So here we are, at the end of 2 weeks on the new job, and 4 weeks since the decision to leave my old place was made. A month? Already? Crazy!
Work has been fast paced… sort of like athena was. It’s nice to get back to sincerely working my brain for a full day, every day. Strange, but nice 
Tonight we’re finally going to see Megan Fox in Imax… er, I mean, Transformers.
Tomorrow is one of the 2 the annual Crazy 501st Cookouts. This time we’re camping there, so we’ll be out and about till the wee hours of the morning and then some.
airport – the Little Known Command Line Wireless Utility
http://osxdaily.com/2007/01/18/airport-the-little-known-command-line-wireless-utility/
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport is a command line tool for accessing airport data.
the -I flag is the most interesting one, for me at least.
yay. it’s raining. again.
i made it to the gym before work today. holy cow have i gone soft!!! 20 minutes on the elliptical and i was DONE. oy. i guess it makes sense… it’s been just about a year since the last time i did any real cardio workout!
Tags: fitness
So, life’s been busy for a while.
Let’s go back in time to June 17, the last substantial update I made.
I took some time off between jobs to hang out, relax, and get refreshed. I did a ton of work on Clone and Fett stuff. The sculpt for the codpiece and butt plate are almost done, the Cody/Fox visor is done, and my Fett gauntlets are done.
On the gauntlet note, I negotiated a deal with a prominent machinist to let me recast his gauntlet rocket, which will allow me to make complete gauntlet kits.
Starting at the new job was, of course, a Big Deal. My first few days I just soaked in information. By the end of week 1 I started to feel more well oriented.
The long weekend at the end of the first week was nice. I ate WAY too much on the 4th, resulting in spending the 5th in crippling stomach pain. I got a lot of reading done.
Today I felt good, but had the sense to not go to the gym. I was pretty dehydrated and ate less than 1 meal on the 5th, so no working out first thing in the morning. Tomorrow I should be on track there. Did I mention the free gym at my new office?
I got the shins finished for my Rex suit, and put the whole contraption on for some photos…
I’ve also just about finished the Cody helmet.
Related to all of that, I finally set up the Watch City Armory web site (which is just stormtrooperguy.com, but whatever 
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I also made a silly little movie about weathering armor:
It’s cheesy, but fun. Doing something like that with a real video camera would be good… that was recorded with my iPhone.
What else have I been up to?
I made some kick-ass coffee ice cream for Jodi’s birthday.
I haven’t seen Transformers 2 yet, but despite the terrible reviews, I’m going on Friday. Big Robots and Megan Fox. It can’t be worse than Megashark vs. Giant Octopus.
I’ve got tickets to see Alegria in August.
I’m going camping this weekend. In a friend’s back yard. Should be fun
Trooping on the 18th (maybe) and the 26th (definitely). Both baseball games. I don’t even like baseball.
Tags: 501st, captain rex, clone, clone wars, costuming, fett, food, geek, iphone, painting, photos, star wars, trooping, watch city armory, work
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