The Life and Times of a Cable Jew

With Big Spring Jam this weekend, I really hadn’t planned on going until Linz got an e-mail from her cousin. He is the tour manager for Sister Hazel and they were playing last night at BSJ. Turns out, he was able to pull some strings, got in, a t-shirt, got to spend some time with her cousin. Oh, and we got to go backstage during the concert. Completely awesome to say the very least. The only pictures that I got were from my cellphone, but it’s still amazing. The pictures I took are at http://picasaweb.google.com/hgomez/SisterHazelAndBigSpringJam#

There were two other bands that I really listened to after them - Kansas and .38 Special. Both bands are fairly old (in the 80’s), but I know that you’ve all heard some songs by them -

Sister Hazel: http://tinyurl.com/42xx6t

Kansas: http://tinyurl.com/2zvgcb and http://tinyurl.com/2atrg8

.38 Special: http://tinyurl.com/3eqfey

I was also introduced to a couple members of the band and they really seemed cool - I didn’t even know that they were in the band until I saw them onstage!

In other news, I have two exams this week, and am moving next weekend. I’ve also restarted up Twittering. I can be tracked by my username poiupoiu. Mmhmm!

So, if you’re keeping up with my life, There’s a couple of big updates: I’ve bought a new car (a 2004 Honda Civic LX), and just got home from getting my old car off of my hands. I was hoping to sell it to someone who has the time, tools, and drive to fix up my car. If I had the room, time, and tools/equipment, I’d LOVE to actually fix up a car like that. Alas, I just don’t have that kind of stuff. What’s even better is that I was able to sell it to a friend, so I know that it won’t be junked for parts and will have a life after me. … if cars have lives…

I thought it was funny that I put it up for sale on craigslist and then withing 5 hours, I had 6 people e-mail about it. One of the e-mail addresses was from Boeing, another from the US Army Corps of Engineers. Only in Huntsville, eh?

I’m also waiting on getting my title for the new car so I can get my tags transferred over to it, as well as my tags for work and school. It’s nice to have one MAJOR headache gone.

Other stuff going on today is the Makers Local Group is having an open house - if you want more info, check out their site.

Hope you all have a good day today!

Been a little bit since I’ve updated! And yes, things did get worse. I really hope that things are on the path to getting better though. *knock on wood*

The new part is on the car, but there’s another problem with it - it still runs QUITE hot. I’m thinking that it’s either a blown gasket, cracked head, or a warped head. Either way, it’s going to be a pretty penny to fix it. Worse news: it’s a common problem and if it is remotely a head that needs to be fixed, then chances are that there are MANY more issues with it, and I’d end up shelling out WAY more than the car is worth. The good news is that I did find a new car and should have it by Wednesday at the latest - an ‘04 Honda Civic. I originally was completely against a civic, but I warmed up to the idea after I guess I realized that not every Civic becomes a ricer in the end. For laughs of people stupid enough to try to supe up their cars with body kits, I present you with two items for your entertainment: the Laugh@Rice gallery and the Honda ClownCar Wigger Story. I expect anyone reading this blog to stab me if I ever become like this.

I still have a couple of details to iron out, but I’m hopeful and I think things are going to work out. From the stories I’ve heard, Civics tend to run for a long time with a smart driver behind the wheel. I do hope that this is the case and I’m not going to get screwed 7 times sideways here.

I came out to the car on Friday to load up for the LAN party and noticed some fluid comming out of the bottom of the car. Not good… I get it looked at and I’m told it’d be a relatively easy fix. That was wrong - it actually is a fix that requires taking alot of pieces out of the car, replacing a metal tube/pipe and then putting things back together. Long story is that my car and I have an ongoing disagreement - I want the antifreeze and water to stay IN the coolant system and it doesn’t agree with me at all. I should get the car back Thursday or Friday. I just hope that things really can’t get much worse - I think that I’ve had enough troubles and stress for a while, please?

If you’re going to be around this weekend, there are two things that I’d like to draw people’s attention to:

First, there’s a LAN party on Friday night. If you have questions, check out bfgaming.info. Some of the big games that will be played are Team Fortress 2 and Unreal Tournament 3, possibly some Battlefield2, and really whatever people want to bring. Mini-moose will also be making his first appearance at a LAN, acting as a dedicated server for some games. A flyer can be found here.

Second, UAH Up ’til Dawn is having a carwash on Saturday at Advance Auto Parts off of 72-West across from Kohls. It’s a good cause and I encourage people to go and show some support and get your car cleaned up - I know mine needs it. :-/

In other news, I’m going to be moving out of my house and into an apartment with two other friends. I’m also looking to have my wisdom teeth taken out over fall break and not too long after I move in. It’s gonna be something… With this as well as classes, it’s easy for me to get stressed out. Thankfully, I have someone that helps me in any way she can with this.

I’ve also since gotten Team Fotress 2 and have been playing it alot. If you want to play, just let me know sometime.

Ok, there’s still some stuff that I need to do for classes and work, so I’ll leave you here. Laters!

So I finally have fixed the issues with double posts…. I’m not happy how I had to go about it: I had to actually go and delete the entire thing and then re-create it, import posts from a backup, etc. None of the plugins made it, but I’m working on that at the moment. Also, the users for commenters and stuff didn’t make it, so if you’d like to, please recreate one.

Wow, so this section of the trip has been MUCH more busy than the portion of the vacation in Illinois.

I’ve been through Indianapolis a couple of times, visited some of Linz’s family near the edge of the Ohio state line, got to fly in a Stearman Bi-Plane, driven an old Jeep Willy, got to meet some family friends, got to go to a lakeside house, ride in a boat and got to drive a jetski for the first time. That is only within 3 days. So, I’ve been a bit busy. We’ve been alot less busy these past couple of days, mostly hanging out within the house, neighborhood, catching up with some more friends, etc.

We’re heading back down south tomorrow, but we really aren’t in a rush to get home. All in all, I have had a really good trip. Hopefully, I can get some pictures from the trip and post them to the album. Later all!

Linz and I made it fine up to Illinois. We’ve mostly been doing the visiting with friends/family thing. Yesterday, we did go to the zoo - go figure, the day that we had planned on going is the hottest of the whole year; and it’s hotter than it is in Alabamahamamomma. Wasn’t very pretty. But, it’s doable as long as you go to the shade when you can, drink plenty of water, and take breaks. We did get alot of pics. I’ll see what I can do about uploading the better ones to the album later in the week. All in all, having a good vacation!

If people didn’t know, this past Monday, I was robbed. Great way to start the last week of the Summer semester out, eh? Throw in that my car battery has died (But only after a solid 9 years of use!! Go Subaru!), I had a final exam for my class that was all OK, except one problem where I just couldn’t get it to work no matter what and worked on that one problem at least 45 minutes of the 2 hours and 30 minutes that we’re allowed for the final. Bad week eh? Well, it’s over. The fun part of my Summer has officially started!

My cousin recently married and is having a wedding reception up here - which means plenty of family is going to be there! Hooray! It’s going to be nice to see everyone again for a bit and to celebrate his wedding. Linz and I were going to be staying up here for a couple of days and then we were going to go to her hometown for a couple of days, spend time there, relax abit, have fun, etc. After that, going to head on back to Bama-land so we can get ready for the fun-filled school semester to start up. That’s how I plan on spending my two weeks of vacation. Whoo! If i get some good pics, I’ll post ‘em, but I’m not guarenteeing anything!

Until next time!