I don’t know if it was really the wind this morning, it could have been other things. Like when my alarm clock was somehow set an hour slow, I think our ghost is messing with me. Or that the north garage was completely full. But the wind was gusting… And that really made me mad. I seriously wanted to punch a car or something. But when I got on the Metro I read the Express and calmed down. No use being mad all day, especially when I have to stay late at work anyway.

My latest finished project was the kegerator improvement initiative. I refiberglassed the door so that the fridge can fit full (1/2 barrel) kegs with the door open. The door is bowed out, thus giving it a pregnant look. We have dubbed it.. The Preggerator. We should really sell these things. All it would really take is an aftermarket door and drill a hole in the top and you can easily turn a kenmore minifridge into a kegerator. For the unvieling we got a keg of Newcastle Brown Ale. Probably the best beer ever, but definatley not the cheapest. I lost my camera, but I think I have some phonecam pics of the setup.

Bar Before

Expanding in progress

The door after

A minikeg (1/4 barrel) inside, see how it sticks out

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So i thought it was about time to get a haircut. I’d been getting poked in the eye with my hair for a couple days now. So I just went to the local Hair Cuttrery thinking that it would be better than some fly by night place. Oh was I wrong. It may be that I can’t properly describe what I really want in a haircut. But I’m not going to take all the blame for the bad cut. I said that I wanted like 1 inch cut off everywhere and more in the back. I think she must have heard “blah blah blah, don’t cut the back… but only on one side”. I tried to fix it a little, which did make it slightly better, and slightly worse. I cut the sides a little, which made the back look more like a baby mullet. Ellen made a comment last week about cutting my hair for me. I’ll have to see tonight if she was serious and have her fix the back.
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Left for BWI Thursday night. While fighting traffic I correctly predicted that the two worst songs in recent history would come on back to back. 1.) Shake that laffy Taffy 2.) My Humps. This trifecta could only have been completed if the third song was Popozao by Douchebag Federline. We made the flight on time and arrived in Manchester, NH at about 1030. Ben drove us directly to a bar where we listened to the worlds greatest cover band THE ZOO. The lead singer is sooooo hot. Not the dude, the chick.

So then Peter and I almost get tickets for public urination. The ever so polite officer informs Peter aka. “You and your small penis over there” that he and “The Liar”(me) that we would have to register as sex offenders if he writes us the ticket. Proceeds to make sign language and retard noises at Ben and confuses me (6’5″ bright red hat) with Dennis (5’9” no hat). Let me tell you this is why I Hate most cops think they are very good.

So after that ugly incident is over we get back to Ben and Bonnie’s house at about 1. Bonnie has to get up at 6 to euthanize anesthetize some animals at the vet’s office she works at. But she gets bit by a possibly rabid cat and has to come home early. This is about the time we all wake up. We mill about for a couple hours and then get our stuff ready to go over to Ben’s mom’s house, which is closer to the mountain that we’re going to ride that night. We eat at a local sub shop and all gain about 5 lbs.

Ben’s mom lives in an old blacksmith’s shop that was built in 1810 and added onto in 1850. So lets say that the house is really odd. cool, but odd. The deal at Crotched Mountain starts at 6, all you can ride from 6pm-3am for $29.00. The mountain is awesome. Maybe it’s cause I’ve only been to Virginia Mountains, but this is something I expected to see in a video game or something. Especially all lit up at night. We boarded for about 4 hours and then took a break to go back to Martha Stewart’s Ben’s mom’s house. She made us Shepard’s pie, which I have to tell you at that moment was probably the best thing I ever had. So basic, sooooooo good. We went back to the mtn. at about midnight and decided to tackle some of the tougher runs. I don’t exactly suck on a snowboard, but I’m not exactly good either. so this was a bit of a challenge. We literally rode the lift to the very top of the mountain. luckily there were green and blue runs to the bottom. But by that time my legs were so sore that I could barely make heel side turns. But it was still awesome beyond words.

After getting back to the home front and drinking many cups of hot cider with spiced rum we watched parts of Donnie Darko on HBO and fell asleep. luckily ghosts did not haunt my dreams. We were supposed to get up early the next morning and hit another mountain. That did not happen.

We all started getting up at about 1030.. maybe closer to 12. But there were eggs and bacon and toast and pretty much every other breakfast food ready for us. THANK YOU BONNIE So after we gorged ourselves again we decide to go to Pat’s Peak for the day. It was an older resort and way busier but it was much cheaper than Crotched. Like Half price. The $28 admission included rentals. The weather was a lot warmer and the snow was different, but I still had a good time. My legs were so worn out that I took a couple falls just cause I couldn’t move right. But I think that Dennis’s Dislocated shoulder takes the prize for best fall. We all boarded for a couple hours, took a break at the lodge, and then went back for our final runs. I definitely wasn’t as daring this day, but it was still really fun and I can’t wait to go again.

I’m definitely going to start looking for deals on a complete setup for next year. That way I won’t have to rely on the resort for rentals. so if you see any deals, let me know!

It was also awesome to get everyone back together again. We’ll have to do that more often.

Not what you’re thinking, but close. Well actually, not close at all. I’ve found this new band that I absolutley love. It follows a theme set long ago by me. Bands that Rock and have female lead singers. It started with Shirley Manson of Garbage, then I had this thing in High School with Save Ferris and No Doubt. I think there was a bit of a chick rock drought after that? or I just can’t remember any of them. There’s got to be someone. I found HER late last year, they’re this NYC band… unfortunatley they went country, WTF. So I think it was Wired magazine that turned me onto this band.

MORNINGWOOD…They rock.

I’m not afraid to say it. I’m a dude, a 6’5″ 235 lb monster of a dude, and I like to sing along with rock chicks. Who cares, this band has energy, it’s like contagious or something.
Morningwood is a mix of things, kind of like a more pop version of Garbage with a little bit of synth built in. They have “sing along songs”, Pop rock songs,  and songs that… damn I don’t know I just like them all… let’s say it’s a nice mix.

Not to mention that the lead singer does not look bad. Although she does kind of remind me of old pictures of my sister Shelley, which kind of freaks me out.

Check them out!

MORNING WOOD WEBSITE

Later!

Lets see if I can post this from here. The Washington Office Center (WOC) uses government standard web filtering. Which apparently means filtering out gambling, porn, and video games. Fark.com and shopping are all still accessable. Also they seem to have cut off access to outside email and FTP. Which is kind of understandable, it just means that it’s a pain in the ass to post these from home. But I’m trying out a web based FTP service. So Lets see if this works.

Later!