WHEELS OF ITALY 2008!!!!

this was last saturday... sorry for not updating sooner! the annual wheels of italy car show at the lake calhoun executive plaza in minneapolis! not that good of a lamborghini turnout this year, but great overall and a perfect day even though i got my feet sunburned through my sandals....
blue 1999 lamborghini diablo vt roadster:

black 1994 lamborghini vt coupe:

red lamborghini diablo vt... figured out this car was a replica built on a fiero chassis using as many real lamborghini parts as possible, even the top of a real lamborghini engine for the authentic look:

black and red together:

yellow 2005 lamborghini gallardo... that makes FOUR yellow gallardos in the state now. how bout some originality people?!?:

overviews:
(ferraris etc)

ultra rare ferraris... the one with teh number 31 on the front is a real 1932 alfa worth about $6 million dollars:

lotus:

aston martin (one under the tent is local news guy paul douglasses' car:

worst kit car ever... a porsche carrera gt on a boxter! real gts dont have lamborghini doors and the proportions are WAY off!:

sadly didnt get to ride in any lambos this year... oh well.

badger

forgot about this... this was in a completely unrelated part of the scence museum.... stuffed badger!

damnit i love badgers! they look so happy!

use the force!

so me, and my friends dustin and sam went to the star wars exhibit at the mn science museum. it features TONS of actual props and models used in the filming of the star wars movies. i only took pics of the stuff used in the first three films because the recent three are not as cool in my opinion and definitely not as revolutionary...anyways, heres everything:
lukes landspeeder:

star destroyer:

tie fighter:

han solo and chewbacca costumes:

millenium falcon:

x-wing:

jawa sandcrawler:

jawa:

rebel blockade runner:

y-wing:

princess leia, rd-2d, c3p0:

yoda and a jedi training remote:

tusken raider sand creature:

recon droid:

tauntaun:

binoculars:

snow trooper:

ice creature:

at-at:

at-st:

stormtrooper:

rebel blaster:

remote detonator:

stormtrooper blaster:

boba fetts gun:

darth vader:

interrogation droid:

medical droid:

medical droid:

headgear:

lukes robot arm:

WELL WORTH IT!

work

got a new job about a month ago but forgot to post pics of the building...its in eden prairie right by ruby tuesdays and out back there is a huge lake with alllllll sorts of wildlife... ill get some pics soon!

nature!

just a few random nature shots... first, i didnt know we had tree frogs in minnesota... always though they were a down south thing...

also, this butterfly was about as big as my hand...

r8!

last posted about this at last years minneapolis auto show, but today was my first day seeing one on the road!!!!Audi R8... similar performance to the lamborghini gallardo. equally priced...