[Music] The Format - Tie the Rope
Check this shit out. You know those Coke/Pepsi + Mentos experiments people have been doing online? Well, here are a couple of guys who perfected it into an art. Choreography and everything. Yeah.
August 22, 2006
August 21, 2006
Interview
[Music] Amon Tobin - The Lighthouse
I finally had my interview for the new position they made in my department at work. You know, the one I mentioned that takes a substantial portion of my current job and adds a few things to it? Yeah, that one. I think it went well enough, even if it was kind of awkward. The station manager used that specific word, because most of their questions were geared toward new people. We did have a few laughs, especially when my boss introduced me to everyone, and I made the comment that they all seemed really familiar for some reason. I do think I've got a pretty good chance on getting that position. If not, I've been told that I'll still have some sort of position at the station, but I don't know what yet. Most likely something that would keep me afloat until I could find something else. But don't tell them that. Should have more news by the end of the month.
Oh, and I've got another odd little story snippet:
I like it, but maybe that's just because candy is delicious.
I finally had my interview for the new position they made in my department at work. You know, the one I mentioned that takes a substantial portion of my current job and adds a few things to it? Yeah, that one. I think it went well enough, even if it was kind of awkward. The station manager used that specific word, because most of their questions were geared toward new people. We did have a few laughs, especially when my boss introduced me to everyone, and I made the comment that they all seemed really familiar for some reason. I do think I've got a pretty good chance on getting that position. If not, I've been told that I'll still have some sort of position at the station, but I don't know what yet. Most likely something that would keep me afloat until I could find something else. But don't tell them that. Should have more news by the end of the month.
Oh, and I've got another odd little story snippet:
"Captain! Long range sensors are picking up multiple contacts, pinging at 2.5 clicks dead ahead. Alignment unknown as of yet."
"Thank you, Lieutenant. Keep monitoring them and alert me to any changes."
"Captain! Quantum analysis complete! Contacts appear to be...oh Jesus! A full squadron of gumdrop flotillas! Oh Christ, we're in some deep shit!"
"Lieutenant! Get your ensign under control! I don't know what kind of company you've sailed with before, but we here on the G.S. Lollipop don't take kindly to that kind of cowardice! Armaments! Lock and load all port cannnons, arm liquorice pods A4-G8, and prime the Big Bopper. Navigation! Hard to starboard! It's high time we take those candy-assed sons-of-bitches down."
I like it, but maybe that's just because candy is delicious.
August 17, 2006
Great Lines
Oh man, I found two really great lines tonight. The first I got from the Venture Brothers, in which Hank is trying to dry off his pants using a wall-mounted hand dryer:
"It's like a dude with a fever is yelling at my pants!"
The second I got from a comic based on Half Life 2 called Concerned:
"About as useful as a hat full of busted assholes."
Apparently, it's Australian slang. Odd lot down there, but they talk funny, so it's okay.
"It's like a dude with a fever is yelling at my pants!"
The second I got from a comic based on Half Life 2 called Concerned:
"About as useful as a hat full of busted assholes."
Apparently, it's Australian slang. Odd lot down there, but they talk funny, so it's okay.
By the way....
[Music] MC Frontalot - Goth Girls
So, I recently discovered that SBC has its collective head up its ass. I was checking my bank statement the other day, when I noticed that it was about $150 lower than it was before. Upon further inspection, I found the culprit: SBC had decided to withdraw $160 out of my account. Mind you, we have no SBC services in the current apartment, but I did pay the cable bill at the last apartment. The reference number on the payment pointed to that old account, but I couldn't figure out what was going on. Apparently, Ian had transferred that account to his new apartment, and had recently paid that same amount on his bill. However, SBC decided not to make the payment from the card number that he gave them, but instead they withdrew it from my account. What the fuck? How do you mess that up? Anyhow, Ian is working to straighten that out, and I hope to get that money back sometime soon. Kinda need it too, to be perfectly honest.
Also, because I couldn't sleep the other night, I came up with a couple of extremely short stories. I thought about posting something new here everyday in that same vein, so I might try that for a while. No real limits on it, might be funny, might not be. Anyway, here's one:
Myep. And now, I do other stuff!
