Tracking Update For Intense Motorsports Invoice

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Intake for the car en route! This'll help a little with breathing. I'm looking forward to installing it this week.

Reference vid

MMmmm

Heineken.

My Brain!!!

AAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!!! I can't listen to another girl talk tonight.

"I'd like for us to be better friends"

Haha whatever beatch. You just want me to be another one of those guys that surround you. I have something you want and it amuses me to not give it to you. I have a very long memory and I hold grudges.

To become the most effective paddling machine...

... is dragonboating. I didn't think I would get into a sport that's so uncreative, or one that requires me to strip away everything that is human. It isn't really about competing against other people. There isn't any trying to outmaneuver, out-think or out-play. There aren't split-second decisions or training to react reflexively. There is no concept of offense or defense. You don't aspire to be a master tactician.

You just try to be the perfect engine in a 20-man boat.

Bruised knee

Knee bruised from failed pop vault variation. Imagine the pop vault:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=39raXNdttxQ
except, picture the right foot slipping on the wall, and the left knee not clearing the top of the wall and ramming into it *THUD*. More forward velocity solved the problem.

Wheels black with brake dust

Went for a drive with my buddy RS near George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch on Friday night. He had never been in my car, so I thought I'd take him for a ride. I was fun taking Mika out on some windy mountain roads again, after spending more time getting used to her. Things feel natural, and it doesn't feel like I'm fighting with her all the time.

There were a few incidents that night. One of them was running into a mob of about 20 guys who looked like they were taking a walk along the road. We couldn't figure out why they'd be there, but it was scary. The next was blasting along a straight road: revved up 1st gear, redlined 2nd, roared into 3rd, and suddenly I saw a cop car approaching an intersection ahead of me from the right! I eased on the brake to slow down, and let it off just before I reached the cop car so as not to raise suspicion; all while hoping that I had slowed down enough to not appear to be speeding.

Surprisingly, VDC did not kick in at all. I was expecting it to, since it has kicked in before at lower lateral Gs. RS theorizes that having 2 people in the car balanaces the car out a little more, while the VDC system is getting confused with all the car's mods and having only 1 person in the car.

Had dinner with FST...

... maybe she's not so psycho after all.

I gots a BIKE!!!

Hello Diamondback Topanga :)
When I said bye to my rickety old-faithful on my last days at my college campus, I looked forward to the day I could enjoy a nice bike. I could resist taking it out for a spin right after I got it. Zoom zoom... something about riding a bike that made me smile! Reminded me of growing up, old times, riding in Michigan winter, and now, being free! Today is the day.

At the top of the slippery slope

Ok, this girl, FST --- I'm pretty sure is flirting with me. The question is... am I allowed to play along only if I'm seriously interested?

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It is easy to tell the difference between the people who have money, and the people who know what to do with their money.

Senna's driving position

It is strange that Ayrton Senna drives with his arms almost completely straight.

Give me a quiet Sunday

4pm was the perfect time to wake up today. Still trying to figure out if that chick FST is psycho or a nice girl with a personality. Let's give it some time. It's fortunate that she isn't stupefyingly gorgeous such that I can't think straight.

I think she's flirting with me

asicsamerica.com

The scene that made my night

HahaHahaHa it feels so shallow but anyway I met someone at a club (let's call her S) and we decided to go grab something to eat after with her friends.

I ask the driver, "Can we all fit in your car?"
He says, "Oh... no. We can't. Can you drive? Why don't you drive and follow me?"
"Sure, I can drive. I'll pull up behind you"
I fetch Mika and swing up right in front of the club entrance, across the road.
VRRrr... rumble.rumble.
She probably stared for 1 minute before she decided to make her way over.
The look on her face was priceless.
Halfway across the road, she paused like she was unsure, then continued.

Huh? Sex on wheels? What's that? :P

Got friends?

Someone I don't really know well and hardly talk to (I also don't really like her) chats me up, asks me how I am, and starts telling me about her new job. I can't figure out why she'd think I'd care.

Getting a patent is easier than getting published in academia

You can patent all kinds of shit. All you need is an idea --- it doesn't matter if it's a good or bad idea.

Conversely, try to stay away from projects that someone else has worked on in the past. He might have filed a patent on the "idea", but delivered utter garbage that you have to clean up for little recognition.

Curbing milk curdling

Some milk proteins are very sensitive to heat. Lactalbumin, for example, begins to coagulate as low as 150° F (66° C). Once precipitated, milk proteins tend to scorch.

• Stir
• Fat insulates milk protein (use heavy cream)
• Low temperature, increase heat gradually, don't heat up too high

Sheet music

Andy McKee sheet music and BYAAH! I forgot my capo...

Grados + Andy McKee = Aurgasm

+                                       = !!!!!!!

Macy Gray

As a small child, Macy Gray's affinity for music was obvious; what was not readily apparent was that her destiny would lead to her becomming a vocalist. Born Natalie Mcintyre - the name she would later assume was that of a childhood neighbor — Gray was a quiet child who studied classical piano for some seven years. She explains, "When I was little, I had this really funny voice. Every time I talked, the kids would make fun of me, so I stopped talking. Everybody thought I was shy, but really I was self-conscious of my voice. It never occurred to me that I could sing." Years later, Gray would learn never to say never as college friendships would result in a debut album.

Attending the screenwriting program of the University of Southern California, Gray penned some lyrics as a favor for some musician friends of hers. "When it came time to record the lyrics," she expalined to vibe magazine, "the singer didn't show up, so I sang instead." As the jazzy demo made the rounds in Los Angeles, the positive feedback it received focused not only on the musicians, but also upon the enchanting vocals for which they created the backdrop. At first, Gray was reticent to accept the group's invitation to join, as she had little confidence in her vocal abilities, but the starving college student in her convinced her to accept the relatively high-paying gigs. "I thought he was out of his mind," Gray asserts, "but I did it because I thought it was good money... sing old jazz standards and sinatra songs for an hour for a hundred bucks!". Though she enjoyed singing with the band, and continued to do so for years, her participation in performances spoke more about her love of music and desire for financial gain, than about an increased confidence in herself as a singer. as more and more of her demos with the band began to create more and more of a buzz, Gray was still reluctant to believe that she had talent as a vocalist. "I really thought these people were all lying to me, "she recalls, "and that they didn't know what they were talking about, because I was still thinking about the girl who didn't talk. I really didn't think much of it; it was something to do."

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If its too loud, too stiff, rattles or squeaks too much... you're too old.

SF Parking Map

http://mapmaker.donkeymagic.co.uk/preview.php?map_id=1930

San Francisco Garages and Lots

How nice of them: the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has put up a list of parking garages and lots in San Francisco.