dream phone!

ladies and gentlemen, its that time of year again where I upgrade to the newest and best phone on the market!

This time I have switched over to AT&T in order to get their new HTC Fuze... This is a very similar phone to the old tmobile MDA that i was using in that they both use a windows mobile operating system and have a side slide-out qwerty keyboard... the main differences are that the new one has a VGA (640x480) resolution screen that makes everything look like a damn photograph (double the resolution of the iphone as well so take THAT apple!) it also has an internal processor that is more then double the speed of my old one as well as a 3.2 megapixel camera instead of the crappy 1.3 of my old one. It is a nice shiny glossy phone and has a flush touchscreen on the front and a diamond looking backside. it is a lot smaller then the old "bar of soap" sized thing i used to carry around too.here are comparison pics to the old brick monstrosity:

GAS

ITS BACK DOWN TO $1.99!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know i said i would post a pic of me dancing next to the sign but its too damn cold out!

irony

jenny craig, next to coldstone ice cream place. self explanitory.

animal wars

this is my moms dog staring up the tree at a red squirrel... they stared at eachother for about 2 minutes straight... just thought it was cute.

early satch

FINALLY! I found my first satriani concert ticket...dated from sunday, december 20th, 1992! over 15 years ago! I remember sitting on my dads shoulders in order to see the stage... he even brought me down to the front of the stage for a bit!

satch!

4th time seeing ledgendary guitarist Joe Satriani! this time he actually came to the same state I live in. This was october 7th at the state theater downtown minneapolis. quite possibly THE best concert I have ever been to in my life. The opening band was Mountain... 1970's guys who sing Mississippi Queen (its on guitar hero) and then Joe came out and rocked for a long time and did a mix of his old classics and some off of his recently released new album.

mountain:

Joe Satriani:

Joe talking to the audience:

Mountain and Joe jamming out at the end of the concert:

gas

first time in over a year that gas hes gone below $3.00 a gallon... ill post a picture of me dancing in celebration if it goes back under $2 ever.

diablo!

ANOTHER black diablo in the cities! (that makes 4 total, how bout some originality here people??)this is a mid 90s lamborghini diablo roadster vt that is at morries maserati getting an $11,000 clutch job done. i think i just threw away my dreams and hopes of ever practically owning one of these and attempting to keep up on maintenance while still affording food and a place to live.
this is not the same one that was at cars and coffee a few months ago...

fall!

its official, i hate the world.... er, i mean, fall is here! (followed very soon by muther f'ing SNOW GRRR!)anyways, this is the only neat thing about fall:

cars and coffee

here are some pictures from this months cars and coffee event. they moved location from last time out to the auto motorplex in chanhassen which i have posted about before. the motorplex is a lot of garages that people can buy to store their cars in and customize however they want. sort of like a condo for your car. here are some examples of some peoples finished condos:

There was a HUGE turnout of cars there today but here are some of my favorites:
4 wheel motorcycles:

lambo thats been at this show before:

delorean:

not necessarily my favorite, but this car is causing a HUGE stir in teh automotive world because of its performance. this is the Nissan GTR which i posted about in the last post from the world class driving event. you would BELIEVE the amount of people swarming the car at todays show. im surprised no one had a heart attack or peed their pants. this is like every riceboy street racer's wet dream.... i think its ugly.

and finally, the lotus crowd... first pic is mine, second pic is my friend Jay with the twin of my car...
esprits:

elise/exige:

thats all.. this is the last cars and coffe this year and probably the last car thing im doing with my car this year. (*tear*)

the ULTIMATE spotting!

all at mystic lake casino!
Ferrari F430 Scuderia
Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera
Audi R8
Nissan GTR
Maserati Gran Turismo
Mercedes Mclaren SLR

lambo closeups:

They were all here for an event called "World Class Driving" in which a group of people all pays $1500 and goes out and takes turns driving each of the cars all day. They are doing a nation tour right now and yesterday was minnesotas stop. too bad it was rainy!