So, I recently discovered that SBC has its collective head up its ass. I was checking my bank statement the other day, when I noticed that it was about $150 lower than it was before. Upon further inspection, I found the culprit: SBC had decided to withdraw $160 out of my account. Mind you, we have no SBC services in the current apartment, but I did pay the cable bill at the last apartment. The reference number on the payment pointed to that old account, but I couldn't figure out what was going on. Apparently, Ian had transferred that account to his new apartment, and had recently paid that same amount on his bill. However, SBC decided not to make the payment from the card number that he gave them, but instead they withdrew it from my account. What the fuck? How do you mess that up? Anyhow, Ian is working to straighten that out, and I hope to get that money back sometime soon. Kinda need it too, to be perfectly honest.
Also, because I couldn't sleep the other night, I came up with a couple of extremely short stories. I thought about posting something new here everyday in that same vein, so I might try that for a while. No real limits on it, might be funny, might not be. Anyway, here's one:
He had always thought of Catherine as a cold and calculating shrew, but if he could have only seen the sheer depth of her machinations! Her winding and perverse subterfuge revealing both a cruelty of character and a gentleness of touch. Had he been in a position to see, he may have been taken aback by the morals thrown akimbo, the alliances forged and nurtured, only to be turned upon themselves like the Ouroboros of legend. There was a beauty, no, an ART to it, seen in the subtle and winding pathways through which power and influence tread.
But no. He just had to haul off and call her a stupid bitch for denting his new car. Poor guy. Didn't know what hit him. Well, he knew it was heavy, but that's about it.
Myep. And now, I do other stuff!
Memey meme meme
Whoo! Internet access is back. About freakin' time too. Stupid Time Warner. Anyhow, as I haven't had teh Intarwebs at the apartment for the last two weeks, I'm only now getting around to this meme thing I found on Lisa's LJ. She gave me a letter, and now I have to come up with five songs that start with that letter. She gave me a "D," so here goes:
"Doctor My Eyes" - Ben Folds: It was originally a Jackson Browne song, but this version is just really good.
"Duvet" - BoA: This is actually the opening theme for a show called Serial Experiments Lain, but I think the song stands on its own. BoA is a British band, but somehow it got tied to a Japanese show. The acoustic version of this song is even better, in my humble opinion.
"Dirty Harry" - Gorillaz: You got your nice beats, a bunch of little kids singing in there, some rapping. Sounds like a full package, eh Chuck?
"D'yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?" - Oasis: I'm guessing that this song is a little known acoustic track or something, because it was kinda hard to find. Very simple and nice.
"Doreen" - Old 97s: a.) Doreen is just kind of a funny name. Not much to say there. b.) This song has such a raucous energy to it, I couldn't help but like it.
So there you have it. Apparently, anyone who wants to continue this thing needs to leave a comment, and I will give them a letter. And the cycle begins anew! Someone try it, I dares ya!
"Doctor My Eyes" - Ben Folds: It was originally a Jackson Browne song, but this version is just really good.
"Duvet" - BoA: This is actually the opening theme for a show called Serial Experiments Lain, but I think the song stands on its own. BoA is a British band, but somehow it got tied to a Japanese show. The acoustic version of this song is even better, in my humble opinion.
"Dirty Harry" - Gorillaz: You got your nice beats, a bunch of little kids singing in there, some rapping. Sounds like a full package, eh Chuck?
"D'yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?" - Oasis: I'm guessing that this song is a little known acoustic track or something, because it was kinda hard to find. Very simple and nice.
"Doreen" - Old 97s: a.) Doreen is just kind of a funny name. Not much to say there. b.) This song has such a raucous energy to it, I couldn't help but like it.
So there you have it. Apparently, anyone who wants to continue this thing needs to leave a comment, and I will give them a letter. And the cycle begins anew! Someone try it, I dares ya!
August 07, 2006
Been Away a Hey-Hey
[Music] Optimus Rhyme - Super Shiny Metal
Lo and behold, a real blog update. Any seven-headed dragons rising in the east? Oceans of blood? Swarms of locusts? Okay, so maybe it's not the end of the world. Good thing too, because if it was, then who would be left to read this?
