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wi-fi not connected

Holla

It’s been four days. four. days. My laptop’s wifi won’t connect to our internet. I’ve tried rebooting everything, changing all my settings, disabling protocols like the forums say, called telstra and still no luck. So I’m calling a different company tomorrow (they’re closed today) and hopefully that fixes it. It’s so frustrating.

I watched deadpool last night, top movie, really funny. Enjoyed that with half a bottle of port, definitely the highlight of my week. Had to work yesterday too, so that was a great end to the day and week. Hm, what else? I really can’t think of anything to be completely honest so I’m going to leave it here. 

I’ll try do something interesting (probably won’t, let’s be honest) and have a cool story to tell soon!

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contemplating life

Today, Wednesday May 25th, was yet another standard day. Started work early, it was looking to be a nice day until about lunch time when the sky turned grey and the rain started. By home time it was raining, not overly heavy, but raining. It was nice actually, riding home in the rain, quite relaxing to be completely honest. Went to the gym tonight, just got home actually, good session. What else? Oh yeah, as the title states, lots of thinking.

I’m not sure what I eventually want to do as a career. Like, truck driving is great for the time being, but as much as I like it, I don’t think I’ll ever be happy with how much it pays for how many hours you have to put in. So, next year it might be time to change paths and try something else out. But that’s where the dilemma lies, what to do? I’m really not sure what I’d like to be doing. Metal fabrication would be amazingly cool, but again, I don’t think the pay is overly great unless you’re the absolute best in the industry. Guess I’ll just have to keep searching.

Anyway, that’s pretty much it for today, not a whole lot to talk about, short entry for once. I’ll hopefully have some stories to share this weekend.

That’s all folks.

[daily-jake]

road’s closed

It’s Tuesday night - which means two working days down and three to go. And my gosh today was chilly.

Today really dragged on, the morning went relatively quick but then every hour felt like five. Interesting day though? I guess so.

I was driving back to the yard from a delivery this morning and heard on the radio that there was an accident on the freeway I was on. Generally, when something like this happens, it’s a lot of hype, and the damage from the ‘accident’ is similar to that of a shopping trolley dent. Today was different. I could see orange cones up ahead and as I got closer, a police officer came and parked across the road, blocking traffic and diverting us off the freeway and on to another. Taking the long way around, I got back to the yard and spoke to the other drivers. We found out that a fuel tanker had swerved to avoid another car, (thought to have cut in front of him) lose control of his truck, tap a curb and roll over, squashing one car and hitting seven others. With one fatality and many injuries, the accident was huge, with thousands of litres of fuel spilling onto the freeway.

Emergency services are currently working to clean up the area and get the crash investigators in, so that they can hurry up and clear the scene. This is still happening, a solid eleven hours after the incident.

It was pretty nasty. I took one road that went over the freeway and could see the mess below. There were road blocks everywhere and the peak hour traffic tonight would have been chaos. Quite pleased I didn’t get stuck in that to be honest.

Other than that, standard day. Way too tired to function tonight so I stayed in,  did pretty much nothing (besides eat) and am about to head to bed.

So, night!

[daily-jake]

filling in the gaps

As you may or may not be aware of, I’ve skipped a few days of posting. Not by choice, I’ve been busy. Promise. But allow me to fill you in.

So, let me first just mention that I can’t remember what I did on Thursday night, may have blogged (should have checked before I started this. Oh well) but on Friday after work I ran a few errands before heading to a local pub with some friends. After a few beers (okay, more than a few) we decided a good night was had and found a way to get home to jump straight in bed.

Saturday was productive, kind of, I think. A friend needed some clothes, so he picked me up in the morning and we headed out to a ‘factory outlet’ kind of place that we hadn’t been to before. On the way, I decided I needed to buy a tube bender so we stopped in at another place and picked that up. (will need it especially for the mods to my bike) Anyway, back to shopping, we spent the day walking around looking for a list of clothes and he managed to buy a total of one tee. This, for us, is considered a successful day - way to go! We spent Saturday night at a 21st of my family friend/relative/I’m not really sure what to call her. She’s my cousin’s cousin, from the other side of the family. A great night, many laughs and once again, drinks, HEAPS of food and another night of not much sleep. This would’ve been fine if there were no plans on Sunday.

