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I rode my bike to work today. First time this year.

whoisfelix — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:36:32 +0000

So, today, for the first time this year, I rode my bike to work. It feels good to be this awake at my desk so early in the morning. If only it were so easy to leave the house on a bike at 5:30am. I got to work and did the www.mapmyride.com thing to see what sort of workout it is, and if you are to believe the website, I burned 918 calories before even getting to my desk this morning. Not so shabby.

Click this link to see my ride;
Work Commute

Arg! A pirates life for me!

whoisfelix — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:27:38 +0000

The Formula 1 Season Just Got Started

whoisfelix — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:16:41 +0000

So yesterday I went over to my mom’s house and hung out with my brother. He recorded the first round of Formula 1 in Bahrain. For this year there have been some changes in Formula 1 and I am conflicted about some of them. The big one that every one is grumbling about is the no refueling rule that has been instated. These cars weigh 1300 pounds and this means that they are all starting the race with approximately 300 pounds worth of extra fuel weight on that little chassis. This makes the going very slow for most of the race. On one hand, it makes for lightning fast pit stops, on the other; it makes for slower driving…. I’m not sure I like that but we’ll see how strategies are effected. Tires are narrower, why? There seems to be no logical reason for this. Also, you have to start every race with the same tire you qualified on. I will go on record as saying I actually like this rule. It should make things interesting the first time the weather on race day is questionable. Will people be qualifying on wet tires on a sunny qualifying day? We’ll see….

At any rate, I like this track. It’s got slow spots and it’s got fast areas. Dust can be a problem though.

There were a few big stories at the track and you can’t get around the big one. Michael Schumacher has returned to Formula 1 to pursue an 8th World Championship. This time he’s running with Mercedes which is where he started.

Another story (that has been overshadowed by the return of Schumacher) is the return of Filipe Massa after his horrific accident mid season last year. For those who don’t know, he had a piece of debris from the race track cut right through his helmet. His car then T-Boned a wall at 170mph. His status as a living being was in question, let alone his driving career. Massa took second place in this weekend’s race. Congrats!

Ultimately, it was Fernando Alonso (old photo) who would take the first place spot in his debut with Ferrari. It was a Ferrari 1-2 to kick off the season. I can’t wait for the next round…

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whoisfelix — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:37:18 +0000

More Silvia Goodness…

whoisfelix — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:53:25 +0000

Oh, and a Greddy RB26DETT set up just for fun…

I won an award for best decorated cookie. Thanks work people!

whoisfelix — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:32:27 +0000

Thanks Hannah

whoisfelix — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:59:09 +0000

Metal Fenders

whoisfelix — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:29:17 +0000

S13 Silvia

whoisfelix — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:18:22 +0000

Heiruspecs – Home for the Holidays

whoisfelix — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:50:56 +0000

F.O.O.C.E

whoisfelix — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:05:21 +0000

Fucking Out of Control Eating – FOCE or FOOCE???? Not sure how to abbreviate it.

(insert airhorn sound here)

This weekend after the Heiruspecs show in Chicago, I hung out with the Grip Gamblers and John for a while. I stayed around and took the megabus home which allowed me to do several important things. (EXPLOSION!)

One, I worked out a revolutionary educational concept that involves guns, airhorns, explosions and creative overdubbing in real time. I have no time to explain right now. More later…. maybe. We were talking about many things and I’m just glad we came up with this concept in our time together. (no homo)

Two, I got a chance to eat and enjoy a lot of Chicago awesomeness. This seems to happen every time I go down there and I keep meaning to do it more often. Nothing crazy expensive, just everything crazy good. (WE EATIN’!!!) The pic above is of Simba eating blueberry pancakes. Total success! Who cares what the table says? Below is a Bacon Loretta. Jealous? There is talk of starting a food blog with some of the gamblers. For trill.

Three, stay at the Grip Gambler house. This is mainly awesome because the house is just a relic of the 70′s (HISTORY!!!!) with felt and chrome wallpaper, wood paneling, vintage house wide stereo, etc. It helps that friends live there and that several bad ass cars are based there. It doesn’t help that psychobitch is waiting outside for Eric when we arrive there at 3:30am and refuses to leave until 4:30. (MACHINE GUN SOUND) Eric is going to sleep honey…. reunite with your daddy. Here’s my room!

Lastly, I got a chance to work on a house track for the first time in a long time on the way home. (AIR RAID SIREN) I’ve never taken the Megabus and my journey didn’t start until after 10pm so it was a long quiet ride home with my laptop and headphones. Nothing to write home about but it felt good.

Good times.

Heiruspecs in Chicago – THAT JUST HAPPENED

whoisfelix — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:31:12 +0000

Thanks to all you guys that came out. A big thank you to the ClubFR people who came out including half of Grip Gamblers (http://www.gripgambler.com/blog/). We always love coming down to Chicago because we have so many friends and family members there.

Usually I try to take a lot of photo’s at our shows and I am finding that I need a new camera… here’s what I got.

This is Treologic – They have opened for us before but this was def. their strongest showing we’ve ever seen. They keep getting better and better.

Next up was Rubblebucket Orchestra. They’re an east coast based band that just has to be heard to be believed. I am listening to their album as I type this. Amazing!

Then…

Awwww…. we love you guys too!