A lot of the reason for the radio silence has been a lack of things to really talk about. I've basically been working and watching a good bit of anime lately. On the work tip, I applied for the full time position that they made out of my job and some other stuff, but I haven't heard anything more about it. I think they're still accepting applications, but they haven't started interviewing yet. Being that the station is attached to UH, I think they have to receive X amount of applications before they can continue. Hope they get up on that soon, because it's the waiting that kills me. In sad work related news, July 28th marked the last day of work for my good friend Lance. We knew he wasn't going to stick around the station for a long time, but we didn't expect him to leave so abruptly. He left to spend some much needed QT with his family, and to pursue a new career closer to his home in Beaumont. Sad times indeed.
As I said, I've been watching a good amount of anime lately, but that won't interest many of you. For those of you who may be interested, try Eureka seveN (giant robots who surf the air plus a surprising sweet love story between a boy and an alien) and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (what starts off as the story of an odd high school girl turns out to have cosmic implications). Both are beautifully animated, with none of that "panning across a static image" crap that so many shows do (I'm looking at you, Saiyuki). If I wanna see a static head with an animated mouth and a bunch of recycled animations, I'll go watch Scooby Doo.
The drawing is coming back slowly but surely. Nothing worth posting, but I've had it on my mind a lot. As I've often mentioned here, I've had an idea for a comic for a while, but I've just never had the guts (or the drawing skill) to make it happen. However, I've been hearing good things about a new method that I might try out. It's called "fake it 'til you make it." Might give that a shot.
Music-wise, I've been listening to Optimus Rhyme's and MC Frontalot's new CDs a lot lately. I've been trading them for one another in my car for the last couple of weeks or so. Frontalot's CD is pretty well-done, with remixes of a bunch of the songs he has online, plus several new tracks that have quickly become my favorites (Goth Girls and The Pr0n Song, in particular). Optimus Rhyme's new CD is damn good, but it's too short! Want more! Wheelie's rhymes are still tight as hell, and the band backing him up has gotten better, shifting keys and harmonizing with ease. Aside from that, I'm also trying to put together a rock CD composed of songs that rock your face off. However, it's been hard finding songs to put on there, since I want my face rocked off in a very particular way. Good examples of this type of face rocking (and the only two I've really got so far) are Ween's "It's Gonna Be a Long Night" and Deep Purple's "Speed King." If I were at home I could provide samples, but you might be able to look them up on Tower Records or something like that. Oh, and nothing too angsty. Suggestions are welcome.
I've done some gaming lately, also. I've been playing through Shadow Hearts, which has been a pleasant surprise. It's a little older (2001 or so), so the graphics are a little weird, but it's good so far. The judgement ring system works well for fighting, bringing a bit of interest and strategy into the usual turn-based "hold X button for duration of fight" method. The setting is pretty interesting too, being a role-playing game that isn't set in a medieval time or some weird techno-feudal era, but in Japan around the time of World War I. There is some odd use of historical characters (I really doubt that Fransiscan monk Roger Bacon was around then, nonetheless as a warlock), but it's a good time so far.
I also got to try out some of the demos floating around on XBox Live. 99 Nights is pretty crazy, with beautiful graphics and the ability to mow down hundreds of orcs at a time (30 minutes of play time last night = 2300 kills). The hints of the story seem intriguing, but it's the gameplay that has really caught my eye so far. Being in a crowd so thick that all you can see are the electric blue sweeps of my character's spear is pretty badass. Unleashing my character's "Orb Spark" (a.k.a. "Screen Clearing Super Move") was a sight to behold. I'm glad David already pre-ordered this game.
And speaking of large crowds of enemies, I also got to take Capcom's Dead Rising for a spin, which was pretty damn cool. You play the role of a photographer who is stuck inside a mall full of zombies, a la Dawn of the Dead, and you are charged with helping out fellow survivors, taking some award-winning photos and kicking some zombie ass. The big draw of this game is the versatility of the combat. You are in a fully stocked mall, and most everything in available to use to fend off the hordes. Golf clubs, baseball bats, CDs, dishes, sledgehammers, knives, guns, cash registers, potted plants, shopping carts, etc. My favorite attack was to sit a frying pan on a stove, heat it up and then run around burning some faces off. Mind you, this is just the demo. The full game should be even more diverse. Aside from all that, there does seem to be a story brewing, and what little morsels the demo drops are intriguing. Might have to give this one a rent at least.
