DVORAK! My keyboard looks super ghetto now because some keys didn't fit correctly. Super retarded. Let's see how long it takes until I type normal speed again!
This post took like 10 minutes to type :(
Learning new keyboard layout!
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DVORAK! My keyboard looks super ghetto now because some keys didn't fit correctly. Super retarded. Let's see how long it takes until I type normal speed again!
This post took like 10 minutes to type :(
New headphones! Audio Technica ATH-M30.
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My Skullcandies broke... again. So I decided, screw them and buy something else. After a little bit of research and keeping in mind my limited budget, I decided on buying these!
They sound good. They feel much more durable than the Skullcandies. They keep my ears warm. It comes with an excessively long eleven feet long cord.
I'm happy ^^
Microfiber Towels
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The right stack is my current collection of towels. The two big yellow stacks are the ones I just bought. Not shown because I was abusing Amazon Prime and it didn't come in until an hour later is a giant blue one that is as high as a yellow stack when folded up. I'm pretty sure I have enough towels to do a laundry load with just towels. :DThe new yellow towels are colored ugly highlighter yellow. Oh well.
Air filters!
car
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Car manual says I should change my filters every 20k-30k miles or so. Supposedly, the dealership charges $100+ for labor for changing air filters... I thought, how hard could it be? You slide out the old ones, and put in the new ones.
Intake filter took 5 minutes. Remove battery intake, unclip intake cover. Slide out old filter, slide in filter. Done.
The cabin air filter though was a major pain in the ass. For starters, here is where the panel to access the filter is.
So, its basically on the left side of the passenger foot well. It's there cause my car was made in Japan, and they're right hand drive, so the filter stayed on the side of the driver, where it's supposed to be.
To access the filter form the passenger side, I had to remove the trim that covers the glove box fasteners, remove the glove box, remove all the trim covering the fuse board, detach fuse board connections, remove the fuse board, remove the fuse board bracket, unscrew the filter panel, take out the filter and replace.
It was all fine and dandy until I reached the nuts holding down the fuse board bracket. My socket wrenches were not deep enough to reach the nut... so I had to find a normal wrench. Turns out my dad probably lost his 12mm wrench... and probably 4 of them cause I found 4 different 13mm and 17mm wrenches.
So I reattached the fuse board and battery and went to Home Depot to buy wrenches! My interior looked super ghetto with all the trim and glove box missing. Oh well.
When I got the wrench, I found out the nuts were on really really tight. No seriously, not only is there not enough room to really use the wrench, it would not turn the nut at all. Eventually it came loose when I used a hammer to bang on the end of the wrench repeatedly very very hard, or as hard as I could considering the space I was in.
Of course when I put the nuts back on, I didn't even bother tightening them with the wrench. It's job is to hold up a one pound fuse board, it doesn't need all that torque.
Old filters looked like this:
No picture of new intake filter cause it's purple/black. Really, the filters were still pretty clean. It probably could have lasted another 2 years of abuse.
Since my I already got the fuse board out, I also rewired some things so I could turn on my fog lights with my parking lights instead of only being able to turn them on with my low beams. That wasn't too bad, except for removing the electrical tape on top of the shrink wrap which was over even more electrical tape. They really don't want you messing with those wires. I'll update with pictures later...
Oh, and the best part is I spent all afternoon in 103F weather in the garage doing this. So I had nosebleeds afterwards. Fun fact: sneezing while nosebleeding = paintings of fireworks!
Spike realized that I was busy all afternoon and took the time to bite off a big chunk of his flesh to almost get a hidden splinter out. Nasty as hell. It looked like someone got a knife and kept poking a piece of flesh until it made a thumb sized volcano spewing out puss and blood and fat, surrounded by hair and saliva... and I had to dig through that to find the splinter, pull it out, and poke around some more to make sure all of it came out. Then disinfect with tons of rubbing alcohol and hydrogen peroxide, which I'm pretty sure we're not supposed to use on open flesh wounds, but better than nothing. Bandaged him up and put his head cone back on. Spike seems pretty relaxed right now so I'm assuming I did an OK job. He's probably still angry at me cause I put the cone back on his head.
Intake filter took 5 minutes. Remove battery intake, unclip intake cover. Slide out old filter, slide in filter. Done.
The cabin air filter though was a major pain in the ass. For starters, here is where the panel to access the filter is.
So, its basically on the left side of the passenger foot well. It's there cause my car was made in Japan, and they're right hand drive, so the filter stayed on the side of the driver, where it's supposed to be.
To access the filter form the passenger side, I had to remove the trim that covers the glove box fasteners, remove the glove box, remove all the trim covering the fuse board, detach fuse board connections, remove the fuse board, remove the fuse board bracket, unscrew the filter panel, take out the filter and replace.
It was all fine and dandy until I reached the nuts holding down the fuse board bracket. My socket wrenches were not deep enough to reach the nut... so I had to find a normal wrench. Turns out my dad probably lost his 12mm wrench... and probably 4 of them cause I found 4 different 13mm and 17mm wrenches.
So I reattached the fuse board and battery and went to Home Depot to buy wrenches! My interior looked super ghetto with all the trim and glove box missing. Oh well.
