still need to do a little bit of decorating. Anyway, I have posted some pictures of our new place ... so check them out if you are interested :). Apartment Photos

Multnomah Falls

Janel and I went to Multnomah Falls today. It is the 2nd tallest waterfall in the 48 states that does not freeze year round, and is ~45 minutes from our place. It is a really touristy place at the base of the waterfall (one of the most popular destinations in all of Oregon), but there is also some good hiking there as well. We were planning on doing a 9 mile loop trail that checks out a lot of waterfalls and also has some nice vistas, but about 2.5 miles up the trail we ran into some nasty ice and could not go on. I want to get Janel a pair of crampons ... but she does not seem to interested in this plan :P. We did have to deal with some ice before it got really bad ... Janel decided that the best way to deal with the ice was to fall on her butt and slide down the trail :). Check out the pictures in the photo gallery!