The end of 2007 is nigh, time for my closer on the year. Whew is one thing I can say for sure. As I look back into last year I realized A lot changed in 06, and 07 just cemented it into life. Example, in 06 I forced myself to like beer. In 07 I drank copious amounts of it. In 06 I started riding my bike all over, in 07 I kept it up (until I got hit by that car, as well as my rear tire being plagued with constant flats). But many new things happened too. I wisely quit the Edgewater, I started working at ShelDon and as a designer for Late Night Kirby. I applied for a UROP in photography and was approved for it. Expect all sorts of cool light photos by May. I also Quit facebook and rejoined. With that Here is the breakdown of 07 as I saw it.
Best song: The Wombats - Lets Dance to Joy Division
This song makes me want to jump dance and smile.
Best movie (in theater): 300, 1408, Pirates of the Caribbean 3
300 was so very pretty, 1408 was so intense, I love Captain Jack Sparrow
Best movie (at Home): The Davinci Load?
A best for Titacular Tuesday.
Best Album: ___
My computer went shitty and CDs are too overpriced, no one wins this year.
Best Artist I should have heard Before 07: Suicide Machines
Surprisingly they aren't a scary band but rather they are full of mushy songs about girls and wonderful guitar hooks with catchy lyrics.
Best Book: Life of Pi
Was it the long or short version? I think the long.
Best concert: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Soooooo good at their instruments, it was crazy refreshing.
Best music video: Jamie Kennedy and Stu Stone - Circle Circle Dot Dot
The song is meh, the video is wonderful stop motion lego sweetness.
Best Bar Memory: The challenge was to drop a Car Bomb take a shot of whiskey and chase it with the Car Bomb. I couldn't handle it and spurted a tiny bit of barf out of my mouth. The look on Sarah's face made it memorable.
Best toy: Wii
Active video gaming is the way of the future, I love it endlessly.
Catchiest Tune: Avril's Girlfriend song.
Events of note:
No Hospital Trips
Starting my relationship with Laura
Spring break in Colorado with Jon and Rich
Beginning my new obsession with Geocaching.
Being Lactose intolerant then conquering it (kind of).
Waking up on my Matt's Washer and Dryer.
Getting a Grill for Free and grilling on it frequently.
Learning after effects and watching movie titles knowing I can make them.
Cutting my own hair.
Getting a new Computer.
Uncle Loui's burning and resurrection.
Thunderblizzard drinking and sledding down 21st.
All of my little getaways with Laura.
Whats in store for 08?
Graduationg college for sure.
Maybe a trip to Florida or Alaska.
An adventure to Colorado.
World Travel or living.
A job doing Some sort of Graphic Design.
Kicking ass at life.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
How my little light movie?
light painting with stills from while shooting. let me know what you think!
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Hows my little Gas Problem?
Americans rely on foreign fuel too much. Yes
Americans can fix this by adding ethanol to gas. No!
When I heard about ethanol getting mixed into gas at first I said HURRAY! But over time I heard little mutterings of how ethanol getting mixed into our gas is not the enviromental savior our government is investing in.
I read once that bush went to Brazil to meet about how they could produce more sugar and corn for us Americans to pour into our cars. Of course this was met with protests from the general Brazillian public, because they actually like their rain forests and don't want to lose more in order to make some gas (for someone else). That is one great reason to not support ethanol.
I like the nitty gritty facts myself though. So here goes:
Using ethanol instead of gas can reduce greenhouse gases by 35-46%, according to Argonne National Laboratory. But it's not as efficient a fuel as gasoline. In fact, it takes a gallon and a half of ethanol to give you the same energy as a gallon of gas.
--That is kind of a give/take fact, yes its good, but what we have currently is better (kind of).
To get a gallon of ethanol, you need a little more than 26 pounds of corn, and an acre of land can yield about 9,400 pounds per year. In other words, one acre of land can generate about 362 gallons of ethanol per year.
