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Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Insomnia!
When you have insomnia and just can't get to sleep at a reasonable hour the answer is of course: watch tv. Quite possibly the only thing better than getting more work done because of insomnia is the weird commercials that play in the middle of the night. The ads for compilation cd's playing at night crack me up. Monster Power Ballads? Right on! And my other fave is "Southern Fried Crap from the 90's" or some such stuff.
Remember when you could be a night owl and actually watch a good B- movie? But now thanks to the ubiquitousness of cable, satellite, and vcr's the late, late, late show is dead. What do broadcasts networks have running now? Why infomercials of course. Do people actually buy this stuff? Apparently. "Paid programming" is still ruling nighttime airplay.
And I am assuming that internet porn has done away with what I used to call "lonely guy theatre". You know those ads for phone sex lines. They seemed to be on forever so somebody must have been using them. I thought those were pretty hysterical too. "Do you like girls that will laugh at you after you hang up? Call us, we're waiting."
"Do you like girls that are new to this country and don't have a clear grasp of English? Call us now."
"Do you like girls that fight? For food? Under overpasses? Call now."
"Do you like girls that smell like ammonia? We're waiting, call us now."
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Tuesday, January 24, 2006
This is a shot from a karate tournament from last year. The only reason that I took this pic is because of his backpatch. I don't know which I find more silly. The idea that there is a Cajun style of jiu-jitsu. "We put our opponents in a blackened and over-seasoned arm lock. It's called the 'crawdad'" Or the idea that they are "on fire for Jesus". Why not "howling for Jesus" or "biting the heads off of baby panda bears for Jesus"?
At every one of these there is always a Christian martial arts school with slogans of "kicking for Jesus" or "fighting Christians" or whatever. I should take more pictures and show you.
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Saturday, January 21, 2006
How fast can the human mind move? I was listening to my copy of Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection today while working. It was the first short, "Elmer's Candid Camera". And in the opening segment Elmer is counting off his equipment for a trip to the wilderness. And what do I hear but "I-Pod"? And in a flash, the smallest segment of a second, thoughts race through my mind. Has Warner Bros updated their material? It wouldn't be the first time of such a thing. Have you read any Hardy Boys lately?
Back to my brain: almost instantaneously I wonder have they somehow perversely changed their classic material. My ire starts to rise and I am already in an outrage. Then I review the clip of dialogue in my head and I realize that Elmer in fact had said "tripod". I am instantly transported back to being calm and at peace. All of this takes place almost before the next word of dialogue has come through the speakers.
I don't know if I can remember ever having such a long string of thought accompanied by a swing of emotions in such a short measure of time. How fast can the human mind move?
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Sunday, January 15, 2006
NEW YEAR'S RESOLVE
I actually made my resolutions at the start of the year, but just now decided to write about them. I actually don't believe in new year's resolutions. Kind of a well intentioned but silly tradition in my opinion. But this year I have decided to parcipate. And in keeping with my philosophy of Ten-Chi I am going to be improving my body as well as my mind.
I will be getting into better shape. Just doubling my efforts to be physically active, really. As for my mind I want to be happy. I am going to be creating new habits. Living in the idea that I have a great life. Stop worrying about the future and enjoy my present. At least more than I already do.
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Saturday, January 07, 2006
Everybody, well o.k. not really everybody, but people I know who watch sci-fi shows are telling me that I am missing out by not watching the Sci-Fi channel's Battlestar Galactica. I have seen ads for it on cable. The biggest thing holding me back has got to be the idea that these are advanced humans traveling through space and they are communicating on phones older than Eisenhower. You have mastered interstellar travel but not coiled phone cords? Somebody told me that it is because cylons can infiltrate any type of digital technology. So humans have to use 40's style tech and projectile sidearms. That sounds a lot like a decision that was made by the guys putting up the money for props.
It looks like they have pulled together a cast made up of newcomers and people who made their bones working in sci-fi shows. I have seen that guy who was the doctor on DS9, that lady from Star Trek TNG, as well as Edward James Olmos. Olmos is not primarily known for sci-fi work necessarily but has been in a few important flicks. Blade Runner, the original Dune. What, you didn't know that Olmos was in Dune? Oh yeah an extreme close up of his face was used as the surface of one of the moons.
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Thursday, January 05, 2006
GEEKOSITY
Since I am posting card images I thought I would dig this one out from wayback. Am I a geek? Apparently, because I bought two copies of the Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe Book of Weapons, Hardware, and Paraphernalia. I cut out the Avengers' card, defaced one high school I.D. and had my first laminating experience.
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Sure I am swiping an idea from my friend. He posted his new business cards so I thought I would too. First go here
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