The insurance adjuster came to my work today. It was perfect timing I was planning on getting there early however by the time I got out of the house and went on my way I was only 10 minutes early. As I was walking into the building, I noticed someone trying to explain to security that he wanted to see someone. I thought to my self: "maybe its him!". I introduced my self and yup! it was!

He came upstairs and took some photos of the crime scene. Asked a few questions and he was on his way. Now all I need to do is wait. He also asked me to call up dell and tell them to give me a quote on a replacement.

I called them up and told the sales guy the situation. I could hear his jaw drop when I told him that the insurance company was replacing it for its full value. "Uhmm.. this is going to take some time, let me call you back in about 5 minutes". After about ten minutes or so, the Dell Sales Guy(tm) called me back. "Uhmm.. I'm having a hard time trying to build a machine with $5k worth of goodies in it *chuckle*". After about 10 minutes of thinking what we can do to add to it, this is what we came up with:


Inspiron 8200 P4 1.8Ghz


512MB of ram


40Gb (5200rpm [fast for laptop hard drives])


64MB Radeon 9000 AGP


CDRW/DVD (24x) Combo Drive


1600*1200 UXGA+ 15" LCD Screen

Yup! I another 8 lbs beast! Sales guy was so enthusiastic that he was able to seal a $5k deal in like 20 minutes.

That was the most excitement I had all day. I also found out that I have 3.67 vacation days left. Hmm.. what should I use 'em for?! :)

No tapes in the mail yet mark... hopefully by Saturday! On Saturday Mark and I are taping a snowboarding event at Blue Mountain. Maybe I can snag some of that footage to start playing with Final Cut. I *think* we are going to bring the XL1 and the Sony. Not sure. Should prove to be fun :D

It's still fucking ball shriveling cold out there. -20C (with the wind) right now. I spend most of my days inside, which is alright I guess, I just feel sorry for the guys who have to work outside all day. Poor Bastards.

Bryan's baby was born today! Albeit 2 months early :/ Brianna is her name (w00t w00t!) You can see a picture of her. Another friend of mine says he might get engaged this year. I'm starting to feel even more old now.

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