When I got the wrench, I found out the nuts were on really really tight. No seriously, not only is there not enough room to really use the wrench, it would not turn the nut at all. Eventually it came loose when I used a hammer to bang on the end of the wrench repeatedly very very hard, or as hard as I could considering the space I was in.
Of course when I put the nuts back on, I didn't even bother tightening them with the wrench. It's job is to hold up a one pound fuse board, it doesn't need all that torque.
Old filters looked like this:
No picture of new intake filter cause it's purple/black. Really, the filters were still pretty clean. It probably could have lasted another 2 years of abuse.Since my I already got the fuse board out, I also rewired some things so I could turn on my fog lights with my parking lights instead of only being able to turn them on with my low beams. That wasn't too bad, except for removing the electrical tape on top of the shrink wrap which was over even more electrical tape. They really don't want you messing with those wires. I'll update with pictures later...
Oh, and the best part is I spent all afternoon in 103F weather in the garage doing this. So I had nosebleeds afterwards. Fun fact: sneezing while nosebleeding = paintings of fireworks!
Spike realized that I was busy all afternoon and took the time to bite off a big chunk of his flesh to almost get a hidden splinter out. Nasty as hell. It looked like someone got a knife and kept poking a piece of flesh until it made a thumb sized volcano spewing out puss and blood and fat, surrounded by hair and saliva... and I had to dig through that to find the splinter, pull it out, and poke around some more to make sure all of it came out. Then disinfect with tons of rubbing alcohol and hydrogen peroxide, which I'm pretty sure we're not supposed to use on open flesh wounds, but better than nothing. Bandaged him up and put his head cone back on. Spike seems pretty relaxed right now so I'm assuming I did an OK job. He's probably still angry at me cause I put the cone back on his head.
ghetto dash cover
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It's summer! I'm jobless with not much planned to do. That means my car pretty much stays at home with me... in the hot summer sun.
I figured, I kinda want my dashboard to be in good condition for a long long time, so I need something to block the sun from baking it everyday. Dash cover sounds like a good idea. The Mazda one costs $40... just a little bit expensive for what is essentially a big piece of foil. Then one day on my normal household shopping runs, they had the generic ones for $7.
Now the problem with the generic one is that it does not have very good fitting. For starters it's a rectangle.. and most windshields are not rectangles. It ended up being too wide and not long enough.
Ghetto solution time--using scissors and duct tape. So I grabbed the nearest tape measure, just to find out it wasn't long enough... so I just guesstimated on the dimensions.
I put it into the car to test fit, marked a few points, then cut cut cut! Which quickly solved my too wide issue. Now about that not long enough issues.... I did just cut off a bunch of extra foil. I taped it to the bottom. Turns out the area of the generic cover is pretty similar to the area of my windshield.
The generic came with little elastic ties to keep the thing folded up when not in use. They were on the edge piece I cut off, so I needed to reattach them to the sides. Originally they were sewn on... too much effort. So I used the quick man method of sewing--a stapler.
It holds pretty well.. took about 5 seconds each. Job well done.
Final product.. fits decently well. Important part is it covers all of the dash.
Of course, my advice is... just buy the OEM one. It'll look better. But I figured since I would only use it when I'm parked at home, I really don't care. Besides, making the car cheaper looking makes it less attractive to break into... or all the Mexicans poorly modding their cars in Monterey Park is rubbing off on me D:
I figured, I kinda want my dashboard to be in good condition for a long long time, so I need something to block the sun from baking it everyday. Dash cover sounds like a good idea. The Mazda one costs $40... just a little bit expensive for what is essentially a big piece of foil. Then one day on my normal household shopping runs, they had the generic ones for $7.
Now the problem with the generic one is that it does not have very good fitting. For starters it's a rectangle.. and most windshields are not rectangles. It ended up being too wide and not long enough.
Ghetto solution time--using scissors and duct tape. So I grabbed the nearest tape measure, just to find out it wasn't long enough... so I just guesstimated on the dimensions.
I put it into the car to test fit, marked a few points, then cut cut cut! Which quickly solved my too wide issue. Now about that not long enough issues.... I did just cut off a bunch of extra foil. I taped it to the bottom. Turns out the area of the generic cover is pretty similar to the area of my windshield.
The generic came with little elastic ties to keep the thing folded up when not in use. They were on the edge piece I cut off, so I needed to reattach them to the sides. Originally they were sewn on... too much effort. So I used the quick man method of sewing--a stapler.
It holds pretty well.. took about 5 seconds each. Job well done.Final product.. fits decently well. Important part is it covers all of the dash.
Of course, my advice is... just buy the OEM one. It'll look better. But I figured since I would only use it when I'm parked at home, I really don't care. Besides, making the car cheaper looking makes it less attractive to break into... or all the Mexicans poorly modding their cars in Monterey Park is rubbing off on me D:
wisdom teeth
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Mine have grown out for a while now. Three of the four have been pretty tame and painless... but my bottom left one is just hell.
If it wasn't for finals week it would be out by now.
I hate you finals week.
If it wasn't for finals week it would be out by now.
I hate you finals week.
front yard bunny
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This is the bunny that has been living under all our cars here in SB.
I spent my past few afternoons chasing this bunny around in attempts to catch it.... no luck so far.
It's smart.
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