So I want to get a few patches made that say "Meepers" or "The Meepers." I think jsut Meepers would be better. I think I will ask Amy's opinion after she gets up from her nap later.
Yes later, right now she is working. She is working in Palmerton at Palmerton Hospital. She started her new job today. Now she is the real bread winner in the family. Yes the family. Now that the parents know, I can mention this in an open forum.
Amy and I got engaged a little over a week ago. On Halloween to be exact. Though my romantic plan got ruined by mother nature, I still went through with it as planed. You see, Halloween 2 years ago is when we officially began dating. We had sort of dated in the past and we knew each other for years, but that was our "official" appearance a couple. Yes appearance. We went to Amber and Anthony's Halloween party. She was dressed as opposite Amy and I was Jeff circa 2002.
I know, I wasn't very creative, but I used my luchador mask the year before. Either way, we drank and had a good time. So this year I tried to do the same. The Bog was also working against me, but we pulled it through.
I think the two of us had a great night. And now the girl of my dreams, will be with me forever.
I am not sure I can more this blog post on after that, so I will keep it short and sweet today.
That is all, carry on.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Starbucks Allentown toll plaza. Vespa Poster. I think I may have taken this photo before. But who cares! It is a scooter!
Saw this on the street in Philly. Stock white ruckus. It was nice to see it. It was the first scooter I saw when we got into the city. Normally I see about 20 Vespas in the first 10 minutes, but that was not the case this weekend. First scooter I saw was a nice Ruckus. Later at about 9:30, Amy and I were on our way back to the car and we saw a fw scooters heading down the Parkway. Leanding the pack was a black Ruckus. Well it could have been a '09 Matte Grey, but it was dark out. Either way it was another Ruckus. First time I saw any in Philly. That made me happy.
Yes he did is Parkour trick. No he didn't do it with style. I say WIN!
Here is a slew of them. pretty funny stuff. One is pretty terrible. I saw the kid that falls from the roof earlier as a stand alone video. All I can say about that is, hope that kid is not dead and hopefully didn't break his back.
And one more for good measure.
OK, now for some sick Parkour.
This one is pretty long, but really really good.
This video yo should skim through, but watch the end. It is pretty dang funny.
What the hell goes through this guys head? He sits there and thinks of the Knock Detecting Lock. Yes he mentions "What if mt neighbors hear m knock?" OK I'll change it. Well guess what, they heard that one to.
Another thing. First he says it it responds to absolute timing, then he states it responds to the tempo of the knock. Then he goes on to say that the knock could be fast or slow. Make up tour dang mind man!
OK, it is pretty flippin' cool, but in no way does the application of this work for a secure locking system. But this guys makes all sorts of things.
Moving on. Now this is something I can wrap my head around. He may be smashed, but he aint no idget!
Yup, he got it open! Took a few taps on the side of a building, but the cork was out. And if you don't mind a little foot in you wine, you are good to go.
OK. Amy and I are off to Philly on Saturday. We are going to see Body World and The Brain. It is at The Franklin Institute. I have never been to it, but Amy has. She tells me it is pretty bad ass. I only really ever say it on Casino Royal.
So I am excited to see this one. We are also going to hit up Dock Street and fill up my Growler with a tasty treat! Because we all know, I like tasty treats.
Speaking of these kinds of tasty treats, word came to me 2 weeks ago that I have a 500 plaque sitting in the office at Coopers! So we are going to try and have an unavailing of this master piece in three weeks. I should find out tonight if it is going to work out. So stay tuned for that.
OK back to this weekend! I am also going to try and stop back in Nodding Head for a quick pint if we are in the area, though I am not sure where the area is. I got a little turned around last time. But I have an excellent guide to the city....Amy!
And while we are there, we are going to stop at Bicycle Revolutions. I want to check out some Chrome bags. My R.E. Load has been giving my shoulder a work out. I was also tossing around the idea of a Bagaboo.
Bagaboo has an amazing bag design! Much like PAC Designs X-Strap.... OK, it is exactly the same thing, but cheaper! Yes it is much cheaper, the kicker, it is made in Budapest, Hungary! Not only a different country, but a different continent all together. Also to add insult to injury for PAC, the Euro is worth more than the Dollar, and USD is worth more than CAD. So why do you ask is the PAC bag over $100 more. I do not know!
