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I thought it would be fun to post random sheit that made me happy recently in the midst of all the stress going around.
This week seems like it was a good one for images. This is an invitation to post  what ever makes you happy.

"waiting for the shift lights in 4th"
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3208/2984990678_d307266b88.jpg?v=0)
(photographed STOPPED - Top speed/RPM/Lap time read out)


"Ducati cup holders" (Inspired by Tigre, and DQ's coffee @ the track)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3281/2984134401_9813df521a_b.jpg)

Things that make me happy...

Subtle reminders of Ducati everywhere
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/2922680233_e131c98837.jpg?v=0)

Good friends to share a sunny morning:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3137/2890295762_1c7c05b0db.jpg?v=0)

Objects of lust and desire:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2266/2264557522_fd6738095b.jpg?v=0)

Doing your civic duty:
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1028/617273620_0270b259f1.jpg?v=0)

Strippers in bubbles:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2413/2306895806_e6f026d85d.jpg?v=0)

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3247/2984134495_579fe2ff72.jpg?v=0)

IDSA (industrial Design Society of America)
They get pretty crazy. This one was fairly tame - just girls in sequence outfits jumping rope @ Mighty with a free open bar.

At an earlier IDSA event, one of my friends got tanked with the president of Frog(a really big design firm), then got in a fight with him which ended with a little  headbutting. This resulted in him getting hired by said president the next week.  [thumbsup] I could not make this up.

I guess you could say its a work hard play hard kind of lifestyle  [laugh]

(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u291/enzo76/copcorn.jpg)

goodtimes in the sandbox
(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll113/l7i7t7o/PC150080.jpg)

Strippers in Bubbles make me Sad  :-\

Now Popping a Bubble with a Stripper in it makes me Happy  ;D

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2413/2306895806_e6f026d85d.jpg?v=0)

...and you would pop that bubble with....

Its always good to know where your towel is.

Previous IDSA / designer party/fundraiser: Chocolate-mud wrestling
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/186/462115103_aeeedc66c5.jpg?v=0)
All designers in there. @ my house

(http://resources.motogp.com/files/images/xx/2008/MotoGP/Post/non/236038_Hayden+on+track+at+Valencia+for+his+first+Ducati+test-1280x960-oct27.jpg.preview_big.jpg)

This (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=13884.0) makes me happy lately [thumbsup]

Yeah, that is a happy sight! [thumbsup] But I think this is better....

(http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v355/217/71/1361676254/n1361676254_155745_1978.jpg)

 [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [clap] [clap] [clap]

A recent happy moment:

(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff38/hypurone/Monster%20S4RS/_HOP3811.jpg)

(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff38/hypurone/Monster%20S4RS/_HOP4595.jpg)

Clearly I should have been a designer.   Crap.  >:(


These three rotate as my happy desktop background now.  Now that it's raining I need them even more!  I'm glad I went for a ride on Wednesday given the forecast.

(before I fixed the mirrors):

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2083/2988770557_b82f4a8e02.jpg?v=0)

san francisco:

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3059/2989621088_1d175abab9.jpg?v=0)

yosemite:

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3066/2988771821_8f885e8a48.jpg?v=0)

(from this video...which I also throw on when I'm sick of the office: http://www.vimeo.com/1702375)

[edit: one more of san francisco...sadly, not mine]

(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_NFJO30ZaVME/SNcAXZCT3WI/AAAAAAAAALk/3S1X0TA5ufY/s800/9.jpg)

O    M    G     I should have been a hang gliderer-er.  [thumbsup]
That is the coolest thing ever.

Holy crap!!! I'm selling my bikes and buying a hang glider!  Awesome vid!

Please find an instructor if you do that 8) 

You may have figured it out, but if you follow the link to vimeo you can check it out in HD too.

My happy spot:

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/15777970_70d6452ebf_o.jpg)

How does one get into Hang Gliding... Since I live near so many premo spots to go try it out  ;D

really really excited

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3273/3000417642_8ca3881b02.jpg?v=0)

I'll second that.

I'll third that. And raise you one:
(http://frecklescassie.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/impeach.jpg)

I'll PM ya, so as not to (further) threadjack.  Yeah, this is a great area for it.

You'll see quite a few at Fort Funston (http://www.parksconservancy.org/visit/park.asp?park=42).

what a view , it is more pritty with Ducati  [thumbsup]

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3150/3001976044_05cd567cb3.jpg)

Dublin, the source of most fun.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3249/3001138101_707aef72a5.jpg)

My true happy place, because of views like these.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3231/3001137799_a2f55f3238.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3216/3001137547_eb2879c3eb.jpg)

^^^^^

Cool!

But man there's a lot of shit going on in those cockpits!

My road trip. summer 2008:
Oregon:
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_3SFH4SESI_4/SJZEIEMVEdI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/GY9KAK-4Aw0/s144/IMG_0128.JPG)
Montana:
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_3SFH4SESI_4/SJqiyKtBGAI/AAAAAAAAAko/6RuTEI3hRAo/s144/IMG_0168.JPG)

And it will be a lot of trouble too if coffee or a can of soda spill over those controllers  [bang]

You know that has happened to me before  :-\ but the people who design these things take us idiot pilots into account so it really does no damage.
Now water on the other hand.......................thats not good.

There is but its a lot easier than it looks. With you gliding experience I could probably get you up to speed in a day or two. Everything has it time and place of use.

pick me! pick me!   ;D

OK you win  [thumbsup]

(http://i33.tinypic.com/15megli.jpg)

From who is far removed from this type of scenery and activity here in Texas, this is surely moving to say the least. +1 Cloudseeker on the office comment! I can't tell you how it's affecting me at the moment. What a truely beautiful experience. I'd like to think I could do that having been on my ST4s at speeds we won't speak of here. Wow!  [thumbsup]

sheet ... when i was a member of IDSA (way back in the early 80's) ... we never had cool stuff like this at events.

i wanna be an id'er again!!!

Happy moment, a clean bike after riding in the rain..!

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3060/3013791390_4fd11ebb35_b.jpg)

We have that same display at Lowe's.  I smile everytime I see it.  There is also 848 somewhere else but I can't remember. 

Dawn Rides

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3020/3016337770_8ee32030b8.jpg?v=0)

Bike Sunday, Road closed for biking ONLY.

My favorite street sign.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3149/3016374266_d3de310b0a.jpg?v=0)

I thought I was hallucinating.

 [thumbsup] [thumbsup]