Ok, so the blog hasn’t really been all that funny in a while. Perhaps though you can find humor in my misery and discomfort. You know how I hurt my Glutaeus last Saturday while bowling? Yeah well it still hurts… worse in fact.
I’m a priiime physical specimen.
As indicated previously, I picked up my dad’s old 10 speed bike while I was home. Reckoning that it ought to be used before parked in a corner and forgotten about. So I just rode it into work. It’s only a couple or three miles. What I hadn’t realized is that it is mostly uphill. I thought it was downhill, uphill, flat. Really, it’s downhill uphill uphill. The ride home should be nice.
But unfortunately I’m much more out of shape than I had realized, plus I haven’t ridden an actual bike in a decade or so. And I stupidly ate a huge lunch. Fortunately I was able to retain it.
Now I’m in my office, sweating profusely, dying of thirst, thinking of vomitting, feeling like dying, and barely able to walk to get to the drinking fountain.
shit.
After another whirlwind weekend tour, I find myself back in my apartment, only about 60 hours and 550 miles after I left. I covered a lot of ground and had some good times.
The bad news is that my back is killing me for a couple of reasons. All the muscles are knotted up. This is probably due to sleeping on the floor for two nights.. and possibly due to some level of dehydration. Plus, I’ve got a pretty healthy (err, unhealthy?) sunburn on my shoulders. I will be sleeping like a baby tonight. [/sarcasm]
Instead of the all-interstate path I normally take to Charlotte, I took US-29 straight down to I-85 near Greenville. The traffic is lighter, but it is not as open a route. In the end, it saved me about 15 minutes and 30 miles. I took the same path on the way back. But I stopped 3 times and missed an exit once. I still made great time. Actually, the mileage on the way back was still less than the initial mileage. So I’ve got that going for me, which is nice. But the problem with this route is magnified at night. The road is not as flat or straight as a normal interstate. The shoulders are thinner or non-existant and there’s nearly no lighting. This makes for very poor forward visibility. I was often wondering if there would be asphalt in front of me in 20 yards. There’s nothing quite as fun as driving 65 MPH on very curvy roads where a deer is probably just waiting to jump out in front of you. I may have to stick to the interstates, because they’re just easier.
So what lesson did I learn this weekend? I don’t have an effing clue.
Cheers,
Nobrainer
- Why is it I can’t seem to form a cohesive idea from which I can form a complete post?
- I haven’t been able to really look at it yet, but apparently there is a counter-PETA, People Eating Tasty Animals.
- If I ever own a boat, it will be named Miss Underestimate.
- It’s still the middle of winter here, or so it seems, and for some damn strange reason I feel the need to exercise. Perhaps the Ohio-like winter reminds me of baseball conditioning: two hours of drills followed by timed laps on Monroe, Ohio’s “The Hill”.
- On a serious research note, I often get to use liquid nitrogen, oxygen plasma cleaners, precision etching and coating systems, and scanning electron microscopes. My advisor wants me to be trained as the department “super user” on the atomic force microscope.
- At the end of 18 during the next JDGA meeting, how the hell are we going to drive home? Shit, how are we going to drive the carts after the turn? Shall we call Speedee cab (864-653-5555)? Program that number, assuming they’re still in business.
- Speaking of phone numbers, I heard that the new owner of my previous cell # (864)356-3236 is pretty funny to talk to. Call and ask for me. And I wonder who the new owner of (864)646-5555 is? I bet they love the mandatory early weekend morning phone calls from the idiot who apparently never figured out how to dial a phone… this guy must have been drunk more often than even the best that 300 Woodland Circle ever had to offer.
- And since I’m too lazy to develop it, I’ll go ahead and share one of my ideas for a patent. I want to create a universal fluid flow containment coupling device. Errr… I want to create a universal adapter that will allow a person to connect a standard garden hose to any home water source. The idea would best be coupled with a lightweight hose. I believe this could be effective for outdoor spigots with threads that have been ruined; for attaching to shower heads for the sake of more easily rinsing a shower that you are cleaning; making it easier to water household plants; etc.
- Plus I think the family that lives next door to me (in a one bedroom apartment?) may have moved. I have no evidence other than having seen no proof of their existance in the last 3 or 4 weeks. My other neighbor routinely spends the night at her boyfriend’s place. This is very good news for someone who has a good stereo system.
