For right now though I’m just going to try and feel better. I’ve been watching America’s Funniest Home Videos for the past few hours and am planning on putting in Post Grad here soon.

BLAH

The weird part is that the same night I was talking with my cousin who just moved to San Diego for college and a couple days ago someone cut him off too. The difference is that he actually hit the person. It was a SUV while he drives a really tiny car, so most of the damage was taken by him. He couldn’t drive the car away from the scene unfortunately and has spent the last few days looking for a bodyshop in California that he can take his car to and hopefully get it fixed. He said he doesn’t think that the frame is bent or the engine damaged, so hopefully it will be fixable. Of course he’s a little more relieved since the cops agree that it was the other drivers fault and the guy had good insurance so my cousin doesn’t have too much to worry about.

Watched Generation Kill from start to finish today. I do admit that I was only originally interested in it because Alexander Skarsgård was in it, but now that I’ve seen it I’m pretty sure I’d have loved it even if ASkars wasn’t in it. It was serious at times, hilarious at others (there were a bunch of good one-liners, i.e. the quote from my icon), and seemed to depict exactly what I imagine it might have been like over there during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Plus, it’s based on a true story so it automatically gets more bonus points. I’m pretty sure I can officially regard HBO as the King Network when it comes to miniseries depicting war-time events. Band of Brothers was extremely impressive and it looks like The Pacific is going to be just as good when it comes out.

What can I say… I’m an American combat history buff… =]

However there’s a slight problem with my grand plan: I know nothing about motorcycles; or vehicles in general. I don’t really know what the upkeep on them is like. Will I need a Battery Tender? How often to they have to go to the garage? Is it really bad for them to be in the cold during the winter? These are all questions that I’ll need to learn how to answer before I get fancy and buy a “hog” as they call them.

I have picked out what I want though. I want a black sport bike with some sort of flames on it. I’m not a big fan of choppers or Harleys, so its definitely going to be what the boy calls a “crotch rocket” for me. I don’t want to be on the “grungier” side of cycling… I want to ride in style.

So this post is really just an update to let you know why I’m not posting and to make a promise that tales of my Texas adventure as well as a big update on the current status of my 101 in 1001 project will be coming very shortly. But for now I’ll leave you with my 365 pictures from yesterday and today.

(Jan 31 – The Water Wall in Houston)

(Feb 01 – Just me again)

Like I said… More coming soon!

Might be a little with the 365 picture, but it has been taken!

Good thing: Since we’re an hour behind here, I went to bed the same time I usually do (2am here 3am home) but got an extra hour of sleep! Score!

This is the fountain in the center of my cousin’s apartment complex. It’s so nice here! Even though it’s raining I’m perfectly happy being in my tank top! YAY for warmth.

Expect more rambling later tonight!

See! I’m good! I’m good! I’m good!

No, really, I’m fine. I’m excited to get to Houston mainly because of the warmer weather. I’m sick of the cold and ready to be warm again!

Sidenote: My plan of wearing flipflops to avoid the hassle of taking off my shoes (since I knew I’d have to) at security backfired. Standing barefoot in security while the guard halts you so he can chat up his coworkers is not exactly a fun experience. Especially after you’ve seen at least 30 people who are also barefoot (some skeezy, some not) go before you. Yuck!

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t scared to death to fly, but I’m trying to overcome the fear and make it through the flight okay. I’m sure it won’t be that big of a deal, but I’m still nervous.

Wish me luck!