Boston, NASA, and handguns

I haven't updated this in 2 weeks, but I have somewhat of an excuse... I've been gone (mostly). I spent July 11-13 in Boston visiting the main office of the people I work for remotely from campus. Not much to report on that trip because I spent over 8 hours a day in a cubicle in the basement of a government building. Sucked. Made me really not want to continue there full-time after I graduate. Plus I'm not big on living in Boston forever. I'm not a big baseball or Red Sox fan by any means, and I heard my share of baseball talk in the boston accents in the 3 days I was there. I think I took one picture of my cubicle, maybe I'll post that.

After that trip I got to go to Hampton, VA to visit NASA Langley as part of this Graduate Student Research Program. It was a mandatory trip, and while a "free" trip to the VA Beach area sounds nice, it was extremely boring and I'd rather have been in Atlanta. Mainly because I didn't have a car, so I was basically confined to a mile perimeter around my hotel, which was in downtown Hampton (nowheres-ville), but also because the planned events at NASA were just a huge waste of time. I'd rather be working and making $$$. I did have a nice view of the harbor from my window, which maybe I'll post a picture of.

The highlight of the trip (besides the awesome japanese restaurant I went too... can you say Unagi?) was when Carl took me to the shooting range just before my flight out. I finally got to shoot a 1911 (.45 caliber), and it was glorious. This was only my 3rd time ever shooting a handgun and I could get very accurate with that thing. Turned out it was an Isreali model, named Bul, and is only $300! Considering most 1911's are $500 or more, this blew my mind! The guy in the lane next to me let me shoot his Kimber 1911 (cost around $650+), and it wasn't even as good! It jammed on me on the second shot! I need to look more into this Bul brand...

Now I am finally back in Atlanta for the remainder of the Summer. It's good too because I am really sick of travelling, especially by air. Just the thought of being in another airport or crammed in an airplane listening to the captain explaining the delays makes me cringe. I'm off to see Wedding Crashers... later!