First, check out the pictures and read the comments here.

So, I'm still a member of the living. Just lazy about keeping the site updated. =) Anyhow, wanted to link over to a project I'm working on. Basically, I'm building a giant BBQ Pit. After looking the pictures over, I can answer some of your questions:

1) Yes, I'm insane.
2) I decided to build it for 3 reasons: First, to be able to do fundraisers for the sailing club. Second for parties and other social events. Third, to have an excuse to buy all those neat tools. :) Now I know how to weld!

Well, I finally got the rest of the plants for my walkway bed. I finished it last friday, and here's the results. Five fig ivy planted to cover the wall, with six Mealy Sage Cups planted in-between. The Mealy Sage will fill out nicely, and produce some beautiful blueish/purpleish bloom spikes. As it is, it's quite an improvement over this.

Next section I'm working on in the plan is the northwest side - the "serenity" garden. I've been working at removing the sod over the last few weeks, working in the nights and sometimes on sundays.

Ahhh.. It's been a while since the last update.. That's not much of a surprise. Anyhow, my latest obsession: landscaping.

I've become something of a plant dork over the last few weeks. I've been talking about finding a local landscape designer to come up with a master landscape plan for a while now, and I finally got around to hiring one. Jeff Rodgers with Native Earth turned out to be that person. Jeff is a really great guy, and he did a fantastic job in coming up with my landscape design. Check it out here ( See Adobe for Acrobat Reader to view file ).

Ran across this site and just thought I would share:

www.lifegem.com

Wonder what the line of thinking was that led up to that business idea...

Hello people. As you can see, I'm exceptionally consistent with my posting practices. Only two and a half months since the last one. Anyhow, a quick update: I don't have that bike anymore. A few weeks after that post, it was stolen off a bike rack at UT, not 30 yards from where I was sitting in class. Yay for society.

Not too much else new around here. Had family in for the Turkey Holidays, and that was really nice. Hadn't seen my mother, stepdad and older brother in several years. And I'm proud to say, the turkey turned out great.

I'm getting Christmas lights and decorations up on the house, so I'll post a picture soon.

So, I finally got a bike the other day. See, my logic went like this:

1) I've just given UT Austin some $1500 or so.
2) I don't want to keep giving UT Austin money so I can *park*.
3) Free parking is a good 20 minutes or more away by walking
4) If I got a bike, I could cut that down to maybe 5 minutes!

Well, unfortunately, while 1-3 are good and valid, 4 just isn't quite right. Between pulling the bike down off the truck rack, getting going, playing chicken with traffic, and then finally locking up the bike and getting inside, it's still been a good 15 minutes or so. Oh well.. Maybe with the bike I'll start exercising a bit more, eh?

Ah fair readers. If there are any. Which seems unlikely, given that I have been the worst blogger in the world. Last post was over a month ago. Well, that leaves much to write about. :)

I finally moved into my new house the weekend before last. The move was fantastic, and I'd like to thank my Dad, Ray, Romig and Jason for all the help. We had over 90% of my junk moved in about 4-5 hours, and with the U-Haul trailer, it was only 2 trips! =)

Of course, being moved in isn't the same thing as being unpacked. I still have a good deal of unpacking to finish up. People are amazed at how much stuff I was able to cram into that apartment. :) Now I get to decompress into a house with much more space!

I am still here. Just wanted to announce that.

So, I bought a refrigerator for the house yesterday. That's not something you wanna do every day. It's a very nice Kenmore Refrigerator though, and I think I'll be happy. But damn! What's up with that price? I mean, honesetly -- a fridge is what; foam encased in plastic, fitted by mold with a compress attached on the bottom. Throw on some lights, a pretty metal exterior and an icemaker and you've got a $1200 unit?! And *that's* the low end of the Whirlpool models! I saw fridges at sears for well over $2000! Where's that money going?! Not into the fridge, I can tell you that much!

The Gallery has been migrated over to the new site! Actually, I moved it a couple of weeks ago to get those house pictures posted, but now it's all finalized and updated.

There are some new pics up there, too, of family and friends. Also, a new album called Austin with pictures from in and around Austin. Currently, pics from the lookout at Mt. Bonnell.

Enjoy!