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One of my friends went to the Walmart dressed as a Greece-Roman goddess, but that was Halloween. Some of the creations on Top Gear have made me go WTH lol

These pics had better be from Halloween. Because if not, WTF is all I have to say LOL! One of my WTH things is the Laserlight stuff that Audi and BWM are supposed to have on their road cars in a year and the current versions of the Audi R18 have them. I think that I understand how they work, but at the same time, I sort of don't and I also wonder if that stuff, like LEDs, can be used in flashlights. And if so, how the hell would that work out for us? Laserlights are supposed to be ultra bright (replicating daylight), and what would we do with so much light?

No s*** based on that picture! Sometimes, in general, I do wonder if where I live is some place where weird crap happens. For example, part of Mansfield looks like this great, phenomenal place to live, but a few roads over, it looks like an abandoned war zone with all the abandoned factories and vacated homes waiting to get torn down. All in a very small area of downtown. And yes, I've seen my fair share of WTF stuff at Walmart, but I can find stuff like that about anywhere I go. Hell, playing Postal 2 is loaded with those moments, but the game's a parody of everyday life and such stuff is intentional. But I'm glad that I live out in the country--things are bizarre enough out here sometimes as it is. My little brother had an encounter with a bat that came from the ceiling above his bed. Then he challenged my older brother to "capture the Batman" LOL.

Chicken taco stuff was good, especially with the smaller chunks I broke the taco shells into. I just had some English muffins this morning, and used the new toaster. Should've left the muffins in the toaster for a while longer, and I wish I had some grape or strawberry jam with them along with butter, but with butter, they're still pretty good

This isn't really a sciency thing, it's more humor geared thread about things that we see happen that we don't understand or think are strange. Things that defy logic, our senses, or even what we believe to be defying the laws of physics. These first two things are about stuff that women do. I'm an admirer of women on many levels. I don't want to cause offense, but I find women to be more creative and free-spirited than men, they're better listeners IMO, and they're people who I can be myself around more IMO than men. So I hope that you don't take what I say as slagging off against either women or men. One thing that I've always wondered about is women who wear flip-flops in winter. I mean, outside in winter, and not just running out side to get something, I mean running errands and stuff like that. That's never made sense to me. I've certainly got nothing against women wearing flip-flops when it's warm, or indoors, and I like it when women get pedicures and how they take care of their feet a lot of times, which I consider a feminine trait and a very admirable one IMO. But what happened to practicality? Flip-flops and (if they're wearing it) nail polish isn't gonna do crap to defend from the cold. It's not like they're Renesmee Cullen from the Twilight Saga, where Nessie runs a body temp of 105 degrees or something like that. Do some women have the ability to generate heat that I as a man fail to understand (lol)? I don't think so, considering how my mom, for as long as I've known her, has always been cold, and often, when she's cold, I'm sweatin' my ass off! I don't understand flip-flops in winter, and I don't understand why women say that wearing high heels hurts their feet, toes, legs and back, yet they defend their position by saying it makes their legs look longer and makes them look taller. That's true, but it is worth it? I like women of all shapes and sizes, and that's one of the beauties IMO of being human. The variety within the species is something to behold. Personally, I think that nurses, tomboys, and goth/emo chicks have it right. They wear flats, boots and sneakers a lot. And flats can be feminine. One of my friends from where I worked/will be working at wears flats all the time when she's not wearing sneakers, and she's one of the most feminine women I know. Again, this stuff doesn't make a ton of sense to me, and this is from a guy who admires most aspects of the female species. Though, to quote George Carlin, stuff like this and other thoughts "have kept me out of the really good schools" LOL! So discuss away about stuff that you see and made you think WTF or laugh because it was weird or not what you expected, or stuff that you don't understand from you logic, and don't be too serious about it. The important thing here is to have some fun. Also, if a mod wants to move this to science and philosophy because it fits better there, feel free to, though science isn't the main feature of this topic.

