It's 2294cc (that is not a typo: it's 2.3 litres) of raw British Engineering ... the largest engine in a production bike.OhCharlie told me:
The rocket is just out of control stupid - so your well suited.**But the bike is the closest I have found to myself. Intelligent but STUPID. An engineering marvel, but ridiculous. I think that in a past life I would have been the kind-of person responsible for the Titanic. Or perhaps the Spruce Goose. Except in both cases I would have probably assumed they would sink and/or not fly. Because that's most of the point, really.
No trivia last night. I piked. Just ... needed a rest. I'm sure we would have come second (again) though.
- I now own $2200 of motorcycling gear - including leather pants that are a ridiculous embarrassment, but I am assured much safer. Which is nice.
- Every time I write embarrassment I have to look up the spelling. I can never remember how many of the r's and s's it has. Similar issue with
necesarynecessarryneccesaryrequired. Fuck it. - Knitted nautiloids, marine mollusks that ruled the seas during the Paleozoic Era. You can find the patterns to make your own nautiloids on Knitty.com.
- At least when the apocalypse comes, I will look hot:
- Thunderwear.
- Toters.
- Or something more traditional: Holsters.
- I have started watching Firefly and it is awesome. Western meets Space but without Aliens. Which is kind-of fucked, because that's kind-of what I have been working on.
- Firefly makes me hate morphic resonance.
- The other night I may have, while under the influence waxed lyrical about Fibonacci Scrabble in front of non-geeks who went all quiet and looked askance in my direction.
- Pursuant to Fibonacci:
- I may also, during a conversation about The Little Shop of Horrors, have mentioned Seymour, the Open Source (LGPL) RSS Feed Reader I co-developed***. Similar askance looks ensued.
- RSS is cool though.
- I would love a tattoo of the Lascaux Paintings:
- I can't wait to have kids.
- And also for the lego robots.
- What do you mean breeding isn't all about the toys?
- For the apocalypse you'll definitely need a Wind Up Torch.
- Mental Poker.
- If I was really rich I would totally have my own army.
- X-Seed: a 4,000 metre tall building, 16k at the base, 1,000,000 inhabitants. Taller than Mt. Fuji.
- Gliffy - browser-based diagramming tool.
- Wikicalc - wiki meets spreadsheet.
- I am such a geek.
Update
I know it may sound like I think I am a marvel of engineering, but that's not the point. The whole idea is just deliciously insane. For the same reason I will only ever be married by Elvis while wearing a Starfleet Uniform. It's ... oh, nevermind. No way I can dig out of this hole.
And if you know who Crush is, she may have just given away why I was not at trivia.
* I'm not.
** Yeah, he does physics. So not much with the grammar and all.
*** My friend Tommy did ALL the work. I take the credit.
19 comments:
You are, but a brilliant geek. And a nice cool one too. Geeks get too much of a bad rap. Better than being a jock.
Oh Charlie.
Oh Bonnie.
sublime-nation: I think I am evolving into some sort of Geek-Jock hybrid ... what with the software engineering and the boxing.
Gock?
Jeek?
You've been outed, old son. ;-)
Go For The Rocket III! It is awesome! Everything I've read about it says it handles really sweetly (ie doesn't feel like you are sitting on the roof of an RV) but goes like a bastard and will outrun most sports bikes in a straight line.
Is this the advice I should be giving an L-Plater?
Will I go straight to hell if you crash and die?
groverjones! That is probably not what I should be hearing.
But yeah, reading about it and it sounds pretty incredible ... awesome and insane!
And I'm still a long way off owning one ... and I plan on doing a lot of practice and an advanced rider course before I hit a bigger bike.
so sensible... so geeky...
I've abandoned lurking to say:
1. Firefly is awesome, but it also makes me sad, because even if it were possible to live in that reality, I won't live long enough. But it seems so possible! Ah, it's heartbreaking!
2. There's a story involving motorbikes, legs, gravel and wire brushes I could tell you that might make you feel less silly about wearing leathers. (I think I just channelled my mum)(but it's true)
3. Geeks (or nerds, as I prefer to call them) are the new black. In fact, that was a typo in the bible:
And the geek shall inherit the earth.
Also, I think it's time to confess to my growing affection (not in a creepy or stalkerish way, promise) for the story of you and Crush. You kids are just so damn adorable. It would possibly be awful to watch in real life, but here in the blogosphere, it's quite quite lovely.
PS Lego rocks! I used to get paid to play with it, although not so much the Mindstorms (being a programming-tard made it tricky, I was more of a Technic girl). Best. Job. Ever.
sherd, welcome!
1) I know! It reminds me of the time I really really wanted to be a Silvan Elf. And It's made me want to learn to ride a horse.
2) Thanks mum. That's why I got the pants. I may look foolish, but I wont get mangled quite so badly.
3) Geeks are like, totally rad. Almost makes up for the picking-on in high-school.
Crush. Aw. Yeah, speaking of embarrassment. You should come to trivia and be nauseated by the schmoopy schmoopy.
And how did you get a job with Lego? Jealous!
Tam, I don't think sensible is really the appropriate word.
We're talking about a bike with an engine pretty much the same size as your new car:
Bike: 2294cc
Honda CRV: 2354cc
please stop taunting me by liking everything i like, living locally and professing to enjoy the idea of carrying a toddler round on your back. i cannae take much more captain.
Oh, and can I move a motion that we abandon invasive American terminology such as 'geek' and 'nerd' please? What's wrong with being a good old-fashioned Aussie dag?
do you just want holsters so you can be more like captain reynolds?
Given your affection for Captain Reynolds, the answer has to be a resounding yes.
Oh Tobytoby... i didn't mean the BIKE was sensible (because by their very nature, they're not), but i meant the fact that you plan to do an advanced riding course before you purchase said bike... that is a sensible way to go about doing a stupid thing!
Oh the Ol Man and Ol Lady Schmoop Show, at the East Brunswick most Tuesdays....
Just as a public service, let me just say that even though everybody must see Serenity you must only see it after watching all of Firefly. As a corollary, it follows of course that everybody must see Firefly. TOBYtoby is, as ever, quite correct when he tells you that it is awesome. This is not a question of opinion; it is a verifiable truth.
I saw Serenity first and then watched all of Firefly without any great problem. The two are related in that there's a shared general plot (hide and protect River, stay a step ahead of the Law etc) but there's inconsistencies which are just as equally inconsistent whatever order you happen to see them. Serenity was made so that you could enjoy it even without previously knowing the characters from the Firefly series.
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