Marty came by today to help with the BMEvideo update (it's still uploading — 2.5 gig of new videos), and we're guessing that his piercing is going to reject from his uvula within the next twenty-four hours (and then later, reject out of his ass, because he'll swallow it — the odds of aspiration are very slim).
I imagine mine will reject in time as well, but I'm really not sure when. I'll document it as well when the time comes… But anyway, here's where Marty's is at.
My friend who has been rebuilding this car so it's road legal again for me came through and I'm driving the Porsche again! I took the first picture, but the rest are all by Phil (we drove down to Cherry Beach to take some photos). I know, I keep saying it over and over, but I love driving this car, especially when the exhaust opens right up (it has an active exhaust on it that's “normal” for “normal” driving, but when it detects you driving aggressively it opens up to straight pipes)…
To get it on the road I had to replace the headlights, one of the catalytic convertors, an oxygen sensor, and deal with a bunch of weird paperwork and other things like that. I'm not a fan of paperwork. Other than the obvious stiff joints of a car that's been in storage for two and a half years (since I briefly relocated to Maui), it's running quite nicely… When I can afford it I'm going to give it a visual overhaul and do some continued engine upgrades on it. Having watched that video of a guy hitting 341 kph in his Porsche on a highway looks pretty fun.
So yeah, say hello to the new/old BMEmobile and from time to time the Wheels of Fury as well.
So I'm thinking about adding a “contact via picture” feature (don't worry, it won't act as a spam portal, and users will control their own access levels) to BME, all through an anonymous interface. It's mostly intended (or perhaps exclusively intended) for BME/extreme and BME/HARD. Outside of anything else (like people being able to privately discuss their lives), it'll facilitate the ability for heavy-mod practitioners to have clients submit photos and stay publicly quieter (and play with less legal fire), but go back to the oldschool methods of having former customers act as a screening network to keep out the J. Edgars out of our private lives. Who I assure you are reading this post.
Anyway, in sadder news I've somehow misplaced all of my photos from 2003 (which means the only pictures I have of my Porsche right now are off my IAM page's archives!)… I have lots of pictures of Rachel's (the red '99) because we got hers a lot earlier, but I got mine much later when a miracle deal game up that I couldn't pass by. Anyway, I really miss that year. While admittedly it played a role in my downfall, I really like living out there. When I get my finances in order I'd love to get a farm again.
So I was looking at the new Porsche ad, and at first it struck me as bourgeois and classist, as if flaunting its financial value to those who couldn't afford it was part of the worth, or making fun of the poor, unhappy sods who were short of the loot required to achieve bliss. See what I mean:
PS. Shannon Larratt, 2545A Dundas St. West, Toronto ON, M6P1X6 (address valid until at least December 31, 2006).
Oh, AOL funmail, Oh AIM. Oh IAM. Oh dyslexia.
TOS complaint filed about “DamnFrankie”.
| DamnFrankie: | you should be careful. |
| DRAGONLATINO29: | how come |
| DamnFrankie: | cause youre about to get fucked thats all. |
| DRAGONLATINO29: | by who |
| DamnFrankie: | a number of people. you fuck. |
| DRAGONLATINO29: | what is this dungeons and dragons, stop talking in fucking code and get to the fucking point |
| DamnFrankie: | good point. just watch where you walk in the city. youre gonna get slammed from behind when you least expect it. just be weary. |
