On Wednesday we went to the Holy Hill National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians near Milwaukee. There is the monastery of the Carmelite Order as well as a fantastic cathedral. We took the trek up one of the towers from which we could see downtown Milwaukee. As we journeyed back down, I joked with a cousin that we would lock her in the tower until her prince came to climb up her hair like Rapunsel, or became a solid block of ice in the Wisconsin winter.
After the trek up the tower we ventured into the sanctuary. Behind the alter was a great mosaic depicting the Holy Trinity, Mary, an unknown guy holding flowers and the twelve apostles. On both sides of the alter area, as my uncle described as the place where most Missouri Synod Lutherans would place air returns, speakers and hymn numbers, were alters and mosaics for two saints.
All in all the place was a fantastic display of architecture. As we were leaving my dad heard a boy, about 8 years old, comment, "I've seen four statues of Mary, but only one of Jesus!" How sad, but true, that the focus is still not where it should be in the Catholic church.
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Space Shuttle Fun
On vacation, so things are getting posted a day or two after the fact.
Well, it looks like Discovery lifted off just fine on Tuesday morning. My family and I had a fun time watching it. Mrs. Bush attended the launch at the cape. The only problem with the launch was a chunk of foam that fell off of the external tank (third photo). Since falling foam is what doomed Columbia to fall apart over Texas, NASA's all in a fritz about Discovery losing foam. They have already grounded the entire shuttle fleet. Heh, Discovery is in orbit, but it's grounded. Anyways, I thought that they had fixed that problem but I guess not. Now I'm all happy and all that they are taking safety seriously. However, I can't help but wonder how many safe flights that the fleet has had that involved falling foam before the 2003 disaster. Then again, that's probably why I'm not in charge, yet.
Now, if I were in charge, I would propose that instead of humans we use space monkeys to fly the shuttle. It would be much more cost effective since they need only bananas as payment. Then instead of risking human life we would only risk space monkey life. It might tick off space monkey rights activists, but many of them think that space monkeys belong either in a five-star hotel or in the jungle where they are liable to be eaten. So, clearly giving them the adventure of their life away from predators while making them earn their keep would be the best way to go.
Why use anything at all? Well, while the launch is completely automated (which basically means that if everyone in Florida were to suddenly become narcoleptic the shuttle would still find it's way into orbit, I think....) the landing, from what I understand, isn't. You have to manually let down the landing gear. Something that amounts to a flying house doesn't land too well without landing gear. Just replace the lever of button or whatnot with something that looks like a banana, problem solved. Also, I don't know how well the space shuttle can dock with the ISS or check for missing tiles. So we could just like the space monkey dock and give it a midget's spacesuit with a tail sown on. The guys on the ISS could take care of the rest. The rest of the time the space monkey could be given a computer to either write Shakespeare on or to use as a toilet. After all, given enough space monkeys a successful mission will eventually come out, right? Hmm, Perhaps it's good I'm not in charge.
Well, it looks like Discovery lifted off just fine on Tuesday morning. My family and I had a fun time watching it. Mrs. Bush attended the launch at the cape. The only problem with the launch was a chunk of foam that fell off of the external tank (third photo). Since falling foam is what doomed Columbia to fall apart over Texas, NASA's all in a fritz about Discovery losing foam. They have already grounded the entire shuttle fleet. Heh, Discovery is in orbit, but it's grounded. Anyways, I thought that they had fixed that problem but I guess not. Now I'm all happy and all that they are taking safety seriously. However, I can't help but wonder how many safe flights that the fleet has had that involved falling foam before the 2003 disaster. Then again, that's probably why I'm not in charge, yet.
Now, if I were in charge, I would propose that instead of humans we use space monkeys to fly the shuttle. It would be much more cost effective since they need only bananas as payment. Then instead of risking human life we would only risk space monkey life. It might tick off space monkey rights activists, but many of them think that space monkeys belong either in a five-star hotel or in the jungle where they are liable to be eaten. So, clearly giving them the adventure of their life away from predators while making them earn their keep would be the best way to go.
Why use anything at all? Well, while the launch is completely automated (which basically means that if everyone in Florida were to suddenly become narcoleptic the shuttle would still find it's way into orbit, I think....) the landing, from what I understand, isn't. You have to manually let down the landing gear. Something that amounts to a flying house doesn't land too well without landing gear. Just replace the lever of button or whatnot with something that looks like a banana, problem solved. Also, I don't know how well the space shuttle can dock with the ISS or check for missing tiles. So we could just like the space monkey dock and give it a midget's spacesuit with a tail sown on. The guys on the ISS could take care of the rest. The rest of the time the space monkey could be given a computer to either write Shakespeare on or to use as a toilet. After all, given enough space monkeys a successful mission will eventually come out, right? Hmm, Perhaps it's good I'm not in charge.
