tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43365328191278829152024-02-18T21:41:58.583-08:00The Frankfurt TribuneBoldly moving forwardSeth Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512086896670795553noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336532819127882915.post-76064416973137314192014-06-08T02:46:00.000-07:002014-06-08T02:46:48.035-07:00Poky 50<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Yesterday was the Poky 50 (a 100k trail race held here in Pocatello Idaho.) I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to go practice my photography on these guys, and to try and give event photography a try. Below are my top 50 shots. Feel free to enjoy</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Here we have the start of the 60k leg. Which if you look at the chart up above is at the the City Creek Aid station. I didn't get too many shots here because I was also working the aid station, but all of these guys were so ready and raring to go that I could stop handing out water for a second and take a couple of shots.</span></div>
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This guy's one of the first of the 100k runners to make it to my aid station. The course these guys were running is generally my day off bike ride loop, and I personally know that these trails are no picnic. Much of the single track is nothing but loose shale covered with a few inches of moon dust. Everything else is tight, overgrown, and filled with toe grabbing roots. By this point they had already run 25 miles through mostly dry open meadows and sage brush with little to no shade. How these guys managed to look so fresh is beyond me.<br />
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After the last runner made his way through the City Creek aid station I hopped in the car and headed over to the section of trail right before the Big Fir aid station. If you go back to the chart, this is the section of trail that drops like the space shuttle in re-entry. Trail was nice and shady here, but it still didn't make up for the long, hip busting descent that many of these very tired runner had to go down. Gotta love some of the faces I got. One girl even almost jumped off the trail when she came around the corner because she thought I was a bear. Guess that means it's time to trim up the beard :D.<br />
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Caught my swim instructor out running the course. She was keeping a great pace by the looks of things. Didn't look like a fish out of water at all.<br />
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How some of these runners remained perky enough to strike poses, and shout out encouragement to me while they were running is simply amazing. Talk about staying positive. Either that or maybe they were just super happy to hear me shout out that the aid station was only a mile away.<br />
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Well that's a wrap. Feel free to comment and let me know about your latest run or favorite picture.Seth Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512086896670795553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336532819127882915.post-78027126626825518562013-07-06T21:14:00.002-07:002013-07-06T21:14:51.480-07:00Summer Photos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Some more photos for your viewing pleasure. This Summer has been a great opportunity to get out and try and work on some of the photo projects I've had planned. Lots of photos have been taken, but here are the ones that I've felt were worth showing. Have fun.</div>
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This is a photo of local Wunderkind Collin Joyce. He's on the U.S. Cycling Team and has spent a few years racing in Europe. As you can see by the photo, he's fast. I was lucky enough to catch him during one of the local Time Trial events held here in Pocatello. I've been standing on the sidelines for as many races a possible this summer with the hopes of developing a hand in sports photography.</div>
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Many of you have already seen the photo I took last winter of this tree, but I've been trying to come back and get some leafier photos of this guy. I was kind of in a hurry when I took this (I literally pulled over and hopped a fence), so I don't feel quite yet like I've done the tree any justice, but hopefully over time I'll be able to shoot here some more and really get to know all the angles.<br />
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This is my Granny-In-Law Judy Black. If you ask her how she is, she generally says "mean and ornery", but I managed to snap this one when she wasn't looking.<br />
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After manning the camera for a good two hours this is the only shot I managed to get on the 4th that looked decent. The fireworks were delayed due to a very unfortunate accident, and when the did go off they weren't anywhere near the planned shot. I guess that's the gamble you take when you only have a general assumption as to where the fireworks will be when you're planning the composition of a shot.I tried cropping for just the temple and the firework, but when viewed at 100% the shot looked like rubbish. That just means next year I'll have to do better.<br />
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Snapped this one whilst out on a walk with the camera, and by walk I mean a 6 mile loop through the West Fork area.<br />
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And finally, a long-exposure shot of a well lit building. I've a feeling that if I ever had a type of photography that I leaned towards this would certainly be it. The temple sure does look good though.<br />
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Due to those chili, windy winters that some all-knowing Diety chose to curse Idaho with it has kind of become a little tradition of mine to grow a beard during the darker months. I do this mainly because it keeps me from looking like a sunburnt racoon during ski season, and it keeps my face toasty warm on my walks to and from class. With the increase of blue skies and the slow migration in apparel from boots and ski jackets to sneakers and t-shirts the time has come to rid myself of my hairy chin. But, thanks to a very patient and forgiving wife, I got to say goodbye to my facial hair in stages, the last of which was a very slick handlebar mustache. I was given one-week to shave it off, or else she was going to pluck it out with tweezers in my sleep. And so, until next spring, goodbye my mustachio.</div>
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Well it's been over a month since my photography class ended. I was a little nervous that without an assignment to force me to go out and take pictures that my attempts at photography would slowly dwindle into a faddish attempt to be artistic. But, as luck would have it, I've been able to find some time to go out and shoot. Photoshop seems to have become my after midnight vice when Ali is long asleep and I'm far from it. I've been trying to come up with one 'finished' photo a week, and even though that hasn't always been the case I've managed to scrape together 4 photos that I take particular joy in looking at. I hope you do too.</div>
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I actually shot this photo over the Christmas Break when I was in Boise with Ali's family. Ali's little sister Kelsey had just announced that she was moving out for a new town and a new college in Montana, and Ali an I had thought it'd be nice to get a picture of something from Boise as a nice reminder of home. So even though I wasn't sure what my final picture was going to be I packed up my camera gear and snuck out of the house at around 6 am to try and catch the sunrise over Boise. Unfortunately it was completely fogged over, but after getting permission to shoot from a Hotel Balcony (improper use of a tripod and remote trigger) I was able to put together this nice little panorama of the capitol building. In retrospect I really wish I'd put the dome closer to the upper third of the photo and balanced it with more sky, but whatever, Kelsey liked it and I don't think it's half-bad.</div>
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This shot was a lucky find. My church hours shifted from 12pm to 9am with the New Year and Ali and I found ourselves with an excess of time on our Sunday afternoons. We figured a nice drive through the country side would be nice, but after 20 miles that ever so helpful gas-light popped on and we found ourselves counting miles to see if we would make it home. We rounded a corner and I saw this neat little bug barely peaking out from the snow. I gave Ali my "may I?" look and she consented on the promise that I couldn't run the car for fear of wasting gas, and that I couldn't let the car get cold while I was taking photos. So with a quick kiss I was out the door and high-stepping it through 18in of snow trying to get just the right shot. There were a fair amount of good ones, but this one seemed to come together the best. Also, we made it home without running out of gas :D</div>
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This shot actually came about due to a recent shoulder injury that placed my ski season on hold for a bit (a separated shoulder makes for a rough ride). It's really amazing how your perspective changes with injuries, and instead of seeing nothing but wonderful skiing snow I started realizing that by the time my shoulder was fully healed bike season would be near. It got me thinking, and this shot was my attempt to try and compose and express the rush of premature excitement I get whenever I realize that Spring is on the way. It was a fun little photo shoot to do, and I was able to get it all cleaned up before Ali came home and had to ask why I had a tripod in the kitchen, and why was I washing a bike chain in the sink. Sidenote: If you look at my right arm you'll see how I'm holding it up against my body for support. I had to take off my sling for the shot and it wasn't exactly comfortable.</div>
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This guy I just finished this morning, and I'm exceptionally proud of it. This tree is in a field just south of Idaho Falls, and every time Ali and I make a trip to IF to visit the temple or family I've always had my camera bag secretly stashed in the trunk. I've been really wishing to photograph this tree for ages. Well last weekend when we came up for a mission farewell and to say goodbye to Kelsey as she left for Montana Ali gave me the green light to sneak away about an hour before sunset. It was freezing and I had to hike through 6 inches of snow for about 200 yards to get in position, but it was totally worth it. I'd hoped I'd be able to add some form of human element (a silhouette of someone standing next to the tree would be amazing), but I was too cold by the time I got out there and was getting colder fast. Maybe next time. Landscape photography has always captivated me, and its been fun to watch my style get more and more developed. It's not as perfect as one of Ron Southworth's landscape shots (a photographer who I'm certainly jealous of), but I feel like I'm getting somewhere as a photographer and its fun. Hope you enjoyed them.</div>
