Tuesday, February 7, 2006
I finally installed phone software on my local computer (the machine that had it installed is still at Saira's house), so I thought I'd share a few of the pictures I've taken this week. I probably won't set up a cool moblog like Rachel has, but when I get a chance to sit down and do some programming, I'll quickly patch moblogging by photo email into the IAM software.
This freshly killed raccoon (by a car I think) was practically on our doorstep as we moved in. The good news is that the neighbors covered it with kitty litter to soak up the blood and it was gone almost immediately. |
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I think if I had a Jaguar, I'd be more careful with my parking. That said, I'm fairly certain that my monster truck is currently in the basement of a barn because of a floor collapse, so who the hell am I to judge? |
This car crash was a couple blocks from our house. Thus far it's been my observation that Mexicans are much better drivers than Canadians and Americans… This is in part due to the lack of “rules” in Mexico, requiring drives to be more alert. |
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Apparently once you get to the BME server facility where we took this photo, the only way the elevator goes is down (although there are floors above), no matter what button you push. |
Jon actually gets the credit for noticing this — if this is “Turkish Coffee”, why is there a Mexican dude in a sombrero on it? Or did they just want to knock off Juan Valdez as a universal symbol for coffee, so they mixed and matched Latino culture a bit? |
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This winter coming up I'd like to build a new truck… I had plans for a MkII long ago, but I'm currently leaning toward building something a bit more like a monster truck mated with a military sports car, if such a thing could exist! |
The only thing that sucks is that the capture chip in the phone requires a fairly long exposure. I see plenty of nice clear RAZR photos that other people take, but mine are all quite blurry. I have pretty constant tremors and shaking so it's hard for me to hold the phone steady enough for its needs…
I mentioned a while back that it disturbs me a little that if I'm on the subway or bus that wherever I sit becomes a plague zone and no one sits down near me, even if they have to stand to avoid it. I don't really know whether I should be insulted or not. I just posted a new main picture and while maybe the ears or tattoos throw some people off, I don't think I'm that weird looking by urban standards? Anyway, as I said, I'm not sure if I should be offended or depressed about this.
Valentine's day is coming up :-( which I think will be very sad this year. I'm not sure what I should do to celebrate. Maybe pretend it doesn't exist? Or find some kind of friend with benefits to distract me from the date? Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. Please send photos to glider@zentastic.com. Cam photos are acceptable, and don't be offended if I Photoshop them to suit my personal kinks*.
* While I'd be flattered by the offers and always enjoy a graphic challenge, this entry is really just an in-joke.
I'm just prepping a BME update now, so watch for that later tonight. Today Phil and I went and got all the remaining furniture that was needed… Which pretty much taps me out financially, so hopefully nothing breaks in the next week! The network is also running, so once a few more monitors and so on get plugged in, everything will be back up at full speed… Anyway, I'm off to the airport shortly to go get Michael, and then maybe we'll all go out for supper (or eat it here, I don't know).
A clean shave: mostly I just wanted to expose my tattoo again — it does mean however that I will need to wear a toque here in the cold… I think I'll try and get Shane Faulkner (the tattoo artist that did much of my work) to give the sides of my head a retouch, and then complete the facial lines since there's only about two inches of line left to do.
Well, we're off to
Yasi's Place shortly for brunch… Then I've got to get a bunch of BME work done. Tomorrow morning I have one semi-final
IKEA run to do (another table, some shelves, some closet organizers), then I get Phil running again and do a BME update, and then off to the gym.
Saturday, February 4, 2006
Wow, seriously, this is the least I've been online for a long time. Who'd have thought moving and setting up a house was so time and effort consuming — I guess I haven't done it in so long because Rachel always dealt with that stuff. But in any case, Jon and I and Nefarious are settled in here, have things about half unpacked, and mostly everything is looking quite good.
There are still mountains of boxes and a lot of missing furniture, decorations, and miscellaneous items, but on the left above you can see my bedroom on the third story. It's not giant (the king sized bed about 60% fills it), but it has its own bathroom and a little balcony. The next photo is the staircase leading up from the ground story; it's nice being able to hang my paintings again. The last two photos are one of the walls of the ground story living room. It's open concept with the kitchen, so we'll probably put a little dining table in there and a couch or something.
I'll post a picture or two more over the next few days of the rec room I'm setting up in the basement and the office that Phil and I work in once I've got things a bit more polished (Nefarious has a nice room too, as does Jon, but I'm not posting those). Anyway, I'm back online now so we return (finally) to our regular schedule. BME updates begin again on Monday, barring emergency.
