Thursday, December 24, 2009

Things that make you go hm...




So what's the speed of dark?

Why don't they just make mouse-flavored cat food?

Can you buy an entire chess set in a pawn shop?

Do pilots take crash-courses?

If horrific means to make horrible, does terrific mean to make terrible?

Why is it, when a door is open it's ajar, but when a jar is open, it's not adoor?

If a train station is where a train stops, what is a workstation?

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Friday, November 6, 2009

Coincidence...I THINK NOT!

I'm just laying here listening to music. It was on shuffle.
A song called "Work" came on, halfway through the song my ipod alarm went off. The title of the alarm is...Work.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Stunt Class and Seinfeld

Today we had another Stunt Class as part of my program. We got to learn sword fighting and a forward roll. It's pretty sweet and it's definitely something I can use, unlike last years Ving Tsun class...

In other news what would the world be like is Seinfeld had an episode about Twitter?
Probably something like this:



INT. JERRY'S APARTMENT—DAY

ELAINE and JERRY are standing around JERRY'S kitchen counter. GEORGE is sitting on the couch typing on a laptop.

JERRY: Again with the Twitter?

GEORGE: What? I can't tweet?

ELAINE: No one said you can't tweet.

GEORGE: Jerry did. Jerry's got a problem with my tweeting.

JERRY: Please, tweet away. Tweet all you want. Tweet your heart out.

GEORGE: I will. I enjoy a good tweet.

ELAINE: Fine, but don't you think it's a bit much with the tweets?

GEORGE: Who are you? The queen of tweets? I think I tweet the perfect amount.

JERRY: You know, you've got to have something to tweet about in order to tweet.

GEORGE: I got plenty to tweet about, baby!

JERRY: No, no you don't. You see, you have the Twitter account and the laptop. But you don't have anything worthwhile to tweet about. No job, no girlfriend, no …

KRAMER enters, nearly knocking over JERRY as he stumbles into the living room.

KRAMER: Giddyup. (Notices George.) What's with Poindexter on the laptop?

ELAINE: He's tweeting again.

KRAMER: My God! You're tweeting all over the place!

GEORGE: I tweet just as often as the next guy. No one stops George Costanza from tweeting!

KRAMER: I ever tell you about my friend Bob Sacamano? Tweeted way too much. (Getting animated.) Tweeted like there was no tomorrow!

GEORGE: So?

KRAMER: (high-pitched) He's dead.

ELAINE: Death by Twitter?

KRAMER: You said it, sister.

JERRY: What's the deal with that 140-character limit, anyway? Like if it was 141, the Internet would break?

GEORGE: Ooh, that's good. Can I tweet that?

LAUGHTER. APPLAUSE. END SCENE.

Monday, October 12, 2009

The Internet isn't for everyone...

Like this girl:



Check out some of the comments from YouTube!

"This is the hottest chick and the best cover on planet earth holy shit!!!! 5/5 stars! She needs a record label!!!"

"oh no! you should kill yourself!"

"I just got a woody SO HOT!!!!!!! LOL JK"

"i died a little inside watching this"

"somebody needs to kill you"

"if you still wanna keep singing, consider getting lessons.
i really like you and think your a good person, but stop...please?"

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Tuesday Tunes!

Daft Hands Strikes Again!

Many years ago a video was posted showcasing Daft Punk's infamous song "Harder Better Faster Stronger" with the lyrics written on the hands of some unknown individual. As the song played, the person masterfully maneuvered their hands to form a visual representation of the lyrics.