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Well, it's been awhile since I've posted anything. I just finished my final project for my photography class and I figured I would share a few of my graded images.</div>
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Obviously these are from the reunion but I never finished stitching and editing it until I had access to photoshop.</div>
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Same goes for this panorama of Heidelberg</div>
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Some panoramas of around Pocatello</div>
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These last photos are my final project. I was trying to tell a story using still images.</div>
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<br />Seth Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512086896670795553noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336532819127882915.post-45110233561483816682012-06-13T05:45:00.001-07:002012-06-13T05:47:11.602-07:00The Final HoursSo I'm down to less than 24 hours until I, once again, leave Germany. All my things are packed up into their respective bags and boxes, and all that's left for me to do is sit and reminisce. It is amazing all the things that can happen in one year. Let alone a year in a foreign country. There was so much to learn, about the world, about my studies, and about myself. And now the time has come to move on to the next stage. Most of you have probably seen these pictures on facebook or whereever, but I figured I'd pull out a selection for the blog. I hope you enjoy.<br />
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<br /></div>Seth Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512086896670795553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336532819127882915.post-33525319109659570562012-02-29T16:23:00.004-08:002012-02-29T16:30:58.700-08:00Trail Dog<a href="http://lp1.pinkbike.org/p4pb6445690/p4pb6445690.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="http://lp1.pinkbike.org/p4pb6445690/p4pb6445690.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Just because every boy needs a dog to follow him around<br /><br /><object width="500" height="281"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://www.pinkbike.com/v/227689"><embed src="http://www.pinkbike.com/v/227689" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="281" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object>Seth Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512086896670795553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336532819127882915.post-7072238993851840552012-02-25T06:34:00.006-08:002012-02-25T07:35:44.227-08:00Heidelberg at Night<div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">More photos from the Fatherland. This blog's selection comes from a midnight excursion into my neighboring city of Heidelberg. This city is fun. Not only to photograph, but to simply walk around in. It dates back to before the time of Karl der Grosse (Charlemagne), and it the location of one of the three original Universities created during his reign. Needless to say, this city is old, like staircases and houses that're 2-3 times older than our constitution, old. It's also a really photographed/painted city and after looking at a few displays by local photographers I figured I'd give it a shot. I didn't get anything near as good as what I was trying to emulate, but I was really happy with my results. My favorites shot down below. Feel free to leave a comment as to which one is your favorite.(If this page ends up in German the link to the comments section is "kommentare" down where you normally find the comments link.<span style="font-size: 100%; ">)</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; "><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%; "><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7ALTPBmgj3ouYlfucz3xgL7XvmKYlgSix1IHGvwzJhyTqiewji_NP68WHXiSYFYDqWAMr68Bj_aDNfaA79QZ-GftIO9ZTUHmoDeqJWf1iRMF7mlVEbcLESjpZI0PSw_35O4S5SBrC4c/s1600/Heidelberg+Midnight+270.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7ALTPBmgj3ouYlfucz3xgL7XvmKYlgSix1IHGvwzJhyTqiewji_NP68WHXiSYFYDqWAMr68Bj_aDNfaA79QZ-GftIO9ZTUHmoDeqJWf1iRMF7mlVEbcLESjpZI0PSw_35O4S5SBrC4c/s400/Heidelberg+Midnight+270.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713092178429357810" /></a><span ><span style="font-size: 100%;">This one isn't all that arsty, but the story behind it makes me laugh. So basically I was in the process of setting up this shot when a gaggle of drunk gals walks by. The see someone standing in the middle of the plaza with a tripod and camera and they obviously think he's setting up to take a photo of them. So in a fit of giggles and drunken hiccups they came running over begging for a picture. I tried to ignore them at first. But after ten minutes of them shouting for me to take a picture, and me remaining </span>stoically<span style="font-size: 100%;"> silent it was clear they weren't going anywhere. I tried to appease them with one word answers like "Ja", "Monnem", and "Na klar" but that only made them more interested. Finally I consented and set my camera to stun, and after a couple of photos of appeasement they decided they wanted me in the photo as well. Well as the evidence clearly suggests working with drunks is a slippery slope, but finally after they felt significantly photographed and I'd declined to join them in their weekend escapades they went their way and I went mine. It was probably one of the weirdest things I've ever experienced but in the end entertaining.</span></span><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span ><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsqkRb_rbdev_wd70Wgq_-oYjHyxGh42WdZqbgsJz7YoYJEk_9WEZ042oV-MVOn24iZrfz1YUdqXk8edDfXyilCVyNrpx2Or2cF32OmiYZlgfr8KnTjFmpeCJ_Bxsvff6njZMHnGbYME/s1600/Staircasecrop.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 344px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsqkRb_rbdev_wd70Wgq_-oYjHyxGh42WdZqbgsJz7YoYJEk_9WEZ042oV-MVOn24iZrfz1YUdqXk8edDfXyilCVyNrpx2Or2cF32OmiYZlgfr8KnTjFmpeCJ_Bxsvff6njZMHnGbYME/s400/Staircasecrop.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713092166174022066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The pathway that follows the Neckar to the Old City</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLR-QS4SlHryX6C6KcRqk2p5v3VFOgd2EHYQm08F4OZg86v7J3avYtbdAXvBMDHt7IR_jIyj5FQpyVcwudW7qt_tgfyMxUaGn29aXXOpTtYqKFABhWwPKqQ9DOcldyE9tuZ_OpGgjW0sw/s1600/Heidelberg+Midnight+268.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLR-QS4SlHryX6C6KcRqk2p5v3VFOgd2EHYQm08F4OZg86v7J3avYtbdAXvBMDHt7IR_jIyj5FQpyVcwudW7qt_tgfyMxUaGn29aXXOpTtYqKFABhWwPKqQ9DOcldyE9tuZ_OpGgjW0sw/s400/Heidelberg+Midnight+268.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713092164739729410" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The Center Market Plaza, complete with Cathedral</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz2A0kUQxvAXmT2dB6x1TAZC7EIb-ZjbLBJma4i25hq34AxUNIdzFBBfMlzDgTDieq9Wi5mb8Sw5jy0G0POu0wv2mmfJUlyEt5yMh12r4ZPphvDoNMwNCf3CNbc4TegL1I7AP5yZHMHKI/s1600/Heidelberg+Midnight+286.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz2A0kUQxvAXmT2dB6x1TAZC7EIb-ZjbLBJma4i25hq34AxUNIdzFBBfMlzDgTDieq9Wi5mb8Sw5jy0G0POu0wv2mmfJUlyEt5yMh12r4ZPphvDoNMwNCf3CNbc4TegL1I7AP5yZHMHKI/s400/Heidelberg+Midnight+286.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713092152187247618" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This staircase is older than Columbus and is one of the many paths up to the Castle. If you look carefully you can see an outline of one of the walls in the background.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8G2I-jkb6GNSoiJ_jhLn-VBJ9hY4bnzxrA00wMrx9gHbcuB9AGQiB97s9tDbo_0vJiROFlngdrW5Z1B0gd7zfksQIN0OGJf1a_RJOwaqJBS6AY6N_4fcnT_DFWaeEow0_9ewNTdv7GYM/s1600/HDCastlePan.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 98px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8G2I-jkb6GNSoiJ_jhLn-VBJ9hY4bnzxrA00wMrx9gHbcuB9AGQiB97s9tDbo_0vJiROFlngdrW5Z1B0gd7zfksQIN0OGJf1a_RJOwaqJBS6AY6N_4fcnT_DFWaeEow0_9ewNTdv7GYM/s400/HDCastlePan.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713089933756516898" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Still playing with my Panorama Software, but here's the Bridge and Castle lit up at night.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZtX9Ip1eJmD_bOaDuiq4w23Utht5PZD3_vwAd11PrIyLYMQWhyphenhyphenFeqK8NZ3FNnPND1Qus7eTphE6V_ph_n-y1O571gdOXogv14QkKxoc6Hfjq-T-rj2ME9g4XSDYTGEw22p6aawLUrgqM/s1600/HDBridgePanorama.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZtX9Ip1eJmD_bOaDuiq4w23Utht5PZD3_vwAd11PrIyLYMQWhyphenhyphenFeqK8NZ3FNnPND1Qus7eTphE6V_ph_n-y1O571gdOXogv14QkKxoc6Hfjq-T-rj2ME9g4XSDYTGEw22p6aawLUrgqM/s400/HDBridgePanorama.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713089924829331858" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A Panorama of the Bridge</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Vu4n5GivtzmLXFVqMvXbJvLMjKhR4Ur_yma7qhKc3xWzX4Buet67hX_stAAoGKuLVV3AHPijL5v6vWmtSciZgUW8RvVJ3lKXR8qTzMQqYH0MKc-ES4byDf9Qsed-rkJxCQEFrgaHUY8/s1600/Wasserturmpan.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 47px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Vu4n5GivtzmLXFVqMvXbJvLMjKhR4Ur_yma7qhKc3xWzX4Buet67hX_stAAoGKuLVV3AHPijL5v6vWmtSciZgUW8RvVJ3lKXR8qTzMQqYH0MKc-ES4byDf9Qsed-rkJxCQEFrgaHUY8/s400/Wasserturmpan.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713086133455533570" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This one is actually in Mannheim and may look familiar. My final tram home wasn't coming for another hour so I hustled down to the Watertower to try this shot I'd had in my mind for awhile. It's roughly 330 degrees around, and I need to go back for a second try because some of the shots didn't line up too perfectly, but I figured I'd show off the trial.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Well that's it. I hope you enjoyed this photos and maybe felt like you spent an evening walking the streets of Heidelberg with me.</div>Seth Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512086896670795553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336532819127882915.post-62739468102088205662012-02-08T11:10:00.000-08:002012-02-08T11:33:21.545-08:00Why I'm a lit major.I'm sure all of you have heard of Harry Potter. Maybe even watched a movie or read a book or two about him. I've never been a Harry Potter trivia buff, and have only ever stood in line once for a midnight Harry Potter showing, but one thing I do love are books, and making connections and patterns with the characters in them. Some of you may have seen this floating around lately.<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/25900000/Voldemort-Snape-Harry-the-Deathly-Hallows-harry-potter-25993954-400-399.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/25900000/Voldemort-Snape-Harry-the-Deathly-Hallows-harry-potter-25993954-400-399.