Really it is. It feels like mush right now. I didn't drink to much last night, but my back was hurting pretty bad. It feels better now, Amy put a heat pad/sticker thing on me last night and that helped a lot. But I did wake up in the middle of the night and feel something on my back and get freaked out. I think you can see where this is going.
I forgot that it was there and felt it on my back. I know I was up for a while after words trying to fall back to sleep, s I think that is it! That is why my brain is mush! I did not get adequate sleep last night.
I also had a great idea for today's blog last night, but I forgot it. So I will tell you a story instead. A story of a man on a mission, a story of a man with 1700+beers on his list.
I met a man last night. He sat next to me at the bar. At first I didn't pay any attention to him. But then Amy looked over and saw him pull a STACK of Beer Club cards out of a plastic bag. She gave me the "look over there" look. And I turned to see this master work. Turns out his girl friends cards were mixed in with his so they didn't get lost, but there were still enough cards to have 1,700+ beers written on them.
So we got to talking. He he was an interesting fellow. He had been doing the "Beer Club" sense '92. That was back when it was an accentual club. Now anyone can do it. You just ask for a card and start drinking. "Back in the day" it was a club that met at Coopers and drank every week. Waz and I started our own Thursday night club, that Morgan has sense taken Waz's place (Waz still comes out but he stopped coming every Thursday a long time ago). I was going with Amy for a bit, then Morgan and Liz began to come out. Now we do our "Club" every other Thursday.
Back on topic. I was talking to my new bar friend and he was telling me about some good beers. Giving me a little bit of is beer knowledge, and asking my opinions on some different beers. So after a spell of talking to him he posed a good question on me. "What is the style of beer you don't like?"
I thought about the question for a minute then said "There is no type of beer I do not like all together." There is always a beer out there that tastes good if not great in every style of beer I have consumed in my days. There is always a redeeming factor. I did say I tend to shy away from Barely Wines, and I use to stay away from hoppy beers. But now I am digging the the hops. My favorites are dark beers. I love Porters and Stouts.
Liking the heavier beers, in my book at least, is the exact opposite of hoppy beers. But now I am starting to dig them to.
Any-who, J Sly and Mr. Risk made an appearance last night at the Coopers. So we did a little bit of he bull shitting. J Sly commented on the length of my hair. There is a lot of length to my hair right now. I pulled it back into a pony tail because my midget cousin kept calling me Eddy Vedor. And you may or may not know this, I hate Perljam.
I will leave you with these two videos. Tim found then on "Best of Youtube."
This video is AMAZING! They did such a great job making it.
And this took 1500 hours to make. That averages out ot about 180 days, if they worked for 8 hours a day.
That is all, carry on.
Friday, August 28, 2009
PIcture and Text at the Same Time Test.
Test From my Phone
Tim and I set up our phones so we can blog from them. But Where ever the photo above is hosted at, I can not see it. I am blocked from that site at work. So enjoy a picture that is suppose to be of Morgans tall boy beer cozy set up from the Fourth of July.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
All That needs to be Said is in the Videos.
All you need from me today, are these two videos. I don't think I can be more entertaining then they already are.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Hello There
So it has been a bit of a spell sense I have written a blog. Well I have been a bit tied up at work, as so was my computer. It was in fact held hostage from me for several hours yesterday. Leaving me to sit around most of the day. I help do a little shooting, but for the most part, I could not do anything. And let me tell you, not doing anything at all for 5- 6 hours sucks. I can see why solitary confinement sucks so bad.
I was in an office and allowed to go outside, to the bathroom, talk to people etc. So I wasn't quite in solitary, but it still was ZERO fun. I did get to watch Tim work for a while.
So my shoulder hurts. I think using a messenger bag for all these years has caught up to me. i am going to try a backpack next week. I have one I bought when I worked at Gander Mtn. Got it for a really good price on an employee sale, but I never used it. At all. I'm talking hang tags still on the bag. So I will give it a try next week, fallowed by my old Chrome bag again. That has a much better strap then my R.E. Load bag.
