Active Holiday
One short hike deserves another
Saturday I ended up hiking out along the Bull Run Conservatory. It was a fantastic experience. I made it to the top of this mountain out there. I climbed out on a massive rock formation and got to stare out over a valley of trees and into the distant Shenandoah mountain range.
I attempted to complete the trail but I started to lose confidence in my trail as the number of cobwebs increased, the leaves looked less abused along the trail from repeated traffic, and the number of tree obstacles blocking my line of travel were becoming more complicated to negotiate.
I also felt as if the trail was moving out in a direction that was wider than I could recall the map indicating on line. After following the trail for about 15 minutes I called it quits and quickly backtracked to my starting point.
3 years of mountaineering at Clemson in ROTC paid off I think as I was unable to find my compass and get a print out of the map (with terrain features) prior to my trip.
Trail of source
Later that day, I started working on my project with my partner in crime. I managed to get the physics code integrated after realizing some errors I was having were related to a discovery I had made earlier in the development cycle.
I also managed to correct some camera issues that had been plaguing my work (ie: gravity is -9.81, not 9.81...) I finished implementing PyODE's 3rd Tutorial source using Panda3d objects. I have some questions to post on the PyODE listserv, but beyond that...progress is being made.
10 miles for Fun
On Sunday my sister ran the Army 10 miler. She beat me out in registering for the big Army 10 miler Sunday. So, I got to "lame" it out (as she would put it) at the finish line cheering her effort on - it was a pretty good day for the run. From what I heard, the weather was just about right.
the Melvins
I managed to see their show Sunday night at the Black Cat. It's great venue and I had a great time! Probably one of the better acts I've seen this summer when it comes down to the hard rock/metal world.
The opening act was a 14 "track" short animated film by what someone told me was a graffiti artist.
The opening band was excellent. Had a nice groove about their sound. Toward the end of their set, don't quote me, but I think it was Dale Crover who hopped onto stage and started playing guitar along with them.
After the set ended, King Buzzo hopped on stage and each band member held their own waltz into position and the set started up. The end was a abrupt, to say the least, as each band member would stop playing one-by-one and exit the stage with the newer drummer closing out the show with a drum solo.
Next week
Well I've friends coming into town, I've got a concert Sunday night (Bad Religion), and the week after I've got Umphree's McGee with an old Clemson buddy. And the start of my epic return to the judo dojo.
Saturday I ended up hiking out along the Bull Run Conservatory. It was a fantastic experience. I made it to the top of this mountain out there. I climbed out on a massive rock formation and got to stare out over a valley of trees and into the distant Shenandoah mountain range.
I attempted to complete the trail but I started to lose confidence in my trail as the number of cobwebs increased, the leaves looked less abused along the trail from repeated traffic, and the number of tree obstacles blocking my line of travel were becoming more complicated to negotiate.
I also felt as if the trail was moving out in a direction that was wider than I could recall the map indicating on line. After following the trail for about 15 minutes I called it quits and quickly backtracked to my starting point.
3 years of mountaineering at Clemson in ROTC paid off I think as I was unable to find my compass and get a print out of the map (with terrain features) prior to my trip.
Trail of source
Later that day, I started working on my project with my partner in crime. I managed to get the physics code integrated after realizing some errors I was having were related to a discovery I had made earlier in the development cycle.
I also managed to correct some camera issues that had been plaguing my work (ie: gravity is -9.81, not 9.81...) I finished implementing PyODE's 3rd Tutorial source using Panda3d objects. I have some questions to post on the PyODE listserv, but beyond that...progress is being made.
10 miles for Fun
On Sunday my sister ran the Army 10 miler. She beat me out in registering for the big Army 10 miler Sunday. So, I got to "lame" it out (as she would put it) at the finish line cheering her effort on - it was a pretty good day for the run. From what I heard, the weather was just about right.
the Melvins
I managed to see their show Sunday night at the Black Cat. It's great venue and I had a great time! Probably one of the better acts I've seen this summer when it comes down to the hard rock/metal world.
The opening act was a 14 "track" short animated film by what someone told me was a graffiti artist.
The opening band was excellent. Had a nice groove about their sound. Toward the end of their set, don't quote me, but I think it was Dale Crover who hopped onto stage and started playing guitar along with them.
After the set ended, King Buzzo hopped on stage and each band member held their own waltz into position and the set started up. The end was a abrupt, to say the least, as each band member would stop playing one-by-one and exit the stage with the newer drummer closing out the show with a drum solo.
Next week
Well I've friends coming into town, I've got a concert Sunday night (Bad Religion), and the week after I've got Umphree's McGee with an old Clemson buddy. And the start of my epic return to the judo dojo.
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