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Well, I've joined the world of BzzAgent. Looking forward to doing reviews and sharing them with you!

Small car update!

A brief update on the car situation. I began doing minor things to get it road worthy several months ago and upon doing so came across a couple of odd observations.

One was the exhaust.




which wasn't much of a mystery other then " How in the world ?! "



The other was hair I found under the car.




I at first just thought it was the remains if some animal that had been ran over at some point in the cars life. Yuck!

Few weeks ago I was climbing around under the car with a mirror trying to get a good idea on the shape of the transmission. Apparently you can tell the type of transmission by the shape of the transmission cover.

Once again noticed the hair but actually paid attention to it and pulled a strand off and handed it to my friend who was out in the garage with me.

I didn't utter a word. just handed it to him. He grabs it and stretches it out. Close to a foot in length.

" That's hair man! " he says and drops it.

So...if it was something animal that had been ran over it had to have been HUGE!

Horses, cows..etc have hair that long. Could easily have been parked somewhere where that type of hair had blown under the car and stayed. Someone brushing a horses mane for example, catches wind and finds it's way underneath the car.

Perhaps.

However, one of the pics actually had what appears to be skin attached. Didn't want to get too graphic here.

CREEPY!!!!

Strange Car Happenings.

OK, I'm spilling the beans. I'm sure there's something logical behind it. It's about my car. Little bit of back history. First time with this car running ( got it on video ) my daughter is in it and she's started it and it's running. After shutting it off she says " This car scares me " I laughed and figure it's because the car is huge and loud! I never asked her what she meant because if you watch the video it looks like she's just scared of the car being loud. Nothing else. I'm asking her tonight when she gets off work. Before I tell her anything.

( she just called and is on her way home. The video is what I thought. She just didn't want to mess anything up kinda scared ) HOWEVER!!! Read below cause I asked her something else.

Around the 19Th or 20Th of December I jumped it and let it run for awhile to charge the battery as we had to pull it into the garage due to some insurance hoops with a classic car insurance company.

I have Danielle, my daughter back it into the garage. She gets out and is walking away from the garage and says " I swear that car just spoke to me ". Said " hey " Naturally I laughed and even posted a picture of her in the car saying she swears it spoke to her on my myspace. Just being silly. Nothing else was thought about it. Or mentioned.

I asked her about it tonight when she called and she says it was really creepy and was said in a whisper.

I spent most of the summer in the garage making scary Halloween props while listening to Nox Arcana and didn't get freaked out. Check out the link to the video on this page. I was alone out there many dark nights.

THIS however made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

I was letting Tank our dog outside to use the bathroom and figured I'd go out to the garage and sit in my car for a bit. Maybe see about taking the battery out ( it's dead again! ) and seeing where I unbolt the battery cables as I'm converting it from side post to top.

I climb in, pull the hood release and try and start it.

Nothing!

No surprise.

I'm sitting there for a few minutes and I look over at the glove box and as I was beginning to think about taking off the door to fix the push button on it ( it took several tries to get it to close last time it was opened )

SWOOSH!!!!

It felt like someone had pushed down on the trunk real fast and let up!

FREAKED ME OUT!!!

I was too scared to even get out of the car thinking someone was back there behind my car. I do the next best thing and holler for my " Guard " dog. No sign. So I get out of the car and stand at the door and call again, now he's doing this bowing thing and won't come into the garage. I'm thinking he just wants to play. I finally get him in the garage , close the hood and head into the house.

Talk about weird!

Any car guys or girls no why my car did this or what might have happened other then something paranormal?

Farewell to 2009

Hello world,

Not much new to blog about. I've been wearing my temp leg a lot more often and pushing myself to do things. Trying to integrate back into society and become part of the working class.

Had a really good Christmas. My sis, her husband Mike and their kids are in town and I've been able to spend some good time with them. Tomorrow is New Years and we'll be saying goodbye to another year. Sure hope next year brings great things for me.

I got all the chrome put onto my car. I Switched the insurance over to classic car insurance. Had to jump through some hoops for that one! It was sitting outside. In order for it to be insured I had to fix the flat, clean off the back window that my daughter had written " Pimpzilla " on and stick it in the garage. We got two used tires from Browns, 5 gallons of gas and jumped it. Let it run for awhile, then pulled it into the garage. This was last weekend. My battery is now dead and my drivers side rear tire is going flat. The good news it's insured for 5g.

Well, I'm signing off, perhaps for the last time this year.

See ya next!

David

Hello World!

It's Turkey-day. As usual I've been pretty self destructive.I've come to the realize it's better now then never to do something about it. I'm still around. A lot has changed in my life. None I'm willing to go into here so it'll be a mystery. Most of it good!

Band Of Rogue Squirrels

Day two. I decided to write this so there would be some sort of trace as to my demise. Something tells me the evidence won't lead to the source.

A band of rogue Squirrels!

It all started with a simple bird feeder. It lasted a total of two days and then was chewed right off the hook where we had placed it. I took pictures for evidence and we replaced it with another one that we felt would be more durable. As well as leaving corn out for them.

NOPE! It not only was chewed off the hook but was dragged across the yard. The site of that sending chills throughout my body. Again it was brought into the safety of my home to photograph.

It took several weeks of hunting and plotting what I assumed would be their next move before we purchased another one. This one was red with warning for them to keep away. Was armored in metal and had actual cable as the loop with which to hang it by. Was it success? YES!!! This one stood the test of time.

They now have their sights set on the house.

Yesterday I had the windows open and enjoying the cool, fresh air when suddenly I saw this blurry shape go zooming past outside our living room window. I thought nothing of it. It was after a few minutes that I began to hear these faint, high pitched scraping noises against metal.

