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Hello and good day folks, this is the page that will get updated regularly. It will tell of my latest projects and what I have been up to.

Chris

7-23-01 Monday

I received an email from an old friend yesterday, it was quite nice and made my day. Beat up on the cat after work today. I have assembled a few of the components needed for my car Jacobs ladder, still haven't ran the new coil that I wound last week, bummer. the neighbor has company and I do not wish to disturb her. May not be getting a promotion at work as they were posted today and I was still listed under the test dept. Typical Monday. I will probably grill portabellas tomorrow night. Here is a pic of the new J.L. in action

7-25-01

Here is a link to an old composition that just got put up on the web, I did this when I was younger and it isn't too impressive but it is definitely a piece of history. I can't remember making it at all in fact. it works best with real player (real audio) link at bottom of page

7-27-01

here I am on a Friday sitting at home relaxing, today I finally got a chance to grill outside. mmmmm my portabellas are getting better every time I make them. My books finally came in the mail, one about hotrodding ford engines and on about html and java for macintosh. I got my jegs catalog in the mail too and now have the money for the comet that I will be visiting after work Saturday. I need the overtime and there is some work for me to do at T.L. I ran my new coil yesterday with mixed results, overall things went well. I have not had time to work on my Jacobs ladder but plan on getting it 75% finished by the end of the weekend. I took out the rant that was above this to make room for more updates, sorry to all who missed the fun. My sisters web page has been crashing my computer too, I don't know exactly why but I figure it is a Mac vs Gates thing. Lets see I guess that is about it, Squeek called today, he is doing fine for all people interested. Just talked about cars and how much the left coast sucks. I am going to go read now as it is getting late and I need to be up by 7 am. will be entering more dreams soon on the dream page, for some reason I have been dreaming about bathrooms lately????

7-28-01

Today so far I have put a coat of polyurethane on my large coil, prepared my low profile box for the Jacobs ladder by cutting the necessary holes with the dremmel and taking apart a hard drive for the powerful neodymium iron boron (NdFeB) magnet to mount the thing to my car with. I will be going over to inspect the rust on the comet in a few minutes (without the magnet. I discovered that JB weld is attracted to a magnet and will see if it is conductive later. will update tonight.

checked the rust and found the body to be in good condition underneath however I was attacked by a swarm of bees that are living in the trunk! 28 years and not a sting ever, and not today! I will not be buying the car if the owner does not get rid of every last friggin' bee in that thing. Since none of my wonderful friends seem to be calling me or on their computers in the usual places I will be going for a bike ride later and going to bed after reading a bit. I hope I don't have nightmares about bees now, I usually do after such incidents. look for them on the dream page.

7-30? Sunday pm

Here I am and there you are, I am like a bum in the halls of academia looking for intellectual spare change. Anyway I did lots today, worked on hobbies and rode my bike. Man that kills me, I am so tired now. By the way I found Brenda's soul today in a stack of papers! Hey Brenda if you read this and want your soul back you can email me or call to get it back...BUT it'll cost ya'. (just kidding) So aaaaahhhmmm. I must retire for the evening. Good day.

7-31-01 Tuesday

Good judgment comes from experience, Experience comes from bad judgment.

8-2-01

I bought the comet but now I need to get the title transferred to my name and get it home and into my driveway. I will do that over the weekend. I went on a long bike ride yesterday and feel better for having exercised. Tonight I am going to practice with Dan and I took the day off of work tomorrow (Friday). I want to work on the car now but alas it is across town. oh well I will update more later tonight if I feel inclined.

8-3-01

Today I did paperwork on the comet and went for a bike ride again. I will be going to a gun show in B.G. with my grandpa in the am (quite early) I love the redneck looks that I get. We are all there for the same thing, to collect and appreciate guns, freedom and historic items from past wars where our fathers and grand fathers and great grandfathers fought for what they thought was a great country. It really still is a great country but some are a little more misguided than others. BUT all aside and onto other things...I have been searching for a motown song by the Flirtations (I think) called "nothing but a heartache" but have had no luck. Good night.