Monday, July 25, 2005
"That's fine."
Being a checker at a grocery store I sometimes get to see human ineptitude at it's finest from some of our customers. So, here I am tonight to poke fun at some of the silly things people do at the check-out counter.
When someone buys a gallon of milk or something similar we usually ask if they would like it in a sack. This is done since some people find it easier to carry, it helps with sweat on humid days or because they deem a plastic sack to be more worthy container for milk than the milk jug (just a bit harder to store in the fridge). Anyways, an amazing number of people reply, "That's fine." Uh, ok...... I just assume this means no. This also has happened when I have asked customers if they want their receipt... "That's fine." Why yes, sir, it is a fine receipt, but do you want it? I bite my tongue and throw it away.
A lot of people also seem to thing the conveyor belt makes a fine countertop for money and writing checks. Then they wonder why their money disappears or get mad when it ruins a pen stroke. All this despite the fact that a foot away we have two perfectly stationary surfaces to use. I suppose that would make sense though.
I'm standing at my register and someone comes around the corner, "Are you open?" Why no, I just like to stand here for no reason, you could call it a hobby. I suppose though that this one could be explained since sometimes checkers can be waiting to leave for break, counting down the register or whatnot. I have also stood at my register, with no one there. A customer strolls right by -- and right to the checker with the longest line. This happens to other checkers too. Heh, people are amusing. Not enough to make the job enjoyable though. Oh well. :-)
When someone buys a gallon of milk or something similar we usually ask if they would like it in a sack. This is done since some people find it easier to carry, it helps with sweat on humid days or because they deem a plastic sack to be more worthy container for milk than the milk jug (just a bit harder to store in the fridge). Anyways, an amazing number of people reply, "That's fine." Uh, ok...... I just assume this means no. This also has happened when I have asked customers if they want their receipt... "That's fine." Why yes, sir, it is a fine receipt, but do you want it? I bite my tongue and throw it away.
A lot of people also seem to thing the conveyor belt makes a fine countertop for money and writing checks. Then they wonder why their money disappears or get mad when it ruins a pen stroke. All this despite the fact that a foot away we have two perfectly stationary surfaces to use. I suppose that would make sense though.
I'm standing at my register and someone comes around the corner, "Are you open?" Why no, I just like to stand here for no reason, you could call it a hobby. I suppose though that this one could be explained since sometimes checkers can be waiting to leave for break, counting down the register or whatnot. I have also stood at my register, with no one there. A customer strolls right by -- and right to the checker with the longest line. This happens to other checkers too. Heh, people are amusing. Not enough to make the job enjoyable though. Oh well. :-)
Summer Adventures '05 Part IV: Culture Clash
One big thing I have obviously been doing this summer is living in Iowa. And not just any part of Iowa, but the world's (heh, "world's") most boring part of Iowa. Now those of you who know me are probably thinking, "Oh boy, here he goes AGAIN." But bare with me, there will be a point to this.
Now don't get me wrong, I don't mind having space, quiet and the ability to be as loud as I want since there is no one around to care. But to give you an idea of the kind of area we live in, try this on for size: you have to drive sixty miles, SIXTY MILES, to get to a Wal-Mart. Now love or hate the store, Wal-Mart is known to be everywhere. The only brand-names that are in more places than Wal-Mart is either McDonald's or Subway (which are only about ten miles away BTW). The bright side? You can drive about sixty miles in any direction to get to a Wal-Mart.
To further drive the point that there is little here:
Major tourist attractions: the World's Largest Cheeto and the World's Largest Grotto (which I'll admit the grotto is pretty cool)
Big news of last week: The old, one-screen theater was dumped when the brand-spankin new three screen theater opened up.
Anyways, on to the meat of this post. A while back, while I was getting carts from the parking lot for my uninspiring job, I stared to enumerate my interests and weighing them with what the area offers. The following is a list of those interests. My interests are certainty not limited to this list. I hardly have enough time to enumerate everything but this should cover most of it. The specific examples (like Star Wars) are just a small representation of some of my favorites with in each interest. Well, here it is, Daniel's Thrilling Interest List of Doom! (cue the over-blown music):
I must make a note here that the people in this area are definitely nice, even if we share little in common.
