Wednesday, January 17, 2007
What you're missing
First, Idiocracy. It's freakin' brilliant. My head actually hurt the movie was so stupid, but let me explain. Luke Wilson is an average Joe Nobody. Average in every way and he's a grunt in the US Army. He is volunteered for an experimental hybernation government project along with a local hooker, played by the very funny Maya Rudolph of SNL fame. They are supposed to sleep for a year. Yep, doesn't happen. They both wake up in the year 2505. Unfortunately all the people with high IQs haven't had kids or only had 1 or 2, and all the people with low IQs have had kids left and right. So the average intelligence of the human race plummets and the world in 2505 is full of idiots.
The two past people are now the smartest people in the world by a large margin. So how stupid are the future people? There is trash everywhere. Literally everywhere. Their clothes come in dispensers, are synthetic fibers and are emblazoned with logos. The english language has detiorated into pure slang and profanity. Even doctors are morons. Joe actually escapes prison by simply telling the guard "Hey, I'm not supposed to be here." They water crops with Brawndo, an energy drink, because "it's got electrolytes and it's what the plants crave."
It's a great movie and am going to recommend it to as many people as possible. Go rent it. I will probably need to watch it a couple more times to get all the satire. It's dripping with it.
Now DAKAR RALLY! For those not in the know, it's a rally from Lisbon, Portugal to Dakar, Senegal. Roughly:
There has already been a death. On the 4th stage, motorcyclist Elmer Symons from South Africa who was riding a KTM for JJE / SSC TEAM RACING. He crashed and the helicopter was on the scene almost immediately but there was nothing that could be done.
Americans are doing pretty good. Chris Blais on a bike with Red Bull KTM is 4th overall and gaining. He's doing really well and hope that he keeps it up!
Robby Gordon has a nasty Hummer tube frame racer that is doing okay. He got stuck in some wicked deep sand dunes on Stage 8, but he's still in it.
Mark Miller (who I honestly had never heard of but he's won Baja a couple times) is driving a VW Tourag with Red Bull and was doing great but all the Vdubs ran into trouble yesterday and yielded the lead to Mitsubishi.
Those are the only Americans getting face time with TV but let's scan the rest of the list.
Cars:
Bikes:
Trucks:
556 GEVISS THOMAS MISCHEL PAUL MAN USA TEAM GORDON
which, judging by the Team Gordon means he's probably carrying alot of parts for Robby's race Hummer.
Good luck to the Americans and all the other competitors! You're almost there!
The two past people are now the smartest people in the world by a large margin. So how stupid are the future people? There is trash everywhere. Literally everywhere. Their clothes come in dispensers, are synthetic fibers and are emblazoned with logos. The english language has detiorated into pure slang and profanity. Even doctors are morons. Joe actually escapes prison by simply telling the guard "Hey, I'm not supposed to be here." They water crops with Brawndo, an energy drink, because "it's got electrolytes and it's what the plants crave."
It's a great movie and am going to recommend it to as many people as possible. Go rent it. I will probably need to watch it a couple more times to get all the satire. It's dripping with it.
Now DAKAR RALLY! For those not in the know, it's a rally from Lisbon, Portugal to Dakar, Senegal. Roughly:
There has already been a death. On the 4th stage, motorcyclist Elmer Symons from South Africa who was riding a KTM for JJE / SSC TEAM RACING. He crashed and the helicopter was on the scene almost immediately but there was nothing that could be done.
Americans are doing pretty good. Chris Blais on a bike with Red Bull KTM is 4th overall and gaining. He's doing really well and hope that he keeps it up!
Robby Gordon has a nasty Hummer tube frame racer that is doing okay. He got stuck in some wicked deep sand dunes on Stage 8, but he's still in it.
Mark Miller (who I honestly had never heard of but he's won Baja a couple times) is driving a VW Tourag with Red Bull and was doing great but all the Vdubs ran into trouble yesterday and yielded the lead to Mitsubishi.
Those are the only Americans getting face time with TV but let's scan the rest of the list.
Cars:
| 350 | BAILEY RONN | HEATH KEVIN | BUGGY | USA | RONN BAILEY MOTORSPORTS |
| 351 | PETERSEN MICHAEL | STEVENSON MATTHEW | BUGGY | USA | PETERSON MOTORSPORTS |
| 25 | STREET JONAH | PAI | USA | PAI- RALLY PAN AMERICA |
| 108 | EMBRO JAMES | KTM | USA | JJE / SSC TEAM RACING |
| 109 | LAROZA STEVE | KTM | USA | JJE / SSC TEAM RACING |
| 216 | KAY MICHAEL | HUSQUARNA | USA | RALLYSOCAL |
| 217 | SCHMUCKLE BRIAN | HUSQUARNA | USA | RALLYSOCAL |
| 232 | MC COY CASEY | PAI | USA | PAI- RALLY PAN AMERICA |
556 GEVISS THOMAS MISCHEL PAUL MAN USA TEAM GORDON
which, judging by the Team Gordon means he's probably carrying alot of parts for Robby's race Hummer.
Good luck to the Americans and all the other competitors! You're almost there!
# posted by Seth @ 12:54 PM 
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