The FANLESS Homepage!! » Supercross http://www.fanless.com/blog I'm not drnk!! Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:36:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 199 http://www.fanless.com/blog/2008/04/17/199/ http://www.fanless.com/blog/2008/04/17/199/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:56:50 +0000 Balou http://www.fanless.com/blog/?p=855 Watch Travis’ Record-Breaking Double Backflip here!
Saw “199 Lives: The Travis Pastrana Story” with Fanless last night. Holy crap! His poor mom (Travis’, not Fanless’)!!

Watch 199 Lives trailer here.

Twenty-three years of setting and breaking records – and breaking and setting bones – have not stopped this kid from pursuing the rush of adrenaline and the thrill of taking risks. List of injuries to date (per the movie):

- Dislocated shoulder 3 times
- 60+ broken bones
- 4+ broken tibia
- Dislocated spine (luckily, only once… so far)
- 25+ (that’s OVER 25!) concussions

And that’s just what I remember off the top of my head!

I have to say I really, REALLY like the fact that Travis is kind of a dork. He’s a goofy, clean-cut kid (no tats, no piercings, nothing like that), loves his mom, respects his dad, is the apple of grandma’s eye. He’s a humble, unassuming boy. And yet, he is called the “Evel Knievel for a new generation.” And if you’re thinking “he’s an idiot for risking his life so much”, you’d be wrong. He claims that every risk he takes is calculated. And my favorite quote from him?

“If for some reason I don’t make it to the bottom… I died happy.” (Just before jumping into the Grand Canyon with a parachute strapped to his back.)

Now if only I wasn’t such a punkass, chicken-shit, I would totally adopt that as my mantra.

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I haven’t cut my hair in over 11 months now, so it’s getting kind of long. I’m ready to cut it short again, but before I do that, do you think it would be awesome if I got it all curly like Chad Reed?? Please advise either way, or offer more suggestions

kyhnxbye

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Multimedia message, originally uploaded by FANLESS.

Watching MX!

So, this might be pretty nerdy, but I’m fine with that. I am right now watching AMA Motocross from the Red Bud National in Buchanan Michigan, LIVE ON THE INNERNETS zOMGZ!!!
In detail (which is the nerdy part), I have the video playing in Windows Media Player via Windows XP on my iMac, thanks to Parallels. Then on my iMac’s 2nd monitor, I have the same video playing in Quicktime, but delayed a bit so I have an ad-hoc instant replay. I just have to move my head to the right a bit to see what I just saw again. The twist to this is that I’m actually not listening to audio that accompanies the video… I am instead listening to the live audio feed because I have a very non-gay boner for Jason Weigandt, (that was meant as a joke!) and, frankly, I feel that his announcing makes the racing a lot more exciting.
Finally, on my laptop, I am chatting with my buds (just make up a username… leave the password box empty), watching the lap times (I miss being able to color label the riders like I could with the Supercross timing thing), and looking at the track map and just getting annoyed by mototalk people, and extra frustrated that I can’t interact with them because I let my membership lapse and I don’t have $30 ear tagged for a renewal.
If watching MX on the net isn’t your cup of tea, you can watch the 2nd Motocross class moto at 6 PM on Speed!
So, that’s what I’m up to on this rainy first day of July. Come to think of it, this is pretty much how I spent 2 Sundays ago, too. And actually, I guess that if I’m going to paint a picture, I should tell the whole story (WHAT? I have no idea what I just typed!)… My MX Sunday actually started late Saturday night when I was trying to be asleep by midnight so I could wake up by 6 AM so I could watch FIM World Motocross via MediaZone.com, but I ended up falling asleep somewhere around 3! I woke up at 5:50, on the couch, so I loaded the video stream from Sweeden on my iMac (in Windows) and tried to watch it from bed. A few laps into the 1st MX2 moto, I fell asleep. I woke up many laps later, and Josh Coppins was quite a ways back. I think this was the 2nd MX1 moto, but I really can’t remember. I kept waking up, watching a lap or 2, and then falling asleep again. I still don’t know who won the MX2 overall, but I plan on downloading and watching the motos again later tonight, or maybe tomorrow.

I CAN’T WAIT UNTIL I CAN WATCH EVERY AMA MOTOCROSS/SUPERCROSS RACE LIVE ON THE INTERNET!! Even if it’s only the 1st motos like now. It gives me enough of a mental image of whats going on that I can run the 2nd motos in my head. Especially with Jason’s excellent announcing.

P.S. In making this post I pretty much missed the first lites moto. Updating the blog was a bad choice.

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Check out this video from French MX magazine/site Moto Verte of Jeff Stanton’s basement!

]]> http://www.fanless.com/blog/2007/05/26/jeff-stantons-basement/feed/ 64 Brandon is (almost) famous!! http://www.fanless.com/blog/2007/05/19/brandon-is-almost-famous/ http://www.fanless.com/blog/2007/05/19/brandon-is-almost-famous/#comments Sat, 19 May 2007 23:29:54 +0000 FANLESS http://www.fanless.com/blog/2007/05/19/brandon-is-almost-famous/ You may remember Brandon being in Motocross Action a couple of years ago. And you may have seen him in Parts Mag and various local publications, but today he is on Racer X Illustrated’s website. I wonder if they know that this is the same guy that got drnk and went for a swim in one of the Lowe’s fountains!?


So much style!

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Next to Apple, I think Amp’d Mobile has some of the best commercials. About a year or so ago this was my favorite commercial. (mostly because I’m in love with the shake your junk girl! If you want me to be in love with you all you have to do is dance like that!)
Well, earlier this year (I think) this commercial came out and I liked it a lot too. I think I would be able to relate with it a little more if I had a kid. Interestingly, Amp’d also has my most hated commercial in this piece. Man, I hate that guy so much! I get grossed out and have to change the channel whenever he comes on.
However… This beauty makes up for it!

EASILY MY CURRENT FAVORITE COMMERCIAL!!
I crack up every time I see this one, and then I get the E-40 song stuck in my head. I think it’s extra special to me because they showed it on the huge screen at the Orlando Supercross.

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Brandon, Mia, and the Progressive Holeshot girls!

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Number 7 is good. He likes FANLESS!

Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless

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FW:, originally uploaded by FANLESS.

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Wish you were here buddy! We in the rider seating!

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