I'd be pissed.

The building in the background is a condo project called The Beauvallon.

It had units that sold from the 300 to 500+k's a few years back.

While ths design is far superior to the other projects by this developer, I have always thought the execution was cheap.

On the front of the building, there is this big-ass ugly exhaust vent that is off-center.

They could have tried to put it in the middle for at least some aesthetic balance, but no.

Instead they smacked these metal scroll fenestrations over the main facade.

[I'll have to update this post with a picture of this later.]

Also, the faux-French style, was crafted out of that architectural styrofoam stuff.




Though the project was just finished a few years ago, the southern end of the building already has deterioation of the styrofoam.

So over the last few weeks, workers have erected scaffolding to try and fix all the problems with the exterior.

What sucks is with the sheath wrapped over the building, it blocks any and all views.

Plus I have seen workers coming in and out of individual units.

This is week four or five of this project!

Can you imagine have dropped all that money on a unit, only to have it wonk out in just a short period?

Plus, I have heard the workers banging away as early as 8:30 AM.

So not only do you have no view, you also have grungy workers traipsing in and out of your place, and construction noise six days a week [I saw them at work on a Saturday a bit ago.]

Yah, I'd be pissed.

Blackout!

So much for Spring.

We had another freaking 'blizzard':



But this time, since it was a heavy, wet storm, conditions weren't bad [for the most part].

But when I got home, the power was out!

There were spotty outages all over the city.

Thank god I buy candles on a pretty regular basis.

It's always eerie how quiet things are when the power is out.

Little things like the sound of the refrigerator make you forget how electric-dependant we are.

Oh and get this....

The elevator was down, though I rarely use it [it's uber-slow], and had to use the stairs.

Which wouldn't be a problem, but there's no emergency lighting in the stairwell.

Design flaw!

What if there was a fire and the power was out?

I had to use the light from my phone to get up the stairs and it totally make me think of Cloverfield when they were in the subway tunnels.

I half expected a mutant parasite to drop from the ceiling and bite me.

Anywho, my old phone would have been better than my current phone for that purpose.

It had the brightest screen I have ever seen.

I had to wear shades when I first got it because it was like looking at a supernova.

So, with no teevee or radio to entertain me, I had to figure out how to kill time.

The remaining sunlight was fading so I had to come up with something that can be done by candlelight and electric torch.

Initally, I thought, 'hey, I'll clean, since I have been putting it off'.

Well, trying to clean mirrors and dust in candlelight didn't turn out so well.

So I decided to change my bed linens, and soon discovered trying to change a duvet cover by torch is not a task one should try.

I moved on to getting laundry ready for later this weekend and sorting bits and bobs around the house.

This managed to kill, oh, I'd say, about 30 minutes.

Still no power.

Decision time:

Do I [gasp!] read a book, or the magazines that I am about 8 months behind on?

Do I tweet?

Or, as a last resort, break out the netbook and use the final two hours on it's battery?

Whilst trying to decide, I decided the smart thing to do was to have a cocktail, because I need to use the ice before it all melts!

Just as I pour a nice chubby [not stiff] one, I see flashing lights coming through the window.

It was the Power Peeps!



I didn't know how long it would take them to restore power, so I decided to login the netbook.

About five minutes later, I see one of the Power Peeps banging the electric poles with a big stick, knocking off the snow and ice.

I was afraid he was going to have to attempt to climb the icy, slippery rungs on the pole and try and replace a transformer.

Turns out, nope.

Primitive banging the shite off, worked!

I totally have gained a new repect for the field power workers.

Last place I would want to be right now is outside in the snow playing with gigawatts of live electricity.

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Ack!

How the highways look right now.

Blizzard!

Filmed In Denver

'Ink'

New Years Tilt-Shift

Red Rocks Tilt-Shifted!

Originally uploaded by spmedic

What A Difference Two Days Make

Two days ago it was 70 with not a cloud in the sky.

Today, it's 19 and snow is expected all day.

First snow of the season.

Wasn't too bad though and the sun is already coming out.

What sucked though was this morning whilst watching the news, I felt like Summer didn't even happen.

Vader Goes For Coffee

Happy Halloween, y'all!

I saw it on my way home last night.

Tried to take a picture of it but it disappeared too quickly.

