We went to Jason's Deli the other day. This sandwich was massive... but I conquered it. I'm still on my quest for the Ultimate Sandwich Grail.
The search continues...
Check out the Sandwich Project link on the left. If you can put it between two pieces of bread, I want to eat it!
I have a bad habit of not finishing the entire box of cereal. I leave like 1/2 a bowl at the bottom and the box disappears to the back of the pantry.
Kevin combined the 19 bags and boxes of cereal in my pantry to make the most ultimate cereal known to man. I fear for my life, yet know that it is my destiny to face this foe and not shrink in defeat.
ULTIMATE CEREAL GLORY WILL BE MINE!!!
Here's Kevin in front of the basketball arena, as we waited for the gates to open.
U of A!!
Here's us in our seats prior to tip off.
Well... Let's just say that the Wildcats need some work passing the ball. UNLV hit like 20 three pointers in a row. A blind man could make more baskets than the UofA basketball team. ugh.
We checked into a hotel near the football stadium after the basketball game. The building should be condemned, but the rooms were clean... kinda. For some odd reason the entire building seemed to be crooked, as if the foundation had settled funny.
The door to our room had some curious gaps... it was hung crooked which left a 2 inch gap on the bottom, and an inch gap on the top. The gaps allowed the mice to travel freely from room to room.
Our seats were on the 30 yard line, 10 rows up. Perfect seats. As the sun went down, so did the temperature, and it stayed around 30 degrees the entire night. Our seats were in the middle of the BYU section however, which didn't stop my brother or I from heckling the cougar fans. David Hasselhoff sang the national anthem, weird.. I know.
My brother and I are idiots.
The game went well, there were some ups and downs. U of A beat BYU 31-21. Even before the game was over, fans started to jump the fence to storm the field. After the game ended.. the entire field was filled with crazy fans jumping up and down. We jumped down on the field for the trophy award show thing. People were going crazy... Mounted police kept the masses away from tearing down the goal posts. This was the first bowl game for the Wildcats in 10 years, and this win was awesome- giving me bragging rights over all the BYU fan idiots in Utah.
The ride back was quiet. The snow had melted from the road, and we pretty much slept the entire way back. The cold from the game, and the bad weather made me sick- which is about right because I contract an illness during every holiday season. I'm getting over it.
The snow storm this morning made my commute absolute insanity. I was half an hour late to my first final because it took me more than an hour to drive from my house to school. We live too far away
I'm done with school until spring semester. These are the classes I'm taking:
I'm tired. This semester turned out to be harder than I thought. I don't know how I finished all my projects in the last 4 days. ugh.
Studying for finals.
Went for a bike ride today to nat's school and back. Even though they said it was supposed to snow, it didn't, so I got out of the house for abit. I changed the gearing on my raleigh single speed mountain bike, so I wanted to see if everything lined up.
The higher gearing increased my top speed by 4 miles per hour, and the bitter wind was brutal. I got to nat's school in record time. The ride back was tough, going into a headwind, and uphill. My quick patch job held up, and my brakes seemed to work ok.
It wasn't a long ride, but it was a ride.
I haven't worked on my peugoet bike since I got it. But I've got plans. They'll have to wait until next year though.
What's in my bag?
not pictured: old Dell Inspiron Latitude notebook computer, and AC power adaptor. black palm centro.
Kevin struggling to text on his new phone.
Breakfast tuesdays were a tradition this semester. Kevin and I would shoot the breeze and read newspapers. Then we would just observe people and create hilarious social commentary. My favorite was reading the UVU police blotter in funny voices. It got rowdy sometimes, and we would laugh the entire time.
My last breakfast consisted of two slices of French Toast, slathered in butter and syrup with a couple slices of overcooked bacon. It was good, but the bacon crumbled to dust in my mouth. Lame.
We'd then wander around the school, get some fresh air and meddle with the weird weather thingy. People are strange... some girl with big clunky heels was walking down the walkway... Kevin started laughing because I think she heard me say "MAN! Those are loud freaking shoes!!"
Yeah.. Good times.
I met with my advisor today. I have 3 more classes left... and then I'm done.
But it will be hard.
The crank looks solid. Closer examination makes me think that the bottom bracket and components are actually USA/British style, not French (which is probably right, since the bike was sold here). I'm not going to mess with the bottom bracket for now... I don't have the right spanner to remove it anyway, and as far as I can tell it works fine.
Here's the broken rear derailleur. If you look closely you can see that the teeth are broken off of both of the small cogs that run the chain. It's an old Simplex derailleur, and looks kinda cool.
Stem shifters. Most road bikes have these shifters on the down tube, but on this bike the shifter were up on the stem. I guess that could make shifting a little awkward, and present a dangerous situation should I ever crash.. Those levers could go right into me... you know.. down there. I don't even want to think about it. I removed them for safety's sake.
Cool old Campagnolo pedals. Very solid.
This is the frame, just sitting here in my office. I'm not sure what I'm going to do to it next, I need a large hex key to adjust the handlebar stem (I'm hoping it isn't frozen). The handlebars will probably stay as is...
the short list:
Too much stuff. I won't get around to it for a long long time. I'll keep my eyes open for some wheels though.
I don't think I'm going to be able to get this bike up and running anytime soon... I'll probably work on it over the winter months and have it ready by summer next year. Cool find though.
