A real adventure

Hey,

So this thursday I saw a rock climbing buddy of mine going into his house with a few friends of his, and I called out to him to figure out what he was up to. Before I knew it I was watching Michael Scott's last episode of the office, and hanging out in his apartment.

After that was over (and after we ate plenty of honey pretzel sticks), we wrestled a little bit, and said our farewells to the girls who had come over to watch.

Then we decided the night was still young, and a few guys were itching to do some climbing (myself included) so we headed over to the fine arts building. Upon arrival, we scouted out the place, and started climbing. It was a very easy climb to the first spot (about 15-20 feet up) AND if we fell, it would be on to dirt. So I felt pretty good about going up, and the climb proved very easy. (LEVEL 1)

The next section was a little harder. Really it was just about balancing, we had a pipe that went up to the next level, and a few power boxes. We just had to be careful not to put too much weight onto anything, didn't want to brake anything. But we got up there (LEVEL 2), with slightly more difficulty, but we got up. We then found a ladder, and before I knew it, I was on top of the fine arts building. (LEVEL 3)

We walked across almost the whole thing and found an even harder spot. This was basically 2 ledges, and the top ledge had an overhang. I did manage to get up to the first ledge eventually, but I concluded going for the second one was a little risky, so I passed. Ben and Will got up there, and set against the night sky, they were like phantoms (invisible). (LEVEL 4)

After about 5 minutes we decided to head back down, which we did carefully and quietly as we could...

Except apparently someone heard us, because the Janitors showed up as we were getting down to the second level. So we hung tight for a bit, we couldn't climb down because there were SO many cops going by. *Note to self, thursday night = drinking night in athens = lots of cops = don't climb thursday nights...*

I'm not totally sure how Ben and Will did it, but they got down from there when there was a break in the cops without being seen. Or maybe they were seen. Because the report was 2 peeps climbing. But they convinced the cops (who showed up 5 minutes later) it wasn't them, and so me and Josh were up there just chillin...

I gave Josh my phone, and he become the radio man of sorts. While hiding in the shadows, Josh and I patiently waited for the cops to go away. I'm not sure exactly how long we waited, but it was at least 30 minutes. We saw a flash light searching once, but we managed to successfully hide from the cops.

The thing that baffled us was how they didn't find us. We weren't very well hidden, there were 3 BIG windows right near us, and had they even come up to the second floor (as one window was by the stairs) all they would have had to do is look out the window to see us. (My theory is they checked the first floor for signs of breaking-and-entering, and, having found nothing, concluded we were just some rascals climbing on stuff - but I really don't know).

Either way, we got Kevin to scout out for us about 30 minutes later. (We couldn't have Ben and Will scout because it would have been way too suspicious). The cops apparently had left, and Kevin gave us the all clear, and me and Josh practically flew back to the ground. We then casually walked back with Kevin, watched them finish their frisbee golf game, then, at last, went to bed.

And now for the visual record of the night:

Josh and Will - for those of you who don't know them - getting ready for the dance the next night!


Hannah and Crystal playing chubby bunny!

Just a normal night...

Okay, a little less normal

AWESOME!

The ladder

(Uh oh... slowin down on the way down b/c lots of 5-0)

You be so quiet. So still (Green Mile)

The radio man

WE'RE LEAVIN! (btw, this is one of the obvious windows...)

Another window... cops can't have been lookin too hard

Our savior (scouted for us)

Veni, Vidi, Vici (I came, I saw, I conquered)

Home sweet home...

Finals time now, #1 goal, make it to tuesday night.  Everything else is just details.
Peace
-Chris

Rock Wall Songs

Create a MySpace Playlist at MixPod.com

I wanted to put in "You're a Wolf - Sea Wolf" but I couldn't find a good version of it...

Enjoy!
-Chis Peyser

Climbin!

Check out 1:41

Eight problems from Åmål, Sweden from westcoast bouldering on Vimeo.

(I'm honestly pretty amazed I haven't spammed this blog with climbing pics... And again, these aren't exactly my adventures or tales, but who cares, it's an awesome video!)

(Also, pick your favorite song and mute this video, I don't have any idea what's up with their music choice...)

take it easy yal!
-Chris

I did call this adventures AND Tales after all...

So I figure now would be a good time to start putting up some tales!

Take A Needle To Heaven

There lived a wealthy sheth but he was a scrooge, mean and miserly. He never spent a rupee, never donated a paise, and always wore worn shoes and tattered clothes. One day he fell seriously ill and became bedridden. During his whole life, it was said, he had only one friend, his personal tailor. But unfortunately, he had died a few months earlier. Everyone knew the sheth's days were numbered. One by one his family and neighbours came to pay their formal respects. When the tailor's son arrived, the sheth said, ''It seems that I will not last long here. My moment to rise to heaven has come.''

The young boy, though only fifteen years old, was very wise. He knew of the sheth's craving for wealth and miserliness. He replied, ''O Sheth, my father is already in heaven. He often told me that he wished to sew rich garments for the Lord. But he forgot to take his needle with him. Will you please take this needle with you and give it to him.'' ''Oh, alright, I'll be happy to do that,'' he agreed.

