Its Tough Being The Champ

Here we go: So this was a pretty good weekend for me. A lot happened, but at the same time not a lot happened. I love having days like that. Lets start with the good stuff. I have a new favorite song. Its I saw 'The Watchmen' on the Saturday night. That movie kicked some serious squooshey tooshey. Yep, it was pretty BA. There were some really psycho fight scenes. It was actually bloodier than 300 if you can believe that. I hope this doesn't spoil anything for any one, but i have to say it. This guy gets his arms cut clean off. Shoot it was pretty awesome. I hate horror movies because they scare me, but I still thought that it was the coolest thing ever. On the other hand though (and I called this), like 300, there was a lot of unnessesary sex. The girl in this show is pretty-- i'm trying to say this in a nice way-- loosey goosey. Overall though, good movie. It was actually pretty serious despite all of the ass kicking. That same night I had my first real plate lunch since summer. Oh man, that was ono. Also, I saw Trevor! I haven't talked to that guy in a long time. Oh and I picked up three empty beer bottles from the side of the road near the parking lot and took them all the way to Big City Diner to have them recycled. Booyah Erinwick. The waitress thought that they were mine. I just ignored her. Oh and we won our lacrosse game! It was pretty fun. I got to hit some people. That was cool. The only thing was I wasn't expecting to run so much. Wow i'm out of shape. Most of it was because I wasn't really sure what to do. I ended up doing a lot of unnecessary running. Lacrosse is really confusing sometimes. This one guy knocked me pretty good. I didn't have a chance to return the favor, though. Darn. That really irritated me because he was being a real dooshbag. After the game we got Acai bowls at the Diamond Head Cove Health Bar. I wasn't really into acai untill recently. Man that sucka was ono. They give you super plenty if you eat there. I also love the biodegradeable spoons that they have. I always chew on them.
I guess I'll talk about the bad stuff now. UFC 96! Broke my heart man. My boy lost a tough one. Keith Jardine came so close. Untill that last two minutes, I thought Keith had the fight. He was getting to Rampage in the second. Those takedowns really killed him. Jackson shot that double out of nowhere. If Jardine could have finished when he was trying to run the pipe he could have won. Poopl I really hate Rampage Jackson. That guy is a meat head. I hope Rashad puts him in his place. The good news is that Shane Carwin planted Gonzaga. Boom. He still hasn't gone out of the first round. I want to see Carwin fight Cain Velasquez now. My favorite heavyweight is still Cheick Kongo though. I think he could take both of those guys. Also watch Brandon Vera's fight. It was on the undercard. You can watch it at UFC.com. This guy is way better than before. He's really scary now. He just monstered through his guy with leg kicks. His opponent couldn't even stand. I want to see Vera fight Jon Jones now. That would be a good one. Wow! I got way off track. I need to get to the physics. I still have to write a paper after this.
So I saw something on youtube that i found to be really interesting. Actually I spent an hour on youtube learning how things are made. The watching them mass produce frozen burritos was pretty gross. They made everything from scratch and it was still nasty. The coolest one was the donut factory. I really like donuts. The condom factory was pretty interesting also. They actually use electricity to test them for leaks. Check it out, its pretty neat. Dang, I got off topic again. So the interesting thing on youtube that I was talking about earlier was this sports science video. I can't remember if we saw this in class or not. I don't think we did... Anyway they were trying to see what generates the most force, a knockout punch or a sumo wrestler pounce. They actually measured the force of the meathead's (Rampage Jackson) punch. It came out to 1400 newtons or double the force of a sumo wrestler springing out of his croutch. This made me curious. Does small but fast always beat big and slow? I decided to test it out.
I rented this wrestling DVD "Edge: A Decade of Decadence" this weekend. It was three disks and full of great matches. I was in the mood so I decided to do something wrestling related. It is really common for people to get attacked during their interviews. This is what is happening in the first video. I'm actually really ashamed that it came out so poopy. My friend doesn't watch that much wrestling. Plus that weight was pretty hard to swing around. I wish we had a sledge hammer. That would have worked a lot better. Too bad Maxxx wasn't there. Oh well. In the second video, my friend was happy to shoot me with his SoCom gas airsoft pistol. I haven't been shot with an airsoft gun in a really long time. I remember it being pretty painful. This time was a disappointment. I could barely feel it. I guess my ass is just really meaty or something. He was standing pretty far away also. When we were testing it out he was able to shoot through a soda can so I was expecting a lot. Oh well again.
So here is the physics. Force is measured by an object's mass relative to its acceleration [F=m*a]. That's Newton's second law. The 45 pound weight has a very large mass compared to the tiny air soft pellet. It was really hard to get a good swing on it though. This can be explained by another one of Newton's laws-inertia! Think also about moment of inertia and the way they are designed. The large barbell weight has a large inertia making it very resistant to a change in state. The tiny pellet on the other hand, was very easy to sent flying throught the air with a high velocity because of its compact shape and light weight. The test was inconclusive. It was hard for me to tell which one hurt more. They produced different kinds of pain. My little experiment was far from scientific, but it demonstrated my point. If we wanted to we could have taken some measurements and actually calculated the force of the two objects, but I don't see a need for that. I was able to prove first hand that something does not have to be big to be forcefull. It still blows my mind what kind of damage a tiny piece of plastic can do.
P.S. Here is a little out-take for your viewing pleasure. Think "How to be a Ninja". Check it out: