I really need to do something....

I will be on the homestead this week, vacation at one of America's beautiful natural wonders: Lake Erie for a week, then have a week to get stuff together for school.

So on top of being busy, I have that other problem where nothing really happens during the summer. Example: today I work until 4:15, at which point I will hate kids, be slightly closer to a skin cancer ridden body, and exponentially closer to hanging up the ole' whistle. Side effect: 0/10 motivation to type.

Here's a fun fact: I went to the Brickyard yesterday! NASCAR is still fun, so suck my toe and can the jokes. In no other sport can you bring a radio scanner (basically a high-class name for a portable CB radio) and really get into the strategy and action of the event, maybe even hear your favorite driver drop a few f-bombs and threaten to fire his entire crew.

insert terrible paragraph transition because I cannot write anymore....AH!!!

I went in not really having a favorite driver, but definitely left with a strong liking for Dale Jr. Mainly because I am a nerd who likes to know everything. In what seems fitting with the personalities of Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon, they kept radio chatter to a minimum, or just on a secure (i.e. I can't hear it) channel. No fun. Junior on the other hand was chatting it up the whole time with his crew talking about everything from the car "driving like a Cadillac" at the beginning of the race to, "how the hell did you guys fuck this thing up so bad?!" near the end.
To be honest, it wasn't even a primadona why isn't my car the shiznit type thing, but more of a, you guys are usually really good at this type of thing, what happened? type of thing.

Nearly 5 minutes after flipping shit, Junior would be right back on the radio talking about how, "fucking pumped up [he] is," and how," all this horseshit comes to this."

I love a guy that just tells it like it is.

Oh, and what the hell happened between him and Jeff Burton, because holy crap Junior really doesn't like him much.

And yes, the tire issue sucked major ballz.

An honest question

If anyone can tell me how news stations are able to declare one candidate or another the "winner" of a state with <10% of the votes in I would greatly appreciate it. Is it just a simple matter of meeting past trends (i.e. 95% of the time the leader after x% is the final winner) or is it a NASCAR type deal where the percentages only accounts for the "offical results" while the unofficial race results are available right after the checkered flag (or in this case, the voting is done)?

Sorry for the run-on. Maybe this will help:

Is it just a simple matter of meeting past trends
(i.e. 95% of the time the leader after x% is the final winner)

or

is it a NASCAR type deal where the percentages only accounts for the "offical results"
while the unofficial race results are available right after the checkered flag
(or in this case, the voting is done)?



Or are they just a bunch of stupids?

BOOGITY BOOGITY BOOGITY!!! (sp?)

The smell of burning ozone is in the air, its that time of year! Daytona Day! NASCAR has come a long way since the down south bootlegging days; if you ask me, those died on turn three seven years ago.

Just one look at the new "cars of tomorrow" and its obvious that this is a-whole-nother beast.

So sit back, crack open your favorite cheapo white trash beverage, and turn the volume up to full blast for the first couple turns.


This ain't yo daddy's stock car

And if you really care, my fantasy drivers (seriously...) today are as follows:

1. Jeff Gordon - Most love to hate him, I just love him. The first of the "new age" (see: no southern accent) drivers.

2. Jimmie Johnson - don't really like him, but his crew chief is a beast and he always wins so... yea...

3. Dale Jr. - didn't really like the dad, love him

4. Juan Pablo Montoya - the real-life Jean Girard, made his fame in formula UN. second year in NASCAR, I expect big things.

5. Michael Waltrip - this guy has been around since like 1955



And for those of you who watch for the crashes (who doesn't?) Daytona is the best race to watch outside of maybe Talladega: