Winter settles over Richmond Hill
This was the beautiful view from my balcony this morning. While people in Edmonton were enjoying temperatures over +10C, we were dealing with a light sprinkling of snow. Of course people here don't know how to drive in snow, so there are accidents and excessively slow drivers. Thank goodness for rear wheel drive and a limited slip differential, I love my fish-tails.And I finally got my projector hooked up. I had to drill some holes in the cement ceiling, but it worked out without anyone getting electrocuted, breaking his neck, and rotting until the smell drew the attention of the neigbours. In fact, the only difficulties I encountered were the arm strain of pressing straight up as my drill slowly bit into the reinforced cement, and the extra trip I had to make to Home Depot to get larger cement screws after I used a drill bit that was a little too large for the screws I already had.
Soon I was enjoying playing my Gamecube in progressive scan at a screen size of 100"!
Unfortunately right now I am projecting on to my venetian blinds, so if someone happened to be watching *something-interesting* in projection mode, then the neigbours could possibly be watching too in mirror-image style. A little bird told me about that, thanks for the warning... it's funny because Raymond's mom (from "Everyone Loves Raymond") says this when she sees Raymond's wife has come home with a new DVD player:
Marie Barone: What is a DVD player? Is it for pornography?
Debra Barone: Yes, Marie, I bought Ray a porn machine!
Marie Barone: I don't like that, Debra.
But like Derelict said, I wouldn't spend my money on that - otherwise how would I afford all these games!?
posted by Blight @ 10:48 PM
9 Comments:
Projector? Damn, Blight, you must be rolling in cash. Do you have a sofa made of $100 bills?
anyway, good to see that you're living large.
Unlike me. I made an error on one of my pay sheets, so I didn't get paid for these two weeks -> I'll be eating the leftover charred remains from the student bbq we had last week...
Well actually I bought the projector back when I had a positive cash flow (when I had a roommate and paid $600 a month for rent).
Now all my income goes to pay for my condo and its "fees". Of course I haven't used the swimming pool, tennis court, party room etc etc yet. Boy do I love subsidizing everyone else. It's like a socialist system... for frivilous extravagance.
That's a nice view. I can see the bars in my window and a fence from my apartment.
Man, the weather here has been sweet. Last year around this time it was -20, but this year people are still walking around in t-shirts.
really? I heard it was warm in edmonton, but you KNOW that's gotta be bad for the environment...
conversely, it's kind of miserable here. Cold and rainy all weekend. How am I supposed to go to the beach like this?
It's cold over here too. It's a damp cold, and they have yet to discover insulation, so I shiver myself to sleep at night.
It's not as bad today... but in general the cold is a waste if you aren't using it to go skating or skiing or snowboarding. Thank god for the impending warming, which can only be good for Canada as some of that permafrost recedes.
Land grab up north anyone?
It's weird, isn't it? The English sent their convicts to Australia, a land of sunshine and beaches, kangaroo meat (delicious) and fruit, and stayed in England.
I wonder, when the convicts first arrived, were they sunbathing and thinking 'man, I wish it was cold and foggy'
After re-reading my post, all I can think of is "Panelled Heat" and the quote "It's TOO BIG!".
You know it!
Panelled Heat? Oh yeah, the comic in the Gateway...
I only remember the guy licking blood and vomit off a urinal and being surprised when doctor tells him he has AIDS.
God, that was revolting.
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