exercise, and new (old) tires on the bike.
Note to everyone: it takes about 3 hours to do, and rear tires are hella harder than fronts.
So, I'm tired. Real tired. My legs and arms are tired. I'm mentally tired. I did scratch my rims a bit, but my rear less than my front, and...well...they are just wheels.
The front was much easier than the rear. I think they took similar amounts of time due to the fact that I did the front first, but the rear takes significantly more effort to do all the way around.
Also, the axles make good balancing stands, or at least, I think they do.
I'm going to take the pickup tomorrow to work, and then go for a test ride after work tomorrow to spin them up pretty good and check how balanced they really are. The back, I'm pretty sure about, the front didn't spin as freely, but was still pretty free, so we'll see.
Also, it cost me about $2.50 for the valve core tool, and $40 for the tire irons. Plus, I got the wheel weights for free from the local shop, and then another $3 for the duct tape to make sure my weights don't go anywhere.
Any local shop would have charged at least $20/wheel, and I wouldn't have gotten the exercise. Plus, I really like doing things myself. If my tires are out of balance, I'll just pull them off and take them down to get balanced, no big deal. Plus, this way, I will be able to change my tires anytime I want without waiting (probably would wait less than 3 hours to get them done by a pro....but still....I can do it on a Sunday, so shove it Cyclebarn!)
So, all in all, yes, I'm glad I did it. I would do it again. I will do it again...with my next set of take offs...or if I wear out my stock tires...or if some friend needs a tire changed and can't wait for a shop to be open...you know...
But, time to go do the dishes. Gotta have a clean kitchen for out little dinner party tonight.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Farewell
he needed surgery.
we couldn't afford it.
rather than put him to sleep, we signed him over to the vet.
I missed him last night and this morning.
He always came into the bathroom to make sure I'm alright after I get out of the shower.
Bye buddy.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Down
Cat's in the kitty hospital. Blood work shows kidney out of whack. Could be caused by getting into something, could be caused by dehydration. Dehydrated due to vomiting. Vomiting caused by getting into something or blockage in the digestive tract or stomach. Results in a couple days.
Wife has been having leg problems. Xray was inconclusive, MRI ordered. Results in a couple days.
Got my crown put on today. Wasn't bad. Feels better than the fake crown, but I'm still going to do my best to avoid this again.
Don't know that we'll be able to get our couch for Christmas.
Things aren't happy.
Things come in three's....lets hope it's not a trilogy of threes.
out.
Wife has been having leg problems. Xray was inconclusive, MRI ordered. Results in a couple days.
Got my crown put on today. Wasn't bad. Feels better than the fake crown, but I'm still going to do my best to avoid this again.
Don't know that we'll be able to get our couch for Christmas.
Things aren't happy.
Things come in three's....lets hope it's not a trilogy of threes.
out.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Friday
Kitty was sick last night, not moving much, but didn't seem toooooo bad, but puked a couple of times. No fun. It's pretty obvious he's doing better...he's back to his normal self. I'm glad too. He wasn't a happy kitty last night.
Today is Friday, and my plans for tonight are either go to a beer thing with Mike or stay home and gather my beer making supplies so I can know what to get when I go to the brew store tomorrow. Yay!
No work tomorrow, but I have to go to the dentist to get my permanent crown. Bleh. Not looking forward to that, but at least I'll be done with that tooth for a while.
Then, I'm hoping to relax and start a new batch of beer brewing this weekend.
Crab season comes to a close this weekend. Well, not this weekend, but it closes on the 30th, so, it closes for me. But, since I can't crab except up north, it's not like I can make an afternoon trip out of it, so I guess I'm done. 1 crab this year. And still no salmon :(.
Oh, and Sherry, I'm not coming back for a while, even to hunt. I miss you guys. I hope you are doing well.
Today is Friday, and my plans for tonight are either go to a beer thing with Mike or stay home and gather my beer making supplies so I can know what to get when I go to the brew store tomorrow. Yay!
No work tomorrow, but I have to go to the dentist to get my permanent crown. Bleh. Not looking forward to that, but at least I'll be done with that tooth for a while.
Then, I'm hoping to relax and start a new batch of beer brewing this weekend.
