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Bert vs. the turtles

Posted on August 27th, 2007 by Josh.
Categories: flickr.

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Ballin!

Posted on April 30th, 2007 by Josh.
Categories: flickr.

If I had to describe my birthday weekend in one word, it would be:

Ballin!

Click for pics from Friday and Saturday:

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Devil Riders Bikini Bike Wash

Posted on March 4th, 2007 by Josh.
Categories: youtube, beer, flickr, motorcycle.

Done in conjunction with Superior Racing Development, AZCovergirls, and AZ350Z. Bikes, beers, and babes.

Lots of fun! Next time I’m bringing sunblock, though.

Photos:

Suzuki FA50 scooter burnout (sorta):

Jerry’s circle burnout:

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Camping is in tents!

Posted on October 9th, 2006 by Josh.
Categories: youtube, travel, flickr.

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Rob climbs a tree, then gets pelted with pine cones.

Danny does the Lambeau Leap.

Jumping over fire and dancing. Not sure how this happened.

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El Canyon Grande

Posted on May 19th, 2006 by Josh.
Categories: travel, flickr.

It’s recap time.

Last Thursday night, I took a little trip down to Tucson with Chris and Byron to celebrate minor league baseball and cheap beers at the T-Town tradition that is Thirsty Thursdays at TEP. Pictures here.

The next morning, we drove back up to PHX, I went in to work for a little bit, ran around like a chicken with my head cut off to pick up last minute supplies, picked Chris back up, and started our trip to Peach Springs, AZ, on the Hualupai Indian Reservation.

We got there just in time to see the Suns beat the Clippers in game three of the Western Conference Semifinals. The other two cars meeting us, however, were still on the way, and we had no cell phone reception. They couldn’t just go to the front desk and ask for a key, either - as the reservations were for two people - not eight. So I staked out the window while watching the game, and eventually saw some guy pull up in a car. Turns out this guy was Beck, at first unrecognizable because he had just buzzed all of his hair off. Anyway, the other car arrived not long after, and we got settled in for the night - alarms set to wake us for a 4am start.

After a rough night of sleep, thanks to the constant trains passing right next to the hotel - we got going on Indian Road 8 and made it to the trailhead a little after 6am.

After five hours of hiking, sitting, a lot of picture taking, and lunch at the Havasupai village general store - we caught our first glimpse of the Havasu Falls!

A few minutes further down the trail, and we were at the campsite, with a sweet location right next to the running water.

The next day, we set out on our trek to Mooney Falls and Beaver Falls. Upon reaching the top of Mooney Falls, we found that we had to climb down a steep cliff - going through tunnels and hanging onto slippery metal chains as we navigated our way down.

Continuing down the path, we crossed the water a few times and came across a rope swing. Time for a break!

After the diversion, we came across a dozen foot ledge, where we had to literally pull ourselves up on a rope. Just like junior high gym class. We could tell that this was the point where many gave up and turned back. But not us. I climbed up there, pack on my back and sandals on my feet.

After some further hiking, we came upon Beaver Falls. Time for lunch and a whole lot of swimming!

The next day we weren’t feeling nearly as adventurous. We pretty much figured it would be a good idea to take things easy and relax a bit before the hike back out of the canyon the next morning. So we backtracked a little bit from the hike down and found Navajo Falls. We found that people were climbing up the side of the falls and jumping from the top into the pool below. I wasn’t wearing shoes - and besides, my feet were pretty beat up at the time, so I refrained - but Chris, Beck, and Liz braved the climb up and made the leap.

After that excitement was over, we lounged about for a while, started gathering things together, and I set my alarms for 3am. Yes. Three o’clock. In the morning. We actually did wake up that early, too - got everything packed up and were on the trail by 4:30. It only took us four hours to get back to the top of the canyon - we were determined to beat the sun and the threatening rain clouds. From there, it was only a matter of hours before a return to civilization and a juicy Double Double from In ‘n Out in Prescott.

Click here to see all 400+ pictures from the trip.

Would I do it again? Hell yeah! But not anytime soon. We have a lot of other places to explore now that we have all this equipment. Yosemite 2007, anyone?

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Break-in period

Posted on January 24th, 2006 by Josh.
Categories: games, flickr, motorcycle.

Just a quick note before I start: I’ve noticed that my site looks funny in Explorer. It probably has for a while, but nobody’s bothered to tell me. I rarely use Explorer these days, except when at work to test that my web app renders fine in it. I’ll look into the problem this weekend - it’s probably just some CSS tweaking that I’ll have to do. Anyway, I’m starting to delve into Nick Burns-ish territory, where nobody knows what I’m talking about..

Something I had never heard of until I got my bike is a break-in period for an engine. Apparently, within the first x-hundred miles (in my case, 300), you are to introduce an engine to a variety of speeds and throttle force.

So far, it’s been mostly between 15 and 30 mph at the local parking lot behind my gym. But last night I found a stretch of street where I kicked it up to 50mph in a matter of a few seconds - what a rush of adrenaline! That was the moment when I really discovered why people love motorcycles so much.

Just riding around a parking lot gets my adrenaline going enough that when I get home I can’t just sit - I either run over to the gym or have to do something else like bust out with a couple mean guitar solos on Guitar Hero. But when you start to speed up - wow.

I think I’ll be taking the bike to church this Sunday morning when the freeway is nearly empty - a) in an effort to properly break in my bike, and b) because it’ll be fun just to get up to higher speeds! (Yes, I’ll be responsible about it, and no I won’t speed like I do in my car..)

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Motorcycle!

Posted on January 22nd, 2006 by Josh.
Categories: flickr, motorcycle.

Well, I did it! I am now the proud owner of a 2006 Suzuki Katana 600!

Scroll over the top or bottom part of the slideshow to access controls and an index of pictures:

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Married… with children?

Posted on December 29th, 2005 by Josh.
Categories: flickr.

I just got a myspace message from Amy, an old coworker of mine from back in the day at KB Toys..

Turns out she’s married now and has three kids. In her friends list I saw another girl we worked with, Fawn - also married, two kids. Amy asked me about the girl I was dating at the time, and that sprarked curiosity so I looked her up as well - and sure enough - married, two boys. Then I remembered the girl who I had a major crush on but wouldn’t dare think of making a move because she had a boyfriend who was off in the middle east pumping terrorists full of holes.. well - I talked to her sometime a few months ago, and yep - married with at least one kid that I can remember.

What’s the deal with that toy store? Crazy, I tell you!

In other news, check out my new flickr photo album. All of the old pictures from schlagging.com, and more! You can even leave comments on individual pictures. I’ve heard some positive and negative feedback already - let me know what you think, because it’s not just for me - but for my friends and family to enjoy too!

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