Back up for just a moment... redoing everything again!

Aaron, who's your web host these days? Do you know if they have subversion installed on their servers?

I was hoping to use subversion to update WordPress on my site, but it's looking like I can't do that with my host. I probably won't switch right away (I just renewed for a year), but I'd like to do the research now and be ready next January.

Happy Belated Birthday, Aaron!
Hope you had a blast celebrating your big 2-6.

Lyrics of the moment: Motion City Soundtrack - Even if it Kills Me

I've got a lotta things to do tonight
I'm so sick of making lists
Of things I'll never finish
I've lived here for the last [short year]
Since [early 2005] all my shit has been in boxes
But if I had a little more time to kill
I'd settle every little stupid thing
Yeah you'd think that I would

But I'm too tired to go to sleep tonight
And I'm too weak to follow dreams tonight
For the first time in a long time I can say
That I want to try to get better and
Overcome each moment
In my own way

I wonder if I'll ever lose my mind
I tried hard for awhile
But then I kind of gave up
Winter is killer when the sun goes down
I'm really not as stubborn as I seem
Said the knuckle to the concrete

But I'm too tired to go to sleep tonight
And I'm too weak to follow dreams tonight
For the first time in a long time I can say
That I want to try to get better and
Overcome each moment
In my own way

I'm not saying that I'm giving up
I'm just trying not to think
As much as I used to
Cause never is a lonely little messed up word
Maybe I'll get it right some day

For the first time in a long time I can say
That I want to try
I feel helpless for the most part
But I'm learning to open my eyes
And the sad truth of the matter is
I'll never get over it
But I'm gonna try
To get better and overcome each moment
In my own way

I sure want to get back on track
And I'll do whatever it takes
Even if it kills me

Biked to work again today. Not doing as well as I thought I would, it's only been a handful of times so far, but I'm doing ok with weight loss anyway.

Lyrics of the moment: Motion City Soundtrack - Can't Finish What You Started

Why can't you finish what you've started?
Why can't you try and understand?
It doesn't make a bit of difference if you start what you can't finish
Every story needs an ending, after all.

I think I've known it for a long time
Suffice to say, it's been a while
You're too afraid to face the outcome
Quite likely, you're a failure
It's a shitty thing to say, but hey man - the clock is ticking

I thought of all the things I'd like to say
Cramped up and couldn't write a word all day
I'm just waiting for my world to fall apart
That's why I'll never finish anything I start

What fills the magic in the meantime?
I know its hard without advice,
You need to find a new solution,
Adaptation and retribution,
If you truly do believe in something, somehow it all works out

I thought of all the things I'd like to say
Cramped up and couldn't write a word all day
I'm just waiting for my world to fall apart
That's why I'll never finish anything I start

I'm completely bored
With every single word
And nothing ever works
And this juvenile search
It seems to matter, coolly revealing to me
That I need a new approach

I thought of all the things I'd like to say
Cramped up and couldn't write a word all day
I'm just waiting for my world to fall apart
That's why I'll never finish anything I...

So sick of all the things I'm trying to say
Cramped up and couldn't write a word all day
I'm just waiting for my world to fall apart
That's why I'll never finish anything I...

Yesss!!!! I biked to work today! 9 miles is not that big of a deal to bike and write home about, but you know it costs me about $200 a month in gas to travel it as fast as humanly possible. While I over-paced myself to an extreme, (making sure I could make the trip home), it still only took me about fifty minutes. Once I'm at a point where I'm racing for a better time every day, and have tuned the bike up, I'll be creeping up on car time more and more, only I won't be fueling the war, I'll be saving half what my rent used to be, and I'll be getting in mad shape, yo. That'll be sweet. Have I found some loophole in the system or something?

Oh, and it was AWESOME flying by the cars held up on the bridge with the construction. People have been held up there as much as a half an hour at times, and if you add that on to the 23 minute drive it's worse than I did today. Add the price of frustration to the price of gas, subtract the amazing feeling you get from biking, and the choice is clear.

Maybe it was worth driving to work when gas was $0.83 a gallon, but if Adelphia said, "Here, give us $200 a month [I would have hung up there, of course] and we'll make it so you can get to work and back in half the time without having to work for it [which is about what would be, if that]. Couple side effects, of course, as with any great new science... you'll get fat, experience a form of rage, (great way to start the day), and you won't know it but you'll be partly responsible for a lot of evil. What do you say?"

For those who live within biking distance of work and think they might try it, here's what I think will help you make the plunge: I think you have to see it from a different perspective; one where you've biked it, have figured out all the mechanics of cleaning up, etc, and want the car back. You'll never try it if you think of it like you'd rather work your ass off to get there in twice the time just to save some money. It just simply isn't like that. I'll always feel guilty about driving it now.

Personally I can't wait until I can do this every day. Maybe I'm already there? I'll find out tomorrow.

So I don't know if I mentioned this or not, but we kinda went to California to experience a 3 day concert. It was the very essence of the word experience. Here are some pics:


We had to stay here the first night because DOLLAR RENTAL SUCKS IN EVERY WAY. That's the pool I broke into on the last night in Palm Springs.


