Tropical Storm Irene

This is my adventure today with Tropical Storm Irene.

First thing I noticed a tree branch about 3 feet long had fallen in my yard (amongst many others) but this was had fallen and stuck into the ground about 4 inches. This made the branch stick straight up in the air. I thought this was pretty cool.

Next a large tree branch had fallen in the parking lot of my apartment. Luckily our car was not hit but our neighbors car was. Here's a picture, theres wasn't a ton of damage but still must suck.

 
Our power went out around 11:30. This was expected from the last storms we had but still sucked. At 12 the rain stopped but was still windy. With the power being still out at 12:45 I decided to go out and find some food because I was hungry and didn't want to open the fridge. The roads were covered with tree debris. I saw some trees down and power lines hanging in the middle of the street. I was out for about 2 hours driving around down all these side roads and had no idea were I was going. The first 2 places I went for food had no power either. I finally find a place get some food for me and my wife then spend another 25 minutes driving home because of blocked roads. Here are some pictures of of the down tree that made my trip sooo long.

Just another downed tree. 

Earthquake day

I assume everyone has read about the earthquake that we felt in Boston maybe some of you felt it like me.
Well here is my experience of it and then some.

I'm sitting in my office and all of a sudden I feel the building move. At first I thought I was just nauseous  but quickly I realized it wasnt just me. I looked around the room and all 4 of us just looked at each other like did you feel that?

That's when we figured it what it was. I guess I was in denial because my first thought was to get out of the building instead if getting in a doorway because I assumed Simmons had hired a cheap contractor to remodel the building we were in and the building was coming down. Deep down though I knew it was an earthquake.

Next thing I did was grab my phone and started to go for the exit. There was a lot of people doing the same thing. I thought I could feel the earth/building moving when I was leaving and when I got outside. We were the only building that evacuated. We all waited outside for maybe 5 minutes and then started to head back in mainly because we all wanted the free food waiting for us at the BBQ. We didn't take the elevator just in case.
To finish off this crazy event we had a technology BBQ which turned out to be pretty fun. My team came in second in the trvia game. I wouldn't of been able to use the prize for first place because it was an apple app store gift card.

This was my first earthquake and looking back at when the building was moving I was a little scared. I'm glad it wasn't a big earthquake for my first one. Lets hope another one doesn't hit us anytime soon.

Feeling special on the train

Last night I was out late and caught the last train out of south station at 11:50. There was about a dozen people on the train so it was not busy. When we got to the Norfolk stop I was the only one to get off. It would seem the train stopped at Norfolk just for me. That made me feel special and that the mbta likes me. I know that's not true though and anyone who has ever rode the mbta would agree with me.

The mbta doesn't care about anything but money. They don't even try to be on time. The schedule says my normal train should arrive in Norfolk at 6:05 pm. Every night the train arrives in Norfolk between 6:10 and 6:15.

I really hate the mbta sometimes. At least I don't have to ride the orange and red line anymore because those have to be the worst. Especially the rude people who ride those lines.

What grinds my gears. Part 1

This is part 1 of a multi part series of things that grind my gears. I am a very laid-back person and things don't usually bother me.

I ride the commuter rail twice a day. They way the train cars are set up you have two cars connected to each other. Each car has a door and a second door that is connected to the other train car. Now I think common courtesy would dictate that if you get on the left door you go to the left car and right door for the right car. Most people do just that but then you have the people who for some reason don't like the look of the car they chose and decide to move to the other car. The main problem with this is people are still trying to board the train. So they just cut in front of you and cause the train to board slower. I find these people extremely rude and it bothers me every time I see it happen. This probably shouldn't bother me as much as it does because it's not that big a deal.

So basically don't be an asshole while boarding the train because that really grinds my gears.

First Post

First post on the new blog. Everyone has a blog so i figured i would start one.
I am going to post somewhat random stuff on here from day to day activities to things that grinds my gears.
Yes that was a family guy reference and yes I'm a big fan of Seth Macfarlane.
More posts to come

Towel only girl

I am the network administrator at an all women's college. This job includes maintenance of the network including students connecting to the internet.
Yesterday I made an appointment with a student to go to her room and check out why she was not getting a good wireless signal. So I get there and knock on her door and I hear someone say one minute. No problem I say and I wait about 30 seconds and then she opens the door. This is where it became interesting her roommate was just wearing a towel!!! 
I enter the room, kind of embarrassed and flustered because this totally took me by surprise. I'm not in there long and I get the info I need and leave. The entire time though I was nervous and awkward and I am pretty sure they could tell.
I guess this happens when you work at an all women's college. I'm happy my wife trusts me and doesn't get mad at me for stuff like this. I would NEVER cheat on her (not like these preppy women would want me anyway)  
So the moral of this story is working at a all women's college has some very interesting days and that I love my wife forever!!!

Train tech support

So this morning I am sitting on the commuter rail like I do everyday playing a game on my awesome android phone when the guy sitting next to me starts asking me questions on how to do stuff on his new Android phone.

I was happy to help though because every person who enjoys their android phone is one less potential apple customer. :)

So it looks like wherever I go I have to do tech support. What did I get myself into choosing this career?