Oh Mr. Cruise… WTF is wrong with you?
So Tom Cruise, the scientologist, has gone on the public TV as saying that psychiatry is a'pseudo science' (copy of article below)... and this is coming from a scientologist, claiming he knows the history of psychiatry... As a person who holds a degree in psychology and has spend a decent amount of time in health science libraries, it annoys me. It doesn't help that people seem to think celebrities are worth something more than the average person. They are no smarter, no better, and often times, are really fucked up. REALLY fucked up.
So I hope this will create an air where people write the loser off. I am not quite sure why everyone thinks he is that great of an actor. He really can only play 1 role. He uses the same expressions for all of those rolls, and he plays them all like the same person. I don't think he is particularly talented. All of his movies are the John Grisham books of the film industry, both figuratively and sometimes literally.
I really am not a big fan of people spreading their own religious views to the public in such a way. You can have your beliefs, that is good. But presentation is a big deal... Had he said something like "I am of the belief that..." but to say to the host that 'you don't know' blah blah blah. But tv interviewers are often tools, and he wasn't confronted on that, because that could ruin the guys career. oh well.
Tom Cruise is a no talent assclown.
FINALLY…
Audrey is going to the shop tonight for her replacement transmission install... I haven't driven her since early April. I should have her back by the end of the week... how nice will that be... and in time for the next Autox and Blackhawkfarms...
too much sun… but I do love autox
I got a little sunburnt on sunday, but I think I have used enough aloe and aftersun to counter it... I hope I have done enough to avoid peeling... I usually have sunscreen in my track box, but since I drove rebecca's car, I didn't have the box... oh well.
I did help a buddy's wife learn to autox though, and that is always rewarding. People are so timid with their cars in the beginning. It always amazes me that people have never pushed their cars. I obviously mean in a controlled environment, but even then you would learn stuff. I think everyone should be required to autox or something to just get a feel for tire sliding, tire squealing, and weight transfer. It would improve the people's accident avoidance abilities... but back to the student... she wasn't comfortable with the sliding, the noises, etc at first... she just hadn't ever done it, but she got over it quickly, and she was sliding and squealing around in no time. It was nice to watch her confidence level increase as the day progressed and her comfort level improved. We may even see her at another event.
It is also a nice feeling of justification for myself and likely car people everywhere when you have a non car person, who has likely asked what makes those $250 tires better than the $80 tires finally realize what it is you have been spending all your money on.
I got my father to an autox a couple years ago and I rode with him and in his non modded A4 and he learned stuff. Then I took him for a ride in my modded A4, and he was like 'now I can see where all the money for tires and suspension goes'. It was a nice feeling.
I like to see people improve in their driving abilities. It is a nice feeling.
the weekend is finally over…
so we were going to go to the flooring place on saturday... but I decided that we didn't have enough time to make it there and then back before we had to get ready for the wedding... even though that was clearly not the case. Instead we slept in and I made pancakes. They turned out super super thin, so I have to get my mix ratios down, but I think it was good to learn something... although it was the easiest thing ever.
so we went to Al's wedding saturday night... and it was nice. Mostly in polish, but we met some new people (who knows if we will ever see them again) had a good time drinking and dancing. And drinking. and drinking.... unfortunately I drank too many vodka shots and really didn't feel as it grew time to go... so we made it home, went to sleep, then I awoke 4 hours later to go to the autox... it hurt... but it was a still a good time... I didn't drive, but I did help out a new person get the hang of it... I also got WAY too much sun, and it was hot, and I was hungry.
And now, the weekend is over. I am still not feeling perfect. I am sunburnt. But I get to sleep. It will be nice.