David Lowry

Tomorrow I leave camp (sad face) and fly from Albany to New Bern, North Carolina, dropping in at Washington, DC (waving to Jo as I have a forty minute layover time) and Charlotte, NC. Quite glad it’s Washington as then I don’t have to consider the taboo of including a new state in my list of states I’ve been to even if it’s just a hop-thru. That’s somewhat un-kosher or so I’m lead to believe.

Really looking forward to seeing Martin (for the first time in five years) and Ashleigh (for the first time) in New Bern, and getting some ‘vacation’ time in while I’m in the states. I don’t think New York City can really count as in any way relaxing, so some beach time is planned this weekend.

States in rough order of visiting:

1. New York
2. Massachusetts
3. Vermont
4. New Hampshire
5. Illinois
6. Iowa
7. Missouri
8. Kansas
9. Oklahoma
10. Texas
11. New Mexico
12. Arizona
13. Nevada
14. California
15. New Jersey
16. Pennsylvania
17. Delaware
18. Maryland
19. Virginia
20. North Carolina

+ the District of Columbia if that counts.

“It’s official – Boojum will have a free burrito day on Wednesday October 8th! We encourage our regulars to bring along friends, co-workers, flat mates or anyone who has yet to try a burrito. We have not decided the time of the give-away yet but will send out more information as the date gets closer. We will not have our standard menu on offer that day, just burritos and fajita burritos to keep the queue moving along.”

http://www.boojummex.com/ <= mmmm

So after three days of constant rain storms and some sparse but big and fun lightning this afternoon the sky cleared and things heated up for the evening once again.

Air conditioning is a beautiful thing. Wired claim that it’s more efficient to use air-con in summer than to heat a house in the winter (because of the relative temperature difference required to provide ‘comfort’), and I don’t appear to be overly ‘allergic’ to it any more either which is pleasant. Ask me some time about the Portuguese swimming pool: head-first at 7am with a head full of eucalyptus vapours (from gum) and air con. Felt like a punch in the face.

It’s been a while since I wrote/caused Google to update my search ranking, so I thought today I should as I’m sitting in a hall waiting for something to happen (not this).

So, like I said it’s been a long time since the last meaningful entry on here, and as I promised I would write (to real people, not necessarily ‘you’, Dear Diary) to keep updated on my travails and travels (Like that, Pete?) at camp and thereabouts.

I will do that. But just not right now, as my video has just finished capturing. Now it is time to start editing.

Have a safe and blessed summer. I will.

p.s. It turns out that after three weeks of owning and wearing a new watch I do indeed have a noticable watch tan.

MY MACBOOK PRO IS TOO HOT!

Always has been, probably always will be, but this seems nice: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23049

Forces your fans to spin at a higher minimum speed reducing the temperature significantly. Good stuff.

When I survey the wondrous cross
on which the Prince of Glory died;
my richest gain I count but loss,
and pour contempt on all my pride.

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
save in the death of Christ, my God;
all the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to his blood.

See, from his head, his hands, his feet,
sorrow and love flow mingled down.
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet,
or thorns compose so rich a crown.

Were the whole realm of nature mine,
that were an offering far too small;
love so amazing, so divine,
demands my soul, my life, my all.

Tags: easter

What is says on the tin. We’re webcasting the Giants’ final regular season home game from Dundalk Ice Dome this Thursday night. Check out http://www.belfastgiants.com/webcast.aspx to find more details.

Also coming up is the playoff qualifier next Saturday.