Just wanted to take a quick second and post a picture of my family. This was taken at buttermilk falls, PA, with a time delay camera on sunday.

Take a wild guess at who I am. That's right, the tall guy in the middle! Brilliant!

Anyways.....BackTo School!

There is nothing happening lately! No-ting! (Say The two syllables together fast)

Sooo, I worked at our holiday boutique on saturday, washed dishes and served tables. I liked washing dishes, they had a huge industrial strength dishwasher, and things worked at a steady pace. On friday I went and checked out the new Barnes and Noble in Altoona. Don't get me wrong, I love books, and I read constantly, yet I was really turned off by this store. It was lit ala Giant Eagle, and There was not nearly enough seating. I'm the kind of guy who likes to sit in a store surrounded by books, in a soft chair, with Jamie Cullum on my mp3 player, and read. Oh Well. Didn't want to pay full price for books anyway. Quick, back to the library! I picked up my sisters birthday present at best buy, the new ___y K__h ____m. ( My sister reads my blog)  I also picked up a little something for myself.....

Woot! I hope to get together tomorrow with the guys and record JacaCast #2; but until then...

John Out

PS. I made a little mistake in my comment for the last entry, we are going to release every other week, instead of bi-weekly.

My podcast is now officially live! Visit this site for the podcast and it's editions,

http://odeo.com/channel/141967/view

OR use the buttons on the right side of the page further down. Use the player to listen to the latest podcast, or the buttons to find on your favorite site. Whatcha think?!

John, host of JacaCast

Ps. Check back often for more episodes. I'll let you know on the blog when a new cast goes live, and throw up a new player so you don't have to leave my blog to catch the latest. But for now, listen to JacaCast #1 here on m blog!

The Random Photo, of Dad! - Mom will LOVE this post!

It snowed for the first time last night; in the wonderful winterland of Altoona PA. It was very pretty, big fat snowflakes falling from the sky, bringing back thise nostalgic, warm, fuzzy fellings of winter. You know, like when your mom is making cookies and the snow is falling outside. And you break the cookie in half gleefully awaiting the gooey taste of a chocolate chip. Becasuse they're best when they just come out of the oven after wading home in a foot and a half of snow, carrying your snowboard, the last bits of that rush waning off. Because of that rush that comes when your'e hurtling down a slope with the wind whipping your hair, and that adrenaline pulsing through you in short, thrilling bursts. And you catch air off of that level spot on the hill just before the hill continues to fall, and you're feeling weightless as you fall in slow motion (or at least it feels like it) through the air, Before that jolt that comes from landing with your knees bent. And then you eat the cookie, while reading a book, in the blue armchair in the corner, the one that everyone else dislikes, but you love. But before I ramble, It snowed. It was nice. Today's random photo..... A look down one of the main streets in Altoona!

Catch you guys later.

Thought I might tell you people a little about Altoona, Pennsylvania and about me.

I live on  a hill in this Altoona, making skateboarding quite interesting. Altoona is a railroad town at heart, with a bunch of tracks being a thirty second walk away from my house. Altoona has a neat railroad center, with trains that leave from it coming by our house.

Altoona is nestled in a valley, about three hours away from surch well known places as Pittsburgh, Hershey, and about 4 from Phillidelphia, depending on who you drive with.

Some noteworthy things in the below photo- not taken by me!

The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament- the one with the dome.

Gospel Hill, you can't see it but you can see the big flag  mounted on top.

My house is more to the left and back.

And today's not so random photo... Of Altoona... Taken by me. The view from Garfield park, up my street a little ways. The Afore Mentioned Cathedral is a bit to the left.

We do have wolves and bears and other scary things.............But that's called Ebensburgh. (Annette will get that one)

Seriously, though, we do have wolves and other stuff like that, just up the mountain.

Yar.

Just wanted to thank Annette for posting pictures of me at half my current age.... It was really nice of her. Some people prefer to forget me as soon as possible.....

Anyway...