--Assuming the farmer has a good year (lets ignore global warming on this one for the sake of the farmers)
People in the U.S. use about 174 million gallons of gasoline per day. Convert that to 100% ethanol and you have 261 million gallons per day.
--Imagine seeing a 50% larger fuel truck driving next to you on the road. Think it would need more (ethanol) gas to move it?
To produce that much corn Farmers would need 260 million acres.
--Farmers harvest from about 73 million annually.
So going along with that, to get a good yield you can bet they aren't farming organic corn. You can expect increased insecticide usage, more fertilizer (takes 137 pounds an acre) and a little weed killer.
--Don't forget we need to water that corn. Fresh water, Water people can drink.
These are just some simple facts about ethanol, yes it burns cleaner, yes it can "help" the atmosphere. But in the long run it CAN NOT help the environment or the human race.
Since it takes more to drive, we would need a bigger gas tank or a smaller car, and we know smaller cars won't happen soon.
It also raises the average American's grocery ticket. Remember when you look at all ingredients in the food you eat. You are guaranteed to find Modified Corn Starch, and/or High Fructose Corn Syrup, both found in corn, surprisingly. Thats because Sugar can't naturally grow in America, so we use this product. Lets not forget about livestock, remember what they eat? Ethanol takes farmers crops devoted to our diet into our gas tank. I would rather eat personally.
Really if you drive less, use more public transportation, and vote, you can make a bigger difference than ethanol will ever make.
Americans can fix this by adding ethanol to gas. No!
When I heard about ethanol getting mixed into gas at first I said HURRAY! But over time I heard little mutterings of how ethanol getting mixed into our gas is not the enviromental savior our government is investing in.
I read once that bush went to Brazil to meet about how they could produce more sugar and corn for us Americans to pour into our cars. Of course this was met with protests from the general Brazillian public, because they actually like their rain forests and don't want to lose more in order to make some gas (for someone else). That is one great reason to not support ethanol.
I like the nitty gritty facts myself though. So here goes:
Using ethanol instead of gas can reduce greenhouse gases by 35-46%, according to Argonne National Laboratory. But it's not as efficient a fuel as gasoline. In fact, it takes a gallon and a half of ethanol to give you the same energy as a gallon of gas.
--That is kind of a give/take fact, yes its good, but what we have currently is better (kind of).
To get a gallon of ethanol, you need a little more than 26 pounds of corn, and an acre of land can yield about 9,400 pounds per year. In other words, one acre of land can generate about 362 gallons of ethanol per year.
--Assuming the farmer has a good year (lets ignore global warming on this one for the sake of the farmers)
People in the U.S. use about 174 million gallons of gasoline per day. Convert that to 100% ethanol and you have 261 million gallons per day.
--Imagine seeing a 50% larger fuel truck driving next to you on the road. Think it would need more (ethanol) gas to move it?
To produce that much corn Farmers would need 260 million acres.
--Farmers harvest from about 73 million annually.
So going along with that, to get a good yield you can bet they aren't farming organic corn. You can expect increased insecticide usage, more fertilizer (takes 137 pounds an acre) and a little weed killer.
--Don't forget we need to water that corn. Fresh water, Water people can drink.
These are just some simple facts about ethanol, yes it burns cleaner, yes it can "help" the atmosphere. But in the long run it CAN NOT help the environment or the human race.
Since it takes more to drive, we would need a bigger gas tank or a smaller car, and we know smaller cars won't happen soon.
It also raises the average American's grocery ticket. Remember when you look at all ingredients in the food you eat. You are guaranteed to find Modified Corn Starch, and/or High Fructose Corn Syrup, both found in corn, surprisingly. Thats because Sugar can't naturally grow in America, so we use this product. Lets not forget about livestock, remember what they eat? Ethanol takes farmers crops devoted to our diet into our gas tank. I would rather eat personally.
Really if you drive less, use more public transportation, and vote, you can make a bigger difference than ethanol will ever make.
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