Finally got to go snowmobiling this weekend!!! I did something like 175 miles on my '05 Ski-Doo MXZ. Technically it's not mine but it's easier to say that it is. For the most part it was uneventful but there was a slight mishap. While stopping on the side of the trail for lunch (hot-dogs) a person that we were riding with rear-ended my uncle. No injuries, just a bent bumper and mud-flap-mount thing for my uncle and a broken bumper and hood for the other guy.

As far as other stuff that's happened in the past few days, one of my dogs ate (yes ate) my USB flash drive. For those who don't know it's an external hard drive that you plug in to your USB port and store many things on. Mine had music, videos, pictures, and a ten page book that I had to write for school (it's also on both mine and my parent's computers). I was playing with Moose (dog) and it fell out of my pocket. Moose'll eat absolutley anything he can get in his mouth, that has so far included such things as rocks, wood, feathers, the cats litter-box contents, and many many other random things. Anyway it fell out of my pocket and he ate it. I was sitting inside when I realised I didn't have it. I went to his pen and found two pieces of black plastic. That's it. All the metal stuff is gone. Hopefully he'll have 128mb more memory so he might just do something I tell him too. I doubt it though.

I just got home from school a couple hours ago and my back is fooked. I've got a severe throbbing pain right in the middle of my left shoulder blade. I just took some Advil and I hope it works, I have places to go tomorrow. I'm shadowing a friend to (hopefully) help me decide which high school I'm gonna go to.
At my own school today we had quite the conversation. One of my friends (I will from this point onward refer to him as Senator) was asking everybody whether the Girls Gone Wild movies blurred everything out like they do in the preview. (for the record I am not a porn obbsessed phycopath) It was funnier when it happeded than it is as I'm writing it I'm sure but there wasn't a person that he didn't ask as he called it a "life question". He finally got an answer and went to complaining about how Tipper (3rd or 4th person asked) didn't just tell him that it isn't censored. He didn't shut up until another person hit a ruler hanging off the egde of a table and it flew accross the room, hitting one person in the head and generally scaring the crap out of everybody. I walked right into the path of the second attacking ruler. That was really funny then, if you can't laugh at yourself who can you laugh at?

Car Stuff: Aston Martin V8 Vantage;
Yup, the cheapest of the Aston lineup. Too Bad it's not actually cheap...starting at $140,000. Styled like all modern Astons, beautfully. Performing like all modern Astons, like we can only dream about. Handbuilt. Glorious sounding 340 bhp V8. 186 mph top speed with 5.1 seconds to 60. What more could you ask for in a car?
This is supposed to be the smaller, tighter more focused of the Astons. As such it was tuned at the Nurburgring (a 13 mile 147 corner widowmaker of a track in Germany). As well as the rest of the Astons it's quite possibly the best looking car of all time. It's only got two seats but that doesn't stop it from being somewhat practical, it's got a hatchback. Yeah, I want one.

* Images are desktop size

News:
I think the time is right for something that you won't see very often on this blog...news. It usually bores me but, if it's big, I'll sometimes put it on here. The big news tonight it that Richard (Dick) Cheney aka the Vice President of the United States of America, has shot another person. It was an accidental thing that happened on a hunting trip in Texas today. The victim is ok as far as I know (details are unclear) due to Cheney traveling with and ambulence at all times. I'll keep you posted as this progresses.

Red vs. Blue:
Yeah, here we go again, more quality entertainment. Another web series, called Red vs. Blue, produced by Rooster Teeth Productions, it's based on the popular video game Halo. For those know about the game Master Chief got rid of the Covodent Armada and the other forces were involved in civil wars. I won't give anything away but it's extremely funny. Not for the little ones though, plenty of language. A link shall be found on your right.

E-mail Security:
This evening I had some problems with my Yahoo! account. I would type in my ID and password (which I knew were correct) and it said that they were invalid. I thought maybe it was a server or network error so I called a friend to ask if he could get in to his. He explained

"Yeah we messed around with that, I tried to get into your E-mail and gave you a new password. You'll just have to change it.

This brought me on to something. Just how secure is my E-mail account? If he could just put in my Birthday, zip code, country, and pets name then give me a new password...anybody who knew me could have control of my E-mail. That would be bad.

P.S, you know who you are, if you try to hack my e-mail again I'm gonna beat you to death with your own skull.

MP3 Players:
I've been shopping for an MP3 player recently. Now I know what they mean by complicated market. Here are my problems at the moment:1) ipods are way too expensive. 2) I don't trust used electronics from people that I don't know. I had narrowed it down to to 2 choices, then I started reading reviews. Option number one: inoi 20 gb thing ($159). 5 star average review, but playlists are limited to 100 songs each (nowhere near enough) and you can't search through music via artist, genre, title ect. Option number 2, Creative Labs 20 gb thing ($209). People say that buttons screw up a few months after purchase, the headphones are trash, the software is useless, it has unlabeled buttons. I know exactly which one I want, but they don't make it anymore. I want a 20 gb Dell. I know from experience that it's easy to use. Playlists = whatever you want it to be, all kinds of good stuff. Except to get one I have to go used...typical.

