Month: March 2003

Bicycle Circus

This is the busy week. First Wednesday of the month is the Aiken Bicycle Club meeting and the first Thursday is the Master’s Miata Club meeting. At least all I have to do at the Bike Club is sit and listen, at the Miata Club one I am the Secretary so I have to write stuff down. Which means I have to sorta pay attention. The bike club meeting was neat as we had some folks come speak to us about an upcoming bike race that is coming to town. Rich Hincapie (brother of George, Lance’s main man on US Postal) of Hincapie Sports and Tim Farrar from the SC Heritage Race Series chatted about what was going to happen on May 2nd when the bicycle circus comes to town. I would love to be there and help/watch. but we have already made or reservations for the inaugural “real” hike in the Georgia mountains that day.

Purchased Today: nothing
Money spent since 03/03/03: $0.00
Started up, went down, still down.
Top Transitions since 02/02/03: 38

Chinese X-Files

In Sunday’s entry I mentioned that I should rent the X-Files DVDs and watch one episode every Sunday night at 9:00 PM to help alleviate the Weekend ending dread I suffer from. Went over and checked Ebay for some prices, might buy ’em if they are cheap enough. I can buy seasons 1 thru 4 plus the movie for $129, that is about what Amazon wants for just Season 1, but it is from China. The seller has a high rating and it is just like a US release except for “only some Chinese characters printed on the packing.” I’m leery, yet oddly curious.

Burning A Hole In My Pocket

Can’t decide what to mod to buy next. I am torn between some new Gage Faces or some Real Aluminum Trim. I’ve $200 burning a hole in my pocket….

Purchased Today: nothing
Money spent since 03/03/03: $0.00
Started down, went up, went down, went back up, still up.
Top Transitions since 02/02/03: 37

New Shipment Today

On our evening walk we passed by a Burkes Outlet and hanging over their door was a big sign that proclaimed in 2-foot high letters “NEW SHIPMENT TODAY!” I guess I was supposed to run right on in and see if there was any stuff I didn’t see just yesterday when I was in there. I’m betting they have that sign up everyday and there are people who go in looking. They probably can keep it up legally too, because I’m sure everyday UPS drops something off.

No More Music In The Mail

Josh has decided to call it quits on the CD Mix Of the Month Club, a sad day indeed. It started out as a good idea, but as with everything internet, word got out and outgrew it’s roots. Thanks for the ride. I guess that I can always rejoin Columbia House again – nah, then I’d have to pick out the music myself and pay a lot for it to boot. For now I’ll just listen to RADIOIO.

Keep Track Of All The Money Spent

As promised, a new Miata thing to keep track of. I’m going to keep track of all the money spent on the Miata. Everything, including gas, repair parts, service, and mods. I was going to do mileage, but I forget to write down what the mileage was this morning…maybe I’ll start that on next April 4th.

Purchased Today: nothing
Money spent since 03/03/03: $0.00
Started down, went up, went down, still down.
Top Transitions since 02/02/03: 34

How The Heck Did We Get Here

Started ugly, but changed into a beautiful day around lunch. Went for another hike in Hitchcock Woods this afternoon. We’re not sure of the mileage, because when we checked it at the car at finish it read .03 miles. Once, part way into the hike it read 1.9 miles. We were in the woods about an hour and a half so if we interpolate from Friday’s data (two miles in an hour) we probably covered 3 miles. Unlike Friday were I knew exactly where we were at all times, this hike was spent in the I Think I Know Where We Are mode a bit with a couple of How The Heck Did We Get Here moments thrown in for good measure.

After the hike we decided to watch “Jackie Brown”, Quentin Tarantino, Elmore Leonard, how could you go wrong? But somehow it did. The actors were good, the characters were good and after 40 minutes the plot looked good, but the pace seemed just a bit too slow (no wonder it was listed at 154 minutes.) I thought it might make a good 2 hour movie, while Donna was not so generous, she said 1 hour.

Started up, went down, still down.
Top Transitions since 02/02/03: 32