Jul. 4th, 2001

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So getting here at 6am was interesting. I drove so I could get that precious twenty extra minutes of sleep and the first thing that struck me odd was the realization that in all the years I've lived in Vancouver I don't recall ever having driven into town at sunrise in the summer. It's more normal for me to staggering home at sunrise (like last Monday morning). It seemed weird to see the sun rise in the northeast from behind the mountains. The roads were deserted and I only counted seven other cars in the parkade, which by eight o'clock is often full. I knew it was way too early when the Starbucks across the street wasn't even open yet. The building was still locked. I never even bothered to confirm that my swipe-card would work on the main doors and the elevators after hours. Fortunately it did. When I reached my floor I knew I was the first one in because my <sarcasm>favourite</sarcasm> newspaper (the Province) was lying on the floor still. It was nice being absolutely alone on the floor for the first hour until the keeners started arriving around 7am.

Weird

Jul. 4th, 2001 10:04 am
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For some reason LJ is not blocked by the firewall anymore. I still think I will write most of my posts offline and post them when I get home, just so I don't leave a bunch of marks in the proxy log.

Oh My GOTH!

Jul. 4th, 2001 11:46 am
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This is so over the top! I love it!

Fun

Jul. 4th, 2001 01:16 pm
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So I got back to the guy from Turkey yesterday about the PHP implementation. He was pleased with my response and sent this thank you:
Hello,

Thank you very much indeed for your comments.

King Regards

Tanju
I just love the idiom. "King Regards" I assume means a salutation worthy of a king. I have a mental image of a Turk in riding robes bowing flamboyantly.

It weirds me out every time I get a random question from someone in some faraway place. I've had people from India, Germany, England, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and now Turkey contact me out of the blue with technical questions. Despite the fact that I've been using the Internet for well over a decade now, it still has this capacity to stun me.
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Goddamn fucking filthy fuckers. Aaagh. Thieves, blaggards, fucking fuck FUCK AAAAGH!

I hate everything!!!


(But that's not the same as having an opinion)
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Underpainting
Creepy Blue Phase
I love this phase of the painting. It just looks so weird. There is something about blue people that touches upon some kind of Jungian archetype.
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"That's what people do. We make plans. Then life does what ever it wants."
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