To Infinity and Bed, Bath, and Beyond!!

Well once again I'm back at the wash 'n wifi. Lila and I have moved to vermont succesfully.

We had a fun summer at sea and a good time this fall at chewonki.

We now rent an apartment in rutland vt. Its got room for guests so I encourage you to visit. You being, emma or fred, or avery, or SEA people, or Chewonki people or all sorts of people provided I already know you.

We bought a sweet LCD tv and now we have a home theater. I watched toy story on it. Man, woody sure looks hot in hi def.

The apartment has a sort of office room, which is being used for, well.. an office, and my indoor garden.



There is a four foot two bulb fluorescent light fixture and 4 compact fluorescents in metal work shields lighting the plants. Total output 12,000 lumens. Total energy cost less than 3.5 60 watt blubs. There is also a fan on a light timer which goes off four times a day to create an artificial breeze to cut down on insects.

I'm growing six varieties of peppers, basil, cilantro, marjoram, oregano, mint, rosemary, and thyme. There is also a small orange tree. As jon todd will contest, it is an ornamental orange tree, but the oranges are 100% edible and taste basically like a cross between a lime and an orange. They are nice in a gin and tonic.

Also I'm trying to get a job for the next 6 weeks or so until ski season really starts rolling. So far I've applied to the home depot, and as soon as I finish this I'm going to go and apply for jobs at Bed, Bath, and Beyond, Dicks Sporting Goods, Staples, and Radio Shack.

I've also been selling stuff on ebay. So far I've sold a Gameboy and a Guitar Effects Pedal. I will be selling a guitar and a wallet (people have bid but the auctions aren't over) and I just listed an audio interface.

I just finished drinking a coke and now I'm going to bed bath and beyond.

Back from the dead?

So my non-exsistent readership may have thought that I sailed off the edge of the world, (the world is flat you know) but really I've just been either lazy or distracted for two months.
Done lots of fun stuff, sailed, visited friends, spent time with lila, computed, been outside, visited grad schools, all sorts of things really.

A little while ago I went to mexico with lila.



We had a good time although mom came too and she was real stressful. Never try playing tennis with her.

This is what manhattan looks like from New York harbor. We sailed under the Verazzano Bridge and up the east side to the 79h St. Boat basin. It was grey and rainy the whole time.



I'm going off to maine in a few days. By this tuesday afternoon I'll be a few miles from the Canadian border leading a canoe trip.

More updates in the future...

Hello from below the Mason-Dixon Line

So readers, you find me for the first time below the mason-dixon line. I don't count D.C. or florida because although they are in fact geographically "southern" states, I don't really think they count.

Charleston, SC. is ok. This port stop actually hasn't been as great as we'd be hoping. The dock is nice, there are some restuarants in walking distance, there are a few bars, some decent shopping but something over all just irks me and a few other people and as a result the stop hasn't been as relaxing as we'd hoped.


I've decided that I'm going to try to get into the patagonia catalouge. This picture is one of my early efforts, its a work in progress.

Camden called me a yesterday. She'd never called me before so I was pretty surprised but it was really great talking to her. I hope the rest of you all are all well.

Soon we'll be off to Norfolk, VA. If I get a chance I'll update again! I bet you can't wait.

Its been three months since the last update!

Well, in the past three months, lila and I have finished working at killington, and now we are working on the boat. We're sailing on the Corwith Cramer for SEA. We just finished our first trip, an alumni trip. We sailed from key west to the Dry Tortugas. There is an old fort out there called Fort Jefferson.


Its basically a small island (no fresh water) with a fort built on it that covers the whole island. There is decent snorkeling around the island and it is kind of cool to walk around. Its in very good condition.
I'm working as an asst. scientist. We haven't done lots of science yet but we will be. We did catch a tiny octopus and we are trying to get halobates (marine insects) to lay eggs.

Lila is doing well, she's cooking on the boat along with another girl (a close friend) named Danielle.

Refer to the email I sent to see where the boat is going to be at anytime and I'll talk to everyone/anyone soon.

Emma

This post is not meant to embarass emma (as she might think) but, simply to honor her. Whenever you need someone to talk to, she's there. If you need someone's opinion about whether the stunt you are about to pull is over the line or not, ask emma. The person who will worry about you when you're drunk, emma. Basically emma is really great and deserved a shout out a long time ago but she didn't get one. For some reason. Mostly because avery and me on each other's laps is funnier. Not to say that emma isn't funny. Because she is.

First post of new year, and my mom is visiting

Hi all, mom came to visit, she sleeping in my living room. She hasn't done anything super ridiculous just yet but we can cross our fingers. We skied her all over the mountain yesterday and things were mildly successful. But don't worry fred, she'll probably do something to cause my blood pressure to shoot through the roof soon enough.

I got new skis.

I had demo'd a bunch of skis and i liked this one the best, the elan magfire 12. Its the top of the line do anything go anywhere ski. Just like a little black dress. Its the little black dress of skis. Its also a lot of fun.

I went to Washington DC. I saw the declaration of independence and the constitution and the bill of rights, and the WWII memorial and the Vietnam memorial, and the lincoln memorial, and the Washington Momument, and Eric, Fred, Avery, Conor, John Haines, and Dan. It was fun. They were fun too.

Mostly I just go skiing, and think about skis. In fact, I'd say that I think about a ski or ski related idea for about 80% of the day.

My toilet is leaking.
and I found my digital camera so maybe finally I'll post some pictures of my apartment.