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Gone Fishing!

Fishing, Backyard, and Camping.

I went fishing, 3 times now. Thursday, Friday, and today. Thursday I went, casted about 3 times, and WHAM! I got something.

Now, you must realize I haven’t been fishing in like 6 years, so I was excited as hell. I finally get it in, and I have no idea what it is, so i just stare at it. Finally, i realize its hanging there half in the water, and as I reach down to grab it, it snaps my line. I run back to the truck to get another lure, and can barely tie it on because I am shaking so much. So I run back to the water, and cast, and cast. A freighter goes through, and that was the end of it. I ended up loosing both lures I brought and finally went home. Friday went about the same, but with Jenn, and today was the same, but a new place so I didn’t snag, though Jenn did.

Our shed is now moved, and it was decided that due to the condition of the back entrance, it has to be rebuilt. So we started tearing it up today. Roger says should be down Monday.

Jenn and I our going camping a week from Tuesday. She opens Tuesday, then has Wednesday and Thursday off, so we will have plenty of time. Hopefully I can sneak away from backyard, and weather is nice.

OK, that’s all. I had something else, but the fishing was enough for now, and more important.

nick

A jerk waiting on a jerk.

Yodel, Funny Word.

Poll, Tool, Yard, and Uncle.

Seriously, yodel, what a word.

New poll is up, sorry about confusion on last one. No more doubling up.

Still enjoying the Leatherman, though I haven’t actually used it yet.

Tomorrow we are supposed to move the shed, but supposed to rain too, so maybe not.

Uhm…

My Uncle john left at about 1:30 or 2 today. He then returned about 3:30. He is still here. Said he was just feeling unwell, so will try again tomorrow.

OK, I am running away, see you again Saturday.

nick

Yodel, it is funny.

Blog-Digidy-Blog

Uhh, Widgets, Toy, Uncle, and Backyard.

Is this anything special? I don’t think so, so it shall be general. This is 205th general, and 265th overall. That means over 77% are general posts. Wow.

One of the coolest features of OS X 10.4 is a new program called Dashboard, which allows you to put “widgets” on your desktop, mini apps that you can bring up and hide away with the touch of a key. Now, you can also get widgets buy buying Konfabulator, but that costs $$, and you can’t use all the new Dashboard widgets. Well, a new app called Amnesty is now out, and it’s free, and it uses Dashboard widgets. I have an issue with it though, you can’t press F12 to hide the widgets, and you don’t get the Apple OS X widgets, which are some of the best. Oh well, it’s not $20 for Konfabulator, and it’s not $69 for Tiger.

I have a new toy now, got it a few hours ago. I nice new Leatherman tool. The Kick. It came with the leather sheath though, and I want the nylon combo sheath, which also holds my Mini Mag Lite, which makes it cooler. Oh well, later.

My Uncle John is in town for my Aunt Jane’s funeral (my other Uncle John’s wife).

We laid our concrete yesterday morning, and lifted the shed up onto some 6x6s so we can slide is onto the slab on Thursday. We are still unsure of the patio, since the back entrance is so screwed up. I don’t know what’s going on half the time.

OK, that seems like it.

See you Wednesday.

nick

I don’t care if you’re the queen of England.
I am the Queen of England!
And I said I don’t care!

Ants In My Pants

Yard, Camping, Shopping, and Moment.

So, despite setbacks, the hole has been dug, forms set, and sand laid for the shed slab. Concrete will be here Saturday morning apparently. Once the slab is poured, and has set for 5 days, the shed is put on the slab, and the yard can be leveled (the main thing we are going for).

It has barely been a week and I am already getting antsy for more camping. I think its because we only did 1 night, and in Pinconning. I need a good 2 night, with some fishing too. I don’t think biking, since it requires taking the truck, etc… Maybe we should consider a bike rack for Jenn’s car?

What else…

I haven’t made it back to Mill End, perhaps tomorrow. I also want to make it to Bay Port to the fish market, but that’s a bit longer trip.

Tomorrow is my magic day, 20-05-2005 at 20:05:20.05 (May 20, 2005 at 8:05ish PM).

That’s about it. I guess I will see you Sunday.

nick

Does it scare you that Ortho, the weed killer company, is also Ortho, the contraceptive company?

I Got Shot

Shot, Backyard, Mill End, and Anniversary.

Yup, downtown, in broad daylight, I got shot in the arm. It didn’t hurt as bad as they say though, everyone makes them out to be so horrible and such, but it really wasn’t bad. I’ll live I guess. Oh, I should mention it was a Tetanus / Diphtheria shot, huh.

We have been working on the backyard again. We keep finding more and more problems to work around. We are figuring it out though. I cut my hand Saturday evening on part of a fence post anchor, hence the tetanus shot.

Jenn and I went to Mill End today, to see what was left on sale. I found a few things, but had spent all my money on the shot. I plan on going back later in the week though.

Friday, as I mentioned, was Jenn and I’s first anniversary. I took her to TGIFriday’s, then we went back to her apartment for a while, and finally to see Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Dinner was very good, potato skins, new york strip, and cheddar mashed potatoes. The movie, also, was good. A few part’s from the book were dropped out, and a few were added.

OK, I think that’s it. Nothing else I can think of anyway.

See you Thursday.

nick

Mmm, Sacrilicious…

Camping 2005-1

Camping, and Backyard.

Jenn and I went on out first camping trip of the year Tuesday. We ran to the dollar store on pine for a tarp, but they didn’t have a big enough one, then we went to Meijer for some pop and pillows. Next was Meats and Moore for some hot-dogs and to Wal-Mart for an air-mattress. Finally, we went to William’s Cheese store and to Frank’s for a cast iron pan, followed by a few last things at Pinny Plaza. Finally, we went and set up camp.

