So I watched Watchmen Friday night and, overall, it was interesting. But it started off soo slow, I mean, I had to actually pay attention to keep awake. Usually, when I go to see movies, I just mindlessly watch because it’s the creative cinematography, awesome CG’s, humor, action, and suspense that keeps my eyes glued onto the screen. Not that this movie didn’t have any of these, but the way it was presented needed an audience that was more interested in the social or psychological insanity of humans. The movie’s plot was like sitting in a train and watching the hills gently rise up and down, and then when you were nearing your stop, there’d be some cows chewing on grass to accompany your vague interests. Though there were some climaxes to grab your attention, it wasn’t built up too well. And there were so many distractions that you’d have to take notes to understand where the story was going. Granted, I have yet to read the comic, and squeezing the entire series into a nearly 3hr movie is quite a feat I will give praise to. Other than that, if you’re into the comic, or just want to see some swanky superheroes, sex, watch some mentally f*cked up characters, and a glowing blue man that can practically do anything except understand human-beings, than go ahead and knock your socks off. But I have to say, there were a lot of interesting social and psychological aspects of the movie. And Rorschach was the coolest character by far. My favorit quote, “You guys don’t understand, I’m not locked in here with you, you’re locked up in here with ME!” or something along those lines. But so badass.
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The Accident
Yeah, so my Mom got into an accident earlier this month. Amazingly she walked away without a single scratch, although, due to physics, she got whipped around a bit during the impact and complained of a sore neck. But everything is A-O-K now. But I wanted to share photos of the wreckage.
She was driving on the highway, coming home, at around 5:30pm. Earlier that day it snowed and some ice formed on the roads but that melted all away before evening; so the roads ’seemed’ safer to drive on. After we got the call from Mom, my Dad and I went to go to the accident to deal with the Tow-er and Police. At this point, my Mom was already taken to a nearby hospital but we still had no idea of the specifics of how the accident was caused or if anyone else was involved. Once we got there, the car had already been towed out from the ditch and was sitting on the bed of the tow truck. And no other car was involved in the accident.
The car had three major collision points: driver side, front, and rear. I was looking around and the first thing I noticed was how the railings where bent all the way in, away from the highway. I should note that the collision occured adjacent to an exit ramp, so luckily, no honey mooning with the concrete barriers. But judging by these evidence and where the most damaged was done on the car, my Mom’s car had to be sliding driver’s side first towards the head of the railing. And the way the rail was bent—roughly made a 95 degree angle and wasn’t crumpled cuz that would’ve suggested a head-on collision—the car had to be facing the opposite direction to traffic so that she would be seeing oncoming cars and their headlights beaming right into her eyes. From there, the car broadsides the rail but continues to rotate, taking out the rear bumper. But there was also front damage of the car, so I could only imagine that the car had to keep on rotating to take out the front bumper. I didn’t have the opportunity to see the car before it was towed out of the ditch, so my idea of the collision is totally imaginative. But I’m extremely happy and thankful that my Mom walked away with her life.
However, she was pissed because the Police charged her for reckless driving. Even though she was going the same speed as everyone and driving cautiously, mind you she has never ever been in an accident, the Police, by default, if no one else was involved with the incident, would write it off as reckless driving because of going faster than what the conditions allowed for. My mom thought it was bullsh*t and refused to sign and is expected to plead it in court this coming month.
Ikeya Formula Paddle Shift
Some of you may know that Ikeya Formula produced and sold to the masses a sequential shifter for manual cars. Although it wasn’t the prettiest item in the cockpit it served its purpose…quicker, accurate shifting. BUT NOW, they’ve come up with another ingenuis idea…Paddle shifters which they are calling Motion feedback paddle shifters, oooo, aaaaahhhh. Here’s a teaser.
Town Mode
Circuit Mode
Obvious advantages would be quicker gear changes and ZERO chance of mis-shifting. But reading more of their description, the ease of the use the motion feedback system would improve fuel economy albeit slightly, less clutch wear–no clutch interaction by driver, AND you won’t get worn out from shifting a billion times in a traffic jam–just ‘click’ and go! This is an amazing aftermarket manual-matic product. And let me tell you, this is one of the few companies that actually post data collected from their products, from bump steer angle corrections to shock dynographs, this company is legit!
Impressive Impreza
A well-rounded car that’s now popping up in D1 Street Legal events as well as other sanctioned drift events around Japan. Ever since Watanabe Service invented the FR center differential for most subaru impreza models as well as some lancer evo models, more and more AWD vehicles are being turned into FR cars to compete in drifting events. Which is awesome cuz all you see are corollas and all the s-chassis nissans, as well as the JZ chassis Toyotas, which some aren’t offered here in the US. Makes me sooooo envious of Japan. Although I should count my blessings because I’ve heard owning a car in Japan is uber expensive!! Anyway, back the subject, which is me wanting to own an old-chassis impreza and turning it into a drift and rally car. As selfish as I am, I dream of owning both a sedan and coupe. One for drift, one for rally, and both for daily driving! Sounds Awesome huh? Here are some pictures of a notable FR impreza tuner who regularly compete in drift competitions. The name’s Garage Hirota; they were even featured in a Hot Version volume and in Best Motoring International! Although Keiichi and Kazama criticized the suspension set-up, it still drifted!
RMMA Airshow
Went to the Rocky Mtn. Metro Airport Airshow this weekend. It was sick to say the least! Lots of cool aircrafts, highspeedy flybys, and Air stunts.
Propeller Airplanes are the sweetest!
Coast Guard Helicopter
F16 Preparing for Take-off
F15 Eagle