Now don't get me wrong, I don't mind having space, quiet and the ability to be as loud as I want since there is no one around to care. But to give you an idea of the kind of area we live in, try this on for size: you have to drive sixty miles, SIXTY MILES, to get to a Wal-Mart. Now love or hate the store, Wal-Mart is known to be everywhere. The only brand-names that are in more places than Wal-Mart is either McDonald's or Subway (which are only about ten miles away BTW). The bright side? You can drive about sixty miles in any direction to get to a Wal-Mart.
To further drive the point that there is little here:
Major tourist attractions: the World's Largest Cheeto and the World's Largest Grotto (which I'll admit the grotto is pretty cool)
Big news of last week: The old, one-screen theater was dumped when the brand-spankin new three screen theater opened up.
Anyways, on to the meat of this post. A while back, while I was getting carts from the parking lot for my uninspiring job, I stared to enumerate my interests and weighing them with what the area offers. The following is a list of those interests. My interests are certainty not limited to this list. I hardly have enough time to enumerate everything but this should cover most of it. The specific examples (like Star Wars) are just a small representation of some of my favorites with in each interest. Well, here it is, Daniel's Thrilling Interest List of Doom! (cue the over-blown music):
- Lutheran Theology
- Computers
- Algorithms, data structures, programming, exotic operating systems and platforms, history, custom built machines, leading edge technologies, Macs and other various intricacies of computers
- Model Rocketry
- Music
- I am willing to listen to just about anything, but I tend to prefer the old 'n moldies (that is guys like Bach, Mozart, etc), symphonic band, movie soundtracks (Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, etc), anime soundtracks, video game sountracks and sacred. I have also been known to enjoy playing bassoon, alto sax and piano over the years.
- Video Games
- The Legend of Zelda, RPGs, Super Smash Bros.
- Musicals
- Movies
- Sci-Fi, fantasy, good stuff (that is Apollo 13, The Terminal, Cinderella Man, The Incredibles)
- TV
- Stargate, Star Trek, MythBusters, America's Funniest Home Videos (with Bob Saget), Quantum Leap, some parts of Adult Swim (mostly the anime)
- Anime
- Online Comics
- Conservative Politics
- Books
- Books about anything listed above
- Athletics
- Except paintball and arctic Frisbee can be fun. Yes, I have tried athletics, both watching and spectating.(Edit: I mean both watching and participating.) Note though I don't mind exercise. I used to bike around town quite a bit before we moved out here.
- TV
- Online comics
- Athletics
- Agriculture
I must make a note here that the people in this area are definitely nice, even if we share little in common.
Saturday, July 23, 2005
TSM July 2005 Launch
Yesterday I went up to Minnesota to see a friend that I haven't seen for quite a while. Today, on the way back, I took the scenic route and stopped in a field near Maple Island, MN to watch Tripoli Southern Minnesota do their monthly launch. I arrived at the launch site shortly before 10 am when just two people were there setting up the launch equipment. They introduced themselves to me and we did the usual chit chat, "What's your name?", "Where are you from", "How did you come to be here?" etc. Through out the rest of the morning more people arrived and I got to talk to them while we waited for the FAA waiver to go into effect.
It was great fun to watch these high-powered rockets fly. A couple of them flew into the clouds. Thank God for radio tracking. I took a number of photos throughout the day. Somewhere along the line I managed to switch my mom's digital camera from the highest quality photos to the lowest quality photos. Some of the photos were somehow screwed up along the line. If any of you want to try to correct them and send them on to me that would be great. Also I activated the camera's video feature a couple of times creating videos of me walking around.
Anyways, later on I, if I can get one of the rocket guys to do it since they know more about what was going on, I might have some more details about the rockets that were flown and captions for the photos.
The launches wrapped up around 3 pm. Most of the launches couldn't have gone better. One rocket did manage to get itself lost but made quite a loud and fast exit doing it. I hope they manage to find it..
They also had Rocket Technologies onsite to provide more rocket toys. I picked up an Estes' Eliminator kit. It will be my first E powered rocket and should be a quick build. I have also read that it makes a great launch vehicle for the camera from my Snapshot rocket.
Anyways, it was a fun day. Thanks to the people of the TSM club for putting up with me. I hope I wasn't too much of a bother. :-) All of you were great to talk to. The weather was a bit sticky though.....
