Just kidding. After pouting for a good five minutes (bad words may have been said), I got over it. A few hours later, here I am. I have decided that if people do not want to hire me, perhaps it is a sign from the universe that I am meant to be in business for myself. Very early in 2009, my partner and I started our own business doing web development and marketing/PR work. We failed to follow through on doing anything, as always. It became our favorite pastime some time in 2008 to start projects on a whim whenever bored and never follow through. MNP Hoppal was only one of these projects.

However, with much meditation, and sensing a sign from the universe, I have decided to return to business for myself as a web designer and a writer (a la Jen Lancaster). Sure, the pay is not great. And perhaps I should still be finding a day job (goodness knows I probably won’t have much luck there). But for now, I think freelancing it may be my best bet for both developing skills and qualifications and for paying bills.

I’ve already recently met with a client, and when I return to Ruidoso from Denver, I will begin soliciting business. Wish me luck.

As always, if you find me particularly awesome (I know I do), I can be contacted for work at michael@hoppal.com.

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My name is Michael. I am ambitious. I’m a programmer. I’m a belly dancer. I like cake just as much as the next person. And I have a nasty habit of starting projects and then dropping them after a very short amount of time.

For example, the longest I have blogged on a schedule without missing a single post was three months. Shortly after that, I dropped it and didn’t touch it for the same amount of time. I have only recently begun writing again on it, feeling refreshed and ambitious all over again.

I’m hoping this time I actually follow through on it.

As another example, I made it a goal of mine to write in a personal journal every single day for three months to reflect on my day, in order to have a running archive of what I’ve accomplished, so that I could look back and be proud of myself. I made it about two months and then skipped one day, then another, then two months later I was returning to try again.

But, this is supposed to be a professional blog, and I came here for a reason. I have come to announce that I officially succeeded at finding a programming gig, and I’m very thankful for it. This is one project I am positive I will follow through with and complete. It has a finish date – I can make it through anything that has a deadline and ending. Now it’s just a matter of remembering.

Kick me if I fail!

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At the time of this writing, my interests include web development, writing and editing, marketing, business, accounting (as hard as that may be to believe), and, most of all, programming.

Right now, the last one is the most important to me. You see, my ultimate goal at this point is to win a Turing award, aka “The Nobel Prize of Computers.” This goal came about a few years ago, when I first read about what it was, realized I was a nerd and should goal-set as such, and picked up my first book about programming.

While my “competition” (strictly speaking about my peers, of course) probably began programming a decade ago when Windows 98 was released. That means they’ve had a lot of time to learn. Fortunately, with the ever-changing nature of programming, that also probably means they have a lot of BASIC to un-learn.

So, dear reader, take note to revisit, for I will cover a lot here, including everything you’ve read above, as well as my quest for a job and my experiences as I begin writing my very own game engine (It should be ready in about 20 years or so, give or take).

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