carlton's log:
i've had my car for almost a month now, and i still haven't gone past the break-in period. i guess thats what happens when you only live 5 miles away from your work... or have any places to drive to ::tear::
but so far i really like the car. after driving crappy, slow cars all my life, it's a pretty big difference. some things i appreciate that most people who own cars nowadays probably take for granted:
- car accelerates at acceptable rate when throttle is applied
- cd's able to be listened to without connecting a discman to it
- little gas cap door thingy opens without having to jam a plastic fork in the lever
i don't think it's possible for anyone to have watched more olympics than i have, which pretty much indicates either:
- the olympics is the greatest thing ever
or
- there isn't anything to do in waukesha/milwaukee
or
- i haven't been looking for anything to do in waukesha/milwaukee
and the answer is probably d: all of the above. anyways, ever since the 1988 olympics in seoul, watching and following olympics has been something i've looked forward to. there's always two ways for me to enjoy the olympics: i can always cheer for the athletic runt underdogs thailand, and then fall back on celebrating the dominance of the US. so far, thailand has won 4 medals in womens' weightlifting, and will get 3 more in boxing for at least 7 medals, which shatters their previous olympic record of....3. which proves my theory that i've stated in this blog before that thailand will continue its climb to athletic dominance. thai chicks will lift heavy shit onto you, then the guys will punch you in the face.
another part of the olympics i enjoy is the controversy. i always like when weird stuff happens.
the seoul olympics had the most corrupt and incompetently judged boxing tourney ever, capped off by roy jones jr. getting robbed. other awesome olympic weirdness:
- kerrigan / harding
- ben johnson - i can still hear the call of the race in my head: "NINE-SEVEN-NINE". i guess this is still the fastest 100m time by a human. i'd wonder what a purely drug olympics would be like. not just a little doping, but just pump the athletes with the best drug combinations that science could come up with, just to see the freakish performances.
- greg lougayness smacking his head on the diving board
- south korean boxer refusing to leave the ring after losing in seoul
- romanian girl getting stripped of a gold medal in sydney for cough medicine
- US volleyball shaving their head in atlanta (i forgot exactly why, but i think one of their players (samuelson) got suspended for some reason. someone tell me what exactly happened if they know)
- corrupt french figure skating judge
- south korean short track skater DQ'd after it looked like he won in salt lake city
i haven't been too impressed by this year's controversies. i did like the crowd going nuts after nemov got screwed for his awesome high-bar routine though.
and quite possibly the most important thing that has happened to me since moving has been my purchase of the "best of triumph" dvd. the beauty of the dvd really is in the simplicity. not many extras, but basically every triumph skit that has been on conan is just reeled off. i've already watched it three times, and i bought it last thursday.
dammit, i'm gonna watch it again now.
tickle me silly? ...she tickled me silly my friends... oh yess, OH yes.
posted by mcpheeny 11:10 PM