Speaking of the strap on my R.E. Load bag, I noticed something today. Not only after 4 months of daily use is the strap still stiff as hell, and super hard to adjust (and not at all adjustable on the fly. You need to set the bag down and really work the strap to tighten it), but the strap slips all the time. I had it set pretty comfy for what I normally carry every day, but I felt it ridding a little lower than normal the past 2 days. So I think "Oh, some things must have shifted." But today when I got to work, my seat frame had a huge chip in it.
Now NCY parts ate not the best, and the paint has been chipping sense the day I got the frame, but this was a large chip. I then noticed when I set my bag on the ground to get out my lock. wallet, keys and work ID that the strap had slipped down.
Now if you have ever used a backpack, or really any bag with an adjustable strap, you know how this is very visible. You can see where the buckle was sitting and where it slid down to. Well the bag slid down and stopped at the spot it was in prior to my resent comfort adjustment. So my bag slid down and chipped the seat frame.
But I am in luck! Frank told me about a guy up in Moscow (PA, not Russia) that does powder coating. He is apparently cheap, and does a good job. So I will have 3 parts this winter, seat frame included to get some nice, durable and needed powder coating.
I am also glad to say that I now know how to use an angle grinder. And I did the job pretty good if do say to myself. I could have ground down the old welds a little better, but it looked pretty good and I was antsy to paint and install. Plus I didn't want to get to cocky and mess it up, it already look dang good for my first ever use of an angle grinder. Here is the end result installed. Oh, I also had to drill out the holes where the blinkers are mounted, because they are only 6mm, and they needed to by 10mm.
(It's the black thing that the headlight bracket is mounted to.)
This is what I cut off from the front rack. Well two of these. This is a picture of the second one. The cut wasn't as smooth as the first one because I had a better angle on the first bunny ear. But the end result looked better on this cut.
On the first one I ground the weld off better, but this one, I got more metal. So I ground down the weld after I got the ear off. That's why the end result was better. The first one came off smoother, so I didn't grind to much of the excess weld. In hind sight, I wish I did, but you will never see it unless you are looking at The Meepers from my vantage point.
By the way, The old front rack (that I still have and did not cut) is red. I wanted to go black so it looked cooler. I am keeping the old rack intact, in case NA Warhorse will not pass the inspection because the blinker location. Which is the reason they are where they are on the USD Ruckus, and not like the JDM Zoomer. I.E. the Zoomer has them where I just relocated them to, and the Ruckus comes with them like this:
Awwww, Look at The Meepers. That is day one and brand new. You could still see the lines on his tire. Any way, That is the stock rack. But I am pretty sure they are 100% fine where they are. They are so much more visible than most motorcycle blinkers, and much larger.
OK my computer made a ding. That means it is done rendering. Time to save the world.
That is all, carry on.
I was in an office and allowed to go outside, to the bathroom, talk to people etc. So I wasn't quite in solitary, but it still was ZERO fun. I did get to watch Tim work for a while.
So my shoulder hurts. I think using a messenger bag for all these years has caught up to me. i am going to try a backpack next week. I have one I bought when I worked at Gander Mtn. Got it for a really good price on an employee sale, but I never used it. At all. I'm talking hang tags still on the bag. So I will give it a try next week, fallowed by my old Chrome bag again. That has a much better strap then my R.E. Load bag.
Speaking of the strap on my R.E. Load bag, I noticed something today. Not only after 4 months of daily use is the strap still stiff as hell, and super hard to adjust (and not at all adjustable on the fly. You need to set the bag down and really work the strap to tighten it), but the strap slips all the time. I had it set pretty comfy for what I normally carry every day, but I felt it ridding a little lower than normal the past 2 days. So I think "Oh, some things must have shifted." But today when I got to work, my seat frame had a huge chip in it.
Now NCY parts ate not the best, and the paint has been chipping sense the day I got the frame, but this was a large chip. I then noticed when I set my bag on the ground to get out my lock. wallet, keys and work ID that the strap had slipped down.