Well...that person has now created another Daft Hands video to the song "Technologic" which is infinitely more difficult, due to the fact that the lyrics go on and on describing various computational actions.
Here is that video:


and here is the original in case you missed it:

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Everyone has seen or at least heard about Kanye West being a complete jackass at the MTV VMA's and many have read his apology to Taylor Swift. If you haven't read it yet here it is:

"I'M SOOOOO SORRY TO TAYLOR SWIFT AND HER FANS AND HER MOM. I SPOKE TO HER MOTHER RIGHT AFTER AND SHE SAID THE SAME THING MY MOTHER WOULD'VE SAID. SHE IS VERY TALENTED! I LIKE THE LYRICS ABOUT BEING A CHEERLEADER AND SHE'S IN THE BLEACHERS! …………………… I'M IN THE WRONG FOR GOING ON STAGE AND TAKING AWAY FROM HER MOMENT!…………….. BEYONCE'S VIDEO WAS THE BEST OF THIS DECADE!!!! I'M SORRY TO MY FANS IF I LET YOU GUYS DOWN!!!! I'M SORRY TO MY FRIENDS AT MTV. I WILL APOLOGIZE TO TAYLOR 2MRW. WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD!!!! EVERYBODY WANNA BOOOOO ME BUT I'M A FAN OF REAL POP CULTURE!!! NO DISRESPECT BUT WE WATCHIN' THE SHOW AT THE CRIB RIGHT NOW CAUSE … WELL YOU KNOW!!!! I'M STILL HAPPY FOR TAYLOR!!!! BOOOYAAAWWWW!!!! YOU ARE VERY VERY TALENTED!!! I GAVE MY AWARDS TO OUTKAST WHEN THEY DESERVED IT OVER ME… THAT'S WHAT IT IS!!!!!!! I'M NOT CRAZY YALL, I'M JUST REAL. SORRY FOR THAT!!! I REALLY FEEL BAD FOR TAYLOR AND I'M SINCERELY SORRY!!! MUCH RESPECT!!!!!


Since there are going to be even more award shows coming up, the fine people at atom.com have created this Kanye West Apology Generator. Now you too can create your own apology

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Tuesday Tunes!

Coldplay is so awesome.
Here's proof...


Marionette Chris Martin + Old School Coldplay Biography = amazingness!

Friday, August 14, 2009

Time for a tattoo?

How about a tattoo for the time?
I doubt this is real, but it'd be awfully cool if it could work.

From the website:
"On the right hand, just a turn on the right, time show under the skin. Electronic tattoo, radio control and synchronize from an outside control. No batteries needed, it's just working with body movements."

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

The Infamous $pider Drawing

Some things I come across and immediately post on the blog. The following is no exception.
It comes from a brand new website called Emails From Crazy People
Expert befuddler David Thorne attempts to pay a bill online with this drawing:
Click Here To Read The Email!

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Tuesday Tunes! Double Feature!

This Thursday I'm going to see COLDPLAY!
I'm really, really excited as they're my favourite band of all time and they have been for quite some time now. I was wondering who'll be opening for them and I was pleasantly surprised with the results. The first band is called Elbow. I've listened to some of their stuff and they seem to be a pretty mellow band with a couple of coldplay-esque songs. Below is the music video for "Forget Myself." It's got some cool old skool Disney style animations.



The other opening act is called Kitty, Daisy, and Lewis. They're a 3-piece sibling act comprising of two sisters (16 and 21) and their brother (19). They've got a classic swing, jump blues, rock n' roll sound. I'm really digging their song "Goin' Up the Country"

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Tuesday Tunes! SAY IT!

OBAMA!
The following is a mixed-media stop motion music video and celebration commemorating the election and inauguration of Barack Obama as the forty-fourth president of these United States. Audibly showcasing Adam Freeland's remix of Daft Punk's "Aerodynamic" and the imaginative stylings of forward thinking toy artists Dalek, Bill McMullen and Kubrick to name just a few.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

EXTREME TOOTHBRUSHING!

Take one of the most tedious tasks in life and make it EXTREME!

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

HI! Billy Mays here for....A CUTOUT OF MYSELF!


That's right for the low low price of some printer ink and paper, you can have your very own BILLY MAYS!


http://lizlukens.deviantart.com/art/Billy-Mays-CubeeCraft-Template-116907118

Monday, July 6, 2009

A Whole Year in 40 Seconds



Images snapped at the same spot through one year. Showing the seasons change.

The audio is actual recordings from the same spot. The images are from Oslo, Norway 2008.

Friday, July 3, 2009

The 86 Rules of Drinking




#11. Unacceptable things to say after doing a shot: Great, now I’m going to get drunk. I hate shots. It’s coming back up.

