Welcome to Solvang

Driving to Solvang

Hans Christian Anderson Park

Walking through Solvang

Windmills are cool.

Open plate Danish sandwich. Where's the bread? There's only a tiny little piece of Pumpernickel bread underneath each pile. It sounded good from the menu. I still ate it all though. It was okay.

Really, we just went there for the Danish pancakes, ebelskivers.

Chillin' in Solvang

Sarah in Solvang

Shopping in Solvang

Sarah and I went to Solvang and Santa Barbara to celebrate our 2nd Anniversary.

Mazda Zoom Zoom Live 2006

It looks like we're both scared! Josh went to the Mazda event too. It was fun trying to see who got better times. I think he got slightly better times than me because I drove first and he got to see the course as a passenger before his runs. This is a picture of us in the MAZDASPEED 6. It's a great handling sports sedan.

Here's a link to last year's Mazda Zoom Zoom Live with me driving the new MX-5.

http://davidmkim.blogspot.com/2005/09/zoom.html

Modified Miatas

The new MX-5 is a great handling car. It's perfect for autocrosses.

This year it seemed like they had a smaller budget than last year's event. There was less stuff to see and there was no free food. This year, we got to drive the MAZDASPEED 6's, which are suped up versions of the Mazda 6. Last year, I drove the new third generation MX-5 on the Challenge course.

I needed to beat the target time of 34.00 seconds. My time on my first and only run was 35.781 sec. I didn't want to get back in line and wait over an hour to prove myself. The lines are way too long at this event!

Here's the list of the best drivers at the event. Notice the fastest time was by a woman.

Fontana Top Times

Saturday

CRAIG N 32.329 sec
MIKE G 32.468 sec
ANDREW H 32.905 sec
FABIAN B 32.957 sec
GENE H 33.152 sec
CHRISTOPHER H 33.229 sec
PETER C 33.304 sec
ERIC Y 33.412 sec
STEWART F 33.464 sec
MATTHEW H 33.466 sec


Sunday

MARIA J 31.349 sec
TATIANA V 31.761 sec
CHRIS B 32.594 sec
GREGORY P 32.629 sec
MICHAEL H 32.749 sec
DEAN M 33.117 sec
TOMAS A 33.125 sec
ERIC K 33.266 sec
ROGER W 33.306 sec
DAVID F 33.309 sec


David Kim 35.781 sec

I went to the Mazda Zoom Zoom Live event this past Saturday, October 28, 2006 in Fontana. It was a fun driving experience. It was like a mini-autocross event that challenges drivers to beat the clock. Unfortunately for me, I need to improve my autocrossing skillz if I want to seriously compete. My illegal street racing techniques can only get me so far.

Rejection Hotline

This is for all you mean girls out there. If some loser jerk asks for your number, give them a number from the rejection hotline list. The jerkoff will think that you gave him your real number and when he calls it, the voice recording will inform him that he has been rejected. Ouch! What a burn!

ALABAMA
334-541-0107

ARKANSAS
501-340-3896

ARIZONA
602-230-4210

CALIFORNIA
310-217-7638 (Los Angeles)
916-733-1550 (Sacramento)
858-492-8002 (San Diego)
415-356-9833 (San Francisco)
408-236-2060 (San Jose)

COLORADO
303-607-7527

D.C. (Washington DC)
202-452-7468

FLORIDA
352-475-6679 (Gainesville)
904-879-8012 (Jacksonville)
305-241-0033 (Miami)
407-338-0036 (Orlando)
407-970-8278 (Orlando)
813-273-8160 (Tampa)
561-986-0035
321-844-0033
954-287-0023

GEORGIA
706-335-0511 (Athens)
770-908-7383 (Atlanta)

ILLINOIS
773-509-5027

INDIANA
317-332-0670

IOWA
641-985-7888

KANSAS
785-875-3188

KENTUCKY
270-735-1622

MAINE
Temporarily Unavailable
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MASSACHUSETTS
617-861-3962 (Boston)
413-351-2684
508-556-3549
781-654-2925
978-364-8939