Bright meteor seen across metro area

'DENVER - 9NEWS was flooded with phone calls and e-mails on Tuesday night after a very bright meteor soared over the Front Range.
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The meteor went overhead around 7:30 p.m., leaving a bright streak behind it.

However, there is no evidence it landed anywhere in the area.'

Rado

Vacated

This was a picture of I-25 during RUSH HOUR when they blocked off the highway during Obama's speech at the DNC.

Scenes From The DNC

Religious Peeps



Debate

The guy with the rainbow flag and everyone else in the surrounding circle were having a heated debate about the gay thing.

Got to give the guy credit for being out in the middle of Liberal Central.

More Heated Debate







Hottie Brit TV Reporter

Scenes From The DNC

Turista



Strollin', strollin', strollin'. Keep those delegates strollin'. Strollin', strollin', strollin'. Rawhide!



Po-po On Bikes



Lil' Girl Handing Out Free Lemonade

This is a brilliant McCain tactic.

Getting an innocent looking girl to hand out cyanide laced lemonade to take out Democrats one by one.

No one would suspect that she would be a GOP operative; which is the beauty of this subversive act.

In fact, she is a genetically modified senior citizen engineered by PAC money to single-handedly undermine the DNC.

Be aware that others like her are also afoot; disguised in Obama singlets, secretly videotaping and sabotaging the event in their Bugaboo strollers.

They're colic-y, but deadly.

The MSNBC 'Pavilion'

Why they chose this location fathoms me.

Union Station doesn't exactly evoke 'Denver'.

It would have been cool if they were able to broadcast from the turret of the State Capitol building.

[By the way, my bus home passes by this to and fro from work, so keep an eye out for the windowlicking dude on the bus around 7:25 AM and 5:005 PM during the convention. I'll be the one wearing the Fez.]




Not Really Related To The DNC But...

This pic evokes why Denver/Colorado is the skinniest state.

We peeps run/bike/hike everywhere.



Security Gates

I don't get these gates.

There everywhere, blocking streets in LoDo, but they have this portion that could totally act as a seat.

The homeless could totally sleep on them, or watch the events, but oh wait.

That's right.

They were shipped off to the zoo and movie theaters with their fab new hairstyles.

[Honestly, there are no homeless to be seen. On the news, I saw that there was a rumor among homeless peeps [from a few homeless peeps themselves], that they would be arrested/deported to the subs. So, many of them split Downtown.]

The Bunker

The Pepsi Center has been cordoned off unto a bunker.

Also known as 'Tent and Generator City'.

Security is so strict, they yell at you for taking pics.

Sorry, Mr. and Mrs. Gestapo.



Dude, Where's My Nominee?

This guy obvs didn't get the memo.

It stated that stonewashed denim, and frizzy Sidewhow Bob do's are strictly verboten.

Doy.

Go to the zoo or the movies until Friday.

Geesh!



Denver's Times Square [AKA Tourist Central]



Sometimes A Train Is Simply A Train

Seriously, Union Pacific shipped in all these trains to Union Station when we have little to no train service.

I guess we have the California Zephyr, and the Ski Train, but these tracks are ALWAYS empty.

The bloggers get their own tent!



Protestors!



More Protestors!

Reminds me of the Summer events that take place in Civic Center.



Po-po On Horses!



Obama Jama

Honestly, one of the favorite things I have seen so far.

Not only the images of Obama and McCain rockin' out, but the fact that Hillary is the DJ on the 1's and 2's.

Water!

Seriously.

You know Denver is trying to prettify itself when it turns on the water fountains.

We're basically a mountain desert, undergoing an eternal drought.

So to see them turn on the hose is quite the spetacular event.

They even turned on the water fountains on the mall!!

Unrelated[?]

This ice cream truck followed me home.

More McCain hooliganry?

Why would an ice cream truck be out now when all the kids are back in school?

If I don't post tomorrow, alert the authorities!

Or not.

They're probably involved!

Wait.

I think I have said too much already.

What?

I didn't take pictures.

I don't know what you're talking about!

I'm a Canadian.

Just....visiting.

[Runs away, arms flailing, wailing in to the night.]

Better pics of DNC goings on.

Here.

Seriously, there was butt-loads of people out yesterday.

The last time there was this many people downtown was when the NBA All Star Game was here.

Scenes From The DNC

Live taping of Hardball with Chris Matthews





Talking heads getting ready for air.

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