The sheth was happy to do anything as long as it did not involve any giving. He took the needle and gave the boy permission to leave. Alone, in his bed, he began wondering ''Where shall I place the needle? Pin it in my shirt? No, that won't do. All my clothes will burn away in my funeral fire. In my mouth. Yes, I'll place the needle in the bulge of my cheek.'' Then again, he had second thoughts, ''But my whole body will be burnt to ashes. How am I to carry this small needle to heaven?''

The more he thought about it the more confused he became. Finally, he called the tailor's boy and said, ''Son, here, take your needle back. I won't be able to take it to heaven.'' ''But,'' the boy looked amused, ''If you are going to carry all your millions of rupees to heaven, then why can't you carry one little needle?'' The sheth's inner eyes were opened. He realised that none of his wealth or property would accompany him after death. He prayed to God to forgive him for all his past wickedness and promised to profusely donate his wealth in charity should he survive the illness. God cured him and he kept his word. He built a grand mandir, fed thousands and comforted the less fortunate people.

Remember that only wealth which is spent in the service of God, His Sadhu and the needy is worthwhile. Our good deeds alone accompany us after death and nothing else will join us

-(http://www.swaminarayan.org/yogijimaharaj/talesofwisdom/7.htm)

I have a friend (Elly) who has a "Funday Quote", and I think I'm gonna borrow that idea. We're gonna have Sunday Stories! This is the first.

And I guess this isn't really "my tale", but it it is a tale I like! Plus I'm not very good at making stories, I don't have a gray beard full of wisdom... yet... haha

Peace!
-Chris

Oh, and Happy Easter!

Adventures from a test week (not finals)

So during this photo period I think I had 2 tests, a paper due, a lab final, a presentation on the paper, and a Physics test at the end of the week... Which is why the material is both so random, and why I am now coming back to it a month later... I was SUPER busy...

Danielle!  Aka my dog lover friend

Real Food UGA!

Nothing like Golden puppies...

Little bit of fun at Lisa's.  Me and Michelle were both taking lots of pics!


A cat fight broke out while we were there!

I'm gonna miss the Pineview sunsets next year...

A baby butterfly

My fuel for the week... 5 hour energy + fruity gum + minty gum

My grandpa decided to skype me! (and my grandma!)

What I learned in MIBO, sheep farts = the #1 cause of global warming in Australia

My drawings in class...  That's a mountain and a lake, fyi...

Environmental Tabling Day! Ft...

Ft... Real Food!  The girl in the green (Elly) is right by our stand)

Contemplating things before my speech...


... And I didn't take a picture of the physics test! FAIL!  But I got a 77 on it, haha, with the curve. BUT I got a B+ in the class... No idea how that happened.  Subhanalah.

Take it easy yal!
-Chris

Josh Ritter Concert

Josh Ritter!!!! First Pictures:

And now for the videos!

Come and Find Me + Good Man

-sugerkat

Lillian, Egypt

-sugerkat

The Curse Clip

-sugerkat

Real Long Distance

Harrisburg *FULL*

He has a brief (VERY funny) story around 4:00.
I highly recommend watching it, even if you've already heard this song!

Thin Blue Flame

Temptation of Adam

Pale Blue Eyes

Rumors and Right Moves

-sugerkat

Kathleen

-sugerkat

Change of Time beg and end clip

Encore Song 1: Gallahad

ENCORE SONG 2: To The Dogs or Whoever

ENJOY!

-Chris

Fun Week of April

4/4/11 - 4/10/11

This week I went to a concert, played zombies, did the TOMS barefoot day, also have the GORP training pics just b/c I don't know where else to put them...  And fly fishing pics!

(also, this is a long post, I don't intend to make many posts this long again, but it's a hassle to make a new post to split it up, so... yeah, long post!)

First, CONCERT!

Twin Shadow, my favorite act of the night (2nd opener)

video:

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart!

You may notice I was REALLY close, that is primarily because hardly anyone was there

(That being said, it was really cool being that close!)

Videos!

Heart in Your Heartbreak

Last song...

AND ENCORE:

Barefoot Pics...

Settin Out

On my way...

Barefoot in Class!

Zombie pics...

Can't touch this!

Okay, maybe you can... ZOMBIE TIME!

High School humans, pre-zombie picture, 

they all ended up being turned shortly after this picture was taken...

The Mods (creators of the game)

They were on another level... We couldn't get those guys


(Final mission pics start here)

A Mod showing me his gun (also a friend of mine)

We had about 20 zombies, versus this... it was a slaughter

NERDDDDYYYYY!!!!!!

GORP Medical Training

The basics

Practical Skills

Carson's buggy friend! (and I guess my buggy friend too!)

FLY FISHING PICS!

Learning to cast!

More casting

The Group!

YAY! The monster of all monster posts is COMPLETE! Peace,
-Chris