| New sewing machine |
[Jul. 7th, 2009|10:00 am] |
Well, the upper tension unit is shot on the Free-Westinghouse, and it was
gonna run at least $80 to fix the POS early 80s Singer. So... I'm getting a
new machine - http://www.fabricsandfriendships.com/sewing_denim.html Its a
discontinued line, so I'm getting it for half off. Should hopefully do what
I need for the rest of my life *crosses fingers* Metal gears, a variety of
warranties. Still gonna try to fix the Free-Westinghouse. |
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| Odd dreams... |
[Jun. 23rd, 2009|10:30 am] |
Last night I had a distressing dream that I was one of two Jr. Project
Managers helping to oversee the remediation and reclamation of a
long-abandoned military train depot that still had munitions at it.
Apparently I was tardy, too nice, and not assertive enough. I had just
moseyed into the office of the head of finances and management to use his
personal date stamp (breezing past the secretaries and security) when the
cat clawed me awake in his quest for pettings and food. Possibly a
generalized anxiety dream :P |
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| In that I am a dork |
[Jun. 1st, 2009|01:58 pm] |
More photographic evidence of my continued failure
to successfully masquerade as a normal human.
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| You know... |
[Jun. 1st, 2009|08:56 am] |
Even knowing that I could get a steal of a deal on a Chrysler about now...
I still wouldn't buy one.
As much as it might suck for the workers, companies that make crap cars that
routinely rate in the bottom half (or less) of the Consumer Reports should go
out of business.
That being said, I know grumpiness over the Ford Fusion Hybrid. Even though
dad has been making good use of the Vue I kinda wish I had held on to it
long enough to get the Fusion Hybrid. Probably just as well, though.
Three-year rule and all. Even if someone has to be an early adopter on
cars, it can be people who can afford to replace them every 3 years :P |
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| I have the internet back |
[May. 13th, 2009|01:34 pm] |
assuming, of course, that the new little mesocyclone/macrodownburst heading
our way doesn't knock it out again. |
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| Wheee! |
[May. 12th, 2009|12:14 pm] |
I missed a heck of a storm this weekend. Happily my dwelling was unaffected
(though I lost everything in the freezer), but man everything else is a
right mess. Good thing my car wasn't down here or it likely would have been
back in the body shop. ~106 mph winds! Wheee! |
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| ramblings |
[Apr. 28th, 2009|09:14 am] |
Went to the bodyshop yesterday. Looks good so far. Might have lucked out
and fallen into a decent one.
Also, Activision can choke on a goat phallus and die.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Hero_Smash_Hits Please note this has
only 48 tracks, compared to the 86 in Guitar Hero World Tour, and the 58 in
Rockband and 84 in Rockband 2 (not counting the fact you can add 55 of the
RB songs to RB 2...) Really, I am sick and tired of those clowns releasing
effectively half a game (and its almost always RECYCLED code) for the cost
of the full game. Booo. Poor form, chaps, poor form. Guess what I'm not
buying new. Now, once its on the used rack for <$20... then it'll be worth
my time, though I'd rather RB add those songs as DLC. |
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[Apr. 21st, 2009|05:14 pm] |
42 minutes door to door. 17 mph wind, gusting to 24, in my face the entire time. I'm gonna sleep like a dead thing tonight.
I miss my car. |
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| Posted using LJ Talk... |
[Apr. 21st, 2009|08:42 am] |
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I am covetous of any of the men's bikes at L.L. Bean Well, except for the folding bikes. <http://www.llbean.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/categorydisplay?categoryid=5480&nav=pp-bc&storeid=1&catalogid=1&langid=-1> Too bad I'm poor until June. Stupid deductible :P |
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| Wheee... |
[Apr. 21st, 2009|08:03 am] |
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Shut the front door at 7:10am, was talking to Old Gamer in his office at 7:45. Google maps claims my route was 6.9 miles. Not awful. The route, according to google, if this works. <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=104+e+ward+st,+energy,+il&daddr=37.730675,-89.021187+to:2309+w+main+st,+marion,+il&geocode=&hl=en&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=13&via=1&sll=37.745743,-88.989601&sspn=0.100854,0.110378&ie=utf8&z=13> |
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| Great Big Sea! |
[Apr. 16th, 2009|05:07 pm] |
www.greatbigsea.com/tour
October 2nd in Bloomington, IL. Looks like tickets are gonna be ~$40 USD |
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| Oops... |
[Apr. 16th, 2009|02:59 pm] |
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Managed to get the state car stuck in the mud today... At least it just took the 4x4 to pull it out, so there's no paperwork. Eh bien. |
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| Not bad for a fat old man |
[Mar. 29th, 2009|05:27 pm] |
27 minutes car seat to car seat on the 2 mile "rugged" (for IL) Trillium Fern Rock nature trail (after a 1 mile warm-up on the Giant City "moderate" nature trail).
That's almost as good as I used to pull down, back in the good old days when I was in proper fighting trim. |
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