If I Hadn't Failed Physics in Hign School.....

I would totally do all the needed equations to figure out the wind resistance. From what I can put together:

[Scion xA curb weight: 2380 pounds] x [23 MPH winds from SSW] x [80 MPH car travel speed heading East] = hard as shit to stay in my lane.

There are faults to little cars. :(

Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Angry Iraqi throws shoes at Bush in Baghdad

The only reason this hasn't happened yet in America is no one wants to go to Guantanamo. This guy just earned being my personal hero.

Things I Reallllllllllly Need #2!!!!!

Index finger trigger, cylinder pinfire, gorgeous design. If there was ever a deadly design that dealt with bullets instead of just fists, this would be it for me. Shitty driver? Dealt with. Creepy old dude hitting on me at a bar? Taken care of. Need a raise? Rolling in it, now, thanks to this. Sooooo want. Need. NEED.........please?

Things I Want #1898989

Bestest motorcycle EVAR!

We're All Gonna Die

In Utah, the Parowan Prophet predicts disaster will prevent Obama from taking office.

"I think that you should hear what my opinion about the Obama election is: that he will not be the next president. I said on my home page in August that if he lost to expect to see the 'riots' that 2 Peter 2:13 tells us about. He didn't lose. But the story is not finished yet. I still think they may begin the riots before Christmas 2008, as I said."

These riots, according to his prophecy, will encourage the "old, hard-line Soviet guard" to seize the moment and rain down nukes on the United States, killing at least 100 million of us.

"Prepare now," Freeborn's letter concluded. "We are downwind from Las Vegas. I hope you can survive."

Waste

Luxury Property Blog looks at the most expensive Christmas trees ever! This one, in Singapore, featured 21,798 diamonds, 3,762 crystal beads, and 456 lights, for a cost of over a million dollars! How does that compare with a cut evergreen that costs as much to select, fell, and ship? You’ll also see expensive ornaments, unusual Christmas trees, the Europe’s “most pathetic tree”.

..via Neatorama

Propsition 8 The Musical

Wire Jewelry

Interesting jewelry by Ines Schwotzer. Dunno where I would wear this but still want it anyway.

Stranded

So my sister is in Thailand on vacation right now, supposed to leave Friday (tomorrow, they are 16 hours ahead). Here's hoping she gets out and the protesters go home since the Prime Minister was diverted to another airport.

To Look Forward

Ok, I admit, this is probably the dorkiest, stupidest thing I have ever looked forward to. There has never been a video game that has ever yet been translated into a worthwhile movie (only exception being Final Fantasy VII:Final Advent, but that was animated), case in point every Mortal Kombat movie as the casting director felt the need to add Christopher Lambert.

In college I had a group of friends that were obsessed with the game. Not just sit around and play occasionally, but instead practiced for tournaments. I remember many a fond night of getting my ass kicked over at Greg's old place where a bottle of vodka was kept in the freezer for me for fight nights. That 'dumb rabbit' always won, not of course due to my unexceptional skills, but of course to cheating. Friends had their own joysticks and won serious money. In college I did not call it the Playstation, it was the 'Tekken machine' and good goddamn, I kicked so much ass against the guys I lived in dorms with, it was amazing.

A little sad they will not be incorporating the entire story. Story you say? Not just a fighting game held together with minimal plot? Mmhmm, there really is a very encompassing story in the series. Years and years of plot, and they are only choosing the final game. And Steve Fox being the number one person on IMDB for this movie? Really? He was barely an addition.

My bitches: Marshall Law is too built. For a guy based on his family based on Bruce Lee, wayyyy to built. Kazuya? He is supposed to be the son of Heihachi and the father of Jin. So why does he look like at most 10 years older than Jin? Probably because Hollywood sucks.

So yes, I am a nerd. Much like when I looked forward to 300, I know I am a little dumb when it comes to moves choices. I am a comic book geek with video game nerdiness combined with some sci-fi/fantasy. I want, more than anything, to have a good story. I was never the kind of person who could make the story a reality, so I want stories to distract me for a while.

This had better be worth it.