Crab season comes to a close this weekend. Well, not this weekend, but it closes on the 30th, so, it closes for me. But, since I can't crab except up north, it's not like I can make an afternoon trip out of it, so I guess I'm done. 1 crab this year. And still no salmon :(.
Oh, and Sherry, I'm not coming back for a while, even to hunt. I miss you guys. I hope you are doing well.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
still tired....but at least I can work on the current problems for a while....instead of the past ones....
Last night, we had dinner with Mike and Grace. It was a total blast, and I was reminded how nice it is to be around people that I don't *just* talk about bike and forum drama with.
My brother is brewing beer, bottled his first batch already, and I have yet to get going again.
This weekend...I'm going to have a bottle of cider and start up a batch of beer going in my garage. At least....if I have some time to get to a brew store on Saturday after my crown :(
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
tired
I'm pretty tired.
I'm tired of a lot of things.
I'm tired of working on things other than what I'm supposed to be working on.
I'm tired of causing myself to work on things other than what I'm supposed to be working on.
I'm tired of not having a boat.
I'm tired of looking for a free/cheap boat.
I'm tired of trying to find a hunting season that's worth my while this year.
But mostly...
I'm just tired.
I need to go to bed earlier, which tonight isn't happening. Maybe this weekend, I'll just rest. Wouldn't that be weird?
I'm tired of a lot of things.
I'm tired of working on things other than what I'm supposed to be working on.
I'm tired of causing myself to work on things other than what I'm supposed to be working on.
I'm tired of not having a boat.
I'm tired of looking for a free/cheap boat.
I'm tired of trying to find a hunting season that's worth my while this year.
But mostly...
I'm just tired.
I need to go to bed earlier, which tonight isn't happening. Maybe this weekend, I'll just rest. Wouldn't that be weird?
Thursday, September 18, 2008
A bit more about my Sunday Adventure
I was pretty tired on Sunday night when I got home, so here's a bit more of a ride report.
First thing, I took off around 9am, slabbing down 405 to 167 to 18 in order to get to the track. I was meeting a guy there to give him something I needed cut to make taking my front wheel off easier. So, I ran down and met Norm there. I ran into Tim while I was there, bullshitted with Norm and Tim until Tim's session started, watched 5 minutes of the session and took off.
18 to I5 to Tacoma, and in Tacoma, I took 7 south toward Rainier. Up until now, I had been on 100% slab. Hwy 7 is a long straight slab, followed by some decent turns as it heads into the mountains. So, of course, because there are some decent turns, I got stuck behind traffic. Lots of traffic. The worst part was that every time I saw open road in front of the cars I was in, I couldn't pass, and by the time I could pass, there was another 5 cars in front of the people in front of me. Frustrating to say the least.
At one point, I had a decent run at a turn while a guy on a big cruiser was following me. Halfway through the turn, I swore I heard him crash. Being mid-turn, I didn't want to turn around and look, so as soon as I straightened up, I looked back, to see him "deep" into the corner, dragging his floorboards through the corner. I gave him a "rock on" sign and a thumbs up to and kept on rolling.
The traffic in Elbe was pretty bad, and since it's a gas station, and the last one before the park, and it's also a couple little places to eat, it was busy. Really busy. I kept rolling. I headed from Elbe, out on 706 until I got to the entrance to the park. I stopped for something to eat and drink at the little store, and for cash for the park entrance, didn't even consider there might be an entrance fee. Debit/credit minimum of $7, wtf am I going to spend $7 on to get some gatorade and a candy bar? Oh, a shot glass! Then, they didn't have an ATM, or give cash back, but the guy at the store said they took cards. Sweet, no worries. Onward. $5 for bicycle/pedestrians, $15 for cars. Motorcycles: $5 WHOO HOO!
10 minute wait to get into the park due to the line, which means traffic all through the park. But, it was worth it. The park was beautiful. The road for the first half of the park was completely broken up, and you had to be alert just to keep from being tossed off the bike, but once that cleared up, it was a nice ride. Awesome corners in the park, but, I was stuck behind people going below the posted speeds, so, it was all scenic, not much good riding. The views made up for it.