Ian and Brittnee's wedding was this weekend, and it turned out pretty nicely. Having an outside wedding in August was not optimal or preferred, but at least it didn't rain. Kinda felt like it had, what with all of the sweat flowing, but it didn't. It's always nice to see a bunch of your friends all dressed up and trying to behave. Didn't always work, but hey, it didn't have to. Fun things of note: 1.) I wonder if Ian is has noticed the condom tied to the grille of his car yet. He found the ones on the gear shifter and the turn signal, but there's no telling how many others there are. Might be a point of interest. 2.) Ian's youngest sister Ainsley spent a good amount of the wedding wanting to fight me/wishing bodily harm upon me. Dunno what I did, but she claims to have God on her side. I think she's cheating, bringing deities into it, but maybe this just means that I have to recruit my own. Cthulu might be a bit much, but maybe Vishnu could lend a couple of hands. **ADDENDUM** Also, at the after party, Blake made a stunning comeback from the middle of the ocean to hang out with us and drink. Fun was had by all! **END ADDENDUM**
Anyhow, should probably get back to work. Or at least making it look like I'm busy. Whichever.
Lo and behold, a real blog update. Any seven-headed dragons rising in the east? Oceans of blood? Swarms of locusts? Okay, so maybe it's not the end of the world. Good thing too, because if it was, then who would be left to read this?
A lot of the reason for the radio silence has been a lack of things to really talk about. I've basically been working and watching a good bit of anime lately. On the work tip, I applied for the full time position that they made out of my job and some other stuff, but I haven't heard anything more about it. I think they're still accepting applications, but they haven't started interviewing yet. Being that the station is attached to UH, I think they have to receive X amount of applications before they can continue. Hope they get up on that soon, because it's the waiting that kills me. In sad work related news, July 28th marked the last day of work for my good friend Lance. We knew he wasn't going to stick around the station for a long time, but we didn't expect him to leave so abruptly. He left to spend some much needed QT with his family, and to pursue a new career closer to his home in Beaumont. Sad times indeed.
As I said, I've been watching a good amount of anime lately, but that won't interest many of you. For those of you who may be interested, try Eureka seveN (giant robots who surf the air plus a surprising sweet love story between a boy and an alien) and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (what starts off as the story of an odd high school girl turns out to have cosmic implications). Both are beautifully animated, with none of that "panning across a static image" crap that so many shows do (I'm looking at you, Saiyuki). If I wanna see a static head with an animated mouth and a bunch of recycled animations, I'll go watch Scooby Doo.
The drawing is coming back slowly but surely. Nothing worth posting, but I've had it on my mind a lot. As I've often mentioned here, I've had an idea for a comic for a while, but I've just never had the guts (or the drawing skill) to make it happen. However, I've been hearing good things about a new method that I might try out. It's called "fake it 'til you make it." Might give that a shot.
Music-wise, I've been listening to Optimus Rhyme's and MC Frontalot's new CDs a lot lately. I've been trading them for one another in my car for the last couple of weeks or so. Frontalot's CD is pretty well-done, with remixes of a bunch of the songs he has online, plus several new tracks that have quickly become my favorites (Goth Girls and The Pr0n Song, in particular). Optimus Rhyme's new CD is damn good, but it's too short! Want more! Wheelie's rhymes are still tight as hell, and the band backing him up has gotten better, shifting keys and harmonizing with ease. Aside from that, I'm also trying to put together a rock CD composed of songs that rock your face off. However, it's been hard finding songs to put on there, since I want my face rocked off in a very particular way. Good examples of this type of face rocking (and the only two I've really got so far) are Ween's "It's Gonna Be a Long Night" and Deep Purple's "Speed King." If I were at home I could provide samples, but you might be able to look them up on Tower Records or something like that. Oh, and nothing too angsty. Suggestions are welcome.