Sunday, alarm goes off (I know, it’s a Sunday right?) lots of messages from another friend asking if we were still up for the day out. Right, so there was this big car and bike meet that had been organised by a group called HWY and MSR, wasn’t going to go but there was really nothing else to do and I’m not a big fan of wasting days. Dragged myself out of bed, head still spinning a tad, grabbed some food, showered, geared up and rode to the pre-meet spot of the local car wash. Filled my bike up while a friend washed his car and we headed off. It was annoyingly windy, but otherwise it was quite nice weather. Heading through the gates, we all hoped the photographer would get a snap of our pride and joy, and looking back through everyone’s photos, we found.. none. Cool. It was a really good turnout, music pumping, fair few cars and bikes, good food and a dyno. Took some snaps and chatted for a few hours before setting off back home. Pics below.

I had planned to spend Sunday night editing photos and had the intention of blogging but half way through, our power went out. So instead, I made a little fire and sat around it keeping toasty on my own until I get bored and decided it was warmer inside. I must admit, I do actually enjoy not having power every once in a while, I had a few candles lit and got to just relax, got an early night and was pretty happy with that.

Now, up to date, today I had work (standard days) but was lucky enough to have a delivery in a little country town about 75km out of the city. The roads that lead there are beautiful, windy and scenic, and the fresh, chilly air is just as good. Nothing else to report about today really, so I’ll get to the good part of this post.

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do you even lift?

I think the title gave it away, but, I joined a gym again today! A friend and I used to go back in school, we both gave it up once full time jobs took over our lives, but a few days ago he asked if I wanted to start up again and be his ‘gym-buddy.’ I figured it would be great for me too, so we both joined tonight and did a session. Feeling good about it, about myself, really need to keep the motivation up though.

No, I’m not going to be a steroid fueled gym junkie with biceps bigger than my head. I just want to get fit and pack on a bit of muscle to look somewhat decent again, I’m really hoping it boosts my metabolism too so I can enjoy food a tad more without gaining heaps of weight. I guess time will tell.

Nothing else really happened today, pretty standard day. Still contemplating a few things in life as usual, can’t make up my mind about two things, one of which is a pretty big deal. More on that one day.

And on that note, I am out - it’s time for bed.

[daily-jake]

another pointless post

These are probably going to be quite common because my life is relatively boring, not by choice, but after work and dinner and a shower, there really isn’t much time left in the day, or energy left in me, to go out and do things.

So, a few things that are happening at the moment.

Firstly, I think I’ve worked out these posts. When I actually have something cool to talk about or an experience to tell, they’re going to be like a kind of ‘story-telling’ type post. I don’t think I’m good at it by any means, but it seems to be fun. The other posts are like this one, and will basically just be my talking to myself and typing it. Cool.

Secondly, took my sister as a passenger on my bike to go get fuel. I think she enjoys it, I like taking her. Unfortunately, I’m not legally allowed to, so this won’t happen very often. We got home and after eating dinner she came up to me and said ‘I want a bike, but like just a small, light one.’ Yeah, my sister’s pretty cool. You’ll hear about her more often.

Thirdly, I made a small but kind of exciting purchase. A hammock. Just a cheap one, but I figured on those type of days where the weather’s beautiful but there’s nothing to do, I can go for a ride, set up and hang out (haha, get it?) on my hammock for a while, clear my head and ride back home. Sounds enjoyable, pretty keen to test it out.

Last but certainly not least, I’ve forgotten to mention the fact that my sister and I have booked a trip to Japan in a few months. It will be our first time out of the country without a parent, (only like the third time out of the country in general) and fair to say I’m pretty nervous about it, but really, really excited. We haven’t booked anywhere to stay as we plan on moving around Japan a bit, so it should be really fun just to wander around a little. It will be Summer in Japan when we go (I think) which means no snow sports sadly, but I’m pretty keen on some time off work, some sight-seeing and pretty much just spending some time with my sister. Definitely can’t wait - only 105 days until we leave!

Anyway, that’s it for this post. Time to go watch some tv before attempting to sleep. It’s been a long day. Night!

[daily-jake]

an intro to me

So, since today was relatively uneventful I’ll write a little ‘about me’ I guess.

My name is Jake, I’m 21 years old. I try to be as friendly, honest, loyal and fun as possible. Sometimes, none of those can describe me, but I guess we all have our days, right?

Cars have been a huge part of my life, and the recent discovery of motorcycles has proven to be one of the best things I’ve found. I love the freedom, and modifying them to suit your taste is, I guess, an art form to us enthusiasts, as cheesy as that may sound. The little things you build or modify that you know nobody else will have on theirs, gives a real sense of accomplishment I suppose.