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div><br /></div><div>If you've read the books you'll know what I'm talking about. And I've seen some of friends say to themselves "Wow that blows my mind", and honestly it's really cool, and I feel like a late night infomercial salesman when I say this, "but wait there's more!" The following comments are a conversation between a buddy and I as my brain started going literary crazy. 30 min later this is what we had.</div><div><br /></div><div><ul class="commentList" style="list-style-type: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><li class="uiUfiComment comment_4692928 ufiItem ufiItem" style="background-color: rgb(237, 239, 244); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(210, 217, 231); margin-top: 1px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 5px; "><div class="UIImageBlock clearfix uiUfiActorBlock" style="zoom: 1; "><div class="commentContent UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content" ft="{"type":33}" style="display: table-cell; 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In the final book Voldemort gets the Elder Wand from Dumbledore. Snape becomes loyal to Dumbledore after Lillies death, and he despises Harry(brought back to the wizard world by Dumbledore) who is a part of Lilly that lived on past death. Harry gets the cloak from Dumbledore, and who else does he meet after he dies.. Mr. Dumbledore.</span><div class="commentActions fsm fwn fcg" style="color: gray; padding-top: 2px; "><abbr title="Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 7:36pm" utime="1328726166" class="timestamp livetimestamp" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; ">45 minutes ago</abbr> · <span class="comment_like_4692946 fsm fwn fcg" ft="{"type":36}"><button class="stat_elem as_link cmnt_like_link" type="submit" name="like_comment_id[4692946]" value="4692946" title="Like this comment" style="background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; 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Dumbledore could indeed be the one who died for power. However, because of the way he died (arranging his death with Snape), I think that Dumbledore mended his ways BEFORE he met death, and, like Harry, eventually greeted death like an old friend. Therefore, I do like Voldemort as a representation of the first Peverell brother better.</span><div class="commentActions fsm fwn fcg" style="color: gray; padding-top: 2px; "><abbr title="Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 7:39pm" utime="1328726341" class="timestamp livetimestamp" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; ">42 minutes ago</abbr> · <span class="comment_like_4692962 fsm fwn fcg" ft="{"type":36}"><button class="stat_elem as_link cmnt_like_link" type="submit" name="like_comment_id[4692962]" value="4692962" title="Like this comment" style="background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: left; width: auto; "><span class="default_message" style="display: inline; ">Like</span></button></span></div></div></div></li><li class="uiUfiComment comment_4692969 ufiItem ufiItem" style="background-color: rgb(237, 239, 244); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(210, 217, 231); margin-top: 1px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 5px; "><div class="UIImageBlock clearfix uiUfiActorBlock" style="zoom: 1; "><a class="actorPic UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" ft="{"type":34}" tabindex="-1" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002514085194" hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100002514085194" saprocessedanchor="true" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; float: left; margin-right: 8px; "><img class="uiProfilePhoto uiProfilePhotoMedium img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/275070_100002514085194_2037260855_q.jpg" alt="" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; width: 32px; height: 32px; display: block; " /></a><label class="deleteAction stat_elem UIImageBlock_Ext uiCloseButton" for="uqf6hf_11" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; zoom: 1; background-image: url(http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/v1/yA/r/4WSewcWboV8.png); height: 15px; width: 15px; float: right; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; opacity: 0; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "><input title="Remove" type="submit" name="delete[4692969]" id="uqf6hf_11" style="font-weight: normal; cursor: pointer; opacity: 0; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 18px; padding-right: 18px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 18px; "></label><div class="commentContent UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content" ft="{"type":33}" style="display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; width: 10000px; padding-top: 1px; "><a class="actorName" ft="{"type":35}" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002514085194" hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100002514085194" saprocessedanchor="true" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; ">Seth Thomas</a> <span jsid="text" class="commentBody">no.. 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I'm just a kid who likes books.</span><div class="commentActions fsm fwn fcg" style="color: gray; padding-top: 2px; "><abbr title="Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 7:44pm" utime="1328726656" class="timestamp livetimestamp" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; ">37 minutes ago</abbr> · <span class="comment_like_4692982 fsm fwn fcg" ft="{"type":36}"><button class="stat_elem as_link cmnt_like_link" type="submit" name="like_comment_id[4692982]" value="4692982" title="Like this comment" style="background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-top: 0px; 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And all those people who say that the 7th book was written with no thought. Ha.</span><div class="commentActions fsm fwn fcg" style="color: gray; padding-top: 2px; "><abbr title="Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 7:50pm" utime="1328727040" class="timestamp livetimestamp" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; ">31 minutes ago</abbr> · <span class="comment_like_4693034 fsm fwn fcg" ft="{"type":36}"><button class="stat_elem as_link cmnt_like_link" type="submit" name="like_comment_id[4693034]" value="4693034" title="Like this comment" style="background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: left; width: auto; "><span class="default_message" style="display: inline; ">Like</span></button></span></div></div></div></li><li class="uiUfiComment comment_4693065 ufiItem ufiItem" style="background-color: rgb(237, 239, 244); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(210, 217, 231); margin-top: 1px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 5px; "><div class="UIImageBlock clearfix uiUfiActorBlock" style="zoom: 1; "><a class="actorPic UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_SMALL_Image" ft="{"type":34}" tabindex="-1" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002514085194" hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100002514085194" saprocessedanchor="true" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; float: left; margin-right: 8px; "><img class="uiProfilePhoto uiProfilePhotoMedium img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/275070_100002514085194_2037260855_q.jpg" alt="" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; width: 32px; height: 32px; display: block; " /></a><label class="deleteAction stat_elem UIImageBlock_Ext uiCloseButton" for="uqf6hf_25" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; zoom: 1; background-image: url(http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/v1/yA/r/4WSewcWboV8.png); height: 15px; width: 15px; float: right; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; opacity: 0; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "><input title="Remove" type="submit" name="delete[4693065]" id="uqf6hf_25" style="font-weight: normal; cursor: pointer; opacity: 0; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 18px; padding-right: 18px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 18px; "></label><div class="commentContent UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_SMALL_Content" ft="{"type":33}" style="display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; width: 10000px; padding-top: 1px; "><a class="actorName" ft="{"type":35}" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002514085194" hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100002514085194" saprocessedanchor="true" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; ">Seth Thomas</a> <span jsid="text" class="commentBody"><div id="id_4f32c841adb674f65360758" class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" style="display: inline; ">If you want to go gospel on it, you also get the plan of salvation... Harry= Celestial(Has all the Deathly Hallows(Covenants), and uses them correctly(Virtuous living)), Snape=Terrestial(He's good but can never allow himself to be free of t<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; ">he mistakes of his past), Voldemort=Telestial(No remorse or willingness to better himself). Hogwarts= The World. Dumbledore=Christ/God. Each one is placed into the 'World' and always have access to "God", and each one is allowed to make their own choices. Choices that in the end result in who that person becomes. Voldemort rejects Dumbledore, Snape is on terms with Dumbledore but often disagrees with him, and Harry accepts Dumbledore as a tutor and mentor.</span></div></span><div class="commentActions fsm fwn fcg" style="color: gray; padding-top: 2px; "><abbr title="Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 7:58pm" utime="1328727508" class="timestamp livetimestamp" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; ">23 minutes ago</abbr> · <span class="comment_like_4693065 fsm fwn fcg" ft="{"type":36}"><button class="stat_elem as_link cmnt_like_link" type="submit" name="like_comment_id[4693065]" value="4693065" title="Like this comment" style="background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); cursor: pointer; 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Strangely enough he's met by Dumbledore in a very heavenly looking train station, and it is there that he is freed from the evil <span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; ">inside him. This also fits into the Hallows Myth in the fact that Dumbledore/Christ/Death are all symbolically holding the keys of death, and even though all die only Harry lives on. Given that the series ends there we never experience Harry's death, and so symbolically speaking Harry is immortalized. This is done primarily through the epilogue in which Harry is not only shown as having a happy life, but is also immortalized with his Wife, Friends, and Children. Who are also now being sent off on their own to Hogwarts *cough**cough* The World.