With shipping from Hungry to the US it is roughly $255. The exchange rate fluctuates all day long. I have seen the bag for $249-$257 in the course of one day. It is kind of interesting to refresh the page ever few hours to see the dollar get weaker, then stronger, then weaker.
OK, back to Bagaboo. They make some really great stuff, and I was eyeballing them a while ago when I was looking into getting my R.E. Load. As you know I wanted to keep in in PA, which is why I went with R.E. Load. Or I would have gotten a PAC, Seagull or Bagaboo.
But with the Bagaboo having the X-Strap, that makes life easier. See I mostly commute on The Meepers, so I am always wearing a leather jacket. It is much much easier to get an over the head mess bag on then a backpack (which I am going to look at Saturday at Bicycle Revolutions). With the X-Strap, I get the easy on off of a mess bag, but the support of a backpack. Not only is the Bagaboo "Workhorse" much cheaper, it has better pockets!
I am a pocket fanatic. I like to have all sorts of pockets to separate my stuff. Things need to be organized, and I like a key clip and zipper pocket. All though most company charge this as an add on, Bagaboo is still cheaper. And you will see a lot less people with a Bagaboo bag, then a Chrome or R.E. Load.
OK, so around the Scranton area you will not see much of either Chrome or R.E. Load. In fact I only know of two kids with Chrome bags, one a Kremlin, and the other I think a Backbone, and one kid with a R.E. Load bag. I am sure there are much more with The U being in town, but I only rode with a few kids who rocked them.
OK, this is getting long and I am sure I lost you a long time ago. So here is where it ends for the day.
Well now, I know you have been patently waiting for me to finish my next video, so I went ahead and did just that. So for all my fans, here you are!
Now wasn't that worth the wait? I know, I am pretty dang good. You wish you were me.
OK, OK. I know you really didn't care I was working on another video, but now you ave something to do for three and a half minutes. Now what greater gift could I give an idle mind? Oh wait.. what?
You were really looking forward to my video. Well that is fantastic! I will let you know I have plans for a few more. I need to work out what songs I want to use and how to execute them, but I am going to try and do one a month. Now I have some mountain bike video ideas, so don't be mad. I will probably make a fixed gear tour of Scranton. Both require me to make a new mount, but that will not be very hard or labor intensive at all.
OK on with it!
So I noticed that two of my post seem to be on the same day. My Social Distortion.... plays with pearl jam post and my ironic Happy Friday post. One was clearly posted a day before the other, and it is obvious I posted the Social D blog first, on Monday. But why does Blogger tell me my ironic Happy Friday post was also Monday. But I am sure it was Tuesday. To figure this out, I revert to Face Book and Tumbrl.
And yes both confirmed that Happy Friday was actually posted yesterday, Tuesday November 3. I guess this whole day light savings thing really hit Google hard. It's OK Google, I forgive you. I was just a little confused there for a minute.
Ok you probably know I hate Miller Light, but this is a great commercial.
Well as you may know, one of my all time favorite bands is Social Distortion. Mike Ness is just a down right bad ass! There is no topping this guy. Really, there is not. All those metal bands have nothing on Social Distortion. Then Fucking Perl Jam comes along and ruins one of my all time favorite songs. Chris was there and sent me some photos of Eddie Vedder playing "Ball and Chain" with Social D.
At first I was excited to see these photos (they will fallow the video) then today I saw a post on the Social Distortion blog with a link to the video. Now I am a little sad. Mike McCready is a pretty bad ass guitar player, Eddie Vedder is one of the biggest douchebags the world has ever seen. Sorry Chris.
OK, here is the video posted on the Social D blog:
OK, so it was a cell phone, and you can't hear shit, but the sight of Vedder makes me want to pet a puppy to calm down. OK here are the photos. One is only Social Distortion.
"Ball and Chain" with Vedder and McCready.
"Reach for the Sky" just Social Distortion.
OK, I need to see them next time they come around these parts. I am sad to say I have never seen them live. Something always happens, and I never make it there. Now I am going to make it a point to get there.
And here is your zen for the day, it s pretty flippinf sweet.
OK, I have to finish a custom spot and give Canada a call. Yes I call the country and talk to the land mass from time to time. It calms me down.
