Car free month, the finale

So, today is the first day after the completion of the car free month. I still took the train in, because it is just so much less annoyance to walk over to the train stop and hop the train/bus into work. I only had a half day at work today, so walked back to the train stop, and headed home for lunch. After that, I drove out east, south of Gresham, to visit a hashpoint. On the way back, I stopped to get a new pair of shoes and some cleaning supplies.

The general synopsis of the car free month is this:

1. I like riding the train into work. It is a much less stressful way to get to and from work, even on my short commute.
2. I really don't like shopping via transit. It really sucks.
3. Geohashing, and sometimes sf0 tasking, really should be done with a car. Its just the nature of those activities that often a car is, if not required, then still very nice to have.
4. If I decide to buy a house/townhouse in the upcoming months, I want to keep myself relatively close to a train station, because transit into work is now my preferred way to get there.

From now on, I will probably drive into work once a week, so that I can go out to lunch, and so that I can go shopping on my way home from work.

Car free days 25 - 28

Day 25 was Thanksgiving. I spent the day lounging, cooking, eating, and sleeping, as one should on this day. I also completed my Thanksgiving day tasking.

Day 26 was black Friday. I went out on a geohashing expedition, but was unable to reach the point due to a steep, wet, muddy, and leaf covered incline. On the expedition, I did get some food, and a friend picked me up and dropped me off. However, the friend would have had to have driven right by my apartment to get to/from the hashpoint anyways. Other than that I read.

Day 27 I read through most of the day, took a bit of a nap, and was called to see if I wanted to head out to HUB (Hopworks Urban Brewery) for dinner and a couple of drinks. I agreed, and hopped on the train to a friend's who would drive me to where the first friend called from. We then sat around for a bit watching TV, and headed down to the brewpub, where I had a delicious sandwich chock full of Italian meats, and three beers. The beers were Velvet ESB (because it is awesome), Cask Abominable (because I wanted something new), and Dark Helmet (because of the name).

Day 28 was spent completely in my apartment, sleeping, reading, TVing and the like.

A TV-laden week

I've been sick for the past few days, including taking some sick time off of work. I gave up on Torchwood (again), and started watching The Office (US). Given my extra time off of work, I have now finished it (up to the latest one), and will probably put it on my DVR. Its not a show I wish to own on DVD, but its worth a few laughs, so DVR worthy. I watched the episode of Stargate Universe which my DVR missed, but have yet to watch last week's episode. I tried to start watching 30 Rock, but seem to just get annoyed by it.

I've been taking a short break from beer, due to being sick. I'll start drinking it again soon, as I am quickly getting better.

I skipped out on a couple of geohashing expeditions this past weekend, solely because I opted for napping/resting.

Last night was more Torchwood on TV.

Laurelwood Free Range Red, and Pike Kiltlifter for beer.

I also began the process of migrating the geohashing image tagging web page to my file server.

Random stuff

Its been a while since I updated. Here are some developments on what's going on:

Beer - I've been in a sampling mood, so have been buying tall boys instead of six-packs. Mostly Rogue of different styles, but also a stout by Pelican, and an ale by Cascade Lakes. I still have one more tall boy (don't remember what kind), and a six pack of Pike's Kilt Lifter Scottish Ale yet to sample. I'll probably work on that later this week/weekend. Last week I joined the Rogue Nation at the brewpub down in Portland, and I feel I should be a good citizen and head down there again for beers relatively soon.

TV - I finished Doctor Who, all the way up to the end of Series 5. I started in on Torchwood, but I have a feeling that it will be a bit slower to get through it all. I missed some of my typical TV shows on DVR due to a problem with my cable. It turned out to be a faulty router, which was preventing my STB from getting its guide.

SF0 - I completed centroid exploration, but am very disappointed in the completion. It could have been so much better!

Geohashing - I fixed a lingering bug in the ape. I just didn't know it was lingering because its been a while since someone planned an expedition before coordinates were announced. I then proceeded to forget to turn the ape back on, so that it wasn't updating for a day or two.

Music - I have found myself going back to an old favorite, The Dandy Warhols, recently. Though this morning I did create a new Pandora station for Bloc Party.

I went on a short geohashing expedition yesterday, as well as went down to a show at The Secret Society in east Portland. The show was bad, to say the least.