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I can has Alien frame

ray — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:26:52 +0000

MMMMMMM…. after a month + delay, my Alien Bikes frame is on it’s way here in a day or two. They were apparently waiting on freaking post bolts! Here’s a sneak peak of the raw-doggy goodness:

Here’s some more pix of the frame’s 1st delivery
YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM!

these be on their way to me

ray — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:20:25 +0000

Vans 45 LX

Hipsters, Recognize. Courtesy of my main fashionsta man Moore.

Also, whoops…. iCanhas iPhone:

oh, family and friend recent events…

ray — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:04:09 +0000

Well, here goes… what’s been happenin:

Hung out with my mom in Virginia for my brother Mikey’s A School Graduation:

He was stoked:

We listened to alot of Springsteen:

Ate some seafoodz right off da boat:

Chilled with my bro Russ:

Found out he is gettin married:

Jason Moore chilled in flagstaff, as did Rey Luv the other week. It was nice.

That is a crappy pic of Jason! Yikes! Here’s a better one with a very chill crew:

aaaaaand I also be dating a hella chill lady. Yeaoooo!

Spring… yeah

ray — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:05:17 +0000

mmmmmmmmvideo camera goodness :)

ray — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:41:28 +0000

Yus, got mah Canon HF10 on Friday, and I’ve been playing with it all weekend. Sweet. So what’s the first thing I did with it? Took it to the bars and get a bit tipsy. It takes awesome video, plus I can also take pictures with it. The only bummer is the flash/light on the camera gets semi obstructed by the wide angle lens that has made the camera even more awesomes.

Dumping video to FCE takes like forever, so in the meantime, here’s some photos I took with the camera @ 640×480:

Nice night out.

ray — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:54:39 +0000

It’s always nice to be surprised by music. I see alot of bands, and it’s usually with some sort of perceived expectations. Rarely do I just wander into a place where music is happening without going there for the music explicitly… let alone hear some tunes that totally turn me on. Turn me on, dead man.

Princess Ladyfriend was a relatively new band from phx that I’d never had the pleasure of seeing. They were playing @ Mia’s and I was totally stoked for the rest of their set.

Then, for some reason I forgot that Al Foul was playing at the Monte V. I had seen him a few times way back in ‘95 or so and never seen him since. What a freakin sweet crooner.

Training this week… Wii training!

ray — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:14:20 +0000

Not just on the Wii, of course… I’m in training all week for work down @ the South LRC. It’s Web Application Security & Penetration Testing Training given by InfoSec and seems pretty cool so far.

On another note, I’m headed to the Ride of Silence tonight @ 6pm starting from the FMC.

I also finally got my hands on Super Smash Bros Brawl and Mario Kart Wii… both of which are completely excellent.

Oh, did I mention that kickball was super sweet this past weekend? Yes, it was!

Bike To Work Week Shenanigans

ray — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:01:18 +0000

Well, it’s bike to work week. Whoopie! I am stoked and bummed all at the same time. Ok, bear with me, here’s my bike-snob of a rant:

Stoked that more people are riding, but bummed that most of the people are unaware of the danger they’re putting themselves by inadvertently breaking laws and being unaware of their surroundings. This morning alone, I saw 2 kids swerve into traffic, a dude pull out in front of a car without looking, another guy biking the wrong way down the bike path, people biking fast down sidewalks when there’s a bike lane right next to them, about 5-6 “cool” bikers and their bikes blocking an entrance to a parking lot (sbt breakfast station people, y’alls need to plan better.)

Stoked that the bike racks are being used more than the %10 they are the rest of the year, but bummed that people are slamming their $20 huffy around bashing any bikes around them (side note: decided to keep my bike in the office today, haha!)

Stoked that Flagstaff touts Bike friendly status… but wondering why we’re only able to get “bronze status” based on “Engineering” aka collecting money to improve biking in town… but where does that money go exactly? I currently assume that we’re lacking the push to maintain existing bike lanes, and opt to push for more dirt paths which I consider more recreation trail based rather than commuting path based. I’ll be researching this as the year goes on.

I’m getting off my ass and going to start participating in town hall meetings starting this evening. Here’s to being positive, eh?

New longer run.

ray — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:17:37 +0000

Fuck it, I need to run more, even if my hips complain. Up to almost 3mi in the mornings now…

I am totally lovin this site for it’s simple distance calculations…
http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-distance-calculator.htm

Yelloooooo Friday

ray — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:55:35 +0000

I am liking the Bridgestone even though I still can’t use the Purple Nitto post. *cry* I notice a little more reach in the top tube, but I think I could go for an even bigger frame, but that might impact my turning radius…. lol like that’s a problem. The geometry is a bit steeper than the Mercier, which makes skid stops waaay easier. Like for instance when some ass pulled out in front of me on the way to work today when I had right of way. I not only had to skid, but turn into his direction to not be clipped by him. When I stopped to ask him if he even saw me, he replied “Dude, I totally gave you right of way so you could turn!” When I told him I wasn’t turning, I didn’t even signal to turn, and was forced to turn or else he’d have clipped me on his way through the intersection, he got all defensive and started yelling at me, I returned the same attitude. Dude’s eyes were hella glazed and he looked like he had just waked and baked. To each their own, but that’s just not chill, braaaaaaaah!