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BlogHaving been instructed to read the book by various friends, I finally finished World War Z a month ago. With the zombie fad winding down, I wasn't expecting to be that excited about it, but when they threw in the space station and a Chinese nuclear sub I was hooked. Now it looks like a
movie is releasing but sadly, according to
IMDB, will be related to the book in title only. Instead of a post-war documentary, it will be during the actual outbreak. I'm sure the old cliché of "book was better" will hold true, but I'm still excited to see it which says a lot given how overdone the zombie genre is.
After casting my vote for Gary Johnson, it was time to sit back and watch the results roll in with
intense Lila. While it's commonly considered a wasted vote when you choose a non-primary candidate, it's also a fact that if any of those candidates get 5% of the popular vote their party gets media coverage next election. While Obama won (to my delight, as Fox News quickly went into funeral mode) Johnson got 1% of the popular vote, meaning I am now the 1%.
Almost 5 years after that fateful day I decided to purchase an Xbox 360, I've hit the 100,000 gamerscore milestone. I still curse the person who
invented achievements, and the various copycat systems it spawned. I know now it is my weakness, and can only hope that by hitting this number
I will be at peace with myself.
With a sudden rush of subscriptions to my
pointless Youtube channel, I decided to investigate what the big attraction was.
Turns out,
this video managed to get listed high up in related videos of a few popular
RC car clips. Now an
internet millionaire, I'm on track to retire in the year 3752 if views remain constant and inflation stays flat.
I can only assume people watch beyond the first 5 minutes because it stars two women, which is likely a rare combination with RC cars.
With my new car
delivered and
broken in,
I managed to convince Lisa we should take it on our family trip through the eastern United States.
It was her first time driving a 6-speed manual, so the first few hours were entertaining before she got the pattern straight. Luckily I have a reverse lockout
so the transmission remained inside the vehicle at all times. Our first stop was
Illinois to
visit grandparents, then
Florida to visit the beach and Joseph. I'm fairly certain Lila did not
particularly enjoy the beach, but endured it well after seeing how ecstatic her dad was about it. Lisa also made sure we had time to bring
Lila to her first visit to Kennedy Space Center on the way home, which she seemed to enjoy much more than the beach. Our final stop was in South Carolina
for Lisas' cousins baby shower. I managed to sneak off and get some serious beach time at
Folly beach
which was similar to a small scale Key West due to the high number of beach bars. 1800 miles and a week and a half later we arrived home, more exhausted than when we started.
Despite recommendations to the contrary, I took the plunge and pre-ordered the
Microsoft Surface. My
last tablet experience ended with a realization I don't need a tablet, so it's only natural I forget all about that and try again. My only real reason for getting one is "shiney" and "not android or ios" so this one is squarely in the Microsoft fanboy corner. I'll of course keep everything eBay ready for when I realize I still don't need a tablet, but now it's time to get excited for all the things I do on my phone to be done on a slightly larger screen.
With three friends having babies relatively close in age,
Happy Baby Fun Time was destined to happen.
While my planned baby race and baby fight never managed to take off, due in part to 2/3 of the attendees unable to walk, we did manage a scoot race and
there was some inappropriate positioning that could almost count for both. While the babies had plenty of energy, the 6 exhausted adults eventually
called it quits and concluded the first Happy Baby Fun Time event. Here's to hoping for more.
Today Xbox announced they would
begin rewarding gamers having high achievement scores with "discounts and gifts" which got me all aflutter. When I found out the "discount" is a 2% rebate and the "gift" is a 25¢ item, I was not surprised. I'm also not going to complain about free stuff. What I do need to rant about is how only 25,000 gamerscore is considered "Elite." An additional rank like like "Ultimate OCD" or "You Have a Problem" would be good for 50k or more, with "You Have a Problem, Seriously" and "How Do You Find The Time" for 75k and above. Flying me out to meet Major Nelson would be a nice perk too, but I'll just throw that out as a "nice to have."
With my
new car delivered less than a week ago, it was time to
beat the crap out of it.
Having just barely 500 miles on the odometer, I decided break-in was good enough and signed up for it's first Autocross.
I was of course the star of the show, with no less than 10 people asking how well it drove and how the seats were on long trips. I replied with "awesome"
and "it only has 500 miles so I don't know." Compared to the Cougar, this car handled like it was on rails. I decided to turn off all stability/traction control for my runs, but in hindsight wish I had tried a few
with it on. My classification was under question since I had street tires and the car has only been available for two weeks, but my
assigned group had nothing to worry about since the 80% driver, 20% car rule was in full force. Hopefully during my next race I'll be slightly less
excited and maybe get my side of the equation up to 50%.
As far back as
4 years ago I fancied a Focus ST.
Unfortunately, the north american product team at Ford never thought it was
"homologated" for the US market until
4 months ago when
I was finally able to place an order for my current dream car. Today I finally
took delivery of the beast.
I arrived in full creep gear with my Focus ST hat and badge (from
Myrn) and happily dispensed with a significant amount of cash for the
privilige of driving what I've been obsessing about for years. The 1,000 mile break-in period is like a torture sentence, and I've considered putting a block of some sort under the gas to keep me honest.
Tonight was also the release of Borderlands 2, so James and I took it for a spin to pickup our copies of the game. The Gamestop manager asked who had the Focus ST, so already I'm a superstar.
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