Author: nslyax

nslyaxhttp://www.nicholasyax.com/I am a Ferris State alum currently living in Holland, MI. My blog has been being neglected recently, but I hope to be posting more.
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Woohoo, I Made It!

OK, so it really isn’t that far, my brother did it last year and I went way more in class, but I made it to State Park today. Took me 2 hours to do the 17.6 miles (8.8 each way), my bike computer says 94 minutes of actual riding. The fact that it was 86 out does make it a little more impressive though. My next goal is Delta, which should be about 20 round trip, though I will be doing State Park a few more times.

Scott has called me 3 times in the last 3 days, and I have missed them all. I would call him back, but I am not sure if I can, it could be a pay phone or whatever. I guess I just need to wait and hope I catch it next time.

OK, that is all for today.

Ha Ha

So, I didn’t post on the blogversary, oh well. I really don’t mind.

Today, er Saturday, I got the doggie door installed after a mere 6 months, and took the Blazer back to my dad. Then I went with Dan, Dave, Matt, Kyle, Jeremy, Dan’s girlfriend, and 2 of Dave’s friends to Ruby Tuesday at 7, then X-Men 3 at 8:45, then Dave, Dan, Matt, Dan’s girlfriend, Jeremy and I went to Jeremy’s for a while. I just got home about 30 minutes ago.

X-Men 3 was good, plenty of action and humor, though had some disappointing parts.

I have been working on re-categorizing the iBlog posts. I also added the “Outdoor” category. I am going slow on and off, but I am doing it.

I need to go camping soon. Jenn and I’s schedules don’t match up real well though. Hopefully her June schedule will look better.

I will be working Wednesday mornings instead of Friday afternoon beginning week after next.

OK, I suppose that is all for now. See you all later and enjoy your Memorial Day.

nick

the Thing

This is post number 375. I was going to wait and post it on Saturday (the anniversary) and make is 3002 words long so I get 3 years, 375 posts, and 100,000 words all at once, but decided no.

Yesterday Jenn wanted to go for a bike ride, but wanted to go somewhere fun. So, we headed downtown and she asked if we could go into the museum and walk around. Next we went along the river to the waterfall park, but it wasn’t running. It is cool, I saw it working on my ride with Todd last Wednesday. I was dissapointed it doesn’t go into river though. Next we went to Bay City Car Company (I think thats name, is on 2nd and Water) which was open unlike when Todd and I went at 8pm. They have a 1974 VW Thing for just $8800. If it had windows, I would highly consider it. Also, a 1950s Mercedes Benz for just $400,000, or $11,000 a month (about, was actually higher, but I dont want to exagerate). We then headed to her house, and returned by car to the Kingfisher, since it smelled so good.

Other than that not alot exciting.

I missed Scott twice now, very sad.

Jenn, Todd, and I, and who knows who else, are going to the school bus figure 8s next friday at Dixie.

Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend, and I WILL post on Saturday.

nick

Scott is Free!

Well, Scott is free of boot camp anyway. He was online yesterday and talked to my mom, I missed him though. I think going to his school he will have more online opportunities though.

I have been doing more car shopping again. Nothing real great yet though.

Today being May 22nd (almost 23rd), the blog shall be 3 years old in a mere 5 days.

Jenn switched to DSL on Friday. It is running a little slow, but that supposedly will improve, she needs to call AT&T back.

OK, that’s all for now.

nicl

Untitled 9

In the last post, I forgot to mention that Jenn made some very good mexican food on Saturday. Chili rellenos, tacos, and corn fritters, yum.

I got The Radioactive Boy Scout from the library, is a good read so far. When I return it, you should maybe try it. Need to request from Auburn or Pinconning, but only takes 2 days.

