Check out this comic strip, Dr. McNinja. It's really awesome. I suggest not starting in the middle of the story though. They tend to get pretty ridiculous.
Another ninja comic strip is White Ninja. It's not quite as good in my opinion. Tends to be extremely random and kind of hit or miss as far as hilarity.
Then there's these urban ninja people. Freestyle walking or whatever. I'm not that impressed.
Dear World, I passed orals, officially known as the advancement to candidacy exam. I am no longer a worthless graduate student; I am now officially a worthless PhD candidate (+5 points for semicolon usage). Now that I can make a little free time I will maybe be blogging more, if I have anything to blog about. For now maybe an entertaining video if I can think of one... Ok, here are some cool music videos. Make sure to watch them somewhere where people will be looking over your shoulder, like Starbucks or the airport.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Queue. I joined Netflix recently. I can't get over what a weird word queue is. So maybe I'll talk about movies I've seen. Challenge: Name one other word with 'ueue' in it. I don't like making big long movie reviews so here are a few movie reviews in 11ish words or less: Superman Doomsday - pretty good if you like Superman stuff as much as I do Disney's Robin Hood - a fun, silly re-romp through childhood. Has Roger Miller = +5 points. Last King of Scotland - pretty good. Hotel Rwanda-esque Africa political drama movie.
One time I went to a Xmas tree lighting at a giant church this past year. They had a little petting zoo/area. In the little petting area they had a pony, chickens, ducks, goats. And the rooster was riding the pony. That was awesome. This is better.
P.S. I went to Joshua Tree this past weekend and got sunburn again. I hope I don't get skin cancer some day. Speaking of skin, check this out. Gross.
Speaking of Star Trek, one of my favorite songs is the Picard Song. Also see the Picard YTMND.
Finally, some long-awaited advances in date-rape technology. Toys laced with date-rape drugs. Could this be a new trend in non-consensual sexual activities? playdate-rapes? It's a pedophile's dream come true. Oh and by the way, the toy was Australia's 2007 toy of the year. Talk about a country founded by convicts. But I guess the toys might not be so bad if you don't abuse the kids... Say the kid is being too loud or won't take a nap... Let them play with the magic sleepy toy. Problem solved. They wake up from a coma a couple days later and you are rested and refreshed.
Dear Blog, I'm sorry, I know I'm neglecting you. I've got a big paper/exam coming up that I've been getting ready for. I'll be back in a couple weeks. I've got all kinds of cool stuff to tell you about. For now, just a few things to keep you occupied:
One of my favorite coworkers is Jeff Hoshiko. In the lab, we think he is so great that we made a list of facts about him. These are the Jeff Facts:
1. Jeff doesn't walk: he hovers, moving his feet only to fit in. 2. If you stare into Jeff's eyes long enough, you can see the future. 3. Jeff doesn't have to pay for lapdances; he just pays so the dancers don't feel so badly about their lack of self-control. 4. Jeff doesn't make molecular magnets, the spins align in adoration of the god also known as Jeff. 5. Jeff is 5'5"; close to the earth, so he can strike you down when you least expect it. 6. Jeff can speak Braille, Latin, Swahili, and Canadian Sign Language. 7. If you strike Jeff down, he will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine. 8. Jeff has black hair, which serves as his cloak of invisibility in the night hours. 9. Jeff's favorite movie is Pulp Fiction. What most people don't know, is Pulp Fiction was originally named "The Life and Times of Jeff". But Samuel L. Jackson was so unconvincingly Jeff, a name change was necessary. (He wasn't tough enough.) 10. Jeff doesn't poop. His digestive system is so efficient that he uses every digested molecule for energy (and converts extra carbon to diamonds). 11. The diamond mines of Africa are Jeff's commodes. A common misconception is that blood diamonds are so named because of the violence surrounding their acquisition. However, they are actually the result of Jeff eating too many beets. 12. Jeff hates white people. 13. Max: izzo Min: iyyo 14. If you meet Jeff in a dark alley, it isn't a question of whether you will survive, or even how long. It is merely a question of how much of his greatness he cares to bestow in you. 15. Jeff was born on June 10, 1983, as predicted by Nostradomus. 16. Jeff was once stranded in the Amazon for 2 months, during which time he became the leader of a band of spider monkeys. He survived by eating berries, anacondas, and mutineering spider monkeys, which he caught with his bare hands. 17. Jeff convinved a grizzley bear to skin itself by handing it a knife and saying "shave". 18. Jeff escaped from the jungle by creating a flying machine out of only leaves, animal bones, the elastic band from his underwear, and a helicopter with a full tank of gas.
And that's all we have to say about Jeff. Of at least all we had room for on the whiteboard. And in honor of Jeff, here is a video starring his one true love:
Read about this a while ago: In LA, they're giving contraceptives to pigeons to keep the population down. That's a little ridiculous I think.I wonder if they do this other places? I would guess not because then there would be no reason to write an article about it. Typical LA/OC. Can't have birds flying around pooping on all the movie stars (and other famous-for-no-good-reason stars) while they're in their fancy cars while they're driving around on the wrong side of the road while they're drunk and high on coke. That would just make everything look poopy.
What's a pirate's favorite chemical element? AARRRRRRgon
Last time we saw prison inmates doing Thriller. Well in today's episode we have a real treat: Indian Thriller...
