log entries of timotheus

So, yesterday, in appreciation of Earth Day, I went and spent my upcoming Economic Stimulus Package money on a 32″ LCD VISIO TV! Check it out, doesn’t it look nice in the metal rack?

Here is what my little living room / office look like:

Now, I realize buying a new TV is kind of anti my position on being affluent. The way I justified it in my mind is, I waited 2+ years to get a nice LCD TV, while waiting for the prices to go down. Also, this TV is thin and light, so I can actually take it with me when I move again. It’s a long-term display.

I didn’t know it was earth day until my friend Justin mocked my unintended insult to the planet. I will be keeping this until it dies, and then recycle it, so I’m not like Saruman, poisoning the lands of the Shire or anything.

Here is the spooky Grandfather clock I talked about yesterday:

In other news, I’ve added a publicly viewable google calendar in the links on the right-hand side there, so people can see what plans I have, what nights I’m free. It’s pretty easy to use, I’m liking it so far. Also, this way I can always go and look to see what I’ve promised I’d do.

My plan today is to do some exploring around, get some minor things from the store, then read! Only read one book all month, and you all know how much this distresses me.

Ok, so it’s been a while since I updated this. My reasons are, I just moved to Baltimore, and am super busy. When I’m not super busy, there’s so much stuff to write about that I kind of get overwhelmed, and end up not writing anything. So, I decided to break my moving tale into this:

I drove from Sacramento, CA to Baltimore, MD in four days. My Dad came with me, and it was a good time. When we got to Baltimore, we visited with family and prepped the place I’m staying. Now he’s back in Sacramento, and I am here, and things are going good.

There.

What I want to talk about today is the grandfather clock that is in the back room here, where my office / living room is. It’s from my great-grandfather, so historically it’s nice to have around. The issue is, it hasn’t ran in over ten years. When my Dad was here, him and my Uncle properly seated the face of the clock, and got it running. Now, it needs a cleaning, and as a result, all the chimes are a little bit off, and some of them don’t always hit.

Result? It sounds like a haunted house grandfather clock. At first, it kind of creeped me out, hearing the discordant chimes every fifteen minutes. Especially at night. But now it just kind of makes me laugh, so I’m going to keep it alive, by raising the weights on it every couple of days. And I like hearing the manly ticking noises it makes. Makes it feel very Victorian around here.

Anyway, now I need to find a bank to join around here.

So we started at Park City, UT and ended up in North Platte, NE. Almost 650 miles. It was really touch and go for a while, the weather was looking NOT GOOD. Until 6am today, part of interstate 80 we were going to use was closed due to blizzard conditions. But by the time we got there Mr. Snoeplow took care of business.

It feels a little odd driving in the snow at 75 miles per hour. It’s what the sign says though, so I’m sure it was safe.

My gallery is acting wacky today, my pics are up at flickr for now. Check them out here.

Tomorrow we’re thinking of going crazy and shooting for an 850 mile day, to get right up to Indianapolis. You will be kept ‘posted’.

Made it to Park City, UT. Covered 670 miles today. We might be kind of stuck behind the genormous storm that is crossing the US. Hopefully we can continue to at least make 500 miles a day the next two days. We’re going to shoot for at least getting to Cheyenne, WY tomorrow if we can make it. 550 miles, but there will be some light snow we need to go through..

I added a couple pictures to my gallery.

I’ll do better tomorrow; I’ll use my neo to work on my post when I am on my passenger shift..