I like to explore, not so much like travelling the world, but go on little trips and doing mild ‘hiking’ (if you can call it that) and pretty much just wondering around.

Photography has also been a pretty strong interest of mine. Although I take nowhere near as many photos as I’d like, I still really enjoy the challenge of getting all the camera settings, the composition and lighting right, to get that one good photo. Check out my other blog for some of my work!

For work, I drive trucks for a family owned garden supply centre. It’s something I ‘stumbled upon’ but enjoy. I don’t think it will be my career choice based on the one fact that the money isn’t as good as I would like, but I’m not ruling it out just yet. It’s pretty fun, today I had to squeeze a decent sized truck down a tight little road, tip off and make a million-point-turn to get back out because honestly, there was no chance of reversing around corners, avoiding parked cars and going up hill, with dodgey mirrors, all at the same time. Or at least not for me.

So anyway, this is going to be the end of my ‘about me’ for part one at least. Not sure if there will be a part two, or if things will just be added into other posts and/or rants, but I’m sure there will be more about me sometime soon, if anyone’s actually interested.

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possible new addition

so, post number 2, doing well so far yay

Today was a pretty good day. While out grocery shopping, I got a text from a friend of mine, asking if I wanted to go with him to check out a bike. Yes. I certainly did. This means that finally we can go riding around town together and that would definitely be a great way to pass time after work.

He invited another friend who is pretty much always up for a bit of a drive, organised a time with the bike’s owner and picked us up. About an hour later, there we were, looking at what could be the newest addition to our group.

A bit of chit chat, a quick test ride and we were off back home. We split up for dinner before meeting at the same friend’s netball game. They won, we talked some more and decided it was about time for another weekend getaway, so that is now in the stages of planning, hopefully happening within the next couple of weekends.

All in all, a pretty productive day. I’m still working out how to end these posts, I like having a photo to post but didn’t take any today. Not sure if one day someone will read them and a goodbye is acceptable, or if I should’ve just finished before this paragraph. I don’t know, but this is the end of today’s post.

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hey wassup hello   ft motorcycles

so, if anyone actually reads this, hello. quick intro, my names Jake obviously, im 21 and will hopefully add a new post every day for as long as i can. this probably wont work so ill aim for maybe 4 a week.

so.

post number 1

this was supposed to be uploaded yesterday but i went and got drunk, totally forgot about it. good start right? anyways, here goes..

Its a Saturday morning, 20 degrees and sunny, I get a message from my neighbour asking to go for the motorbike ride that we’ve been meaning to do for a while. To be completely honest, I was ready to say no, couldn’t really be bothered, but it was a beautiful day and I say no too much. So, I grabbed my phone and invited a few other friends. They were busy, so my neighbour and I decided on a spot, geared up and jumped on our bikes.

After a quick stop at the servo for some go go juice, we hit the highway. Both quickly realising it was awfully windy, a steady 95km/h was the pace. My little 400 Steed struggled a bit (okay, a lot) up the hills with the wind in our face, but after a few more k’s it flattened out and we were back to cruising - blue sky and the sun shining.

40km or so later, we reached the entrance to mount Macedon. The sky changed to a light grey and we both decided the temperature had surely dropped a tad. Wearing only a tee under my jacket, I definitely regretted not throwing a jumper in my bag. Moss and leaves covered the wet roads that winded through the trees as we climbed, heading up to a memorial cross and lookout a little up the mountain.

The temperature kept dropping, the sky was getting darker and a thick fog was forming. We could hardly see and were forced to slow to a crawl of 40km/h on these roads that are usually comfortable to sit at around 70. We travelled only a little further before pulling off the road and deciding it was far too cold to go on.

Shivering, I took my numb hands out of my gloves, grabbed my camera and very quickly took a few snaps. We had a stretch, laughed at how unprepared we were for this little journey and got back on the bikes.

There was a cafe on the way down to stop at where some nice, warm coffee was served. They went down a treat! On par with hot chocolate, there’s really nothing better to warm the insides in temperatures of about 8 degrees.

The ride home was great. With the roads descending and the wind behind us the whole way, I had no trouble sitting at the speed limit this time. We got back, complained about a few bad drivers we encountered, shook hands, decided this needs to happen more often and headed inside. It was a day well spent and has really got me keen to start the mods on my bike, but more on that another day.