Now if you have ever used a backpack, or really any bag with an adjustable strap, you know how this is very visible. You can see where the buckle was sitting and where it slid down to. Well the bag slid down and stopped at the spot it was in prior to my resent comfort adjustment. So my bag slid down and chipped the seat frame.
But I am in luck! Frank told me about a guy up in Moscow (PA, not Russia) that does powder coating. He is apparently cheap, and does a good job. So I will have 3 parts this winter, seat frame included to get some nice, durable and needed powder coating.
I am also glad to say that I now know how to use an angle grinder. And I did the job pretty good if do say to myself. I could have ground down the old welds a little better, but it looked pretty good and I was antsy to paint and install. Plus I didn't want to get to cocky and mess it up, it already look dang good for my first ever use of an angle grinder. Here is the end result installed. Oh, I also had to drill out the holes where the blinkers are mounted, because they are only 6mm, and they needed to by 10mm.
(It's the black thing that the headlight bracket is mounted to.)
This is what I cut off from the front rack. Well two of these. This is a picture of the second one. The cut wasn't as smooth as the first one because I had a better angle on the first bunny ear. But the end result looked better on this cut.
On the first one I ground the weld off better, but this one, I got more metal. So I ground down the weld after I got the ear off. That's why the end result was better. The first one came off smoother, so I didn't grind to much of the excess weld. In hind sight, I wish I did, but you will never see it unless you are looking at The Meepers from my vantage point.
By the way, The old front rack (that I still have and did not cut) is red. I wanted to go black so it looked cooler. I am keeping the old rack intact, in case NA Warhorse will not pass the inspection because the blinker location. Which is the reason they are where they are on the USD Ruckus, and not like the JDM Zoomer. I.E. the Zoomer has them where I just relocated them to, and the Ruckus comes with them like this:
Awwww, Look at The Meepers. That is day one and brand new. You could still see the lines on his tire. Any way, That is the stock rack. But I am pretty sure they are 100% fine where they are. They are so much more visible than most motorcycle blinkers, and much larger.
OK my computer made a ding. That means it is done rendering. Time to save the world.
That is all, carry on.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Revenge!
So I think my eyes are seeking revenge upon me. I went to a Lasik seminar last night, if you recall reading about. It freaked me out a bit, but I am still gunho and ready to get zapped by lasers.
But something may not be right.
So after the seminar they have a Q and A with the doctor who preformed the procedure while we watched and the person (a woman in this case) who was operated on. This is fallowed by a break out session. We were all called in and put in individual rooms, so speak to the doctor privately. So I got lucky (or so I thought) and got to speak to the doctor first.
After a few minutes of talking to me, telling me I am a prime candidate for the surgery he ask if I have anymore questions, so I say, I had an ulcer on my eye a month or two ago. He looks at me with a looked I did not want to see. Then he grabs the "Look into your eyes" thing. He tells me I have some cornail damage because I wear my contacts to much. The tone he used was not good.
So he tells me he wants to see me next week to look at my eyes. He said that my contacts ( was wearing them at the time, not right now), may hide some problems. So he got me a little worked up and scared. But Amy told me it will be all OK, and I trust her. But I keep running things over in my head.
Things like, I will not be able to get the surgery, or I will never be able to wear contacts again. He asked me a few questions like, "Do your eyes get red," "Is there any stinging or burning," or "is it blurry or cloudy in my left eye (The one I have had problems with)?"
So now, of course my left eye feels like it has a constant sting and feels warm and swollen. Of course when I look in a mirror it is not swollen at all, and not red at all. And my left eye is more blurry than the right. And after freaking out about that I realized something, my left eye is worse than my right eye. Worse by almost a point (3/4 to be exact) and to to top that off my glasses are really old. I haven't gotten new lenses in years. Can you tell why? I have been wearing my contacts all the time.
And this is my downfall. My lenses are old, so I can't see as well with them so in turn I wear my contacts more. In addition, my contacts are more comfortable to wear, I have peripheral vision, and I can wear sunglasses easily.