MARYLAND
410-347-1488

MICHIGAN
248-262-6861

MINNESOTA
612-232-1638
MISSOURI
314-359-3930 (St. Louis)
417-326-2677 (Springfield)

MISSISSIPPI
601-792-4440

NEBRASKA
402-827-9874 (Lincoln)
402-434-6535 (Omaha)

NEVADA
702-386-5397

NEW HAMPSHIRE
603-413-2340

NEW JERSEY
973-409-3011

NEW MEXICO
505-310-2496

NEW YORK
212-660-2245 (New York City)
516-730-7245 (Long Island)
718-971-5245
845-259-2245
914-269-4245
518-935-4012 (Albany)
315-682-1822 (Syracuse)
716-357-2127 (Buffalo)

NORTH CAROLINA
828-859-2905
704-264-2861 (Charlotte)

OHIO
216-269-0085 (Cleveland)
419-452-6002
440-328-3382

OKLAHOMA
918-649-1711

OREGON
503-450-9938

PENNSYLVANIA
215-618-1505 (Philly)
814-337-4101 (Penn State)

RHODE ISLAND
401-648-6543

SOUTH CAROLINA
803-358-0885

TENNESSEE
901-328-8380 (Memphis)
615-346-2800 (Nashville)
TEXAS
512-647-4813 (Austin)
972-504-6270 (Dallas)
817-326-1433 (Ft. Worth)
713-866-6249 (Houston)
210-893-7109 (San Antonio)

UTAH
801-296-7163

VIRGINIA
703-912-1725

WASHINGTON
206-376-9798 (Seattle)
Spokane - Coming Soon)

WASHINGTON DC
202-452-7468

WISCONSIN
414-243-1102

Bear Meat

I just had bear meat over the weekend. One of Sarah's parents friends came back from a bear hunting trip and brought us some spoils of war. It tasted good. It tasted like deer meat. No, it didn't taste like chicken. Frog legs taste like chicken.

One of my life goals is to try and eat everything. I've tried a lot of different foods, but I think I still have a long ways to go. Fortunately for me, there's nothing I won't eat.

Australia Wants Me

I just got an email from someone regarding my longboarding videos. I feel honored that my skateboarding videos impressed a film maker enough to want to put them on his new tv show.

In his email he writes, "I want your longboard video[s] for our TV show (and any other good skate footage)

"My name is Sean Caveny and I’m the Co-Creator of the Australain [sic] Television show called “sk82death”. We are currently looking for skateboarding footage to fill our 3rd season.
sk82death (skate to death) has just finished its second season and has been the highest rating show on channel 31 Melbourne since our first episode. The show is also doing very well on TVS Sydney, Access 31 Perth and Adelaide and Bush Vision in South Australia, Recently winning the 2006 Antennae for best Camerawork, an estimated 1 million people watched season 2.
Season 3 will be streamed online internationally.
As I mentioned we are looking for footage to use in season 3. This presents a great opportunity for companies of ANY size to promote themselves and their product via their team riders. . .Sk82death often features montages of random mixed skating and amusing incidents, we’ll consider using anything dangerous, funny or disgusting."

I guess my videos can be described as "dangerous, funny or disgusting."

I haven't been terrorizing the streets on my skateboard in awhile. I guess I should make more bomb runs down hills again. I must do it for my fans in Australia.

Here's an example of one of my longboarding videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av-Xd_qAUD8

The Nun and her Bicycle

Sister Mary was riding her bicycle back to the Convent from the market. Everyone could hear her coming as she screamed, "Oh yes! God, yes!!!!" She seemed to be jumping up and down on her bike with tremendous joy.

Mother Theresa had had enough. She said, "Sister Mary, if you can't be quiet, then we're going to have to put the bike seat back on."