Poway death march on Iron Mountain

Mountain top repose
I sweat easily
No, you are not the boss
Just stand up there
West side is the best side
Good thing there is a helipad nearby, we're dying
The crew
Reason #4 it's a death march
Reason #3 it's a death march
It's portable. Kinda
The sign is wrong, snakes are NOT important
Iron Mountain
The trees of treachery
7 miles, 3 hours. Two dead beetles, one dead lizard. One gallon of fluid drunk.

To whom it may concern, David A., Blast from the past, "But I'm president of Selena's fan club!"

Running into some people from my early days, a la the way-back machine that is the internet (no Sherman or Peabody needed!) and my mysterious readers in far-away lands (are you just looking at the pictures?) I thought I would throw my contact information out there for you. Make our communication a two way street.

Email me:
ultra_rowdy@yahoo.com

fix me, please

Looking at about $500 for a new stator. The price of owning something unique........

But if I sell my Stumpjumper, the FZR 400 and maybe the M1 carbine then I can totally put a downpayment on a Ducati 848 (if i get a better job) or the sweet mountain bike I have been looking at.

Do I hear $300, $300? Do I hear $400, 400?

How much would you pay for 4 pieces of original art work hanging in your home? Not prints, not lithographs and not reproductions but oil on canvas originals. I think they look great!

"We could paint that"

And I put my money where my mouth is. $150 later we had 4 respectable paintings to hang in the house. Each canvas is about 24"x36" and we were done in about a hour.

ART!

pod people and so on

I don't have an ipod. I'm not on Facebook. I don't have a Blackberry. I am not totally anti-technology as I have a LCD TV, a hybrid SUV, a GPS system, XM radio and such. But I am just not part of the larger personal electronics/music/communication/social zombie culture. I mean, I was on AOL starting in 1996 and I did have a cell phone in 2000 and I was on Myspace when it originally hit (living in the Bay area I was definitely more in tune with that stuff at the time).

Where was I going with this? Oh yeah, though I am not on Facebook and such, I do get stuck doing the quizzes and such from there time to time, like the "25 Random Things About Me" from a few months ago. Well, here is the latest thing I was tagged for. Read it here or don't read it at all.

What is your current obsession? Every ache or pain or cut or bruise I get.
What is your weirdest obsession? I wear latex gloves to touch raw meat most times. I don't use the same deodorant, toothbrush, shoes, cologne (you get the idea) two days in a row.
What are you wearing today? Black Quicksliver zip up hoodie, t-shirt from a jiu jitsu tournament, underwear, house label boot cut jeans from Pac-Sun
Why is today special? I spent it with people I enjoy doing something new.
What would you like to learn to do? How to get whatever I want.
What’s for dinner today? No idea.
What’s the last thing you bought? Canvas for a painting I did.
What are you listening to right now? The sound of the dishwasher and the wind outside.
What is your favorite weather? Sunny. Hot. Sunny. Hot. Sunny.
What is your most challenging goal right now? Training for the Mundials in June and EMT school.
If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be? Only one location? Rome.
Favorite vacation spot? Anywhere new!
What would you like to have in your hands right now? The keys to a Ducati 848 or BMW Z4M.
What would you like to get rid of? Any useless old crap around my place I don't need or use that I haven't gotten rid of all ready.
If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go? Klamath Falls to see my grandma before she dies.
Which languages do you want to learn? Arabic, Thai, Chinese, Japanese.
What one fashion item should every man have in his closet? Nice jeans.
Who do you want to meet in person? A person I haven't met yet.
One thing that you would snitch out of someone’s garage, with no regrets? A heavy bag. Or possibly their motorcycle.
What’s the favorite thing in your own garage? The rock climbing wall I built, but don't use often anymore.
What is your dream job? Getting rid of all the bad people in the world. Or having the skill and talent to write for $$$$. Yeah, that's four $ signs. Why have a dream job if it also doesn't make me rich?

Auriclis Hematoma

I don't need no stinking lidocain. Or ugly cauliflower ear for that matter. I would say this is the DIY version, but as you can see it was a set of magical, skilled and disembodied hands that really did the work.