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popemobile? hell no, but this is what god would drive if he needed wheels.

so how many of you were aware i’m looking to part with my beloved z car (in my profile pics) in the next few months? well i was going to sell it to a friend just after my birthday and likely swing toward the infiniti g35 sport coupe, the sister (or older brother, depending on how you look at it) vehicle to the z. that is, until this morning… i discovered something else. take a peek, but grab and toss on a diaper first:

infiniti coupe concept

the infiniti (g35) coupe concept, shown at the 2006 detroit auto show last month. it’s expected chance of being produced is supposedly 100%, and the press release mentions it as the next release, pointing to a 2007 model, released late-summer/early fall. i can’t wait.. what do you all think?

The Eminem Show

listening to:
The Eminem Show
Eminem

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better than sliced bread

thought of the day: if loaves of sliced bread are generally for making sandwiches, is there some sort of quality control which ensures the number of slices per loaf is an even number?

Songs of Sanctuary

listening to:
Songs of Sanctuary
Karl Jenkins

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“midnight” sketches 1

ok, i’m not posting these to tout my skills, because when push comes to shove, i can really crank out some top-notch shit. so in that spirit, here are a few really quick sketches that were meant as tests of a digital painting program. if you haven’t checked out ArtRage, you must… it’s bloody amazing! now on with the show…

mysterious transport from my imaginary world.. found inside large treesmy favourite of the ninja turtles...chalk of a toy robot...beep boop beep dot dee doo

Everything to Everyone

listening to:
Everything to Everyone
Barenaked Ladies

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thought of the day

where art thou “feman”?

thought of the day: so we have the words male and female. why then do we not have the pair ‘man’ and ‘feman’? just imagine the rap music we’d have to day with lyrics rhyming to the struggles of men and femen.

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speed reading

thought of the day: is it possible to be a spead-reader in japanese, and if so, which language would be harder to speed-read: english or japanese?

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crap photos, you may be guilty.

so the other day i was ranting about the state of fradulent information posted by minors. well here’s another nitpick on the photos people post.

first is the ‘bedhead’ photo. you know the ones… where it looks like the person was caught unexpectedly while enroute to the bathroom in the morning; all pale-faced and sick-looking. it’s fine that photos like this occur, but please folks, there is nothing flattering about them, so why post them to the world as the (sometimes only) image to be THE image most representing of yourself?

second is the ‘foreign/strange child’ photo. in these, we often see the person share the spotlight with a child, usually one that isn’t their progeny, but rather a godchild, niece/nephew, friend’s kid, etc. i find two issues with this. first, kids are supposed to be cute…that’s how nature makes them, so we don’t pitch their whiny asses out the door when they get annoying. by posing with a child, unless the kid is really ugly or you’re far above average in the looks department, you’re going to look worse by comparison. second, because the focus is split, people often feel the need to disclaim the child isn’t theirs, perhaps to eliminate the thought we all probably have anyway upon seeing someone with a young child: that you might be a whore or some other equally negative connotation. this disclaimer usually manifests itself in one of two ways: a byline which appears in text near the photo (“not my kid!”), or a disturbingly messy scribble over the photo from MS Paint’s airbrush tool, usually in pink or black, and always with such sloppy craftsmanship that with even rudimentary skills of handwriting anaylsis, your opinion is overshadowed by the discontent that the person may be mentally incapacitated to some extent. i mean, if you’re going to ‘retouch’ a photo, let’s put a little more effort into it so it doesn’t look like the work of Big Bird on an LSD binge while being autoerotically asphyxiated by snuffleuppagus’ fuzzy proboscis.