New room, new desk

I decided to move my computer from my bedroom to my living room. I removed all the cables from my computer, cleaned my desk and began to move it. Shortly thereafter, I realized I wasn't going to get it where I wanted without taking it apart. So I took it apart, took it out of my bedroom and went to Staples to find a new desk. I've had that desk since Junior year of college. I remember the morning I put it together for the first time, I was hungover like you would not believe. Since then I have taken it apart and reassembled it at least 5-6 times through all my moves. So here's the new desk and new location. I have a feeling I'm really going to like the new spot.

Perspective

Reading over my last few posts make me laugh. Yeah, it was a rough week filled with some bad news (more than what I posted) but it's not as bad as I made it sound. Yeah, I'm out a lot of money, but the worst that will do is delay my next toy purchase. It's not like I'm building up credit card debt, or struggling to pay rent. This is a benefit of the blog, I'm able to look back and see what I was thinking, and put it all in perspective.

Anyway, I was down in Orlando, FL for all of last week for work. I had one day free and went to the Kennedy Space Center. Dorky, I know, but it was really cool. I walked around there, took a bus tour, watched a 3d IMAX movie (Hubble 3d), and took a ton of pictures. I got to see the space shuttle Discovery on the launch pad, and luckily I had my 70-300 lens with me, so I got the best picture possible. Here's the shot from about a mile away (the closest I was able to get). Unfortunately, they keep a 'cover' on it until 24 hrs until it launches, so you can't see too much.

^^^---click on this picture, the full res is much better---^^^

Notice the cars under the launch pad; that shuttle is absolutely massive!!

P.S. I'm not going to stick to schedules with this blog. I've said many times in the past that I'd post 3 times a week, but I don't want to set myself on a schedule. I may post 5 times one week, then not again until 2 weeks later. I don't see any reason to force myself to a schedule; if I want to post, I'll post, if I don't, I won't....simple.

Cracked Radiator

'nuff said...

Oh, and a picture of the car; just so this post isn't too boring.

The bad with the good

I figured I might as well make blog posts on days that suck, not just worry free weekends. About 0.5 miles from my house today, I was in traffic (which is crazy in itself) and noticed some smoke coming from under the hood of my car. Fuck! was my first thought. Got home, opened the hood to be greeted by a nice even coat of antifreeze on everything. Awesome! Just what I need a week before traveling for work, then traveling for Thanksgiving, then traveling for Christmas (or winter solstice celebration, whichever you prefer). I have the joy of dropping my car off in the morning at the shop, so they can see how much they can get away with charging me. Thank you Dane Cook for already summing up my feeling about auto mechanics.

“It’s that same vibe that you get with any auto mechanic you’ve ever dealt with. Even though you’re listening and nodding, in your head you’re like “this guy is fuckin’ me big time”. You just believe whatever they say:

Mechanic: “Yeah we had to replace the roof on your car, it was peeling back.  It resented the rest of the car, so we replaced that. Also, there was a tiny unicorn in your exhaust and he was jumping and poking holes in your exhaust, and he was shitting in your filters as well. So we had to get that out of there."

Dane: “Wow, thank you very much. I did not know that there was a tiny mythological animal jumping around in there… that’s very dangerous. Shitting in filters, no way. Especially with a road trip coming up, that’s very dangerous. Shitting in filters, that little son of a b. Wow, wow. Thank you. How much is that? Seven thousand? I was going to suggest, I’d like to pay seven thousand’ish, I’d love to pay for that. Thank you for not fucking me big time!"

And now for something completely different. This music makes me smile every time I hear it. Now I want a keyboard.