</span></div></span><div class="commentActions fsm fwn fcg" style="color: gray; padding-top: 2px; "><abbr title="Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 8:06pm" utime="1328727974" class="timestamp livetimestamp" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; ">15 minutes ago</abbr> · <span class="comment_like_4693076 fsm fwn fcg" ft="{"type":36}"><button class="stat_elem as_link cmnt_like_link" type="submit" name="like_comment_id[4693076]" value="4693076" title="Like this comment" style="background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: left; width: auto; "><span class="default_message" style="display: inline; ">Like</span></button> · <a hover="tooltip" uri="/ajax/like/tooltip.php?comment_fbid=357424720943179&comment_from=100002514085194" title="Loading..." alignh="center" class="comment_like_button" rel="dialog" href="http://www.facebook.com/browse/likes/?id=357424720943179" ajaxify="/ajax/browser/dialog/likes/?id=357424720943179" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; margin-top: -5px; margin-right: -5px; margin-bottom: -5px; margin-left: -5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-top: 0px; "><img class="cmt_like_icon" src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/v1/yw/r/drP8vlvSl_8.gif" alt="" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; background-image: url(http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/v1/y-/r/0o6yEqrTpmx.png); width: 10px; height: 9px; background-position: -151px -415px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; " /> 1</a></span></div><div class="commentActions fsm fwn fcg" style="color: gray; padding-top: 2px; "><br /></div><div class="commentActions fsm fwn fcg" style="color: gray; padding-top: 2px; "><br /></div></div></div></li></ul></div><br /><br />I highly doubt J.K. Rowling meant all of this when she wrote the stories, but as humans we actually understand everything through symbols, and we use them consciously and subconsciously to communicate, and ever since mankind first learned to communicate we have been drawn to telling stories with symbols. There's alot more to it, but I just couldn't help but smile when I saw what came out. This is why I'm a Literary Analysis Major. It's just so FREAKING FUN, and in my opinion stories are a direct link to what the science calls the subconscious, and religion calls the soul. This is why poetry, books, movies, video games and whatever story telling medium that gets invented next seem to become a part of us, and we apart of them (Be careful you don't get too far drawn in or else you end up being someone dressed up as an overweight Batman at comicon). Just remember though... It's never 'just' a story.<div><br /></div><div>This literary geek out is now over. You may now return your attention to whatever important task you were just doing.</div>Seth Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512086896670795553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336532819127882915.post-63527445591474093182012-02-05T18:02:00.001-08:002012-02-05T18:58:23.130-08:00Sunday Dinner<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxu9WyLj9ucuvVMfgsZQQw8NeOvzfMIqOpSbG-T0dVvB3yqq1Oenhj8HhAfTOAVhpKcC65zH1MPt5GmTtqLPwOLAm5Hbw-fs6RyZPImTB7U9OthCGn0I0Ozg5QDQP_0WeztQywmFdRoU/s1600/Broo+Family+Panorama2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 107px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxu9WyLj9ucuvVMfgsZQQw8NeOvzfMIqOpSbG-T0dVvB3yqq1Oenhj8HhAfTOAVhpKcC65zH1MPt5GmTtqLPwOLAm5Hbw-fs6RyZPImTB7U9OthCGn0I0Ozg5QDQP_0WeztQywmFdRoU/s400/Broo+Family+Panorama2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705837741741302754" /></a><span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span>The Broos. For those of you who've endured me whenever I got that glazed look in my eye and the irrepressible urge to daydream of Germany, you most likely have heard of this family. Truth be told not many people haven't heard of this family. And not just from me. Open and friendly The Broos seem to have a soft spot of skinny lads in suits, and if you look especially hungry or just too thin for their liking, odds are you'll be invited to dinner very soon. Every other Sunday at 18:00 to be exact, and it doesn't pay to be late.</span></span><div><span> I don't know if it's because I was once a missionary here, or if it's because I tend to resemble a scarecrow more days than not, but ever since my return to Germany I've spent my Sunday evenings eating, laughing, crying (the laughing gets that good), and just having an all round good time with these guys. With seven of us there are generally about eight conversations going on simultaneously and if you're quick with your tongue and are capable of using your hands to tell a story it all turns out well. </span></div><div><span><span> This shot is stitched together from three photos to give you what I get to see every week. From left to right we have Elder Krieger (He met his girlfriend at BYU-ID on World of Warcraft, She lived across the street), Elder Larsen (The only person with a nametag whose name no one can remember), Bishop Jurgen Broo (The only Bishop I've ever met who you'll find giggling to himself halfway through sacrament</span><span>), Deije Broo ( I couldn't spell her name to save my life, but if you ever need someone to round up "volunteers" for choir she's your gal), Carolin (Caro) Broo (Don't let that sweet face fool you, it doesn't end well.. I'm serious.. If you don't believe me ask her about the Bunny that got in her way.), and last but certainly not least. Oma Broo (Rumor has it her kitchen is framed and hanging somewhere in the MTC.)</span></span></div><div><span> Anyway, if I look fatter when I get back here's your culprit.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>PS. Click the image to see the full-sized version</span></div>Seth Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512086896670795553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336532819127882915.post-64710811189737970362012-02-01T07:59:00.000-08:002012-02-01T09:12:49.823-08:00Germany!!<div style="text-align: center;">HALLO!!!! (FYI: That's German for Hello)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well I've been pretty busy lately so the whole "blogging" thing hasn't been all that high on the priority list. Besides, I doubt you were all dying to hear about my 22 page essay on The Christian Allegorical aspects of "The Pit and the Pendulum" anyway. But January is over, I've emerged from the library and have been playing catch-up with all the fun things I've been wanting to do. I've also finally gone digital :) Yeah.. I got my first digital camera, and I feel like sort of artsy fartsy type of guy whenever I pull it out of me bag. But don't worry. I'm not a photographer. Just another dude with an expensive camera and access to internet tutorials :) Well. Since I don't have to tell you everything let me just show it to you.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZPgDhXIz6Kc26r8kCudICd2NA4swBTHPwqmePfaGGh7W1wuV-EGsz7wJ9zoQ8PTQAfSLYqrlcJAgUDUhMiZeR-9lHSXUnYbpJ6zgsyBlvh8eDhE_xKPIg3vw2rzCG4tgn4-rsfme4E9A/s1600/IMG_0345.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZPgDhXIz6Kc26r8kCudICd2NA4swBTHPwqmePfaGGh7W1wuV-EGsz7wJ9zoQ8PTQAfSLYqrlcJAgUDUhMiZeR-9lHSXUnYbpJ6zgsyBlvh8eDhE_xKPIg3vw2rzCG4tgn4-rsfme4E9A/s400/IMG_0345.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704211113973188946" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Home Sweet Home. All 45 sq. feet of it. On the left is my closet, on the right is my entertainment center(aka bookshelf), and that brown thing in the foreground is the book I used to prop up my camera on my desk.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3cChPm_YACD_bH2nMWIGxMzFZuJRYUstSETXNOXPtKwgmWGjZji8T72rbs-QZbWBEEwBUPFSW6DPtZrWiV7immHjs3Hq0ESil9VjtZBp2gKfWm4TpOKquDw6wloqRToerMYM2S44fl-k/s1600/IMG_0348.JPG"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3cChPm_YACD_bH2nMWIGxMzFZuJRYUstSETXNOXPtKwgmWGjZji8T72rbs-QZbWBEEwBUPFSW6DPtZrWiV7immHjs3Hq0ESil9VjtZBp2gKfWm4TpOKquDw6wloqRToerMYM2S44fl-k/s400/IMG_0348.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704211104754965170" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">No chairs in the place. Better go furniture shopping. This one looks nice.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3i27bGHbmlGfh9dzPCfPI4x3gaIHITpC9sVXU6omYqSLRZ5BTtl917oJpEmhfawTBunNtMr43TkYzR-gFvrLRpKC4aRi6qHjjByvZZ2Up4Mz7Tya7ajVDJ1G0GWj4enpKnMbR_CKu0pI/s1600/IMG_0349.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3i27bGHbmlGfh9dzPCfPI4x3gaIHITpC9sVXU6omYqSLRZ5BTtl917oJpEmhfawTBunNtMr43TkYzR-gFvrLRpKC4aRi6qHjjByvZZ2Up4Mz7Tya7ajVDJ1G0GWj4enpKnMbR_CKu0pI/s400/IMG_0349.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704211075930550162" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ok, maybe not.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This chair is actually an optical illusion set up in the train station, and I thought it looked worth sharing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was actually on my way through the Heidelberg train station because I wanted to try and get some night shots of the city. There's an old foot bridge a little ways away from the church building that I've crossed before, and I figured it'd be my first spot to poach.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Unfortunately the night was a little foggy and I couldn't get the castle into focus like I wanted to. So I pulled out for a broader landscape shot and was pretty pleased with this.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX2JF4yxXSiAcA5L8TR7Lww1RthiQsZkAa7QNYVFlGO6h7_aMISrhCo1zXgjyS9_NhygwyK9-Ke9XJzEPS-8ElbtnhmV3axAV0O2gNtpyEac8MiicvMYi6cll1Llr2HXJ7JxUHyBl0pik/s1600/IMG_0325.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX2JF4yxXSiAcA5L8TR7Lww1RthiQsZkAa7QNYVFlGO6h7_aMISrhCo1zXgjyS9_NhygwyK9-Ke9XJzEPS-8ElbtnhmV3axAV0O2gNtpyEac8MiicvMYi6cll1Llr2HXJ7JxUHyBl0pik/s400/IMG_0325.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704211066999357266" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I still wasn't really getting what I was wanting though, so I figured I'd look around and see what else I could find. All it took was a 180 degree turn and I got this.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgl8cJH3n6aEH-ZlHUsIJB6rgsAzALs7zVSi0aV_oRgp1qygXqos4JsZyoY-YBkRI7sgHljfTXdAbOzil-n9Spv1HS_VMk4GEhRawIzTHnf3psYAawg0ZSBJWUTVFgt_SltuDQU2b7iTs/s1600/IMG_0321.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgl8cJH3n6aEH-ZlHUsIJB6rgsAzALs7zVSi0aV_oRgp1qygXqos4JsZyoY-YBkRI7sgHljfTXdAbOzil-n9Spv1HS_VMk4GEhRawIzTHnf3psYAawg0ZSBJWUTVFgt_SltuDQU2b7iTs/s400/IMG_0321.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704206475455172466" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It's nothing more than a few apartment buildings but I really like it.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdnvQBJIQwCSTE-jQjYpKIQxaLkiuODIczVdTKVPF8VZlrPqPR07_p38GuBVURIgg7EhdwaTgJs5FXObOtU91WlmnOGRrlg9LYmlAyJmK-kVgGmtkQ8IHlwqKGDBrOOxt3K-znorNjmkg/s1600/IMG_0263.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdnvQBJIQwCSTE-jQjYpKIQxaLkiuODIczVdTKVPF8VZlrPqPR07_p38GuBVURIgg7EhdwaTgJs5FXObOtU91WlmnOGRrlg9LYmlAyJmK-kVgGmtkQ8IHlwqKGDBrOOxt3K-znorNjmkg/s400/IMG_0263.