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oh yeah [Jan. 28th, 2005|04:03 pm]
[mood | busy]
[music |random play]

I figured folks might be curious about this truck I have been babbling about so incessantly. Here is a picture I took with my crappy cell phone camera around christmas... I got a rental car for the rest of my trip here. It's a Jeep Libery. Ehh. I'll figure out what I'm going to do long term the next time I come back, depending on whether or not I can get the truck legal.

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argh. bureaucracy! [Jan. 27th, 2005|09:29 pm]
[mood | annoyed]
[music |random radio jazz]

Yesterday, I dropped the truck at a local mechanic who specializes in tuning vehicles to pass emissions. When they were done, they told me that they were pretty sure it would pass, and it did! That's the good news. I was in a pretty good mood when I drove over to the DMV, which is when I learned the bad news.

The bad news is that there is a major problem with the title. My cousin never got a title in his name for the truck. It turns out that my cousin didn't legally buy it, and therefore isn't allowed to give it to me. Neither did the guy who sold it to him. The title that I have is from Washington, in fact. Guy A sold it to guy B, who took it to California but never registered it. Guy B gave it to my cousin C. My cousin gave it to me D (for dumbass). So now I'm 3 steps removed from the original seller, and the Boulder DMV just laughed at me when I tried to register it. She told me that my supporting documents were "worthless". Nice. The title has a "sell" date of November 2002. The plates expired in 2003, and I definitely can't drive it legally.

So tomorrow morning I'm picking up a rental car for the rest of my trip here in Boulder. Since the title is actually from Washington state, I'm going to see if I have better luck with the DMV there. It looks like my best option is to contact the original seller of the truck. After 3 years, they'll be pretty surprised to find out that they still hold the title on it.

I suspect that the original buyer guy is the one who is legally on the hook for completing the transaction. The seller sold it to him in good faith, after all, but the dude never got a new title. Now it's MY problem. But if I push it off a cliff, or put the truck on the side of the road with the keys in it and a sign saying "free truck", I think it's guy B's problem, since he's theoretically the owner. I'll find out if he's actually a friend of the family before going that far.

So, I'm done worrying about it for a while. I'll park the truck and see what I can do when I get back to Seattle.

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if it's monday, this must be boulder [Jan. 24th, 2005|02:09 pm]
[mood | cranky]
[music |Deftones]

The truck made it to boulder! The drive was long, mostly boring and very very cold, due to a malfunctioning heater. That's the good news. The bad news is that it failed emissions, so now I have to drive it around illegally until I can get it tuned up.

When I got to the house, one of my house mates had a giant pot of rice and another giant pot of chili cooking. That's exactly what you want to see after you've been living on burgers and pizza for 2 days. Score!

More bad news on the truck... the fix-it list is quite long. No heater, no dash lights, a busted head light, no cigarette lighter (I discovered that when I tried to plug in a cigarette lighter powered heater from the truck stop store), and it got 6 miles per gallon on the trip and consumed 4 quarts of oil over 1200 miles. Yikes.

And it's not even the ugliest truck in boulder, but it's pretty close... If it was the ugliest, that might be worth something, but I saw at least 3 other hooptie trucks just on my way to the emissions testing place. Oh well, at least it will blend right in.

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weekend adventures [Jan. 21st, 2005|11:49 am]
[mood | excited]
[music |The Haunted]

I need a vehicle to drive around in while I'm in Boulder, and I was talking about this need when I was down with the family for Christmas. My cousin offered to loan me his old truck. It's a 1978 dodge with a 440 motor. Mopar action again!

I'm flying down to cali this afternoon to pick it up and drive across the mountains to Boulder, about 1400 miles...

I couldn't possibly have asked for a better weekend to do it. The weather up here in seattle is amazing. 55-60 degrees and sunny. Apparently it's just as awesome in Boulder, 60-65 and sunny. Here's to hoping that holds through the weekend. No snow is expected anywhere along the way. If there is a freak snow storm and nobody hears from me by tuesday-ish, then send help!