" A little early for Freddy Kruger! " I thought.

So I wheel over and park right next to the storm door looking out across the porch. Nothing! " OK, that's odd. " I expand my search to the drive while thinking " I should have grabbed a broom! " At that precise moment I get a jolt as this flying thing attaches it's self to the screen part of my storm door directly opposite of where I'm peeking out!

Startled I jump! It jumps down and begins raiding the flower pots I have on the porch and stairs. Running swiftly from one to the next.

At the same time we hear someone shuffling up the sidewalk towards my house It froze, doing it's best taxidermy pose. I cocked my head to the left towards the sidewalk. The hair on the back of my neck stood up as I realized it was about to make a move in panic. Which way I didn't know.

It could either run over and fight tooth and nail to claw it's way through my nylon screened door or dart across the porch and off into the yard. I was hoping for the latter and was rewarded with such.

Today.

I'm in the kitchen when I hear this clucking noise. No not that kind of clucking noise. That's a chicken. This was more of I high pitched urgent clucking in a series of four.

" WOW! Something must be happening out there!" I thought.

Slowly I twisted the magic wand that makes my blinds open. It wasn't apparent at first where the sound was coming from. In fact it seemed to be coming from right below my window!

I twisted the wand some more ever so slowly. Angling the blinds so that I could see down. Naturally I'd have to have a flower box directly in the way! Can't see a thing!

The sound seems to be coming from everywhere. I stand up and again move the magic wand. Angling the blinds this way and that. Looking all around. I make my way over to the tree trunk and begin following my way up it. Nope, not on that branch. Nor on that one. Ah ha!!! There it is!! On this branch in a position as if it was about to pounce was the source of the clucking. Looking right at me through the blinds. Clucking at me as if to say " This isn't over yet! "

David (1)
Squirrels (2) bird feeders and (2) home invasion attempts.

The odds are not looking good for me.

New Addiction!!!

I have this problem where when I'm into something?! I'm really into something!!! I'm consumed by it and have this sense of urgency to buy, buy, buy! Before I can't get it anymore. If it's something I really like I'll buy many of the same thing. I don't know that it fits into an OCD type category but it's something about myself that I'd like to change at some point.

On to the New Addiction! Danielle my Daughter came home from school Friday 09/04/09 with this vinyl toy from Taco Bell called Bellhedz. They come in a box and the boxes all look alike so you have no idea which one you're going to get. This is called " Blind Box " in business technical terms the definition for that is " they'll have to buy more then they need to complete the set or get the ones they actually want. "

This wasn't something started by Taco Bell but was actually started in the designer toy industry That sucks for most of us. It would be different if vinyl toys were HUGELY popular here in America and there were trading clubs all over. This isn't the case.

In the picture above you see some out of the box. The ones out of the box are standing on top of boxes. All the boxes below the ones they are standing on are the exact same one as they are. Those are the extras I have accumulated in trying to complete this set of 32. I think they have only come out with 16 different ones so far and I have 15 meaning there is still one illusive one that I don't have YET!

A little back history.

I'm a collector by nature. Not to be confused with a hoarder although in my explanation above where I buy many of the same thing if I like something I can see where one would be confused. I assure you I'm not hoarding! Well, maybe a little. If I single-handedly empty the stock of one Taco Bell I'll define myself a hoarder.

I seem to have this great need to be doing something or be interested in something or many things all the time. A few months ago I was suffering through a little withdraw. Do to me not being able to drive at that time, I sold my 54 Chevy, sold most of my Old School Rodz and Car Kulture Deluxe magazines, my Muscle Machines and Hot Wheels, Models, stick Shift knobs, Skulls & Bones. I wasn't able to get out into the Garage and make Halloween stuff and was pretty much bored and unstimulated.

So I began looking up cool things to collect or fun hobbies. On a side note google paper toys and look at all the fun stuff you can make with paper. I came across vinyl toys. Created by artist. Check them out! I know it seems like I'm rambling but this really does have something to do with the original idea today's blog.

When I started looking into the vinyl toys I was like a moth attracted to the flame. So many different kinds and by different artist. For the most part they start off with a basic shape and the paint is what makes each one unique in a set or series. Most people I'm sure have the willpower to buy only the ones they want. I'm more inclined to complete a set or series.

The issue I had with them was that they weren't popular enough for any of the shops in town that might normally carry something like these to carry them. So not only would I be paying the price for each one I wanted but I'd also be paying for shipping. That didn't seem attractive enough to even get started. I was tempted to buy one and see how well I like them. Never made it that far either.

That's why I was hooked from the get go with these. Only $1.05 and no shipping. Didn't have to wait for them to be mailed either. Instant gratification. It was excited because they were blind box and they had enough different ones to make collecting them worthwhile.

The problem was they were very similar to what an artist named Kidrobot is producing. They are a basic design with the paint making all the difference. They come in a box and they are blind box. There has been some boycotting, news flying around the net and varios rumors as to what's going to happen next.

I'm usually not one to support the business of copying someone else's hard work and creations but did in this instance. The artist Kidrobot makes Dunnys. Taco Bell makes Bellhedz. Dunnys are about the same size as Bellhedz and some go for around $8.00 then ya got shipping. Bellhedz go for $1.05 It wasn't a tough decision that took any amount of time. I'm hoping in the future to get more vinyl toys so I'm sure that Kidbot will benefit form me in short order considering the way I buy what I like.

As for now I'm collecting these. They don't have the quality or limited editions that Kidrobot or other artists have but they'll do for now.