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Super quick update.....

remember my video of me and my mates day at the motorcycle racing school, FAST? I just uploaded the video to here. Just click on the Click here to download movie file link and you're all set.

Have a gander if you've never seen it and you can sustain the transfer rate. I'm rather fond of it.

....whee. posted by losir at 1:47 PM

[Edited for grammar and stuff]
I live in Geekville, I know this now.

Everyone I know is a complete geek, I mean everyone; especially the guys I hang out with at lunch.

Four seemingly normal indivuduals, all heterosexuals (I think), and what do we talk about when we get together for grub?! Work.

That's right. We have nothing better to talk about other than the inner workings of the Company, or things related to work. Now I'll be the first to admit I started it by complaining about my lack of understanding with what I'm doing right now, so I'm not blameless. But why can't we talk about something else, like sports, cars, or even girls? Well, especially girls....

Because we're geeks, we nerds, we're socially challenged. We're victims of our environment, shaped by our jobs and career choices to be pimply skinny geeks staring at the monitor for at least 12 hours a day. It's not our fault dang it! We're as much a victim as the next guy with a pocket protector and tape on his glasses. But that is who we are. We're not happy if we don't debate the comedy styling of each other's code. We're not content if we don't stress over the latest upper management's decisions into steering the Company into the ground. In short, we're happy to be geeks.

Well I ain't. Not one bit. The last thing I want at lunch is to think about work. I already do it 23 hours a day. Let me enjoy my food and think about the Leafs or Raptors. Please. Give me a break!

....thanks for letting me rant. Now be quiet while I start to compile my bastard two lines of inadequate C. posted by losir at 2:05 PM

I just totally scored on a sweet deal.

I was looking for a service manual for my bike. They cost an arm and a leg. I called some of the local shops for pricing, and they wanted anywhere between $150 and $153 CAD for one! Wow. That's money.

So I started looking online. Honda's website sells theirs for $60 US, converted to CDN, we're still talking $96 before tax, shipping, and duty. Which is still a lot of bread. I was willing to pay it too....

I looked around some more, and found a guy selling new manuals for $30 US. Which is like way cheap. After talking to several online people, I found that he was only selling photocopied versions of the orig. book. Though not legal, it was a great deal, and I thought I couldn't pass it up.

I was about to pay the guy when I got an email from another online person I'm acquaited with. He offered me a photocopied of the manual for $25 US. Which is like the lowest price possible. Plus he offered to send it to me first, and was willing to pay for the shipping. I couldn't believe my luck!

To top it off, he had $25 CDN and no where to spend it. He could convert it, but the service charge was $16.95 US. $25 CDN would amount to $15.625 US. You do the math.

So he mailed me the $25, asked me to convert it for him, and I get to keep half. Then he had another friend who owed him $10 CDN, and he mailed that to me to, as an early Christmas present. So let's recap.

$25 US == $40 CDN - 12.50 - 10 = $17.50!

Well I didn't keep half of the $25 CDN he sent me. I mean, he just felt bad I had to do all that, but I didn't mind. I already got a great deal on a manual.... but I kept the $10 his friend gave me, which afterall, was a gift.

....I told you it was sweet!
posted by losir at 3:13 PM

I just had my first therapeutic massage, in part thanks the Company's insurance policy.

Apparently, we're covered for up to $500 CDN worth of massages, from a licensed place of course. So all you dirty-minded folks drooling over the thought of getting one from Lady Tabatha at Relax 2000 with a free hand job can forget it!

Anyway, I'm now more sore than when I went in, and yet I feel more relaxed. Everyone, including the therapist and doctor said that I was going to be sore, because they've now removed all the toxic blockage in the muscle, which is good, but it's now spread throughout my body, until i can flush it out myself. Okay, so that means hot showers and lots of water. Fair enough.

I'm going again next week.

....Lord knows I need the rub, from all the stress. posted by losir at 2:58 PM

My blog archives have been republished. I cannot believe it, it's been almost a year of rambling. It hasn't always been good, but heck, it's been real.

Go explore my old stuff if you're a new reader.

....you know who you are, trying to sneak onto my page for a peek. Silly goose! ;o-) posted by losir at 6:27 PM

I actually don't know what to write today. Shower time consists of pure mental anguish over code at work. Stuff I've never seen before, things I must try to insert into other people masterpiece without killing anything. Brutal.