It was great fun to watch these high-powered rockets fly. A couple of them flew into the clouds. Thank God for radio tracking. I took a number of photos throughout the day. Somewhere along the line I managed to switch my mom's digital camera from the highest quality photos to the lowest quality photos. Some of the photos were somehow screwed up along the line. If any of you want to try to correct them and send them on to me that would be great. Also I activated the camera's video feature a couple of times creating videos of me walking around.
Anyways, later on I, if I can get one of the rocket guys to do it since they know more about what was going on, I might have some more details about the rockets that were flown and captions for the photos.
The launches wrapped up around 3 pm. Most of the launches couldn't have gone better. One rocket did manage to get itself lost but made quite a loud and fast exit doing it. I hope they manage to find it..
They also had Rocket Technologies onsite to provide more rocket toys. I picked up an Estes' Eliminator kit. It will be my first E powered rocket and should be a quick build. I have also read that it makes a great launch vehicle for the camera from my Snapshot rocket.
Anyways, it was a fun day. Thanks to the people of the TSM club for putting up with me. I hope I wasn't too much of a bother. :-) All of you were great to talk to. The weather was a bit sticky though.....
Friday, July 22, 2005
Quirky Notions?
Just how did I get such a title and what do I mean by it? Well, it started out with the typical "Random Thoughts." Since that wasn't creative enough for me I shoved those words into my computer's dictionary/thesaurus and came up with "Quirky Notions."
You know what? That's just about right. I've never really thought of myself as a normal person. Heck, sometimes I'm downright eccentric. Scratch that, I'm usually downright eccentric. Combine this with a rather conservative political view, moderate to conservative tendencies with in the LCMS and being a geek, well...... My thoughts, or notions rather, are probably going to appear to be rather odd, perhaps bizarre to many people. Heck, I'll probably manage to tick someone off. Then again, if I don't tick someone off then I'm probably not doing something right.
Anyways, getting back on track... I'm an odd guy. *looks away from the teleprompter* Is there supposed to be a point to this post?
You know what? That's just about right. I've never really thought of myself as a normal person. Heck, sometimes I'm downright eccentric. Scratch that, I'm usually downright eccentric. Combine this with a rather conservative political view, moderate to conservative tendencies with in the LCMS and being a geek, well...... My thoughts, or notions rather, are probably going to appear to be rather odd, perhaps bizarre to many people. Heck, I'll probably manage to tick someone off. Then again, if I don't tick someone off then I'm probably not doing something right.
Anyways, getting back on track... I'm an odd guy. *looks away from the teleprompter* Is there supposed to be a point to this post?
Summer Adventures '05 Part III: The Bookworm
This summer I have attempted to read several books for assimilation, some more successful than others. This diet of dead trees has consisted of four books.
I quickly read through C.S. Lewis' fantasy of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. I had read the entire classic series once before back when I was in elementary. With the new movie coming out I thought I should re-read it. If you haven't read it, pick up a copy. It's short and is an easy read. You will enjoy it. I just hope Disney doesn't slaughter the story.
The next book I started on was Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X, 2nd Edition by Aaron Hillegass. I have long wished to learn Cocoa so I could do some fun things on my iBook to share with family and friends. From what I was able to figure out, this is probably the best book out to learn Cocoa with. Cocoa, however, has a steep learning curve for someone who has never dealt with GUI programming, so I have stalled a few chapters in. I'll come back to it eventually as a job programming OS X apps would be a desirable one. I should also go learn more about Win32 and the STL. Oh well, gotta start somewhere.
This fall I'll be taking a class on numerical analysis. Since a very small number of students have registered for this class it will be offered by independent study only. That being the case, I thought it would be wise to go ahead and get a copy of the text, Numerical Mathematics and Computing by Ward Cheney and David Kincaid, to study a bit from. I've got an amusing situation involving this book and baseball that I am likely to write on in the future.
The last, and probably most important book, that I have started on is the new reader's edition of the Book of Concord put out by Concordia Publishing House. I have never read from this book before. Since I'm Lutheran I might as well read it and find out what exactly it is to be Lutheran. This edition of the book features introductions to each section, a reading guide and more than 145 images and illustrations in black and white and color. The book itself is beautifully constructed with the Luther Rose pressed into the front cover. This will be one book I shall cherish for many years.
I quickly read through C.S. Lewis' fantasy of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. I had read the entire classic series once before back when I was in elementary. With the new movie coming out I thought I should re-read it. If you haven't read it, pick up a copy. It's short and is an easy read. You will enjoy it. I just hope Disney doesn't slaughter the story.