8-4-01

well I got the car home today, it dumped it's antifreeze into the street when I got home (as I expected) It looks really nice there and it is good to know it is finally mine. I will be going to the bottle rocket tonight because I am bored. The gun show was pretty good this time, lots of people including one of the owners/ head engineers of my company. That is awkward to see him out of work, it is always awkward talking to him as we are a lot alike but he is a genius and I am not. Well anyway, I am off to do evil now.

8-8-01

Today I began the removal of the comet's radiator and the start of many problems. I have 1/2 days for the rest of the week so as to have time to work on it a bit. Yesterday I paid a visit to Farah to see her off to Rome and Greece or wherever the hell she is going this week. we just chatted about her flight instructors, one of whom happens to be the president of the company that I work for. Small world. nothing interesting has been going on so I am going to bed now.

8-9-01

"I'm not a hermit I'm independently single"

Wow, just had a killer bike ride. I need to ride in the park more often, there are lots of babes there running. All married I'm sure. Today I took out my radiator and took it to the shop, I cleaned 1/2 of my hood like on the commercials and have half of my hood dull and dirty and 1/2 shiny and red. I think the paint will look ok until I get the body and paint done. So that is about it, next I will need to find about 600 dollars for a holly carb and an edelbrock intake manifold, and where I will get that I don't know.

8-10?-01

Saturday, today I ordered my intake manifold, I went with a weiand "stealth" dual plane intake from Jerry's speed shop. I have been running the car with no more radiator problems but a transmission line leaks badly now. It is always something. So I have until Tuesday to choose a carb and fix that line so I can drive it by Wednesday. So, anyway that is all I have done all day. Tonight I will go out and have fun wishing that my car was with me. I will do an experiment and see if girls talk to guys with greasy hands because this stuff isn't coming off without real hand cleaner.

8-16-01

Well today I took my car apart, I just hope that i can get it all back together. It was a bigger job than I had thought. I talked to Squeek tonight and that is about it. I have been sleeping at work because it is boring and have not ridden my bike in a few days, I will ride tomorrow after I get worn out working on the car. My hands are still dirty. I had a strange dream last night but don't remember enough of it to write it down, something about a little boy prophesising through graffiti about the end times and the destruction of mankind. pretty uplifting. I think work is getting to me.

8-?-01

Looking through my daily thing here I have come to the conclusion that I talk about biking and cars ,way too much. I did both today and nothing else. Last night/ yesterday I went to jed's to have fried pickles. It was a going away get together for a friend at work who got a job with Pilkington, after that I did things (that I talk about way too much) then went to my friend Phil's house warming party. That was cool but I didn't get to bed until about three a.m. So far it is getting late and no one has called me so I think I will play my guitar and read tonight. I bought another fern, a white fern from frank's but it does not look too good. My other plant is not doing well either. Spider mites are hard to spot and keep away, by the time I realize they are on my plants the plants are about gone, there is a costume party (star wars theme) at the lasalle building but I am a homebody and don't want to wear a costume either.

8-26-01

Took the thing that I talk about too much out for a test drive friday. It needs work but I am pleased in general. This weekend I went to my friend Greg's new place for a small get together/ cookout thingy, just relaxed and talked. Friday went to party at James' house where things got out of hand...Yeah! . Squeek is coming to town this week so there will be something to do besides computers and work. I just may take up golf for a while to see if I can do it. ummm... That is it for now, I will update more soon.

9-1-01

Death is punishment for the crime of being born

Today was car washing day, woo hoo what fun. Last night I went to the bottle rocket to see a few bands after dinner. I was pleased to see J.R. and Barrett, old friends. If you guys find this :"Hello". The bands were ok and I saw many other people that I hadn't seen in a while. I drove the comet which is now fixed up well enough to drive thanks to Squeek. I had a flat tire when I came out though, nothing like changing a tire in the street downtown at bar closing time! Other than that not much else has been going on, just the usual stuff. James is having people over tonight so I will probably head over there sometime. Farah came back home from Greece last week and amazingly stopped over for a visit the first day she was back, we drove around and smoked while she told me of her adventures. I think I will listen to Low and go for a bike ride before it gets much later. Good day.