#18. Always have a corkscrew in your house.

#19. If you don't have a corkscrew, push the cork down into the bottle with a pen.

#38. If you are the bar's sole customer, you are obliged to make small talk with the bartender until he stops acknowledging you. Then you're off the hook. The same goes for him.

#75. Beer makes you mellow, champagne makes you silly, wine makes you dramatic, tequila makes you felonious.

#70. The patrons at your local bar are your extended family, your fathers and mothers, your brothers and sisters. Except you get to sleep with these sisters. And if you're really drunk, the mothers.

#48. Men don't drink from straws. Unless you're doing a Mind or Face Eraser.

#46. After three drinks, you will forget a woman's name two seconds after she tells you. The rest of the night you will call her “baby” or “darling”.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Tuesday Tunes!

Strange Music? CHECK!
Weird costumes? CHECK!
Cool Blacklight paint CHECK!

It must be Patrick Wolf's "Hard Times"

Monday, June 29, 2009

ShamWOW? More like ScamNOW!

10 Children's Books I so desperately want to see become a reality:

1. "Babar becomes a Piano"

2. "Curious George and the High-Voltage Fence"

3. "Controlling the playground: Respect through Fear"

4. "Things Rich Kids Have, but you never will"

5. "The Care Bears Maul Some Campers and are Shot Dead"

6."Some Kittens Can Fly"

7. "When Mommy and Daddy Don't Know the Answer, They Say God Did It"

8. "Why Can't Mr. Fork and Ms. Electrical Outlet Be Friends?"

9. "Bi-Curious George"

10. "Pop! Goes The Hamster.... And Other Great Microwave Games"

Friday, June 26, 2009

Robots in Disguise!

Have you seen the new Transformers movie?
It's so freakin' awesome, Michael Bay has really amp'd up the action in this one!
My favourite scene was when the nun fought the shark under water!*











*Most likely not an actual a scene in the new movie...

Friday, June 19, 2009

The 86 Rules of Drinking


#37. Try one new drink each week.

#8. When the bartender is slammed, resist the powerful urge to order a slightly-dirty, very-dry, in-and-out, super-chilled half-and-half martini with a lemon twist. Limit orders to beer, straight shots and two-part cocktails.

#25. It is only permissible to shout 'woo-hoo!' if you are doing a shot with four or more people.

#32. You can have a shot of their hard liquor only if the cap has been cracked and the bottle goes for less than $25.

#3. Whoever buys the shot gets the first chance to offer a toast.

#53. Never yell out jukebox selections to someone you don't know.

#74. If you hesitate more than three seconds after the bartender looks at you, you do not deserve a drink.

#85. On the intimacy scale, sharing a quiet drink is between a handshake and a kiss.

Be Cool and Glamorous, with CRACK!

Oh wait, if Pee Wee says I shouldn't, then maybe I really shouldn't...


On the other hand...

Friday, June 12, 2009

Hot damn, I'm second from the top!

The 86 Rules of Drinking

#1. If you owe someone money, always pay them back in a bar. Preferably during happy hour.

#56. Screaming, “Someone buy me a drink!” has never worked.

#67. Never ask a bartender “what's good tonight?” They do not fly in the scotch fresh from the coast every morning.

#43. A bar is a college, not a nursery. If you spill a beer, clean it up. If you break a glass, wait for a staff member to clean it up, then blame it on someone else.

#36. If you ever feel depressed, get out a bartender’s guide and browse through all the drinks you’ve never tried.

#33. The only thing that tastes better than free liquor is stolen liquor.

#27. Learn how to make a rose out of a bar napkin. You'll be surprised how well it works.

#81. If you’re going to drink on the job, drink vodka. It’s the no-tell liquor.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

There's nothing in the world like ACTION PARK!

Man, I really really wish I could've gone to Action Park when I was a kid. Action Park was a unique water park in New Jersey that was open from 1978 to 1996. This water park really was unlike any other in the world. It was built from scratch with no prototypes to go on, this means that all the rides and water slides were original. This also meant that the rides fun but also insanely dangerous or as one person describes: "THE FUNNEST PLACE TO DIE!!"