The next book I started on was Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X, 2nd Edition by Aaron Hillegass. I have long wished to learn Cocoa so I could do some fun things on my iBook to share with family and friends. From what I was able to figure out, this is probably the best book out to learn Cocoa with. Cocoa, however, has a steep learning curve for someone who has never dealt with GUI programming, so I have stalled a few chapters in. I'll come back to it eventually as a job programming OS X apps would be a desirable one. I should also go learn more about Win32 and the STL. Oh well, gotta start somewhere.
This fall I'll be taking a class on numerical analysis. Since a very small number of students have registered for this class it will be offered by independent study only. That being the case, I thought it would be wise to go ahead and get a copy of the text, Numerical Mathematics and Computing by Ward Cheney and David Kincaid, to study a bit from. I've got an amusing situation involving this book and baseball that I am likely to write on in the future.
The last, and probably most important book, that I have started on is the new reader's edition of the Book of Concord put out by Concordia Publishing House. I have never read from this book before. Since I'm Lutheran I might as well read it and find out what exactly it is to be Lutheran. This edition of the book features introductions to each section, a reading guide and more than 145 images and illustrations in black and white and color. The book itself is beautifully constructed with the Luther Rose pressed into the front cover. This will be one book I shall cherish for many years.
Summer Adventures '05 Part II: The Rocket's Red Glare
If you are thinking I must be doing something other than driving coworkers and customers nuts with my geekness, yeah, you would be right. I've gone rocket happy.
I used to enter a model rocket in the county fair for 4H before we moved to Iowa. In the last year I began to miss the hobby. I started when my dad and I stopped by a Walmart after seeing Cinderella Man (a most excellent movie by the way) where I purchased one of Estes' Snapshot starter kits. Although it didn't pose much of a challenge and it included a pad and launcher, which I didn't need, it allowed me to fly as soon as weather would allow and it has a neat camera feature built in. I've launched it four times, twice I forgot to open the shutter. On the forth flight the fin assembly came lose.... :-/.
Since then I've purchased the following rockets:
Estes' Canadian Arrow:
This kit is based off of the X-Prize entry of the same name. The real rocket is based off of the German V-2 and the model runs on a D engine. I've always loved D engine launches. I wonder what more powerful engines are like... Anyways, I've got the engine mount built and installed and the fins ready to be mounted but nothing beyond that. Can't wait to fly this puppy though.
Quest's Big Betty:
This kit is a ripoff of Este's classic Big Bertha, but it should be fun to fly anyways. I'm ready to start on the finish of the rocket which will be a bit different from what the linked site has.
Estes' CC Express:
A two-stage rocket. I've only built one multistage rocket before which crashed on it's first multistage launch. Well, I'm older and wiser (in theory) now and I should have better luck this time. I haven't started on this one yet.
Estes' Blue Ninja:
An easy to build kit that flies on D engines. Can't have too many that fly on D's. haven't started on this one either.
Estes' Thunderstar:
Also an X-Prize entry of the same name by Starchaser Industries This kit features a dual-engine cluster meaning two engines fire at the same time. I started working on this kit and botched the engine mount. I've never done a cluster rocket so this one will be an experience to fly.
In addition to building my own rockets, I have located a couple of clubs of whose launches I hope to attend. One of them has launched a port-a-potty. Also, I've been eagerly waiting the first launch of the space shuttle in two years. The first attempt was aborted due to a faulty sensor. The second attempt is scheduled for this coming Tuesday morning.
I used to enter a model rocket in the county fair for 4H before we moved to Iowa. In the last year I began to miss the hobby. I started when my dad and I stopped by a Walmart after seeing Cinderella Man (a most excellent movie by the way) where I purchased one of Estes' Snapshot starter kits. Although it didn't pose much of a challenge and it included a pad and launcher, which I didn't need, it allowed me to fly as soon as weather would allow and it has a neat camera feature built in. I've launched it four times, twice I forgot to open the shutter. On the forth flight the fin assembly came lose.... :-/.
Since then I've purchased the following rockets:
Estes' Canadian Arrow:
This kit is based off of the X-Prize entry of the same name. The real rocket is based off of the German V-2 and the model runs on a D engine. I've always loved D engine launches. I wonder what more powerful engines are like... Anyways, I've got the engine mount built and installed and the fins ready to be mounted but nothing beyond that. Can't wait to fly this puppy though.