I liken my job to the practical joker who decides to spray paint his face into the back of the Mona Lisa. Okay who am I kidding?? I don't even know what a spray can is, let alone be able to paint my own picture. But I'm trying dang it..... and it's killing me.

....if it's not, why do I feel my life force ebbing away? Oh wait, that's just old age. posted by losir at 5:35 PM

I just came up with a brilliant idea while taking a crapper on Da Company throne.

Co-op housing for retired senior citizens with live-in nurses. What a concept.

Take a big house, put four to six senior citizens who are still mobile, but in need of care, and give them a place they call home. It'll be like one big pajama party from their yesteryears, but more fun.

Think of the win-win situation. Old folks home are very sterile and life sapping. Their kids no longer want them around, so they stick them there. Partly because some are too old to care for themselves, and/or their kids are seemingly too busy. (A relatively foreign concept to the Asian community, who do their best to take care of their old). This would mean they could help each other, and feel fulfilled because they're still very useful and needed in their silver years. A live-in nurse or health-care aid would be present to assist in tasks that only a younger, more-abled bodied person could do. S/he would also be in charge of dispensing their daily medication (if any) and would definitely be the judicator of the house in case some of the grannies ever fought over who got to wear the false teeth that evening.

Think about how grand it would be to have these older people get together and really pull together to clean the house and other daily chores. They would all share responsibility in keeping the place tidy and neat, and really be proud of the lives they lead, instead of just rotting away in a near-cell that is your local senior home, they could be involved in each others' lives. All the "play time" activity of a regular old folks home could still be enjoyed, including checkers, knitting, etc. But they could also get together and do some really cool stuff like bake cookies, watch TV, and raise a pet. Stuff that old folks LOVE to do.

I'm being serious here. I think this idea could really fly. A community of older people, living together, sharing their lives and growing to depend on each other. This is something that I don't see now in senior citizen homes that I've visited before. They lead such solitary lives..... it's very sad.

Of course, this wouldn't work for everyone. There are some who just aren't able to care for themselves, and they would have to be in a "home". But the global senior citizen rate will continue to skyrocket, and we need better solutions in dealing with their needs, instead of just sticking them somewhere and forgetting about them. Besides, with the wonder of modern medicine, more of us are getting better at being old. Maybe we would need to have 2-3 live-in nurse, but think of the rewards of being to share your life with them, and glean from their decades of wisdom. I for one would jump at the chance to be so honoured.

There are also other possibilities. Imagine a reality show of old foggies. Big Brother meets. On Golden Pond. Think of how funny it could be as Aunt Bea falls down and can't get up for the 20th time that day - screaming at the camera for help. And if the old folks aren't aren't talking to each other over some stupid arguement: "Listen bucko, the yarn is made from acrylic material, not wool...." or "Stop using my denture toothbrush to scrub your tomatoes!" They can entertain the audience by talking to themselves!! How many of us listen when they mumble at us? The TV public will finally want to know why back in the old days, they had to walk ten miles to measure a distance of only 8 miles. Oh yes!!

....when the ideas start flowing, they just don't stop.

posted by losir at 7:57 PM

There's an epidemic around here, and it's rather disconcerting if you're a single Asian male seeking SAF.

I know at least 5 Chinese girls, all who have boyfriends residing in the States. This is scary. Where have all the T.O. fellas gone to? In hiding I'll bet.

Back when I was a lad on the prowl, we had speculated (out of pure fustration mind you) that T.O. Asian girls are some of the snobbiest in the world. Maybe this is true? T.O. guys just ain't good enough for these ladies, they must find love abroad.

Maybe the girls can't commit to a real relationship, and decided to do a "long D" thang to keep from any emotional strain? I don't know. I haven't thought this through, but it's still weird to think that this is becoming a trend.

I am with only 1 online journal ring, Ricebowl Journal, which I'll admit I'm not really an active member of. But I just noticed I'm member #32, out of 260+ members. That's pretty cool. I also looked at some of the pix, there are some really cute girls there, and they're all from the States. So what the heck? If there are hot chicks in your community, why are you coming up to the great white north to steal ours??

....Maybe it's the American Asians who are the snobby ones. Doh. posted by losir at 3:41 PM