Hi everyone. I watched the rain delayed NASCAR race last night and I went to sleep soon afterwards. I have plans on finishing up looking up some Audi stuff today and working on fan flc later. So I have a day full of stuff I want to do. At least I'm feeling a lot better now than I did yesterday or last night. @Jupiter: In all honesty, I can hardly stand alcohol. I've only had like two alcoholic things that I liked, and they were as expensive as hell. I guess that my view is a bit tainted by my grandfather being a drunk and he'd be a major asshole when drunk. Thankfully, when I was little, it wasn't much of a problem because health problems forced him to give up drinking. The ironic thing about this is that most of my friends drink and keep it under control. My biggest issue is smell and taste. I find that most of the stuff smells like paint thinner or nail polish remover, or even disinfectant. And the wine I tried was horrible. Granted, I paid only $3.30 a bottle, but even allowing for that, it was pretty horrid mule piss IMO. So I'd advise you to not buy that Oak Leaf brand wine. Whoever gave it the awards it got were probably crocked off their rockers. What the hell were they thinkin'? My little brother drinks, and he got some of that new Miller beer that comes in the grey can (it's name eludes me at the moment). He only wanted the can, but he said that the beer was the worst stuff he ever tasted. I didn't dare to try it. @everyone: I'll be posting a WTF type thread of stuff that we find weird or strange that we see everyday, be it stuff we see people do, or strange phenomena, or stuff like that. Now I'll post a little about me. I think that the lyrics to the Jane Child songs "Welcome to the Real World" and "I Don't Wanna Fall in Love" kinda sum me up. I posted videos for both songs in the music video thread. That, and they're kinda cool songs, too. I'll be back later

Or self-fulfilling prophecy. IE, if you think negatively, negative stuff will happen, think positively, positive stuff will happen. A lot of things that happen are coincidence, but often times, if one says that something will be bad, they're setting themselves up for something to be bad, and the opposite can be true. I'd rather be surprised at times, but then again, especially if it's bad, I don't like surprises, so maybe I'm not the best one to say much on the subject, though there's been things that I though would suck that turned out to be pretty good, and stuff I hoped would be good that were better than I expected.

I'll be making my dinner quite soon now. I'll be back and working on fan fic later

And now a random thought. I know that I talk a lot about women and women are the majority of my fan fic characters and stuff like that. I just had a new thought, and it's one of the reason I admire women a lot. I hope that I don't sound too much like I'm talking crap about my own species, but I do feet, as far as the arts and creative stuff goes, that women often have a leg up on guys. I've felt this way for a while. I was just watching the music video that Jane Child did for her song "Welcome to the Real World" (I posted it and the video for her other big hit "I Don't Wanna Fall In Love" in the music video section), and it spurred me to write about this. She wrote the lyrics and music for all of her songs, and she was known for her fashion sense and being creative with that. Women just have a lot of avenues to be creative and that's always interested me, and that's something that I'm looking for in a woman. To be fun and creative. I guess that's how my feminine side comes out the best, is though creativity and how I write stuff and think in the realms of logic and creativity. Just a random musing that I wanted to get off my chest and say what I feel. I hope that I don't cause offense by it, but it's just a though that I've had for many years.

Jane Child: Welcome to the Real World And another by Jane, I Don't Wanna Fall In Love

The weather was totally strange today. Not as bad as say Richmond, VA, where the NASCAR races are this weekend (Sprint Cup qualifying got rained out and there was a tornado reported near the track), but this morning, around 10:00, I went out side, and it couldn't have been more than 55 degrees. But it felt about 20 degrees warmer than that at least, because of the sun being out and how humid it was. And about 10 minutes ago, if felt about 30 degrees cooler, though the temperature didn't change much.

It hasn't helped that the weather hasn't done me many favors. The weather was totally strange today. Not as bad as say Richmond, VA, where the NASCAR races are this weekend (Sprint Cup qualifying got rained out and there was a tornado reported near the track), but this morning, around 10:00, I went out side, and it couldn't have been more than 55 degrees. But it felt about 20 degrees warmer than that at least, because of the sun being out and how humid it was. And about 10 minutes ago, if felt about 30 degrees cooler, though the temperature didn't change much.

