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That Texas Heat

July 3, 2021

It’s time for the annual “it’s so hot in Texas and I’m shook!” post. Even though I’ve experienced this nonsense many times before, each summer feels like a new affront.

Work is busier than ever this summer, so I’m not spending a lot of time outside anyway. However, one exception has been the weekends, where I am playing around with a new toy — a DJI drone! This is my first picture with it, taken along the Trinity River.

We are still figuring out the capabilities of the drone, but haven’t managed to crash it or get a ticket yet. The new perspective that a drone offers is a game changer, and I’m excited to see what we can do with it! 💃

The heat wave

June 3, 2011

I am disgusted and my freshness is compromised. It is 91 degrees in Minneapolis right now. That’s 3 degrees warmer than the current temperature in Miami.

Not only is it unflatteringly hot, but it is also overcast.

2L Summer / blackberry pictures / Minneapolis-St. Paul / picture of the day

Skipping around Lake Calhoun

August 19, 2010

This is the summer of Lake Calhoun.

2L Summer Summaries

Best Summer Ever Week 11: Balls-to-Wall.

August 1, 2010

Man on laptop at cafe by Tim Gouw via Unsplash.

This week was embarrassingly busy. I didn’t even know what day it was during the beginning of the week.
The beginning of the week is a thick, sticky haze, but I think it had something to do with locking myself in my apartment to write my Physical Evidence paper.

The topic was Field Sobriety Tests. The thesis of the paper was that the tests aren’t scientific enough to form the basis of a DUI conviction. Luckily, the driver usually is usually caught with an open bottle in the car, falling over, or admits to being drunk. And the cops are usually organized enough to perform a somewhat more reliable chemical test (urine, blood, breath).

Of course, the evening after I finished my paper I got a bunch of cases on field sobriety tests. I wanted to scream. Actually, I might have. But it was 11:30pm and I was the only one in the building, so that’s okay.

1L Spring Finals / memories

The deal

May 18, 2009

I finished my last exam today so of course I sped home – windows down, bass up, dancing in my car…

I skidded onto my block and was parallel parking when this old Somali man¹ crossed the street and waved his cane at my car.
Gramps: “WHY IS YOUR MUSIC SO LOUD?”
Me: “Que what now?”
Gramps: “Why do you have to play your music so loud?!”
Me: “Oh, I just finished my last final so I’m going to be obnoxious for the rest of the day.”
Gramps sizes he up, determines that I’m quite serious² and then says,
Gramps: “Okay. But if I catch you blasting your music tomorrow I will beat you with my cane.”
Me: “Deal!”

¹ In full cultural costume too. We keep it authentic in Minnesota…
² And nuts…

backstory / college / memories / snippets

Before I forget

May 24, 2008

Well, there was a bowling alley. Last week (or the week before?) Matt and I dropped about $70 at a boutique bowling alley – which, for college students, is unacceptable.

$42 for one hour. $5 (x2) for cover (yes, the bowling alley charged a cover), $10 for soda. $4.50 (x2) for shoes.

Memorial Day Weekend in Miami: Rain. And not that nice London rain either, but that explosive “the world is pouring down” Brazilian-rainforest type of rain.

If Miami had mountains there’d be mudslides. Für sure.

Went to Little Havana and got some food from Mom’s.

“When you need a refill just call me a day in advance.” – Mom’s the business. I love going back to the neighborhood. People’s cars chink and clank just like mine. There are fruit carts, Botanicas, grandpas drinking on stoops, and chickens in the road. It’s a nice break from the sterile streets that surround school.

Visited a few old haunts in South Beach and South Dade…There’s a definitely a few Edie Sedgwick complexes going around. (And by-the-bye Community College does not mean you’re Indie.)

South Beach and Downtown are beginning to resemble something from lastnightsparty.com. I’m going to leave it alone for a while and stay in the Gables.