So, about a month ago I jumped out of a plane and it was the most amazing experience ever. There was fear, there was joy, there was relieve, maybe even a tear or two. I recommend everyone tries it, it is an amazing feeling. I went through Sky Dive Dallas and they were great, very professional and the whole thing took just a couple of hours.

~david

Well, there have been a ton of things going on lately, so I’ll start things up with a picture from my new phone. A couple of things which will be coming up will be new site, phone, job, planes, etc. Stay tuned.

~david

It has been an interesting two weeks. Last week I spent most of it in bed. I came down with the flu and it was the worst I’ve ever had it. I tried to battle through it on Monday and Tuesday, which was not a good idea. Then on Wednesday and Thursday I didn’t get out of bed. I literally slept for 48 hours. I didn’t eat anything at all, just water and the occasional nature call would get me out of bed. Then on Friday I had 3 soccer games. Usually, I’m one to skip a game if I’m under the weather, however these were championship games and I had to play. :-) Needless to say, I did pretty good and we won 2 out of 3. Good times. However, I paid for it for the next two days. It probably was not until this week where I started feeling 100%. Now, I’m not one to take a lot of drugs, butI’m seriously considering taking the flu shot this year. My mother has always told me to take for years, however I just don’t see why you should take medicine when you’re not sick. However, after my last episode I’m going to give it a try and see how it goes.

Now, I’ve been on a banana buttermilk pancake kick. I love this stuff and I must say, I make some pretty mean pancakes. I might post my recipe.

Finally, the Aggies were embarrassed by Miami last night (09/20/2007). I didn’t get a chance to watch it, I was doing some volunteer work. However, I was getting text message updates from a couple of people at the game and around Texas. I think it’s time for a change of coaching staff. Regardless… We are the Aggies, the Aggies are we…

~david

So, since I’ve been at home for about 5 weeks now I’ve made sure to hit the gym in the mornings. I wake up at 5 AM, make a light breakfast, and walk to the gym. Now, this is the second time where I get home and notice that I’m wearing an article of clothing incorrectly. Two weeks ago it was a shirt which was on backwards (front to back). Today, it was a pair of shorts. Now, I don’t know how this happens, but I have a feeling it has something to do with that foggy feeling you have when you first get out of bed. Alas, I think I need to invest in nothing but reversible work out clothes.

~david

So, I was looking through my cell phone bills and noticed this nice little change in usage. Can you guess which month was crazier than hell? This month is shaping up to be very similar.

January Minutes 3,008 Texts 1,046
December Minutes 1,634 Texts 1,043
November Minutes 1,389 Texts 714
October Minutes 1,648 Texts 432
September Minutes 1,903 Texts 834

That is 50 hours of phone usage for one month which translates to about 1.6 hours every single day including the weekends. However, it was probably more like 2.2 hours per day Mon – Fri.

david

PS: Bloc Party totally rocks!

So, following the ever popular “Music you should be listening to…” here are two movies which aren’t getting a lot of screen time.



1. Little Miss Sunshine. This movie is fantastic. Well worth the price of admission anywhere. It is a story about how messed up a family can be, but blood is blood. You can’t change that. This movie both made me laugh and made me sad, but at the end of the day it leaves you with a great feeling.



2. Idiocracy. This movie was released yesterday (09/01/2006) it is written by Mike Judge. The same Mike Judge who brought you Office Space, Beavis and Butthead, and King of the Hill. This movie is alright, it’s a story that takes place 500 years in the future where the world has become to stupid that they can not think or solve any of their problems. I would not pay full price for this, but I would pay the early bird price. The movie has its funny moments and Michael Bolton (from Office Space) is in it. That alone should be worth the five bucks.



~david macias

You might remember this story I posted on August of 2004. The story talks about Edvard Munch’s The Scream with was stollen for the second time and is one of my favorite works of art.



So, today forbes magazine has an article on how it was recovered. Happy day, it only took two years and it seems that the pieces are in good shape. I always thought this was going to end up like something out of the Thomas Crown Affair.



Congrats!

So, on my way to work I saw a Camaro, Acura, Beetle, and a Xterra all totalled. Then I saw two near misses. BTW, the Xterra was flipped over. Slow down people and please be careful.

~david

Work has been an up hill battle these past couple of weeks. There is a light, but it is faint and distant.

Rage against the dying of the light.

Chicago is freezing cold. This morning the temperature was 5 degrees and it went up to a sunny 10 degrees Fahrenheit. To all those women who claim they love winter because winter clothes are so much cuter