Ambivalent One

I don't know who the hell to vote for tomorrow. It's between the Green party and NDP at this point. Admittedly I know next to nothing about the Green party platform but I no longer trust the liberals with my tax dollars and a conservative government is not an option at all. They've made a point of campaigning on promises to look in to things the majority of the public considers fine as is and an expressed interest in ass fucking our healthcare system...

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Posted by Sean at 6/27/2004 09:36:00 PM | Permalink | Comments

I bought a new backpack for my class. Can you guess the brand? I wish they had made it a little more apparent.

Posted by Sean at 6/24/2004 10:59:00 PM | Permalink | Comments

I was driving down the highway today on my way to pick up Dom for class. I have Sami Koivikko playing. All is good. Up ahead I see a blue sunbird swerving between the two lanes. I follow him for a bit and it just gets worse. At one point he swerved from the left lane all the way over the bus lane and on to the shoulder. He must have come within inches of hitting the barrier and flipping off the road in to Green's Creek. By now I'm on the phone with the Ottawa police and there are cars gathering behind me because they don't want to pass this guy. I followed him from where Montreal road starts all the way to St-Laurent, on to which he turns. Realizing that I'm following him he turns down a side street at the last second. While I'm following him I'm giving the police dispatcher a play-by-play. I had been trying to tell her what lane he was in but he was driving so erratically that I gave up. He turned down another side street in an effort to lose me and I told the dispatcher that as I continued by. She told me to hold for a moment and when she came back on the line and told me that a cruiser had pulled him over at the end of the road we were on after he apparently doubled back after I drove by. She said they would call me back if they needed me to file a report. About two minutes later the dispatcher calls back and tells me the guy wasn't drunk. He was just a really bad driver. All I could say was "Whaaaaaaaat?!?". I suggested that she have the guy tested for his license again. The whole time I was following him I thought I was about to witness a disaster. I fully anticipated that people were going to die because of him. After I got off the phone with the police I was shaking because for thrity minutes I was mentally preparing myself to jump out of my car and pry people out of wreckage... Just so you know, this isn't one of the stories where I embellish to the point that the truth in unrecognizable. This is for real dog.

That was my excitement for the day... Now I get to wind down with a little bit of switching concepts and design. Woot.

Posted by Sean at 6/22/2004 06:48:00 PM | Permalink | Comments

Hey guys... Ever been go-carting? No? GO NOW. My girlfriend and I went on Friday and man it's awesome. The place we went is called Top Karting. Don't judge the place by their website... It's in Hull (In the province of Quebec right next to Ottawa for you out of towners). The last time I went the carts were governed at around 80kph (50Mph). Well they over-clocked these fuckers this time. My top speed was 97.5kph (60.6mph) on an indoor course. The track is 650Metres (2132.54ft) and my fastest lap was 23.27 seconds. Great fun. For those of you who work with me or know me I'm going to try and set up a date where we can all go for some enduro racing. I'll set up an e-mail mailing list and let you guys know.

Posted by Sean at 6/20/2004 12:20:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

Well, the folks at Phatnoise have replied to me already. Which means that if they had a compatible product I would be getting awesome tech support. Here's what they had to say:
"Hello Sean,

Thank you for your interest in the PhatNoise Car Audio System!
Unfortunately, we do not have an estimated compatibility date for Alpine at this time. =( While PhatNoise does not pre-announce product availability, we are constantly updating compatibility and improving our products' functionality. Please
check back with us in the near future for updates!

You may sign up for our spam-free mailing list at the following link: http://www.phatnoise.com/mailing_list/index.php

You may also look into purchasing a Kenwood Music Keg and RF Modulator to work with almost any stereo. For more information, please visit this link: http://www.kenwoodusa.com/excelon/excelonKeg.jsp .

Best regards,

PhatNoise Customer Support"

Alas, there was no mention of giving me free stuff...

Posted by Sean at 6/17/2004 08:08:00 PM | Permalink | Comments

Mlah drew something to my attention in the comments to my last post. Phatnoise. The most awesomething on the planet. A Hard drive based trunk mounted MP3 player that behaves just like a CD changer. Any of you that know me personally know I'm big in to my car audio. Alas, this product is not compatible with Alpine decks... yet. SO I wrote to Phatnoise tech support. Here it is:

"I have money in my pocket that I want to give to you so desperately that I ache inside. I worship the idea of having a Phatbox in my trunk... I dream of it. All I ever talk about is how awesome it would be to have one in my car. Sadly you don't make one that works with Alpine decks... my guess is that it's either in the works or Alpine doesn't want to let you guys market a product using AInet control. As it stands I cry myself to sleep because the pure love that I have for your product will remain unrequited. I just wanted to let you know.

Heart broken in Canada,

Sean"

We'll see if they have anything to say. I'm hoping they give me a free player to beta test... In my hot sweaty dreams...

Posted by Sean at 6/17/2004 12:23:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

Remember my post way back regarding how much I love my car MP3 player? Well our precious love comes at a price. Removing the factory deck in a GM car disables a bunch of stuff. Namely door chimes, battery rundown protection, the warning you get when you leave the keys in the ignition and lastly the whole point of this second post; the chime that tells you that your headlights were left on.

Soon after I had written the first post I made today I decided to leave early for work so I could stop in at a local car audio shop to pick up some replacement components for my car system. Well I sat down in the car and turned the ignition. Nothing. Ever see the movie “The Whole Nine Yards”? Remember at the beginning when he gets in to his car after an exchange with his wife and her mom? That was totally me.

I went running down the street screaming for help from the neighbors that I never speak to. Luckily I found one willing to help me… Don’t remember his name. Not important. Anyways. He pulls up to my car and I do the universal gesture for “STOP MOVING YOU SUNNAVABITCH” because he was perilously close to actually making contact with my car. So he gives it a little gas and his car moves forward and bends my front plate holder in a little. I cringed so hardcore that I was actually suspended in mid-air in the fetal position. He comes out and says:”Oh, you should have told me I was close enough”. I would have killed him if I hadn’t needed him to boost me. Although his car was already there and running… I didn’t have time to dispose of a body at that point anyway.

Posted by Sean at 6/14/2004 11:45:00 PM | Permalink | Comments

We take them for granted. I’m sure everyone reading this has one. It protects us from the elements. It adds a nice complete look to our houses. I’m talking about a roof. Right now I hate mine.

Truth be told I was warned this was going to happen, but it’s still not very good waking up because a ladder was lovingly slammed up against the roof just outside your open window. I was having a nice dream. A nice dream with a beautiful lady in it… Looking out the window, my mind still filled with the sweet dream I was having I’m greeted with the platinum blonde mullet, shirtless and overalls bedecked glory of a roofing contractor.

Today’s view from Sean’s window:

Panic stricken I throw on some clothes so I can run out and move my car. To save her from the certain destruction “The Roofers” would wreak upon her beautiful exterior.

So in conclusion, I hate my roof right now because it was the one day this week where I start work later so I could have slept in. I hate my roof because it subjected me to a David Lee Roth wannabe. I hate it because it endangered the lustrous finish of my car and last lastly because I just can’t get used to the sound of people shoveling the roof. There’s just something wrong with that…

Sorry it took so long to post. If there are any of you left reading.

Posted by Sean at 6/14/2004 08:57:00 AM | Permalink | Comments