24 May 2004 cTaylor   » (Journeyer)

This week on cTaylor...

Well, not having a car has shown me that I'm a pretty resourceful dude. If I do say so myself, and I do...

Took the marta into Lenox [] mall (yeah, that's a square) and picked up a copy of splinter cell. I know, it's an old game and I'm starting to look lame but, hey, it was about 25 bucks and I wanted to see what the fuss was regarding the splinter cell series. Turns out that my inital sensation of being annoyed with the play control turned into an unbridled obsession as I guided Senor Fisher through the CIA level. Needless to say, I'm having great fun with it.

Been reading Ghost Wars and I must say, this book is excellent. It's somewhere between spy novel and history text book. There's a lot of interesting stuff chalked into it. The Count of Monte Cristo is still proving to be an enjoyable interlude during my marta trip to/from work.

Since I'm still without a means of computation, (this weekend my sister is handing me down a laptop, yay!) and not for lack of funds, but more from a lack of strong desire, I've been trying to relax and enjoy the world a little more. I've also been scheming.

After my next overseas jaunt, I'm going to be getting back into Judo. I've decided that I've just got to do it. I've been away for too long. My skillz too weak...

I've also decided that I'll be getting a `real bike`. Since I'll be forgoing petroleum based transport vehicles for `awhile` (that's an ambiguous word on purpose - even though I will have another vehicle soon, I'm going to keep the miles down, gas is like $2 frickin' bucks a gallon here), I'll be in the market soon for a Trek-brand bike. I'll leave the car for drill weekends and the occasional shopping venture.

I'm still adjusting to my daily running routine. The lower back is still jarring from each voyage around GTech campus, but it's getting to be less and less of an issue. By the time I'm back in shape to run, I should be more than ready to rock the road on a bike. Which means I'll need to find a route from my current residence to work...which seems kinda tricky but probably isn't all *that tricky*.

Adam is supposed to be coming on down this weekend with his lady-friend. So, I get to play host for a night! My parents are due to be here Saturday morning at noon. And...I'm thinkin', that's *it* for this week.

Still working on some software ideas - old and new - so we'll see how it all turns out this weekend.

...and now, back to your regularly scheduled life

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