9-8-01

Trees: Natures deadly umbrellas

Well. today I added the links page to my site to make things easier for you and I. I went for a bike ride in the rain. Yesterday I bought some C.D.'s and found that gearhead is still in print (see link on link page). I bought this "Wellwater conspiracy" cd which was truly a good find, they are really good in my opinion. I saw some rockabilly bands on friday, I was going to stay home but that is no fun because I knew that saturday would be boring. Work has me angry so I will be going back to the H.R. director in the morning. I should be thankful for even having a job but I am in a dead end spot, there is a glass ceiling before I get to my wage cap. I did maintenance on my big tesla coil the other day. My sister is off to college again, sophomore already! Well it is storming nicely, I want to go watch the lightning and get ready for bed now.

9-11-01

You all know what happened today, no need to elaborate. We never did get that nuclear war that they promised us in grade school.

9-15-01

Today I cleaned and got groceries and stuff, last night I went to murphy's pub for Mark plaids b-day. It happens to be my dad's b-day too. Tonight I will be going back to my old neighborhood for a party to celebrate Marks b-day, really I am just going for the sushi. Today I found a 70' nova in the paper for a grand. It would figure that as soon as I buy a car I find one that I wanted that was cheaper and easier to find parts for. I just won't think about it anymore. It is cold in my house. I keep the heat low so I can afford to live here and drive three cars, smoke premium cigars and live the good life. I personally think that it makes me healthier anyway. I will add more sunday when I have more to say.

9-16-01

Well I beat up on squeek at the party, he decided to wrestle me because he is from the east side and I had to kick his ass, I hope he is not mad at me. I am not much for these activities. The party was fun though and everyone seemed to have a good time. Lots of old friends etc... My throat hurts from yelling at him calling him "french". ha ha ha God I am bad. Right now I am making some of my special potato vegetable soup for dinner. I dread going into work in the morning as usual for sunday P.M.

9-18-01

Saw Squeek off last night as he is probably back in Oregon as I enter this. Had Indian food as traditional farewell. This fall like weather is great! I will probably go for a bike ride tonight since it is so nice and I need to burn up some energy. Received some great gifts from a friend of mine, I will post the print after it is framed, it is a Jerry Uelsmann photo. Today I have just been working around the house doing relaxing hobby stuff. My downstairs neighbor hasn't spoken to me in a while, I wonder if she is mad about something? Oh well, I am back to business as usual now anyway, no more late visits from friends for a while.

9-21-01

Just had a nice dinner at mancy's with a friend, James was having a bad night and I just want to go to bed and maybe read a bit. I will probably get up early and visit with my grandparents anyway. I drove the corvair tonight and it went vvvrrrooom just like it should, it needs a new muffler soon though. Above is my wonderful print, yes it is a tree stump with a house superimposed on top, this web cam can't do it justice though. Hello Farah, hope you found this. Well I am off to bed now, I will update again soon.

9-28-01

Well my hard drive died with all of my stuff on it, I am trying to reconstruct my web site on the computer now so bear with me if things change or act funny. If you are reading this and have not received mail from me in a few days please email me because I have lost all of my email addresses and there is a good chance yours was in the pile. Nothing special going on right now, just another Friday night at home. Work is slow and I am beginning to worry about it. (worrying gives me something to do). I am going to bed cause it is late and I have been on the computer all day after work trying to restore this mess.

10-2-01

today they posted a memo at work stating that our gain sharing program will be eliminated. I started to think the other day about what it would be like to find another job and got scared, I have bills to pay, I like my comfortable job, and I have a hard time getting jobs. I don't know what is going on but whatever it is, it does not look good. I thought that the gain sharing program rewarded the lazy as well as the hard working and needed to go anyway but I don't know their motives, I hope they figured out what I figured out ages ago. Enough... So I rode my bike tonight and had coffee with James and smoked too many clove cigarettes, had a light dinner and converted some songs to mp3 format here on my computer. Blah Bored Boring I am going to go read something.

10-6-01

New theory on dating: Sometimes what comes back to the kitchen is more important than what is eaten.

Well my birthday weekend came off without a hitch, I spent quality time at home doing things with the computer and cat, and electronic things. It was rainy and cold, my kind of weather. Had a nice chat with my neighbor today about misc. things. Went for a drive to Grand Rapids and saw a nice old thunderbird for sale in waterville on the way. It is getting late and I will just read the want ads before I go to bed tonight.

