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RELOCATION UPDATE!! READ!!
14 years ago
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"We are made to persist."
Okay, so, there are new dates for my trip. Everyone will be happier about this, I'm sure.
So, just so I don't leave anything out, I'm re-posting my previous journal with all data updated so nobody misses it.
So
Do I have your attention?
Good.
As of July 30, 2011, I will be relocating to Carlsbad, New Mexico, INDEFINITELY.
mitsozuka has engineered this bit of mayhem with me. Perhaps it will do some good.
I'll try to be back for the holidays. If you want to see me sometime before Christmas, you need to do it sometime in the next two weeks.
So....
Why the Hell am I doing this?
1.) Mitso is my friend. I love him and I want him to be happy.
2.) I need a change of scenery, badly.
3.) A less toxic environment will help me to sort out my priorities, asess my goals, and evaluate my life direction.
4.) My mother will fare better without the financial strain I represent.
5.) I need to do something big and scary. I could compare this to the Terrasque.
6.) Clearly, what I am doing here is simply not working. I have tried and tried. I know exactly what needs to happen to make it work. This is not an admission of defeat, it is a tactical withdrawal for the purpose of allocating resources.
7.) I need to find out if I can run a business successfully.
8.) I need to find out if I can run myself successfully.
9.) I have an opportunity to do something I have always wanted to do and I'm going to take that opportunity: I'm going to try and build a vehicle.
http://www.vortexplans.com
10.) Ari. If I can sustain my basic needs under my own income and get my hands on a sustainable vehicle, I can finally do what I've wanted to do for four and a half years now.
11.) ME. Even if this whole thing explodes in my face (it won't, but parts of it will) I need to face the things about this trip I am terrified of and come out on top. Every failure I encounter is something I learn from. I will learn a lot....
I can't come up with nearly that many reasons not to, unless I name every person I'm leaving behind that I probably haven't seen in months anyway; no offense to anyone who lives in my town.
I'll miss you guys. You know who you are.
-Nomi
P.S.
Day six. No Nicotine.
I have observed something.
I use my smoking habit as an excuse to myself to be nicer to people. By having my hazy, toxic security blanket buffering me from the world, the world gets buffered from me too.
Is that a good thing?
I've been scared of letting you people have it with both barrels but no one seems to mind it so far.
This warrants further investigation.
So, just so I don't leave anything out, I'm re-posting my previous journal with all data updated so nobody misses it.
So
Do I have your attention?
Good.
As of July 30, 2011, I will be relocating to Carlsbad, New Mexico, INDEFINITELY.
mitsozuka has engineered this bit of mayhem with me. Perhaps it will do some good.I'll try to be back for the holidays. If you want to see me sometime before Christmas, you need to do it sometime in the next two weeks.
So....
Why the Hell am I doing this?
1.) Mitso is my friend. I love him and I want him to be happy.
2.) I need a change of scenery, badly.
3.) A less toxic environment will help me to sort out my priorities, asess my goals, and evaluate my life direction.
4.) My mother will fare better without the financial strain I represent.
5.) I need to do something big and scary. I could compare this to the Terrasque.
6.) Clearly, what I am doing here is simply not working. I have tried and tried. I know exactly what needs to happen to make it work. This is not an admission of defeat, it is a tactical withdrawal for the purpose of allocating resources.
7.) I need to find out if I can run a business successfully.
8.) I need to find out if I can run myself successfully.
9.) I have an opportunity to do something I have always wanted to do and I'm going to take that opportunity: I'm going to try and build a vehicle.
http://www.vortexplans.com
10.) Ari. If I can sustain my basic needs under my own income and get my hands on a sustainable vehicle, I can finally do what I've wanted to do for four and a half years now.
11.) ME. Even if this whole thing explodes in my face (it won't, but parts of it will) I need to face the things about this trip I am terrified of and come out on top. Every failure I encounter is something I learn from. I will learn a lot....
I can't come up with nearly that many reasons not to, unless I name every person I'm leaving behind that I probably haven't seen in months anyway; no offense to anyone who lives in my town.
I'll miss you guys. You know who you are.
-Nomi
P.S.
Day six. No Nicotine.
I have observed something.
I use my smoking habit as an excuse to myself to be nicer to people. By having my hazy, toxic security blanket buffering me from the world, the world gets buffered from me too.
Is that a good thing?
I've been scared of letting you people have it with both barrels but no one seems to mind it so far.
This warrants further investigation.
"That's how we find out who we are."
Do You Like Metal?
Art I owe people:
wildmark- Ongoing project
mitsozuka- Reference Sheet
foxystallion- Ongoing project
Do You Like Metal?
Art I owe people:
wildmark- Ongoing project mitsozuka- Reference Sheet
foxystallion- Ongoing project
Secondly, on note of the smoking thing. Nobody worth speaking to will mind you being brutally honest with us. Honestly, it's something a lot of us have been needing. As well as it keeps you from having that buffer not only shielding people from you, but holding that stress in. This realization of yours is inspireing me to consider following your example. if I can pull it off as well as you can, this has the extra side-effect of improved breathing and overall health.
And seriously, it's a high unto its own to see how long you can go.
You might consider building a vehicle that can handle double-track dirt roads - there is so much magnificent beauty - and opportunity for quiet meditation - waaaayyyyyy out in the boondocks. Please think about it.
There's so much moisture in the air and so much light pollution back home that you can't see stars so easily. In the time I've been here, I've seen four meteorites, a couple of constellations I wouldn't normally be able to pick out (would you believe Ursa Major is actually hard to see where I'm from?) and for the first time since 2004 I've actually been able to see the milky way; the dense band of light arching across the sky.... It's incredible out here.
As for the technical stuff on the 3 wheeled vehicle: high speed sharp turns I know about. They're even worse for trikes that have a very high center of gravity. Keeping it low and making sure the suspension has plenty of travel should keep me from flipping it over, I think. I want to do some things with the overall design that would make it a little more rugged, for the purposes of a more comfortable ride, less difficulty off-roading, and the ability to carry a little more cargo than the original plans would seem to allow for. I don't mind sacrificing a little fuel economy to increased drag in exchange for a little more utility.
Too keep cool in the summer, get a cool vest, scarf, and hat. These use water absorbent polymers to hold a lot of water which they allow to ooze out into the fabric to provide evaporative cooling directly to your skin. They wouldn't work in humid Florida, but they are remarkably effective in the desert. I use them when I have to do heavy ranch work such as branding on a hot summer day.
Be sure to put a steel strip on the outside bottom to help prevent damage if you high center.
Be sure to use synthetic oil, especially if you use an air cooled engine. That will really increase engine and transmission life.
Have lots of fun. If you don't have a very good topographic memory, take along a GPS.
The night sky is so dark around here in central Nevada that amateur astronomers come from as far as the east coast on their vacations.