This is Athena and Me half smashed and finding the finer points of my digital camera. So there is this feature that will take the picture a specific amount of time after you push the button. Time is a fickle enemy of a inebriated person so here we are staring down the scope of technology and surprised to find our eyes open. The drink till your chinese pictures will not be uploaded unfortunately, but they are quit funny. To those that have heard enough of her, this is her to those that have not, too bad for you.

I finally got the windows tinted on the truck, DARK. It is really dark. I like it. You can't see anything, yes it's illegal, but in some sense that would only be appropriate for me. This horse shit really stood out on the hike so I took some liberties.

I gather knowledge from many sources, but a crown royal commercial was not meant to be so inspiring. You know the one where they slowly pour to booze over the glossy cubes of frosty in a deep round glass and speak smoothly over the sound of the liquid libation trickling and the loop reverses as the liquid defies gravity and heads up towards an unseen force. The voice over is symbolic for me. Quality, not quantity is the key that got stroked in me. Life is so very short that each day passes too quickly to do all the things needed as each day end, lists are left with a hefty tab. As we lay in bed at night and the sun light long gone from our windows stains our memories with the days unfinished business I can only hope that quality bleeds through those strained neurons in our grey matter. So if you have trouble at rest it should be the ambition that keeps the sleep away and not the mistakes we have made. Those lessons can be applied towards each days new beginning. As each day the sun will rise, a new chance to accomplish our goals is given and it is this I apply in my life. I want to do something each day to get what I want out of life, even if it is a small step. Some use lists, some our memory. The thought of the work to be done rather than the reward received is the only thing to clog our sight to the finish line will be the next step in this marathon of living this life, this day, because this night is approaching fast and will swallow this chance and be forever left another memory. Raise your glass to quality and savor the favor of that memory.

Lifes little details leave an infinite amount of room for indecision. I'm buckling in for Finals coming up the first week of May. I havn't had one call back from the 5 jobs I put in for at the hospital and should put in at my old security company for extra hours until something else comes up. I'm finally tinting the windows on the truck and hope to get the rest of the little things sorted out with that project before to long, leveling kit and one more amp should leave little room to improve for a while. I'm jamming out better than ever with 5k of songs on my ipod at instant access-THANKS DJ! I'll take some pics this weekend of any adventure that insues and maybe finally pick up the fizzer, so ya'll can see it's current condition. The Harley is still in jail and will be there for atleast a little while longer. This is the beginning of my first 16 hour day in a while and the sun is already unbearably bright. I'm nocturnal as any of you who have been privy to my phone conversations have noticed. Anatomy and Physiology is amazing and yet the only difficulty is putting all that information in my grey matter. The principals of physics are universal and the similarities I tie to auto and motorcycle mechanics are a daily observation. I think I understand things a little more clearly, but I'm not ignorant enough to truly believe I know how things work yet. There are numerous systems in the human body that fuction daily autonomicly that are mind numbing. It's little miracles serve as a definition of the value of every human life form on this ball of dirt. If everyone knew what goes on inside of their body everyday, they might cherish life a little more and squeeze more life into every minute of the day that goes by wasted. Quality however is not proportionate. Good luck on your search for Quality and not it's definition, that would be inconsequential. see Robert Persing's book "Zen and the art of Motorcycle mechanics" -Evan

I went on a real date on Saturday. I think we were both jonesing for some attention, becuase it went from a date on saturday to long phone calls, texts and lunch on friday, heading to a bar friday night and carshow/bowling combo on saturday night. I won't go into details except to say she is smart, funny and independent. I'm looking forward to spending more time with her and seeing where this is going. For now, it's great to hang around someone and just be myself without appologizing. I'll try to post a pic as soon as she let's me snap off some. Russ called me and we almost met up at the carshow, I'll catch him next week or so. Huff is coming into town to catch a game. I'm going to be busy for a while.

Here I am with she devil at the tilted kilt for the Daytona 200, I had never seen a tire change on a motorcycle before in a set race, I didn't even see how they did the chain adjustment it only took 22 seconds. the next one is of the new bike. Watch it's going to be awesome. I work with 5 MMI students, do you think I'm going to have a problem fixing this thing. Seriously at least 2 of the guys on staff have completed their training and still work in security. A&P is proving to be a formidable enemy not due to difficulty, it is simple memory, but the time. I have a exam on Thursday and will publish my scores regardless. I have to thank DJ for the time and energy he is putting into my system and wrapping my ears with the sweet noise that is music, Paula for sending me a pic of her new truck(brother approved), Eva for snapping pics of the events I miss and Mona for keeping me up to date on your life so I don't worry. I'll let everyone know how my date goes on Saturday and maybe snap a few pics, We are going to the car show and bowling, both in Scottsdale. I'll give more details if they become imperative, but she would be the first candidate I have dated for a while. -Evan