Did you know…

Did you know that in Canada it is illegal to pay a sum over 25 cents with only cents? It’s in the Currency Act of Canada!

My take on gas prices

The gas already reached 1.40$ today, it’s not news. Every news station, blog and forum already brag about it. In the United States, the gas has been breaking the record for the tenth day in a row.

When are we finally change for something more efficient? We know how flawed the combustion engine is and are well aware that we have better solutions aplenty. The gas keeps reaching record-breaking prices at the expense of everyone.

Buying cars that use less gas won’t do shit, they still take gas. Some turn to ethanol. Well, for your information, it takes enough corn to make ethanol to fuel a worldwide food crisis and you’re not done with pollution neither. Why not fund research for more efficient electric cars with all the taxes collected from the oil companies? We would get reliable, fast, emission-free engines to replace the old combustion engine. What are we waiting for?

Pictures from the North

Here are some pictures from Chicoutimi. Not in order: My cousins playing baseball with a dog toy and a metal pipe, the school I went to as a kid, the house I lived in and the only attraction around Chicoutimi, the mall.

I wish I had a camera.

Worst game of 2008, officially.

Shitty PC games are dime a dozen, but Euro Truck Simulator, the upcoming euro truck simulator, beat them all without even being released.

Everyone’s eagerly waiting for this blockbuster simulator to reach our consoles. I foresee a 3/10 average rating and many mentions for the worst game of 2008.

What’s next? Lawnmower Racer?

Breaking news: I lost my job

More info coming whenever I know more about it.

UPDATE: Because of a misunderstanding and another person’s shitty week.

Leaving town… (and whining about gas prices)

I’ll be at Chicoutimi until monday. And by “going to Chicoutimi” I mean “bored without internet until monday”. Of course I’ll try to take some pictures (and buy a camera?).

Now I wonder what’s the cost difference between travelling back when we moved to Granby and now. I’m pretty sure it was cheaper with the truck loaded with furniture than it is now with the astonishingly high gas price.

As a matter of fact, in 2002, the gas never went over 73¢/l in Canada. As of May 2008, it’s at 1.35$/l, over the double of what it was 6 years ago. Why you ask? Well maybe it was slightly windy on a oil platform in the pacific so they decided to dramatically raise the gas prices “just to be sure”. The summer arriving and the massive amount of people travelling around is like TOTALLY unrelated.

Meanwhile, various newspapers ironically state the ample supplies left. This article, dated of last February, foresees that the price will go down during spring. Heh.

The said video…

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Here it is, let’s hope we’ll get good grades : )

Without a Xbox: Day 6

I was too busy again to find some time to play. That being said, however, it’s only 5PM, which means I gotta stay busy for the next 6-7 hours. I havn’t even received the goddamned box to send it back, which means I most probably won’t get it for next week. I hope at least it won’t get lost in the mail, you know UPS…

Still no drawing, probably because I spent half of my day Photoshopping my way through the french homework, the other half being saved to grab a few necessities at the mall and figuring out how the speedometer on my bike works (I yet have to do this).

Without a Xbox: Day 5

Between the schoolwork, the friends and the dinner, I didn’t have time to draw anything. I managed to play something like 15 minutes today without it freezing. Otherwise I didn’t have any free time to play with it. There’s this french work due tuesday and I got no time for gaming since the whole weekend will be spent at Chicoutimi. We (Guillaume and I) watched Black Hawk Down today as we had to rent it for the project (I might upload it someday) and it sure is a great movie for those who never seen it. If you liked Saving Private Ryan, it’s along the same lines except it’s in Somalia in the ’90s.

I probably won’t post between saturday and monday since I won’t have any internet connection there. I guess I’ll find a way to kill time, as if having no gaming for a week wasn’t enough.

Message to car owners

There are some car owners around that don’t seem to understand the most basic principles of vehicular fashion. You don’t have to spend a fortune to have a fashionably acceptable ride, only common sense. Even with such low requirements, many still fail to understand some basic car owner’s etiquette.

If you can’t afford four identical wheels, the original wheels will fit nicely.

