Month: June 2009

june 30 2009

People say to me, “you sure must be excited for tomorrow” and I am, but really, it’s Canada Day every day around here.

Okay SO… yesterday marked my highest traffic day to date: 126 uniques and oh snap, seeing it be more than three digits was exhilerating.  I figure it’s all from one of two sources:

june 30 2009
The grassroots campaign started by Stephane of Pixelyzed.com, which is going great, and a post by my brother on Redliners.ca, a car forum for Ottawa and the surrounding area.  Hi everyone!  

Here are some studio facts: it’s 4 door 99 Jetta, it’s in miles, it has 4 summer tires (I don’t believe in all-seasons) and one Friday night this summer I’m going with my brother to an MnM meet, so come say hi.  Oh and Pedobear kills me, too.

june 29 2009

For this grassroots campaign I’m mailing George my best postcard from my collection. What I wrote says “I’m sending you this so the mail robot stops at your door”.  Because CBC employs robots, see them here.

Here’s some photos I’ve taken over the past weeks but didn’t fit into other posts, so I put them all together:

june 29 2009

Top Row
– when was the last time you saw such a simple remote?  
– that’s the windmill on the CNE grounds, the first urban-sited one in North America. Something I’ve heard before but can’t verify (but the source was okay): when the blade swoops past the base a very low sound frequency is emitted, the exact same one that 2 of 6 speakers in a big movie theatre are dedicated to producing because it’s a sound that heightens awareness in humans (that’s why the movie is always better/scarier/more in the theatre than at home).  So what I’d like to know is, if that’s true, are those who live close to windmills slowly losing their minds?

Middle Row
– I’d like to try wearing shoes like that, and have it on my to-explore list to go to the National Ballet for “Exploring Better Posture” (the time I spent bent over my laptop has me concerned)
– doesn’t the studio look great with the Golden Arches.  Part of that place’s appeal is the ambiance and people watching, it’s always top notch.

Last Row
– That’s as close to Jay and I got to the Fantasy Farm the other day, and it’s out of focus because the rain was making my car shake so badly
– I’m gonna pull over on the 401 before summer’s out and take my photo with that giant flag, love that flag

While a file was uploading (a watched file never uploads) I went for a drive one night.  On the left are people sleeping, just right there like that.  That’s the definition of trust-in-humanity, don’t you think?  I wonder if I could do it.    

On the right is a photo I’ll bet there’s millions of versions of, “oh look honey, such a dichotomy between old arcitecture and the new.  Snap snap”.