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| Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 | | 4:35 pm |
Trip to Pittsburgh with Charles, Ekh, and Llanel was fun. Very friendly people, good food, horrible transportation system. | | Thursday, December 15th, 2011 | | 8:38 pm |
Goodbye...
...my Guinness boxer shorts. You've had a longer relationship with my intimate parts then any woman I've known. But it's finally time to part ways. <throws dying boxers in waste basket> In other news, I'm off to Mt. Tremblant this weekend. But I don't know how much skiing I'll do. Last Friday was a physically brutal day, and although I felt fine afterward the tendons in my right arm started hurting on Saturday and became sore and inflamed. Sunday was pretty bad. They've been healing throughout the week, but I'm not sure I'm up for skiing. Oh well, a weekend spent in a hot tub is not a bad thing. And in other, other news the Interactive Arts team is brainstorming what we're going to bring down to Burning Man next year. Going to Burning Man has been on my bucket list for more than a decade, now might be a chance to finally go. And as part of a kickass arts team too! Current Mood:  good | | Sunday, October 23rd, 2011 | | 11:02 pm |
Who wants a postcard?
Not sure who's still following my LJ, but if you'd like a postcard from Colombia just comment with your address. (Comments are screened) | | Saturday, October 22nd, 2011 | | 7:00 pm |
Well, That was Random
Marina and I just checked into a hotel in Guatape (outside Medellin), and then it started raining, and then a song and dance number broke out on the street below our balcony (complete with a marching band playing Lady Gaga)! Am I having fun in Colombia? Hell Yeah! Current Mood: amused | | Saturday, October 15th, 2011 | | 2:00 pm |
Flying on a jet plane.
I'm sitting in the Pearson VIP lounge enjoying excellent ravioli and beer from the self-serve bar (thanks for the hook-up Janak). Next stop is Bogota, Colombia. Current Mood: content | | Monday, October 3rd, 2011 | | 7:55 am |
Today is a recovery day.
Just woke up. Nuit Blanche aftermath: I was up for 33 hours going really hard the entire time from 8AM Saturday morning to 5PM on Sunday. Strike took about 9 hours on Sunday. I just finished sleeping like a dead man, and my lower back feels like the Argos had a game on it. But we puled off something amazing and had a great time doing it. The first time I climbed up the scaffolding to behold The Heart Machine fully operational and surrounded by massive crowds I felt awesome. And don't even get me started on the other team members. So many people went above and beyond that words can't do them justice. | | Friday, September 30th, 2011 | | 1:33 am |
Nuit Blanche
If you're coming out for Nuit Blanche this Saturday, come check out The Heart Machine at Bay and Edward, my friends and I put a lot of work into it this summer. I promise BIG fire. | | Wednesday, September 28th, 2011 | | 12:55 am |
Nuit Blanche approaches
Everyone, come check out The Heart Machine at Nuit Blanche this year. We'll be just north of Bay and Dundas, and I guarantee that you'll be able to see, hear, and feel us for blocks around. Just getting around today I racked up 32 km on my bike (going to Edwin's, getting a haircut from Christine's friend Mel, Going to Leo's place for the Sig telethon, and helping with Seth's project down at Site 3). And early tomorrow I need to be on a roof, so now it's time to hit the hay. | | Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011 | | 9:04 pm |
Happiness is...
...two pulled pork sandwiches, some coleslaw, and a can of Creemore pilsner. It was a busy weekend (and week). On Wednesday a jazz bar with a friend and then the Croc with the boys. Thursday was more Heart Machine stuff and then a (proper) Japanese izakaya that just opened at Bathurst and Bloor (great atmosphere, check it out). Friday was poker with the Boyz (ig game with Chic and Christoph in town. And Saturday night was spent hopping between the Silent Auction at Site 3 and ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.2) timreeve's birthday party. | | Sunday, August 14th, 2011 | | 3:00 am |
I'm watching "Limitless" right, and it's kinda tripping me out.
It's been a very busy three days. Lots of social activity., I've been wearing my social/extroverted/loquacious mask for the last three says straight. ((Site 3 is having a Silent Auction/Party and I'm trying my best to promote it.) -Wednesday was watching the Jays thrash the Athletics at Skydome. I can make it from home to the stadium in 20 minutes on my bike, woohoo! -Thursday night I went right from work to soldering boards for the Heart Machine. Then Christine and Max invited me to their friend's CD launch party at the Ossington. timreeve lives right across the street, but was visiting his GF, and Janak was staying in that night. But I was surprised at how many people I knew at the party. Meeting Melissa was the biggest surprise, I took her to goth karaoke a while back but didn't think she listened to this kind of music. -Friday was Tom's Nuit Blanche Gala/Fundraiser. I had a good time, and had my charisma dialed up to 11 (that scales to 20+ in D&D) - Tonight was Shawn's bachelor party. I had a great time and am up $20 after multiple rounds of poker (I won the big(gest) tournament). -Tomorrow is some early morning math tutoring and then heart machine stuff, followed by Silent Auction planning. Should be fun and I plan to crash out soon. Right now I'm watching Limitless, and it's tripping me out a bit. The main character on "the drug" reminds me of how I am when I'm really focusing (Disclaimer: I'm not a super genius like he's portraying, but there are similar intensities). I don't quite have that level of confidence or intensity, but I know that feeling. Now to watch the rest of the movie (which will probably be a downer), and then crash out. Lots to do tomorrow. Current Mood: aware | | Friday, July 22nd, 2011 | | 12:59 am |
Happiness is...