Quest's Big Betty:
This kit is a ripoff of Este's classic Big Bertha, but it should be fun to fly anyways. I'm ready to start on the finish of the rocket which will be a bit different from what the linked site has.
Estes' CC Express:
A two-stage rocket. I've only built one multistage rocket before which crashed on it's first multistage launch. Well, I'm older and wiser (in theory) now and I should have better luck this time. I haven't started on this one yet.
Estes' Blue Ninja:
An easy to build kit that flies on D engines. Can't have too many that fly on D's. haven't started on this one either.
Estes' Thunderstar:
Also an X-Prize entry of the same name by Starchaser Industries This kit features a dual-engine cluster meaning two engines fire at the same time. I started working on this kit and botched the engine mount. I've never done a cluster rocket so this one will be an experience to fly.
In addition to building my own rockets, I have located a couple of clubs of whose launches I hope to attend. One of them has launched a port-a-potty. Also, I've been eagerly waiting the first launch of the space shuttle in two years. The first attempt was aborted due to a faulty sensor. The second attempt is scheduled for this coming Tuesday morning.
Thursday, July 21, 2005
Summer Adventures '05 Part I: Work
It seems that a common question I get from friends via various IM services is, "What have you been up to this summer?" I figured the long answer to this question would also serve as an introduction to yours truly for those who might have just stumbled upon this corner of the web. So, without further ado I present Part I of my summer adventures.
Once upon a time, in fall '04, I saw myself taking a couple of summer classes this summer. But, midway through the spring semester, I realized that I did not need to do this. And so, I found myself with an empty summer and not enough time to acquire an internship to keep me busy. Thus, I made the dreadful trek back to north-central Iowa to where my parents reside. There I ended up back at Hy Vee as a checker and stocker, where I have worked on and off since the summer of 2001.
This summer at work started fine enough: 20hr weeks (give or take a few) and 5hr days. In the first week of July there was the yearly motorcycle rally that takes place near here. It brings in lots of business to the area and the bikers are usually pretty darn nice. I wouldn't want to go out to the club campgrounds..... Anyways, everyone got an increased number of hours to help with the crowed. That's when it started to happen...
What happened? I grew tired of working there. Happens every summer. It's not that the job is hard, that's the problem. The job is darn right boring. After a couple months of it I start to lose it. I've found myself spouting off a mathematical discussion of the express sign that reads, "Approx. 12 items," singing out tunes from the Legend of Zelda to ones from Star Wars to ones by Host amongst other things to keep me from going crazy. Oh well, Lord willing, I'll be back to school for another year of college in August and after that I should be able to get a real job. :-)
Once upon a time, in fall '04, I saw myself taking a couple of summer classes this summer. But, midway through the spring semester, I realized that I did not need to do this. And so, I found myself with an empty summer and not enough time to acquire an internship to keep me busy. Thus, I made the dreadful trek back to north-central Iowa to where my parents reside. There I ended up back at Hy Vee as a checker and stocker, where I have worked on and off since the summer of 2001.
This summer at work started fine enough: 20hr weeks (give or take a few) and 5hr days. In the first week of July there was the yearly motorcycle rally that takes place near here. It brings in lots of business to the area and the bikers are usually pretty darn nice. I wouldn't want to go out to the club campgrounds..... Anyways, everyone got an increased number of hours to help with the crowed. That's when it started to happen...
What happened? I grew tired of working there. Happens every summer. It's not that the job is hard, that's the problem. The job is darn right boring. After a couple months of it I start to lose it. I've found myself spouting off a mathematical discussion of the express sign that reads, "Approx. 12 items," singing out tunes from the Legend of Zelda to ones from Star Wars to ones by Host amongst other things to keep me from going crazy. Oh well, Lord willing, I'll be back to school for another year of college in August and after that I should be able to get a real job. :-)
Hello, world!
Well, here we go. I've gone and done it. I have a blog now. I have been putting off creating my own blog since I wanted it on my own website rather than being dependent on something like Blogger. However, I have had a number of thoughts this summer which I deemed suitable for the blogging medium that I caved in and through that notion out the window.
And so, here we are. Me, with a blog, and you, reading it. So buckle in and put your seats in the full-upright position cuz here we go for what will be either the ride of your life or simply the most utterly boring blog ever.
And so, here we are. Me, with a blog, and you, reading it. So buckle in and put your seats in the full-upright position cuz here we go for what will be either the ride of your life or simply the most utterly boring blog ever.
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