Daily Archives: June 17, 2009

i met her in a club down in old soho

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Meet Darth Lola:

vroooom vroooooom

vroooom vroooooom

She’s a 2009 250 GTS Super, and she’s *amazing*:

beep beep boop its the future

beep beep boop it's the future

Darth Lola is my dream scooter. I was always heading towards the Vespa 250; I just didn’t expect to upgrade so soon. Vespa Vancouver had exactly the model I wanted in stock, for $1200 off and a lot of extras (gloves, helmet, extended warranty, watch, meat):

s is for super

s is for super

Riding Lola is like riding butter. Smooth, expensive, delicious butter made by fancy Italian cows. I’ve always thought that buying Vespa meant paying extra for the brand name, but this machine is *incredible*. I can’t even really describe it; she’s such a glorious ride. I stand by what I said with regards to 50cc scooters – don’t get a Vespa, you can do better for half the price – but as Lola is my Forever Scooter (there is nowhere for me to upgrade to that I’m willing to consider), she’s worth the insane price tag.

welcome to the dark side

welcome to the dark side

I’m still a little shell-shocked about it all.

we are hilarious

we are hilarious

kimli: 1; fake kimli: 0

Posted in everyday kimli by

At 9:01pm last Friday night, I was at the pub with the gang. Instead of our usual conversation and beer (water) drinking, we were staring intently at our iPhones with much more dedication than usual. Facebook was about to open up the enticing world of user names, and we wanted in.

Everyone gave up on getting their first name except me – I was going to get http://www.facebook.com/kimli, or else. I knew I had a fairly good chance as it’s not a common name, but I also knew that my name is highly prized amongst lawful good night elf ranger dwarf priestesses – I had to act fast.

So, I did. I swept in and scooped my first name as my user name – everyone else settled for their nicknames – and all was right with the world.

This morning I woke up to an email:

Subject: Just amused.

You ALWAYS get to use “Kimli” before I do! haha!

Granted, it is your real name and so I should step back, but even so!

OWNED. OWNIE OWNED OWNERSON OWNED. I know her – she’s the one most guilty of using my name online for RPG/LARP/MMO purposes, and exactly the reason I acted so fast to get my name online. MINE! MY NAME! I rolled a natural 20 and cast magic missile on your epically mounted ASS!

I am pleased with myself. Pleased as punch.