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704206468041926114" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Also for those of you who didn't know I had some extra money when my University got rid of tuition for next semester. I made a quick jump across the pond to visit some family and friends. This one is from the red-eye.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOUbX1Cmk5us3CQhYirrj-ZRtddcJt9B1juwsaMWGIYu1Q9DRD-ueUlmwBEZXzdaTUD-kPPEsiLsQIKPdMa3wp2pOJgr2IAhPFMhGbi4rM5gSJMBSIN0T7Lu9NAjiiNplUHkDib8Wi8KI/s1600/IMG_0109.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOUbX1Cmk5us3CQhYirrj-ZRtddcJt9B1juwsaMWGIYu1Q9DRD-ueUlmwBEZXzdaTUD-kPPEsiLsQIKPdMa3wp2pOJgr2IAhPFMhGbi4rM5gSJMBSIN0T7Lu9NAjiiNplUHkDib8Wi8KI/s400/IMG_0109.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704206431933393458" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I also played around with looking like a Rabbi for a few months. I didn't mind but when I finally shaved the Relief Society practically threw me a jubilee.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5B9pHUi6igku5nTq0Ut3SBuekLjZxrtt1twYl5k3HRrBZMAUpHCncpQcwbW0lmu34m8YXoYHgS9mGgr7y_YlsoLuoNd5axhFJL11Bltd10SvDJ7DfGoL4VIH_o56RRGWiQfpKGFDaVVA/s1600/IMG_0061.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5B9pHUi6igku5nTq0Ut3SBuekLjZxrtt1twYl5k3HRrBZMAUpHCncpQcwbW0lmu34m8YXoYHgS9mGgr7y_YlsoLuoNd5axhFJL11Bltd10SvDJ7DfGoL4VIH_o56RRGWiQfpKGFDaVVA/s400/IMG_0061.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704206425341458802" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A little taste of Mannheim rooftops.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBk_W5iPjvghepBhFkc-TKfOdS8QIL-9tPp5vrotnYmFm0LJcjWdAhXcdRSQADICOyUETtgHjWByvESyqLDRnkzA8X7qAzq4sVWRaycgvD900UVFlkrx470N_T6bYJCPkGSCFoNZ7oOs/s1600/IMG_0007.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBk_W5iPjvghepBhFkc-TKfOdS8QIL-9tPp5vrotnYmFm0LJcjWdAhXcdRSQADICOyUETtgHjWByvESyqLDRnkzA8X7qAzq4sVWRaycgvD900UVFlkrx470N_T6bYJCPkGSCFoNZ7oOs/s400/IMG_0007.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704206417263891666" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And this here is my favorite. Minus the fact that it's tilted a few degrees to the right(no tripod) I figured it wasn't a bad job for the first real photo I took with my new camera. For those of you who don't know this is the Mannheim Water Tower. In the summer that little plaza will become a fountain. I'll have to try again then as well I guess.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's not much but it's a start. I've got lots of pictures to share, and I plan on using my bike [Thanks ALI :)] to track down all the castles in the surrounding hillsides. I know of 5 so far, but I tend to use that as my photography practice and will probably be posting on them later. Hope everything is going well for you all.</div>Seth Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512086896670795553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336532819127882915.post-77401535555389213202011-11-17T22:12:00.001-08:002011-11-17T22:35:10.754-08:00JANUARYHey hey hey...<div><br /></div><div>So I took a peak at my syllabii earlier this week and low and behold I saw the light at the end of the tunnel. That's right.. only 6 more Shorts Stories, 4 More Poems,3 more translation, 1 more Play, and 1 more Novel to go until I'm officially into Christmas Break. Bring on the Leberkuchen, and Kinderpunsch.</div><div><br /></div><div>It makes me all sorts of excited. :) The sunning is setting at 4pm, and the lights of the Weihnactsmarkte are making up for it with enough cozy twinkling to give even the jolliest elf nausea :P</div><div><br /></div><div>Ok.. it's not that bad, but German sure know how to celebrate Christmas. I mean. Honestly.. It puts us Americans to shame. As far as Christmas goes in America we got three days of good ol' celebration/fighting. AKA Black Friday, Christmas Eve, and Christmas (You can throw in New Years if you want.. still won't make a difference.), but In Germany we got The 4 Advents, St Nicolas Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas, and Second Christmas. (I'm leaving out Mary's Conception Day, and Ephinany because while cool they're not too celebrated.), and that gives us a total of 8 DAYS of celebration. Not even the Jews got it so good.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, you can probably tell that I'm excited, but who wouldn't be. What's even more exciting is that not only do German's take Christmas seriously. They also don't mess around when it comes to Christmas Break. </div><div><br /></div><div>Starting sometime within the first two weeks of Christmas, until Mid February, I am going to have more free time, (and thanks to budgeting and school grants :) ) and money than I can shake a stick at. </div><div><br /></div><div>What am I to do? So far I've got three ideas, on which I can't decide, and so.. I'm leaving it up to you. My loving masses (12 people can count as a mass right? 33 if you count Nieces, Nephews, and In-Laws) to help me decide. To your right there is a poll wherein I have set the parameters for my possible January Adventures. </div><div><br /></div><div>If further explanation is needed here are my options in detail.</div><div><br /></div><div>1) Cycling Italy</div><div> Pretty straight forward really. Get a bike, catch a train, and go far enough South to find the sun. I'm thinking somewhere between Rome and Sicily. The plan here would be to spend 2-3 weeks, more or less riding where ever I felt like. Most towns have a Hostel and so every day I can pick a destination and ride there. Take in the sights, Catch some Rays, Get lost in Translation again. All in the life of a Cyclist.</div><div><br /></div><div>2) Ski Bum Around Austria/Switzerland</div><div> More or less the same thing as Italy, but instead of going for sun, I'm going for snow. Places like Innsbruck, and St. Anton are Skiing Meccas for the european scene, and once again.. Hostels are cheap and warm, and ski rental prices are pretty reasonable. With nothing but a bag full of gear, and a lunchbox full of trailmix, bratwurst, and gouda, this trip could be a once in a lifetime homeless experience ;)</div><div><br /></div><div>3) No place like home</div><div> This option I came across whilst looking for plane fair to England, but right now flights back home to Idaho are SUPER cheap. And Mom's homecooking always does a body good. Just an idea. </div><div><br /></div><div>So go to the polls, and click your dot. Lets see where you would go if you were me.</div>Seth Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512086896670795553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336532819127882915.post-48212505279365337922011-11-11T05:00:00.001-08:002011-11-11T05:41:13.761-08:00OCD?So a question. What has to be wrong with you before the following occurs?<div><br /><div>So as many of you know I love bikes. I've ridden and/or competed in nearly every form of cycling from XC Races to Road to Time Trial to Cyclocross, and even DH and Freeride. I also seem to have a bike for every form of race as well. On top of that I've worked for the past 6 years in bike shops. First as a salesman, and later on as a mechanic. The collective worth of all my bikes combined, is probably more than what was paid for my last two cars (combined). I also have a name and personality for each one of my bikes. :) Ok.. so maybe love is too weak of a word here, but I believe I make my point clear that for me, biking isn't just a hobby, it's a passion. Whether that passion borders on the sociopathic, I'll let you decide. </div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway... knowing who I am, I knew it was going to be tough living here in Germany without a bike. I thought I could make do. I mean "logically" it's only ten months, it'll be winter most of the time, and it wouldn't be worth it to drag a bike all the way over from the states. Little did I know that not only beauty, but value is also in the eye of the beholder, and I was scarcely here a month before I realized the gravity of my error in coming to EUROPE without a bike.</div><div><br /></div><div>And when it rains it pours, because we're now a fair chunk into November and we've yet to even hit below 0 C (32 F for Americans). Heck.. today was warm enough to spend outside with only jeans and a t-shirt on. And everywhere I look there seems to be someone with a bike (The apartment bike rack is right outside my window), and more than once I've contemplated buying a pair of bolt cutters.</div><div><br /></div><div>Obviously something is up, and in order to keep myself from going Rogue and ending up in some German Prison with nothing but a single Bratwurst and a warm beer (ask a german for bread and water and he'll just look at you funny), I've found many small ways to cope. </div><div><br /></div><div>First, was the internet. Specifically Pinkbike.com. Second came Bike Magazines (an article rating Germany's Mountain Bike Parks caught my eye), and most recently it's been visiting Bike Shops on my free afternoons, specifically a shop not too far from my house called Stadler. Imagine Performance Bikes, but larger selection (Sorry for those who don't know about Performance Bikes. You'll have to remain out of the loop [and if the paranthesis(or would that be parenthii?) are bothering you, just skip em. They're kinda useless comments anyway.].).</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Well earlier this week I was going through one of my normal perusals of their wares, when a pretty snazzy looking bike, for a decent sum, caught my eye. Pulling it off the shelf for a closer inspection I found it even more appealing, and decided to take it for a spin(This store has a built in track for test riding.), and much to my dismay I found that the bike was COMPLETELY out of tune. Rear Shift Cable needed tensioning, Front Derailluer was out of alignment, handlebars were rolled too far forward, front quick-release was loose (didn't get too far with that one), and the wheels hadn't been tensioned properly (most likely not at all.). </div><div><br /></div><div>Disappointed, but knowing that sometimes these things happen, and that the mechanic responsible for building this bike was probably a newbie like I once was (I remember weeks, where everyday my VERY patient boss would bring my works back down from the sales floor and tell me to get it right) I found a salesman and told him what was up.</div><div><br /></div><div>And guess what he said. He looked at me somewhat confused and said "Oh, that's not one of our test ride bikes." HUH? Wrong answer there buddy! I don't care if this is a test ride bike or not, 1) if you intend to sell this bike, you better well be concerned that it's built right or you're going to have a very pissed off customer, and 2) if you're going to let customers ride around on bikes put out on the floor then you better make sure that they're safe to ride. That and about 4-5 points drilled into my head by my boss over the last few years ran through my head, but arguing with someone who doesn't know what they're talking about is alot like arguing online with people in the comments section. You may be right, but you still look like an idiot. </div><div><br /></div><div>So I didn't say a word. Just nodded, put the bike back, and went home vowing to myself that I'd never buy a bike from this place.