Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Monsoon Season?

So shit, what have I been up to lately? I've been rock climbing about three times a week for the past month. I got a membership and some equipment, the whole 9. Even though it has taken over my thoughts for the past few weeks I still try to fit in the other activities I enjoy like bowling, Frisbee, and lifting. I've also recently gotten reading, books. I don't know why reading on the internet isn't really considered "reading" when its pretty much the same. Since we don't have a TV in the apartment and it doesn't seem like getting one is on the horizon, I have extra time at home to just sit around and read. Especially cause being in front of a computer all the time at home seems crazy when I spend all day at work in front of one. I've been reading about 2 books a week, non-fiction of course. I'm just not interested in reading about made up stories when I can actually learn something useful and expand my working knowledge. Amazon.com has become my friend. It's truly a great site to buy shit at. The prices they have on books and some electronics is really quite impressive, and it all comes with a great return policy and a real company behind it. Something most other inexpensive sellers on the internet don't offer.

Getting to the title of the post... It's been raining like crazy here after not raining at all for like 2 months. We are now in the midst of what is called Monsoon season, where the humidity is up around 50-70% and the temps drop to around 105 F. There's about a 30% chance of rain every day which has seemed more like 100% the last few days. Today there was a pretty good storm with heavy rain and strong winds. When the lightning hits close by it really shakes the building, it does not fuck around.