The locals (and Doctors at near by hospitals) had several names for Action Park including: Traction Park, Accident Park, Class Action Park, Danger Park, and Death Park!

The Rides were just as inventive, check out a couple of these descriptions from Wikipedia:

Diving Cliffs: There was a pair of diving cliffs — one 23 feet (7 m), the other 18 feet (5.4 m) — above a 16-foot (5 m) deep pool. However, the pool below was not blocked off from those who might be swimming in or away from other attractions, and nothing at water level gave any indication to swimmers below that they could expect people to dive in right next to them - or right on top of them. The sole lifeguard on duty often had his or her hands full dealing with the results of those collisions. Also, nonswimmers would jump off the cliffs, not fully appreciating how deep the water below was, and have to be rescued. Former employee Tom Fergus says the bottom of the pool was eventually painted white to make it easier to spot any bodies on the bottom. The large pool into which people jumped is no longer used for regular swimming, only to deposit used tubes.

The Kayak Experience
: After the second visitor death in the park's history in 1982 occurred at this ride, it was closed permanently. It was an imitation whitewater course that used submerged electric fans to agitate the water above. Frequently the kayaks got stuck or tipped over, and people had to get out of them to remedy the situation.

Bumper boats
: This ride was reserved for toddlers, supposedly since it was safer, but the engines often leaked gasoline, at least once requiring medical attention for one rider when too much got on his skin.

Alpine slide:Action Park's alpine slide descended the mountain roughly below one of the ski area's chairlifts, resulting in much verbal harassment and sometimes spitting from passengers going up for their turn, who would often be entertained by the accidents they witnessed while at the same time hoping to avoid similar fates.

The tracks themselves were made of concrete and fiberglass, which led to numerous serious abraisions on riders who took even mild spills. The tendency of some to ride in bathing suits so they could go on to Waterworld attractions afterwards made this problem worse.

The sleds themselves were a large factor in the injuries. A stick that was supposed to control speed led, in practice, to just two options on the infrequently maintained vehicles: extremely slow, and a speed described by one former employee as "death awaits."

This slide led to the first fatality at the park, a head injury suffered by an employee (it would later be referred to as the "Death Express"). Hay bales at the curves were meant to cushion the impact of those whose sleds jumped the track (a frequent occurrence), but did not always do so effectively. According to state records, in the years 1984 and 1985 the alpine slide produced 14 fractures and 26 head injuries. While park officials regularly asserted its safety, saying that 90-year-old grandmothers could and did ride it, in the early years of the park the slide was responsible for the bulk of the accidents, injuries, lawsuits and state citations for safety violations.

One person described the ride: "I loved the alpine slide!! It was the ultimate rush, not knowing whether you'd live to go on it again."


During it's time, Action Park had many accidents and injuries, but it was the deaths that made the park infamous. Especially the Wave Pool (aka Death Pool) which was responsible for 3 of the 6 deaths that occured at Action Park.

If you can believe it, Action Park...is still around! Although it operates under a new name (Mountain Creek), the park still has some of the same rides!

Blogger James from jamesbrief.com visited the park and had a sense of nostalgia while there..

Tarzan Swing: Still there, and still has about 20 spectato rs watching (still cheering for 5 things: a great swing, a really awful swing like a loud bellyflop, a really big person making a huge splash, a really young kid who actually does it, and girls whose tops fall off) but yesterday there was only one open (I think all still operate maybe, but just not open yesterday). The *HUGE* difference is that diving and flipping are ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITTED! Flips/dives used to be featured prominantly in the commercial for AP, but they mean it at MC: Uri and I saw 2 people get ejected from the park ye sterday immediately when they flipped. They also ("geniously") have a second rope attached to reel-in the trapeeze when it doesn't come right back. I remember at AP, they used to have hooks attached to ropes and tried to "spear" the trapeeze back (sometimes taking a few minutes!). It was also funny to see little kids fall immediately, older/taller people fall when their feet hit the water (didn't hold up their knees), and a few dumbasses who were too scared (or stupid) to let go at the apex, and swung back to the launch platform, hitting the mat, and bellyflopping into the water, with the spectators laughing and "Ooooooo'ing"!

