Seize the Day

Funny thing about that picture, one day back in the old house, I need some toilet paper. And there was none to be found... either that or paper and a pen were easier to find than the TP.
So.. I nabbed the roll from the downstairs bathroom, and needless to say my Mom was less than thrilled by the note.

195,000

So, the caddy is at 195,000 miles! Its getting so close to 200K.
Today I changed the oil, and 3 quarts came out !_! (I added 5 quarts to fill it afterwards).
Idk if it was sitting at a weird angle and didnt drain right... or if it had all been burnt off.

Also, the power steering is still burning/leaking/dissapearing its steering fluid... not sure why.

Other than that, the caddy is a solid machine and is trucking along!

Now its time to head out to party like a rockstar... or at least like a twenty one year old.

TPP - Director Training

Well, after 4 grueling days of hardcore training, everyone is ready to go off and do their jobs!

To those of you who dont know what I do, I am the "Executive Director" for TigerPaw Productions this year. I am in charage of all the students that run Littlejohn, Tillman, the Outdoor Theater, Bowman, and a few other areas.
We are a ballin' group.

Heres a picture of us getting ready to tube down the green river.

The Dark Night

Go see it. Now... again.

I finally saw this movie, and its amazing.

Also movie related, the Astro theater Downtown Clemson is apparently closing... sadness.

$3 PBR

So tonight, I paid $3 for a PBR. Why would I pay half the cost of a 6-pack for one beer you might ask? Because I am/was in New york City tonight.
Me and my brother Joe went to the City on our east coast escapades and hooked up with Lauren.
We went to a really "southern" bar which was loud and not much or anything but that.
Second we went to a nice quite bar and sat on the patio, 'twas nice!

The last bar we went to was a small bar called Sidewalk Cafe. There was one of Lauren's friend was playing acoustic guitar, and she was pretty awesome!

When it was our time to leave, we gave ourself plenty of time to catch the train back to NJ, however we did not anticipate the Metro being down for maintnence...

The L train back to the 1,2,3 line had the East train running on the West line after Midnight, however we did not know this (and the maintnence crew there to work did not either) and we missed the train that would have gotten us to Penn station in time for our 12:34am train to NJ.

However... we were on the East track (which wasnt roped off til we were already on it, and we wernt informed) when the train stopped on the West track. The situation was exacurbated by the fact that the two sides of the station are not connected undergroun like 99% of the station, instead we had to run up and across the street.

We eventually got to 14th street around 12:30 and knew that it was impossible to go about 20 blocks in 4 minutes... So we decided to catch the Path train back.

The Path train left at 1:15am... so we ended up waiting for some time... we caught a train that went through the station and was heading the wrong was (unkown to us) at 1:05am. Luckily that train reversed and hit up 14th street again at 1:15am.
We made it to hoboken NJ around 1:30 am (long past the time we were suppose to be back to South Orange, and hopped on the train.

The train didnt leave till 1:45am, and was fairly uneventful. Joe played with my camera and I nodded off a few times. We finally arrived back to south orange around 2:15am... about 1.25 hours after we should have been :-\

Luckily this time, the Cadillac decided to start! (More on that later).

More on this crazy trip later to include NJ drinking, Yuengling factory tour, Ghost town of Centralia PA, and Atlantic City!
Peace

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East Coast Time

So, last week I experienced the west coast, now its time for my annual trip up the east coast.

Me and Joe are leaving Monday heading to NY, then to NJ, then to NYC, followed by PA and home. We will spend 4-5 days driving and enjoying yacco's hotdogs, real philly cheese steaks, and of course; beer.

It will be a fun trip, and maybe during it I will have time to post some stuff, maybe even pictures....

And I promise someday I will write about the west coast...

IAAM Rick-Roll

Osmosis Jones

So, im checking out some TV and the movie Osmosis Jones is on. So since I haven't seen this movie in years (it came out in 2001) I figured I would watch it.
Its a great movie, but I get distracted by the little details in movies that are unimportant... but soooo incorrect.

So, towards the end of the movie [spoiler alert] the evil virus (named The Red Death of course) is trying to kill his host. The Red Death triggers a fever, and the body temperatures rise. Frank (the host) is taken to the hospital where the doctors exclaim "Hes hot, lets put him in ice"... now not only would this not work, but it would send Frank into a heat shock state....

I could care less that the doctors are stupid, and may not use the correct practices, but its ridiculous that they showcase something that could kill a hoe!

Also, the doctors pronounce Frank dead about two seconds after the heart rate monitor hits 0...
...and then proceed to walk away...

So... sometime I will have to rant about computers in movies...

IAAM begins

From thursday July 24th to Tuesday July 29th, I was in California for the annual IAAM (International Association for Assembly Managers) conference in Anaheim, CA. This conference was my second to attend, and was far more beneficial the second time around. The first time last summer in Salt Lake City, UT where I learned a lot, however this second time was much more beneficial.
I was able to network and make more connections this time around, and I feel that I have made some firm industry contacts.
More Fun stuf later.