Blogging!

I went tubing down one of the ‘white water’ rivers up in Mass yesterday. It appears to be fed from the bottom of a glacier fed lake. There were white water rafts going constantly all day, and srsly… There is one rapid worth going down in one of those seven man barges. I got in a fight with a rock… My ass lost.

I guess one of the best parts is that we had 18 cans of beer to go down with us. Six cans of pale ale, six of an IPA and six of a different IPA. Fabulous. I wish we could get real beer in cans in Tennessee… Maybe a new venue is in order, after all…

Saturday i got to drive a Triumph Daytona 595. It’s a 1L class three cylinder British sport bike. I have to say… The experience was quite enjoyable. The only part of that bike that scares me is the weight of the bike at slow speed. The faster you move, it’s pretty easy to maneuver, but at very high speeds my mass makes it difficult (not impossible) to overcome inertia and lean the bike.

The exhaust note from the machine is worth mentioning, as well. It’s low, not quite two cylinder low, but completely misses the ‘riinrin’ of an inline four. It’s smooth all the way and just loud as crap at 7K – 10K RPM.

So far, i’m pretty happy with my path choice in motorcycles. I want a 1L now :) Maybe an RC-51, maybe a Daytona, XB-12R, something a bit unconventional (i.e. not a water cooled inline four) but still nice enough to drive lots of places. I may have to wait though, since i really want a bike that i can drive 1000 miles on if i want to.

Maine is a long way away. And coincidentally enough, it appears that there are places even more backwoods and retarded than Tennessee. Although it’s a total bonus to get lobster for $6 a pound. Gotta love cheap seafoods. I have pictures in Acadia National Forest

I am totally at a Jack Johnson show.

i have missed my flight to cincinnatti this morning. i specifically picked an early flight so i could get to ma by noon. i primarily blame yellow taxi for taking over half an hour to get to antioch. its like the people don’t even care. hell maybe they don’t, but they should still do their fucking job.

i also got the provilege of being randomly selected for extra screening. ive already been raped for $50 to get a later flight and $25 for a second bag so whats a few civil liberties at this point?