jmw590

Dang it…

jmw590 — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:50:35 +0000

Ugh…freaking kidding me…

Veteran’s Day

jmw590 — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:58:10 +0000

Thank you for your service!

‘Merica

Go forth and cast your votes

jmw590 — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:08:54 +0000

Have you done your civic duty as a ‘merican today?

Still not convinced to vote? Here’s a few videos about our extremely fair voting system that might encourage you as an undecided voter!

Happy ‘let your voice be heard’ day!

Halloween Scramble

jmw590 — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:11:45 +0000

Can you find the phrases associated with Psy’s hit single?

Goruck

jmw590 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:59:06 +0000

https://www.goruckchallenge.com/Events/Details?id=121

My next physical challenge. Will it be harder than tough mudder? Probably.

Jumper

jmw590 — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:07:28 +0000

My coworker found an ant on her arm while she was eating today…

and it has a unique talent

Maybe I’ll start an ant circus…

Late Night Shark Fishing

jmw590 — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:26:31 +0000

About a month ago, I unsuccessfully attempted to catch the great white shark that has been patrolling La Jolla cove for tasty seals, and in the process invented the new fishing craze called ‘strumming.’ Since I still had some mahi mahi and bonita defrosted from that attempt, I decided to go out fishing before the bait completely rotted. I had never successfully caught fish on an outgoing tide, but decided ‘what the heck.’ So nearing sunset, I headed out and proceeded to fish. After an hour of catching nothing, i decided to go strumming, only to find a bunch of bat rays swimming around my feet. While my strumming attempts were unsuccessful, I did see a few large guitarfish, and an ominous shadow swim within 5 feet of me, signs that I would at least catch something. I put a ‘fresh’ piece of mahi mahi on my large surf pole, and cast 15 yards out into the surf and set it on a sand pike, while I fished with my smaller pole in the shallower waters.

Eventually I caught a small stingray, and started playing with it. Within a few minutes, I heard the reel on my larger pole screaming, and saw that the pole was bent nearly 90 degrees. I immediately rushed over, made sure the hook was set, and started reeling in. After 10 minutes of fighting, I was confident that I was not reeling in a large piece of kelp. A few minutes later, I saw 2 fins break the surface of the water. I then knew that I had hooked the prize that I had been seeking since I saw 2 guys catch 2 large leopard sharks in the same place a year and a half ago. My elation quickly turned into dread that I might lose the prize since I only had 20 lb test on a corroded and paint chipped fishing rod with a barely functioning reel to match. Eventually, I got the shark in shallow enough water, where I ran in and grabbed it by the tail and dragged it to shore.

Now that I had my catch, I called my roommate to tell him that I caught a shark. In my head, I imagined myself saying ‘Hey Law, just wanted to let you know that I caught a large leopard shark, no big deal.’ In reality, I was more like this girl, and was jumping up and down and screaming into the phone ‘L! I CAUGHT A BIG ASS SHARK! COME QUICK!’ Soon, both my housemates were on their way to meet me on the beach, but I knew it would take them awhile, and not wanting to show them a dead leopard shark, which he could say I bought, dragged to the beach, and claim that I ‘caught’ it, I kept the shark alive by bringing it into shallow water, and using natural channels, let water flow through it’s gills. My housemates finally arrived, and after a few photos it was time to bring the shark home.

Poison Oak…again

jmw590 — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:26:11 +0000

This past weekend, I went on the shortest camping trip of my life, lasting only 9 hours (excluding travel time). On the other hand, this camping trip was the most intentional and productive trip that I’ve done. The last trip I went on was in the Sespe wilderness a little more than 2 months ago, where we faced grueling landscapes, rattlesnakes, and finding ourselves lost and without water, resulting in severe dehydration and failed attempts to call the Ranger service for a helicopter out of a ravine that we were trapped in, as well as several weeks of painful and itchy poison oak rashes.

So, why would someone be stupid enough go back to a place that caused them so much misery? To get his crap back.

While stuck in the ravine, some of you may recall that I left a tent ($220), a sleeping bag ($60), a sleeping pad ($20), a fishing pole and lures ($30+$10), a propane tank ($5), clothes ($50), a pot ($10), and a poo shovel ($5).

So JL, his roommate, and I set out into the Sespe wilderness to recover what was rightfully ours. We left SD around 8 pm on Friday, and got to the trailhead around 12 am, where we set up camp and tried to get some sleep before we started our early morning hike. However, it was so hot (80 at 12 am), that it was difficult to sleep and I believe I only slept for an hour before our alarms went off that we were to start our hike. We hit the trail at 4:30 am, each carrying 5 L of water, and navigating through the darkness with our headlamps. We reached our gear (4 miles from the trailhead) at 6:30 am after navigating our way down 240 feet of rock slides with the help of the sun, which had just started peaking over the mountains. We climbed out, and got back to the car at 8:50 am with the help of some clouds partially blocking the sun. After a quick rinse to wash off the poison oak, we headed back to SD.

Anyways, that’s my version of the story. JL has more pictures and chronicled the adventure far better than I did. http://johnnysideburns.wordpress.com/2012/08/15/sespe-wilderness-epic-conclusion/ He even has pictures!

If you want to read more details about the first trip we took: http://jmw590.wordpress.com/2012/05/30/memorial-weekend-sespe-creek/

Hopefully, this rash goes away soon…

Shark Teaser

jmw590 — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:49:21 +0000

Thanks Kreptonic for the photos

IRRational fishing

jmw590 — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:30:26 +0000

IRRational and Kreptonic collaboration!

Thanks for all the hard work Law!