(big sigh).....Goddammit....

I'm sitting here with a bowl of Triscits and a glass of ice tea. I was already to rant and rave about gas prices being on the rise again due to the continuing greed of those rotten sperm-burping slut-like oil companies. I was also going to post about how pathetic I am in the area of dating. These things are not happening as of now.
Shortly I'm going to stuff my face w/ yummy comfort food and watch a lot of anime. This is hopefully going to offset the pain of getting kicked in the balls with the 6% pay cut I got today! Not only is gas going up, but my pay is going down. There were three out-of-state events I was planning on hitting this summer and now, because of the whole gas and pay check thing, I'm down to only one. One of the three is definitely out and I'll have to decide which of the two remaining want to hit. Will it be D1 Chicago? Or will it be Car Craft Magazine's Real Street Eliminator in Mn? We'll see. The only way to save this summer is with a lottery win. That sucks.

Truly a good day.....

Today went pretty damn well! For these reasons:
1. I wasn't at work. Enough said.
2. I got the VIP invite to SD15. It'd been a few days since The Promoter said he sent out the emails and I was beginning to worry about being picked....
3. I'm really getting some good feedback from the guys at Clutch Dynamics. I'm going the have them build the next clutch. Simply put, These cats know their shit and they're very reasonable priced!
4......Did I say that I wasn't at work today?

The grind continues..........

Here's a few shots of the weekends work. In order to get ready for a couple of upcoming events, I had to add a couple of bars to the cage. In the first pic, I added the cross bar to the main hoop. The second I "X"'d the door bars. I also added tow hooks, hood and trunk pins, and did some more bleeding on the rear hyd system. The hand brake seems to work sweet w/ rear discs. I'll find out for sure after I get the rear pads bedded in. A large part of my list in now completed in my efforts to get the car legal for the Aug 1 D1GP event in Chicago. As well as the two remaining DriftIndy events. We (my friend and I) also managed to get the car cleaned up and take a few photos of it for my entry into CarCraft Magazine's Real Street Eliminator contest to be held sometime in July in Mn. The light was fading fast, but still managed to get a couple of great shots of it. The looks better in the photo than it does in person. WAY BETTER!

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Well, it's 12:33 am and I'm sitting here feeling like I should make an entry, but would rather watch Hatsukoi Limited. I do have some crap I'd like to talk(type?...) about, but just don't really feel like it. Oooo! I know, how about cliff-notes version?! Here goes!:
1. Work still sucks! No way they'll lay anyone else off. Wish they would just close the fucking place.
2. Four day weekend! Lots of stuff to get done on the car(pulling trans AGAIN!), helping friend on his chop, going to see student advisor @ LCC.
3. Ah fuck it, I'm out

Peace bitches!

Re: Chicago

Let me start off with the traffic was insane! 90 through town awful. It rarely stopped, but was VERY slow! Mitsuwa wasn't quite what I'd expected. I thought it would be huge, but it wasn't. I'm really sure what, exactly I expected, but I thought it'd be bigger. I did get some melon bread. Damn good stuff! I first was introduced to it by the animes "Shana" and "Dears". I also got a choco cornet, as seen in "Lucky Star". I'll try that tomorrow.
The museum of science and industry was neat. Yeah just neat. The U-505 german sub is cool. To reach out and touch something that played an important role in part of our history was very cool. I couldn't get a tour, it was too late at that point. Some of the exibits were rather lacking and the parking was $16! Holy Fuck!
It was a good day to spend not be at work after all, but I'm not sure I see myself going back.

It sucks, but I accept it.

I came to terms with my situation with respect to my job today. With the departure of our counter guy and no hope of hiring a new one, I'll have to pick up the slack in the wake. I HATE THAT FUCKING JOB. I acknowledge that it sucks and it's part of my job now. I'll just have to deal with it. For now. In a couple of weeks, I have an appointment with a student advisor at LCC. I've decided to go back to school to "get me some paper". Where I'm at now isn't going to cut it. There's no future in it. That and it's a pretty crappy living(make damn little $). Having some sort of degree opens up so many doors and most of them lead to being able to make a decent living as well. I'm not sure what I'm going to do as of yet. Hopefully I can get in on some assessment testing to see what would be a good fit for me. If I could only get laid-off, I could go back to school full time! This would be okay with me because I can't afford to own a home on what I make, so the loss of money wouldn't be that big a deal for me. We'll see.....
Tomorrow, My mom and I are going to Chicago to check out Mitsuwa (huge awesome Japanese department store) and the museum of science and industry. I'm most looking forward to Mitsuwa because I'm jonesing to try some Melon Bread! And pick up some decently priced Pocky. I have thursday off as well. That day I'm going to run some errands for 'Bu parts. I've got a lot on my plate now that I've decided to run at the D1GP event in Chicago. I've a few changes to make to the car tech wise. Then there's the whole got-fucked-out-of-my-layoff thing, which resulted in losing those two weeks to work on my car. Now I'm going to have to cram it all in on the weekends.......

