Monday, April 17, 2006
Weekend Adventures
Once again I'm sitting here on a Monday morning wondering what the fuck I'm doing here at this job. In the past I have always interpretted this intense feeling of ambivalence as a sign that it's probably about the time to start looking for a new job. Just gotta hold out a little while longer to have grad plans solidified.
On a much happier note, the weekend was great. Friday night Phil proposed the idea for a day trip on Sunday to somewhere outside of the greater Phoenix area. The choices were either Sedona or the Biosphere 2 near Tuscon. I don't have a lot of fond memories of Sedona, mostly due to my parents dragging me up there periodically many years ago so we could go antiquing. Consequently, I know hate antiques and most small towns of Arizona, but I digress. Plus the Biosphere 2 is neat, so that was the chosen destination.
The last time I was there was several years ago before they decided to actually open up the interior of the main structure. Now that they actually allow people inside (apparently since 2002....where the fuck have I been?) it's a really fun trip. Really fun if you find collasal feets of engineering, material sciences, ecology, and sustainable environments to be fascinating. Also it was really fun just to have someone as jazzed about the whole thing as me to travel with. The only part of the structure you can't really enter is the rain forest, which I would imagine is probably the neatest as well. Next time I'll sneak in with my black jump suit and enter the rain forest covert-ops style.
I've gone ahead and placed the pictures of note on my gallery if your interested.
Biosphere 2 Gallery
(Note: While I like the program I use as a gallery, I think it does a lousy conversion to JPEG. Image quality is a little questionable. I also need to get off my ass and shell out the $1.95 or whatever it costs these days for a permanent domain name)
On a much happier note, the weekend was great. Friday night Phil proposed the idea for a day trip on Sunday to somewhere outside of the greater Phoenix area. The choices were either Sedona or the Biosphere 2 near Tuscon. I don't have a lot of fond memories of Sedona, mostly due to my parents dragging me up there periodically many years ago so we could go antiquing. Consequently, I know hate antiques and most small towns of Arizona, but I digress. Plus the Biosphere 2 is neat, so that was the chosen destination.
The last time I was there was several years ago before they decided to actually open up the interior of the main structure. Now that they actually allow people inside (apparently since 2002....where the fuck have I been?) it's a really fun trip. Really fun if you find collasal feets of engineering, material sciences, ecology, and sustainable environments to be fascinating. Also it was really fun just to have someone as jazzed about the whole thing as me to travel with. The only part of the structure you can't really enter is the rain forest, which I would imagine is probably the neatest as well. Next time I'll sneak in with my black jump suit and enter the rain forest covert-ops style.
I've gone ahead and placed the pictures of note on my gallery if your interested.
Biosphere 2 Gallery
(Note: While I like the program I use as a gallery, I think it does a lousy conversion to JPEG. Image quality is a little questionable. I also need to get off my ass and shell out the $1.95 or whatever it costs these days for a permanent domain name)
# posted by Chris/Stewy @ Monday, April 17, 2006 
