…in which our hero’s life has been crazy lately.
September has been hectic with life’s hijinks, and correspondingly low in posts, for reasons which abound, not the least of which is that the Top Pot Donuts by my place started closing at 9pm, and when have I been home before 9pm lately?
The early part of this month was consumed by a major project at work, which found me up nights and weekends. I’m sorry that details can’t be posted here, but the client is paying the big bucks…
This past week was invested towards our company’s entry in the Red Bull Soapbox Race which was held in Fremont this last weekend. Our car, Din and Tonic was designed to be a gravity-powered noisemaking machine. In the words of my officemate Jed, “most teams build their cars to look like something, like ‘check us out, our car looks like a chicken!’ Well, our car doesn’t look like a chicken, but it does a lot of stuff, and that’s what sets us apart.” We had a belt, chain, and pulley system which powered a kick drum, a pair of 100Db air-raid sirens, and a cymbal-clapping monkey. Dope.
We sweated nights and weekends welding, forming, gluing, painting, and decorating. We tested it up to 25mph. Then, we pushed the thing down Fremont Ave, the chain fell off, we hit 30mph, all four tires came off, and we crashed at full speed into the chicane. Dope!
In the end, fun was had by all, and we’re looking forward to flugtag.
Meanwhile at the Hall of Justice, my shoulder rehab is going well, and I can raise my hand in class again. Still not cleared for riding the bike. I want to ride my bicycle.
October 2nd, 2007 at 10:55 am
Yay! Thanks for the blog update. Do you have any pics of the soapbox machine you can post??
October 2nd, 2007 at 6:09 pm
I want to see soapbox and apartment photos, k?