Long Distrance Relationships

I have been dating a girl who goes to Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond for about three months now. We went to high school together but did not talk much and barely knew eachother back then. Over the summer we saw eachother a few times with mutual friend and hit things off. We started dating on September 11th and its been about two and a half months now. I was reluctant to get too involved in the reltationship because I did not think things would work out. We both liked eachother but we were afraid to actually give in to it because we both feared we would become too attached and then not get to see eachother. In all honesty it has not been any problem at all. She goes to school 150 miles away but we find ways to see eachother about every other weekend. I never really thought that long distance relationships were worth it but I am very pleased with how things are working out. I drive down to see her every once in a while and she catches rides home with friends from her school. I am very much looking forward to winter break with her. This Thanksgiving break has been alot of fun though.

Three Cups of Tea

So I went to see David Olver Relin's, the author of Three Cups of Tea and it was very interesting. I like when he talked about himself and his views alot more than when he discussed the book. He started off talking about what he used to do in his former career. He discussed how he used to interview famous people. Relin seemed to be very dissapointed with how American's are so consumed with famous people and how the famous people are not very interesting. This led to Relin making his statement of how the people with the least offer the most. Then that led to him going over the book briefly and how the plot of the book involves the main character, Greg Mortenson and his journey to the top of K2. Well Mortenson got lost and ended up in a village. In that village he became concerned with the residents becoming educated. He thought of ways to help that region get a proper education. Relin ties this idea of education to the recent dilemma of terrorism. He claims that the way to end terrorism is to educate. I have a hard time believing that education would solve all problems though. There will still be terrorists and people who hate America. I think he has a good idea but maybe he himself is too much of an extremist when it comes to his ideology.

NY to LA in 31 hours 4 minutes

In 2006 Alex Roy set a new world record for fastest cross country run. He traveled from New York City to Los Angeles in 31 hours and 4 minutes. The previous record was 32 hours and 7 minutes sit in 1983. Many skeptics said that it could not be done today with all the traffic on the road and new technologies that police employee to catch speeders. Alex Roy utilized a navigator to spot speed traps, thermal camera (to drive with the lights off), one radar detector, two laser jammers, seven GPS units, three police scanners, a CB radio, two sets of high tech binoculars, a plane flying above to spot speed traps, and multiple helicopters in the air. In order to beat the record he needed to keep an average speed of 90 mph in his 2000 BMW M5. Roy accomplished his goal and even beat it by an unleivable hour and three minutes. He was not pulled over one time on his journey and only had to evade the police one time.