I stopped at a waterfall to use the bathroom, and it was closed. The waterfall was awesome though, and worth the stop. I wasn't in a walking mood due to my racing boots, or I would have walked down to the bottom of it to see it from there.
I stopped a couple other places along the way to take some pics of my bike and the mountain. Nothing to note, but you can look at my myspace to see the pictures I took.
On my way back down the mountain, I found some good clear road, and got to kick it up around a couple corners before the road straightened back out. From 706, I took 123 and then 410 back up toward Enumclaw. These roads had some decent corners, but again, I was stuck behind traffic, so I enjoyed the scenery.
Then, about 20 miles from Enumclaw, I saw a guy pushing a Harley I stopped to see what I could do to help and it turns out that his barrel key had fallen out. Yes, his key fell out. It's a horizontally mounted, barrel key, and it's under the seat. It fell out and got ran over, which changed the shape, and it wouldn't go back in. I gave him my pliers from my toolkit and it didn't help at all. So, he tried to catch a ride into town with me, but I have no seat, no pegs--not happening. So, I offered to let him use my phone to call his friend to go get his extra key. Not home. So, I went to the next town and called him a tow truck. I hope he got home ok.
Right where I stopped to help the harley guy, there was a line up of cars due to a motorcycle wreck, traffic backed up for miles. I saw a tow truck go by with 2 sport bikes on it, one was upright, and looked beat to hell. The other was on it's side. That thing was done. Traffic cleared up not to long after that, and we all marched in line into Enumclaw, where I got lost, took about 5 wrong turns, but knew as long as I headed west and north, eventually, I'd get to something I knew (hey, you can only go so far west around here!) and then I'd be golden. All my wrong turns ended up ok, and I got on I5, and jammed home.
I made it home at 6pm.
It was well worth it. An entire day to yourself and your bike will do wonders for a person's soul.
Cliff's Notes:
Traffic made the twisties straight, but the scenery made that ok. Also, WHEEEEE!
First thing, I took off around 9am, slabbing down 405 to 167 to 18 in order to get to the track. I was meeting a guy there to give him something I needed cut to make taking my front wheel off easier. So, I ran down and met Norm there. I ran into Tim while I was there, bullshitted with Norm and Tim until Tim's session started, watched 5 minutes of the session and took off.
18 to I5 to Tacoma, and in Tacoma, I took 7 south toward Rainier. Up until now, I had been on 100% slab. Hwy 7 is a long straight slab, followed by some decent turns as it heads into the mountains. So, of course, because there are some decent turns, I got stuck behind traffic. Lots of traffic. The worst part was that every time I saw open road in front of the cars I was in, I couldn't pass, and by the time I could pass, there was another 5 cars in front of the people in front of me. Frustrating to say the least.
At one point, I had a decent run at a turn while a guy on a big cruiser was following me. Halfway through the turn, I swore I heard him crash. Being mid-turn, I didn't want to turn around and look, so as soon as I straightened up, I looked back, to see him "deep" into the corner, dragging his floorboards through the corner. I gave him a "rock on" sign and a thumbs up to and kept on rolling.
The traffic in Elbe was pretty bad, and since it's a gas station, and the last one before the park, and it's also a couple little places to eat, it was busy. Really busy. I kept rolling. I headed from Elbe, out on 706 until I got to the entrance to the park. I stopped for something to eat and drink at the little store, and for cash for the park entrance, didn't even consider there might be an entrance fee. Debit/credit minimum of $7, wtf am I going to spend $7 on to get some gatorade and a candy bar? Oh, a shot glass! Then, they didn't have an ATM, or give cash back, but the guy at the store said they took cards. Sweet, no worries. Onward. $5 for bicycle/pedestrians, $15 for cars. Motorcycles: $5 WHOO HOO!
10 minute wait to get into the park due to the line, which means traffic all through the park. But, it was worth it. The park was beautiful. The road for the first half of the park was completely broken up, and you had to be alert just to keep from being tossed off the bike, but once that cleared up, it was a nice ride. Awesome corners in the park, but, I was stuck behind people going below the posted speeds, so, it was all scenic, not much good riding. The views made up for it.