10-10 -01

Wow this log is getting long and I will have to edit some more daily stuff out for brevity. Today I added some of my latest dreams to the dream page. Yesterday I drove the Merc. for a while and the day before that I went on a really long bike ride but I fell over on the way home because my legs wouldn't move to get my feet out of the pedal stirrups. When I stopped I fell over and lots of cars saw me so I took off embarrassed. I keep forgetting to get my driver's license renewed, if I don't do it soon I never may and then I will be like those mountain men in Idaho who hate the government and refuse to buy driver's licenses, except that I will get caught living in the city and all. Work is still slow, I am trying to avoid being on their layoff list when/if the time comes to let non-essential people go, others don't seem to care, they just screw off and slack. Shit it is raining out now, I love the rain but I wanted to go for a bike ride. Riding in the rain is not good for my bike so I don't do it often, it also makes me more apt to get sick and I want to stay healthy. Well I am off to delete some of my previous entries here, you should stop by and see my bizarro dreams today!

10-13-01

So pissed, oh so pissed off, tonight the Damned is playing in D-Town and Farah called me to see if I wanted to go. I was on a bike ride when she called and now I am waiting by the phone for her to call back...But I know it won't happen, for the first time in her life she is going to go somewhere on time, there are two opening acts and she is going on time. I will just sit here in my room all night on the internet if I don't go. For once I want to go out of town and do something different, for once I want to leave and experience. She always calls at the last minute, but she is always late! Why couldn't she be late tonight? I never want to go out, why do I want to go out tonight? Well there is still a chance, she has gone to shows and seen half of the last act because she was screwing around. I feel better now that I have vented, thank you.

update, it is late, I ended up going with Keith, Chris, and Miguel. And of course Farah. I was ready to turn around before we even got to the express way, I just closed my eyes and tried to keep sane cruising at 90. I usually drive places so other's driving scares me, PLUS I hate leaving Toledo. It was a good time and I am glad to have gone. Right after a 14 mile bike ride too, my legs are soooo tired. Farah was 2 hours late in leaving town, For once this trend has worked to my advantage.

10-14-01

Well tonight the U.K. subs are playing at the bottle rocket, I have to get sleep though, I saw them years ago anyway. Today I discovered that there are no hot girls at Sam's club, not one...That place can be scary, I went and bought an industrial sized bag of pierogis among other things. Things have been a bit fuzzy all day because I didn't get much sleep. My tooth chipped again, it's the English genes at play again. I am going to read and sleep now. It is raining and I wish to observe.

10-16-01

Worked, ate, its cold, took shower, Thank you for calling Brenda you made my day! Good night all.

10-21-01

Friday I went and had coffee with James and came home and tried to sleep, saturday I went to work for a few hours of overtime, came home and spent the remainder of the day doing yard work and fixing things. Today I did laundry and drove the mercury all over town running errands. I then ate and fell asleep making tonight a late one I just hope that I can get up and be awake for work. Today I learned that all radio shacks are full of idiots who just want to sell cheap car stereo stuff and know little else. What has the electronics world come to? So tonight I am sitting here waiting to see if Brenda calls again or not, listening to The Thought Industry, and putting off cleaning the cat box. I guess it is still early enough to go for a bike ride but it is cold and may be raining. Hmmm I will have to check on that, it will help me sleep.

10-22-01

Wow that ride the other night was nice, it was foggy and dark, I felt like the headless horseman. Today is Tuesday and James' band is playing in an hour, I don't like going out on work nights and shouldn't but I have to get out more right??? It is already 1 hour past my bedtime, what's a few more going to hurt?

10-28-01

Watched the avengers tonight, it is cold outside. Didn't do much today but managed to work on my triggered gap for my tesla coil. I was "circuit bending" an old Casio keyboard for a few hours today but didn't get the results that I would have expected. Messed up my computer again but have things working better now, I need to get things right and stop messing up my system. Other than that I am going to bed I think because I got up early and worked overtime. I ordered a stylus for my record player online also, I really miss listening to my vinyl.

