But not with an aching in my heart. Michelle and I are taking the car and driving from Seattle to San Francisco via the Pacific Coast Highway to, among other things, go to the Rage Against the Machine show. I’m going to commit to definitely maybe posting some pictures or writing a post while we’re away. Definitely. Maybe.
While we’re really excited to be down in San Francisco again - our favorite U.S. city - we’re already looking forward to coming home to Seattle. Funny how that works.
I just got back from a week in Wisconsin. While there, I had virtually no access to the internet or my mobile. It was terrifying, yet I was calm. I knew that while I was “unplugged”, the world would cease to develop until I got back. After all, if events get posted on the internet but no one is around to read it, is it still news? No, of course not.
To my surprise, several fairly significant events occurred of which I had absolutely no idea at the time. While I laughed and joked with my parents while using equipment that could permanently alter my physical and/or mental configuration, some seriously important events occurred. Here’s a brief outline and my understanding of the events and their consequence. They are listed in order of importance.
Paris Freed. Apparently the U.S. Corrections department has as much difficulty with arithmetic as Paris does. Someone was unclear on the use of imaginary numbers and added twentyteen to 45 to get 22. She celebrated by eating a pink cake and getting a hair cut.
iPhone Released. Ok. I’ve been really stoked about the release of the iPhone. That said, I have to say I’m repulsed by the way people who just shelled out $600 for a phone are acting like they just accomplished something other than demonstrating consumerism at it’s most idiotic. Seriously. They felt like rock stars? They made that up, right? Gigantic crowds did not actually gather outside Apple and AT&T stores to cheer and applaud people buying iPhones. Right? (By the way, how does this blog look on your iPhone?)
Cyclists Doped. Jorge Jaksche admitted to having used drugs throughout most of his rather mediocre career, claimed everyone else did as well, and that his teams knew and supported the practice. Even more shockingly, his teams and former teammates then denied his claims. Alessandro Petacchi was suspended for having asthma.
Sump’n Hella Bad Happen in England. I really still haven’t gotten to the bottom of this one. Apparently two car bombs were found and disabled before they went off in London. One of the cars had been towed. I don’t really like it when my car gets towed, either, but come on. The tow guy is just doing his job. You don’t have to rig your car with explosives just to get even with him. And a third car bomb exploded at Gasgow airport? All this and no one got hurt? Sounds like Amateur Hour.
So, apparently the world had the great distaste to continue to generate news-worthy events. How rude.
Well, we’re off to Minnesota & Wisconsin for a week. We’ll be visiting some family, going to Michelle’s niece’s graduation party, and then I’ll be off to Wisconsin for the rest of the week to help my parents out at their farm. We’ll be operating heavy machinery and riding our bikes. I’m going to consider it a success if I don’t get disemboweled by the saw in the lumber mill or get a backhoe bucket to the head.
A photo album from our visit to Santa Barbara in October, 2006 for Pat and Val’s wedding. It was a great trip and awesome to see Pat and Val again, and to see Pat’s parent’s and meet Val’s. We were a bit tired after our cross-country move from North Carolina to Seattle the week before, though…
A photo album from our trip to France in July, 2006. Incidentally, for more details on some of the incidents on this trip - in particular my having ousted Savoldelli from the Tour - you can follow-up on this post.
was calm. I knew that while I was “unplugged”, the world would cease to develop until I got back. After all, if events get posted on the internet but no one is around to read it, is it still news? No, of course not.