I will bring my camera along and I've got my cell modem thing hooked up on the laptop, so I might even post some pictures. I'll try, anyway.

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winter wonderland [Jan. 5th, 2005|04:30 pm]
I'm in Boulder this week. Yesterday and last night it snowed about a foot. It's 7 degrees F (about -12 C), crisp and clear with nice white powder everywhere. it's not supposed to snow again for a week or so and the weather this weekend is supposed to be up in the 50's. Sounds like snow boarding weather to me!
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ch ch ch changes [Nov. 23rd, 2004|09:47 am]
[mood | optimistic]

It's not over yet, I've got more updates...

I sold my old cars, and bought a 1993 Jeep Cherokee from a friend of mine this weekend. It'll be good cheap winter transportation, which is all I need.

Also, I gave "notice" at my current job yesterday. I got a call a couple of weeks ago from an old CyberCash buddy, and I flew out to Boulder, CO to interview with his new startup. It's a search engine (which means advertising) company. I'll be one of two senior programmers. Long story short, I'm taking the new job. I'll be tele-commuting, and flying out to Boulder every month for face time. I'll have the option to move, of course, but I don't have to. I'm going to wait and see how the job turns out first.

That's a lot of change for one month. I'm definitely looking forward to thanksgiving, because I'm going down to Berkeley for 6 days. I'm looking forward to the vacation, the travel, the new job challenges, and I'm generally optimistic.

I guess my 30's have officially started?

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End of an Era [Nov. 12th, 2004|09:34 pm]
I didn't get a final picture as they went off on the truck, but I sold both my muscle cars (1974 Dodge Charger and 1970 Dodge Challenger) today to a collector/restorer. So long, thanks for all the burnouts!
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It's my birthday [Oct. 23rd, 2004|10:47 am]
[mood | busy]
[music |random]

Yep, today is my birthday. I'm turning 21. I mean 31. Eeeek.

I'm throwing a party tonight at my new house in Seattle. It's a housewarming party too, since I just bought this place and it's finally sort of liveable. Which means lived in, which means messy. So that's what I'll be doing all day today.

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Ch ch ch changes [Aug. 1st, 2004|09:38 am]
[mood | sleepy]

Just a quick status update, I suppose. I haven't posted much, partly because I've been busy, and party because compared to the rest of the "blogosphere", I don't seem to have many interesting stories to tell.

However, I moved into my new house over the 4th of july weekend. It was kind of a bitch since I didn't have much help. Just from the folks who _have_ to help. I did borrow a big truck for free though, so that was nice. I am basically unpacked now, there are only a couple of boxes left. You know, those boxes that follow you around for years and 3 moves and never seem to really get unpacked.

I also found some room mates. One moves in today (!), and one on Sept 1st. I have one more empty room to rent, but I think I will wait until those guys settle in to see what the general vide is like before adding someone else. They are in the same band, in their early 20's, and they're social but not party types. I've known them for a couple of years in a say hi at a club/show kind of way, and everyone I talked to confirms that they are really cool and mellow. So I am optimistic.

I'll try to post more frequently... That's all for now!

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back [Jun. 16th, 2004|07:29 pm]
[mood | stressed]
[music |Califone]

I'm back from all my trippin'. Sorry I didn't get to see many people, it was jam packed full of work. But it was productive musical type work, so it was a blast. I always seem to take the kind of vacations where I need a vacation after I get back.

Speaking of which, I have 2 current music projects I'm working on (writing new stuff with a guy, and learning a bunch of guitar parts to help out a friend's band who is missing a guitarist for a couple of shows), and I'm moving in a couple of weeks and need to start packing. So that's a full time job and 4 nights a week of band practice, leaving pretty much sundays to get packed.