Who the hell told you only 2 mags were better than none on your 1990 Acura Integra? Well he is a fucking douche! Don’t listen to this idiot, it’s looking horrible! Also, drag racing is not an excuse, it takes about 20minutes to change the front wheels.

If you can afford four identical wheels, at least make sure the car deserves them

Instead of putting some insane pimp wheels on your rust-covered Sundance, why not sell the old piece of junk and buy something worth putting sweet wheels on?

Don’t you fucking dare tuning your goddamn Geo!

I know this seems obvious, but people insist on modifying these cars. Don’t get me wrong, Suzuki-based cars are extremely reliable, but there’s no way in hell you’ll be cool with a turbo on your Metro/Swift, seriously.

You better be fucking kidding me

There are other options thana shitty Honda Civi
With the 9000 bucks you paid for your shitty 1992 Civic, you could have bought a much more recent, safe and beautiful car and saved hundreds in insurance. Now you’re stuck with the most overpriced used car in Canada and it’s probably about to fail you. The ashtray smell comes standard, by the way.

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Great flicks to see…

I just finished watching Cicade de Deus (or City of god or Cité de Dieu). It was a great movie for those who havn’t seen it. It has got some great reviews too so I guess it’s truly worth a rent. If this is not enough, there’s also Joyeux Noël, We Own the Night, Lord of War, Children of Man and Mr. Brooks that unfortunately went unnoticed.

Cool site of the week: Watch-movies.net

I found a link to watch full movie for free. I watched 2 movies so far without any problem. There’s no registration or such bullshit since the movies are hosted on Google Video and such sites.

There’s even new movies such as We Own the Night and even Iron Man!

Without a Xbox: Day 4

Good news! I’m not yet insane! I went through another full day without any form of gaming and aside from being hungry as hell, I’m fine. I stopped having halucinations and I’m still not considering the Wii or the PS3.

I still havn’t had any news of my new Xbox while my friends are happily enjoying GTA IV. Even if I was only allowed to play ’till 9pm, I sure miss the few minutes of fun before I had to tell everyone I gotta leave because of house rules. Seriously, all those stupid rules will drive me crazy WAAAAAAY before gaming will.

Here’s a pic as promised:

And before some crazy soccer mom/teacher goes crazy, this is just a drawing, I won’t shoot anyone, shut up, thank you and goodbye.

Without a Xbox: Day 3

I’m starting to wonder what I’m gonna do during the 5 DAY WEEKEND that is coming. It’s not that I’m not happy or anything, just that I’d rather spend all the free time left between the french project and boxing against a friend with a healthy dose of GTA IV. I havn’t hit virtual people with a car IN 4 GODDAMNED DAYS and I sure miss it. The multiplayer was so awesome, I miss it too. Damn stuff, always breaking. Anyway here’s another picture as promised.

Just a hint like this by the way: tomorrow’s picture is entirely based on reality, I truly thought about it for a split second before my plans were shattered by a bitch slap from reality. I drawn something else.

Meet the blobfish…

Since the french article about the blobfish held all the popularity records with as much as 950 clicks (it’s a lot considering the little traffic, I figured out I’d translate it for my fellow english readers, if I have any.

The blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus) is a deep water fish found near the coasts of Australia and Tasmania. While not being commonly seen due to his hardly reached habitat, the blobfish gained internet fame thanks to this atrocious portrait of one of them.

If being the ugliest thing I ever seen wasn’t enough, the blobfish also turns out to be a lazy-assed piece of jello. Instead of simply swimming like every hard-working little fish, the blobfish prefers to float around. In fact, his gelatinous mass is slightly less dense than the water at this depth, thus making the blobfish to float above the sea floor without any signifiant effort.

Since the blobfish just floats around and doesn’t have the muscular mass to allow him to pursue a prey, this lazy fish just eats whatever edible crap floats by his mouth.

There is unfortunately very little information about this wonder of nature, but here are some links to compensate:

Wikipedia.org - Blobfish

Youtube.com - Blobfish doing nothing interesting