jackassworld

If you think I’m a day off here, think again … although I do admit that whole “spring ahead/fall back” thing can be a real pisser on the cranial clock. I’m still confused as to what time it is. I have four different clocks in my room, all with varying times, and I don’t know which one to believe. What I do know, though, is that the official Dia de los Muertos takes place over the days of November 1st and 2nd, as it’s preceded by the All Hallow’s Eve shenanigans on October 31st. Typically this celebration is reserved for remembering the familial dead (or perhaps just nursing a monster hangover and wishing you were dead), but in this morbid racing instance I think we should instead take pause to reflect upon the NASCAR death of Dale Earnhardt during the Daytona 500 in 2001. [Insert reverential moment of silence here.] Okay, now onto the fun, because unlike the repetitive nature of auto-racing there simply is no time to sit and watch the stucco dry as Chris Pontius and Steve-O take it to the cobblestone streets of Mexico in this bone-jarring celebration of the go-karting dead!

(photo by Dimitry Elyashkevich; Mexico; 2005)