Wow, just wow

Ok, I've been meaning to comment on this for a while, but couldn't get my thoughts around it... was really confusing.

A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila. If you don't know who she is, stop reading and immediately leave this site. For everyone else that's been exposed, I'm told in time you're vision will return (keep the faith.) So for those that may not have seen this amazing Tolstoy come to life and refuse to leave this page, let me explain. It's about a poor retarded girl who also suffers from that disease that makes you a whore (I forget the medical term.) She's surrounded by medical attendees from the Johns Hopkins University of desperate. And if you watch this for any extended amount of time 3 things may happen to you.

1. You are ashamed, which means you don't like taking pictures against a wet metal pole.
   
2. You are angry, because you can't find the remote to change the f*cking channel.
   
3. You will die.
   

I'm a fan of blithering television like the next person, but this takes it to the next level. It's like the ultimate train wreck that you just can't avert your eyes from.

More often than not, this is the programming I'll come across while flipping the channels. It's a bit sad. Last Saturday I ended up watching a show called Sheer Genius. It was about cutting hair, or styling hair. I watched this because in my 200+ channels of DirectTV, this was the most interesting program at the moment. F*ck me.

I think television these days is just a big retarded person on a street corner standing on a flaming box waving his hands back and forth with huge sausages in each hand yelling "I'm pretty! I'm pretty!" While Dick Cheney and company does whatever they want.

I have to say... this somewhat annoys me. It's like a decoy for the masses so you won't know what's happening around you. For instance, today we approved $162 billion dollars to fund the war in Iraq. Mind you, this is still listed under wartime funding and not victory funding... remember the "Mission Accomplished" banner on the USS Abraham Lincoln? Didn't realize the banner was about his morning bowel movement did you? Oh, and a Nimitz class carrier runs around $4.5 billion dollars, and we currently operate 12 carrier battle groups. On the flip side we approved $400 million dollars for new medical and energy research. $400 million, what, that's like Bill Gates mad money. Then we approved $210 million "to address the cost overruns in the 2010 census"... what? We're spending an additional $210 million to figure out why we're spending too much? The GAO (Government Accountability Office) said in a recent audit that, in the time we have given Pakistan $6 billion to pursue terrorists, there has been no proof that the money has been used to such effect. We're talking about a country that has the governmental annual budget of around $22 billion. WTF did they just spend $6 billion on if not terrorist hunting? Oh and by the way, before we bombed the crap out of Iraq they were pumping out 1.67 million barrels of oil per day. We're begging OPEC to increase output by an additional 2 million barrels a day... they've agreed to 10% of that figure. Now we're threatening Iran, who pumps out 4.15 million barrels a day (pre-bombing.) And while we're spending like mad, the House has approved a budget that will (hopefully) see a $22 billion surplus by the year 2012. $22 billion. That's just pitiful. I mean, that makes us the future Pakistan.

Thanks Tila Tequila... you blithering piece of crumpled metal on the Turnpike.

Baby showers r' us

Went to a nice baby shower yesterday with the family. Have to say, it was different from what I had expected. There was gift giving and cheer, and not at all like the 5 hour discussion on "female issues" as I had pictured in my head. My oldest one had fun with the other little girls at the party. In fact, she really liked them. On the drive home she asked if they were going to have another baby soon so she could go back and play at another baby shower. The baby was unusually quiet for the whole event. But as predicted, as soon as we got through the door at home... waaaaaah. Good boy Brian.

The best part about the party was near the end when we had cake... and no one noticed the little cream puffs and mini eclairs what were set out. I pretty much skipped dinner that night having my full of chilled puffy little treats... and there was beer! Ah, the perfect party.

Oh, and there was also a story about how "productive" someone could have been by implementing some slapping and typing, but I'll save that for another post :)

Sushi lunch

Ok, waited a whole 30 minutes or so, then broke down and got Sushi. You see above I'm sitting only inches away from my lunch. There's only a thin piece of glass separating me from my meal. I went to Bluefin for lunch and as always it was as Sushi should be. I have to say, in my experience you really need Japanese chefs to make good Japanese food. Now, there was a little while where we couldn't figure out if these guys were Japanese. Well, they are. Which also explains the deliciousness of their food. Yeah, pretty much Japanese from my interaction with them today.

I got the Sushi lunch with... crunchy spicy tuna rolls. I have to say, those crunchy spicy tuna rolls are made with love... the same love you would only give to a puppy.

Started with a salad and moved onto my Sushi. Then when I was pretty happy with my meal and ready to go, I got my fried banana in honey. I almost cried. I love that fried banana in honey... honestly I really do. Completely forgot about it, then BANG, fried banana with honey. God bless you Bluefin, God freakin' bless you.