More random crap.......

Some times I wonder why it is that I find anime characters and figures soo damn attractive.... Yeah, They're hot, but not real. Am I:
1. Mentally unbalanced in some way? (probably not?...)
2. Fearful of interaction with live women? (very likely..)
As I said beautiful, yet not real. Maybe it could be a way of touching/experiencing something far more attractive than myself without the fear of rejection. Lets face it, I'm definitely not the kind of guy "hotties" want to be touched by.....
Did I tell you? That I got fucked out of my lay-off, one day before it was to begin? Two weeks of plans, two glorious weeks away from that goddamn place on the govt' dime, not having to answer phones or work the counter. The counter guy came back from his lay-off and decided to move back to Texas. The asshole could've at least waited until the driver and myself got ours in. Dickhead. i was soo looking forward to it. It defies belief that it continues to slow down week after week. If boredom were fatal, I'd be in the final stages of hospice care at this point. The other bad thing about this is that I get to continue being back up counter guy. A job I fucking hate! I wish I could've gotten the lay-off. I'd gone back to school and gotten an education in a field that I could make a decent living in. Rocki, You're an ass-hat!!!!! Thanks for torpedoing my vacation, douche bag!

SD14 aftermath cont.

A couple of days have passed since SD14 and I'm pretty pissed about my clutch situation. I sure as hell don't have another $400 for a new one. At some point I'll pull the trans (again....) and see what happened, but regardless, a new Centerforce won't be in the plans. The next one will be the last one. I don't need this crap. I was thinking of tackling the rear disc swap on my lay-off, but think I'll wait because of the reduced fundage. Instead, I'll focus on the smaller(and cheaper) items on the ever growing "to-do "list.
As I think about my performance Sunday, I feel more like it was a pooch screwing on my behalf. I didn't drive all that well. And when I wasn't over-driving the car it wasn't performing to its best abilities. I've watched the on-car video of the run that got me fourth and holy fuck! did I ever "phone that one in"! It was lame, uninspired, and weak, but it was clean. I suppose I should go easy on my self. The wrong axle gear and slipping clutch were the real reasons I couldn't go "balls out" after it. Fuck... Fuck... Fuck.
It depresses me when I face the fact that I still have two days until my lay-off starts. Especially considering the fact I did about 1-1/2 hours of real work in 8 hours today.
Yesterday I had to make an emergency delivery for work. Afterward I stopped by QD for a pint of milk and a pop tart. When I left, I couldn't help but notice the Nubian queen cleaning out her mini-van. she would've weighed 110 lbs, but because of the ENORMOUS titties she must've tipped the scales at 130. She was damn hot! Lithe little body adorned with beautiful stripped titties. Usually when breasts look that disproportionate on a woman you can tell they're fake. Hers looked real! Granted, as much as I wish I did know, I don't know for sure if they were real or not. Damn would I like to find out though......

SD14 wrap-up.

First off, I had a fuckin' blast. I finally drifted the second cone on the basic course. Didn't hit any walls either. A lot of close calls, but no hits. More clutch issues. Slippage again. You'd think that parting with $400 for Centerforce's top of the line DFX clutch would be just the ticket. Was I ever wrong. Piece of shit. I'm going to take peoples advice and get with a local guy who builds clutches per you spec. Build it for what it's going to be used for. Minor cooling issues(still) that lead to heat soaking the starter, making it difficult to start. How cool can you feel when you stall the car on course and have to get a push to get going?...... As I thought, the rear gear is wrong for the ratios in the new trans. Had to use 1st and spin the HELL out of it to run the intermidiate course. If I'd had a 3.23 or 3.08 gear, I'd been fine. Oh well, there's always next time. Hankooks stil wear sweet, and evenly as well.
For all the ups and downs, I had a great time and it was good to see those guys again. Oh yeah, I got fourth in the D1 Underground com (some how...) which I guess allows the to skip the drivers search at the Aug D1GP event at Chicago and qulaify for the event. I guess I'm going to get some grub and maybe start editing up my footage from today.

Reason #23,268 why not to have kids......

Three simple words, Dora. the. Explorer. These three words, when grouped to gether, are the very ebodiment of what can drive an adult over the edge, into the depths of insanity. It's no wonder why grown adults would resolve to driving vehicles like mini-vans after having to watch this vile show. The characters don't talk to one another, THEY TALK SO DAMN LOUD IT BORDERS ON YELLING!!!! My niece is over at moms this week end. She is a marvelous kid, but I despise having to listen to that god awful show. Dora is a product of satan. Simple as that.
Anyways, iI would justify these statement, but I gotta hit the shower as it's almost time to head out for Speedrift 14. A "Dora the Explorer" free zone! Also, I just finished Tayutama ep 04. What a fun show. This one had a side story about chosing the best kind of panties to wear. Right funny stuff! Moshiro-chan ga dai-suki desu! I know that must make me sound sorta pathetic, but if the shoe fits........................