6/29/05, 7:48 p.m. --
June update.
Can't believe it's already been a month since I last updated, June sure went fast --
but I guess that is the nature of summer break. Work has been keeping me busy; I went
on a field trip a couple weeks ago to Duluth, which was a really awesome place except
for the fact that it was about 30F colder than Mpls and completely shrouded in fog.
I took a few pictures of the rivers we visited, although the pics don't really do the
place justice. It's really scenic, and I'd love to go back someday when I can see further
than a quarter mile in front of me. Also went on a field trip today to Medicine Lake
here in Mpls to look at stormwater ponds, but that wasn't nearly as interesting.
The preliminary version of my model (for the most basic scenario) is almost done; I
managed to trim 450 compile errors into 4 this afternoon, but the remaining ones
are proving to be quite stubborn.
The intramural soccer season also kicked off a couple weekends ago, so I have something to really look forward to on the weekends now. The opening game we won pretty handily 5-1, and was a good time in spite of the shortage of players. This past weekend, howver, we fared much worse and got destroyed 9-0 or 10-0 (can't even remember). It's a damn good thing the halves are only 20 minutes, it was a long game ... I can only hope that they were the best team we'll play. Still, even in a game like that, it feels good to be on the pitch in decent enough shape to play =)
The intramural soccer season also kicked off a couple weekends ago, so I have something to really look forward to on the weekends now. The opening game we won pretty handily 5-1, and was a good time in spite of the shortage of players. This past weekend, howver, we fared much worse and got destroyed 9-0 or 10-0 (can't even remember). It's a damn good thing the halves are only 20 minutes, it was a long game ... I can only hope that they were the best team we'll play. Still, even in a game like that, it feels good to be on the pitch in decent enough shape to play =)
6/5/05, 6:55 p.m. --
This is Minnesota?
So the last few days have been pretty busy. Jess ventured up to Mpls this weekend to visit, and
attend the Modest Mouse concert at the Orpheum on Friday. It was not the greatest show I've ever
seen (even Jess the mega MM fan was a bit disappointed), but the venue was really nice and it
was a good time. And the
seats were better than they were the last time I was there, when I saw Riverdance (lol) maybe 10
years ago with my family. It was a good time, though, and we had fun exploring downtown a bit.
Last Thursday I went on another field trip for work, this time scouting out the Root River (one of the state's best trout streams) in Forestville State Park in SE MN. Other than out west, I have never seen such cold, clear water in rivers before. I was quite surprised. I tried to take a few pictures of the area, but they really don't do it much justice. I also learned a ton about the area from our tour guides (DNR and State Park folks.) Probably the neatest thing I learned was how the strange geology of the area (called 'karst') creates an unpredictable network of sinkholes, springs, and underground rivers, as well as surface rivers that will just disappear underground for miles at a time. It's also the reason that these spring-fed rivers can stay cold enough to support trout. Also, the fact that no glaciers plowed over the area in the last ice age means that there are lots of hills and trees to keep the rivers shaded, too. It really didn't look at all like Minnesota, it was pretty cool. I look forward to going back =)
Last Thursday I went on another field trip for work, this time scouting out the Root River (one of the state's best trout streams) in Forestville State Park in SE MN. Other than out west, I have never seen such cold, clear water in rivers before. I was quite surprised. I tried to take a few pictures of the area, but they really don't do it much justice. I also learned a ton about the area from our tour guides (DNR and State Park folks.) Probably the neatest thing I learned was how the strange geology of the area (called 'karst') creates an unpredictable network of sinkholes, springs, and underground rivers, as well as surface rivers that will just disappear underground for miles at a time. It's also the reason that these spring-fed rivers can stay cold enough to support trout. Also, the fact that no glaciers plowed over the area in the last ice age means that there are lots of hills and trees to keep the rivers shaded, too. It really didn't look at all like Minnesota, it was pretty cool. I look forward to going back =)
