Which could be coming out very soon for around 30k USD!
This thing rules. 120 mile range for the all electric and 300 MPG for the hybrid!
Monthly Archives: December 2007
A bump in the road to recovery
Dad had a set back yesterday, he had a blood clot develop in his leg. I’ve been told it’s pretty common and thankfully dad’s is minor and was caught early so no real harm is done. He needs to stay at the hospital until Monday to make sure everything is under control, but he’ll be back on track in quick order.
Dad’s home
After some melodrama to get him out of the hospital (read: stupid, lazy, unorganized, clueless people and one of the busiest cities in the world) he’s home. He’s like a wounded duck, got a long road of recover ahead of him still. Worked his ass off to get out of the hospital in 6 days so now his environment is much better at least. Should be a a month before he’s really mobile.
So yeah, the left windshield wiper arm is bent and I gotta get a new one. Gonna be like 80 bucks, I fucking suck.
Stormin
Looks like this North Easter grazed us, more rain than anything though it’s about 32 outside. I think I broke my fucking windshield wipers (again). They won’t move. I knew I shouldn’t have touched them but I did anyway. Snow got underneith the starting position and threw it all out of wack.
Surgery part 2
It’s been a long day but dad’s surgery went well. Took the Dr. a bit longer than normal but it went as well as it could. Dad opted to get the spinal anesthesia, it’s easier to recoup from it than the standard IV. We left at about 230 to beat traffic, dad was still in the recovery room waiting for a room in the hospital to free up. He’ll be on his feet tomorrow, which is a lot sooner than I ever thought. I expect him to come home on saturday, sunday by the latest.
Surgery tomorrow!
Dad is due at the hospital at 6:30 am! On the table at 8:15. That means we gotta leave here at 5:30. So I got about 6 hours of sleep if I pass out now. Shouldn’t be too bad…to be honest I’m psyched it isn’t me this time. So it shouldn’t be too bad for metomorrow.
My car isn’t broken
Which is great. Got the 45k service done, thankfully the weird front left tire noise went away in 24 hours and Toyota didn’t find anything wrong. So it was smooth sailing through there. Christmas shopping is almost done. Bless the Internet for that.
Dad’s birthday just passed, his surgery is in a week…that’s the big event this month.
December!
2007 is barreling to a close. After Thanksgiving the end of the year is right at your feet, goes so fast.
It’s been awhile since my last update so some random stuff.
Saw Beowulf in 3D and it was average at best. Without the 3D it probably would have been more disappointing. It really didn’t connect with me, the pacing felt really off. It was cool and then boring, then cool and then boring. Technically it was sound but afterwards I wished I went to see The Mist instead (which I hear rules).
I haven’t watched any DVDs in awhile, I’ve fallen behind since of all the kick ass games that have come out. Call of Duty 4 was a great ride, I haven’t played much multiplayer, not sure why. Actually it was because I was playing the shit out of Assassin’s Creed. Loved it from start to finish. It’s been awhile since a game grabbed like that. It’s the only thing I played for a week, put in at least 15 hours. I just have a some Templars to find and kill and like 300 (lol!) flags to find. Sure it has it’s faults but I give the game a solid 8. I loved the story, sound is terrific, it looks amazing and controls as well as you could want. The combat was different but after a bit I came to love it as well. Now I’m on to Mass Effect. I’m 6 hours in and it’s a wild game. I’m just digging into it, getting used to the combat and figuring out the galaxy and what direction I want to take my character. The dialog is really amazing stuff, it’s got some graphical glitches and shit (thanks Unreal Engine 3) but it’s nothing that kills the game. I’ll have better impressions in time.
The Xbox 360 Fall update is finally dropping on Tuesday, really looking forward to that as it’ll allow us to play divx files which totally rules. I won’t have to transcode Top Gear anymore and can watch like every video on my PC downstairs at will. Speaking of Top Gear, it’s been an amazing season so far. Every episode so far has ruled.
Dad is going for his knee surgery on the 12th, that should be pretty epic. We’re gearing up for that, should be interesting. With Christmas just weeks ago I gotta hop on my shopping. I think I’m going to do all of it on Amazon, fuck going to the store. Not worth the hassle and Amazon rules. Should be able to do it in 2 “visits”. I gotta figure out some stuff for other people.