Noah, Matt and I took a little trip to Detroit on Friday to go to the North American International Auto Show.

I had posted about getting a new car, but never took any decent pictures. I figured that a nice day like this was as good a time as any. Here they are:

Wow, I've really been slacking off of the whole blogging thing eh? I figure now is as good a time as any.

Over the course of the summer there have been a ton of really amazing events, and some sad ones too.

Everyone seems to have spent the whole summer ramping up to Geoff and Natalie getting married (now legally Geoffatalie). Unfortunately the week before their wedding my grampa passed away. He was 90, so he had lived a long life, but it was still sad. There were a ton of people who attended his visitation and/or funeral, so it was good to see that he really was loved by a lot of people.

The day of the funeral ended up being Geoff and Natalies wedding rehersal. So, I went to the rehersal, then to the funeral, and then to the rehersal dinner, with the wedding the next day. It was busy, but the wedding was amazing. I figure that nobody is going to be embarassed by old wedding pictures 20 years down the road. We all looked good :-) !

Well, heard from the insurance company today... and the car is gone!

So, I went out and looked at a new car, likely a Rabbit :-)

I'm a sucker for these one liners. I know. I can't resist.

If Jack Bauer's gun jams, its because he wanted to beat you with it.

During the 18 months Jack Bauer was believed dead, CTU saved over a Billion dollars on ammunition.

When life hands you lemons you make lemonade...when life hands jack bauer lemons, he kills terrorists with them.

Jack Bauer arm wrestled Superman once. The stipulations were the loser had to wear his underwear on the outside of his pants.

When Kim Bauer lost her virginity, Jack Bauer found it and put it back.

Jack Bauer sleeps with a pillow under his gun.

Then Jack Bauer arm wrestled with batman. The loser wears underpants on the head

Since Jack Bauer appeared on TV, there have been 0 terrorists attacks in the U.S.

It's no use crying over spilt milk... Unless that was Jack Bauer's milk. Oh you are so screwed.

When you open a can of whoop-ass, Jack Bauer jumps out

A standard deck now contains 48 cards. Too many people were getting hurt for trying to play Jack.

"This is a sad, shameful day, not only for Raleigh but for the state of North Carolina," Mayor Charles Meeker said Wednesday. "I still do not understand exactly what caused these 'Hurricanes' to hold their strange celebration in our streets. But I think I speak for all of North Carolina when I say I hope that they never repeat whatever it is again."

Article here

...the witch is dead!

Very happy they killed Marissa off the OC :D . This type of thing should happen more often!

I don't know about the rest of you, but the time that feels the most different at home vs. being at school is when I go to buy something. So, to illustrate this (and the rudeness/lazyness of people in Brampton), I'll tell you a little story:

Last night, I thought that I would drive into brampton late at night to take advantage of some low gas prices. My luck, of course, the price had gone back up by the time that I got there, so I just got $20 in gas. When I went to pay, the door was locked. I waved to the skinny brown kid inside, and he gestured that I just pull. I tried both doors, both of them felt locked. I wave at the kid again, and he gestures that I should pull hard. So, I did. I yanked on the door, and it opened. I had to pull pretty hard, but it open. When I got in, the idiot kid looks all exasperated and says "Man! I can't believe you broke the door!" WHAT? "I can't believe you didnt get off your ass to open the door. Explain this one to your boss", I replied. The kid was all pissy and snatched the money from me. I sorta figured that the kids boss would wonder why he locked the door to the gas station anyhow.

Just one of those days in Brampton I guess....

I dont really know why I so successfully avoided posting on here for the last while, but its come to an end now. I dont have a helluva lot to report at this point, other than to say that I'm back at work now.

I assume that most of the people reading this have also read my rant about neckbeard, and my unending rage towards it. Well, when we last left the tale of the beast in August, the 'beard had gotten the worst performance review ever (not kidding, it was supposedly solid zeroes). After that, I assumed that she would go allong with her life obsessing with horses.

I found out today, that through some miracle (or cruel joke) somebody was stupid enough to give her a job again. Thank god its not at my office. I would seriously walk out. And after I walked out, I would insist on being paid, since it is apparently possible to be considered useless by all your coworkers and do nothing, but still get paid.

Having said all that, I wont see her again. Which is a good thing, since look at all the bitching that came from seeing her once today ^^^.

