I didn't even have to post to LJ, it was a good day

Went to the LA Auto Show with zebulon_y and friendly_bandit and had a good time. It was about equal parts "Wow neat!", "Wow, that's kind of.." and "Wow, that's just fucked-up".

All the car manufacturers were showing off their golf carts. I will complain about golf carts some other time.

I got a dirty look from the Dodge spokesdroid when I said "Check this out, 14 miles per gallon in 2006!" loudly at the Charger SRT. "Guess you've got to really like that cruisin' lifestyle!" I bellowed at him cheerfully. I sat in my future girlfriend, the Mazdaspeed 6, and in my other future girlfriend, the Subaru Legacy GT. I was surprisingly impressed by some of the big campervan things. That mercedes van that Dodge brought over from Europe is nicely done. We did not go into the Hall of Supercars because it was stuffed with hu-mans.

The best thing there was in the aftermarket hall. Someone has made the ultimate spinner, and it wasn't even on the wheel. It was in the back of an SUV on display. It had lights on it that made patterns, nice, but then when it started spinning the lights made pictures! Like the American Flag, and Famous Art Type Pictures, and Hip Hop Lifestyle Imagery. It was one of those things that went so far into stupid that it wrapped right back around into art. It needs to go into a museum right now.

We went to Kappo Honda and had good japanese food with Lisa. I consumed: Tonkatsu,, hamachi sashimi, special toasted onigiri with eel, and some chicken udon. It was very, very, very, very, very good.

Slumming for dollars

ENTIRE LITERARY ESTABLISHMENT TAKEN IN BY SOCK PUPPET

I've seen people beg for money, lie, and make outrageous claims of things like HIV infection before and get away with it. On internet forums. And not for very long.

Apparently you can take this act big-time if you're a couple of aging hipsters who want to get into the "music world" and meet famous people.

These people should be given scrofula and then sent to live in Pahrump, NV in a trailer for life.

just another sucka on da vine

This wants to be my myspace friend:

Konnected Inc was established in January 2004, based out of Irvine California. The company's main objective is to plan, promote and operate specific events for businesses looking to increase traffic, build awareness, create a steady flow of sales, promote an image and deliver a message.

Konnected Inc specializes in promoting, but not limited to, nightly entertainment, focusing mainly on dance/night clubs in Orange County and surrounding areas.

. Okay, DJ company, typical. I browse around looking at their leadership.

I find Steve. Steve lists his location on myspace as "Da Vine, OC". Has anyone else here ever seen the city of Irvine referred to as "Da Vine"? I am familiar with "Da Bronx", and "The LBC", and "The Downs" and "The Gardens" in Watts. I'll even accept "The OC" because we all called it that as a joke long before the TV show.

"Da Vine" just has to fucking go, though, Steve. I was going to post a picture of Steve, but all pictures of 20-something suburban kids throwing gang signs or the "shocker" are the same, whether they are with augmented party babes or not. I will point out that one of his pictures is at a suburban baby shower, though, and it looks genuine and kind of sweet.

only one party

The The Vark provided me with this fabulous Quicktime video entitled THE IRISH LANGUAGE LAB.