All in due time

Every day, I get about two or three cool or interesting videos to put up, but with the awful internet connection in the hotel, I have time to upload one a day. Housekeeping showed up between that last sentence and this one, and I've since relocated to Barnes and Noble to let them do what they do best. I was hoping there'd be better internet here so I could upload a few videos, but they make you pay four bucks for two hours. I can at least compress the videos and write this entry, then go back and upload/post it all.

Our second and final day off was nice and relaxing, and Stephen and I slept in until about noon, and then he went off to do some shopping while I went to Barnes and Noble to use it like a library. I got a coffee and scone and read Batman Year One and A History of Violence, which took about four hours. It was awesome and a great change of pace from getting up at 7 and running around all day.

We went to a park (the name of which eludes me) where we're finishing up the last of the workshop, and split into two groups. My group went down to the docks, where a large open space near an old World War 2 hangar allowed us to do some precision driving. Steve Buckler taught us a few interesting ideas and showed off a bit of his stuff, but not before giving us the long list of injuries he's acquired in his day.

Josh and I stuck together for the most part, switching seats every so often into the fully-reclined passenger seat. I have to tell you, there's no feeling of vehicular freedom like driving a car when nobody cares if you fuck it up. I'm not saying we were reckless, but it was definitely a load off my mind.

Speaking of reckless, we noticed that some people fight as well as they drive. Josh and I wanted to get as much time in the cars as we could, so when two more drivers hopped in, we moved to the back. The guy at the wheel, Mickey, immediately hauled ass down to the starting point, screeching the tires and swerving to land about ten feet to the right of where we were supposed to be. When Josh voiced his concern, Mickey responded with, "Oh, are you scared?" We then began a jolting, screeching trip to the end of the slalom, and Danny leaned down to critique Mickey. Josh and I quietly exited the vehicle, concluding that Mickey fights as well as he drives.

We had lunch at a place that's apparently a favorite of Dave's, Burgermaster, which might have been called Overpricedmaster. The meal was not worth what was paid, and a lot of people were kind of dissatisfied.

The afternoon had a lot of wire work, including rappelling and ratcheting. Rappelling was incredibly easy, since I did the semester-long adventure games class, so I helped out when I could there. Ratcheting was a lot of fun, and again, when I can do so I will upload video of it. I'm going to head back to the room and post this, so I'll see ya'll later!