Pictures of you,
Pictures of me,
Remind us all of what we used to be.

The busy life strikes again!

There's simply too much awesome going on! I've been fortunate enough to experience lots of really cool things lately, but not fortunate enough to have the time to properly blog about it all. it would take [literally] thousands and thousands of words to tell you about everything.

What's a Buckeye Blogger to do?

Well, a picture is worth a thousand words, right? So I'll let the pictures do the bulk of the talking for me; I'll just add a bit of commentary.

THEME PARK ENGINEERING GROUP

The Theme Park Engineering Group recently visited Kings Island amusement park to check out their brand new roller coaster, Diamondback. It's a pretty epic coaster, to say the least. We got to ride it on a day the park was closed, which was completely cool. After riding it, we got to take a peek at some of the mechanics of the ride; again, very awesome.

For more info on this trip and TPEG, check out the TPEG Blog! It's got even more pictures, more description, and even a couple videos. Nifty stuff!

THE ROBOT

Right. So this thing owns my life. You know this, I know this, the robot knows this. We finally named her though...

Dar.

I call her Daria, Kristen calls the robot Darwin, some have come to call her Darcy. But what's important is that we all call her Dar.

Dar. D. A. R. Dumb-a** robot.

I love her, really I do. She just drives me crazy sometimes. Such is love though, isn't it? Makes you jump with joy one moment, makes you absolutely nuts the next. The performance tests each week are getting tougher and tougher, but Dar usually impresses us with her ability to get even complicated tasks accomplished.

SPRINGTIME

When I can get away from the robot project for a bit, I enjoy the Spring weather of Columbus. There are a number of rainy days, but when the sun is shining it sure is nice. People are chillaxing on the Oval, walking around Mirror Lake, and just enjoying any excuse to catch some rays. Plus, there are a couple really cool once-a-year fun things to see...

CHRIS BOTTI

So one of my favorite trumpet players ever is Chris Botti. As it happened, ExploreColumbus had tickets to see Chris Botti with the Columbus Smyphony.

I went! It was fantastic! And Emily was a great date too. (Hi Mrs. C!) :-)

I got to meet and greet with Chris Botti for a bit and get an autograph, which was absolutely awesome.

And that, in a nutshell, is how I'm spending my Spring Quarter. Of course, that doesn't even cover Calc and Physics class, Denman Undergraduate Research Forum, Romophos Sophomore Class Honorary, swing dancing (I have some BIG news about OSU Swing Dance club soon!), etc. etc.

Take care,

Rob