Then I got to see where we stayed a little better.








We thought we'd be able to camp here, but apparently this is not a reasonable place to park a tent.


OK this was our second rental car. I broke the first by changing lanes.












Mr. Self-important camp ranger kicked us down the road to this waste land.






But whatever... this is what we came for! COACHELLA DAY 1!!


This is, I believe, Brother Ali.


Am I over the journey? Not quite yet, I don't think. Gotta work on that...


Stephen Marley, yo.




Jah people made it kinda smokey...


Jah, man.


Techno bubble? Why not!








This thing was a flame thrower of epic explosions






Then there was this thing you couldn't pee on


Then we saw Faithless for a few minutes. Too many smokers for our tastes.




Back to the "beach" by 9 or 9:30, but we were so tired from travel we just crashed.




Then in the morning I prepared for another night and noticed the selection... Sierra Nevada not imported... but Moosehead was!




The man was holding us back! No doubt, yo. The event was so big it was the entire road and a long wait on it.




What?! No, no thank you to the techno bubble.








We all fit in the tent in the beginning, but for the first time on the trip people started chanting... "TOM!! TOM!! TOM!!"


Ladies and Gentlemen... TOM MORELLO




And Perry Farrell and Boots


And this guy was obviously rocked right out of his mind. I hope it was heat.






Finally! I caught the guy at the top of his swing!


OMG Smiles!


Here we are, a part of it. I think we hit the main nerve...


And then...


THE RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS!!


And then we stole some showers from, it felt like, the dink ranger. Apparently he felt like it, too. Note the tree.


Gotta watch out for your corn hole in this place... 1/2 mile from THERMAL, CA. (no joke), where I think they first discovered heat.


OK, one last time. Typical shot of a shot... and the Salton Sea w/ smog.


Then the other side. We found out when we got back that the San Andreas fault follows this road, and is basically in this picture.


Then side...


To side... not a lot of help out there if you get lost or screwed. In fact you're certain to die.


Willie. Is. The. Man.




Ok, now there's only one thing left. What we really came for. Rage.


It's in the air. The band before them played to the biggest crowed of their lives no doubt.


AND THEN, AFTER THE SECOND CHANTING OF THE TRIP, RAGE AGAINST THE MOFO MACHINE!!


This guy was one of a handful to climb the sound tent. He didn't even seem that angry!!

And in the next scene that guy flew down and kicked Duncan ROIGHT in the cell phone. ROIGHT DUNCAN?

A thought I had today, arguments are welcome:

The safest, (and in some cases the best and most rewarding), investments are those which have value and returns that are independent of other people... investments in personal happiness, knowledge, values and ideas to name a few. Love and respect are beautiful gifts to give, but they are donations - nothing more nothing less. They are not investments. Any kind of "return" is completely at the whim of the recipient so do it for yourself or do it as a thank you. I mean, if investments in other people gave you the right to control them we'd be slaves to each other or constantly depressed from spoiled expectations. Gifts cannot put recipients in debt. "I helped you without you asking for it, now you owe me big," makes as much sense as, "here's a free iPod, now you owe me big!"

Perhaps I'm being captain obvious, but sometimes I think of things in a particular way that makes even more sense to me than my old way of thinking. Whatever; now I'm going to get my lunch and post a bunch of pics. You guys owe me big, like it or not.

Next thing I'm gonna post is gonna be pictures from CA. I'm busy with spring fever... and the only prescription is not computers!

Oh and PS Mr. Cage Rattler: I'm no longer suprised by what I see when I go to www.neosaw.com, either!!

Its beginning to freak me out how long this page has stayed post free and update free. You must be really busy, Aaron!

Couple things real quick:

1. Solidifying my decision to switch from beer to juice (and sometimes vodka)
2. The picture below is my mom's idea of dessert for Easter. Crazy.

Hey thanks for thinking of me, Tom. I did hear it. So it goes, as he would say.

Ting-a-ling, Mr. Vonnegut.

Congrats on your return, Norm! Please tell me you're done for good?

Aaron, did you see this? Apparently Kurt Vonnegut passed away. I know you are a big fan of his.

ITS GOOD TO BE HOME, PEEPS!

Congrats to Norm! My cousing just finished his Iraq tour in late February, and will be coming back from Germany in about 10 days.

I am so happy to say it, and it was soooo good to hear it:

NORMAN IS COMING HOME RIGHT NOW

I've heard through the Children's Discovery Museum that the bus arrives this Thursday at the Augusta armory. Woot woot; blow your hornz.

Wow, that looks freaking incredible! Where are the air hockey table and beer fridge gonna go?

Dang man, nice office. Makes my cubical w/3 walls look like... well, you know.

Looks awesome dude! Is there space for me? I am good at making coffee. I can be your personal assistant!

I took my parents to see the new offices for the new company this weekend and Dad took some nice pictures for anyone interested in seeing the headquarters of MFG Direct.

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