Mr.Red
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Location: Austin, Texas
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 Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:50 pm Post subject: Update 4/3/08 |
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| Quote: | Update 4/3/08:
Well it’s been a while, so this may be a bit longer than usual. :^P
Things are going OK. I am now about 2/3 through this semester of school. I can't really tell yet, but I am think I am looking at Bs in both classes. I am really starting to lose my interest in school, but I am too far along to quit now. If I pass these classes (OS Security and UNIX II), I will only have three classes left.
My ski trips went very well. We brought 15 people to Winter Park in January and three of us went to Ski Santa Fe just last month. I was a bit worried about the large group of people for the Winter Park trip, but let me tell you we had a blast. Everyone did extremely well together. I would have to say it’s one of our best trips yet. A lot of us brought our own gear this year and it was fun getting used to our new equipment. I think my boarding skills have now surpassed my skiing skills. That’s not saying a whole lot, but I am still pretty excited. We spent our day off this year chopping wood and riding the snowmobiles. The snowmobiles were a blast. This will sound a bit geeky, but it really was what I would think a speeder bike from Star Wars would be like. The only bad thing I found was turning around on the trails. I don't think we had one successful turnaround. Each time it seemed to cost us an hour of time, but after that we were off again. I can't thank the Cernys enough for letting us bring so many people and also use of their vehicles. The Santa Fe trip was much shorter, but we still had a great time hanging out with Rocco's family and playing on the mountain. I got brave on that trip and brought my camera up on the mountain. Unfortunately, it was pretty cloudy, so I did not get very many good pictures. I also finally stopped being a redneck and traded my Carhartt for a Spider jacket. Rocco thanked me. :^P
Paintball is going pretty good. I had to take a couple weeks off for my trips, but we now have 6 people on our team and have officially picked a name. We are calling ourselves the Infidels. I didn’t choose it and it’s not very PC, but I do like it a bit. We played a scenario event in February at Xtreme Paintball. It was called Austin Mission Alpha: Apocalypse. I think it was by far one of the best times I have had playing paintball. Our team did an outstanding job and we met some very cool folks. I think we are even talking to one of the teams on a joint effort in future games. We have changed our practice field for a bit to Texas Paintball (TXPB) in Jonestown. It’s a mixed feeling for me. I really like the guys at Xtreme, but the newness of the TXPBs fields are exciting. They have a couple fields that are really good for woodsball. I will tell you though, I am really looking forward to Austin Mission Bravo back out at Xtreme. My gun is still giving me issues and I am thinking about picking up a backup for when it goes out on me. Most of my team has purchased the new Tippmann Alpha Black guns and I think I will join them. It’s a bit simpler than my gun, but I played with it and for the price (~$130) I think it performed very well. Plus, since most of the team has them, we will know each other’s guns.
Everything else has been kind of put on the wayside. I have been biking a couple of times and hope to get back into it more now that the time has changed. Boating should also get back underway very soon. I think I am going for a test run next week. My poor boat has never set unattended for so long. Computer modding has been almost nonexistent lately. I plan to change that, but it will probably be a month or so before I have the funds together. There is more I should update on, but I am tired and should go to bed. Until next time (hopefully a much shorter next time). |
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