After all of this, you might think that Action Park couldn't get any worse (or better depending on your view) but...it...does.
I introduce to you, the LOOPING WATER SLIDE!
I'll let you think about that for a minute.
This place had a water slide....that did a loop, like a roller coaster, but it's a freakin' water slide.
This thing is a bit of an urban legend among park enthusiasts but it existed and I have proof:




From what I can gather, the Germans are the only other people to have built a looping water slide. Theirs is fairly new and it isn't a true vertical loop like the one at Action Park. You can check out a video of it:

The only thing scarier than a looping water slide is an old German in a Speedo. *shudder*

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Twistori

This concept is really unique. It takes posts from Twitter and organizes them into 6 (currently 7) categories: Love, Hate, Think, Believe, Feel, and Wish (Volunteer is also available, but I think it's only for a limited time.)

These posts are then displayed in an ever changing stream of posts. You spend hours just reading all the posts and peering into people's lives.
Check it out here.

Friday, June 5, 2009

The 86 Rules of Drinking:


#9. Get the bartender's attention with eye contact and a smile.

#23. Girls hang out, apply make-up, and have long talks in the bathroom. Men do not.

#29. If you owe someone twenty dollars or less, you may pay them back in beer.

#10. Do not make eye contact with the bartender if you do not want a drink.

#35. Learn to appreciate hangovers. If it was all good times every jackass would be doing it.

#71. It's acceptable, traditional in fact, to disappear during a night of hard drinking. You will appear mysterious and your friends will understand. If they even notice.

#44. Being drunk is feeling sophisticated without being able to say it.

#21. Our parents were better drinkers than we are.

Monday, June 1, 2009

Monday Movie Review


I'm not a big fan of horror movies, I feel that if I'm paying money to see a film, I'd rather have fun and laugh then be scared sh!tless. I'd say the majority of movies that I watch are comedies. Tonight was different however, tonight I watched Sam Rami's film "Drag Me To Hell."

When I first saw the trailer I thought it was another one of those stupid scary movies that seem to be cranked out every month. Not being a horror fan, I can't really compare this movie to anything, but I have to say I was entertained. I understand that people like to be scared every now and then, just look at theme parks and haunted houses. This movie certainly had it's fill of "jolt you out of your seat" scary moments and I enjoyed every one of them. Unlike the "Saw" movies, "Drag Me To Hell" relies on classic suspense and surprise rather than blood and gore (though it did have a wonderful "nose bleed" scene.)

The movie is over the top and that's what makes it great. You can't go into this film expecting it to be a serious horror flick. I read one review that described it as "the exorcist directed by Bugs Bunny." Maybe I enjoyed this movie because of it's cartoonish scares or maybe because it was also very funny. Raimi's dark sense of humour blended well with the rest of the film and it's stylistic scary scenes.

The suspense in this movie is made even suspensfuller, (yeah I just made it up) by the score. The music builds and builds until you can't take it anymore and you're left waiting for something to happen, then it either does or doesn't, but either way it'll catch you off guard.

The movies stars Justin Long and Allison Lohman, who I think both did an excellent job. I'm especially impressed by Lorna Raver who played Mrs. Sylvia Ganush (aka the creepy gypsy lady). She was able to make a creepy character REALLY creepy, especially at the start of the car scene.

So far the movie has been receiving superb reviews and it definitely deserves them. "Drag Me To Hell" brought a lot more to the table than I was really expecting and I think it's safe to say that the next time a good horror flick comes around you won't have to drag me to it!




"Here kitty kitty kitty..."

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Things that make you go hmm....



If olive oil comes from olives, where does baby oil come from?

How come abbreviated is such a long word?

When two airplanes almost collide why do they call it a near miss?? It sounds like a near hit to me!!

Why are there 5 syllables in the word "monosyllabic"?

Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?

What is another word for "thesaurus"?

Why is there an expiration date on SOUR cream?

