So I was reading MikeG’s blog over here and I just stumbled upon the most inventive way for me to make cash.
Run for the elections as an independent party.
Last election they introduced the aspect of every vote counting for something towards a party. For every vote a party gets, some money is given to the party.
What if I ran independantly? Do I get some money if someone votes for me?
That would be TOO, TOO wild.
A new genre was mysteriously discovered on my iPod today.
Funk.
Man, this stuff is wild. I dig the funk. I think I dug it ever since George Clinton and the P-Funk appeared on P.C.U. (which may be the coolest unknown University film there ever was. Heck, I like how the Dean in Old School is the wild child in PCU. You have to watch this movie. Did you know it was filmed entirely in Toronto? Viva le Canada.)
Funk man…are there any funk fans out there? Give me a trumpet and I’ll funk the entire house down.
iplaying: Coconut by Harry Nilsson – Reservoir Dogs soundtrack
Hey, for all those out there with an iPod, I highly recommend playing the genres option once in awhile. It’s fun!
Quote from PCU:
Tom: What’s he doin?
Droz: He’s finishing his senior thesis. Pigman is trying to prove the Caine-Hackman theory. No matter what time it is, 24 hours a day, you can find a Michael Caine or Gene Hackman movie playing on TV.
Tom: That’s his thesis?
Droz: Yes! That’s the beauty of college these days, Tommy! You can major in Game Boy if you know how to bullshit.
Hey, I’m not talking about no movie here, I’m talking a novel that I read. That’s right. Get off your lazy asses and read a book once in awhile. Regardless of whether or not I have to read books for my courses, I make it a point to read at least one chapter of a book a day. Now that I live in the boondocks of Ottawa, I can afford the time to read 10 chapters due to the commute. Nonetheless, for those people who walk to work, take the time before bed…read a chapter. Your brain will slowly transform from the mush which it is into some weird sort of super-brain with useless pop trivia and Napolean Dynamite quotes!
Onto the review. Pride and Prejudice. Romance. In the late 1800s. Boring? Nah. It was decent. I thought the language would be hard to read…it was not. I thought it would be a lame romance story. It was not. I thought it would have simple characters. They did not.
This is a snapshot of how it was to be in love in the 1800s. Gone are the days where you pick up the apple of yer eye at a dance club where you can’t even hear what they are saying (which is fine for us fine looking gentlemen, but for those uglies out there…heck, I’m sorry.) but you go to the ball to pick up the fine ladies. Granted, you have to be rich to pick these ladies up…they do not settle for no commoner.
So, here is the story of Elizabeth and her family of crazies trying to hunt down a man. Scandal ensues in various points of the story and I believe I may have heard fifteen times that I must watch the BBC Mini-Series with Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy (thanks ladies! I’ll get right on that!) and it all ends…well, I won’t ruin the story for you. Do yourself a favour, go and read it! It’s 200 years old! It can’t be a bad read if it’s lasted that long!
All in all, I’m glad I read it, but I wouldn’t say it’s my favourite book. But it wasn’t boring either.
Bob explains his dismay of David Hasselhoff on Fear Factor.
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Original Airdate: November 28, 2001
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An interesting link sent to me by Andrea – a petition for changes to the way the country handles justice matters (mainly gun related crimes).
I wholely agree…I would almost say the code of Hammurabi should come back into power.
It’s official: I signed up for a regular landline the other day. As soon as that is in, no more cell phone for me.
Will the change of cellphone to landline be hard? Heck yeah. Who wants to roll back on convenience? That’s like taking away your microwave. Onward with innovation I say!
But…some things are just a little too expensive for convenience.
I decided against using VOIP (voice-over-ip) because they are morons when it comes to 911. Alright, I suppose it’s not their fault, but you would think they would find a way to have a powered Internet connection coming into your house. Hey, if one of you out there is planning to copyright it, too late my friends, you just witnessed me coming up with the idea. ME. Get your own dang ideas.
Weekend Update:
Friday – Had a slew of people over on Friday for a feed of moose meat. It’s an unwritten rule that you invite everyone you know from the North, as well as any hunters you know, as well as someone who hasn’t tried moose meat yet when you have some moose meat. In most cases, you will only end up with a one ounce piece of meat yourself after all these others have their feed, but luckily, the moose heavens have graced us with more than enough meat for tonight’s feed. We were also introduced to Mario Party. Oh my. I was thinking of buying the Gamecube this weekend because of it, but will hold out for the Nintedo Revolution due to its backwards compatability.
