She Just Made my Heart Derezz

Olivia Wilde + Daft Punk = Tron  (Jeff Bridges who?)

"electrify the boys and girls if you would be so kind"

Bona-vine Truth

"...but I like the roof and walls that shelter me and keep me warm, the products that make my hair shine, the stuff that makes me smell and look great, the music that I make, the racket I use, the green grass that I play on, the sidewalk I stroll on, and medicines that keep me alive.  In-N-Out? Ewwww!"

This holiday season, I'll have some steak and say "no thanks" to turkey. 

All I Want For Christmas

 Motorola StarTAC reissue: http://www.lekki.fr/

...oh and also my two front teeth.
Let the Christmas songs begin :)

Saint Damien's Beard!

This is now reason #2 why I'd move to Japan.  If you're wondering what #1 is, it's when Japan starts using Mobile Suit Gundams as a part of their armed forces.  I would immediately enlist.

Title Quote: Ron Burgundy's Anchorman

A Necessary Evil

A recent sustainability report from the Toyota Motor Company has shown that the Toyota Prius has what Autoblog.com and Automotive News call a "dirty side".  This coming from the fact that although the plucky vehicle has become synonymous with the Green Movement, the manufacturing process of the electric motor and battery is not exactly what you call clean.  Autoblog states "[these] two pieces require larger amounts of energy and materials" which more than overshadow the small amount of carbon dioxide the Prius emits.  Don't even get me started at what the heck are we going to do with all these dead Prius batteries in a couple years and the threat it posts to our water supply.

But wait, don't hate!  I actually like that the Prius motor shuts off when idle and can actually say that the Prius is a fairly futuristic looking compact sedan.  What I don't like are Toyotas misleading ad campaigns and the die-hard-Prius-Fan Boy/Girls that it produces.  Sadly, many of these people are also very attractive celebrities: 

This is nothing new to me, and I've been preaching this information since my senior project back in high school (in 2005 mind you), which was all about alternate power sources for vehicles (and an excuse to make an RC car).  One of the lines to my research paper states: "We must be cautious and trace it back to our electric sockets;  that electric vehicle (or battery) has been charged from the burning of fossil fuels or even worse, coal, at some far off plant."  Carbon dioxide out of sight, out of mind huh?  And yes I understand there is water, wind, thermo, and solar power;  but come talk to me when our country actually starts depending on them. 

Although it seems like its taken 5 years for Toyota to fess up and at least one of the major sites I follow to take note of this, I have to say that the Prius has done some good to the world.  Although it is a devil in disguise, I can recall the absurd trend in MPGs of vehicles before that Prius came about, with huge SUVs getting 6-9 miles per gallon.  Because of Toyotas money making scheme through the Prius, it has placed the importance of the environment consumers minds where it was not before.  At least now motor companies are designing trucks that at averaging 20+ MPGs.  And at least now we're seeing car companies taking it a step further for our environment and cleaning up their manufacturing process and using cleaner materials for parts (ex: recycled bottles for seats).

On that note, the Prius is a necessary evil for the good of this planet.  It has made being Green cooler than Al Gore ever could.  But like all great faces of a movement, its also a complete hypocrite.  

 Okay I know not everyone can afford a $90,000+ Mercedes Benz S-class diesel (I can't!), but to put things in perspective, this behemoth of a car is produced cleaner and emits less co2 than the Prius.

EDIT:  I'd like to add that I proposed to my high school physics/chem professor the possibility and cleanliness of nuclear powered vehicles (kinda like those self sufficient nuclear submarines).  She replied, "that would be great, but there are A LOT of bad drivers out there.  Think about that."  
EDIT 2: Its 2010, where are our flying cars?

Tug Life

CH3CH2OH

The Little Truck That Could

A pretty interesting article came out today on Newsweek about the vehicle of choice of rebels and insurgents around the globe.  Lo and behold the Toyota Hilux which the article describes "the vehicular equivalent of the AK-47."  This is even the same truck that BBC's Top Gear tried to destroy numerous times, all of which resulted in failure.
As much respect as I have for old Toyota pickups (and wish I had one for off-roading purposes), I'm kind of glad I have a '88 Nissan Hardbody instead since I see Toyota pickups associated with images like these:

















and Nissans associated with images like these:

I Sense a Disturbance in the Force...

Gran Turismo 5s release on Nov 2nd was so close and now it's delayed AGAIN. I'm assuming it'll be out by Christmas...hopefully Christmas of this year.

EDIT: I find it ironic how this is probably the one of the only video games that I actually enjoy.  I remember as a middle-schooler getting GT2 for Christmas and being utterly disappointed that I didn't choose something more fun like Ape Escape.  There was nothing fun about never being able to take a corner despite having a million horsepower Suzuki Escudo.

1st Post

Its only fitting that the first post be about the track that inspired the name of this blog. Oh, and hello world. Don't mind me, I'll be here a while.