My tent is huge, the air mattress that filled Jenn’s tent barely made a dent in mine. We cooked dinner, some hamburgers and veggie burgers, in my new pan right on the fire, and it worked well. We got bored a little later and walked down to the water. There were 2 or 3 pike eating, and they were fun to watch. Like little sharks kinda, with their fins sticking up. Later we played Trivial Pursuit for a while but got bored with it, and it was too dark to see anyway.

Finally we went to bed, but barely slept because it was a bit too cold, and quite humid. I slept more than jenn did apparently. When we woke up there were a few sprinkles here and there so we decided to pack up and head home before we got more rain.

So that was camping. It was fun, and we will go again, and you can come if you want.

What else…

I busted up our sidewalk from the patio out to the fence over the last few days. We are getting more done in the backyard gradually, though I know my Mom wishes we were going faster.

I think thats it.

I am going to get ready to go out with Jenn, today is our 1 year anniversary.

Bye

nick

sorry, no quote, brain fart

It's New, and You'll Like It Too!

Template, Poll, Hitchhiker’s Guide, Apple, and Alpena.

Well, at least I hope you’ll like it. After 2 other attempts I decided whatever and just put up the new template. If you don’t like it, leave a comment about whatever problem it is that you have.

New poll is up too, so vote. I set it for 1 vote/user/year. So there shouldn’t be an multi-voting, not that you could multi-vote on this poll really anyway.

I finished my book. It ended rather grimly, but I still very much enjoyed the series. The last book was a bit confusing until you figured it out, but eventually made sense. Or, maybe I am just slow.

So Tiger is out, and I don’t have it. And I see that now 10.4.1 update is beginning development already. Also, Apple released faster iMacs that I would love to get, but can’t afford. Oh well.

Jenn and I went to Alpena this morning, and got back about midnight. Nothing extremely eventful. Saw her niece and nephew, made dinner for her parents, went in the hot tub for a while.

Ok, see you all Saturday, and let me know what you think.

Nick

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, unless it’s copyrighted.

April Snow Brings More Weirdness in May

Weather, Family Guy, Book, and Wrap-up.

See, in Michigan, sayings about the weather are all off a bit. Like, “In like a Lion, out like a sheep”, no, thats all wrong. In Michigan, it’s more like “in like a monkey, out like a monkey” with all the feces throwing and being just all and all stupid most of the time.

Family Guy re-premiered tonight, and it was really good. I didn’t watch American Dad, because I didn’t feel like it, and I didn’t really enjoy the post Super-Bowl premier of it.

I am now up to chapter 10, book 5 of my book. Should finish tomorrow evening. Scott and I are going to see the movie next weekend I believe.

I think that’s it, not much else has really happened. I have re-did the template and am rather happy with it. And I had Old Great Wall for dinner. That’s it though.

Wednseday…

nick

Dude, if that’s all you can find wrong with this picture, you’re my hero.

Cat Envy

Tiger, Template, HHGG, iTunes, Chair, Poll, and DV Cam (Yes, all that, and at 3:45 in the afternoon).

Tiger is officially available tomorrow, and I will not have it. No, even at $69 with my student discount I can’t justify buying it, especially since if I ever get a job I plan to buy a new computer that would come with it within the next 6 – 12 months. Ah well.

I threw out the old template. I decided I didn’t like it. I don’t know why, just didn’t.

I am now on book 4 of HHGG. Movie opens tomorrow. I doubt I will be done with all 5 before I see the movie, just don’t have the will to do much right now for whatever reason. (On a side note I just butchered the word “what”, but you can’t tell cause I fixed it. Was going along the lines of “wahahet”.)

I downloaded my 21 free iTunes songs yesterday. I decided I should get them downloaded before I forget about them and loose the freebies. I will still gladly accept codes though.

The chair I am sitting on is dieing (It says that isn’t the correct spelling, but I don’t think dyeing it right either, hmmm…). I had 2 chairs like it, but one died, then the other, so now I am on a frankenstein of what’s left.

The poll seems to have gone over well. Sarah informs me I forgot root beer. Really though, of all the Faygos, why root beer? Why cola for that matter? More to the point though, I happen to know for a fact I have AT LEAST 1 double and 1 triple voter. I don’t mind though, cause it makes it look like I have 11 readers, rather than the 3 – 5 that I actually have.

I did a check on Amazon today and found that the Canon MiniDV camera I wanted is no longer available, has received a price jump, and I presume is discontinued. Oh well, I knew it was happening anyway, new models came out in January and thats why it was so cheap in the first place. I can’t afford it anyway.

All right, that’s all for now.
See you all again on Sunday.

nick

The trick to flying is to jump, and miss the ground.

Uhhhhhhhh…..

HHGG, Brain, Weather, Family Guy, Site, and
Omer.

Lets see…

I bought the full 5 novel edition of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy later Friday night. I technically have 2 issues of number 1 now, so if you want the one, let me know. I am maybe half through book 2, since I have been doing other things. It is an AWESOME read though, especially if you like sci-fi (Jenn doesn’t, bastard).

My brain is wandering alot right now. Makes it very hard to type.

This weather is freaking bullshit. It was 80 just a few days ago, then 3 days of snow. Only in Michigan.

You should all be jumping up and down and not sleeping, because next Sunday Family Guy returns to Fox with brand new episodes. Seriously, this is freaking awesome.

I think I am going to post the new template anyway, even though I am mad at it, maybe time after next. My problem is a total lack of creativity.

OOH! I have very sad, sad news. You may all know that Omer is “the smallest City in Michigan”. Well, you are all wrong then. They were displaced some time ago by a smaller city, named Lake Angelus.

OK, I guess thats all till Thursday.

nick

I refuse to be somebody’s puppet, especially not my own!