Friday, April 20, 2007

Scrap Metal and Such

Now that the wedding is over, it's possible that you've been wondering what I've been up to. Well, Sean and I have gone into the scrap metal business. We're pulling old cars out of the woods and selling them to the local recycling center. How redneck is that? The upshot is that we get $0.07 a pound for scrap and we've made two runs at around 5000 pounds a piece. The first trip we made $333 and the second trip we made $369. It's fun work and a good way to pass the time between writing my paper and playing guitar hero. Yes, we spent the first $280 on a PS2, Guitar Hero II (with guitar) and a second wireless guitar. The rest of my cut will go toward the clutch in my car.


I also spent some time writing a speech in preparation for an interview to decide who would be awarded excelsus laureate at graduation in June. I made it past the first round interview, but it seems I lost in the second round. The good news is that now I dont have to speak in front of the entire school and since I had to go to SCAD Atlanta for the interview, I got a chance to see that campus. It's a really nice place, and I really liked it there. It even has lockers and windows (take that Montgomery Hall!). If you're reading this and you had any involvement with getting me nominated for this award, I want to thank you for the honor, I'm very grateful.

I'm working on another update to the Andy rig. This one will add some nice texture enhancements. I just added a nice skin shader, and now Andy renders out really purdy. Maybe I'll even have time for a new hair style.

Stay tuned.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Did you get a hair cut or is that you cousin? Damn seriously how many cars can you find in the woods?

JohnDoublestein said...

nope, that's just me, though the wind was blowing and messing up my hair. You'd be surprised by how many cars are in the woods at this place, but that will dry up soon. The guy next door has a bunch of smashed up cars sitting in a field, if we can get our hands on those it'd be a gold mine! Smashed or not, it's all the same to the recycling center.

ScrapMetalRemoval said...

Do you still scrap? This is a cool find. Its like looking 4 years into the past when prices were just starting to get good.

If you still scrap, you may like the, Scrap Metal Junkie community I started.

Also, do (did) you exclusively scrap cars? Its an old post, I know, but fun hobbies die hard.