my motorcycle

so this is my motorcycle: a 2005 yamaha r6. i love this thing. i've had it now for a few months after learning to ride on a 1996 suzuki katana 750. the katana was about 100 horsepower and somewhere around 450 pounds. with my new bike, it has something like 123 horsepower and is at least 50 pounds lighter. it's pretty crazy when you think about it. i took it up to 148 mph the day after thanksgiving this year. i don't know what i was thinking - i'm not sure if i will ever go that fast again. there's more photos of my bike on flickr.

anyways, i was thinking the other day, that i needed to get some better clothing and shoes to wear when i'm riding because sneakers wouldn't really protect me that well. i have an Alpinestars leather jacket that's made for riding but i need to get some better boots and pants. i found this place to be an awesome resource for shopping for riding gear and accessories in San Diego: BuyMoto.com. They seem like an awesome place - they do everything but sell bikes from what i've heard. it might a pretty nice place to go to so you don't have to deal with the sales people at dealerships.

oh yeah, i went to see the San Diego Chargers game today against the Oakland Raiders and saw the Chargers beat the Raiders 21-14. it was a little too close to call when it came to the 4th quarter but they ended up picking up the slack and making an impressive come back.

well, that's my ponderings for today.

Chumscrubber?

so i played some really competitive basketball today with some coworkers. after i got back, i was completely dead tired and ended up just taking it easy for the rest of the afternoon.

i just finished watching a movie called The Chumbscrubber. it was a very strange movie - very well made a good videography, but really strange. i think i actually liked it because it had a similar plot flow as American Beauty did. anyways, it had one of those building plots that really keeps your attention and peaks with a good conclusion.

i've been thinking... people are funny in their ways. we all have these little quirks to us and when you date someone, you find out, immediately or more subtly, whether those quirks are bearable or intolerable. i've found as i get older that i can determine wheather these idiosyncrasies are standable. i'm dealing with a relationship now that is borderline, though, and it's really throwing me a curve ball. i have been keeping things in limbo and it's coming close to the time when i really need to make a decision.

time to go...

new blog...

so I've decided to start a blog. I have never done this before but I've been reading blogs for some time now. My goal is to write to this daily about the many random things going on in and around my life.