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Pigs in SPAAAAAAACE!

They said the U.S. would have a black president when pigs fly, Obama's president and now we've got Swine Flu...

...but the media is blowing this thing WAY out of proportion.

Swine Flu






Wednesday, April 29, 2009

BW+Colour = Awesome!

One of my favourite ways of editing photos is to make a photo black and white and then colour it back in with certain colours. The outcome is a very cool looking picture, take a look at some of my favs:



















Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Tuesday Tunes!

Love Star Wars? Love John Williams? Love a cappella singing? Love rhetorical questions?
Well then have I gotta video for you!
It's a 4 part a cappella song medley, with famous movie songs by John Williams, all sung with Star Wars lyrics!





John Williams is the man!

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Cool Sh!t

Here are some pretty neat/creepy things I found for around the home.
The first is a pizza cutter, but not just any pizza cutter.

Introducing the PizzaBoss! It's a circular saw pizza cutter. Unfortunately you can't plug it in so it doesn't really function, it's just a cool shell for a pizza cutter...so I guess you don't really need it, but maybe you could use the next item I found...


Whether you want to scare your relatives, or live out your Hitchcock "Psycho" dreams, you can do it all with...


The bloody shower curtain!
You can even get the matching bath mat! (extra creepy!)

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Coincidence...I THINK NOT! *Guest Edition*

My friend Tabitha (Hi Tabitha!) just told me about her recent coincidental experience which I was partially involved in.
Pull up a chair, grab some warm cocoa and let me tell you the story...

It was just this past Saturday after a long night of partying (kind of a lame party actually) when I pulled out my laptop to browse all the hilarious videos on YouTube.
Of course Christian Bale and his fuck-ridden rant came up and my friends and I proceeded to watch several versions...
Tabitha had never heard of Christian Bale before (he played Batman Tabitha...) but when she got home and turned on her TV she just so happened to come across an episode of E! True Hollywood Story, and who was the celebrity on tonight's episode...CHRISTIAN BALE!

Creepy, I know...

Monday, March 23, 2009

J&K+8=<3





I <3 Jon and Kate Plus 8.
If you've never seen it, go check it out right now.
The show is about Jon and Kate and their 8 children (a set of twins and a set of sextuplets)
It's been pretty cool to watch the kids grow up and I really hope this show is on for a long time so I can see them when they're older, but there's been one thing I've been worried about...
Kate is a total bitch and Jon just seems to be passive about the whole thing.
I've often wondered if they could handle both the children and each other.
In the episode I'm watching now, it seems like Kate could literally go insane any day now.

I just saw a preview for the season finale and it showed a clip of Jon and Kate talking about how they've been having trouble and that they're trying to work on things.
I don't know if it's just a clever bit of editing to make people tune in or if they're actually having martial issues or if it's just something else, but I'm definitely going to check it out.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Coincidence...I THINK NOT!




Oh man, this is ridiculous.
I was watching Wheel of Fortune while cleaning up my room and one of the final puzzles was "Pasta Primavera."

Just about an hour later here I am still cleaning up and I switched the channel to the Food Network, which I usually only watch for "Ace of Cakes" which is an amazing show about this company in Baltimore that make AMAZING cakes!
Anyways...chef Jamie Oliver's show was on and I wasn't really paying attention until a commercial came on advertising "Europe's Best" frozen food and they just happen to mention "Pasta Primavera."

I have no clue what Pasta Primavera is, but to hear it twice in under an hour on two completely different channels amazes me.

Songs To Wear Pants To

Completely by accident I stumbled upon this piece of internet glory.
It's a site called Songs To Wear Pants To. Andrew (the creator) will take a request for a song and turn it into musical gold. He does free songs or you can pay him to create something more specific. His service has been used for weddings, birthdays, movie scores, marriage proposals, personal theme songs, and radio jingles.
The creator explains how he came up with the idea:
"A combination of unemployment and the internet. The name "Songs To Wear Pants To" is from a CD I made when I was 17. "

He's sort of like a more modern day Weird Al.
One of his most recent songs requests is:
"What would it sound like if a rapping robot was really nervous about asking a girl out?"
You can check out what that sounds like here

He also has songs about a glass toaster, zombies, bjork, and a Celtic techno burrito...