OK, I am rambling on, and getting myself worked up more. I scheduled an appointment to see the eye doctor Tuesday morning. So I am hoping he tells me I did a number on my eyes, and makes me use some crazy drops for a month or two then lets me get the Lasik or possibly the Lasak. The later is older. hurts more and takes longer to heal, but does the same thing minus cutting into my eye. If I got the gist of it right last night, it "burns" the top of my eye, then heals back. So if that is what it does, I am hoping any damage will heal fine after it is "burned" off.
Moving on. I found this today:
Then I went ahead and made this:
That is all, carry on.
But something may not be right.
So after the seminar they have a Q and A with the doctor who preformed the procedure while we watched and the person (a woman in this case) who was operated on. This is fallowed by a break out session. We were all called in and put in individual rooms, so speak to the doctor privately. So I got lucky (or so I thought) and got to speak to the doctor first.
After a few minutes of talking to me, telling me I am a prime candidate for the surgery he ask if I have anymore questions, so I say, I had an ulcer on my eye a month or two ago. He looks at me with a looked I did not want to see. Then he grabs the "Look into your eyes" thing. He tells me I have some cornail damage because I wear my contacts to much. The tone he used was not good.
So he tells me he wants to see me next week to look at my eyes. He said that my contacts ( was wearing them at the time, not right now), may hide some problems. So he got me a little worked up and scared. But Amy told me it will be all OK, and I trust her. But I keep running things over in my head.
Things like, I will not be able to get the surgery, or I will never be able to wear contacts again. He asked me a few questions like, "Do your eyes get red," "Is there any stinging or burning," or "is it blurry or cloudy in my left eye (The one I have had problems with)?"
So now, of course my left eye feels like it has a constant sting and feels warm and swollen. Of course when I look in a mirror it is not swollen at all, and not red at all. And my left eye is more blurry than the right. And after freaking out about that I realized something, my left eye is worse than my right eye. Worse by almost a point (3/4 to be exact) and to to top that off my glasses are really old. I haven't gotten new lenses in years. Can you tell why? I have been wearing my contacts all the time.
And this is my downfall. My lenses are old, so I can't see as well with them so in turn I wear my contacts more. In addition, my contacts are more comfortable to wear, I have peripheral vision, and I can wear sunglasses easily.
OK, I am rambling on, and getting myself worked up more. I scheduled an appointment to see the eye doctor Tuesday morning. So I am hoping he tells me I did a number on my eyes, and makes me use some crazy drops for a month or two then lets me get the Lasik or possibly the Lasak. The later is older. hurts more and takes longer to heal, but does the same thing minus cutting into my eye. If I got the gist of it right last night, it "burns" the top of my eye, then heals back. So if that is what it does, I am hoping any damage will heal fine after it is "burned" off.
Moving on. I found this today:
Then I went ahead and made this:
That is all, carry on.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Owls!
So on the other day I had a dream I was being attacked by Owls. It was interesting to say the least. The dream woke me up and in turn woke up Amy, because we were snuggling.
Yes I like to snuggle my girlfriend. Do you have a problem with that? Good.
So in this dream I was hanging out, though I don't remember what I was doing, and then it happened. The attack! I remember it went after my hand first. Then it was pecking me. Do Owls peck? Anyway, it was pecking me and I woke up very abruptly and for lack of a better explanation, very dramatically.
Now as you should know, Saturday Amy and I went to Claws and Paws. Do you think that had anything to do with it? Well it did. The Owl in question looked like this.
There was also a beautiful sign on the front of their cage it reads as fallows:
I guess they didn't want to scare the children and also state: "The Eagle Owl will give you nightmares and attack you in your sleep."
Seems reasonable to not put that on the sign. Hell, I almost shit my brain when it happened, though if I knew it was going to happen I could have been prepared for it. I would at least have gotten drunk first in my dream and worn a helmet in anticipation of in impending attack. I do after all have several helmets laying around. At least 4 I can think of off the top of my head. One would have been suitable to protect my perfect face. Like this one.