Sunday

Oh boy, I was running my tesla coil today and somehow it has been messing up the neighbors clock, I noticed that every time I stopped the coil the chime would go off? It has "always" chimed 2 hours ahead of time but now it is 1 hour behind. How interesting, I wonder if it is from h.e.r.f. pulses or if it is from time warpage (ha ha ha the only time warpage is the time I spend on the damn thing , it is proportional to my wallet warpage) Well, I wonder if she will notice or if she came home while I was running it, we shall see...If I get strange looks and weird questions I will know that she is on to my activities, Hmmm how to explain this one? "well your clock is well affected by my... mmm my hobby and it makes things go haywire see, and oh well you wouldn't understand" The strange thing is that my computer was running a program in the other room without any ill effects.

11-3-01

Friday I went to the 20 north gallery for an art showing which was just as exciting as ever, looking at paintings, having wine and seeing people. I needed to get out anyway right??? So today I went for a bike ride and got email from my old room mate Jessica. For Halloween I went out and had coffee because I needed to get out right??? I was supposed to go to see a movie but my friend had other plans. So here I sit on a saturday eve. with nothing to do really, a band is playing but I don't want to go alone so I will see if anyone calls me back. Looks like another night home with the cat.

11-10-01

Well it has been a while since I last updated this here thing. I have been busy with work and other things. Last week I found out that my cat hates Wagner, I came home and decided to listen to some of my records while reading and the cat began to freak out and tear around the house meowing, as soon as my record was over he stopped, so I put on Vivaldi thinking that it may have been classical music in general but he just curled up on my couch and slept. Then I put on Wagner again and he jumped up and began pawing on things and meowing again. I have tungsten rods on the way for my triggered spark gap for my tesla coil, it seems that tungsten is kind of hard for the average person to find (unless you know a welder) so that is under way. My friend Nicole from Ann Arbor called me the other night and seems to be getting back to her old self after a year or so away from things. I have been hanging out with a friend from a few years back and one of her friends it turns out lived a life parallel to my own but we never really hung out together, it was kind of strange because we knew all of the same people and the same old stories yet we never really talked. I thought that it was neat because most of my friends know little of the days back then when things were different. I went out a few times to get out, nothing really exciting though. I finally have a copy of virtual pc for my Mac, now I have to figure out how to use it, it will let me run some of my friends music programs on this machine which has potential to be awesome. I was going to drive the corvair today but the battery was dead so I changed my oil in the Saturn and washed it, then I drove the mercury while running errands. I didn't get in until about 5 this morning so I have been dragging all day. Not much more to say, I saw the orgones last night and that was cool. I should be updating my dream page tonight too so for those of you who read them there will be some new ones, nothing too deep though, my sleep has been kind of erratic.

11-12-01

Man, Ken Kesey died today, that's to bad.

11-13-01

Went to work and slept, came home showered, had coffee with Jessica and her friend, came home, updated the dream page and beat the cat. I am going to bed early as I was so tired I must not have been very exciting company tonight. Blah Blah Bored Boring!

11-18-01

I must be getting desperate because I went to sam's club again today but this time there were at least 10 hot women there. Wow! Friday I went for a nice bike ride and got really tired, saturday I went to another gun show in B.G. with my grandpa and uncle, later that eve I had dinner with Jessica and just relaxed for the rest of the night, I missed a band that I wanted to see but I was really tired, so tired that I really didn't even get a chance to enjoy the thick fog that set in. Today I did chores and errands, began charging the corvair's battery, spun around town in the Merc. and went to sam's club and was impressed. And now I am going to sleep so I don't sleep at work so I don't get fired so I don't have to look for another job so I don't have to be miserable with unpaid bills so I don't feel like crap etc...

11-25-01

Well, what have I been doing? I saw some bands, did some stuff, went to a great thanksgiving party at my friend Farah's house, worked, ate, etc...I am dreading Christmas shopping which kind of takes the spirit away from the whole thing, not just because I am poor because I spend all of my money on cars and stupid stuff like bills and food, but also because I don't really like going out and fighting crowds and lines. I figure in about a week the initial frenzy will be over and it will once again be safe to shop. I have decided to stop smoking except for special occasions, so far it has been 3 days and I have survived the coffee shop, the bar with a band playing, sitting around the house, being hungry, being full, and driving to B.G. and back. But I have yet to hang out with James the chain smoker, that will be the true test of my will power. Today for something to do I think I will take over my storage area in the basement and use it for a small work room. That way I can let Stuart the cat down in the basement and claim that he just got out when I had the apartment door open. I don't think it will matter anyway but he needs to explore. Well I am going out to have waffles and then I will mow the lawn I think.

