Djinnius : Picture of the Day

I got mine and she got hers. Hopefully mine will be a bit better behaved than hers.  Em got a new kitten.  I decided to call it Nuke as in “new kitty.”  Well it has turned out that Nuke is quite apropos because the damn cat is destroying everything and just well being a kitten I suppose. Damn thing is a pest.  I’ve removed her from my room using her tail as a handle to throw her by.  Tonight Em got home late and discovered that Nuke had knocked over a plant from the window sill.  This was after yesterday which we spent cleaning house. Sorry I don’t give a shit enough about the cat to post a picture.  Do a google image search for a kitten. I’m sure it looks just like the ball of terror we have here.

I on the other hand am sure made a much wiser decision.  My new arrival a) is all ready house trained b) doesn’t tear shit up (except asphalt hopefully when I’m on top c) in the long run will probably cost considerably less and d) will probably cause me a hell of a lot less headaches than the damn cat will.  Granted my initial outlay was $700 and there will be some more expenditures down the road, I believe they will decrease in time. Furball on the other hand I believe will only increase in maintenance over time.

My new black and white Quintana Roo. QR is the state in Mexico where Cancun is located. Oh yeah the new furball is black and white as well. About same proportion as the bike too.

So it looks to be a pretty sweet ride.  After hemming and hawing over it I figured I was stupid to buy the bike even thought the Litespeed slipped through my fingers.  It has a bike computer on it, pedals (yeah it has Look KEO and I have Shimano cleats right now ), and a ~$120 set of tires on it.  There was no way I would be able to build up the other frame for that little money.  Yippee.  I hit 21.5mph riding it home…in sandals.  I can’t wait to test it out.

The frame I *think* is carbon fiber. I’m not sure but it weighs a crap ton less than my 1998 Cannondale road bike!

Nick, Cameron, and Ethan drowning our sorrows after our volleyball loss

Not too much is going on.  Just working on thesis stuff and trying to stay sane.  I’m captain of our IM summer volleyball team.  We need a little bit of practice but we always have fun.

Yesterday was the Taste of Tippecanoe. It’s just a big street festival. I showed up late because I went out and met a friend, who graduated in December, whodecided to ride from Naperville, Illinois, a Chicago suburb all the way to West Lafayette.  He made good time and luckily had the wind at his back.  I had to steal a friends bike as this week has not been bike friendly to Nick. I flatted two tires on my Road bike on Monday. Then on Tuesday I wrecked my mountain bike in the rain.  Then on Friday I was going to go on  more of a pleasure bike ride on my mountain bike but when I got out of lab it had a flat.  So I stole my friends bike and flatted on his bike! And I have rub marks on my legs because my friend is like 6’3″ and so i needed to lower his seat but it wouldn’t lower enough so I had an uncomfortable ride.  Anyway so Back to the Taste of TIppecanoe….a whole group of us went to it.  Had a good time more or less.  Saw some fireworks.  Then I headed out and met up with some friends.  They hopped a fence and went swimming at a local pool at 11:30. Then I suggested we just jump in the pool at my apt since we were less likely to get in trouble doing that.  So 6 of us cooled off in my apt complex’s pool at a bit past midnight.  Then on the way home a cop pulled me over right in front of the triathlon house since I had a bit too many people jam packed into my car.  I got a talking to by the cop. He praised me for being sober, something I doubt that he expected me to be seeing as how it was ToT night, and let me go.  Sorry Mom, I know you didn’t want to hear that but it is part of the story! A late night snack of pizza and watching Animaniacs and The Simpsons topped the night off before I headed home and read a chapter of the Decameron before trying to catch some Zzzzs.

Boilermaker Special at the Purdue University Gateway

Boilermaker Special on the Quad

Boilermaker Special by the block P

Popcorneater Special at Harry's Chocolate Shop

My friend Mandy had her boyfriend rent the Boilermaker Special and drive us around campus.  We jumped out and ran through the fountains.  It was pretty fun tooling around in the train.  We even got dropped off at the bars in style! I guess I can ticky mark that one : Get dropped off at campus bars by The Boilermaker Special. Check!