...putting together something that shoots a 5' jet of green fire. It only took a few hours of experimentation and I made it out of a ball inflation needle, ballpoint pen, discarded plastic water bottle, copper tubing and electrical tape. Murphy might be my God, but MacGyver is my Patron Saint. Current Mood:  giddy | | Sunday, May 1st, 2011 | | 10:14 pm |
Delayed flight, also I'm a red head now (sort of)
My flight has been delayed by 15 hours now. Grr. Not that I spent all that time at the airport, PIA did call last night saying it would be delayed 12 hours. As is I'll be getting back to TO at an ungodly hour in the morning. Probably going to cab it home from the airport. It all means I have to hit the ground sprinting in terms of work when I get back to Toronto. Looks like I'll be hooking up an IV coffee feed and hitting the Red Bull. Other news: for shits and giggles I got my hair dyed with red henna yesterday. It's not too apparent, except in bright light. I wonder how many people will notice. I'm not sure exactly how long it'll last. Anyway, it took a bit of nerd-fu to make this access point work. I have all my post cards addressed, and about a third written. I'll do the rest on the flight. | | Sunday, April 17th, 2011 | | 3:52 pm |
Off to Pakistan in T-70 minutes
I'm in the departure lounge beside my gate at Pearson. If anyone wants a postcard please leave your address in a comment (all comment are screened). I'll try real hard not to get killed. | | Saturday, April 9th, 2011 | | 12:30 am |
| | Friday, April 8th, 2011 | | 1:06 am |
Pakistan, T-minus 9 days
My Pakistani visa is ready, I need to go by the consulate soon and pick it up. If I wasn't so busy with everything else I'd be pretty excited. Sid came by on Monday and we went through what wedding events were happening when. He also dropped by the SCTA meeting on Wednesday and reconnected with the Brothers there. He also gave me a lonely planet guide to Pakistan. I need to digest it ASAP. Mark and I are making good progress on the solar install on Via Italia. It was an 11.5 hr day today and I actually have a sunburn to show for it. We might be working on Saturday in order to get this job done. Looks like lots of solar work this summer. I might actually get a career going? And I just biked back from Site 3. Lots of people there tonight so it was good fun. cjthomas was testing various materials and we had a pair of guys from I3 in Detroit. I persuaded Oksana to come check out the shop, which was nice. We haven't seen each other, physically, in almost 2 years. And speaking of blasts from the past, there was someone there from my Sanctuary days, Cathy. I remember flirting with her one night, long long ago. And at the end of the night she closed her eyes and asked me what colour they were. I didn't know, but I would have been screwed anyway because each eye is a different colour. Since then I've always been careful to note the eye colour of the girls I talk to, That way I can make entirely new mistakes, as opposed to the same ones. Other stuff: trip to Vermont last month was great. Charles and Ekh are both good to travel with. The weather was almost warm enough for shorts. And the conditions were good. On the bus trip back we actually passed through St. Jean-sur-Richeleu which was where I did my military training back in 1998. Thanks to my smart phone I could make out some base buildings in the distance. I feel like I have less free time now then when I was in the military, lots of stuff going on in my life, too much perhaps. I'd like to do something about my single status. But on the whole I'm having a hell of a lot of fun and living life with a passion and intensity that was absent for a long time. | | Friday, March 11th, 2011 | | 1:51 am |
A bit of progress and socializing tonight at Site3
The SRoD now has an aiming/focusing reticule. I really wanted to use the glass cross-hair* I etched with the laser tonight, but couldn't think of a way to make it actually work. Instead I opted for the simpler solution of a bit of piping, sheet metal, and oiled paper with a dot. Very mundane looking I admit, but it works well and is now strapped to the side of the SRoD. This current version now has all the features I want it to. Next time there's a sunny day I'm going to have to take it out and have some fun. By fun of course I mean igniting/melting/burning all sorts of stuff. Mwahahahahaha! I also chatted with people tonight. Brett has decided to join as an associate member. Kyle was helpful as usual. Ron was a no-show, which is unusual. And it turns out that Death and I have a quite a few friends/places/experiences in common, some via tormenta. Tomorrow I'll probably be buying my ticket to Pakistan to attend Sid's wedding in late April. Other (confirmed) travel plans include a ski trip to Vermont next week and Christoph's bachelor party at Myrtle Beach in May. The UW Science Alumni event at the Royal York on Monday was a great deal of fun. I put on a suit and donned my "extrovert mask". It was a good night, I talked to plenty of people, got mistaken for 25, and won a camera. Not too shabby. *Because the cross-hair looks so damn cool I may have to build a project around it. Current Mood: accomplished | | Tuesday, March 1st, 2011 | | 10:47 pm |
Progress.
