Ah… the holiday season is upon us once again – the time other than late March/early April when we get bombarded by thinly veiled Western religious dogma programs being passed off as “documentaries” on the supposedly historical or learning-related channels. I guess it shouldn’t surprise me, since they have a program glorifying terrorism in international waters…
(2)Monthly Archive for December, 2008
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Usually half-Asian/half-North-Americans have nicer rear-ends, and not the flat, square asses common in their pure-Asian counterparts, but that’s definitely not the case with the new Pontiac Vibe (thought I was talking about girls’ asses, weren’t you!). The designers appear not to have been able to resolve the design beyond the up-sloping C-pillars, resulting in an unimaginitive, rectangular rear hatch glass. Boo. Weak. Looks like a Dodge Caliber if you’re directly behind it. Wonder if it will be sold on the JDM like the Gen-1 Vibe, which was the Toyota Voltz SUV.
(0)Dec 19 08:10 – wish could afford to stay another couple days. today
looks like a perfect epic day. Cold, sunny, foot of fresh snow, damn!
(Nice boots) How can i make myself feel better… The slopes will be
jam packed with people and kids. Virtually all the schools in Seattle
are closed today even though the weather is beautiful. Yeah, they’ll
be groms all over the place, buried in powder that wont be able to see
them until you ride over them. Getting snot on your board is gross.
Wow, Chain Reaction Cycles is pretty fast considering we’re all the way in the middle of the Pacific and they’re all the way on the other side of the world in Scotland… I sent the mismatched set of shifters back on 14 November 2008, they received them on the 20th, and shipped out a replacement set. Those arrived on 01 December! I didn’t have time to put them on before heading to Japan, but I threw them on Tuesday at McBike along with the new cassette and 9-speed chain. Shifters are quite nice. They seem to stick out more than the XTR’s, but that’s just an impression. I did have to remove the Optical Gear Displays so I could mount the shifters outboard of the brake levers. In that position, the shift paddles line up correctly with my fingers with my hands in the normal position on the grips. More on the shifters in a future review…
Dec 18, 16:00 – alright, who’s the rocket scientist who plugged the
minifridge into the switched outlet?! I would have been really pissed
if i had bought beer yesterday and came back from a good day of
hitting powder to warm beer!
Dec 18 09:00 – frik, i’m calling it, late now, don’t think i want to
buy chains, drive half the day for maybe a couple hours of riding. If
the vehicle were mine i’d do it no questions. Just getting around town
appears to be a problem. Dont think im going to chance driving in
downtown with its steep hills! Maybei should find a park in town to
play in. If i were really pro id go ride the skate park that is
supposed to be a couple blocks away from this hotel.
Dec18 – 07:20 route 450 completely shut down, stevens pass opening
today, but dont think can get there with enough time. Dammit! Powder
and no way to get to it!
Dec 18, 06:20 – crap, I-5 & 99 into dowmtown locked up. Forecast to
let up in few hours. Might not make it to baker, it might take so long
not worth it. To get chains already i’ll prob be not leaving until
0900, and the drive est 3 hours good day will be much longer.
Thurs dec 18 – wake up to thunder. Seattle town now getting hit by
snow. Yesterday was fine, no snow in town. Lots of traffic probs.
Looks like im looking for chains. Snowboard shop dude recomended for
baker. Said road is hairy in spots as no railing with severe dropoffs.