I've done some gaming lately, also. I've been playing through Shadow Hearts, which has been a pleasant surprise. It's a little older (2001 or so), so the graphics are a little weird, but it's good so far. The judgement ring system works well for fighting, bringing a bit of interest and strategy into the usual turn-based "hold X button for duration of fight" method. The setting is pretty interesting too, being a role-playing game that isn't set in a medieval time or some weird techno-feudal era, but in Japan around the time of World War I. There is some odd use of historical characters (I really doubt that Fransiscan monk Roger Bacon was around then, nonetheless as a warlock), but it's a good time so far.
I also got to try out some of the demos floating around on XBox Live. 99 Nights is pretty crazy, with beautiful graphics and the ability to mow down hundreds of orcs at a time (30 minutes of play time last night = 2300 kills). The hints of the story seem intriguing, but it's the gameplay that has really caught my eye so far. Being in a crowd so thick that all you can see are the electric blue sweeps of my character's spear is pretty badass. Unleashing my character's "Orb Spark" (a.k.a. "Screen Clearing Super Move") was a sight to behold. I'm glad David already pre-ordered this game.
And speaking of large crowds of enemies, I also got to take Capcom's Dead Rising for a spin, which was pretty damn cool. You play the role of a photographer who is stuck inside a mall full of zombies, a la Dawn of the Dead, and you are charged with helping out fellow survivors, taking some award-winning photos and kicking some zombie ass. The big draw of this game is the versatility of the combat. You are in a fully stocked mall, and most everything in available to use to fend off the hordes. Golf clubs, baseball bats, CDs, dishes, sledgehammers, knives, guns, cash registers, potted plants, shopping carts, etc. My favorite attack was to sit a frying pan on a stove, heat it up and then run around burning some faces off. Mind you, this is just the demo. The full game should be even more diverse. Aside from all that, there does seem to be a story brewing, and what little morsels the demo drops are intriguing. Might have to give this one a rent at least.
Ian and Brittnee's wedding was this weekend, and it turned out pretty nicely. Having an outside wedding in August was not optimal or preferred, but at least it didn't rain. Kinda felt like it had, what with all of the sweat flowing, but it didn't. It's always nice to see a bunch of your friends all dressed up and trying to behave. Didn't always work, but hey, it didn't have to. Fun things of note: 1.) I wonder if Ian is has noticed the condom tied to the grille of his car yet. He found the ones on the gear shifter and the turn signal, but there's no telling how many others there are. Might be a point of interest. 2.) Ian's youngest sister Ainsley spent a good amount of the wedding wanting to fight me/wishing bodily harm upon me. Dunno what I did, but she claims to have God on her side. I think she's cheating, bringing deities into it, but maybe this just means that I have to recruit my own. Cthulu might be a bit much, but maybe Vishnu could lend a couple of hands. **ADDENDUM** Also, at the after party, Blake made a stunning comeback from the middle of the ocean to hang out with us and drink. Fun was had by all! **END ADDENDUM**
Anyhow, should probably get back to work. Or at least making it look like I'm busy. Whichever.
August 01, 2006
Rum is Flammable? For Serious?!
Associated Press Business News: Another woman sues Bacardi after allegedly being injured by flaming rum - MSN Money
I had to put up something about this, because it's just extremely ridiculous. Suing Bacardi because rum is flammable? That's like suing McDonald's because constantly eating there made you fat. If she should be suing anybody, it'd be the idiot that even brought flame into the situation. You can't sue somebody because of a naturally occurring property of a liquid. "I'm going to sue the concept of chemistry and all who have supported it! That's right, Marie Curie! I'm coming for you! Alfred Nobel? Your ass is mine!" Etcetera and so forth. Anyway, this is retarded and I'm done with it.
I had to put up something about this, because it's just extremely ridiculous. Suing Bacardi because rum is flammable? That's like suing McDonald's because constantly eating there made you fat. If she should be suing anybody, it'd be the idiot that even brought flame into the situation. You can't sue somebody because of a naturally occurring property of a liquid. "I'm going to sue the concept of chemistry and all who have supported it! That's right, Marie Curie! I'm coming for you! Alfred Nobel? Your ass is mine!" Etcetera and so forth. Anyway, this is retarded and I'm done with it.
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