I stopped at a waterfall to use the bathroom, and it was closed. The waterfall was awesome though, and worth the stop. I wasn't in a walking mood due to my racing boots, or I would have walked down to the bottom of it to see it from there.
I stopped a couple other places along the way to take some pics of my bike and the mountain. Nothing to note, but you can look at my myspace to see the pictures I took.
On my way back down the mountain, I found some good clear road, and got to kick it up around a couple corners before the road straightened back out. From 706, I took 123 and then 410 back up toward Enumclaw. These roads had some decent corners, but again, I was stuck behind traffic, so I enjoyed the scenery.
Then, about 20 miles from Enumclaw, I saw a guy pushing a Harley I stopped to see what I could do to help and it turns out that his barrel key had fallen out. Yes, his key fell out. It's a horizontally mounted, barrel key, and it's under the seat. It fell out and got ran over, which changed the shape, and it wouldn't go back in. I gave him my pliers from my toolkit and it didn't help at all. So, he tried to catch a ride into town with me, but I have no seat, no pegs--not happening. So, I offered to let him use my phone to call his friend to go get his extra key. Not home. So, I went to the next town and called him a tow truck. I hope he got home ok.
Right where I stopped to help the harley guy, there was a line up of cars due to a motorcycle wreck, traffic backed up for miles. I saw a tow truck go by with 2 sport bikes on it, one was upright, and looked beat to hell. The other was on it's side. That thing was done. Traffic cleared up not to long after that, and we all marched in line into Enumclaw, where I got lost, took about 5 wrong turns, but knew as long as I headed west and north, eventually, I'd get to something I knew (hey, you can only go so far west around here!) and then I'd be golden. All my wrong turns ended up ok, and I got on I5, and jammed home.
I made it home at 6pm.
It was well worth it. An entire day to yourself and your bike will do wonders for a person's soul.
Cliff's Notes:
Traffic made the twisties straight, but the scenery made that ok. Also, WHEEEEE!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
saltwaterlassie
not sure if you are going to check back....but....
instead of "importing" my myspace blog, I just copy and pasted entire sections and dropped them in, and then I posted them in order, so they all lined up correctly.
that's how I did it.
It even copied my pictures, which was I surprised about.
instead of "importing" my myspace blog, I just copy and pasted entire sections and dropped them in, and then I posted them in order, so they all lined up correctly.
that's how I did it.
It even copied my pictures, which was I surprised about.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Mount Rainer National Park
It's a beautiful drive, but don't be in a hurry. It was crowded the entire way, from home until I got back.
But I had a great ride, about 270 miles, and it took me all day.
Well, I recommend it.
I'm tired.
goodnight
But I had a great ride, about 270 miles, and it took me all day.
Well, I recommend it.
I'm tired.
goodnight
Saturday, September 13, 2008
brush your teeth, kids!
Cavities suck to get filled. Root canals are worse.
Yay for poor dental hygiene!
Grr...ruined my Saturday.
Yay for poor dental hygiene!
Grr...ruined my Saturday.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Head Cleared...Good To Go
I've been stressed a bit lately, and I knew it was partially due to not having time to myself in a while. So, I rode in to work yesterday, like I usually do, but I took the long way home. I took a couple roads that I usually take on "the long way", but instead of turning onto the close road, I waited to turn north, and headed west a bit more. It put me on a route that took just about twice as long, but had better turns and the benefit of better pavement!
The extra fun part about this route is that it exposed me to a couple places that I could stop and fish for pinks (coho salmon!). I stopped at one of the fishing accesses along the road and was scoping it out when a guy stopped by to use the outhouse. I cornered him and asked him if he fished here. He had, but usually didn't, and about 5 minutes later, I had a couple good tips on what to try, and where to try it.
So, on Saturday, we have our dentist appointments to get our teeth drilled up, which should be a total blast! But, at least they'll be fixed.
Then, hopefully on Sunday, or even Saturday afternoon, I'm hoping to get out and try for some river cohos.
Next Saturday, I want to drive up to the Anacortes area and do some crabbing and fishing in the sound. It's quite a drive, but it's the only place where crab is still open, so, you do what you gotta do...crab is that tasteeeeeee.
