2012 Adventure: Mountain Climbing

Posted: February 8, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: rhetorical questions | Leave a comment »

I’ve decided to climb that mountain that haunts me every morning on my way to work. I’ve been up it a ways before, but let’s just go up to the top this year, shall we?

Here’s my mountain climbing training plan. It’s pretty ambitious.

2/18: rattlesnake ledge, 1160 feet, 4 miles, 580 ft/mi up
2/24: pony bridge, 900 feet, 5 miles, 360 ft/mi up
3/31: Tiger Mountain Trail North, 1100 feet, 5 miles, 440 ft/mi up
4/7: alger alp, 1000 feet, 4 miles, 500 ft/mi up
4/13: poo poo point, 1650 feet, 7.4 miles, 445 ft/mi up
4/21: Mt. Washington, 1600 ft, 4 miles, 800 ft/mi up
4/28: Pyramid Lake, 1500 ft, 4.5 miles, 666 ft/mi up
5/12: Oyster Dome, 1900 feet, 6.5 miles, 584 ft/mi up
5/19: mt. si, 3150 feet, 8 miles, 787 ft/mi up
5/26: mt. pilchuck, 2200 ft, 5.4 miles, 814 ft/mi up
6/2: snoquera falls, 2800 ft, 6 miles, 933 ft/mi up
6/16: bandera mountain, 3000 ft, 7.6 mils, 789 ft/mi up
6/23: davis peak, 3900 feet, 11 miles, 709 ft/mi up
6/28: sourdough peak, 5085 feet, 11 miles, 924 ft/mi up
7/2: mailbox peak, 4100 ft, 6 miles, 1366 ft/mi up
7/11-12: st. helens, 4500 feet, 10 miles, 900 ft/mi up
7/17: mt. storm king, 1700 ft, 3.8 miles, 894 ft/mi up
7/19: mailbox peak, 4100 ft, 6 miles, 1366 ft/mi up
7/24: poe mountain, 3000 ft, 6 miles, 1000 ft/mi up
7/26: mt. Aix, 4200 feet, 12 miles, 700 ft/mi up
7/31: mount teneriffe, 3800 ft, 6.5 miles, 1169 ft/mi up
8/2-3: Camp muir, 4600 feet, 10 miles, 920 ft/mi up  then Glacier Basin, 1600 feet, 6 miles, 533 ft/mi up
8/7: rooster mountain, 4100 ft, 8 miles, 1025 ft/mi up
8/9-10: camp muir twice, 4600 feet x2, 10 miles x2, 920 ft/mi up x2
8/15: sulphur mountain, 4200 ft, 10 miles, 840 ft/mi up
8/17: crystal peak, 3100 ft, 8 miles, 775 ft/mi up
8/21-24: Mt. Rainier climb, training for two days, then 920 ft/mi up, then 1571 ft/mi up

Luck be with me!

SOPA/PIPA/NDAA/every other thing protest

Posted: January 15, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: rants | Leave a comment »

So, on 1/18/2012, a bunch of folks have organized an internet strike. I’ve decided to join in. After a bit of messing around with my htaccess file, I’ve got it all sussed out (as the Brits say).

If you have a .htaccess file or an apache webserver, here’s what you can add to make your website go dark:
RewriteEngine On \\turn the redirecting stuff on
RewriteCond %{TIME_YEAR} =2012 \\make sure it only happens on the 18th
RewriteCond %{TIME_MON} =01
RewriteCond %{TIME_DAY} =18
\\I actually will blackout the whole day, so I skipped the next two lines
RewriteCond %{TIME_HOUR} >05 \\that's 5 AM. my server is on PST, not EST, adjust as necessary
RewriteCond %{TIME_HOUR} <17 \\that's 5 PM. learn 24 hour time, dude.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ protest.html \\the relative path to your protest page. do not use an absolute path (http://etc. etc.)

Just add this code to your .htaccess file (or create one if you don’t have one) and make a protest page. Easy peasy.

Here’s my protest page, for reference. Steal what you need.

So this is the new year…

Posted: January 1, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: rhetorical questions | Tags: , | Leave a comment »

2011 was decent. Got a lot done but feel I could do more.

2012:

  1. climb Mt. Rainier
  2. more politics
  3. more music (writing, watching, playing)
  4. move out
  5. improve job situation
  6. more rally promotion

Let’s see how it goes.

All the cars I’ve driven before

Posted: December 10, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: rhetorical questions | Tags: , , | Leave a comment »

I was just thinking about all the cars I’ve driven before.

In no particular order:

  • 1990′s Mazda 323 (white, first stick shift)
  • 1980 VW cabriolet (black)
  • 1980 VW cabriolet (white)
  • 1990′s VW cabriolet (red)
  • 1990′s honda accord EX (bronze, fastest speed record)
  • 1993 ford aerostar (black)
  • 1977 ford thunderbird (black)
  • 1952 buick super (green/white)
  • 1990′s honda prelude (black)
  • 1990′s mitsubishi mirage (red)
  • 2000′s honda civic si (silver)
  • 2000′s mini cooper s (blue)
  • 2000′s subaru WRX (black)
  • 1990′s Subaru Outback (green/bronze)
  • 1999 Subaru Legacy Wagon (green)
  • 1984 mitsubishi cordia (red, first turbo car)
  • 1990′s vw syncro vanagon (blue)
  • 2000′s nissan xterra (silver)
  • 2000′s chevy aveo (red, Mexican)
  • 2007? VW GTI mkV (white)
  • 2002 VW GTI mkIV (blue)
  • 2004 VW R32 mkIV (blue)
  • 2010 VW GTI mkVI (black)
  • 2012 VW Golf R (blue)
  • 1980′s VW GTI mkII (silver)
  • 1980′s chevy s10 (white)
  • 1977 ford truck (black)
  • 2000′s big uhaul truck (white/orange)
  • 1990′s honda civic hatch (red)
  • 1990′s honda civic hatch rally car (orange, #258)
  • 1990′s honda civic hatch rally car (white/red, #466)
  • 1980′s vw rabbit rally car (blue, #437)
  • 1980′s vw gti rally car (silver/german, #437)
  • 1974 vespa ciao moped (green)
  • old, beat up Mexican scooter (white)
  • four different forklifts

There’s probably more, but I can’t think of them right now.

 

Jeremy Pivens voice: FOUR YEARS, MAN!

Posted: December 4, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: rhetorical questions | Tags: , , | Leave a comment »

Four years on and I’m doing alright. Feels a little like I’m doing a looooooooooooooong burnout every once in a while, but the rears are on McDonald’s trays so all the spinning and squealing is probably leading somewhere, right? Just gotta keep the foot planted and then I’ll end up where I’m supposed to be.

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