november

11.29.01

the evil criminal test has informed me that i am henry kissinger - the terrorist who won a nobel peace prize. now i just need to work on my evil henry kissinger accent, and i'm all set! (link via patrick)

vectorlounge once again proves how cool it is. who would have thought that skeletons were so much fun? (link via usr/bin/girl)

i saw monsters, inc. digitally projected in a commercial theater last night. i see digital projections all the time at work, but this was the first time i paid to see a feature length film transmited as binary bits instead of celluloid. it was... a little weird. very crisp. very clean. it was as if i was watching a very, very big tv.

11.27.01

the flu. i hate. the flu.

i did a short documentary in college once about mall santas. there was some great footage of terrified children being shoved into the arms of a loud stranger in red. apparently, the folks in new zealand have realized exactly how horrific this can be for a kid - those kiwis have muted the ho ho ho's.

the funniest michael jackson joke i've heard recently asks "where else but america can michael jackson be born a poor black child and grow up to be a rich white woman?" watch the michael jackson transformation shockwave and see for yourself.

i've been told that this website stops pop-up ads from terrorizing you all day. it seems to work, but i haven't tried it too extensively yet - if it's true, then i'll dance a little jig of joy.

this ecological footprint quiz points out some of our more wasteful habits. i don't exactly know how valid the results are, but it's still interesting nonetheless.

instead of all that messy exercise, you can just think about building muscle instead. on the other hand, there's probably more important things to think about. (link via slater)

yes, i'm a dork, but i couldn't resist joining the lorelei webring. it was just too funny an idea to pass up.

11.23.01

ugh... so... much... turkey. my boss gives us a free 20 pound turkey every year and every year i feed about 20 people. so much turkey.

i was duped by this burger king press release until i noticed what the date was. (link via dawn)

you know, sometimes i'm having a bad day at the office, and i think to myself, at least my office hasn't drained into a river and down a mine shaft.

i saw endurance: shackleton's legendary antarctic expedition again last week and i'm still blown away. i'd really like to watch the imax movie as well.

speaking of disasters - the tourist guy has been found! aren't you glad you know now?

11.17.01

happy birthday, dave! you've survived it all so far!

sure, everyone's all excited about robot dj's - but when do i get my robot roadies? (link via star)

ost karel has the dubious honor of being the winner of the balloon hq costume contest. "yeah, he's a winner alright," says patrick. (link via patrick)

11.14.01

i welcomed another year of living by going to the spiritualized show at the fillmore on sunday night. if you've never had a chance to see them, i highly recommend it. spiritualized is one of the only bands who i go out of my way to see every time they're in town. this time around, they had a 15 member band and a spectacular light show. mmmm... spiritualized.

finally got a chance to see amelie the other night. i was initially a little disappointed because it didn't quite seem as surreal as the other two jeunet (and caro) films that i know and love. fortunately, just as i started feeling a little bit settled into the movie, things just got stranger and stranger. an added bonus is that audrey tautou is unbearably cute.

i don't know if i've ever told you, but for the past two years, i've had an unhealthy obsession for kogepan (burnt bread). i don't quite know where he came from or what he's about, but there is something really funny about the idea of an angry little roll of bread. now this awesome japanglish website explains more about kogepan and his friends! "pour a milk each other with kogepan!" (link via daniele)

beware! nasa's jet propulsion laboratory warns that silly string is dangerous! you better pay attention to what they say. they are, after all, rocket scientists.

i probably shouldn't publicly admit this, but i'm gonna say it anyway. i love a good billboard vandalism every now and then.

11.12.01

yay! it's my birthday today!

11.11.01

i've kind of been obsessed about kung fu kitchen since i saw it a few years ago at artist's television access in san francisco. back when i saw it, it was on a horribly old dub and i could barely read the subtitles. now that i can watch it again and again in all its glory, the comedy never ends.

this guy won first place at the short attention span film festival the year that my tongue piercing video was shown. he totally deserved it. i was rolling on the floor laughing till it hurt. (link via jason)

the nerd in me once again rears its ugly head. who's on force?

this story from australia is so disturbing in many, many ways.

11.07.01

my friend tells me that it's good that i am in a 'recession friendly industry.' i have to admit i'm relieved that my job is secure and i know that i won't be laid off.

iron chef usa premieres in less than a week. william shatner, ron popeil, food descending from the ceilings. what more could i ask for? i've become a little bit more obsessed lately since jason forwarded me the iron chef reverse engineered recipes. mmmm... battle bamboo shoots.

11.05.01

stick figure ninjas are your friend. you too, will learn the way of the stick. (link via memepool)

while your ninja is getting his ass kicked, your business executive (rendered in cheesy 3d) may be slipping and falling. don't ask me what this is for. i haven't a clue. (via mr. pants)

ok... i have to admit that i thought the lego version of monty python and the holy grail was funny, but lego bible stories is even funnier.

i've been trying to get my hands on the phantom edit for awhile now. nobody at work has fessed up to owning it, but i know one of them has to have it. (link via jory)

11.01.01

i made a bet with a friend about whether coffee has more caffeine than tea. after checking the caffeine faq, i won my dollar. as we were going down the list of caffeinated sodas, we were surprised to discover that afri-cola has more caffeine than jolt. afri-cola isn't sold in the u.s., but their advertising cracks me up.

heck. if i were bored in a lab, i would probaly drug mice and hold a rave for them too.