Our Backpacking Trips » mike http://ourbackpackingtrips.com Where to next? Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:33:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 My Personal Day of Death is… http://ourbackpackingtrips.com/2008/04/21/my-personal-day-of-death/ http://ourbackpackingtrips.com/2008/04/21/my-personal-day-of-death/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:56:07 +0000 mike http://ourbackpackingtrips.com/?p=54 I came across a morbid, yet interesting website just a few minutes ago.. and… I found a amusing tid-bit about my life!  No, I’m not gay.. (sorry guys!) .  No, I found something much more intriguing… I found out when I am going to die!  Woohoo!  

My Personal Day of Death is:

June 10, 2047

Mark it down folks!

Rest In Peace!

In which case I have 1,234,903,665 seconds (and counting) left to live.  

I can’t say I’m sad about this.  I’m actually quite aware I’m shortening my life with every single cigarette I smoke.. I just can’t help it.  It doesn’t help that I’m a heavy smoker and a bit on the heavy side.  I did expect a bit more than 65 year life span though.. I mean…. I RUN down three flight of stairs for a smoke break every hour at work.  That’s gotta count for something right?

 

running down stairs

 

So.. What am I going to do differently now that I know when I’m going to die?

Not much.

We all know we are bound to die one day.. it’s inevitable.  There’s no point dreading and pondering the inevitable.  I’m not here to give a life lesson.. I would be the last person you want to speak to in that realm. 

Nope.  I’m going to continue on…

Trying to study for GMAT,

Trying to learn chinese,

Trying to refrain from smoking,

Trying to lose weight,

Trying to stay awake at work,

Trying to find the girl of my dreams,

Trying to be a good friend,

Trying to make my family proud,

Trying to make something of my life.  

Ironically, I came across that site while searching for the meaning of life.  

…….

…..

..1,234,901,118 seconds and counting…

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Great job!  Now… if only I could somehow apply this skill to the GMAT test..

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Not once but twice!

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(A) 2z + 1

(B) 3z

(C) 5z

(D) z/3

(E) (3z) / 2

 

Doh!  This seemingly easy question stumped me and took me way more than the alloted 2 minutes to figure out.

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]]> http://ourbackpackingtrips.com/2008/04/03/what-what-in-the-butt/feed/ 0 i hate pixel junk monsters http://ourbackpackingtrips.com/2008/04/02/i-hate-pixel-junk-monsters/ http://ourbackpackingtrips.com/2008/04/02/i-hate-pixel-junk-monsters/#comments Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:24:10 +0000 mike http://ourbackpackingtrips.com/?p=5 hi, my name is michael, and i’m addicted to pixel junk monsters.  

pixel junk monsters

oh, and i love hate this game.  it drives me nuts! i’m ready to pull my hair out!  why do i keep playing it?  because it’s like crack (except you have dancing villagers and oh so annoying flying what-cha-ma-call-it thingys).  the game looks innocent enough.  i mean, how can you get angry at such a cute monster:

cute snaily thiny

 

If you see this guy on the street.  avoid at all costs!  he will stomp on you and munch on you!  he did that to my villagers!  i had a perfect game going (on a level i must have tried over 15 times on) until he couldn’t be stopped by my six seven mortar guns!  you would think a “snail” would move slow.. but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO he danced his way through my six seven mortar guns.  who does he think he is?  jackie chen?

jackie chen

 

argh!  i am soooooo mad!  anyway, i need to get my fix.. who wants in?

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http://gallery.ourbackpackingtrips.com

Yes, I know!  You’re thinking to yourself.. just what the world needs.. another wordpress blog.  Well boo-hoo. 

Whateva!

I know we haven’t been backpacking in a long time recently, but summer is quickly approaching and we just *might* be able to squeeze in a few trips.  Plus this gives me us a chance to get back in shape.  I know Mo wants to go in April, but perhaps we can wait until after my GMAT?  Pretty please?

 

  • You won’t freeze and die a horrible death.
  • It’s too rushed to plan a trip in April.
  • It will be summer-time and we’ll all feel more relaxed.
  • We can ALL go.
  • Did I mention we can ALL go if we schedule it at a later date?
Death Valley does look like a nice trip, though I’m not looking forward to carrying 50 gallons of water on my back.
Death Valley

 

I’ll do some more research on possible trip locations.

 

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