Well, there's no point in going in to work yet. I'm remotely logged in, getting things ready, but there's not much I can do until it's done building the latest versions, so here I sit, slacking at home for a little bit before I shower and get ready for work. It gets me to work a bit later, but I am able to be more productive when I am there, which is supposedly a good thing, right?
Anyway, my plan for today is to figure out how in the hell I'm going to setup our priority system for what I'm working on. In the simple case, it's easy. However, in the not-so simple case, it's terribly difficult.....
The extra fun part about this route is that it exposed me to a couple places that I could stop and fish for pinks (coho salmon!). I stopped at one of the fishing accesses along the road and was scoping it out when a guy stopped by to use the outhouse. I cornered him and asked him if he fished here. He had, but usually didn't, and about 5 minutes later, I had a couple good tips on what to try, and where to try it.
So, on Saturday, we have our dentist appointments to get our teeth drilled up, which should be a total blast! But, at least they'll be fixed.
Then, hopefully on Sunday, or even Saturday afternoon, I'm hoping to get out and try for some river cohos.
Next Saturday, I want to drive up to the Anacortes area and do some crabbing and fishing in the sound. It's quite a drive, but it's the only place where crab is still open, so, you do what you gotta do...crab is that tasteeeeeee.
Well, there's no point in going in to work yet. I'm remotely logged in, getting things ready, but there's not much I can do until it's done building the latest versions, so here I sit, slacking at home for a little bit before I shower and get ready for work. It gets me to work a bit later, but I am able to be more productive when I am there, which is supposedly a good thing, right?
Anyway, my plan for today is to figure out how in the hell I'm going to setup our priority system for what I'm working on. In the simple case, it's easy. However, in the not-so simple case, it's terribly difficult.....
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Labor Day Weekend
Yeah, so, for some reason, I thought I'd go for a little camp over Labor Day weekend....just over an hour from home. I looked online to see what kind of camp sites were available....nothing. Ha!
Ok, so, then I thought, "You know what will be a great idea? Fishing at this full campground!"
Yeah, don't do that. It was a beautiful drive, and it's a beautiful park, but it was crowded.
We went to Cornet Bay to fish instead. I finally succeeded in catching a salt water fish. I caught a little (6-7 inch) cod, and then another, and then another. Yay.
Jessica caught roughly a dozen herring too, which was pretty fun to watch. She was really into it. There was roughly a billion people herring fishing and crabbing on this dock.
That was Sunday.
So, we went back Monday. It wasn't (as) crowded, and we brought our crab ring and a new little home-made crab bait box. We caught some crabs, and not a whole lot else except some rays and a nice relaxing sit on the docks.
I don't even remember what we did on Saturday...must have been epic!
Anyway...I'm not that chatty tonight....
out
Ok, so, then I thought, "You know what will be a great idea? Fishing at this full campground!"
Yeah, don't do that. It was a beautiful drive, and it's a beautiful park, but it was crowded.
We went to Cornet Bay to fish instead. I finally succeeded in catching a salt water fish. I caught a little (6-7 inch) cod, and then another, and then another. Yay.
Jessica caught roughly a dozen herring too, which was pretty fun to watch. She was really into it. There was roughly a billion people herring fishing and crabbing on this dock.
That was Sunday.
So, we went back Monday. It wasn't (as) crowded, and we brought our crab ring and a new little home-made crab bait box. We caught some crabs, and not a whole lot else except some rays and a nice relaxing sit on the docks.
I don't even remember what we did on Saturday...must have been epic!
Anyway...I'm not that chatty tonight....
out
Friday, August 22, 2008
southern idaho adventures
ok...so....I'm on kind of a time crunch this morning.....while I have time, it's not all contiguous time, so quick update!
Jason's wedding was tons of fun. I spent a couple of days with Jason, his dad, and his bride-to-be (now bride). It was great. The wedding was picture perfect, and the celebrations surrounding it were pretty close to perfect as well.
Lagoon was fun, especially the water park and go karts! Yay!
A couple of days, living in high society in Nampa, and now off to my cousin Tiffany's wedding.
It should be tons of fun, and I'm looking forward to catching up with family I haven't seen in a while.
