Grrrrr (a.k.a. why?)

Why does it seem everywhere I go, car trouble is soon to follow. Just yesterday I spent $210 getting the windows tinted in my Sentra, and today I pick up a custom made dash cover to the tune of $30. Last night leaving from the movies I get in my car, put the key in, turn it, and I am greeted with the sound of absolutely nothing. Battery was completely dead. Didn't use the lights, so that is out of the question. Get a jump start, but the battery is so far gone that when I go to turn on the A/C, lights start cutting out. Since I just had the windows done I had to leave them up. This meant I had to drive most of the way home with no air. When I got home and locked it up I noticed the dome light was staying on. I checked the setting, it was in the middle position which means it should turn off when I arm the alarm. I tried again and it still stayed on. I flipped the switch to off, but it didn't make much use, the battery was still shot. As I type this I am trying to get some life back into it, if not then I need to get a new battery and find out what the problem is and see if it is under warranty.

I <3 Cardboard

I have grown to appreciate cardboard and all of its wonders. Last year around this time me and Wendy decided to see if we couldn't use some of the material to transform the old truck into a pirate ship for a halloween car decorating contest at church. Not only did it turn out really cool, but the whole project ended up costing about $5 and our pastors thought it was "cool". Well, this year we are going to be at it again, armed with more carboard and a new vision, this year we bring the feel of bike riding in Moab to our church parking lot. Through the use of some cardboard, a few bed sheets, and some creativity mixed in here and there we should end up with our GT mountain bikes parked next to a small mountain. Learning my lesson from last year I will do my best to take more pictures of our creation, especially when it is still light out that evening.

Oh, and just some advice, if you want to find some big pieces of cardboard go looking around behind furniture stores. Also, I cannot confirm nor deny that I was inside of a roll-off bin full of the stuff behind a furniture store this evening.

Internet fame can be strange

Every now and then I search the internet with my name and a few of my online aliases to see what turns up. Most of the time I get just the usual suspects and a few postings from my blog. The other day I noticed a new item that turned up in the search, it turns out a photo I took at a car show had been posted by some person on a police scanner forum. I sifted through the thread that contained the picture in question, and what I found was rather, well, odd. I didn't have time to read too much of the many pages that made up the topic, but what I did get was that one user said that they wanted a sandwich. Another user said as a joke that they would bring them a sandwich, in a brown bag, and leave it on their doorstep, burning. To those who are uninitiated, this is how you do the classic "flaming dog poop on porch" gag. First user replies back with a comment of how long it will take the fire department to get to the fire, and another user said that it would take longer because it takes a while for them to get those big trucks moving. Just above his comment was a shrunken down photo of two classic fire trucks I had taken from our annual car show. Part of me felt excited that someone who I have never met actually viewed my pictures and went back to use one in a post of his. Another part of me felt like asking for my money back because my picture was just being used for cheap amusement, the skill I used to create that picture was used to get one last laugh about setting animal by-product on fire. Eh, back to life beyond this keyboard.