WOOHOO!

[Aaron]

I'm feeling better. And today I made a new best time for commuting to work. 45 minutes. However, I have chaffing. And it fucking hurts. A lot. But, I'm back to riding to work again, which I have missed, it's my zen time. I turn my brain off and I don't think, I just peddle...

My friend is awesome. However fucker drank all my beer I bought yesterday. (I bought a six pack, drank one, gave him one, and now there is no beer. GRRR. There isn't even the cheap shit he buys in there. (OE800, or PBR)

I see The Melvins this Saturday. Woo.

[individualzero]

Holy shit. The ancient-ass guitar, keyboard and amp I own purportedly go for $150, $200 and $100 respectively. I'm kind of tempted to sell them since I don't.. really... ever use them.

They're an Epiphone Les Paul Special II mint, a Casio WK-3300 keyboard and a Kustom KBA10X amplifier.

Well, if anyone has any interest in any of the above, I'll be glad to pass them off to friends.

[Aaron]

I floated in an Isolation tank today. It was amazing.

It took me awhile to stop moving around in the water, I would bump the sides a bit, I felt like I was bending my torso a lot even though I wasn't. after I stopped moving and got still. I started to hear music like from inside my head. which was odd. I then would think about it and it would stop. So I keep returning to my breathing. (Buddhist meditation focuses on the breath. Like the feeling of it going in and out. I have been doing that off and on for a few years now.) BUT I found that doing that made my brain a bit to sharp? So I just tried to think about what I was seeing (Fucking nothing. Nothing at all. ZERO light.) So then I could hear the music again, and then I could start to see stuff at first very basic shapes and a few colors (I remember a square rolling around.) This lasted a long while or maybe a few minutes. (Time is fucking gone while in the tank. It could have been 3 minutes to stop moving around in the tank or 15 minutes. I really truly don't know.) Then I think I feel asleep for a little bit, I had a very very very vivid dream. woke up in kinda a panic, (they play music to let you know when your time is up.) I thought I had gone past it, but they hadn't my time wasn't up. I woke up sat up a bit and looked around and I saw a whole bunch of shit. I saw an orange light like a lazer beam, I saw aluminum foil that had been crumpled up and was emitting light SUPER bright light! Then I calmed back down, went back to my position (laying flat with my arms up and my hands by my face.) and then I started to hear my music again, and float for awhile more. Then their music started playing and I was kinda happy it was over, they have a switch in the tank to turn on a light and a heater in the tank. I turned the light on got out ringed my hair out (it's long now. Very long) and scraped as much of the water off as I could. Took a shower shampoo'd my hair and body washed my self to get rid of the salt (there is 800lbs 362kl of Epson Salt in the water, which is 93.5F aka skin temp. So you feel nothing while in the tank.)

It was pretty cheap (first float is cheaper then it is more for the next time.) and I had an amazing time. It was the most I have every felt while sober. (while on drugs might be a different story...) But it was an amazing time, I can't wait to go back... And I will be going back. It's easy to get there and get home and not really to much money.

[tim]

Well, this definitely belongs in this thread.

I'm getting married!

[Aaron]

Congrats! When is the day?

Also I guess that is where you have been...

[luna]

congrats tim!

[tim]

Thanks! May/June next year, Aaron. tbh, I think I haven't been good at posting here for a while so I'm not sure I can use it as an excuse, although I'm now one of those phantom lurkers who does check PI every so often without posting.

[individualzero]

Tim that's AWESOME! Congratulations bro!

[r00]

Well, this definitely belongs in this thread.

I'm getting married!

congrats Tim!

[chimera]

You realize, don't you Tim, that I'm going to have to chide you for being so bourgeois. 
(Seriously, yay commitment!)

[Aaron]

I'm getting a new bike. For realzies, I'm getting a new bike! I'm fucking ecstatic. I have it on layaway right now. I'm just waiting for my loan from Bank Of Dad (c) to come in. And then I will have my new bike.

