Like most people, I go out Friday night. Or at the very least stay up late. As it has been said, in order to live a long life you must have something to live for. So stay out late and let the ramifications be damned!
On Friday I stayed up until about one in the morning. Never having needed much sleep. I woke up at about 6 o'clock in the morning. Just in time to see the break of Dawn. Best time of the day. Every time Dawn is on the horizon, it is the birth of a new day. And absolutely anything could happen. An amazing feeling that happens once every 24 hours. Sometimes the world is just an incredible place.
At 0700 I began the day. Which means a run of some distance down under the Mopac bridge here in Austin. The hustle and bustle of the morning exercise crowd here is quite impressive. Hordes of people running, walking or biking along the river. Today was rather pleasant and I ran a good 5 miles at a superb pace! At 0800 I drove at high speed to Skydive San Marcos for some fabulous skydiving.
Sadly, I captured no pictures of this. However! It was a really strange day in the skies as far as winds go. Bumpy rides, bad landings. Biffed it coming in on my second jump. Got some road rash out of it too. Additionally, after every jump some part of my parachute rig broke. Very minor really, but the key to surviving dangerous adventure sports in the long term is to be anal retentive about even the smallest of details. All in all I had to fix my leg harness, brake stows... and right as I was packing up I noticed a hole in my deployment bag. Which will have to be fixed the next time I am there. Woe to the Sky Gods on this fateful day! But the clouds did have a silver lining. Literally! I did an excellent Sit Fly jump with a German guy. Righteous docking and we drifted through this cloud for a long time. Quite surreal. Wish I had a captured it with the GoPro. But here's a different image from a week ago at the same place!
After returning home, some friends and I brewed beer with my wonderful new brewkit. Back when I lived in Tampa, I brewed all the time. Like a Phoenix arisen from the ashes this hobby has come back to me with a vengeance. This time I have a nicer setup too. So with a few of my friends from the Tampa area, we brewed beer and drank beer. Played the Settlers of Catan (which I will discuss again at a later time) and generally had a good time. The beer brewing was a success. Although I managed to lose the connector for the kitchen faucet. So as brewing advice to you lot. Don't drink and brew. This has led to me being hosed down every time I turn the faucet on without thinking. Annoying, yes, but also kind of funny...
Steaming Wort!
All in all it was awesome. How was your Saturday my friend?
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