Our Backpacking Trips » General http://ourbackpackingtrips.com Where to next? Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:33:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 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…

]]> http://ourbackpackingtrips.com/2008/04/21/my-personal-day-of-death/feed/ 2 my new outlook? http://ourbackpackingtrips.com/2008/04/14/my-new-outlook/ http://ourbackpackingtrips.com/2008/04/14/my-new-outlook/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:18:10 +0000 lichin http://ourbackpackingtrips.com/?p=42 okay so this is my last qtr EVER at cow cal poly. i should be enjoying it and not hating it. every morning going to school is like pulling teeth. i wake up just in time to make it to class. with enough buffer time for me to drag my feet as i walk from the parking lot to the classroom. it shouldnt be like this!!! this is my last qtr, i should be enjoying it. taking a last sniff of my 8 – minus 3- year college education here. after all, i am taking all GE classes. before this qtr started, i thought it was gonna be a piece of cake. taking all these mickey mouse classes… but i have absolutely NO INTEREST at all in these subjects, so my attention span is nonexistent. time slows to a crawl in class and i’m pretty much miserable. i dont care about dance, i dont care about california geography, and i dont care about oceanography. dont get me wrong, i love marine life and whatever goes on in the oceans… but THAT IS NOT WHAT WE ARE LEARNING IN OCEANOGRAPHY!! we’re learning about plate tectonics and continental drift and some other bs that i totally dont give a shit about. i thought these classes were gonna be FUN. but everything being taught is so basic that they cant get into all the fun and interesting stuff yet. its all “foundation” information… information that bores me to tears.

enough complaining though. i think i will start paying attention in class and leave my starcraft cd at home. i might as well enjoy learning about all this stuff i will never ever use once i walk out the door in june BUT i should make the best of it. after all… it is my last qtr.

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He did helped me though. Now I am all trying to avoid him, so I don’t go to gym at night anymore, I am all getting up 5 in the morning to go to morning session, when nobody is there but old people. But guess what, today I was there, there was this old man came to me “young man, you don’t need assist when doing pull ups? let me show you how to do this, i mean i am 70 year old i can do pull ups with out assist” fuck! can people just leave me alone in the gym? how embarrassing, I wish i have a small gym in my garage now.

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its a bit nippy to head out for some backpacking action… imo. according to johnny mountain its supposed to rain weds, thursday, and next monday and tuesday. this gives me the perfect op to milk my season pass at bear mountain!

i am totally down for death valley. i can carry 10 gallons of water, bailey (aka bdawg) the beagle can strap on another 5 gallons of water… i think that should be enough? if not i’ll just drink mo’s or michael’s water. i know i have a 3 day weekend some time durning this spring qtr but i’m not sure exactly when. i cant wait to dust off my backpacking gear!! not to mention test out my solar charger that i bought last season but never had the chance to use.

another good backpacking location is: GRAND CANYON!!! um hello?!?!?!

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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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