Stuff I want to do

While flying in another Blackhawk today, I got to thinking about things I want to do when I get home. These are what come to mind off the top of my head. I want to spend more time riding my bike. I want to take up hiking. I want to begin playing guitar again and maybe start another band. I want to start going to the gym regularly again. And that's probably enough of a list for now!

Visited countries map

I usually think I have been to a lot of places, but this map is a reminder of what a big world we live in...



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Extreme frustration!

I probably deserve this for buying contraband, but I bought the five disc set of the first season of "The Wire," pirated of course since it was only $5, and the first disc didn't work. That didn't matter since I have already seen all those, and then disc two worked, so I was happy. Watching disc two was enough to get me hooked on the show again, and now disc 3 doesn't work either... argh!

Blackhawk

I got to ride on a Blackhawk this weekend, into the foothills of the Himalayas. We flew over one mountain range, and as we approached I was thinking "those are big mountains," but then behind them was another range of snow-capped peaks that make those seemingly big mountains in front of them look like small hills. Quite amazing, and indescribably beautiful. To add to this the pilots were in a mood for showing off so they went zooming along mountain walls through some valleys and at one point dove seemingly straight at the ground, then turned and shot straight up in the sky. Cool stuff.