As promised, here are a few pictures from the Montreal Car Show. Click the image to make it bigger!

Bently's lineup (from left Continental GT, Flying Spur, Flying Spur.)

Ford unveiled the new Shelby Cobra concept.

Also in the Ford booth there was the GT or GT40, hower you want to say it.

The Lamborghini Mercieolago Roadster, big crowd around it.

The Mercedes-McLaren SLR.

And, my two favorites...

...the Aston Martin V12 Vanquish and...

...the Aston Martin DB9.

Went to the Montreal Car Show today. Had minor problems finding it but it was worth it.
Once inside saw lots of interesting cars, namely my absolute favorite Aston Martin DB9, there were some Bentley's, a bunch of BMW and Benz. Upstairs there were booths for Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, and Porsche. There were also all kinds of normal variaties. Will post pictures soon, probably tommorow night.
Anyway, about half of the cars there were avalible to sit in I, of course, took advantage of this. There was a nice S-Class Mercedes there that I took the liberty of getting in to, loved it. Very comfortable and, with the door closed, quiet. Also a Jag X-Type, very nice. Land Rover Discovery's seats were a bit too hard for my likeing. Some very exiteing cars there, obviously. Things like the Mercedes-Meclaren SLR, Porsche Carrera GT, Ford GT (40), Lamborghini Merielago Roadster, Aston Martin DB9 and V12 Vanquish. Couldn't get anywhere near any of those ones though : (. As I said, pictures soon.

Walmart Fun

Stuff to do in Wal-Mart when the person you're with is taking to long...
1. Get 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in peoples' carts when they aren't looking.

2. Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.

3. Make a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the rest rooms.

4. Walk up to an employee and tell him/her in an official tone, 'Code 3'in housewares and see what happens.

5. Go to the Service Desk and ask to put a bag of M&M's on lay away.

6. Move a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.

7. Set up a tent in the camping department and tell other shoppers you'll invite them in if they'll bring in pillows from the bedding department.

8. When a clerk asks if they can help you, begin to cry and ask 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?'

9. Look right into the security camera; use it as a mirror, & and pick your nose.

10. While handling guns in the hunting department, ask the clerk if he knows where the anti- depressants are.

11. Dart around the store suspiciously loudly humming the Mission Impossible theme.

12. In the auto department, practice your Madonna look using different size funnels.

13. Hide in a clothing rack; when people browse through, say PICK ME!

14. When an announcement comes over the loudspeaker, assume the fetal position and scream "NO! NO! It's those voices again!!!!And; last, but not least!

15. Go into a fitting room and shut the door and wait a while; and then yell, very loudly, "There is no toilet paper in here!"

~ MISSING PERSON ~

Well technically it's a month, but still.

Name - January

Last Seen - around Sunday the 15th

31 days long, coldest of the year

What's with this weather?!?! It's a Friday night in the middle of the coldest month of the year in Northern Vermont, I should be geting ready to go snowmobiling tomorrow, but I'm not...because there's no snow. So much stuff has been changed by this. We've missed two ski trips, we'd normally be snowshoing in gym, I could be at home, outside, and not bored.

Car Stuff:
Big news from my favorite car manufacturer tonight. That'll be Aston Martin. They've decided to build a practical car! It's called the Rapide. It's basically a four door version of the fantastic DB9. It's almost as fast too, the six liter V12 churns out 480 bhp, does 0-60 in under 5 secs and top end will be on the exiting side if 3 miles per minute...thats 180 mph. It's got some thoughtful details too. The doors are hinged slightly upward, so you don't hit them on high curbs. Nice. I'll sum it up at this point, it's almost as fast as a DB9, it's got twice as many doors, it's more practical with a hatchback, and it's as good looking...damn, I didn't expect that. Click on the little picture to get a bigger picture, then you can get an even bigger and clearer version.

I'd just like to take a moment to express my sympathy too the friends and family of the 13 tragicly dead miners in West Virginia. I've heard that the company's been sited for 208 safety violations in the past couple years. That's appalling. But it's not all that important, no matter what becomes of it, no matter how many lawsuits are fought and won, no matter how much the company ends up paying for it's mistake. None of that really matters. What matters is that 13 innocent people, just like you and me with friends families and lifes, are dead. They didn't have to die, and that's where it hurts.

Car Stuff: Bugatti Veyron
Tonight the newest really really fast car around, or one of them anyway. Not only that, it's the Fastest, most powerful, and most expensive road car today. 253 mph, 1001 bhp, $1.25 million. Lots of little details too.
Engine: 8 Litre W12 (basicly 2 V8's stuck together at the sides. Has 10 radiators, a bit heavy on fuel. Suprise suprise. Flat out you can burn 100
litres of gas in about 12 minutes, seriously.
Gorgeous too...see?
Awsome sounding.
Awsome looking.
Awsome performance.
what more could you ask for...other than maybe a lower price tag.

