whoa. so i guess the Swedes are tired of being mocked by videos like the Getaway in Stockholm series and are now taking drastic measures against rowdy supercar owners.

apparently, two 360 Modenas were running from the cops down some highway in Sweden when an undercover unit up ahead stepped in and stopped the chase by ramming one of the Ferraris. scary stuff, not to mention incredibly dangerous.

today marks the day that i finally found out about the insanity that is commercial space travel. apparently Virgin will begin offering sub-orbital space flights at a relatively affordable price (at least $200,000 per ticket) within the next few years.

does anyone else find this mind-blowingly ridiculous?!

i have four major and several minor cuts on my fingers right now because i’m a clumsy doofus whose hands are covered in weak skin. i’ve cut my hands up doing everything from changing bed sheets to setting up tripods but sometimes i just find random scars or discover that one of my fingers is bleeding profusely for some unexplained reason.

so i went down to the shop today with some sheet metal to do my industrial design final project. foolishly, i neglected to sand down the fresh edges after cutting it up and it cut me up instead. at one point, i was so occupied with bleeding and trying to stop bleeding that i could hardly pick up my ringing phone. luckily, it was ken who, upon hearing my condition, came down and helped me finish welding.

BLOOOOOD!!!

summer is just around the corner!

:D

a movie is being filmed on campus right now called “Stranger Than Fiction” starring Will Ferrell, Dustin Hoffman and Queen Latifah.

they had sealed off a cluster of buildings and were filming in the plaza between them. starstruck, my lovely assistant Judy and i infiltrated one of the buildings via back door and shot the stars in a manner not unlike the paparazzi.

actually, i buttered up the story a bit. i wasn’t starstruck. in fact, i couldn’t even recall what Dustin Hoffman looked like before i saw him in person. neither did we “infiltrate” the building. rather, the back door was left ajar to let students and faculty who wished to enter the building do so without disturbing the shoot. also, Judy was only my lovely assistant for a grand total of about 45 seconds when she held my lenses as i swapped them in and out.

but i did get pictures.

well-made films and well-written books have the uncanny ability to significantly affect my emotions both during and after being exposed to them. i almost hate to admit it, but it’s true. i can be sort of a softy sometimes.

for example, last year i read Newjack, a non-fictional account of life as a correctional officer at Sing Sing. as i read about the taxing trials of prison life, i too became mentally and emotionally fatigued. i found myself overly paranoid, defensive, and a bit of a nervous wreck overall. however, a few weeks after i had finished it, i became “normal” again.

strange, isn’t it?

if you haven’t yet–for one bizarre reason or another–noticed, i’ve finally gotten around to putting up a splash page for my site. no longer shall text triumph over image by default! a choice is to be had! freedom has been dispensed!

comments?

garbage!

Will has dominated the weird flash game from yesterday!