beer tasting

In January, a friend and I started a long process of studying the art of the beer. We went through approximately 150 different beers since then, and this last weekend we hosted our first beer tasting event. It was a little crash course for a small group of friends, and we served 23 different beers, some were very rare (or at least hard to find), and some were new even to both of us. We made a simple tasting form...

army brats

This was one of the coolest dreams ever, my friend Crash had just moved to a new apartment – close to some sort of dock – and the people that lived there were getting rid of military stuff. Suffice to say we took some amazing souvenirs, including a helmet from 1946 – that I saved to wear riding the harley I will eventually have, some rifle that I can’t name right now – not even sure it...

my worst nightmare

For a good part of my life I had a dream that used to freak me out, even specially when I was awake. It was basically a recurrent dream where I would be repeatedly crushed by a giant gear system (a cartoon like, flatten image of myself). There was no pain whatsoever, in fact, what really bothered me was the soundtrack, I can’t really describe it very well, it was an endless loop with a very specific pattern,...

shot in the head

I was inside a building, the same where we organized the quakenet3 in, helping set up a new infrastructure for some reason. When he-who-shall-not-be-named walks in with a gun (a 9mm to be precise), points the gun to my head – what makes me laugh – and shoots me in the head. It hurts a lot, and I feel something dripping through the whole, but other than the pain (which I woke up with) is really strong. I...

WTB Rebel XSi

I am looking for a new camera, and I’ve set my eyes on the Canon EOS Rebel XSi… It seems to be a good relationship in price x quality. It will be my first real digital slr, so most would agree that going with a canon or nikon is a good idea. I found it on ebay, with a bunch of accessories and shipping for 1200 usd (taxes not included), and in here – just the camera – for 1800 brl. Then I...