I'm Bored:
I'm bored, so i want to do something about it. If you look at this blog, leave a comment that has your name, initials, favorite color, DOB, anything.

Car Stuff: tonight we have the Nissan Skyline R34 GTR
I'll put it simply for now, it's the best Asian Car money can buy. It's fast, not sure of the exact figures, but trust me, it's fast. It's Japanese, so it's reliable. It's well set up and very stiff, so it handles like...like...really, really well. It's clever too. It's all wheel drive, sometimes. Most of the time it's rear wheel drive, but if the front ones are running out of grip, they'll get some power too.
It has it's problem though. It was nevery officially imported to the states. You have to buy it in Japan, then get it shipped to wherever you are. Now you've got one, you have to drop a whole crap-load on cash on it to make it legal to drive on the roads. So, for the same price as a small (ish) Mercedes or BMW, you can get a used Nissan, hmm. Benz, Nissan, Benz, Nissan, I'd go for the Benz.

Car Stuff: On the complete opposite side of the scale from the Prius, we have the Aston Martin DB9. I don't need to try to be nice to this. I absolutly love it. It's rather expensive, about 200k, but worth every penny. It's fast. 0-60 is taken care of in about 4 seconds, and topend you'll be doin 190 mph. It's well made, I don't have a good example on this one, but it's beautiful inside and out. Oh, the starter button is made of pure crystal. The V12 makes an awsome noise, and the transmission is absolutly ingenious. It's a "6 speed automatic with manual paddle override. So when you want to have a play, you just use the paddles mounted on the steering column, and when you don't, just push "D", and it becomes a normal automatic.
Google image the name to see a true masterpiece.

Review #2: Need For Speed Most Wanted;
I've played most of the "Need For Speed" games. I've liked them too. Now there's a new one.
I bought it because I knew it would be good, and when it was installing it I set my expectations high. They however...were blown to tiny little bits by this one. It's really a nice combo of them all. You've got the nice exotic supercar kind of thing, as well as some of the Japanese tuners from the Undergrounds. You've also got idividual body kits for all of the cars, they actually look right, no matter what. Along-side these are the traditional performance mods that we're familiar with. Plenty of cars too. Everything from the familiar Lexus IS300 to the famed Lamborghini Merciologo. It's sort of got the style from Underground 2. There's a big city to run around and play in. It's fill with cops though, in case you're interested. Don't panic. I've met smarter hunks of cheese. Don't quote me on that one though, because I'm not very far into the game, and I did meet a couple of smart cops. Like Underground 2, there are various races scattered through the city, but that's not what it's all about. There we find the "Blacklist". It's full of racers (duh) and when they think you've earned it, you race them. The goal is to get to the top and get back at someone who did bad stuff to you, wouldn't want to ruin the suprise. When you defeat someone on the list you get to pick two markers, one for a uniqe upgrade, and one from the guy you just humiliated. You've got a choice of three, and one is the pink slip for his (or her) ride. Note to EA; We want free run in quick race mode!!!


despite that it's definitly worth buying, 5 stars
Great screenshots at http://cube.ign.com/articles/660/660273p1.html. Check it out!

Car Stuff:
When I started this blog I had hoped to be posting pretty often, if you've been looking at it for a while you'll know that that hasn't happened, so I'll start talking about car stuff. I'm gonna try to post this kind of thing like I thought I'd be able to when I first started. It will mostly by my favorite and least favorite cars. Car #1:Toyota Prius. I'll try to be nice to this thing, but no guarantees. I hate it. Why? It's slow, 0-60 take 13.5 seconds and it only hit 99mph, you couldn't even use it to deliver milk, because by the end of your run you'd be delivering cheese. It's not really green, on a route where it did 45 mpg, a Volkswagon Lupo diesel did 75. It's cheaply built, in order to stop the center console lid from rattling they've put on a little piece of advesive foam. And its ugly enough to make small children feel sick. Oh, it's not cheap either It starts at about 21k, you can get a very well equipped Toyota Corrolla for 19k, and it does 41 mpg! So, in short, if you buy one of these things you end up with a painfully slow, excruciatingly ugly, cheaply built, expensive, not terribly green, and therefore pointless way of moving around.


* image courtsey of ALLCARIMAGES.com

Quality Entertainment
I have found the next big hit! (okay, so I probably haven't but ya critical pests...) It's a cartoon that I found on the internet (suprise suprise) about a highly profane squirrel, Foamy. It's offensive, it's inappropiate, but who cares!!!


See the link to take you to the site, you won't be dissapointed!!
PARENTAL WARNING!!...explicit content