Just thought I would let everyone know what the picture was of. It was taken at the stone lime kilms at Canoe Creek Pennsylvania State Park. I stood there and waited until the sun shone through the gaps in the kilms. Here's a normal pic of the Kilms from the front. ( My Sister and dog are for size comparison only. ;)

Where my sister is walking towards you can see the hallwya type thing that I took the picture in.

And today's completely random photo... Of me contemplating the forest. :)

Following the tradition of lengthening the last letter of my blog post title, I'm back!

So I went to the Farm Show again last night to see the results. I snagged third place with one of my pictures and best of show with the other! Below is the picture I won with. Alice won a first and a second place with cookies and a painting. Mom entered pictures too, but she didn't win.

I entered soem photography of mine at the local farm show contest yesterday. Cross your fingers for me, will ya?

So my sister got her braces last week, they seem to be fine. Aside from her showing the to me every five minutes of course...

Catch you guys later.

Long time no write!

ANYWAY, I passed my Hapkido test on Saturday, then we went out to celebrate my birthday. I got a stash of 5th Avenue Bars! Sweet! Tootalllyyy.

Happiness in plastic like wrapper.

Catch you peoples later.

It be tuesday, September 19, and it be the fair mornin of talk like a pirate day, it be! I be your host, Captain Iron John Cash, and now we be discussing the grand like talk like a pirate day! Go to wonderful sites like piratequiz.com to find your new pirate name! I be going out to the library now.... Cast off the Black Pearl! Avast!

Go find your nearest parroty friend and give him a hug!

A pirate's life isn't easy; it takes a tough person. That's okay with you, though, since you a tough person. You're musical, and you've got a certain style if not flair. You'll do just fine. Arr!

I thought I would complete a quiz thats been going round HB...

1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4 type what

it says: "the ranks of goblins in mount gram in the battle of the green" - From The Hobbit- possibly my favorite book ever.

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What can you touch? --Computer, camera, mp3 player, stack of books.

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV? -- Saturday's Stargate Sg1
 

4. Without looking, guess what time it is. -- 9:30

5. Now look at the clock. What is the actual time? -- 9:36

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear? -- My mother walking through the room, my sister writing.

7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing? --Taking a picture of myself for my new avatar in the blog!

8. before you started this survey, what did you look at? -- My school schedule for this week - I'm blogging on break...
 

9. What are you wearing? -- Blue Jeans, green t-shirt, white and green cover shirt over that.

10. Did you dream last night? -- I usually don't dream much - when I do thery're awesome, though.

11. When did you last laugh? -- When I played fetch with my dog this morning.

 12. What is on the walls of the room you are in? Maps of the world, posters, windows

13. Seen anything weird lately? -- Can I count my sister under that?

14. What do you think of this quiz? -- Why should I tell you....

15. What is the last film or video you saw? -- Fellowship of the ring
 

16. if you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy? -- Better computer...better skateboard...lots of books and CDs...

17. Tell me something about you that I do not know. -- People with no imagination annoy me.

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do? I would end middle eastern dispute.
 

19. Do you like to dance? -- NO

20. Comment to George Bush: Make sure you make your decisions well and with the Lord.

21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her? -- Mary

22. Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him? -- Jack
 

23. Would you ever consider living abroad? Sure! You buying?

24. What do you want God to say to you when you reach the pearly gate? Just getting there and being in his company will be enough for me.

25. 5 people who must also do this quiz on THEIR blog: Annettenagle, Riley, Chris, oratiomom, stuckinthemiddle.

I shall use the rest of my break to skateboard. John out.

We went hiking in Shawnee state park pennsylvania yesterday. It was a nice easy walk, good to help mom get back into the swing of things. Here's some photos, check out my flickr for more.

Fist off, I'm sorry I havn't been around for a while, I was with my mother in the hospital. For full details see her blog.

I'm excited to announce that I'll be taking my test for a red belt in jin pal hapkido soon! *insert generic happiness*. My birthday is on the same day. I had made a promise to myself that I would Be a redbeld by my birth day. Well, my mother had to  go into the hospital, so my hopes of that were shot. So today at Hapkido class, my instructor informs me that he has a test opening on my birthday. How insane is that?