Best Time of the Year...Kinda

Starting tomorrow, midterm season officially begins for me. YAY!

I'm not especially looking forward to it, but I'm not real worried about it. Mostly I'm just tired of sitting in the library actually studying, and looking like I'm studying, so I decided to let the world know about it.

On an unrelated note, this weekend was pretty sweet. My brother came up to spend the weekend, which was fun. He's a pretty cool kid, and hopefully will be up here in school next year. Still waiting to hear on that though, should find out in like a week or so. We didn't do anything particularly awesome. By that, I mean I didn't make any big plans, but instead just went with whatever happened and hoped for the best. Ended up very well, we spent literally the entire day on a hunt for bamboo.

We drove to North Wilkesboro(about 40 minutes away) on a tip we got from our friendly Boone Bike employee. Brooks, my friend Sam, and I had driven around back roads for 3 hours already with no luck when he gave us directions to the mother lode. A short drive yielded enough mature bamboo to fill the back half of my Jetta, probably over 60 feet all told.

We did have a reason for all this. Sam's mountain bike has an epically large dent in the frame, so it is unrideable. Rather than buy a new frame, Sam decided to make one. With almost the strength of carbon fiber and the weight of aluminum, bamboo is the natural choice. I'll try and remember to put up a picture of it when/if he gets it done.

Well, back to it. Me no likey school!!! And by that, I mean the school work aspect of it.


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Off to a Good Start

Not the most auspicious start to a week I've ever had.

I was supposed to study for a test yesterday that I took today. Instead, I forgot about the test, went climbing, did nothing productive at all, and showed up to class this morning wondering why everybody had notes out and was dead silent.

I think I did OK, but it's just a terrible feeling, realizing I forgot the test.

I hope everybody had a great Valentine's Day! Later.


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Beef Stew

Not sure why, but I really want beef stew right now. And the sad thing is, that by the time I'm able to follow through on the making it, the desire will be gone. Dang.


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New House!!!

Finally, after much trials and tribulations, a house has been found! I am living with three friends of mine, and we have been looking for a place for about a month to no avail. 

This is a brand new house that has a sweet view of Grandfather Mountain, log cabin styling, all hardwood floors, vaulted ceilings upstairs, 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. It also has a 2 story deck and a creek that goes through the woods. 

I'm really excited about the house, and about the guys I'll be living with. Finding this place was really a blessing after all the difficulties we have had with finding somewhere to live. 

Well, I'll hopefully put some pictures of the place up soon. 

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Swim-Bike-Run

I started training today.

I am participating in a Triathalon in Raleigh at the end of April, not sure the exact dates, but I'll get back with them soon, I promise.

Anyways, the back story on this is that I have been telling myself for a few months now that I would love to do one, and I ran into a friend last week who is starting to train for one. Well, one thing led to another, and before I know it, I had volunteered to do it with her. Oops. I almost died today, on just a little 2 mile run. T minus like 3 months to get into sick nasty shape and do the dang thing.

And since I have committed to it, and I'm running it alongside an ex-cross country runner, I'm gonna be kicking the crap out of myself to do well. I get randomly competitive about some stuff, and I could see this being one of them. Hopefully I don't make a fool out of myself...

I'll post up any progress I have, mostly just to keep myself accountable. I'm actually pretty excited about it, a triathalon really appeals to me for some reason. Well, off to go be productive! Much work to do that I should have done last week!


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Dream Thoughts

So, you know how about 91% of the time, dreams make no sense?And then you occasionally have a more random dream topic on top of that? I had one this morning. All I remember is that I was having a conversation with someone in the dream, and I woke up right as I was saying something. My last line was,"Oh, sweet, I am Jewish. I wonder how high I can fly?"

Huh?


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Not Sure Why...

...But I really want another tattoo. Soon. I spent a good bit of time drawing some ideas, more refining old ideas actually, tonight. Hopefully I can at least get something started in the next few weeks. I would love that.


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