I found the best gadget. Amazon just released the Kindle and this thing looks great. Its an ebook reader with some additional features that distinguish it from the rest. Firstly, this device has a EVDO built in. What does this mean? No need to find Wifi to download a book, Kindle connects like a cell phone to the amazon store to get your books. Actually, Amazon even opens up Wikipedia access so you can look up articles on the go. Secondly, this device is created by amazon. They are a company in the right position to see that a large quantity of their books make it to correct format for this device. One complaint, so far the price of the technology books is still prohibitively high. These books are still greater than 20 dollars, which I still see as a large amount to pay for an electronic document. Can’t wait to see this thing in action, though. Maybe that will change my perception of the cost.
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As competition season is fast approaching and my front through to layout still needing work, I decided to start re-working my Roundoff handspring full again, to make sure I had at least something to throw for our first competition. Well, I started a few weeks ago with throwing layouts, but to no real success. The layouts timing was off. What do you expect after a nearly 6 month break from working on them.
Regardless, I pursued. I continued to work on my layout, and finally figured out I was forgetting to flick out of my back hand spring. Even with that, I have not felt ready to throw my full. With only 2 practices left for me before we compete, I today had to be the day to throw it. I had no choice in the matter.
First running pass was a layout, very fishy, but the height was there. Second pass, I went for it, and nailed it. Now I know I only did it once, but still, after not having thrown something in about 6 months, getting it back is a sweet feeling. Well, that was my day 
I’ve been meaning to make a trip west for several years, but have never gotten around to it. That is about to change. I will be heading out to the west coast around the Thanksgiving holiday. First, I’m heading to Colorado to see a side of my family I have not seen in many years. My fathers brother and sister are out in Fort Collins, Colorado. My parents have actually been out there several times in the past years, but due to other circumstances I have been unable to make it out there. I’m going during thanksgiving so I can see my grandparents and my step cousins who will all be in for the Holidays. Once I’m done in Colorado I will be heading to northern California. My good friends from both college and high school have found themselves in the same relative area. Both left almost immediately after college. I have not made it out since they left. This trip is long overdue and I can’t wait to see how they are getting on out there. So, if anyone happens to be out in Colorado or Cali, let me know!