Running

I am in dire need of exercise, so I ran a mile today and yesterday. Hopefully I can keep this up and regain my previous physical health. But MAN did I forget how hard it is to motivate myself to run.

One more thing: just in case you forgot, the word is NUCLEAR, not NUCULAR.

More vacation

Going to see the London Symphony Orchestra today! Culture FTW!!!

Lets see, a recap of my thoughts on the last few days:

-Saw the National Archives and the Declaration of Independence along with the Constitution.

-Washington monument can be seen from just about anywhere in D.C.

-People in Washington worship George Washington as if he were a god.

-Found out you can actually use the Library of Congress no matter who you are. Should have known this one, but you learn something new every day.

-The changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier doesn't really make sense. It happens ever half hour, and is pretty long. Would make more sense to have it every hour or something longer like that.

-EVERYONE in D.C. has an ipod...its ridiculous.

-Also, everyone and their mother runs for exercise.

Back to school on monday...yay.

Little Red Riding Hood

This is what would have come out if an engineer had written "Little Red Riding Hood".

http://vimeo.com/3514904?pg=embed&sec=

Picture bomb exploded!

Some pictures I took today:

There was a group protesting outside the capitol building...about not circumcising babies. Apparently its torture and not yours (as a parent) to mess with. The previous sentence was off of their signs. I am o.k. with people feeling strongly enough about something to try and make a difference; but seriously people, couldn't you find something more meaningful to complain about? Like world hunger, proper schooling, or anything other than something that is actually beneficial to males?

D.C.

Got into D.C. last night around 8:00 pm, and am staying with my mom at her best friend's sister's house (confusing?). Her husband is a rocket scientist with a masters degree in physics engineering, so we talked about technical stuff until about 11:30...really nerdy I know.

We are going into the city soon, so it should be a busy day of touristing.

spring break

SPRING BREAK!! Going to go visit Washington D.C.

Launch

I went on the chase team to recover the balloon. They apparently put WAY to much helium in the balloon because it popped at 70,000 feet instead of 90,000 and fell a lot early than it should.

As you can see from this picture, it landed in a tree. Yeah, but guess where that tree is. If you guessed that it was leaning over the Erie Canal you are correct (also that is Thor right there in the lower left corner). We were not able to recover it ourselves, but someone is going to get it later.

The chase team (Zach, Thor, and I) got back about 10:00 at night, having left Taylor at 4:00 pm. I, for some unknown reason, I stayed up until about 2:00 am and almost slept through my Public Speaking midterm.