Monthly Archives: March 2014

Week 2: Favorite Place

Vroom… Vroom… You hear as you walk along 1st st. towards the capital building and see cars go bye. Downtown, the best place in Austin- there is literally everything there, you want a coffee? Right there. Grocery Store? Right there. Movie theater? Right there! You may be walking towards a Imagine Drgaons concert or a Skrillex concert, but if you’re early there are so many distractions you’ll be lucky to get there on time.

Also, there are many great restraunts like the Whole Foods cafe and Stubbs! Stubbs has great live music- my cousin and his band, The Walkmen used to play there when they were still “together”. There is the Paramount theater with great plays and there is the Texas Rowing Center where you can SUP and kayak.

There is just so much to do, the list could go on forever. I love Austin and you probably would to!

 

Hennessy Venom GT: Fastest Car?

Many people know the Hennessy Venom GT as the fastest car in the world, is that fact or fiction?

Fictional. The Venom has a top speed of 270mph with a V8 720hp engine. There are not any well known cars faster than that… That’s where Koenigsegg comes into play, the Koenigsegg Agera R has a top speed of 273 with a 5.0L V8 engine and 1115hp. Is the Venom still the fastest car?

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Above ^ is the Koenigsegg Agera R

The Koenigsegg, A little history:

The Koenigsegg’s are handmade in Sweden by  Christian Von Koenigsegg and his team at Koenigsegg Autimotive. Their first car was built in 2002, street legal in only some countries. They then moved on to making the CCX in 2006, their first Super Car. They began manufacturing the Agera R in 2009. They are researching electric cars and biofuel cars at the moment. Koenigsegg was founded in 1994 with the goal of making super cars, they defiantly exceeded that goal.

So, the myth of the Hennessy Venom GT has been busted. The title of Fastest Car does no longer belong to the Venom.

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The Phantoms Lair

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The water drips from the ceiling as the Phantom walks out of the shadows…

Drip… Drip… Water hits the cold, black stone,

The walls, a cold hard monotone,

Light glistens of the water on the cobblestone,

A the organ plays a note in baritone,

The phantom, almost monochrome,

 

Descending the steps of his staircase in slow motion,

Then, playing the organ with devotion,

Causing much emotion,

Noises in the opera house above, making a commotion,

The Phantom fading away into the shadows between the stair and wall,

Towards the surface, a legacy set in motion,

The legacy of emotions,

 

Chandeliers falling,

Carlotta bawling,

The opera house rotting,

 

The Phantom’s lair still intact in the commotion of the Night,