Any way. I suppose I survived the Owl attack, seeing as I am typing this right now. Or did I not survive and my spirit is going on like I am still alive and I am not really typing anything. So feel free to comment today, after all it will let me know that I am alive. If I am still alive that is.
Moving on.
Tomorrow night I am attending a seminar on Lasik Eye Surgery. I am a bit scared of the whole shooting lasers into my eyes thing. But I also hate no being able to see. I think the simplest joy that I will have is this. Waking up and being able to see the alarm clock. Not like now. I have to sit up, lean 3/4 of the way there and squint like an SOB to bearly make out the numbers. Also being able to read the labels of things in the shower. In the morning I don't have my contacts in yet, so I can't see the labels. I know what most things are by the color and look of the blurry bottle, but when something new is introduced into the shower, I have to hold it a few inches from my eyes and squint to read. If I shower at night, I can see. I generally have my contacts in then.
So I am hoping to see some one get their eyes zapped in person and see their reaction. I also get $500 off for going to the seminar. Though it is still going to cost me like $2,500 (if my insurance kicks in 15% of it). Also, I am told if I get picked to be the guy getting zapped at a seminar, I get a further discount.
Good thing I had that helmet to protect my pretty face from the Owl attack. I think I stand a chance at getting zapped at the seminar because I am "Easy on the eyes." Get it? Because it is a seminar about getting your eyes zapped with lasers.
OK, I think I am done for now.
That is all, carry on.
Yes I like to snuggle my girlfriend. Do you have a problem with that? Good.
So in this dream I was hanging out, though I don't remember what I was doing, and then it happened. The attack! I remember it went after my hand first. Then it was pecking me. Do Owls peck? Anyway, it was pecking me and I woke up very abruptly and for lack of a better explanation, very dramatically.
Now as you should know, Saturday Amy and I went to Claws and Paws. Do you think that had anything to do with it? Well it did. The Owl in question looked like this.
There was also a beautiful sign on the front of their cage it reads as fallows:
I guess they didn't want to scare the children and also state: "The Eagle Owl will give you nightmares and attack you in your sleep."
Seems reasonable to not put that on the sign. Hell, I almost shit my brain when it happened, though if I knew it was going to happen I could have been prepared for it. I would at least have gotten drunk first in my dream and worn a helmet in anticipation of in impending attack. I do after all have several helmets laying around. At least 4 I can think of off the top of my head. One would have been suitable to protect my perfect face. Like this one.
Any way. I suppose I survived the Owl attack, seeing as I am typing this right now. Or did I not survive and my spirit is going on like I am still alive and I am not really typing anything. So feel free to comment today, after all it will let me know that I am alive. If I am still alive that is.
Moving on.
Tomorrow night I am attending a seminar on Lasik Eye Surgery. I am a bit scared of the whole shooting lasers into my eyes thing. But I also hate no being able to see. I think the simplest joy that I will have is this. Waking up and being able to see the alarm clock. Not like now. I have to sit up, lean 3/4 of the way there and squint like an SOB to bearly make out the numbers. Also being able to read the labels of things in the shower. In the morning I don't have my contacts in yet, so I can't see the labels. I know what most things are by the color and look of the blurry bottle, but when something new is introduced into the shower, I have to hold it a few inches from my eyes and squint to read. If I shower at night, I can see. I generally have my contacts in then.
So I am hoping to see some one get their eyes zapped in person and see their reaction. I also get $500 off for going to the seminar. Though it is still going to cost me like $2,500 (if my insurance kicks in 15% of it). Also, I am told if I get picked to be the guy getting zapped at a seminar, I get a further discount.
Good thing I had that helmet to protect my pretty face from the Owl attack. I think I stand a chance at getting zapped at the seminar because I am "Easy on the eyes." Get it? Because it is a seminar about getting your eyes zapped with lasers.
OK, I think I am done for now.
That is all, carry on.
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