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

FLORIDA!

Here are a couple of pics and a video from my awesome trip to Florida!

Me and the Simpsons:

Me (all wet) from the Popeye Ride:

Lounging by the pool:

The Hulk Coaster:




Me with Doc Brown:



The Typical American family:


Me chillin' with Shrek and Donkey:
Fire!

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

:)

I'm super excited this week because I get to meet Tedde Moore. That name might not sound familiar, but the character she played might be.
Ms. Moore played Ralphie's teacher in the classic 1983 holiday film "A Christmas Story."

Tedde Moore is giving our acting class a lecture on stagecraft/using props properly (no pun intended)...
I can't wait to meet her and I'll be sure to get a picture with her if I can!

Monday, March 2, 2009

Life's a beach...

Today I fly out to Florida for a little vacation, which I really need after a stressful week of school and work. I'll make sure to take lots of pics and perhaps there could even be a video of the trip!

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Coincidence...I THINK NOT!

Tonight I went to a house party and while sitting around I heard a couple songs that I liked. I found out that they were "Sleepyhead" by Passion Pit and "More Than a Feeling" by Boston. It wasn't until just now that I realized that these two random songs share a connection. The band Passion Pit is from none other than Boston!

Friday, February 27, 2009

I always knew I was hot...




Tonight while performing magic at a table I couldn't get my lighter to work. I put it to my ear to see if I could hear any gas coming out and I stupidly lit the lighter. To my surprise the flames shot out and singed my hair a bit. The family watching was horrified and kept asking if I was alright, luckily I was fine and there was no noticeable damage to my blond head of hair!

I love College...

cause your teacher can say things like:
"like a tard, a German tard."

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Why I Love College...

Cause your teacher says things like: "You never know when you're gonna have to start a brush fire."

Friday, February 13, 2009

Coincidence...I THINK NOT!

Really? REALLY?
Today some friends were talking about magicians and the subject of Sigfried and Roy came up (they're the famous Las Vegas magicians with white Bengal tigers)
Anyways, just now I was watching "Disaster Movie" which I just downloaded last night for no real reason. At one point in the movie a character says: "You must be bummin' harder than Sigfried after Roy got attacked by that white Bengal."
Now granted, sometimes people talk to me about magic and magicians (seeing as how I am one), but the fact that Sigfried and Roy's tiger incident came up twice in the same day, I just have to ask...REALLY?

REALLY REALLY!?! *UPDATE*
Honestly, I can't make this stuff up...
While at work tonight some people mentioned a local area magician and then after some discussion they mentioned...SIGFRIED AND ROY!
That's three times in one day...REALLY!?

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Why I love College...

because your teachers can say things like: "I'm talking bend over, no vaseline, FUCKED!"

Friday, February 6, 2009

Why I love College...

because your professors can say things like:
"They will skull-fuck you and then use your skull as an ashtray"

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Coincidence...I THINK NOT!

I can't even short form it I have to say it: what the fuck!?!
Today I got a YouTube notification from a friend who had posted a new video. The video was her and a room mate singing Summer Lovin' from the movie Grease.
Just now I was watching a random episode (read that again...completely random) of Family Guy on the web. I had never seen this episode, yet at one point the characters are doing karaoke, and what song do they sing...SUMMER FREAKIN' LOVIN'!!!
GAH! It boggles my mind...

Hits from SCOTDISK!

Makes me sad to be Scottish, or Irish, or whatever the hell I am...

Friday, January 23, 2009

MAGIC!

Tonight while performing at a table, I heard a really cute comment from a teen girl. I had just finished a trick and she said: "Whoa, that's awesome, I wanna be you when I grow up!" and then another girl at the table said: "I wanna be you now and impress people!"

I thought it was really gratifying to hear such a nice comment.

Monday, January 19, 2009

The Adventures of Johnny Quickdeath!

5 Second Films is my new favourite site!

Each video on their site is roughly 5 seconds long and almost all of them are guaranteed to make you laugh.