Apple released the updated iBooks yesterday, now the MacBook. Available in white or black, though black costs a premium of about $155, not sure why. I am a little disappointed that there is on aluminum “Pro” version, and quite disappointed at the Intel integrated graphics rather than a dedicated card. Other than that, they are nice laptops. Finally a 13″ widescreen, finally support for extended displays (so an external monitor will display an image other than what’s on the laptop display, as mine does), as well as audio in and gigabit ethernet. When I buy my laptop for ferris, I will likely be picking one up.

I have reviewed some of my summer goals, and have come to the conclusion that 3 of them need some changes. First, building a kayak/canoe isn’t very realistic. I have nowhere to store and no way to haul such a thing at this time. At some other point in my life, I may reconsider, but for now it is a no go. Secondly, making a hammock was to be done do to the cost of buying one, and the good folks at campmor have several that are very affordable. Besides, I don’t have much of a place in the backyard for one. Thirdly, the Mackinac trip will be delayed some, as it is unrealistic to think I can be ready by late June, only 1 month away now. This is partly due to me being over eager in planning, partly because of a week straight of rain, and partly because I don’t have and can’t yet afford some semi-crucial gear (namely panniers).

I have not yet made it to State Park, though yesterday and today both presented excellent opportunities. I am getting lazy and need to kick myself out of it. I am going on a ride with Todd later today down the river walk though.

OK, thats all for now.

nick

Number 372

OK, so I changed the post time on the last 2 months of posts, to fix the time-change issue, as well as change the server time so this and all future posts will have the right time, and set a reminder in my calendar to change the time again in the fall along with where I am supposed to change it.

Saturday was Jenn and I’s 2 year anniversary. We didn’t do much, sat around and watched Just Friends and Jarhead.

It is looking like the rain may finally be stopping soon. It didn’t rain much today or yesterday despite predictions of constant rain on both days. The giant cell thats been circulating over us for nearly a week is finally getting far enough south east that it only hits us occasionally. Hopefully I can get back on my bike soon.

I think that’s all for now. See you all later I suppose.

nick

It Came

The new power adaptor arrived today at 5. Nice to be able to use the iBook again.

I am working on fixing the date issue. I need to remember to change back in fall though, or will be screwed up again.

I got up for work today and realized I work at 1 on Fridays, not 12.

That’s all, I should be sleeping, work at 9.

nick

Hmmm…

As I was posting that update you see below, I noticed in the corner of my eye that WordPress thinks it’s 18:59, which would be 6:59 PM. The problem with this is that it is 7:59 PM. I am afraid every post I have made since time change has had the wrong time, and I don;t think I really want to change them all, nor do I know of any way to check them.

The strange thing is, the server is in Arizona, so the time should actually be off by more than an hour by most scenarios I can come up with right now.

Speedy Delivery

Jenn was nice enough to leave me her power adaptor for the night, since she is working anyway. I just checked my order status at the Apple Store and they say the package was shipped earlier today. FedEx says on their tracking page that estimated delivery will be Friday, much sooner than next Wednesday, so that is nice. I kinda figured by Friday, from past experiences.

So, I have a computer for the night and am therefore going to watch HellBoy, as my iBook is the only working DVD player in the house right now. All the others crapped out (PS2 doesn’t like newer movies, and DVD player downstairs seems to have taken a big shit all over itself or something).

I haven’t made it to Bay City State Park yet, and with work and talk of rain I might not this week. We will see though, I do have Friday morning.

So, there is tonight’s mini update to this afternoon’s update.

Later,
nick

Ouch

I was sitting there using my computer, and I realized the light on my power cable that is usually green, was not on. This would imply that the computer was not charging. After fiddling around with the cable, trying other plugs, and various other things, I wound up ordering a new cable from Apple for $75 after tax and what not. Not something I wanted to do, but I seem to have no choice.

So, I will not be online for a while, since the adapter is not scheduled to arrive until next Wednesday by Apple’s estimate, and I have 2:05 in computing time in my battery by my iBook’s estimate. Although, I can always go see Jenn and use her charger.

So, I will see you around, and this will probably be the last blog post until I get the power adaptor in, unless something really cool happens or I am bored at work in the next 3 days.

nick