Introductions in birthing class last night.
Couple next to us:
"Well, this is my first kid, and his fifth"
5 minutes later, the dudebro to his babymama:
"Hey I need the footrest now" *yanks it away from her, her feet drop to floor, he uses it*
{sullen look on the babymama}
Yep.
Poseidon Rex (www.youtube.com). They included one hot shirtless guy, which means it (obviously) showed up in my RSS feed.
Google Talk network is down: http://www.google....2ce88ca138c4af8915d (www.google.com)
Improbably, idkfa is still up.
Indie Alaska (www.youtube.com)
These videos are... pretty great, I think. Interesting slices of life from people/places across Alaska. Shot well, edited well.
Have any of the peeps with babies taught their kids NBA Jam yet?
Hey Ash (www.youtube.com)
It's Oscar Night!!! Big event in the Hanus Haus, so I figure I could post this here. Thanks to Josh and Erik for hooking me up with the movies to round out the major categories.
John's Best Picture List from Best to Worst
Who is going to win? 12 Years a Slave. Who should win? 12 Years a Slave.
Who is going to win best actor? Matthew McConaughey. Who should win? It should be a tie between McConaughey and Ejiofor.
Who is going to win best actress? Cate Blanchett. Who should win? Cate Blanchett, even though I hated her character in Blue Jasmine, but that was the point. Side note, I hated August: Osage County even though the performances were strong. I don't like scripts that are just characters constantly yelling at one another (Long Day's Journey into the Night).
Who is going to win best supporting actor? Jared Leto. Who should win? Jared Leto. I think this was a strong category this year minus Bradley Cooper. Michael Fassbender gave the performance of a career that I really loved in 12 Years a Slave, but so did Jared Leto.
Who is going to win best supporting actress? Lupita Nyong'o. Who should win? Jennifer Lawrence. Loved her performance in American Hustle, better than Silver Linings in my book, a true stand out.
Who is going to win best director? Alfonso Cuaron. Who should win best director? Alfonso Cuaron. Gonna bet on a split between picture/director this year.
I won't go into the writing categories, but I will say I hope 'Her' wins screenplay. That, my friends, was a beautifully written movie. What are your picks?
Game of Thrones Season 3 Blu-Ray/DVD comes out this week and the Target one comes with a special bonus roundtable disc that this (www.youtube.com)is suppose to be. Hosted by Mac from It's Always Sunny.
I don't like large pickup trucks. I've decided that if I ever run for an elected office, one of my first agenda items would be to eliminate the daily use of them. One of my biggest gripes about them is that they aren't needed for day to day commuting that the majority of people do. Sure it's the "American way" to do everything big and ostentatiously but that's just the consumerism/righteousness of our society that I feel is another problem.. I'm better then you and get to do what I want, how I want, and when I want. Blah. Shut up and get a real job you damn hippy! Okay back the first rant.
According to fueleconomy.gov (www.fueleconomy.gov) the best fuel economy truck is the Ram 1500 2WD is 25mpg combined. The best car without electric assistance is the Ford Fiesta at 37mpg. That's a 12mpg difference. According to here (www.fhwa.dot.gov)the average miles driven a year is 13,476. That means that the Ram is going to use ~539 gallons and the Ford will use ~364 gallons a year. Here (www.eia.gov)states that the average gas price is $3.309 and diesel is $3.977 per gallon. So the truck will cost ~2144 and the car will be ~1204. A $940 difference a year. The Ram's starting MSRP is ~24385 and the Fiesta is ~$14100 with a difference of $10285. Let's say the average ownership of a vehicle is 6 years the car is saving $5640 in gas, for a total of $15925 in savings over the truck. That's a pretty big chunk of change.
That alone should make people switch. Here's some more fun facts: in 2012 we imported 3,120,755 gallons of crude oil seen here (www.eia.gov). I couldn't find any statistics of how many of each type of vehicle are on the road, but some the sampling here in Anchorage it seems like there's more trucks then cars. Obama has pushed the idea of getting the mpgs of vehicles up, which I believe these numbers are reflective of that that, but I'd try to get them removed pretty much all together.
I realize it'd never happen, so I'd have a way that people could still drive them as necessary with a permit of some sort where you'd go to UHaul or an equivalent place to rent them for the particular time you needed one. There would be some other exceptions as well; for instance you could have one if you didn't live in a major metropolitan area a.k.a the boonies. Or maybe you could own one but if you weren't visibly hauling anything, the cops would have the right to pull you over and give you a ticket if you couldn't justify why you were driving one. Basically make it annoying to to drive one. Just think, instead of cops having to have a quota for speeding people, they could also have one for trucks muhahaha.
Really, I don't see the daily need for people even here in Anchorage. I get around just find in a front wheel drive car. Also death to hummers. They aren't even utility vehicles..
My second agenda item in my imaginary campaign would be to legalize marijuana and tax the crap out of it like they do alcohol and cigarettes. Maybe we could do that with trucks as well.. This one is actually happening on the state level which makes a lot of sense to me. Like prohibition, the government might as well regulate it and get in front of it instead of always chasing the problem.
Okay, back to work.
I haven't logged into here forever, but I wanted to share this. Since you all Reddit, I'm sure you've seen it. But if you haven't. It's glorious. I know Josh is here. I bugged him just for this. Also it's about the Olympics. And Star Wars.