Well, I'm back Still not feeling 100%, but at least well enough to be online. I think I have some type of stomach bug. But I'll finish looking up some stuff, then later on, probably after dinner and maybe the race tonight, I'll work on some fan fic. I'll be back later

Not too much sounds good to me right now, to be honest. I've felt like crap since I got up this morning, and I haven't really gotten better. The sausage I ate a little while ago helped, but not as much as I hoped. Maybe I'll lay down for a while and get back to what I was doing a little later. That'll still leave time for me to work on fan fic later on. I'll be back later

Actually, no. My father and brothers fixed it in our driveway, believe it or not! My dad has been a life-long mechanic and used to build oval track and motorcycle racing engines. I'd bet that he could've ended up as an engineer at Ford or on a NASCAR team if things worked out right with as much work as he's done on high performance engines and chassis dynamics. We're not sure yet what's exactly wrong with the Pontiac. When my brother tried to take it for a test drive, the oil pressure shot up from 40-55psi at idle to pegging the gauge. We think that a oil bypass valve somehow got stuck open. The car was in an accident, and the guy who sold it to my parents didn't tell them that the radiator was holed. We've had to flush the cooling system quite often, then the thermostat broke and kept jamming shut, keeping water from flowing into the top of the engine, which is why we think it blew a head gasket, and now there's a problem probably with the oil bypass valve sticking open, and causing the oil pressure problems. All of this could be stemming from that accident and my parents not knowing what was wrong. My mom drove it out here with the holed radiator, and my mother and my father didn't know that it was busted because they weren't told by the seller what exactly was damaged. If something will screw up a car, that's one of those things that will. Well, I should be figuring out something to eat, since I didn't eat much last night. Probably microwave some sausage. I wanted to make an English muffin sandwich, but with no toaster (my brother is getting a replacement now, at least), that'll be problematic until he get's back, and I've rarely used the broiler on my oven. I should also probably get some coffee to get me some pep, because I've been a bit slow and groggy this morning. Not bad, but just a bit off. I might watch the NASCAR race tonight when I take a break from being online and doing other stuff, then I'll work on some fan fic. I have a lot going on in my head about that, and I guess I should start typing it out I'll be back later

I don't even ride a bicycle. As I've said, I'm fairly clumsy, sort of like Bella Swan from Twilight. I also haven't been on a motorcycle in years, neither has my father, though he built engine for racing and he owns a racing Yamaha and Honda from the 1980's. He also injured his back pretty badly in a motorcycle accident about 40 years ago. I didn't really get to work on fan fic last night, nor did I have my dinner. I was thinking about making a breakfast sandwich thing, but the toaster died this morning when I was trying to make some toast for my grandma. So my older brother will have to buy a new one later on. We though that the Pontiac was fixed, but now it has extremely high oil pressure. Father thinks it's a bypass valve that got jammed open some how. That's probably what blew the gasket on the oil filter in the first place. So that means we're stuck with the Jeep until the Pontiac gets worked on, and my father will have to take my mother to work in the Ford pick up that he wants to rebuild the engine in. I have a plan on working on some fan fic tonight--I do that stuff better at night--and look up some Audi stuff during the day. And I plan on having my chicken taco salad later on, too. And here's a photo of the "long-tail" Le Mans spec Audi R18 in its racing colors on this page: https://www.facebook.com/AudiSport I'll be back later

