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Saturday, February 02, 2002

Travelogue - New Web Log

I have started this new web log just to log the movements of life and travel. I traveled very little last year. I plan to travel much more often in 2002. I want a single place to write about all my travel ideas. I am going to post some of these ideas on both Travel-Blogue and Sad Salvation. I think there are some Ideas that I am only going to post here.

I think that travel is important. It gives us the chance to see things outside of our lives. It is important to try to get away from your day to day life when you travel. I do not think people should take there work with them. Too often people cannot get away from the world that they are in. I think it gives people a small vision of the world. We have to step back from our lives and our visions of the world to really recharge.

Other people are also going to be posting on this web log. I want the people I travel with and some of the people I visit to be able to post here. I would love to see what they think about this trip. There are still a ton of things to do before I actually hit the road.

Labels: blog, sadsalvation, self, travel, travelogue

- Rich, 11:49 AM |

Empty Mind

It is late on Saturday morning. I have been lying around my apartment all morning. I watched a little TV, surfed the net, and listened to music. I have not done anything constructive. I have not worked on any of my writing project, cleaned my apartment, or done any laundry. I have not done the things that I set aside for the weekend.

I am looking at my computer like it is a prison. I have to labor to come up with things to write. I have to work to just sit here at all. It should be easier then this. I should be happy to sit in front of my computer and wire. The problem is that I am not. It is not like there is some place else I would rather be. I just do not want to do anything. I have no motivation at all. I just want to wait for something better to happen. That is a bad way to look at things.

I know I will squeeze a couple of things out of my head today. I know I will be able to find the right way to write about them today. It is just hard to not want to write. It is hard not to want to do anything. I feel there should be a thousand things bumping around my head. I think I should have too many things to write about. Right now I am going to step back from my computer and think of things to write about. Maybe I will come up with something good.

Labels: laziness, motivation, self, writers block

- Rich, 11:39 AM |

Happy Groundhogs Day

I am not sure if the groundhog saw his shadow or not. It has been actually winter in San Jose this year. I do not expect it to end soon.

Labels: groundhogs day, holiday, San Jose

- Rich, 11:11 AM |

Friday, February 01, 2002

Enron

I am not one for taking pot shots at companies, but this one is too easy. On Ebay right now, you can put a bid on an Enron Ethics Manual. I would love to read this thing. It is probally just as good as the Enron Visions and Values VHS training tape. Tell me if you put a bid on it.

- Rich, 9:24 PM |

Friday Five

1. Have you ever had braces? Any other teeth trauma? I never had braces. I once broke a wisdom tooth. They had to pull it. It was not very nice.

2. Ever broken any bones? I might have broken a toe once. Knowing it could not be set, I did not bother going to the doctor.

3. Ever had stitches? I am not sure I can remember all the times I had stitches. Off the top of my head I can remember five times. Twice with the head, once on the finger, Twice on the legs. More then 100 stitches total.

4. What are the stories behind some of your [physical] scars? I have four inch scar on my right forarm. I got it in high-school. My best friend on the football team, Bill, ran over me during a game. He stepped on my leg, back and arm. He ran for a first down. He cut my arm on that run. I did not get stitches so it really scared. I have few other scars people can see.

5. How do you plan to spend your weekend? Going to a Super Bowl Party is all I have planned. I have to do laundry also.

- Rich, 2:19 PM |

Wednesday, January 30, 2002

Travelogue - Portland

My plan is to drive to Portland taking US 101 North all the way to Seaside. I would like to spend my night in Seaside. I will drive US 26 from Seaside to Portland. I have wanted to drive 101 north for a long time. It is a much more scenic drive then taking I-5 North. I will be able to see the ocean for much of this drive.

I have been longing to visit Portland for a while. It has been since June 2000 since I was in Portland last. It is a city that still holds some part of my heart. I miss a lot of little things about the city. I miss the parks, clear air, Powell's Books, coffee shops, and brew pubs. It was a city that I did not understand when I left. I think I could take better advantage of it now. I was only there for a short time, but that city still clouds my minds.