BTW, if anyone has a gmail invite, I'd like one. Gotta try and secure my name. :)

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Rock and Roll Outlaw [Jun. 2nd, 2004|03:46 pm]
[mood | rushed]

I'm going to be in DC and NY this weekend. I'll be busy busy busy, but hopefully I'll get a chance to meet up with some folks. I'm arriving late thursday night, hanging out in DC on friday, then going to NY friday night. I'm going to be in a recording studio in NY saturday and sunday, and then returning to DC on monday. I'm flying back to Seattle tuesday.

So, friday daytime and monday night I'll probably have some free time for socializing.

Also, in preparation for the guerrilla southern rock vibe that we are going for, I grew some facial hair, which is presented here for your amusement.

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neat [May. 17th, 2004|06:11 pm]
[mood | excited]

I own a house now. Escrow is complete. I have keys. Weird!

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Wow [Apr. 27th, 2004|10:54 pm]
I think the evidence has now forced me to agree that that the earth is indeed ~6000 years old.

The "Young Earth Creationist" movement believes the universe is 6008 years old and the creation date is Oct 23rd, 4004 BC. My birthday! That date was set forth by James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh in the book Annales veteris testamenti, a prima mundi origine deducti ("Annals of the Old Testament, deduced from the first origins of the world") in 1650.

I guess I can't really argue with that. Thanks wikipedia!
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Milestones [Apr. 13th, 2004|02:38 pm]
I just bought a house. It's huge, about 3000 square feet. 5br, 3 bath, with a rental apartment downstairs.

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Happy 04/04/04! [Apr. 4th, 2004|07:11 pm]
[mood | excited]
[music |formula one engines]

I was so busy today, I didn't even notice the date.

As some of you may know, I have been looking at buying a house for the last month or so. I found an amazing place that I'm going to make an offer on. I have a feeling it will be a competetive bid situation because they seem to be offering the house closer to appraised value than market value, and it's an awesome house in a high value neighborhood. If it gets that far I'm going to have to be very careful about escalation, but at full asking price, it's a bargain. So my agent is going to try a few tricks to get them to take my offer before looking at any others.

The only disadvantage that I can see is that it's a block away from a mormon temple. That's a bit weird, but maybe I can burn a protective pentagram in the front lawn.

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Ouch [Mar. 25th, 2004|11:15 am]
[mood | confused]
[music |White Stripes - One more cup of coffee]

Georgia House bans genital piercings for women

http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/ap_newfullstory.asp?ID=34411

It has to go back to the Senate, but it passed 160-0. The article is short enough that I included the entire text...

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The machinery of bureaucracy [Mar. 19th, 2004|07:05 pm]
[mood | surprised]
[music |Shiner - Unglued]

Today I got a letter from a claims service, trying to GIVE me money. That must not happen very often.

Apparently when I moved from San Diego to DC, I never closed my old bank account, so the Bank of America transferred my money to the State of California, which hired a claims service to find me. Probably paid for with my money. I was very busy back then, so I can definitely see that happening.

I don't know what the original balance was, but it's been collecting interest for probably 8 or 9 years, adding up to a whopping $673 and change.

The amusing part is that I've had a new Bank of America account since 2001, but they never figured that out.

They're open M-F 9-5, so I'll have to wait until next week to figure out what happens next...

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That's very small [Mar. 16th, 2004|10:53 pm]
This is the new toshiba 4 gig .85 inch hard drive...

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wow! [Mar. 15th, 2004|02:40 pm]
[mood | ecstatic]

Dear Owen,

I sent your paperwork down to the Registrar's Office to post your degree
last week. So, everything has been finalized on this end. It will
probably take another 1-2 weeks to be posted to your academic record and
approximately 30 days for you to receive your diploma.

Congratulations,

X

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freaks and geeks [Feb. 24th, 2004|02:19 pm]
Since most of us probably qualify as both, a few might be interested in the DVD release of the Freaks&Geeks; TV show (yes, it's all 18 episodes + extras). I've actually never seen the show, but I think I will check it out.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001EQHXO
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