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now here I am two days later, and nearing the end of this lil' novella. It's friday afternoon, and I'm once again bored (aka can't read another novel about German Buergertum or else my head will explode), and in need of some fresh air I find myself wandering through the automatic doors of Stadler again.</div><div><br /></div><div>Accept this time. I've got a multi-tool stashed in my pocket. With all the relaxed-suave-super chill moves of Danny Ocean I slowly make my way to that poor deprived soul (I mean the Bike, and yes.. they do have souls.) to see if anything had been done. Nope. </div><div><br /></div><div>A careful look around shows that we're alone. I can't spot any cameras swiveling from the rafters, and all the workers seem to be occupied with one task or another. I've got my tools in my hand, and while pretending to be simply "looking" I loosen, adjust, and retighten, one piece at a time. And then, hop on the bike and go for a short spin around the track, secretly loosening barrel adjusters, and putting the derailleur stops back into place. All under the secret guise of a simple customer, testing the fit of a bike. </div><div><br /></div><div>The whole process was maybe ten minutes. And most of that was spent doing a few victory laps around the store, because after getting the love she deserved(didn't I explain that all bikes female, I don't know how they reproduce, but they are), she was so in tune that she sang like the fat lady at the end of the show. It was great, and I think I may have found myself a new level of bike obsession to keep me satisfied until I can be reunited with Miss Devinci, Fuji Apple, and Sweet Pea next summer. Namely: Superhero Bike Mechanic (any nieces/nephews who wish to submit crayon drawings of my superhero outfit will be greatly loved [I'd offer presents but Uncle is poor and love is free.].).</div><div><br /></div><div>Or maybe I'm just sick. But if this is sick then I don't want to be healthy. </div><div><br /></div>Seth Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512086896670795553noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336532819127882915.post-37650713176707848572011-11-08T01:55:00.000-08:002011-11-08T02:43:35.977-08:00Uchtdorf<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBblO3BFUXp-gn2NrMX7ZuBzVX5oGdIv6ZDZRfnBA7A9qd6z34xaSS6khK27WQTRDfNBuGFhs0UHxqFhh5ksD1aMZQBb1ll1aKwMb2II0U8ZY89Umix9jNWtcEHaSORb_NmqY7v4ySyFU/s1600/dieter-f-uchtdorf-21.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBblO3BFUXp-gn2NrMX7ZuBzVX5oGdIv6ZDZRfnBA7A9qd6z34xaSS6khK27WQTRDfNBuGFhs0UHxqFhh5ksD1aMZQBb1ll1aKwMb2II0U8ZY89Umix9jNWtcEHaSORb_NmqY7v4ySyFU/s400/dieter-f-uchtdorf-21.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672563925639455602" /></a> So as many of you already know. There's a certain man in the LDS Church who is kind of a celebrity amongst Saints, Airline Pilots, and German Speaking Missionaries, and if you've managed to come this far without reading the blog title I'll give you a hint. He's the only German Second Counselor in the First Presidency. That's right, it's President Dieter F.(Short for Friedrich I believe) Uchtdorf, and his birthday is on November 6th, (Guy Fawlkes fans may enter their own "Remember Remember Jokes here"), and in order to celebrate he decided to throw a fireside. Quite the partier wouldn't you say? Well I guess when you've got enough friends to fill two stake buildings, a fireside is the safer way to go, but anyway I digress. Back on topic, in celebration of his birthday, President Uchtdorf came back to his home stake and held a fireside for the members he's known almost all his life.<div>And luckily for this German bound guy, President Uchtdorf is the former stake president of the Darmstadt/Frankfurt/Heidelberg area, which just so happens to be my stake. :) hooray.</div><div>But wait, there's more! </div><div>In a special invitation to many of the YSA in the area who are active in institute, the choir seats were left open as a place for them to sit.</div><div><br /></div><div>So... fast forward to last sunday, as the chapel, cultural hall, overflow room 1, overflow room 2, and overflow room 3 were filling themselves one mini van sized family at a time, this skinny college student managed to squeeze a spot roughly ten feet away from the podium. After assuring that both the podium, and estimated seating arrangement of Uchtdorf and Frau were as close as possible, and that a clear line of sight would be maintainable at all time I settled in for the next 90 minutes. </div><div>As he walked into the chapel there was the expected wave of silence, as the congregation stood, but what took me by surprise was how instead of taking the most direct route to the pulpit, he progressed around the chapel through a series of hugs, and handshakes from one old friend to the next, until he eventually made his way to the stand where he took his place.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBooa9azT7L1Wc8uGJHql0XWvPsGKiMO4ovDLyy31BHLnGUw0B3Ltbo5ZSTL6JZLO2bihyphenhyphenHsXBCeMi2cg66hfoxjYt9J-8ZaPUWDG2j49gPO2Tj0RXyqcMFlPQvFyOppK0gETChZMO8I/s1600/fireside.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBooa9azT7L1Wc8uGJHql0XWvPsGKiMO4ovDLyy31BHLnGUw0B3Ltbo5ZSTL6JZLO2bihyphenhyphenHsXBCeMi2cg66hfoxjYt9J-8ZaPUWDG2j49gPO2Tj0RXyqcMFlPQvFyOppK0gETChZMO8I/s400/fireside.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672563918256396370" /></a>I didn't have a camera handy, but my friend Sara was kind enough to provide this shot. Basically if you remove that clump of hair on the left side, and slide the camera a few inches over to the left you'll see me. :) I know this is about as much proof of my being present as there being life on other planets, but hey.. they're both plausible right?</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, President Uchtdorf gave a wonderful talk, that as far as my notes say was about the using of small and simple things to build and bear testimony. He didn't have a specific topic as far as I could tell, and mostly his tone was that of speaking to friends and family rather than teaching a specific lesson.</div><div><br /></div><div>He provided a few anecdotes, recalled a few memories, and gave his testimony of the authenticity of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.</div><div><br /></div><div>My favorite story, was probably the one he tells of when a newly baptized family first came into his ward. There was a young woman in this family that he described as "the one with large brown eyes", and he explained how as a teacher, he'd try and organize his route while organizing the sacrament so that he could be the one to hand her the bread/water. He always wore his best suit on those days, and made sure it didn't get wet or wrinkled or worn.</div><div><br /></div><div>She knew him as: The boy who always wore the same suit.</div><div><br /></div><div>He argued it was the only one he had.</div><div><br /></div><div>Needless to say that brown-eyed girl eventually became Sister Uchtdorf, and it's funny to note the effect one pretty girl who knows her standards, can work on even the scrawniest of deacons.</div><div><br /></div><div>All in all the fireside was a grand ol' time. And after the closing prayer Uchtdorf surprised us by running back up the microphone to tell everyone to not run away so fast, as he still needed to track down some friends and catch up. We surprised him in turn by sinking an off key, multilingual rendition of Happy Birthday.</div><div><br /></div><div>I didn't get to shake his hand, but he did shake the hand of the guy next to me, and was probably about to shake mine, but the quickly growing mob (interesting that now our Prophets are mobbed with handshakes and hugs) swept him away before he could. It's all ok though. I got to stand a few feet from him, and got to look him in the eye. (He's shorter than I thought), and that really was more than I could've ever hoped form.</div><div><br /></div>Seth Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512086896670795553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336532819127882915.post-75398170213415228462011-09-18T17:25:00.001-07:002011-09-18T17:26:28.839-07:00Coolest Companionship Ever<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg44j8kimEGp-HuJX9EnzpRs_5l-d30DIBVgJgoQYDNJ8cRe0nUv-dJ4tMRfBRkmRJmcSPtNN9ps5piVANmoIfRWDxpFCq2xyb6snNyBfso4FWH0vTHc5hYG5rfEi08-rpFpM49k8MeYIE/s1600/Coolest+Companionship+Ever.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg44j8kimEGp-HuJX9EnzpRs_5l-d30DIBVgJgoQYDNJ8cRe0nUv-dJ4tMRfBRkmRJmcSPtNN9ps5piVANmoIfRWDxpFCq2xyb6snNyBfso4FWH0vTHc5hYG5rfEi08-rpFpM49k8MeYIE/s400/Coolest+Companionship+Ever.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653860400691001282" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I have the strangest urge to listen to what they have to say.</div>Seth Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512086896670795553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336532819127882915.post-79277335759320323242011-09-18T15:47:00.000-07:002011-09-18T16:42:15.982-07:00Lift Where You StandAs most of you know my coming to Germany had a large part to do with some very wonderful school opportunities, but always in the background I've had the feeling that while here I would also have the opportunity to learn some gospel truths. <div>Its exactly a month since I left, and as I was winding down for the day I was puzzling over all that's happened in these short but seemingly full weeks a conference talk came into mind that I'd heard once. I can't recall the name of the talk, nor the speaker, but I do remember clearly the phrase "Lift Where You Stand." coming clear in word and meaning from across the pulpit.</div><div>Often, in a society where much knowledge is present, we as humans tend to focus so much more on sharing what we know, and as consequence to our mortal limits lose focus on doing what we should. The balance is hard to find, and I as often as not, tend to end up on the wrong side of the focus as well. But as I recalled that phrase, two examples came to mind of events that conspired in the last week that I was privileged to observe.</div><div><br /></div><div>The first took place Thursday evening after the weekly Institute lesson, during dinner. Many of you may already know this, and many of you might not, but for those in Europe of the young single adult age, we do not have Singles Wards or Firesides or Linger Longers. Most of us don't even live in the same stake, let alone the same town. But one of the greatest blessings we've been able to have is the Institute Centers, which are run, voluntarily generally by Senior Missionaries, or Members (Most of which are not young). And due to the distances traveled by many of Young Single Adults every week after institute a dinner is held, (Matt 15:32). </div><div>These facts may seem trivial and a digression, but please bear with me. They have a point. And that is every week Sister Ybarra (a lovely old woman who you want to just hug as tight as you can, but you're scared too because you may snap her in half), calmly prepares a meal capable of rivaling most Thanksgiving tables, (usually missing out on the lesson), sets the tables, waits for everyone to be served, and quietly cleans up afterwards. Without saying so much as word. Honestly.. I'm sure she finds great pleasure in the work, but on last thursday we had lasagna on the menu, and it was clear by the 4 or 5 lasagna pans that were now lying empty on the serving table, that Sister Ybarra would very likely be washing dishes well into the night. I was just noticing this, when I saw a man, who of a generally quiet nature, got up, walked over to the table, and gathered the pans into his hands and walked into the kitchen. </div><div>Maybe it was the spirit, maybe it was guilt, maybe it was both, but I too got up and joined him. We didn't get much done. Just scrubbed, and dried the lasagna pans, before we were pulled aside to help with something else.