Saturday – Lazed around. Went to Carrie’s for a shaker of epic proportions where I saw some people I haven’t seen in awhile. Drinks were had, everyone was merry.
Sunday – Lazed around. Read a slew of stuff for my class tonight. Cannot say social cohesion reports are the most interesting out there.
One word: Oblivious.
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If you have a report to read at work.
And you’re feeling glum, follow the…following instructions.
If you have an iPod in your posession:
1. Insert earbuds.
2. Click Music.
3. Click Genre
4. Click Soul.
5. Feel the vibe.
Al Green, you are genius.
If you do not have an iPod in your possession:
1. Steal someone’s for awhile.
2. Throw in The Best of Al Green in your CD player.
3. Feel the vibe.
iplaying: Theme from Shaft – Isaac Hayes – Shaft Soundtrack
update: Oh my. Stevie Wonder’s Superstition just came on. Only the coolest Stevie song out there as well as being very convenient on this unlucky Friday the 13th. BTW, my mom was born on Friday the 13th. Supposedly with a tail. I cannot confirm that.
No one should step in the way of Palmer when he is pissed about getting an emergency phone for the road. They will feel the wrath which is KALIMA! (this is in fact a nod to the day of Inidiana Jones and the Temple of Doom when the guy yells out KALIMA! and then rips a guy’s heart of his chest. I don’t even know if Chuck Norris could hold back his roundhouse kick to achieve such a feat.)
Here I am thinking that in this world of nice, civil society who want to help out each other, that I can switch to an emergency pay as you go plan so I can leave the cell phone in the car and just use it if there’s an emergency (like running late getting to Vero!).
But alas, no, the cell phone companies are big money mongers. As far as I can tell, you CAN get a prepaid card with ‘x’ amount of minutes on it for emergencies…but the card expires after 60 days of purchase! So if I don’t use them, voila, they are gone! And if I don’t use them, voila, I have to buy another freaking card!
What a scam. $25 every sixty days for an emergency phone. One may think, “Hey Palmer, this isn’t a bad deal when you think about it.”
I suppose if you think about what you would pay in an emergency for a phone, then no, $12.50 a month ain’t that big of a deal. But still…are there no TRUE emergency cell phones out there?
I’m calling out to you, my loyal readers to point me to a true emergency phone. That, in the need of an emergency, I don’t really care if it costs me $5 a minute…as long as I don’t have to pay anything until I use it.
This is your mission. Accept it.
iplaying: Crown of Love by The Arcade Fire – Funeral
Oh George Romero, how I love thee.
Part Three of the Dead Series, Trish invited us over to catch Day of the Dead.
What can be said about this film (as well as the series)?
As I did last night, I’ll recount the entire series in a manner of moments. Part 1 involves the dead rising from the grave (aka zombies). Part 2 continues on with the story…the dead are taking over the cities and know one knows how it happened. There is very minor mention of scientists believing it had to do with some meteor shower occuring in Part 1 and that the rocks are making the dead rise. So the movie follows a bunch of people holing themselves up in a shopping mall.
Day of the Dead shows a bunch of scientists and army types holed up in a bunker underground. I thoroughly enjoyed this film as it showed more of what the intellectual types were doing about the problem (as opposed to Film 2 where they just followed some civilians to see what they were up to). The scientists are trying to find a way to control the zombies. But at the same time, the dead are walking in more numbers, taking over cities and countrysides. Needless to say, a lot of tension between the humans are in the movie – between the metholodical scientists and the gun-crazy army folks itching to do something other than hole themselves up inside a bunker for the rest of their days.
I enjoyed the story, I enjoyed the gore (best stuff yet!) but the dialogue (as Trish mentioned) was a little lacking. I didn’t mind so much as it showed a side of the humans when they get stressed out (aka incoherent ramblings along with every swear word known to man).
Two thumbs up for this movie. I am anxiously awaiting to see the final chapter Land of the Dead which has the dead taking over all Earth.