Feel

"Feel is more important than technique."

I thought this guy was good before. But now I understand... this guy has no soul.

Old love & cars?

Remember Friendster? Yes. I logged in for the first time in ages and clicked on "Who's viewed me". One of the people who looked up my profile was the previous owner of my current car. He has pics of his new baby up. Cute little f*cker. But I guess he misses his old car. So I sent him an email and said hi.

:D

Like throwing a hotdog down a hallway?

You'd have to strap a 2x4 to your ass so you don't fall in

Bahaha

Bastard

(12:08:49 AM) him: this dude was supposed to put on a dribbling show, and danced instead
(12:08:53 AM) him: everyone was shocked!
(12:09:19 AM) me: didn't they know who he was?
(12:09:36 AM) me: or that he did not have a ball?
(12:09:36 AM) him: im jk aaron geez
(12:09:48 AM) me: shit where's my funny bone
(12:09:53 AM) him: i dunno man
(12:10:02 AM) him: do you have a dog?
(12:10:11 AM) me: no
(12:10:13 AM) him: haha.. you might wanna check there first
(12:10:15 AM) him: jk

>__<

Brooklyn Terry

Taking it to the next level

I have been enjoying two books I bought recently, Speed Secrets I and II. The series is an awesome collection of tips on how to drive better, with insightful details and logic behind each tip. I've been practicing a bunch of tips from the book, like:

Speed sensing. The idea is that good drivers can the speed of the vehicle they're driving by using the input from all their senses, without looking at the speedometer. The best drivers have this sense dialed in to fractions of an mph. This helps in all areas of car control, especially in corners, since entering a corner 1 mph too slow could result in a loss of 3 mph exiting it.

The line. I now try to find and drive the perfect line in each corner. Even on the slight bends on freeways. I try to focus on the scrubbing off a little speed on the entry, balancing the car, turning in and maintaining speed through mid corner, aiming for the apex, squeezing on the throttle, and smoothly unwinding the steering to clip the outside line. Then, I squeeeeze the throttle back up to my cruising speed, without looking at the speedometer.

And left foot braking. Reduces the lag when moving between throttle and brake. The secret weapon of high-speed corners. It's fun, partly because of the challenge of training my left foot to do something completely alien. When I get it down on the beater, it'll be another period of learning on the more sensitive brakes on the Z.

Suddenly driving is no longer boring! By the end of the year, I should be able to make the cars dance.

Funny I never noticed before...

I love triangles!!!

First time, noticable body roll

Pushed a corner a little harder today; no traction control to interrupt this time. Tacked on a few more lateral Gs, and a squished on a little more body roll. No loss of traction. Neutral steering. The car can go faster.

Absinthe

The most popular misconception about absinthe is that it is a drug, or at least similar to a drug in effect. This is not true. The hysteria surrounding absinthe in the early 20th century fueled the misconception that absinthe was a powerful intoxicant, caused hallucinations that drove men "mad", threw them into epileptic fits, and made Van Gogh slice off his ear. The truth however, is both more interesting and less sensational:
Absinthe differs from almost all other drinks in containing a higher percentage of alcohol - up to 72% - and of course in containing extract of wormwood, or Artemisia absinthium, to give it its correct Latin name. Wormwood is a herb related to the daisy family that grows wild in many areas of Europe. From ancient times it has been prized as one of the most valuable medicinal herbs. An Egyptian papyrus from
1600BC recommends wormwood as a stimulant and tonic, an antiseptic, and a remedy for fevers and period pains. Pythagoras thought that wormwood leaves in wine would ease childbirth, and Hippocrates also recommended it for period pains, as well as anemia and rheumatism. Today, wormwood oil, the oil obtained from Artemisia absinthium, is used as a counter-irritant in many common over-the-counter pharmacy products, including Vicks Vaporub.

http://www.drinkupny.com/product_p/s0390.htm
Lucid represents a breakthrough product for the U.S. market, as it is the first true, Grande Wormwood-based Absinthe of its type available since before prohibition. Unlike imitators in the U.S. and the many so-called "Absinthe" products that litter the international markets, Lucid is crafted directly from select whole herbs, including Grande Wormwood, and never from cheaper assemblages, macerations, extracts or oils.

The Absinthe Ritual:
http://www.absinthespoon.com/absinthe_ritual.html
http://youtube.com/watch?v=40k7SkXi3Rc

Digitally Buttraped

[11:29] me: fucking php
[11:29] iamyou: why?
[11:29] me: php5 does not work out of the box with mysql anymore
[11:29] me: i upgraded from php4 to php5
[11:29] me: and now i gotta do the monkey dance to make php5 work with mysql
[11:30] me: i'm pissed coz i did the monkey dance 4 times yesterday, but it still didn't work
[11:30] me: i'm also pissed that the monkey dance is not well documented
[11:33] iamyou: ooo ooo ooo ooo AH AH AH AH
[11:33] me: yea that's what i tried first
[11:33] me: but that didn't work
[11:33] me: so i tried AH AH AH AH ooo ooo ooo ooo
[11:33] me: and then AH ooo AH ooo AH ooo AH ooo
[11:35] iamyou: now fling poo
[11:38] me: good news is it's easy to develop facebook apps

You get what you pay for

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7rrk3ZjN-I

Friend's yorkie's latest trick

We didn't mean to teach her this trick. But somehow she learned a trick called "Where's Aaron?" It must've been through unconscious repetition, but now everytime she asks her puppy that question, it comes running to me excitedly.
My friend just tried it --- she darted out of the room, then came back later all sad because I wasn't there. This dog kills me with cuteness.

Watches

Note to self: you like Panerai and Bell&Ross watches.

Driving thought of the day

More technical cars are harder to drive fast, but are able to go faster.

Corollory: it takes less effort to take a corner at 100% on a POS car, than it is to take a corner at 60% on a more technical car.

Sha and Steve

SUPER CLEAN

Bro Rape

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zvTRQr7ns8