Favorite food

I just want to take this moment to profess my love for Sushi. I love you Sushi, in all your forms , color and flavors. You are by far, my most favorite of foods. God I need to get some sushi tonight.

And it's just not the Sushi. I love almost all Japanese food. The noodles, the various types of Teriyaki, the sweet Tomago and their lovely desserts. I really enjoy Japanese desserts because they tend not to be overly sweet, but just sweet enough. Oh, and cooked eel with Teriyaki sauce over a bowl of rice... heaven. You have a nice crisp salad with your Sushi... just perfect for the summer. Again, seriously need to get some sushi tonight.

Link time

Ok, thought I would just post some enjoyable links. The first link is a solution to my nemesis, static electricity. The other link is evil.

Removes Static <-- not evil
Gives Static <-- totally evil

This next link has sheets of paper that you would print in color, cut, and create some highly detailed models courtesy of Yamaha. Current link is to a Panda

The next link is a time sink. It's a link to Kongregate which makes some pretty fun Flash based games. The most insidious is Desktop Tower Defense.

And the last link is a classic. It's the www.isgay.com site. This site will generate custom stories with a link to distribute.

sample story

Staying up late

I really need to get to bed earlier. I say this to myself all the time, but the reality is I'll stay up till about 1 or sometimes 2 in the morning. I get tired, and I know I should be going to bed but I just can't help myself. I was like this when I was a little kid... always wanting to stay up waaaay past bedtime. I would watch television into the wee hours of the night and sometimes into the morning. These days I'm mostly on the computer late at night. Not really doing anything productive, but just browsing or looking for nifty software or gadgets. But most of it is just filler. For instance, I think I spent about 2 hours last night categorizing music and making sure they all have decent album covers for iTunes. Then I ended up converting videos for my iphone, and trolled for some podcasts to listen to or watch. Downloaded a crapload of podcasts about cooking that I will probably never watch, and then watched some crap youtube. Oh, and I'm a bit of a sucker for imported anime. Yes, yes, these are those "cartoons". But they're more in the likes of Spirited Away, or Howl's Moving Castle. But these are series of usually 13 to 24 episodes or more... so just loads of video. The last one I watched was Denno Coil and Spice and Wolf. The first was about children trying to find their way to "the beyond", the second was about a wolf deity who joins a merchant trader after a pact they make in the 16th century, or something like that. It's odd, the Japanese are great animators and make some really stunning creations with deep compelling stories. In comparison, their live action shows and movies are pretty much horrible. When I think of Japanese television, Godzilla and Power Rangers come to mind... and that's it. But Japanese animation for me is just ripe with art. I know some of you are thinking about Pokemon when I say anime, but those are really for kids. The anime that hits their primetime (the ones I'm talking about) have movie level production values.

Anyways, lots and lots of ways to burn up time late at night to fight off having to go to bed. Oh Internet, as you mature even more in technology and bandwidth I'd be surprised if I'll get any sleep at all.

Hooky

Stayed out of work today and just got up from a pretty nice nap. It wasn't Caribbean breeze on a hammock nice but still nice. I have to watch out about oversleeping these days. I just get this complete discomfort in the end if I oversleep and my head feels like slosh afterwards. Then there's the risk of the grogginess lasting too long... not a fan of that either.

Anyways, ever watch the Discovery Channel or TLC? Well, my wife loves the medical shows on them. Last night they had this show about a kid whose bones wouldn't grow properly, so he kinda looked all... not right. It sucked, but no amount of surgery was ever going to make him normal. Then there was this operation where they separated this simeese (sp?) girl from India. They called her the girl with eight limbs. Yeah, that wasn't disturbing at all to watch after dinner. Then you get a slew of those extreme plastic surgery shows which just get a bit too graphic. It's more disturbing than any horror movie because it's real tissue. Yeah, picture that in your head... real tissue being cut and sewn back so some California troll can pretend she's 30 years younger. Good luck with that.

Now on the flip side, she'll get bored with Ice Road Truckers, Myth Busters, Extreme Engineering, or Battlestar. Yeah, Battlestar. You know, the best show on TV that no one is watching. And then there's the Doctor Who remake... which is just awesome. But no, if the girls at my home are in control of the TV, I run the risk of watching Tila Tequila. Yeah, Tila f*ckig Tequila. I'll reserve that for a separate post.

In the end, television is a bit of a disappointment for me. All the shows I enjoy I've already watched maybe 3 times or more over per episode. Even the commercials seem lame these days. I used to have a Wii before I sold it because I got bored of it (stupid, stupid, stupid.) I wish I had it again. I kinda enjoyed having the web browser on my TV through the Wii.

Oh well, I'm rambling. Sorry, this is pretty much a useless post. Not sure what I'm getting at besides the fact that I think Tila Tequila is whorey.