Wow. What a weekend. 

Friday morning I got up, went to the printer's and picked up the perforated vinyl for my rear window wrap. I then hit the road to join in the weekend getaway to Montreal. Five hours later I was getting lost (literally) while driving in that crazy city (I mean seriously, its like an alternate driving dimension). Once I got oriented, I managed to catch up with seven other winners for a night on the town.

Saturday morning a handful of us cruised all over the city. We tried to ambush a ford fiesta giveaway event. We climbed Mt Royal. Finally, I met up with a huge long line of Cube winners at Orange Julep for a yummy treat and some chitchat before I had to leave to come back to Toronto. While that was the end of my part of the Montreal experience, those that could stay looked to have another great night on the town (from what I could see in the pictures I saw).

5 hours later, I was back in the city. 29 hour whirlwind Montreal trip.

Its been a while since my last update here at the site.

First things first: I will have the first part of my cube wrap printed and in my hands by Friday morning.  I'm starting the cube wrap by adding perforated adhesive vinyl to the back window of the cube.  I will be sure to post pictures once I have it installed.  I'm pretty excited about this as you might imagine.

I'm actually more excited since Jasin Dollin got part of his cube wrapped last week and it ended up looking pretty darn awesome. (see picture to the left).

Summer is by far my favourite season:

• t-shirt weather 24/7
• Days that last forever (dawn before 5, dusk till after 10).
• Bright bright sunshine.

Fall may be my least favorite season:

• t-shirt weather only indoors
• it gets dark far too early
• its gray (like all the time)
• even when its sunny, the shadows are long

What does this have to do with anything?  As the seasons and weather changes so does the colour of my Cube.  The colour changes are very easily explained, but my 'Ocean Surf' coloured Cube can be any number of shades from bright blue, to gray to green.

Back in the middle of summer when the sun was super bright and high in the sky, the cube sparkles a brilliant vibrant blue. Since the sun has been going down earlier my Cube has been spending more time under the gastly glow of yellowish city street lights rendering it a weird greenish colour.  With the miserable cold overcast skys that we've been having lately my Cube is dulled to an equally miserable gray colour.

I've never been a huge car person.  I've never really cared much for cars or many material objects in my life for that matter.  Sure there are all sorts of gizmos, gadgets and toys that I've had over the years that I've loved and enjoyed, but none defined me and I never defined myself by the things I've had.

I still don't define myself by the Cube I drive, but of all the many gizmos and gadgets I've had the Cube really is near the top of the list.  A big part of that reason is the way I earned it.  Getting to do fun and creative projects to prove myself Cube worthy was a big personal investment.  It was a very fun experience and each time I get into the driver's seat I'm reminded of it.

The other part is the genuine joy I have when I drive it.

The other day I was visiting family and had to run out to the corner store.  Being in suberbia I chose to drive the 1.5km.  It seems like a strange thing for to reminisce about, but from the push of the button to the zig zag through the suburban streets to my destination I felt bliss.

File under: shortest post ever.

Just got myself some new license plate holders to replace the gawd awful ones supplied by the dealership.

They are actually chromed metal and cost about $10 a piece.  Nothing too fancy, but they somehow make me feel I've put my stamp on the Cube.  By doing so the Cube feels more mine than before (as ridiculous as that sounds).

I'll upload some pics once my phone is done charging.

Here's a pic.

Every year the Drupal community has two conferences.  One in North America and another in Europe.  This week Drupalcon (as the event is called) is being held in Paris where they announced that Drupalcon 2010 will be held in San Francisco California.

As you may have gathered during the contest I am a Drupal nerd and my plan was (and still is) to cover my Cube in Druplicons (the Drupal mascot) to promote Drupal.  Part of my plan was also to drive my Cube to the next Drupalcon in North America regardless of where it was.  Lucky for me it will be in sunny California and clear across the continent making for a very long and fun road trip.

Since the were awarded their Cubes everyone has been sharing their experiences on twitter, facebook and often times face to face.

I've noticed some trends:

1. People NOTICE the Cube.  So many winners have commented at the stares they get on the street and how passers by will stop to look at their car.
2. Winners love to talk about their Cube.  Winners actually do engage with the passers by. I don't think this has anything to do with feeling obligated.  I think it has everything to do with the fact that the Cube is a really fun car and we want to talk about it.
3. Police have stopped winners to talk about their car.  Its happend to more than a few winners.
4. Many winners now have scarred Cubes.  Whether its a chip in the windsheild or a scrape from sources unknown or (sadly) vandals in the night, Cubes are not immune to the wear and tear of being out in the wild.  Scars are bound to happen however much we'd like to hope they would stay perfect forever.