My Poor Clodhoppers

Tonight we had GSP intramural soccer practice/tryouts. I haven't played soccer in years, so I had absolutely no gear. In desperation I borrowed a pair of old, crummy 2-size-too-small cleats from a friend.

Needless to say, my feet hurt. After about 20 minutes I could feel the couple outer layers of skin separating from the rest of my feet in a few places. After finishing a couple hours later I took off my shoes and looked down at my feet:

I whimpered a bit and biked a couple miles back to my dorm.

Now my feet are sitting in a nice bowl of very cold water. Actually feels pretty good.

Ok, I lied, those aren't actually my feet. I can't find my camera. I do have lots of pretty big blisters though. I should have been more foresightful. Tomorrow night I have a huge dodgeball tournament. What was I thinking? Now I can't be in optimum dodging condition. Haha, oh well, life goes on, and I get to go home this weekend.

On another note, me and 17 other guys from my fraternity are heading out next weekend to bicycle from Abilene to L.A. (yes, in California). We are raising money for people with a disease called Osteogenesis Imperfecta who are unable to do things like ride bikes because their bones are extraordinarily brittle. If you would like to help us out you can go to our webpage about it. You can donate via Paypal or credit card there. If you are strapped for cash as I sure am, please help by directing other people there. I have a link to it from my Spring Break link on the right side as well.

Thanks a bunch and have a great day.

Aerogel: The Insulator of the Future

Wow, I sure want to invest in Aerogel right now. It's some pretty amazing stuff. Wired has a pretty stunning article on it here. And then Aspen Aerogels seems to really have their stuff together.

Papers: The Bane of a College Student's Existence

I was going to be so happy this weekend. I was going to go visit Aaron in Austin and go to a Sigur Ros concert. Of course I get stuck with three papers due monday. It is going to be a near impossibility for me to finish even if I remain in my dorm room for the rest of the weekend. There was no way I could go to Austin. Sorry I couldn't go Aaron. I'm in love with Sigur Ros. I hate to miss it.

Aaron and I are really getting into the whole website-making thing. Our newest creation is OStunes.com and has the potential to be quite neat. As I see it, it will be the music equivalent of what Sourceforge.net is for software. Of course it's going to take quite a while for us to get it running, but you can go there and click on the Google ads for now if you like...

Anyway, sigh.... I have a lot of homework to do. At least I have gotten rid of my moustache, so I don't look like a pedophile anymore...