Lots going on right now, but I did want to mention that I tested out my Solar Reflector of Doom down at Site 3 yesterday and it worked. And then it imploded... Also have plans to go skiing in Vermont later this month and down to Myrtle Beach in May for Christoph's bachelor party. I've been invited to go to Pakistan for Sid's wedding in April, I haven't committed to it, but I really want to go. Got to weigh the opportunity cost. Current Mood: content | | Saturday, January 15th, 2011 | | 7:59 pm |
Crap
The Universe has decided that the theme of this weekend is "Beat up on Marc" Current Mood:  crappy | | Monday, December 27th, 2010 | | 12:33 am |
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Lots going on. Went to Mt Tremblant with friends last weekend. Sig Alumni banquet at the start of the month. A few Site3 events over the last few months. Went to Handel's Messiah with a buddy the day after I got back from Tremblant. As always, plenty of work. Did my last bit of solar work for the year on the morning of Christmas Eve. Feeling very bullish about next year. Had dinner with Edwin and some of his family today. We start putting in the heating system on his third floor in January. I have to meet a few clients this week, but it's all consultation, no actual paid work (On the good side that means I won't be getting dirty). Various Christmas related activities over the last few days. Some with family, some with friends. Last night the Gomes brothers were here and we got a 4 player game of Doom2 going via various lap and desktops. Rockin' it old school. At the moment I'm playing with Google SketchUp, using it to design the box of a friend's (late) birthday gift. Now I need to figure out how to turn my design into a format the laser at Site3 will accept. Fun fun. | | Friday, October 8th, 2010 | | 1:28 am |
Whew! I can relax a little bit.
Fire & Flux is done, at least for now. I'm feeling a little bit of a post project let down. But it's all within reason. I was part of an amazing project involving 10' columns of fire that not only worked, but completely kicked ass. I've actually got a bit of a sunburn from it. I guess those propane flames put out a lot of UV. I was the line wrangler/carnival barker for a good 3 or 4 hours on Saturday. And anyone who knows me knows that at heart I'm an introverted physics geek (although people who've just met me are skeptical). There are plenty of times when I want the world to fuck-off so I can relax and read some SF. But when I have to, I can put on a a happy/social mask and be super gregarious and loquacious. It's just exhausting. I think I've used up my sociability quotient for the rest of the year. But I did have fun. And I'm sure I ended up in lots of pictures and videos. curgoth was all dressed up in stylish steampunk. And northbard did at the end of the night what I did at the start. It was especially gratifying to see how children reacted. I must have helped a dozen up to the platform over the course of the night (and helped them take flying leaps off). They all left ecstatic. I'm sure there have been many stories told at school. I did walk around Nuit Blanche a little bit with Tim and some Sigs. But I didn't really see it like last year when Erin and I went exploring. So it was a satisfying night, just in a different way. My thanks to all my friends who came out to see what I've been working on for the last few weeks (and flogging mercilessly on FB). Your support meant a lot. On Sunday I slept in (a bit guiltily), but then went down to help Christine with Flux & Fire tear down. On zero notice I was able to get Manny, Fred, and Phil to help. My hat off to them. We went for (late) lunch at Caplansky's afterward, my treat. This week was busy as usual: Monday - Finished the solar panel install Tuesday - Took a "day off" to run errands. Got paid for the install, put on a suit and had lunch down at the Royal York with John K on zero notice (thanks John), went to Site3 so a supplier could drop off a fire door I'll be installing, picked up my trench coat from the Sig house, bought a log splitting wedge from Lee Valley, and brought my chainsaws down to Site3. Lots of running around, but not too bizarre by my standards. Wednesday - Back at Edwin's working, I'm almost done sealing up the outside of his reno. There are a lot of projects on our collective plate right now. Money will not be an issue for a while. In fact, I'll continue to build capital. Thursday (today) - Brought Manny in to help me at Edwin's. Then went to the shop (Site3) for our weekly open house. At my invitation Lou and cjthomas swung by. Chris got nerd-sniped a good half dozen times and I could see his brain salivating over some of the toys (*cough* laser *cough*). Turn out for the open house was good. One guy (Andew?) had spring stilts (aka PowerBocks) with him. He let me try them on. Very cool. Friday - Is more work at Edwin's, and then maybe heading out for Andrea's B-day. Saturday morning, early, I'm chainsawing wood at the shop with Dana. Then taking the laser training class. In the evening it's going to be Thanksgiving dinner at timreeve's with my Dad and Mari (so I need to fins the time to make a dessert). Sunday is more turkey celebrations at Uncle Gordon's. And Monday I might actually have to myself. We will see, we will see. Now to catch up on the sleep I am so desperately lacking. Night y'all. C'est une bonne vie. Current Mood:  tired |
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