</div><div>Between the two of us the whole deed took probably less time than its taken to read this anecdote, and honestly the whole thing was forgotten soon after.</div><div>That is until yesterday, when Sister Ybarra stopped me in the foyer, looked at me with a smile, and just said "Thank you." in a voice that clearly meant it. I don't know if it was the dishes she was thanking me for, or if it was for noticing her and stopping to help. Probably doesn't matter in the end, but thank goodness for that quiet observant man.</div><div><br /></div><div>The other story, while much shorter, and maybe not as impressionable, is one that is just good. As many of you may know, I'm in possession of one very ragged, and worn sweater vest. Many of you have often stuck your fingers in the holes and said with all the deduction of Sherlock Holmes.. "There's a hole in your vest." To which I generally smile, and say "Yep". I really don't know why I like this particular sweater vest. In fact... I generally dislike vests and sweaters all together, let alone a combination of the two in argyle brown. But when I wear it I feel good, and so like a tattered comfort blanket I carry it from continent to continent. Well as you might've guessed... as this story was taking place. I was wearing it. And once again, a very observant friend of mine said. "You have a hole in your vest." To which I said.. "Yep, a couple actually" and I pointed out a few more as I explained that this used to be my Dad's vest when he was my age, and that it's my favorite. </div><div>She smiled. </div><div>Then she pursed her lips in thought.</div><div>And in a very stern voice she said "Take it off."</div><div>At first I thought I hadn't heard her right. But she repeated herself, and motioned for me to take it off. Still somewhat confused, I obliged her, thinking maybe she wanted to get a better look at the holes, and handed it over.</div><div>She held it up. Looked at. Pursed her lips in thought again. And then rolled it up and stuffed it into her purse.</div><div>"I'm going to fix it." she said "I'm not very good at sewing, but I think I can take care of those holes." And before I could nod, she turned back to her scriptures ending any argument.</div><div>It was so simple. She saw a need. She thought maybe she could do something about it. And acted upon that impulse.</div><div><br /></div><div>The admonition to "Lift Where You Stand" is a wonderful teaching, but anyone who's attempted to eat the core of an apple knows... fruits taste much better than seeds.</div>Seth Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512086896670795553noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336532819127882915.post-68134088059664337862011-09-09T09:58:00.000-07:002011-09-09T10:11:43.844-07:00I want my ballSo earlier this week after classes were finished I headed into the city with my friend Sara to go looking for school books. We were one our way from one book store to another, when I noticed a little girl, probably around two years old, trying to reach her ball which was floating in the city center fountain. It was just inches away from her fingers, and her face was just a mask of determination in reaching her toy. My first thoughts were <i>how cute</i>, but that was rapidly followed by an almost audible <i>UH-OH</i> when she started raising her chubby leg over the small wall of the fountain. Those of you who have ever raised a two year old can already guess the outcome if she succeeds in mounting the wall. <span style="font-style:italic;"></span><div>Spying no parents on their way to intervene, I tapped her on the shoulder and asked if she needed someone to get her ball. She kinda looked at me like "Duh", but was kind enough to just simply point and say "Ball" a few times. Which was good enough for me. I asked her to hold some papers I had on me (schedules, syllabii, book lists, normal first week stuff) and then reached out into the fountain to get the ball (which had now floated farther away). I was just about to grab the ball, when a splash of water drenched my arm. Looking over I saw my chubby little friend had tried to use my papers to extend her reach, but had succeeded mainly in dunking my papers. She was about ready to go for it again, but by then I had the ball and as quickly as possible I exchanged her wet ball for my wet papers. Which seemed like a fair deal to her. And I went to dry off my papers while she looked ready to toss her ball somewhere else.</div><div>Crazy kids. They're just too cute and smart for they're own good.</div>Seth Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512086896670795553noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336532819127882915.post-17197938574200567952011-09-07T02:02:00.001-07:002011-09-07T02:20:28.311-07:00BednarLast night the Mannheim/Heidelberg Stake a wonderful fireside, and I'm sure you can guess by the title why. Elder Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles was here and needless to say the meeting house in Kaiserslautern was PACKED! I arrived late because I had a class I couldn't miss, but when I got there the parking lot was so full that people had filled the lanes between the rows of parking spots. Everything was bumper to bumper, and you could say the same thing about the seating conditions inside. Luckily I managed to find an open piece of wall up on the stage I could lean on, and despite the heat there seemed to be enough people fanning themselves with their progams to create a subtle enough breeze through the place. I don't know if he gave a talk or not, but when I got their E. Bednar was doing a Q&A Session with the members. <br />While there were certainly tons of questions, some of the one that stood out in my memory were:<br /> From a 12 year old deacon:How do I prepare to become a Missionary?<br /> Bednar: You are a missionary now, and you should have a good 6 years of missionary experiences before you become a full time missionary. He pointed out that he could 1) Pray like a missionary, 2)Read like a missionary, and 3)Invite others to come unto the Gospel like a Missionary. <br /><br /> From a mother of five daughters: How do you raise children to be able to live in the world without being of the world?<br /> Bednar: Speak less, Listen More, Invite to Action.<br /><br /> From a Father: Which form of Football do you prefer? American or European?<br /> Bednar: I prefer the favorite sport of which ever country I am in.<br /><br /> And one answer to which I cannot remember the question I remember hearing E. Bednar give strong testimony to the amazing power of the atonement. He admonished that the Savior does in fact know us by name, and personality, and that whatever it is we're going through. WE CAN DO IT.<br /><br /> In the end he bore his testimony of the Savior and firmly admonished his role a a witness of Jesus Christ, and of the reality and divinity of The Man.<br /><br /> It really was a great evening. One that left me staring out the car window in thought on the ride home. Kinda cool to have what we have :DSeth Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512086896670795553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336532819127882915.post-19311944271642359942011-09-05T01:39:00.001-07:002011-09-05T01:40:20.880-07:00First Day :)Well It's 10:30 and I'm just about ready to head off to my first day of classes. Here I go :)Seth Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512086896670795553noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336532819127882915.post-58534218167180937412011-08-24T09:53:00.001-07:002011-08-24T10:06:57.102-07:00Help... someone stole the soapNot joking... about that title their. So I've been in Germany almost a week now, and so far getting settled has had it's ups and downs. The biggest of which has probably been my search for an apartment(found one by the way.. but more on that later), so for the past week I've been bunking in a hostel just south of the university, and going into the city during the day to get stuff for school figured out. Registration, Paying fees, opening bank accounts, eating fatty cafeteria food, perusing the want ads for apartments, and so on and so forth.
<br />Well not two hours ago I had just made my way back to my bunk, and given the incredible humidity of the day I was ripe for a shower. So I gathered up my things and made my way over to the showers only to find them occupied. Not really wanting to go back to my room just yet I figured I'd step outside and walk down to the Rhein(about 50 yards)while I waited for the showers to open up. A thunderstorm was rolling by in the distance and I figured while I watched the lightshow I'd try skipping a few rocks out onto the river. Putting my hat, shampoo, and towel, down onto a bench I walked the last twenty feet or so to the river.
<br />The lightning was awesome, and the storm was close enough that the thunder felt like the sky was being torn in half. Even the wind was strong enough that I could stand out on a rock and lean out over the Rhein without falling in. It really was something to behold.
<br />The storm was quickly passed, as most summer storms are, maybe five minutes at the longest, and then I turned around to find my bench completely empty with the exception of my hat.
<br />Seems I'd just been robbed.
<br />I tried to be upset, and it may have worked for about 3 maybe 4 seconds, until the picture of some homeless man walking around town with nothing but a bottle of shampoo and a towel and around his waist popped into my head.
<br />I guess the guy really needed a shower, as that's all he took.
<br />I still feel the need to chuckle when I think about it. Maybe next time I'll leave a razor and some shaving cream out. ;)Seth Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512086896670795553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336532819127882915.post-31344144300961512862011-08-16T07:59:00.000-07:002011-08-16T08:05:52.401-07:00Leaving on a Jet PlaneWell it's T-30 hours, and it finally seems a reality that I'm going to be spending the next year in Germany. It's funny how the mind can refuse to truly comprehend something until the very last minute, while at the same time it while take the body through all the motions of packing, saying goodbye, and I dare say...flying. Even now I don't really think it's fully dawned on me yet that I'm actually leaving, and for how long. Strange...
