Seneca Rocks

Today was a nice day...that included a meeting near Cumberland, MD for wrestling, and being a wrestling coach....it was really cool and enjoyable...i met some other coaches that were very helpful and excited about our schools new wrestling program...

after this though was the more interesting part of the day....got to go down to Seneca Rocks again, but this time i got to hike up to the top of the mountain...i thought that it would be nice...and it was...the view was beautiful....but there was one major problem...while i was up there it was a major let down that i didn't climb up there....i wish i was topping out on those climbs and walking down...that would have just been awesome....i would have loved climbing 4 or 5oo vertical feet to the top of that mountain....just amazing....hopefully someday soon i'll be able to pull that off....

another downer was that i was thinkin about trying to get a job down there this summer to make a little money and get some time on the mountain...but i saw a large group of people there and i doubt they would need my assistance..........guess i'll try anyway...no harm in trying.......

check ya later

Karma's a Bitch

Lets just say this now, this is by no means a seious post, nor is it a true represenation of my beliefs...

This past weekend i was hiking to a crag with some buddies, and i looked down and saw a woolly worm on the road. So i picked him up and was trying to remember this saying about how they relate to the winter and how harsh/soft it will be. So i turned to Shawn and asked him if he knew, alas, he did not....so i explained what i did remember to him since he never heard about this concept.

Shawn not wanting a harsh winter said "well lets just stop the worm from causing a bad winter and step on it"...to which i responded "no, that is bad karma...if i step on him i will fall down the ladder, while this worm who has done nothing wrong would climb the ladder (possibly to human state)...and once i am a woolly worm and he a human...he could then step on me, leading into an indefinite cycle of people stepping on worms....just doesn't seem productive to me....so today i will set the worm down and walk away with both of us alive"

So at this point it doesn't seem that amusing, though trust me at that point in time it was an interesting conversation.....

ohh and a piece of advice if you are interest in a specific hobby to which there is a "worlds best ________" don't walk up to them and ask them if they are in line to take a shit.....they laugh at you and walk away rather than giving you an autograph or just having a conversation.

Check ya later dude

All i have to say tonight is -

The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth.

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two road diverged in a wood, and I -

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.
~Robert Frost~

This i feel is a great poem to describe where i am right now in this life that i have been given (i will post a great dialog soon from this past weekend about me and a woolly caterpillar)

Yet another big weekend

Well, it's been a while since i gave an update on here. things have been going really well in the classroom. I have been learning a lot about teaching lately, trying new procedures, labs, lessons, methods...all kinda of new stuff. A good deal of my time has also been spent trying to get my classroom better ready to teach. I spent most of my plan today and yesterday cleaning glassware so i can just take it out and use it for labs when the time comes. Also, while i'm cleaning glassware, i am re-organizing and creating some sort of order. My goal is some day to have my equipment organized by the lab, so i know where everything is very quickly and easily. Another thing is i got my water purifier almost fixed up...all that needs done yet is the plumbers need to come and put a new water regulator on the purifier, then it will be ready to rock.

As for this weekend, i'm checkin out tomorrow afternoon and headed to the Red River Gorge for some sport climbing fun. I hope that my little bouldering i have been doing has helped my sport climbing. I know i don't have the endurance i once did, but i am more confident in myself w/ smaller holds. I also think i have been improving on some of my techniques. Anywho, i'm sure i'll have some pics to post, and some stories to post on here from the weekend. all i need to do is survive the 6 hour drive down there after school tomorrow then head back sunday afternoon. Hopefully someone will want to stick around and climb for a while on sunday, till like 2 or so atleast.

Check ya later dude