Parts Replaced:

• Honda Specific Battery


• Fuel Tank


• Fuel Pump


• Fuel Pressure Regulator


• Upper Fairing Stay Bracket


• Spark Plugs


• #2 Fuel Injector


• Rear Turn Signals


• Don't get me started on the DMV sh!t

Labels: Bike

posted by Cptn S.A. Ho @ 1:40 PM, ,

Backlogged
Thursday, July 16

I hate it when I've been to so many great events and I want to write about everything, but there just isn't time. Grrr... I have some topics and idea's, but I just can't seem to get around to putting pen to paper as it were. I wanna talk about the awesome pub crawl this past weekend, the laaaaaaazy recovery day, the upcoming camping trip, the trail Tuesday night, WNDC, her, my bike saga, and much more. Like I said, too many topics! Ok, much like closing the books at the end of the month, we are gonna wipe those and start fresh.

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posted by Cptn S.A. Ho @ 2:53 PM, ,

Nerdgasm
Saturday, July 11

Friday evening, a few of us went out to see Video Games Live. What is? Basically, video game scores have become such a huge part of many peoples lives and culture that this group has gotten together a full orchestra to play them! Converting the old 8 bit stuff into full sheet music or simply replaying some of the modern tracks. Pretty neat, huh? I thought it was cool. The problem for me was they didn't play enough final fantasy tracks. After some discussion on the issue, it turns out that they probably don't have the license from Square to play their tracks. All we got was some mash ups from the video game pianist (who was freaking amazing by the way) and one track from FF-VII. Maybe I need to go play FF-VII again, b/c it was supposed to be the one that brought the love of the game back to the states but I just never got it.

It was an out door show, so basically blankets and buckets of chicken were all over the place!! I deff ate too much, but I guess it's all part of the fun. Would I go again? Probably. I really do think that they can make an entire show out of just Final Fantasy tracks, there are soooo freakin many!! I would have loved to hear more from FF-X and FF-XII. Well, I guess I'm not a closet nerd anymore, eh?

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posted by Cptn S.A. Ho @ 10:42 AM, ,

Nuclear
Friday, July 10

For the first time in my adult life, I got to say "I'm having dinner with my mom and dad" the other night. We got some nice Asian fusion cuisine and went shopping for some stuff for the dad that he needed. I tried to GQ him up a bit, but he wasn't feelin it. Over all, it was a nice please evening. Mom, Dad, the dog & Me? Yeah, this deff felt like a first. I mentioned that this is the closest to 'normal' we've ever been, but I'm not sure that's the case nor am I sure how I feel about all this. I think I still have to sort a bunch of it out. What's next? A white picket fence? Ha!

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posted by Cptn S.A. Ho @ 9:46 AM, ,

Healthy Diet Fail!
Thursday, July 9

Just as a rule of thumb... Skipping breakfast, then having a low fat lunch does not make it ok to spend the rest of your calories on Miller Light, Shock Top, burgers, nachos, Firefly, Captain Morgans, & Red Bull. Unless of course getting in shape isn't on the agenda!! On the creative eating side, I made a nacho burger last night which was AWESOME!! Just what it sounds like, add loaded nachos on top of the burger patty replace the bun and enjoy! I wish I would have thougth to take a pic and submit it to This is Why Youre Fat.com. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to nerd out and brush up on my video game music before going to see this show tomorrow night!

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posted by Cptn S.A. Ho @ 1:34 PM, ,

Search
Tuesday, July 7

Last nights dream was a little odd, kind of a cool concept but still odd. I dreamt that I could trade in my Amex points (like frequent flier miles or whatever you have) for extra sleep in the morning. Buuut... all that resulted in was me over sleeping when I finally rolled outta bed. Oooops. Ok, no more looking at my Best Buy Rewards account before I go to bed! On a completely unrelated note, my father is coming to visit the DC Metro today. I haven't seen/heard from him in quite some time so this should be interesting. He's a nice guy, no grudges or anything I'm just not sure how I'm supposed to feel. Every time I think on it, I keep hearing "Luke, Search your feelings" from a Obi Wan. Clearly, some soul searching is in order.

