It's raining tonight. It's going to rain tomorrow. It rained yesterday and the day before and the day before. The week before and the week before that! It's rained so much people aren't talking about the drought we used to be in and in Big Bear? like 5 feet of snow last week! and another 2 feet by Friday! It's amazing and I love it, but deep down inside I know the climate is totally broken and the whole country is either freezing or buried in snow. so it goes I suppose!
I totally forgot I was using this blog to re-start my blogging again...and realized how much I missed it until I was reading Simply Lesa on Blogger (or Blogspot whatever the hell they call it now). I'll keep her blog open in another browser at work and just read a few paragraphs. and yesterday realized how awesome it is. I wish I could find this blog I used to read it was called something like Happy Accidents and was about a low income guy who had a bike and a small apartment. He would talk about how much he loved his bike and would post really low fi camera pix of his new reading glasses. I've looked for it over time, but I can't seem to remember exactly the name of the title. I ever looked through my browser history and couldn't find it which makes me think it was one of the blogs I'd only read at work. oh well - I really loved that guys blog. it's such an art form to to a blog concise and low-fi.
I'm giving up trying to keep a consistent schedule blogging. it'll happen when it needs to, but I really do love doing it. Let's see, what's been going on recently....
- Elon purchased Twitter and fired everybody then made the remainder of the team go "intense hardcore" and sleep in the office to show their dedication and he just fired a bunch more of those people (ooopsie!)
- ChatGPT came out in November (2022) and kicked ass so much that Microsoft tried to integrate it into their Bing search engine which amazingly surreal results (the "BingBot" asked a reporter to divorce his wife and marry it LOOLL!)
- The war in Ukraine is now 1 year old (horribly sad)
- Turkey got hit with a 7.8 magnitude earthquake and many aftershocks that were just as powerful (absolutely tragic)
- Trump still isn't in prison yet and decided to run for president again in 2024
- Mass shootings skyrocketed in 2023
- Red states want to get a "divorce" from the US
I've been spending more time in Vanny! I've put in blackout curtains and now have all the windows covered which has made it great for parking at the beach and climbing in the back. I still have to 2 rows of seats in and not sure how far I want to build everything out because I discovered that Vanny has a bad case of rust around the front windshield and read doors. With all the rain there has been alot of water that got in and the carpet is really really wet. So not sure what to do but once the rain does stop I'll see if I can get an estimate to get it repaired.
Speaking of repair, last time we talked I was involved in a hit and run. Miracously, my car just had minor damage to the front bumper and the guy sped off in his white Mercedes with his front tire falling off! I didn't get his license plate number because my dashcam unplugged itself....which is totally bizarre but I wrote it off as the event happening exactly as it should and let the Karmic Wheel deal with this guy instead of chasing him down. oh well - everyone was totally fine and I got the hood painted too - so all is well with the car.
And I got a beach cruiser for my birthday! I put lights all over it and on the wheels too. But it's either been ridicouly cold or raining so I haven't been able to really take it out on the road yet. but it's awesome. I'll post some pictures soon.
Ok, this is getting a little long-winded. I'll keep this blogging thing up because apparently I have quite a bit to say lately 😂
