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Woo Hoo!

05/07/04 @ 1:57 pm · By Steve Hoffman · Comments (0) · Leave one
    Could life get any better?!?!  One of my most favorite past times has gone digital!  Check it out! (shockwave required).  I suppose this puts an end to all productivity from me for a while! 

    I wrecked my car last night, no not the big ones, my RC truck.  I have to admit...it was Friggin' Awsome!  It's a damn shame all the damage that happened to it, but I was going to replace the cheap plastic parts with T6-Aluminum anyway.  I'll just be doing that alot sooner then I expected to.  It felt like something was wrong towards the end anyway.  The steering seemed to be binding up and I couldn't figure out why so I decided to just stay on the road until I ran that tank of gas out.  I was going for one last high speed pass and it started veering to the right, towards a curb/storm grate with plenty of room to spare I turned left to avoid it, but got nothing...it just kept veering.  the front right tire hit the curb at roughly 30mph and it cartwheeled about 20 times, it was almost cartoon like as there is no way it should have flipped that many times, before coming to rest on the tires.  I glanced at Joni in awe and she thought it was the coolest thing she'd ever seen, and so did I, until I saw the right front tire facing a different direction then all the other tires...so yeah, there was some major damage.  By  my final tally last night here's what had to be replaced:
Lower suspension arm, right front bulkhead, one full shock, one shock cap, two titanium swingarm screws (I'm most proud of bending those), and right shock mount post. 
Total cost to fix ~$30, that the lord for ebay (and I suppose thanks to Sheffler for turning me on to it!). 
    My predictions on friends were completely off, that god it's illegal to be a fortune teller in this state, because I certainly wouldn't have much of a future. I am however going to miss the show, I don't think that any other show will be able to fill the void they left behind, although "Joey" does look funny!  So I guess thurday night's entertainment is pretty much left up to CSI from here on out...  I'm sure I'll be ok, just gotta be strong, take it one day at a time...
    I've started work on another web project which I'll be adding to the sidebar for testing/comments/criticism(constructive or otherwise).  My church is getting a new pastor or preacher or reverend or whatever you call the leader of an Episcopal church, Sorry Father Jones, I come from a Lutheran background so I'm not sure of this religions etiquette, but I'll get it eventually.  I won't be doing any graphical adjustments to the site, just optimizing it for 'blogging and functionality.  I hate to see people work harder then they have to and since I refuse to sing in a choir or teach sunday school, I'll offer up my services in other ways. 

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