Upper Left: The trees before the Falls. Upper Right: Fillmore Glen Falls, close up. Lower Left: The creek bed. Lower Right: The pool.

Fillmore Glen Falls, originally uploaded by outdoorthespian.

The Glen is where I’ll be this weekend, then I’m headed off to Old Forge. Tchüss.

Upper Left: Best black berries in many a county. Upper right: More good eating. Two white tailed deer out in the back 40. Lower Left: Chimney Bluffs, Lake Ontario Lower Right: Notice the Fire Trucks. A few young rascals found themselves stuck about half way up the side of the cliff.

Upper Left: The Clinton House. Upper Right: This nice lady keeps getting in all my pictures. In fact she insisted on standing in front of the “Bake Sale for Obama” that was going on in front of the Cornell Sun while I was clicking away. Lower Left: I bet our good friend Mike knows who put this sign up.. Lower Right: Lucifer Falls, Robert H. Treman State Park .

This is about as political as I’ll be getting the rest of the summer. In fact it about as much blogging as I’ll be getting done too. I’m starting the Summer Semester today and I’m happy to be returning to school. Now lets see if the National Guard can leave me alone long enough to finish these last few credits.

Crystal Clear, originally uploaded by Jamie Amodeo.

Spring got it’s official kick off with a hike up the Gorge trail today. It was a pleasant 64 degrees and sunny. No rain for the first time in week or two. But man was I dehydrated. Not hung over, but pretty parched.

Band practice last night. It was our second go at it and things are beginning to look promising. There are still major issues; I’m handling singing duties, which is better than playing bass, but I look forward to playing lead guitar. I’m not sure if there is any videographic evidence I’d want to post yet. Maybe after next weeks rehearsal.

Rough Set List:

• Burden in my Hand – Audioslave (the chorus kills my voice, I’m not a singer).
• Breed – Nirvana (Our most solid song, I.E. the only one we can play all the way through and if it weren’t for my singing it’d sound just like the album.
• Let Down – Radiohead (Oddball of the set, I love the song and am trying to get the others to see my grungy alternate version I have in my head).
• Crackerman – Stone Temple Pilots (We’re getting to it).