This CGI’d Cooper S showed up on my radar this morning.
Ironically, I have a friend who’s MINI looks very much like this rendering! Go figure!
From Forza 3 for XBOX
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Why yes, that *is* AnnaLynne McCord pumping her own gas! 
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Yesterday, being a furlough day, I thought I would get in a little extra 30 minute run at the gym, before my regularly scheduled "Hard Core" group exercise class.
Three miles later I drag myself up the stairs into the workout room. The first thing I notice, "hey- there are a bunch of hot new female faces in here!" More…
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Yesterday, being a furlough day, I thought I would get in a little extra 30 minute run at the gym, before my regularly scheduled “Hard Core” group exercise class.
Three miles later I drag myself up the stairs into the workout room. The first thing I notice, “hey- there are a bunch of hot new female faces in here!” The second thing I notice is that the instructor is not my instructor, but one of the group exercise instructors I really don’t like. (nothing personal, I just think she’s a terrible instructor. But I won’t get into it.)
Already disappointed, I decide not to turn around and leave, because, well, this is my class. It is a
not *my* abs, of course
part of my new healthy lifestyle, right? Yeah, that and a room full of hotties I havent met yet. I’ll skip the part about the non-supportive instructor who doesn’t give any feedback and has terrible taste in music. My point is, it was until about 15 minutes into the session that I realized I had come to the WRONG SESSION!! I apparently got my days mixed up and showed up an hour early!! (damn you furloughs!!!)
Despite the terrible instructor and terrible music, I decided to stick around anyway because a) who wants to be the one who gets up and leaves in the middle of class; and b) Pilates- can’t be too hard, right? Insert ominous musical flourish…
For someone used to a 30-minute circuit-style nonstop back and abs session twice a week, the class wasn’t difficult at all. The music? mmm, not so much (Pilates + Steppenwolf? Really?). After an hour of musical torture, I stuck around for the right class. One of the girls in the Hard Core class laughed at me for coming to the wrong session, since she feels the same way about the instructor as I do. After 90 minutes of core exercises (not recommended btw), i went to my two-hour night class and finally home for dinner.
I was quite tired for obvious reasons and went to bed earlier than usual. Not a bad day.
I woke up this morning to a reality check: My abs feel like I’ve been run over by the Ninja bike gang from Akira! My obliques feel like that scene out of every boxing movie where the antagonist gets pummeled with a barrage of kidney punches until he falls on his face. The rest of my body is still sore from two days ago when the (much better) instructor decided to surprise us with a three station 60-minute circuit for abs and quads!
But I’m not dead, and as they say, that’s half the battle. Despite the pain and suffering and other sacrifices I’ve had to make *cough*pizza*cough toward my goal of a healthier new me, it’s a great experience for a former chairbound geek.
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I met Andrew Warner at WordCamp LA (2009). Two minutes into his presentation I knew he was a pretty cool guy with a personality and presence that you can’t help but admire. It was this initial conference where I found out he started his first company from nothing. Literally. With no outside funding, he managed it into a $30 million dollar a year company. Every time I find another video of him, I learn a little more about his story, and how everything I’m doing, is wrong.
Andrew Warner at the UCLA Anderson School of Business from sean percival on Vimeo.
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A lot has been happening behind the scenes lately.
Truth be told, this whole economic crisis doesn’t freak me out as much as most people. I’ve been broke my entire life, so what else is new? I’ll tell you what- how about a "temporary" 10% pay cut off the top of having been grossly underpaid the last ten years? I’ve spent the majority of my working years figuring out which bills to not pay this month. But not in the last 4-5 years, until now. And it’s starting to have a noticeable effect on my credit rating and stress-free character. Call me silly, but a person with over 10 years working for the same company should not have to be missing payments in a no frills, conservative, dare I say meager, lifestyle. Work with me here- I’m getting somewhere.
The past few months I have been volunteering my time and expertise for two non-profit entities. One of them leading up to a charity event that was held this past weekend. I am happy to report that the event was a rousing success and I humbly take partial credit for that! And while I’m not gonna go run out and start my own charity, or even become a board member of one, *or* put myself in a position where I’m asking people for money, the feeling of helping others when not getting paid to do so- is well, kinda cool. Especially when it’s easy. Yes, there is a point to all of this. Okay one more:
I’ve decided that I could be a pretty good personal trainer. I mean, I trained myself off the couch to almost 20 pounds lighter and into a healthy, "active lifestyle". Plus I’ve done *at least* 200 hours of self-guided research in the field of health, fitness, and nutrition. An opportunity has come up to take a Personal Trainer Certification Test Prep course, and I’m going for it. If I pass the test, I will be a certified Personal Trainer, which opens the doors for a lot of potential work! Then just yesterday… (yeah, that’s two)- a relative asked if I would be interested in coordinating a Technology Training program for a local non-profit. Heck- I do that already! *AND* she said I would get paid for it!
So, what’s the point of all of this? I’ve had the same job for 11 years, and all I have to show for it is… well, I know where all the bathrooms are. Similar jobs in my field are currently far and few between. I know because I’ve only been looking for 4 years. Perhaps all these recent events that have been happening to me, are happening for a reason? To move off in an entirely different direction? I’m more of a "show me the set in stone, stable for life plan" kinda guy, so I don’t know exactly what that change could be.
Anyway, I’m just sayin…
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Element name: WOMAN
Symbol: WO
Atomic weight: (don’t even go there)
Physical properties: Generally round in form. Boils at nothing and may freeze at any time. Melts whenever treated properly. Very bitter if mishandled.
Chemical properties: Very active. Highly unstable. Possesses strong affinity with gold, silver, platinum, and precious stones. Volatile when left alone. Able to absorb great amounts of exotic food. Turns slightly green when placed next to a shinier specimen.
Usage: Highly ornamental. An extremely good catalyst for dispersion of wealth. Probably the most powerful income reducing agent known.
Caution: Highly explosive in inexperienced hands.