Sunday, January 18, 2009

Coincidence...I THINK NOT!

So just this second I've had another coincidence. Earlier today I downloaded the Kill Bill Vol. 1 Soundtrack to hear a song called "Twisted Nerve" by Bernard Herrmann. Just now I was doing some homework and was reading a book about the history of film. I was reading a section on American Cinema in the 1930's. One paragraph in the book talks about the introduction of musical scoring for a film and notes several composers such as: Franz Waxman and...
BERNARD HERRMANN!

Weird.....

UPDATE!!!
Just now I'm watching Mythbusters and they're busting some myths from the movie...KILL BILL!
WTF!?! That's 2 crazy connections in one day!

"Talk about falling for someone.."

I found this article on the Darwin Awards website, which
"Honors those who improve the [human] species...by accidentally removing themselves from it!"
Basically a Darwin Award is someone who has died in a really stupid or ironic way, therefore eliminating one more idiot from Earth.

(20 June 2007, South Carolina) A passing cabbie found a 21 year-old couple naked and injured in the road an hour before sunrise. The two people died at the nearest hospital without regaining consciousness. Authorities were at a loss to explain what had happened. There were no witnesses, no trace of clothing, and no wrecked cars or motorcycles.

Investigators eventually found a clue high on the roof of a nearby building: two sets of neatly folded clothes. Safe sex takes on a whole new meaning when you are perched on the edge of a pyramid-shaped metal roof. "It appears as if [they] accidentally fell off the roof," Sgt. Florence McCants said.

This is a true Darwin Award trifecta: TWO people die, WHILE in the act of procreation, due to an ASTONISHINGLY poor decision. Bottom line: If you put yourself in a precarious "position" at the edge of a pointy roof, you may well find yourself Falling in Love at the same time.

but here's the best part of this story...

Ironically, one of the deceased was named "Tumbleston."

Sunday, January 11, 2009

My slippery dick is over 12 inches long!

The Slippery Dick is actually a fish. It comes from the Western Atlantic and can be found all the way down, from North Carolina to Bermuda and Brazil. You will find it in grass beds and shallow reefs close to the shore. Why, does it get its name? Well, the slippery bit is because it coats itself with a kind of mucus when alarmed as a form of defense strategy. So, if you were to take hold of a Slippery Dick you would have to be very careful it didn’t slip out of your grasp! Where the “Dick” part comes from is anyone’s guess. Ahem. Do you think you could – or would want to – handle a Slippery Dick?

Click here for more fascinating info about the slippery dick.


Saturday, January 3, 2009

New Year's Resolution!

This year's resolution is actually last year's resolution that I never got around to. I take pride in the fact that I have pretty good abs, but I still think they could be a bit better. SO, I have decided to do at least 50 crunches every night, which (if my calculations are correct) would mean a total of 18,250 for the whole year. I think that's pretty impressive...if only I can stick to it.
Well, I'm off for now to do my crunches







1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12....

Coincidence...I THINK NOT!...AGAIN!




WHOA! I just had another creepy connection. Earlier tonight I was waiting for supper at a local restaurant and I just happened to be testing myself with their selection of Trivial Pursuit trivia questions. One of the random questions I stumbled upon was "In what city is Yale University located?"
I didn't happen to know the answer but did find out that it was Cincinnati.
Fast forward to several minutes ago. I was watching this old game show called "Now You See It" on the Game Show Network. One of the questions was something along the lines of "What prominent University is located in Cincinnati?"
Of course the answer was Yale! :O

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Coincidence? I THINK NOT!

So, I often have these really strange and specific connections in my life that are just too freaky. I've decided to start recording them here. This first one just happened right now. I was watching Mystery Hunters on TV and they were talking about freezing bodies so that they could be revived later in life. While watching the show I was browsing some applications for my iPod Touch and was trying one that lets you listen to radio broadcasts from around the world. I tuned into one comedy station and just at that point the comedian was talking about how women can have their eggs frozen! :O
Pretty strange, but I've had even stranger...
If I have any more of these weird coincidences I'll be sure to let you know.