It's a Trek Crossrip Comp 2014 model. I have a 58 on layaway right now. I even got to test ride one, a 56 model (it fit well enough, but I want a bit bigger so my seat isn't above my bars. Which is more of a race position. (56, and 58 being the size of it.) But it's nice, it's super light compared to my wm bike. I will have to get used to the drop bars, but mine shifted fine, and breaked well enough. I can't fucking wait. 

http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/road/cyclocross/crossrip/crossrip_comp/#/us/en/model/details?url=us/en/bikes/road/cyclocross/crossrip/crossrip_comp 


And since I started this I have gone down a pant size. And in general lost weight from it. My legs look way better then they did, like I have muscles and tone now, not just slabs... My face is smaller, like my cheeks are smaller, and my chin less doubley. Also I'm in a lot better shape when I do have to walk, like I'm breathing normal, not hard when I'm walking up hills... My goal was just to be sub 300 pounds... And maybe not stop there...? I don't know yet. I want to be less... that's for sure. I'm not sure how much less I want/can be though. 

[Aaron]

I got my bike today. It's pure fucking sexyawesomeness. Yep. I said it.  I road home on it. It is a lot faster then my other bike... Granted I'd say it weighs like half as much... Or at lest it's a hell of a lot lighter... It's so fucking awesome. I'm SUPER happy to have it. I'm going for a long ride tomorrow. The Green river trail which is what I ride to work on, goes a lot further. Like 20 miles. I might do that, I don't know that I will go the full way, but some of it. I might go into the Trek store and buy Fenders and new tubes (it has a different valve then the other tires I have. they are also smaller. 700x32 I bought 700x38 for my other bike, same with the tubes. So they are to big.) 

[rynne]

Nice, Aaron! That's a pretty sweet ride! Great to hear you're feeling better & healthier too.

[Aaron]

Thanks. I'm still walking out to the living room just to look at it. (I keep it in side, cuz it's my baby.) I got fenders on it yesterday (I had to ride through a down pour to get there though.) But ya, it's awesome. And I can go so much faster with the same effort. It makes me really want to go riding now. I hope next Sunday is less rainy just so I can be gone most the day, on the Trail.

Also it was pouring rain here and with out the fenders my feet got soaked, and my legs were super dirty. (socks to.) BUT I had a fucking blast. I need gloves my hands were painfully cold at times. But we have fishing gloves at work that I'm gona get a pair of. (water proof is what I need.) I also am falling in love with the drop bars. I'm still getting used to them just leaning out more. BUT I like them. And the fact that I have two break leavers is great (one on the straight part and then the shifting bars as well.) It's a smooth ride, thought my old bike had really shitty shocks (a good pair can be 1000+) but I find that I do sorta miss them at times. Today will be my first ride to work on the bike.

I'm also really glade I had the wm bike and didn't just start with that bike. I wouldn't know how good it is, and how much better it is in a lot of ways. (shifting is better, the ride, it's a lot lighter.)

[Aaron]

So there is two people for my job, my boss (not on paper, but in every other way she is my boss) she is on vacation. Thus there is just me. A week or so ago I was told that I wouldn't need to get overtime and stuff. (Not cuz I would have to get it all done, just I would have that much help. Which was bs. I get my lunch covered, which is cool. and I have stayed an hour late every day. BUT today is my short day, 4 hours long, I asked yesterday, I get to stay a late and keep my overtime. AKA my check is gona be fat! WOO.

Also I just got a raise from being there another year, and it was retroactive so my whole pay period was paid at the new amount instead of like 1 day of it... (the 20th was the last day and that was my anniversary.) AKA extra fat check as well. Woohoo.

It sucks being by my self, but so far it hasn't been bad. I have had help with the apple shit and phones (I have to write down all the SN for all the apple shit, and any phone over 100 bucks.) And I haven't gotten that much freight in. However today is always a heavy day for us. (for whatever reason.) At lest vendor wise it will be smooth and fast.

Also I made it to work in 33 minutes yesterday, best time by 4 minutes.