Anyway....off to make copies!
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
Golf Recap
Golf
So, we went golfing. They rented us a bit of everything we needed except balls and tees. Heath and I were together, and we had a golf cart with no throttle response and no brakes either. I rode my bike from work to the golf course, so I could go straight from the course to my house because it was much closer than work, and I didn't see going all the way back to work to backtrack home.
So, I wore all my gear, like normal, and threw my pants and jacket in my backpack, and was standing there holding my boots. The biggest boss at work was there, and offered to take my stuff and toss it in his car so I didn't have to worry about it until it was time to leave. That was really nice of him, and it made my day easier.
We hung out in the clubhouse until it was time to go golfing, and we headed out. We were supposed to be paired with the vice president and the head of design. The vice president wasn't there, so it was Heath, me, and the head of design. We had a great round of golf. I was able to drive awesome, and I had a couple good chips and putts.
After we were done, we headed back to the clubhouse for dinner and chit chat, mild drinking, and drunken antics of some of the people we worked with. It was great times. We scored an 84, which wasn't last place, so I was happy. The lowest score was mid 60's, if that gives you an idea of how much we suck at golf.
Anyway, after some drunken shenanigans by........75% of the people there.......I headed home and was tired, dehydrated, and I went home, showered, and went to bed.
So, we went golfing. They rented us a bit of everything we needed except balls and tees. Heath and I were together, and we had a golf cart with no throttle response and no brakes either. I rode my bike from work to the golf course, so I could go straight from the course to my house because it was much closer than work, and I didn't see going all the way back to work to backtrack home.
So, I wore all my gear, like normal, and threw my pants and jacket in my backpack, and was standing there holding my boots. The biggest boss at work was there, and offered to take my stuff and toss it in his car so I didn't have to worry about it until it was time to leave. That was really nice of him, and it made my day easier.
We hung out in the clubhouse until it was time to go golfing, and we headed out. We were supposed to be paired with the vice president and the head of design. The vice president wasn't there, so it was Heath, me, and the head of design. We had a great round of golf. I was able to drive awesome, and I had a couple good chips and putts.
After we were done, we headed back to the clubhouse for dinner and chit chat, mild drinking, and drunken antics of some of the people we worked with. It was great times. We scored an 84, which wasn't last place, so I was happy. The lowest score was mid 60's, if that gives you an idea of how much we suck at golf.
Anyway, after some drunken shenanigans by........75% of the people there.......I headed home and was tired, dehydrated, and I went home, showered, and went to bed.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Golf and Video and old pickups
Golf:
For the first time in my professional life, I'm going to go and fail at golf tomorrow. I'm pretty excited. I went and bought a box of balls, and a packet of golf tees, I have a shirt, and I have to wear "non-denim", which isn't hard, but strange that *I* am restricted to a dress code. I'm not one who likes dress codes, and while I try to dress nicely for work some days, I like to wear jeans, and a decent tshirt (I'm a video game developer for cryin' out loud, no ties for me!). But, Zipper has scheduled a free golf tournament, 2 free drink tickets, golf club rentals, dinner, and prizes, along with a Zipper logo'd polo shirt. I'm in a group with Heath, who started at BEI after me, but at Zipper before me, a guy I don't know, and the big boss man. It should be a fun group.
Last time I used a golf club, I was at the driving range, and I was driving long and straight. That was my freshman year of college. Before that, I was in early highschool, or possibly junior high, last time I golfed. I'm pretty stoked to get out and do it again.
Video:
I've really been enjoying my video camera. I don't know if you can tell from the video's I've posted. Editing video takes a long time, and I think I'm getting better at it. Making the clips shorter and more self contained. I need more practice, and I'm getting it. While I'm, by no means, very good at the video editing, I think it's better than when I first started. Next, I want to start playing with timing and music instead of just putting music to what I've edited. I think it will take a long longer to edit, but, it should produce better results.
Go ahead and subscribe to my youtube channel at http://youtube.com/koorbloh if you want to see all my videos and be informed of when I post new ones.
