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No, not another post about the showers at the Y.

I’m actually going back to the Y in the morning again. I think I’ve waited long enough for the New Year’s Resolution rush to pass. There was virtually nobody there this morning.

Last Thursday I had my first class at Bad Dog’s Writing for Stand Up with Dawn Whitwell. I liked it, so far: it’s like improv but sitting down. We were asked to relate two stories (one verbal, one written in a stream of consciousness style) to the class and both of them were about me crying like a baby in public. Awkward? Check! Funny? Only the bit about my brother’s gay 70’s moustache and his career as a Gay Russian History professor got the biggest laughs. I learned that you don’t fucking make jokes about people with RLS, it’s NOT FUCKING FUNNY. This week we’ll be dissecting a comic’s delivery. There are two people in my class I recognize from Video On Trial and other Much Music shows. I’m star stuck!

I’m loving Flickr. I love being able to flash up a photo and have groups of strangers view stuff I find funny, weird or beautiful. I know… 5 years too late for this trend. But I’m grooving on it, none the less. I’ve joined a few groups like “Gays and their iPhones”, “12 Months, Your Very Best” and “Sexy Men of Sci Fi”.

New Greasy SpoonSpeaking of which, I got a shot of the new restaurant opening steps away from my house called Chew Chew! It has a big train mural on the side of the building, duh! I’m not to warm to the colours they used for the walls, but the place looks clean and brushed metal new so I’m hopeful. I think they’ll be open by tomorrow!

Still off Facebook/Twitter/IM apps. Leave me alone! No, better yet. You come to me!

Da is still ok. He’s eating again, but not anything like glass or nitro. He meets with the surgeon tomorrow to see if he can bump up the operation. Hi Dalton!

The Vegas/Palm Springs/LA trip looms closer. So far, I’ve lost $1000+ dollars on my iPhone Blackjack game. Very telling. I guess I should stick to the nickel machines.

I’m incensed that I wasn’t chosen for Test the Nation – Bloggers. Actually I’m really glad they won. Though I probably would have brought their average up with my 50 out of 60 questions right, but never mind. I’ll just continue to blog over here about nothing at all. Which makes me wonder what the hell I’ve been doing with this site for the last 5 years.

Album Cover Meme

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From The Electronic Replicant comes this fun meme that designers will pee for: Album Cover Meme!

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first article title on the page is the name of your band.
I got: Alemannic

2. http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album.
I got: He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals – Benjamin Franklin

3. http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover
You then take the pic and add your band name and the album title to it, then post your pic.

And I give you my band: Alemannic!

We will have no rivals

Xmas, Delayed

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When I was 6, I was swinging my teddy bear around in a wide arc around my bedroom on Xmas morning.

Okay it was 5am and my brothers and sister and I were too excited to sleep and I guess I should not have been swinging the damn thing while jumping up and down on the bed but I was a kid, ok?

My sister: “You better stop. You’re going to…”

I fall.

The corner of my left eye makes contact with my bedside table. Blood everywhere.

Xmas was postponed until late afternoon, after I got back from the hospital. I got 6 stitches in the corner of my eye.

Adobe Doesn’t Think You’re Qualified

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UK Mag Practical Webdesign asked some web “experts” what was one thing they’d like to remove from the web if they could. Steve Burnard, Business Developer for Adobe said:

I would remove blogs, for the following reasons: They’re personal opinions, usually by people who are unqualified to have an objective opinion. They can be out of date, yet will still be referenced as valid.

I’m utterly stunned by this. Here’s my opinion on Steve: Bla bla bla I am boring and sit in an office and I am out of touch with the real web bla bla bla.

Leave Brit TV Alone!!

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Leave Brit TV Alone!!, originally uploaded by deadrobot.

I wore this last night. Chunk was chunky!

After working in a bar over seven years I’m a tad bit bitter with seeing the same old same old clientelle from the Village. So at one point I turned to Sharkboy and said: There’s no one in here I hate!

Before that, we met up with Normlr, Q, Madame Rouge, St Dickeybird and friend, Evil Jimmy, Jason and someone else who I said nothing to (sorry – bar seating). I wish Normlr all the best!

Brekkie Buddies

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Brekkie Buddies, originally uploaded by deadrobot.

Breakfast with Robert and Jeff is like running a marathon. Jeff is smart and gentle while Rob is constantly “on”. I love it!

Stats and The “Pizza” Van Outside My Window

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Looking at where people are coming from, to my blog, I was scanning my list and ran across this:

#19 Hits: 108 Files: 107 From: US Military
#20 Hits: 107 Files: 106 From: US Government

Should I be worried that I’m on a list somewhere because of some offhanded joking comment I’ve made on here or should I just keep on America-bashing, despite my looming road trip from Las Vegas to L.A.?

And, if you’re curious (I know you are, look at your bottom lip!), my number one search engine hit was “Caturday“.