11-27-01

Boy this is getting long here, I will have to find a remedy for this page, perhaps I can create a second one and call this an archive soon. So today I worked and then got some of my car stuff taken care of for the upcoming winter months. I decided that it would be a good idea to take my mini disk player out of my car because after years of working with electronics and mechanical things I have come to the conclusion that taking sensitive devices and making them work in the freezing cold, then heating them up nice and toasty, then letting them freeze again all the while shaking and vibrating them is really a bad thing. So I put in the factory stereo, bummer now I will have to find out what the kids are listening to these days on the f.m. frequencies. I got my credit card statement in the mail today and it has a $25 fee on it for late payment, this of course messes up my almost spotless credit. At first I was ready to call them and pay them off and cancel the card all together but upon further study I realized that I wrote my check on the 11th and the bill was due on the 15th, meaning that it was probably a few days late. Bummer, I am still going to write all over the statement when I send it in, I hope they choke on their 25 dollars! I will pay off the card this month and not use it again unless I have to. Things are freaky at work, I can tell that layoffs are near, people are acting strange "up front" (in the offices) and it is worrying me this time. I really hope that they cut the problem employees first as a punishment and not the good workers based on their pay levels like some companies have. I'm dead, I should start looking tomorrow at other jobs. I just wish I could have some say on my own behalf when they decide who gets canned. I picked a really stressful time to quit smoking. I have had one cigarette since the 21st. but that is because James is a chain smoker and I couldn't resist as I had predicted. I have had more dreams but I will have to add them at another time. Well I had better get to bed now so I can try and stay awake at work...if I have a job to go to by morning.

11-29-01

Well a co-worker thinks this friday (tomorrow) will be "black Friday" if there is to be one. He says that it is before the holidays, it is slow at work, it is the end of the month , the end of the pay period, and that people have been acting weird. He figures that there will be layoffs, we let our temps go this week. Lots of people are beginning to run out of things to do. The company has grown a lot since I started there and now I suspect it will shrink back to a former size, I just hope that I am not in a bad part of the shrink. There are no good jobs in the paper right now. I managed to have coffee with James last night and not smoke! HOWEVER, if I do not lose my job in the morning I will celebrate this weekend with a nice fat cigar. If my co-workers get let go, and they are the good ones and not the bad ones I will not be celebrating. There are some interesting new dreams on the dream thingy, one of which is just about the most messed up dream that I have had. I hope that I can convey it well enough. It is full of symbolism and I have no clue as to what the hell it means.

11-30-01

Operation Enduring Job. Well they sent the 2 new guys over to our other facility. No one got laid off. Now I am let down because I wanted to see the trouble makers go away. That is ok, we all breathed a sigh of relief...Wondering if it will be our last. I have to go to the cigar store to get my celebratory cigar. King Crimson is playing in Detroit Saturday but tickets are expensive, however Farah wants to go with me so I may just spend the money. I'm sure she will have about 6 more people by the time my mind is made up. Tonight I am going to the art museum's cva place with Jessica and Jody to hear some artist speak, that ought to be real fun. What can an artist say? Oh well the crowd will be interesting anyway, maybe I will get a "symphony date" there. She is supposed to be from Florida, maybe I will introduce myself as "Chad". Yes the Chad plan is excellent, just my personal little joke.

12-8-01

For all following this, nothing really new to report. Still have my job, things are still bad at work, looking for other income. Didn't do much this weekend, it is getting cold out, the cars are put away. I didn't go see King Crimson, I smoked 2 cigarettes on accident this weekend, didn't get good chance to ride my bike, and am thinking of moving my computer from my bedroom into a small room at the back of the house which I want to make into an office. No really good dreams lately, I will divide up my daily/ weekly posts soon so this is not such a hassle to follow. Good night!