Ahh... Winter is over (right?).

Anyways, I washed my cube clean of all the dirt and grime the winter roads threw at it, and its so nice to see it shine and glistening in the sun. Just like new!!

Sort of...

Yeah of course after I get out to take a look around at my shiny beautiful blue box of wonder, what do i find?

door dents on the passenger side and what I can only guess are bike pedal scratches on the driver's side. NOOOO!!!!!

I mean the damages aren't that bad, I don't really even know if they would show up in a picture other than an extreme close-up.

but its enough to make me a little sad....

Oh Well, Bring on the Spring!

I'm so happy - love the sunshine and taking off the bulky winter gear...

and driving with the windows open.

I have been way more into the 2010 Winter Olympics than I suspected. I'm not a huge sports guy- though I seem to becoming one. Of course tonight's hockey game was amazing, I mean it was just such an intense nail biter. I really didn't care who won (blastphemy I know) but it was fun. Everyone keeps saying it, but it was definitely just a great game for the sport.

I found myself really into the skiing and snowboarding events, (not cross country though, that is just not very exciting.) I actually want to attempt to ski. I tried once when I was 15 but I hurt my hand and haven't tried since. Maybe before the season's over I will venture to the ski hill. I know the time is running out.

I really liked Tina Maze the Slovenian skier who picked up 2 silvers. i'm half Slovenian, and I always love the underdog, so her wins were cool.

I'm glad Canada did so well in these Olympics, I kinda felt like we needed it. Totally erased the no golds on home soil. And the US too, they won the most medals in the winter olympics for the 1st time.

I am currently working with Canadian Artist Dean Drever (who's work is pictured above: this is currently in the Toronto Sculpture Garden). It is interesting working for an artist, especially as an artist myself. I really enjoy the talking about conceptual and visual elements. I also like wrking on physical work, no computers, all hands on. I've done alot of that in the past for various TV shows (Food Jammers etc.) and for museums (American Museum of Natural History). Anyways we are now working toward a gigantic stainless steel bear, 16 ft long.

His work is pretty cool. He is of the Haida Gwaii First Nation and his work uses the icons of his heritage combined with the language of violence. I would suggest you go down to the Toronto Sculpture garden and check out these bears that are currently on display.

So I'm looking onto picking up a digital projector, one that can easily hook up to my mac, or ipod or whatever device, and project a good image up to 6 ft. preferably even larger.

Does anyone have any input?

I like the pico style projectors

but I am pretty uncertain about their projection when it gets into the larger range. (3-6 ft)

I do, however, like their portability, and small footprint.

I don't want to spend thousands of bucks on it either, looking for something in the 200 - 300 dollar range =.

Any input would be greatly appreciated, especially 1st hand.

This is so interesting to me, how moscow's stray dogs are adapting to their envionment. Even using the subway its crazy.

For every 300 Muscovites, there's a stray dog wandering the streets of Russia's capital. And according to Andrei Poyarkov, a researcher at the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, the fierce pressure of urban living has driven the dogs to evolve wolf-like traits, increased intelligence, and even the ability to navigate the subway.

check out this article for more.

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-01/moscows-stray-dogs-evolvin...

its 2010,

2009 wasn't bad. I won a car after all. 6 months in and I'm still in love with my cube.

here's to the oughts!