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posted by Cptn S.A. Ho @ 11:11 AM, ,

Ok, Maybe a little progress...
Monday, July 6

Now that I've sat here and thought about it for a while, a huge change for me came last night as I was balancing my books and looking at my monthly reports. Spending in bars (ie. going out, clubs, ononon's, etc) dropped down nearly 300% from the month before. For the first time in months, my going out expense wasn't in my top 3 expenses! Woot! Don't get me wrong, I'm sure I still spent too much money, it just went somewhere else then to a bar! So, economy, don't you worry you are still stimulated by me.

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posted by Cptn S.A. Ho @ 11:35 AM, ,

No Progress

As of this morning, the DMV still hasn't opened my paperwork to see if everything is in order and what, if anything, I'm missing to title the bike. Frustrating, but I think I'm getting used to it. You just gotta plow through the govt. paper work to get things done by the rules. In the mean time, I'm still waiting on a new injector anyways so the bike is camping at the shop in a garage while I'm camping at the office waiting on my title work. Next parts to buy, I think I'm going to be taking a look at the brackets holding on the front fairings and replacing the corner markers with some bright LED jobbies once it gets back to my place. Don't need a title to do electrical work on it!

The phone battle continues with my attempt to get dinner reservations for my moms birthday. I thought today was the day, I was able to get through and as the phone rang and rang I realized... oh right, they are closed on Mondays. Well then, tomorrow is gonna be the day!

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posted by Cptn S.A. Ho @ 10:41 AM, ,

Simple Updates
Wednesday, July 1

Wow... I just had an over whelming urge to get the hell outta dodge. No subconscious, you stop that! No traveling on 4th of July weekend. Traffic sucks! Anyways, nothing major today just working on some documents on the office and thought I'd take a 30 second breather to update on the happs… Let's see:


• The bike is still in the shop. No word on the new spark plugs cost or effectiveness. But it's cool b/c the fcuking titling people still haven't even opened the damn fed ex I sent them last week according to their time line.



• Update: The bike's #2 injector was covered in gunk. So, once that part is replaced, both the misfiring problem and the idling problem should be taken care of. Woot! The part I need is on order and I hope to have the bike back in good riding order by next weekend and if fate smiles on me, perhaps a title in hand at the same time?!?


• The month of June has come to a close, which means my being grounded should be over soonish. Wow, I really budgeted like crap!!


• Mini Bar continues to elude me. Trying to make reservations for my mom, but at 6 seating's a night it's a tough spot to get into.


• Looking forward to a nice long weekend. I'm not sure that the 4th will go on quite like this, but I'm sure it'll be a great time!

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posted by Cptn S.A. Ho @ 1:46 PM, ,

Berry Calendar
Tuesday, June 30

Ok, I have NO idea why this keeps happening, but it's starting to drive me nuts. Blackberry Calendar keeps creating a "Device Default" calendar for me that doubles all of my entries. Great! And it doesn't color code them or differentiate them in any way. Pretty much, there is now two of everything on my berry calendar. How frustrating!!! Luckily, I just recently backed everything up so it'll be as easy as plugging it in and clicking the restore button on the desktop feature. Nice. I gotta make sure I'm backing up every week or so.

On a completely unrelated note, I'm down 5 lbs!! Woot! Clearly my, 'I have no F***in money' diet plan is working. I think it mostly has to do with not going out to eat for lunch every day and happy hour and then partying on the school nights. Ok, 5 down, let's see if we can do another 20! Ha!

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posted by Cptn S.A. Ho @ 1:12 PM, ,

It's Official
Monday, June 29

I'm an office yuppie! As fate would have it, I have finally received the final item that you need to complete your office yuppiedom… a nalgene bottle. Ugh, how did I end up with this item?!?! Well, it's nice and green and has a fun flip top lid! I didn't actually pay any money for it, instead it wound up in my Jeep from this weekends camping trip from a friend. Ok, so maybe this is a bit random… but the damned FIOS kept me up late watching Speed Racer on HBO (again!!) and I'm a little groggy. Curse your clear picture, lack of commercials, ability to pause/rewind/fast forward, great sound quality, and good selection of crap that I wanna watch!! And once again, bless you Diet Coke for keeping me awake this morning. It's been a while since I had one of you, but you are a welcome addition to my life this morning!

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posted by Cptn S.A. Ho @ 9:49 AM, ,