<br />Anyway as I woke up this morning and looked at my bare 10' X 10' bedroom it kinda hit me that I'm out of here :) All that's left to do is pay some final bills, roll up the sleeping bag, and unplug the tv. It's going to be weird. It's going to be hard. It's going to be alot of things, but most of all... THIS IS GOING TO FREAKING ROCK!!!! And if not... well at least I got to go on a plane ride :DSeth Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512086896670795553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336532819127882915.post-51602243647619796792011-08-05T21:37:00.000-07:002011-08-05T21:43:19.824-07:00Me in Fifty YearsOk... so my roommate Myka is a pretty big fan of the band Angels and Airwaves... He showed me this and while the movie is cool I really thought the old man was definitely a futuristic version of me. What do you think?<div><br /></div><div><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/27230770?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/27230770">"HALLUCINATIONS" LOST FOOTAGE FROM THE ANGELS & AIRWAVES FILM "LOVE"</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/angelsandairwaves">Angels And Airwaves</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p>Also this video is pretty rad as well. Kings and Queens by Thirty Seconds to Mars</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8jNNRbsq7pE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /></div>Seth Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512086896670795553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336532819127882915.post-86413014448660278732011-07-18T19:07:00.000-07:002011-07-18T19:11:46.725-07:00WILL HE COME BACK ALONE??Ok... so I'm sorry for not really being that up to date on my whole germany thing. Most of you were notified through text or phone when the exciting news came, but for those who don't already know. I'M GOING TO GERMANY or in other words ICH GEHE NACH DEUTSCHLAND. But what I find even more interesting is the vast majority of people who think I'm going to be getting married over there. Everyone from Professors, CoWorkers, Friends, Bishoprics, and even Family have all asked the daunting question. So if you look to the column on the right you'll find a poll. check yes or no as to whether you think I'll be coming back with a little Fraulein.Seth Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512086896670795553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336532819127882915.post-7462427346531570732011-05-07T18:11:00.000-07:002011-05-07T18:49:14.670-07:00Mannheim<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheuOz3eVwiKw_fcuDQdWzXR5Xtq1DyO-IP-g0odzpE08O4fpmYdlfwFRZdzzZXznm5wowO1fMtpVlHN3_waWImP2J4Y0Qtd7vdefXckDE1V7c7BbnO9SZgR6gQPT7l8YOw6Naol0knvrc/s1600/DVC00437.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheuOz3eVwiKw_fcuDQdWzXR5Xtq1DyO-IP-g0odzpE08O4fpmYdlfwFRZdzzZXznm5wowO1fMtpVlHN3_waWImP2J4Y0Qtd7vdefXckDE1V7c7BbnO9SZgR6gQPT7l8YOw6Naol0knvrc/s400/DVC00437.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604148857594918610" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>After 4 months another project has finally come to a close. These two manila envelopes are currently on their journey across the pond to a small little city of Mannheim, Germany, and my stomach hasn't stopped churning since. <div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Some of you may already know this, but for those who don't these two nerve-wracking envelopes contain my application for a study abroad at the University of Mannheim. I'm hoping that this fall I'll be able to finish my BA in German Studies in Germany, and that I'll be able to do it in the city I once served in for 4 months in.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>This city is absolutely beautiful, and the idea of going back is one that makes both excitement and nervousness pool into my gut at the same time. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>There's a longer story of how I came to this point, much of it directed by the spirit, but I'll save you the messy details. Lets just say this is a once in lifetime opportunity that doesn't even happen to those who do a foreign exchange.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Normally an exchange student will go to a predetermined sister school, and when I first started looking at doing an exchange that's what I did as well, but it didn't quite feel right. Then a little voice said "what about the university in mannheim" and so I shot off an email to the international students department at Mannheim U and found out that they had an entire program for students like me.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal;">Many prayers, fasts, and piles of paperwork later I finally sealed the envelopes and penned in the address. I was so nervous I had to rewrite the address twice because I kept leaving out letters in the address. On top of that I even made a photocopy of all my transcripts, applications, photos, and letters of recommendation and put together a second envelope "just to be sure" my application arrived.</span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7IBkSQ75HgOYRlflriT2OFfqCXVNH4ksRtWp1iEnjNhXNC4gO3eaFijRc8oyPN4Z4Khq-zJKDWtAy_0co2K5J_iohFmeOSsnMuNjBoSsTxOUQlCa0eANTMOu7qVeR8mgxvhayWPfbqBc/s1600/DVC00436.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7IBkSQ75HgOYRlflriT2OFfqCXVNH4ksRtWp1iEnjNhXNC4gO3eaFijRc8oyPN4Z4Khq-zJKDWtAy_0co2K5J_iohFmeOSsnMuNjBoSsTxOUQlCa0eANTMOu7qVeR8mgxvhayWPfbqBc/s400/DVC00436.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604148855826725938" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>And so now I wait......</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The University won't even begin to look at the applications of foreign exchange students until their semester ends at the end of May, and so I won't even know if I'm accepted into the program until mid to end June, and it's killing me.... Every couple of days I get on google maps and look at the satellite imagery of the city. It seems that tracing my path through the city with a mouse is the only way to keep myself calm. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I don't know what the future will bring, but it sure looks exciting. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>There are two more posts below this so don't hit the little x in the corner just yet. Scroll down to see what else is new in my life.<br /><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5W2Tg-sHWj3yItX_8t-MVbxJjvYgiUTJ7nuQGaT0ak7XNtDX2ig9hakZRRDC7i1Prw4JQ64f4sPdJUwSVa_Hb94bQcFJOdYB_R1WZIzQ8aQ_UfEz5RFh1TA0muOwU5GcvD1u6aDVz50M/s1600/Mannheim+Water+Tower.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5W2Tg-sHWj3yItX_8t-MVbxJjvYgiUTJ7nuQGaT0ak7XNtDX2ig9hakZRRDC7i1Prw4JQ64f4sPdJUwSVa_Hb94bQcFJOdYB_R1WZIzQ8aQ_UfEz5RFh1TA0muOwU5GcvD1u6aDVz50M/s400/Mannheim+Water+Tower.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604148254920505490" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div>Seth Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512086896670795553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336532819127882915.post-64636612522657377892011-05-07T16:33:00.000-07:002011-05-07T16:55:26.863-07:00Little Black Dress<div><div>One of the greatest advantages of having four seasons within a year is that not only is there a change in pace between cycling and skiing, but that there is also some downtime from riding that allows you to really put some tender loving care into your bike.<div><br /></div><div>Ever since I first purchased Miss Devinci (My downhill bike )back in 2009 I've had plans to eventually rebuild her into a race worthy machine. Well this last winter. Thanks to a very hefty tax return and some friends who are great at scanning the internet for deals I'm proud to present:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >MISS RAVEN DEVINCI</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVOf_vJp6KQOYG9tVGFwcRC3_mOl5dtfHf8odT5mNSkO1bVRRGHp0O40TN3b9jRvEUeGb0gZEnTGkCvoSSXKcj0jdWjBTmxv_WbtEamjMFo11_S28eVKZRJFdVpTwJkr7U6sP1jNeCvI/s1600/DVC00442.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVOf_vJp6KQOYG9tVGFwcRC3_mOl5dtfHf8odT5mNSkO1bVRRGHp0O40TN3b9jRvEUeGb0gZEnTGkCvoSSXKcj0jdWjBTmxv_WbtEamjMFo11_S28eVKZRJFdVpTwJkr7U6sP1jNeCvI/s400/DVC00442.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604122981080495346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px; " /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >If you can't remember (or even cared to remember) what she looked like before just scroll down a couple of blogs and you'll see some pictures of her stripped down to the frame just before I started painting her.</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >The paint job sure took awhile. I started back in February by first stripping all the paint off the frame and bringing her down to bare aluminium (No pictures were taken of Miss Devinci naked, it wouldn't be proper), and then with a loosely obtained permission from my landlord I pitched a tent in the yard and through the month March I began laying down layers of primer, and then paint.</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Unfortunately Winter made a come back for the beginning of April and the process was put on hold, as part of the painting process requires a full day where no wind or dirt or rain could contaminate the drying paint. I don't think I've ever followed the news as closely. Also not to mention that between each coat a paint the surface had to be wet-sanding and any paint runs or mistakes had to be removed before the next layer was put down.</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >On top of that the rear shock was sent off to Fox Racing Suspensions to be overhauled, new bearings for the headset and bottom bracket were dug up, and a brand spanking new set of race wheels were located by my friend Ty (Who desperately needs to get back from the Middle East so we can go ride).</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >You may not understand everything that was done but it's ok. A picture says a thousand words, and I think I'll let Miss Devinci tell you everything. Here are a few less than professional quality pictures.</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmTpGEhZsGku4REvsQ8WmiYYUIR8zu1AXj20Kk3yahAocVeGMjSlVlU-p4wvaMMIQ7Nj7wyTJ9Utkc_5Tf_Txpu-gkKOcZr4pGpSnx5ehqchnUQr1b7Wga389ReS66IA8BYXwXgRrYnE/s1600/DVC00287.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmTpGEhZsGku4REvsQ8WmiYYUIR8zu1AXj20Kk3yahAocVeGMjSlVlU-p4wvaMMIQ7Nj7wyTJ9Utkc_5Tf_Txpu-gkKOcZr4pGpSnx5ehqchnUQr1b7Wga389ReS66IA8BYXwXgRrYnE/s400/DVC00287.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604126974169934066" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEBdnLfznWCyfw-QWawo5mUcTCHWD3IFwNP9ud8-3sL-7tVVX014gYYWf-cPhbkQgmEka61agG4pqFFFJZ42s9R4Zv6iekfS1WYSmzGbpEBJItUGUmojkcbtY1PFN18ZXjy26KS0OmqmQ/s1600/DVC00438.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEBdnLfznWCyfw-QWawo5mUcTCHWD3IFwNP9ud8-3sL-7tVVX014gYYWf-cPhbkQgmEka61agG4pqFFFJZ42s9R4Zv6iekfS1WYSmzGbpEBJItUGUmojkcbtY1PFN18ZXjy26KS0OmqmQ/s400/DVC00438.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604126967814432162" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqllOywOxGhov14AHOaGEel8W0F0j8T7nzyGEdXZ_EMulevM3DH8a7Rh1_W9UHQEEhEJwP0peCBANQ73r8qSFPHZ2N4L04XNsiwBO30ZZ6Bo2yvpcv7SaYvlxqAndNZIZXqJsWV4vQLA/s1600/DVC00439.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqllOywOxGhov14AHOaGEel8W0F0j8T7nzyGEdXZ_EMulevM3DH8a7Rh1_W9UHQEEhEJwP0peCBANQ73r8qSFPHZ2N4L04XNsiwBO30ZZ6Bo2yvpcv7SaYvlxqAndNZIZXqJsWV4vQLA/s400/DVC00439.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604126960356912658" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoKtYNntNyKJUag7uI3VhBnCYnZlFNxm_NmA-Mcck5GLdal_sOypnnp1PjYDD9T61sRNSLj25vYwUF0SuIF5YMuD-AOk2r1M0sJVLEWiodQDAQ1z5kA9m2Iv2kDjN60Lu0RT88gHOFMuA/s1600/DVC00443.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoKtYNntNyKJUag7uI3VhBnCYnZlFNxm_NmA-Mcck5GLdal_sOypnnp1PjYDD9T61sRNSLj25vYwUF0SuIF5YMuD-AOk2r1M0sJVLEWiodQDAQ1z5kA9m2Iv2kDjN60Lu0RT88gHOFMuA/s400/DVC00443.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604126963299044626" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Seth Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12512086896670795553noreply@blogger.com2