Within Temptation: Mother Earth

Yep, Shizu is the only known female Zoaform because of her processing into Griselda to lead the Libertus--nothing to do with Chronos aside from using a Chronos scientist who rebelled against them and captured Chronos technology. It can be said that her nude scenes are a mild form of fan service, but her being unconscious in a glass tube filled with liquid sort of detracts from that. All the females are attractive, but at least no longer are they a bit of idealized window dressing. Shizu fights and has firm ideals of her own, Natsuki is fierce and has independent ideals, and though she'll never be as aggressive as Natsuki or especially Shizu, Mizuki is much stronger than she was in the beginning and has "grown up" along with Sho in that respect, and they are each other's reason for living and fighting. As it applies to my fan fic, nothing changes for the female characters, Shizu's change into being a shape-shifting vampire hybrid not with standing, but that's a physical change, not a personality change. Shizu is still devoted to Agito, though that's even easier, now that Agito will have calmed down a bit. Mizuki isn't as intimidated by vampires, hybrids, werewolves, mostly because they're friendly and will protect her, and by the cretins who attack her and her friends--basically embarrassing cannon fodder who aren't very intelligent and have no self-preservation skills it seems (my fan fic is a comedy, after all!). And Natsuki is still fierce, independent, but loving and compassionate. These girls, especially Shizu and Natsuki, exhibit traits to me that are sexy beyond their physical beauty. Also, I do wonder what readers' opinions are with regards to femininity of the female characters. To give a non-Guyver example, from my fan fic, there's Lia. She's married to my main male OC, Camel. She knows how to fight, has a special power/ability, is into cars and knows how to use firearms and other weapons, but yet, she gets her hair and nails done (usually by Camel, who is somewhat feminine as a man), and likes getting dressed up, though she is kinda a T-shirt and jeans girl. Even Shizu ends up that way because in Forks, WA, that's kinda the standard and she doesn't feel any serious pressure to look good, though she's a hair/nails/make up chick at heart, too, as to, to a slightly lesser degree, is Natsuki and Mizuki in my story. I've always been perturbed by the tomboy vs girly girly thing, when there's plenty of cross pollination, even in Guyver.

I think it'll probably rain tonight. Weather forecast says it shouldn't, but it getting dark, clouding up, getting breezy and cooling off, all signs that a weather front is near.

I'll be making my taco salad stuff later tonight after I'm done working on some stuff. As I've said, it's pretty simple--chicken breasts, taco shells, cheese, taco sauce and seasoning. Cooking the chicken is time consuming, but the result is worth it.

I don't fear traveling, but I've never ridden on a plane, and I don't like driving. It's hard enough for me to be a passenger with the boneheaded stuff that people pull, but when I'm on the road alone with someone driving, I'm fine. I just don't think that I'm good at it. I'm kinda clumsy and between that and my anxiety issues, that's just not a good combination for me. I've seen enough questionable antics in motorsport, let alone on the public roads. Anyways, I'll be looking up some stuff really quick and I'll then turn my attention towards fan fiction. Then to dinner, whatever that'll be.

I'm about to log off briefly. I have something that I'd like to do before I get back on here and do some more work on fan fic and looking stuff up. I'll be back soon

Hi again. The Pontiac's fine. Got a new filter and fresh oil. So that's OK now

Any Audi? Nope, I can't afford them. And for the Ford's my father worked on, they're scrapped, they rusted out due to old age. But he still has the engines. The T-Bird engine also got 38mpg, and he had a Ford 4.2 liter V8 that got almost 45mph, and made 400bhp. I also don't have a driver's license, and I'll probably never get one. I'm probably not good behind the wheel and how people drive around here scare me enough as a passenger, so that's probably for the best. And I'd probably never sit in a two-seat version of those Audi race cars, because I'm a bit afraid of speed myself, and unlike NASCAR, sports cars do have a read out indicating speed, and I roughly know what kilometers equals in miles per hour. Right now, my brothers are trying to put a new filter on the Pontiac, and also try and see if metal shavings are in the filter. If that's the case, the engine has problems. If not, then it should be fine.

The rebels want to get a hold of a Guyver unit for themselves, which means trying to kill Sho or Agito, or maybe even Val if it'll get them what they want, so she might have to be careful with Richard, as well as the Rogues, because we know how amoral Guyot is when it comes to him trying to get what he wants. He'll get what he wants, or die trying, and he hasn't died yet!