I have a problem....

I have a clothes problem.  Specifically a shirts and jackets problem.  I had to combine my 2nd closet (in my spare bedroom) with my main closet in my room because my new roommate is moving in tomorrow.  I moved most of my jackets downstairs... which left the rest.

This was about 1/2 of my clothes... 

I have so many tops that some of them even have the tag on them still!  I did put some in my Goodwill pile as they are a few sizes too small... but apparently have a hard time getting rid of anything else.   So here's my solution to thin my closet a bit.... I put all the hangers backwards.

My goal is to not wear something twice until all hangers have been flipped.  If I put a shirt on and then change it immediately, the shirt goes to goodwill.  We'll see how this solution works...  Be on the lookout for updates :-) 

Hey, remember me? I'm your blog!

Yeah.... I do have a blog.  I'm the worst blogger ever.... haven't posted on here in over a year.  And I only have 10 followers :-)   Maybe I'll try to post more...

Mars One is taking applications....

Before we get to Mars One, I'd like to point out that I am the worst blogger ever.  I haven't posted since February...  but I only have 10 followers so who cares, right?  :-)  

Ok.  Mars One.  Is an insane program.  I first heard about it in January and of course had to talk about it... go read my post from January to get just how insane it is.  It is so insane that I believe it will never happen so I signed up for the email updates to see how this was going to go.  Apparently they are now taking applications for the astronaut selection. 

The best part?  As an applicant, you can make your application public and attach a video.  If you go to the website - http://applicants.mars-one.com/ - you can view/read all the public applications.  Very entertaining.   

So you apply, you get accepted, you go through a few years of training, then leave planet earth basically forever.  It takes 7 months to get to Mars... not 7 hours, 7 MONTHS.  All the sanity and self-control that Mars One is looking for in an applicant will be lost when they send you off in a small spaceship for 7 months only to arrive on Mars where you live in space pods with those same people... Does this not seem crazy to anyone else? 

No, I am not applying....

Tobacco Storage Warehouses....

So I had to move a bunch of work stuff to an off-site location that we have... turns out the off-site location is at the old tobacco storage warehouses in Durham.  Old buildings amaze me.  There are 40 of these huge warehouse buildings - All 2 floors.  The amount of steel and wood that is in these buildings is incredible.  And to think they all used to be filled with tobacco!  They are all huge storage units now for various business that rent open bay areas within each building.  Anyways, pretty cool overall.  :-)  Heres some more info and pictures if you are interested....

http://www.opendurham.org/buildings/ellis-road-american-tobacco-warehouses

Above & Beyond

This is awesome... if I ever go to Chicago, this is on my list.  Its a 10 x 40 foot sculpture entitled Above and Beyond, is comprised of imprinted dog tags, one for each of the more than 58,000 service men and women who died in the Vietnam War. Above & Beyond is the first new permanent Vietnam War memorial, other than The Wall in Washington, D.C., to list all those killed in action.


http://www.nvam.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=218&Itemid=54

Coffee Joulies.... I need these...

Yep ... definitely need these.  :-)

http://www.joulies.com/#

Want to be a Mars Colony Pioneer?

Want to be a Mars colony pioneer?  You apparently can in 2023…. After 8 years of training… did I mention this will be a reality TV event?   This is craziness.  Basically Mars One will have a selection process in 2013.  You will go through 8 YEARS of training then go live on Mars.  Only FOUR people will go to Mars for the 1^st 2 years beginning in 2023… then every 2 years, 2 more people will join.  So for 2 years its only 4 of you?  That’s a long time with only 4 people. 

 AND there’s no coming back!  Total emigration to Mars.  This raises a lot of issues with me… what if you get sick, have a heart attack, get stabbed, cut off your hand, aliens attack, etc?  You are at least 8 months away from anyone that could help you?  This doesn’t sound like a good plan at all. 

Who is really going to do this?  If you have a family, do you really want to desert them to go live on Mars?  Do you really want to leave earth forever to live on an unknown planet with only 3 people?  I see this becoming a reality disaster…

If you hate it, oh well. You are stuck on Mars.  You have to really hate your life on earth to go live on another planet…  True dedication to go live on another planet you know nothing about… forget about the unknown aliens you are going to try to become neighbors with….

I really see this never happening but what do you think?  Read more about it at the following links….  Enjoy J

http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/08/16418875-wanted-mars-colonists-for-reality-tv?lite

 

http://mars-one.com/en/faq-en/21-faq-selection/183-which-group-gets-to-go-first

Good things in a jar...

August really?  I’m such a slacker on blogging.  I always find things I want to blog about then never do it.  I only have 10 followers anyways.  J  So wow 2013.  I had no problem moving into 2013.  You know how most people will write/type 2012 continuously for the 1^st 6 months of 2013?  Not me.  I was ready for 2013…. I was writing 2013 before the end of December!  

I’m not writing any new years resolutions for 2013.  I have done them in the past years only to have them broken and/or forgot about by February.  Instead I am going to write down all the good things that happen this year, no matter how big or small, and put them in a jar.  At the end of 2013, I’m going to read everything in the jar.  I may even incorporate it into my Christmas letter. J  I think this will be much more rewarding at the end of the year than broken and failed resolutions.  I also did not come up with this idea…. I stole it.  I don’t remember where I saw it but it’s a great idea.  J   

Rented 4 movies from my favorite video store.....

Three of them I have already seen, the 4th is available on Netflix Streaming.... Great.  Waste of money and time apparently.  Adds to the greatness my week has been.

I had fleas this week... well my house did.  Actually my cat did first, she scattered them all over my house.  I sprinkled flea killer in my carpet which in turn made me and my cat sick....but hopefully killed all the $%#$% nasty parasites in my house.

I did go to Cirque Du Soleil Dralion last night.  Great show!  They never fail to be amazing.  On a mission to see all of their shows, 3 down, lots more to go.  :-)

  

Tapes, Tapes, & More Tapes....

My best friend got married so my project of making all the paper products(invites, programs, thank you cards, etc) is complete!  Now I have a new project.... hopefully will be done in time for Christmas....

My parents had all these home video tapes from when we were growing up.... I have taken them and am in the process of organizing by date.  Some of them are not labeled so I have to view all of them.... which is quite entertaining at times.  Alex - may have to make you a special DVD.  ;-)

 Tapes, tapes, tapes.....

Unlabeled tapes

LABELED TAPES :-) 

 

The idea is to EDIT the boring stuff out and put the good stuff on DVDs.... hopefully I'll be done in time for Christmas.  We'll see.  :-)