Old Pickups:
The old blue s10 is gone for $70 for scrap iron. It's very sad. I loved that little pickup. I have no idea how many miles it had on it, but I'm sure it was a lot. I put quite a few miles on it through high school and college, and I wrecked it once, pushing the bumper in (which was replaced). The paint got worse on it every time I saw it, and things just didn't work properly any more after a while, but it's gone.
This was the pickup my dad bought when we moved from the farm to Nampa, just after my mom bought the mitsubishi. I drove it sometimes in high school, and I drove it up to Moscow for a while too while the mitsubishi I bought from my parents was getting some work done. My brother got it for his high school graduation and drove it until this spring, I think, when he bought an 03-ish Dodge Dakota.
How is it that my brother just got out of college and has a nicer pickup than me? hmmmmmm.....
It's ok...I've got my S10, and it's awesome.
The death of the blue S10 is just a friendly reminder that my own pickup is old, and needs to be taken care of lest it suffer the same fate. Of course, my body is in better shape than his was, and as long as it's cheaper to keep running reliably, I'm going to fix it instead of replace it. A crate engine, new tranny, transfer case, axles, drive line, exhaust, and new springs will get it running like new, a new driver's seat, and a coat of paint, and it's a new pickup. HA! Try that with a newer pickup! And it will be faster, more powerful, and more efficient too!
Anyway.....probably time to head off to work now....
For the first time in my professional life, I'm going to go and fail at golf tomorrow. I'm pretty excited. I went and bought a box of balls, and a packet of golf tees, I have a shirt, and I have to wear "non-denim", which isn't hard, but strange that *I* am restricted to a dress code. I'm not one who likes dress codes, and while I try to dress nicely for work some days, I like to wear jeans, and a decent tshirt (I'm a video game developer for cryin' out loud, no ties for me!). But, Zipper has scheduled a free golf tournament, 2 free drink tickets, golf club rentals, dinner, and prizes, along with a Zipper logo'd polo shirt. I'm in a group with Heath, who started at BEI after me, but at Zipper before me, a guy I don't know, and the big boss man. It should be a fun group.
Last time I used a golf club, I was at the driving range, and I was driving long and straight. That was my freshman year of college. Before that, I was in early highschool, or possibly junior high, last time I golfed. I'm pretty stoked to get out and do it again.
Video:
I've really been enjoying my video camera. I don't know if you can tell from the video's I've posted. Editing video takes a long time, and I think I'm getting better at it. Making the clips shorter and more self contained. I need more practice, and I'm getting it. While I'm, by no means, very good at the video editing, I think it's better than when I first started. Next, I want to start playing with timing and music instead of just putting music to what I've edited. I think it will take a long longer to edit, but, it should produce better results.
Go ahead and subscribe to my youtube channel at http://youtube.com/koorbloh if you want to see all my videos and be informed of when I post new ones.
Old Pickups:
The old blue s10 is gone for $70 for scrap iron. It's very sad. I loved that little pickup. I have no idea how many miles it had on it, but I'm sure it was a lot. I put quite a few miles on it through high school and college, and I wrecked it once, pushing the bumper in (which was replaced). The paint got worse on it every time I saw it, and things just didn't work properly any more after a while, but it's gone.
This was the pickup my dad bought when we moved from the farm to Nampa, just after my mom bought the mitsubishi. I drove it sometimes in high school, and I drove it up to Moscow for a while too while the mitsubishi I bought from my parents was getting some work done. My brother got it for his high school graduation and drove it until this spring, I think, when he bought an 03-ish Dodge Dakota.
How is it that my brother just got out of college and has a nicer pickup than me? hmmmmmm.....
It's ok...I've got my S10, and it's awesome.
The death of the blue S10 is just a friendly reminder that my own pickup is old, and needs to be taken care of lest it suffer the same fate. Of course, my body is in better shape than his was, and as long as it's cheaper to keep running reliably, I'm going to fix it instead of replace it. A crate engine, new tranny, transfer case, axles, drive line, exhaust, and new springs will get it running like new, a new driver's seat, and a coat of paint, and it's a new pickup. HA! Try that with a newer pickup! And it will be faster, more powerful, and more efficient too!
Anyway.....probably time to head off to work now....
Sunday, August 3, 2008
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