I still have a couple of friends in Portland. I am not sure if I am going to stay with them or stay in a hotel. Part of me wants to live the big time and stay in a nice downtown hotel. I have never blown a lot of money on a hotel before. I think there would be something cool in just dropping cash on the hotel. I could be Mr. Big Time for a couple of days.

I am looking forward to seeing my friends. I have been able to stay friends with them. It is hard to keep in contact with people when you do not see them very often. If I moved back to Portland the people will not be the draw. I would be moving back just like I moved there the first time. With no real support in the city.

I still think about moving back to Portland. I tell people if I could have my current job and live in Portland, it would be a great combination. I think I could be a lot happier. I do not know if I will ever move back there. It is something I have to think about for the future.

Labels: Portland, road trip, travel, travelogue, US 101

- Rich, 3:05 PM |

Tuesday, January 29, 2002

Travelogue - Tires

I went out and bought new front tires this weekend. My front tires were starting to look worn. Four of the last Five times I bought new tires, it was because one of my tires went flat. The last two times I had to change a tire on a highway. There are few things I hate more then changing a tire on the highway. My mind was full of all the stories of people getting hurt doing that.

The tires are a very important step. I need to make sure my car is in roadtrip shape. I would hate to be riding on a spare time when the next exit is 50 miles away. I am going to take a test trip this spring. I am going to take a road trip so I can see if my car can handle a long trip. I am going to drive up to Portland over Easter Weekend. I have a three day weekend. I can take a couple of days and just stretch that weekend. This will be the trip that will decide it my are is up to a further trip.

I know that waiting until April to decide if I want to take a trip in July might be a little late. This worries me a little bit. I wonder if it will be a problem for any of the people that I want to see. I feel that I have to take a trip to Portland. If I am driving, I really do not want to drive any sooner. I at least want to wait until March. I might as well wait for my three day weekend. I will have to see how this unfolds.

Labels: cars, Portland, road trip, tire, travel, travelogue

- Rich, 10:42 PM |

Sunday, January 27, 2002

I used to be in a band called

Cathy posted this link at ChattyCathy. I just love the this web site, Rocklopedia Fakebandica!. It the the database of fake bands. Everyone from Spinal Tap to The California Raisins, The Rutles to Big Fun. I could spend a couple of hours looking at this site. I love this kind of stuff.

For as long as I can remember I could I would make names for bands. Maybe I went about it the wrong way. Maybe I should not have tried to tag a band with these names. Maybe I should have been trying to promote a fake band. I found an list in an old Word 2.0 file. I do not remember if this was a list of bands or albums. I think that is still works for either.


Hey! That's Ethan Hawke's Bike
New Wave Oslo Hair Cut
Optimism, Religion, Prozaic
Irish Whipend into the Buckle
Thousands of Young Manchurian Candidates
Apocalypse Whenever
The New Brown Dwarf
The Last Biblical Epic
Middle Age Performance Art
Live fast, Die young, Use up all your organs
I am always dying on the inside
All men are great in their dreams
The Patty Hearst Closet
Most People don’t think of sleeping as Art
Sputters To End
Mandate of Heaven
Thacher Wins Wimbledon
19 & 21
Ed Geen’s Farm
Karate Laundromat
The Only Laundromat In Italy
Gerald Ford’s Library
Forget Means Betray
Earth Since Europe
Oxygen Tent Camper
Oxygen Motor Home
Join Our Hip Nation
Serf City
Loss Everything Now, Never Own Nothing
Seasons In The Ditch
Here Me Now
Tall Like DeGaul
The Last Page of Mao’s Little Book
A Human Doing
Breakfast of Champions
Shortstop In the Oats
Really Short Hair
Slender
no that guerrilla with a "U"

Please tell me if anyone is actually using one of these names.

Labels: broken link, Cathy Heard, fake, name, tag overload

- Rich, 9:32 PM |

Fun Tools

Using a translation tool that I found on Not.So.Soft, we can look at the way Sad Salvation translates from English>German>English, English>Spanish>English, English>French>English, English>Italian>English, and English>Portugese>English. My favorite thing is the way Super Karate Monkey Fist is converted each time.

Labels: broken link, google, language, Not.So.Soft, tag overload, tool, translation

- Rich, 11:18 AM |

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