Good progress was made on the car today, and it is now in running order. We have put decals on the sides, top of the windshield, and trunk. Here they are. Also, the tech inspection sticker is pretty funny.

Background change

Hey I decided to change my background because, while the other was awesomer, this one doesn't have to mess with any codes and it improves scrolling smoothness.

24 hrs of LeMons

Over the next few days I will be covering what happens at the 24 Hours Of LeMons. This is a race in which you have to purchase a car and modify it for only $500 (excluding safety equipment ex. roll cages, harnesses, fire extinguisher). Read the rules. Theyr'e hilarious. After all, this race is supposed to be funny. This year our team is called BP Clean Energy Racing. We're running a '83 BMW 533i. We are still in the process of finishing the technical aspects of the car, and wil start decorating tomorrow because the race is on Friday the 6th. We will pour sludge on it to make it as dirty and crude-oil-crusted as possible. To emphasize the effect, we may or may not paint the car white depending on how much time we have on out hands tomorrow.

Team Beer!

We have created our own custom private label of beer for our team. It's called bp Gulf Sludge. It's actually Guinness, but just don't tell anyone. Well, that actually might be a bit hard considering that it says Guinness. Oh well. In all reality all we ever did was take the old label off the side of the bottle and replace it with a custom made one. It's for bribing the Judges (that's right. A capital J) that will evaluate our car to make sure it was in fact under $500 (our total budget now is around $375). The beer might just help the decision go down. Here's a pic.

What it actually says is

bp

Gulf Sludge

a byproduct of gulf operations

DeYoung

Just today I went to the DeYoung Museum, and saw the Birth Of Impressionism exhibit. The art was amazing; originals from France. I got the audio tour and it gave a pretty good explanation of how impressionism emerged from more classical accepted art. If you are in the area, I strongly encourage you to go and check it out; definitely worth the time and money.

Yahoo Radio

Wow. I havent posted here for a while. Well I was a party yesterday, and they had really good music coming out of their computer. I checked what it was playing it. It wasn't iTunes like I expected it to be, but it was Yahoo Radio (kind of like Pandora). The songs were very much like the artists, not bad songs that aren't like them. CHECK IT (I was not paid to say this I promise ;)

Wicked Car

The awesomest Honda Element I have ever seen. I wasn't able to get a picture of
the front side, but it was made up of a bunch of cut up rusted metal, and there
was some sort of demon head at the front of the roof above the windshield. I
seriously wonder what went through this guy's head when he designed his car.

Garlic fest

I tried these things at the festival, I will rate them out of 100.

Garlic Calamari, 70/100
          The Garlic Calamari sounded good at first, I expected it to be amazing. However, The calamari itself was not fried, it was kind of boiled soft in a marinara sauce full of garlic. It was spicy (which I like), but the calamari didn't have much flavor. Overall it was an ok dish for $4.00
Garlic Lollipop, 30/100
          The Garlic Lollipop was a hunk of sugar with a little piece of garlic inside. The sugar tasted sweet, and that was about all that was good about it. Once I got to the garlic in the center, The garlic flavor mixed with the sweet sugar to create a horrible flavor. I couldn't finish it, and threw it away. A waste of a dollar.
Garlic Ice Cream, 50/100
          I came hoping so sample some amazing garlic ice cream. They served it to me inside a half-cantaloupe (Genius). I had my first spoonful, and I tasted Vanilla and carmel, which was good. But at the end when the garlic aftertaste kicked in, it was very odd. After a few spoonfuls, I decided to eat the cantaloupe because it was so good in comparison.
Garlic Bread, 95/100
          Garlic bread is a staple of garlic cuisine. Most of us have had it before, but not like the garlic bread at the festival. The bread was small, but jam packed with chopped up garlic cloves, and lots of butter. This was the best piece of bread I have had in my entire life.

I did not spend my money just on food. I also bought a soy candle, which is amazing. I got the Pikaki scent. Among the other flavors on the shelves were Lemongrass, bamboo, Japanese Melon, Hemp, and Don't Need a Boyfriend (Basically really strong Old Spice)

Garlic Fest

I am just about to leave for the Gilroy Garlic Festival. I hope to try things that I havent before, and will post my faves later after I get back.

Songs

I just thought I would share with you some of my favorite songs!

-Diary by Tino Coury

-Everytime We Touch by Cascada

-Do You Remember by Jay Sean

-Right Round by FLo Rida

-Billionaire by Travie McCoy

-Boom Boom Pow by Black Eyed Peas

-Halo by Beyoncé

-Imma Be by Black Eyed Peas

-Miracle by Cascada

-Ridin' Solo by Jason Derülo

-La Boulette by Diam's

-Truly Madly Deeply by Cascada

-Low by Flo Rida

-Alejandro by Lady Gaga

-Jump by Flo Rida

-In the Ayer by Flo Rida

-Sugar by Flo Rida

-Your Love Is My Drug by Ke$ha

-Airplanes by B.o.B

-Bad Boy by Cascada

-DotA by Basshunter

-Evacuate The Dancefloor by Cascada

Those are pretty much all of the songs I listen to frequently. Most of you have proably heard most of them but you should really check out Diam's (Une artiste Français). I'm also a big Jazz fan and enjoy Big band, Ballads, and Bossa Nova.

Apps Apps Appss

For those of you iPhone users out there, here are some must have apps.

#1. Doodle Jump is a very well-put together app where you are a little yellow alien and you jump upwards using platforms which you automatically jump on. To move laterally, you tilt the phone side-to-side. There are several themes that you can apply to the level including space, world cup, water, and a couple more.

#2. World War is an addictive live strategy game. You control your army and fight other armies that other people control. Fighting essentially consists of you pushing a button to fight the other person, you wait a second or so for it to load and it then tells you who won. This is determined by attack vs. defense. Whoever has the highest total wins the battle. In order to increase your attack and defense, you deploy units or build buildings that add to your defense. You can get money to buy these units with by building different types of buildings that give hourly income, or do missions. There is a menu of different missions that you can do, each giving a different bonus of exp/cash. The object of the game is to level up, and to ultimately boost your country to the lead of the war.

#3. The Onion. The "Finest News Source in America" is a hilarious fake newscast that often pokes fun at the things happening currently in the world, or just writes totally random and pointlessly funny articles. I read it every day. The latest articles' titles are: Jennifer Aniston adopts 33-year-old boyfriend from Africa; Conspiracy theorist convinces Neil Armstrong that NASA moon landing was a hoax; Kid Ready to Start Playdating Again.

Coolest pics

A few days ago I found this site where people use a software called Grasshopper to create 3d scenes and take pictures of them. Among these are some AMAZING wallpapers. Check it out.

Grasshopper site

My current wallpaper

For those of you that are interested in music: I found this totally epic music notation site (where you write a score for music) it's free (of course) so here it is

Noteflight

McDonald's

They're accusing McDonalds of "luring" kids into eating their foods with happy meals because kids "Don't understand commercial marketing." I said WHY would kids actually want those toys they're more of a turnoff than an attraction.