The Official Countdown: 5 days

I have to apologize for my spotty reporting as of late. There hasn't been anything too terribly amazing happening or there has been too much, I'm not sure which.

Just got back from our friend's place where Stevie and I are working on their soon-to-be amazing yard. We spent an hour there and made significant and visible progress. Headed back tomorrow for round two.

Tomorrow is my last Parkour class. Parkour has been amazing, and I encourage everyone who is interested to take it up. After the three week break though, last week was tough. I'm hoping to hook up with the PK Texas group that operates in the DFW area. Two hours of working out was never more fun!

But there will be a lot to keep me occupied. I'm taking on quite a few projects when I get back home: windmill design, solar panels, building a barn, networking, trying to run the equivalent of Dallas Metblog, working on magic, getting a job, writing up some lecture notes, and hopefully finishing up my novel soon.

Well, I look forward to seeing everyone again soon. 'Til then, take care.

Back to Parkour

So today I went down to Santa Monica to take some photos so all you nice people can see where I've been. So I wandered around and did some unexpected urban exploring and made it to the pier where I ran into my friend Vince.

Vince is an artist (he does caricatures on the Pier) and is more in the know about the recent switch to the lottery system in Santa Monica. Apparently now what happens is that ten minutes before a shift, the lottery is done for anyone who is there. This is good because it cuts down on having to be somewhere for eight hours, but it is also bad because it means you don't need to wait, so people like the guy dressed like Elmo (holding two Elmo heads) got to sit out there today. Vince put it eloquently:

"It's the beginning of Shit."

And so it is. I'll be doing an update post on Magic Today.

Then there was Parkour, which is fantastic. Made a new friend who may be coming to dinner tomorrow. Speaking of dinner, got free food from the place next to Stevie's work. Was amazing! 

On other news, I'm putting in an application to do some writing for The Tiny Life, a blog that focuses on tiny houses, minimalist living, gardening, and do-it-yourself projects. I've also been trying to contact MetBlogs, but they don't seem to have any reliable way of contacting them. I wanted to try to help out with the Dallas Metblog (because it's shit) but Daniel and Stevie suggested simply making my own blog, so I'll probably be doing that, so keep an eye out for Blogging.DFW coming soon!

tl;dr: Even the book "Philosophy and Twilight" has a hard time coming up with topics. Most of them are on the topics of vegetarianism or who's good for Bella. 

Good day

So I woke up this morning with a start, partly due to Stevie making a noise near me, but mostly due to a rather strange and apparently shocking dream. Immediately after waking, I was invited to go to a Tree People thing where we help take care of trees.

So we made it out there and listened to the little instructional on how to properly dig out and make the little mulch beds and went to it. We had a grand time and got to speak with Socially Awkward Lady, who wanted some sort of praise for taking care of her trees (they were the best and easiest for us to re-mulch) so she elevated Stevie and I to position of Grand Tree Knowledge People.

After we went to Aroma Cafe, which was amazing, and then wandered to a park and had a SPONTANEOUS SCRUMPING EXPEDITION and gathered some more plums which turned into a present for some friends we were going to see to consult on their new house's yard. Their house is actually a yard that happens to have a house on it.

Then we came back and Stevie gardened some more and I practiced with poi and managed not only to get down the move I was practicing yesterday, but I didn't even rack myself (a major accomplishment).

Then we had casserole and beer and talked and are about to watch Harold and Maude.

Had a great day.

tl;dr: Arboring, spontaneous scrumping; consulting; poi; beer; movie; good day.

:(

Destroyed my breakfast to an irretrievable point.

That is all.

Watch this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTO5yiN1b-I

Something strange

So I arrived at the Pier today and immediately noticed that something was a bit off. I didnt recognize any of the cars, and there were no other buskers there. Now when I say this, I don't mean that there were three of us, I mean I was the *only* one there. The office where the admin people are was also empty.

There were no buskers. There was no list. It was like suddenly everyone had just walked away. It was very strange.

So I decided that I'd wait 'till 11 to see what was going on. But 11am rolls around and no one comes out of the admin building. 11:15, no one.

3rd Street Promenade also seemed rather barren.

So I have no idea what's happening. I do know that parkour is tonight, and I'm looking forward to that. 2 weeks off means that tonight may indeed suck.

Like a brick to the face

You know what I really hate? More than politics or a mouthful of spoiled milk? It's when the solution is right in your face and you're too close to something to realize it.

Writing crisis solved.