On another note, I have an office apparently. Once I have settled in, I am taking pictures. I am very over-excited about the office thing right now. Somehow, I have a feeling that it could fall apart, but for now: WOOHOO!

I finally found the rocker quiz that Briana did. Here's what I got:

I needed something to post about so I figured that a good one is a farewell to my car. I had a lot of good times in the 'ole Malibu... I liked it, and liked driving it, it was just unfortunately not a great car. Note to everyone out there: If you are buying a car from a North American car company, make sure it is made in Canada, the American ones suck just a bit.

Anyway here are some memories of the Malibu:


And say Hello to the new car:


BTW, that Jetta picture isn't my car. Just in case you were wondering, I didn't feel like cleaning the car again to take some pics, but I'm sure I will in the summer (especially once the CD player is in).

You are all aware of my love of Chuck Norris jokes, so inspired by the mention in the Gazette, here's the newest wave of joke-telling: The Jack Bauer Fact!!

• When in Jack Bauer's presence, Chuck Norris urinates sitting down.
• Jack Bauer can eat five times his body weight in terrorists.
• If Jack Bauer crawls out of an air-conditioning duct and sees his shadow, it means that there will be 24 more hours of terrorists getting s***-hammered.
• Jack Bauer helped U-2 find what they were looking for.
• GI Joe plays with a Jack Bauer action figure.
• Coffee cannot start it's day without being drunk by Jack Bauer.
• If Jack Bauer was in a room with Hitler, Stalin, and Nina Meyers, and he had a gun with 2 bullets, he'd shoot Nina twice.
• Jack and Jill went up the hill. Only Jack came down. Jill was a fucking terrorist.
• Jack Bauer has no friends, because as a child when he would play cops and robbers, the robbers would all be interogated and killed.
• Jack Bauer is the reason Waldo is hiding.
• Jack Bauer doesn't miss. If he didn't hit you it's because he was shooting at another terrorist twelve miles away.
• Ken Jennings won every game of Jeopardy because he put "Jack Bauer" as the answer to Final Jeopardy, and Jack Bauer is never wrong.

This new type of joke is magic to me. It combines two of my favourite things from the christmas holidays - 24 (I watched season 1 finally over the break) and Chuck Norris Jokes (to which I laughed uncontrollably at New Years).

"Or at least fall asleep in night class!"

"Or at least fall asleep in night class!"

Bus Driver: All right! Move to the back, ladies and gentlemen! There are five more eager students just waiting to learn!

-- 2 Dundas, overheard by Min

I'm bored. I'm watching an all candidate's meeting on Rogers TV. THAT bored. Though, I wanted to mention my impressions of the Candidates.

Joe Fontana (Liberal) - This guy is no small-town politician. He's sharp, knows his stuff, he's a pro. BUT, he's also cocky. He seems like he doesn't want to be there. He answers serious questions with disdain at times, evasion at others. I expect this among candidates, but I dont think that is a way to reply to voters. Also enjoys cheap shots at the Conservatives when he has no rebuttal and speaks over every other candidate.

John Mazzilli (Conservative) - Need work. Lots of notes, but he looks at them, A LOT. Seems to be personable, and doesn't speak in sound bites. Seems real, but could be better prepared.

Steve Maynard (NDP) - He's in ENG! Woo! That aside, interesting comments, and speaks well. I was somewhat afraid that he would come off a being too young, or idealistic, but it hasn't crossed my mind. Quality job!

Stuart Smith (Green) - This guy is seriously funny. He breaks up the debate a lot. Having said that, he strikes me as the one that seems most like a university student running for office. He just tells the audience to check the website anytime he looses track of the question or can't remember. Very charismatic, but thin on content. His idols are Trudeau and Chretien BTW.

Rod Morley (Progressive Canadian) - Always mentions Sir John A. MacDonals as his idol and role model for his policies. Sir John A. was a drunk. I dunno, maybe its just me, but i dont think thats the best role model for responsible gov't

There's no way that Chevy could let Ford have the market all to itself with the Mustang. So, they came up with this, the new Camaro concept unveiled today. I dont know how much the final car will look like the concept (the healights and tailights could use some work IMHO), but I like it a lot.



Oh, and its got 100 HP on the Stang too :-D

Timmy's parents vote Conservative. That, or he's the only one actually listening.