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  • Today is the final day of classes for my undergraduate career.

  • I have a 8-10 page research paper due in 30 hours. As of now, I have one paragraph. Yay, procrastination!


  • 88 degrees today and 39 degrees in only two days?! I really ought to move out of Michigan.

  • Leave it to Ann Arbor to be one of the most overpriced places to live!

  • I’m back from my first interview trip! Here are the pictures. Funny picture from the car rental place, 404: Car Not Found. It’s a shame that someone already has my car at the company I interviewed with.

  • If the visitors of Kempa.com made up a list of best albums of all time, the concensus for the top spots would be:


    Radiohead – OK Computer : (9 votes)


    Weezer – Pinkerton : (7 votes)


    Beach Boys – Pet Sounds : (4 votes)


    Minutemen – Double Nickels On The Dime : (3 votes)


    Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted : (3 votes)


    Beatles – Abbey Road : (3 votes)


    Sloan – Twice Removed : (3 votes)


    Sadly, I do not have two of these albums (Abbey Road and Double Nickels On The Dime). I should fix that soon.

  • THE CONTESTANTS:

    350Z







    RX-8







    RSX







    WRX







    Evo VIII







    THE RAW DATA

      350Z RX-8 RSX WRX Evo VIII
    Horsepower 287 250 200 227 271
    Torque 274 159 142 217 273
    0-60 Time 5.5 5.9 6.1 5.6 5.3
    EPA City 20 18 24 20 18
    EPA Highway 26 23 31 27 26
    Price 32136 29900 26907 28540 30529
    Seating 2 4 4 4 4
    Transmission 6 6 6 5 5
    Wheelbase 104.3 106.3 101.2 99.4 103.3
    Weight 3188 2933 2775 3140 3263
    Wheels 18 18 16 16 17
               
    Looks 10 9 8 7 7
    Power/Weight 0.0900 0.0852 0.0721 0.0723 0.0831
    Torque/Weight 0.0860 0.0542 0.0512 0.0691 0.0837






    THE NORMALIZED DATA

      350Z RX-8 RSX WRX Evo VIII   WEIGHT
    Horsepower 10 8.710 6.969 7.909 9.443   0
    Torque 10 5.803 5.182 7.920 9.964   0
    0-60 Time 9.636 8.983 8.688 9.464 10   8
    EPA City 8.333 7.5 10 8.333 7.5   5
    EPA Highway 8.387 7.419 10 8.710 8.387   4
    Price 8.373 8.999 10 9.428 8.814   7
    Seating 5 10 10 10 10   6
    Transmission 10 10 10 8.333 8.333   3
    Wheelbase 9.530 9.351 9.822 10 9.622   2
    Weight 8.705 9.461 10 8.838 8.504   0
    Wheels 10 10 8.888 8.888 9.444   1
                   
    Looks 10 9 8 7 7   11
    Power/Weight 10 9.468 8.006 8.030 9.225   10
    Torque/Weight 10 6.307 5.954 8.041 9.734   9
                   
    TOTAL 600.0 571.2 569.7 561.8 583.3    
    RANKING 1 3 4 5 2    




    Looks like I am going to buy a 350Z!

  • I don’t have much time to tell you all the details about last night, but here is the image gallery.

  • Hmm, let’s see which is nicer:

    ANN ARBOR, MI


    ALPHARETTA, GA


    REDMOND, WA



  • Only in Michigan is a 26 degree temperature drop normal!