Saturday Afternoon Post

Ok, so work is in the process of begining to wrap up here. Not soon enough for me, but I guess I can't complain. Eventually I'll be back home, riding my bike and exercising to my heart's content. I've been very pleased with the gym next door where I've been swimming and running the last few weeks. Had a fantastic swim last night, wish I could have gotten more in, but they close at 10, shit that is when my night is starting. But yeah.. feels wierd swimming around people who are really really bad. It would be like Michael Jordan going to the park to play a pick-up game. I'm not bragging about how good I am, but merely at how bad these people are. True, most of them seem to be old enough to be in a rest home, but still.. I feel like I'm freaking flying compared to these people. What really sucks is that this must be what it has always felt like for Sean when he swims with me. Damn, that is sort of humbling.

Other news, for those of you needing to get a fix on all things concerning zombies, Joey has started Zombie Talk, for those of us with nothing more productive to do with our imaginations. Ahh, that is sort of sad, but entertaining none the less. Expect lots of interesting comments and posts in the near future.

In other news, I've found that it is possible to function on 3 hours of sleep a night and still feel productive. I know, I know.. we all remember Ryan Rollings but I've found it is entirely possible. True, I have to sneak in little 30 minute naps here and there.. but I find that I can still exercise and work 15-17 hours a day, plus the driving, and feel fine. Sure, I wouldn't want to have to operate any heavy machinery, or even run a triathlon, but I feel ok doing what I have to do up here. But also, getting back onto a 7+ hours a night schedule will be really nice. Ahh.. not having to get up at 6 will rock.

Ok, since I've found that long posts get less comments, I'm gone..

Later

Funny link

Alright, first off I want to say that this would be the coolest exhibit ever. Why is it whenever I actually end up getting to a museum they never have stuff like this. Serves them right.

Other than that nothing much to report. Fun little discussion about zombies and the such in the comments from a few posts ago.. I know lots of people blog stalk.. but comment stalking is even more fun.

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Interesting Link to pass time

Ok, so I gotta give credit to William Gibson for pointing me this way, or his blog at least. Anyways, SmugglerSite is a really interesting site with lots of music videos and commercials which are sort of unique. My favorite thus far would have to be the Fatboy Slim video "Don't Let the Man Keep you Down" at least I think that is the title. Anyways, I thought it was cool and it helped me pass a little time during work.

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Zombie Proximity

Where do zombies come from? This usually is a point of contention with many film makers.. sometimes they come from curses placed on a people by some evil magician. Other times it is a promising new wonder-drug gone horribly wrong. I'm sure there are others, but I didn't bring the Zombie Survival Guide up here so I might have missed a few. Anyways, the prominate feature of these two theories is that you need dead people to get zombies. And where do you find the most dead people? No, Joey.. not grad school.. I'm talking cemetaries, or graveyards, or boneyards.. whatever you want to call it. Anyways, you are probably wondering what I'm bring all this up for.. right? Well let me tell you.

The site I'm working on just happens to be located in a pretty nasty part of town. Gun shots fill the air almost daily, but that isn't what scares me. What scares me is the fact that within a stone's throw from where I work daily, there is a graveyard. And the likelihood that one of these individuals who are being shot rests there is pretty good. What would be the chance that one of these recently deceased individuals who had left the world in some horrible manner would rise from the dead to exact his/her revenge on the masses. So, I'm constantly scanning the cemetary looking for hands breaking the dirt from freshly laid graves... I always point my car away from the cemetary for quick escape... the machettes are laid out from quick usage should the need arise. Always prepared... always. But still, what if one day I'm grabbing my pumps, and one is hiding in the shadows.. well we'll just have to face that bridge when we come to it.. but when i return from here.. and I'm sort of shuffling and look even more pale that usual.. I just thought I would warn you all now in case I get zombified..

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Post for the masses

Alright punks, I'm posting, so lay off. I can assure you this post will not be as interesting as Joey's "Five Year Old Battle Royale" or Sean's latest rant about how republicans are destroying the world.. nor will it contain any clever poems or rhymes like Lacy's latest post.. so I hope you are merely happy with me talking about nothing important at all.

I've been swimming at the gym next door to the hotel.. feels good to be swimming again, though I don't think they normally get people who actually swim laps. People in the aquacize class keep getting in my lane, the oldies... sort of annyoing if you ask me. Swimming along, do a flip-turn, and suddenly you are staring straight at some huge, wrinkle, varicose veiny legs protruding from a flower suit much to small to fit the gigantic eldery woman who can barely handle the little foam weights they use in the class. Other than the occasional lane confusion, the swimming is fantastic. I'm obviously out of swimming shape, but the last few nights of swimming I feel like I've made marked improvement. So, hopefully I'll be able to be moderately competitive this season in the whole triathlon thing.

Tomorrow I don't have to be onsite until 3 pm or so. I think I'm going to get up early.. eat some oatmeal, do some movement prep, go running, lift some weights.. eat second breakfast, calibrate all my pumps and everything, get everything ready to ship to NY, lunch, maybe swim (don't want to overtrain, but eh.. I'm young) and then who knows.

