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Brad

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About Me

Yeah its me. Bradley Pickett. Going to SDSU now with my major being in Geogrpahy with emphasis in GIS (Geospatial Information Science (Google Earth)). After 3 years of transfering between UCSD to Southwestern to SDSU I finally see that light at the end of the tunnel. Working over at MVH, been there for a few years now, no one my own age there which is a source of annoyance, but the pay is decent, I work my own hours, and my schedule is more flexible than yours ever will be.Outside of all that I have an on again off again relationship with my bike and exercise, do camping and hiking when I can. Enjoy Wine Wednesday with the Gang. Still love technology and building new "toys".Education: SCCS K-8, MVHS 9-12, UCSD 04-05, SWC 05-07, SDSU 07-... Future Prospects: Government Job in some capacity.Ask Questions, Leave Comments, Eat Drink and Be Merry.

My Interests

Aerospace, Computers, Astronomy, Web Development, Photography, Fixing Things, Movies, Aerial Imagrey, Maps, Halo, Cooking, Driving, Camping, Hiking.

I'd like to meet:

Old Friends from a long time ago in places not so far away. People from past schools. Friends from various organizations, meetings, and acquaintances.Who I'd like to Meet but probabbly never will: Bill Gates, Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg, Story Musgrave, Jim Lovell, Washington, Lincoln, Truman, FDR, Tom Clancy, Micheal Crithon, Stevie Ray Vaugn, BnL, Hans Zimmer, etc...

Music:

Too much! I have 30+ gigs of music and its growing quickly. Dont listen to half of it but chances are I like something you do.

Movies:

SERENITY!, Back to the Future and Indiana Jones Trilogies. Anything by Spielberg or Kubrick. Office Space. True Lies. Old School. From Russia With Love. Mel Brooks Comedies. CONTACT.

Television:

FIREFLY, NCIS, Rescue Me, The Office, Scrubs, Mythbusters, House, Top Gear, Lost, TLC/Discovery/History Channel stuff, It's Always Sunny in Philidelphia, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. Battlestar Galactica (the new version)

Books:

Anything by Tom Clancy, Contact, Bad Astronomy, Any Astronomy or Space related nonfiction stuff. Technical Manuals, Science Related Stuff, Macbeth and Hamlet. Micheal Cricthon books. Pocket Ref is fun also.

Heroes:

My Dad, Harrison Ford Characters (ie: James Marshall, Indiana Jones), Elliot Ness, Jim Lovell, Gene Kranz, Jack Ryan. Mal Reynolds.

My Blog

pics

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Posted by Brad on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:19:00 PST

Kitchen Creek Falls

Comming up next for hiking is Kitchen Creek Falls. Total Distance about 4.5 miles, Elevation change 900ft, rating: Moderate. Estimated total hiking time: 2.5 hours.  In order to get to ...
Posted by Brad on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:21:00 PST

Next Hike

Hey all, we are probabbly going to have a few newbies on this next hike, so we're gonna do something little bit lighter than the usual hikes for this next one. The Newbs in particular are The Hayes an...
Posted by Brad on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:39:00 PST

The Next Hike: Three Sisters Falls

Hey everyone, the next hike up will be to Three Sisters Falls. The hike itself will be somewhat simmilar to the Cedar Creek Hike in that it is approximatly the same distance, and same ammount of eleva...
Posted by Brad on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:08:00 PST

Weekend Hiking and Camp arrangements.

Hey Everybody, yeah so I've heard a few people wondering if there is gonna be any hiking this weekend. Well nothing is planned at the moment, but if we want to go out and do something I'd suggest we g...
Posted by Brad on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 05:46:00 PST

Ceder Creek Falls Hike

Hey everyone, so with the rains on the weekend of the 7-8th the hike is pushed back to the following weekend. So once again we'll be heading over to hike the Ceder Creek Falls Trail. If weather goes b...
Posted by Brad on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 02:13:00 PST

Secret Santa

Hey Folks here is the list from last night. -Brad 1. Favorite Movies/What you have/need (No Pirated, Used Okay)Rosie- Need pride and prejudice (keira knightley), death at a funeral,Xenia- Gladiator, ...
Posted by Brad on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 10:04:00 PST