May 22nd, 2009

The mysterious disposable camera.

Posted in Fun Stuff by ben

I found a partially used disposable camera hiding under our stereo back in August 2008. I had no idea how long it had been sitting down there, so I took it to school to finish out the roll. The camera was pretty old. The original pictures might be from around 2003. Harriet was still skinny back then. Anyway, here’s the entire roll.

Snoop - Snoop Dog is crazy.
Harriet - Mum and Harriet, in their skinnier days. KIDDING. But seriously, Harriet’s fat now.
Family - I’m not sure what the occasion is. It might be Hanukkah, since only my Dad’s side of the family is there.
Dinner
Nintendo - Not sure whose Nintendo SP I’m playing. I never got the cool backlit version.
Alex - Wielding a knife, it seems.
Giant dog - Flash forward a few years to Fall 2008.
Andrew - Weird color going on here.
Coors tower - Andrew drank all that himself. True story.
Shamwow - This picture carries a certain cultural import with the Shamwow sitting in the background.
Happy Andrew - Coming back from an Internetz Show taping, I think.
Tired Andrew - It was a rough birthday celebration, I guess.
Peeved Andrew - Those Melba crackers may have still been there at the end of the year.
Excited Robin - I was playing Tony Hawk on the PS2, hence the excitement.
More PS2 - I was actually controlling Andrew at this point. We were playing Blackbird.
Fishy - The Chipolé Tabasco sauce in the background was procured by Andrew. He never finished it.
Dramatic Andrew - Apparently Robin and I think Andrew is a good photo subject.
Andrew’s Meal - Wild Turkey in the hand and Dum-Dums under the chin.
Knife Attack - I’m not sure what’s happening here.
Blue Andrew - Pop art?.
Birthday Andrew - Empty shotglasses, intended to be filled and consumed by Andrew.
Reluctant Andrew - One down, 20 to go.
Smells Fruity - They played a game with Andrew. Some of them were fruit juice, which Andrew prayed to find.
Whoooaoa - Clearly upset about something.
Catpong - It’s like beer pong, except with cats.

The film roll was a fairly faithful recollection of life in the Loop Lofts, post flash flood. Robin and I basically messed with Andrew whenever he came home as punishment for leaving the recycling box inside while he recycled his single milk jug.

May 5th, 2009

Bike ride and bewilderment.

Posted in Random by ben

I went on quite the adventure yesterday. I took my dying Huffy Ironman bike on a tour of the city. It’s dying because the chain is completely red from rust, one gear shifter has snapped off, the other doesn’t do anything, the front brake has been deactivated, and until yesterday, it had a hole in the back tire. Well, I fixed the tire, but I’m still stuck in the highest possible gear with no breaking power. This means even the smallest of hills poses a formidable challenge.

Anyway, I rode around town looking for Geocaches I haven’t found. Despite living in St. Louis for almost three years now, I still haven’t found most of the caches in the city. I delude myself into thinking I’m too busy, studying and doing work (when in reality I spend too much time on the computer and playing frisbee). So here’s a map of my travels. The ride was about 20 miles in total. It would have been more, but I cheated and took the train back to Delmar from SLU.

In the end, I found 15 caches. That’s not a personal record for a day, since I found 25 back in January ‘07. But it’s definitely the most I’ve found without the crutch of a car. It was a great distraction from exams, which I’ll be finishing up tomorrow. I should be home Thursday or Friday for some hometown fun.

April 19th, 2009

The arch and awesomeness.

Posted in Random by ben

John and I took a trip down to the Arch for some Saturday afternoon fun. There was lots of activity despite the rain, you should check out the video we made.


John on the Street - The Arch from Ben Gross on Vimeo.

This weekend has been pretty miserable weather-wise. Hopefully that means it will be nice and sunshiney for Ultimate Frisbee regionals in Little Rock, AK next weekend. But I wouldn’t count on it, based on the past few ultimate tournaments we’ve attended.

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