Joey, just for future knowledge, I've totally got your back when the moaning, brain-eating hordes arrive. No matter what my current blogging situation is.

Adult Swim is on.. gotta go kill some brain cells.

Later

Detroit, White Castle, and Subway

As some of you may know, I've been working up in Detroit for the last 10 days or so.. and will probably be here for another 10. Don't mind it that much, though sometimes the days get long getting all the equipment calibrated and shit, but it could always be worse. Smaller calibrations, more pumps, bitchier clients... always a possiblitiy of things sucking more.

But anyways, Detroit is a wierd town. True, it has 8-mile, and wierd shit like no left turns on major roads, no elevators in buildings 3 stories and under, srap like that. But yeah, the left turns screwes with my head really bad. You'll be driving along, see where you want to turn, drive PAST it, then flip a u-turn and a designated spot then return to where you want to turn and turn right. Wierd as all get out. But some of these u-turn spots are lighted.. so that is wierd. You'll be driving along.. and there will be random lights at spots where traffic is going to be entering from the on-coming lane to merge with you. Well, I'm so used to lights only being at intersections that I completely overlook these lights most of the time. I think I've ran about 5 of them. Just since I'm looking forward to the next intersection, and not at a spot 100 feet before that. Craziness.

Also, had my first experience with White Castle. Terrible burgers.. there is nothing to them. They are about two bites of crappy meat with a soggy bun. Though the pickle is quite good. It is sort of a square of spam inbetween two rolls that someone has kept it their jean's pocket during a really humid summer. Yeah, that describes them pretty well.

Also while driving the 20 miles or so to the site, I pass around 8 Subways. EIGHT FREAKING SUBWAY fastfood joints. This absolutely amazes me. I that means every 2.5 miles I could stop and get a refreshing sub-sandwich which, according to a previously fat guy that apparently Subway owns, can make you skinny. Subway is a marketing genius. They looked at the country, determined people are fat and don't want to be, so they begin marketing their sandwich to make fat people who like to eat, not skinnier, but merely more likely to buy their product. Brilliant.

Alright, I need to go change out some pumps, fill out some dang ol' COCs and maybe take a nap.

Later

PS: Props to Sprint PCS on their modem phones.

annoying flights

If you ever get the chance to take a flight sitting next to a claustraphobic individual, by all means take advantage of the opportuniy. The constant crying and hyperventalating really makes for an enjoyable flight. Also when other passengers feel pity on the person and have her hold their baby in an attempt to calm her down (not the baby) and thus makes the baby cries the entire flight. Now if you ever get this chance and hope to sleep through it.. well.. I hope you had as much fun as I.

Anyways, back in Detroit.. still interesting and fun, though not moving along as fast as I'd like. But yeah, I'll post more later..

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Backpack..

Joey, you always come up with the most interesting things to talk about.. contents of a backpack.. brilliant. Anyways, i have a few minutes, and I have my backpack in front of me.. so here goes.

1) Laptop: endless source of entertainment. Not my machine, it is work's computer, but I love her anyways.

2) Various computer cords and power stuff: This is pretty obvious since a laptop always has a bunch of extra shit to make it worth while. My stuff is a USB hub, a connector for my phone (so I can get on the internet like this), a USB extension, a power supply, an external hardrive with all my music and movies and stuff, and a jet drive, which allows me to access wireless networks. Very nice tools to have.

3) A gyro-exerciser. I like to use this while driving, helps keep me awake. Also, fun to have whenever I get bored.

4) Nalgene: Covered in The Ride stickers and it provides at least 4 liters of water intake a day. I love this thing. Should probably wash it more, but I figure the germs will make me strong, like steroids.

5) Sun screen: Why you might ask? Well cause I got horribly burned on monday working up here in Detroit. Don't want that to happen again.

6) Hand sanitizer: Working on a site with only one port-a-john makes me worry about germs all of a sudden.

7) Fedex Airbills: You never can find these when you really need them. I hate not having the ability to ship anything anywhere, makes me feel very weak and powerless.

8) Real Design Catalouge: Never got around to taking it out of my bag, and I like looking at the forks and wheels. I love carbon fiber.

9) Pens and sharpies: Wouldn't be a backpack without them.

So that is about it. More of a work pack back.. but I like it. Usually I have a book or something thrown in there with all the other crap, but since I'm "working" I left them in the hotel room.

Later all.

Detroit

So I'm heading up the Rock City on Sunday for a project. It is going to be fun, at least I am going to make it fun, no matter what happens. This'll be the first project that I'll be working completely alone on, so I'm a little worried about that. But I'll survive, somehow. Suck since my roomie has been on spring break, and now I'm leaving.. it is almost like we are just sort of switching off who is going to be living alone in the apartment. Oh well.. it is all good.

Hoping to do the 2-10-2-10-2 duathlon on Sunday up in Conway. I don't know how I'm going to do, but I'll try to do well. Haven't been running enough, but that is pretty normal. Cycling feels pretty strong so we'll see what happens.

Ok, I'm going to jam, need to burn some stuff off my harddrive.

Later