Monday, January 22, 2007

I didn't know they even made mini-backpacks anymore. Now I remember something to hate more than Uggs.

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

A Very Robot Wednesday

Good Morning. I've done this before. Making fun of ASIMO. But I recently found this video of him falling.

See, he has to look right at the audience. He should have looked where he was going. Which engineer designed the part where he cranes his head toward the audience as if to say "watch this expert stair climbing." When they put the screen up in front of him is when the little man inside crawls out of him. This video makes me less afraid of robots. If they're ever chasing me, i'll just climb some stairs, duh.

And there's this one of Sony's QRIO doing a traditional fan dance. And make sure you watch it all the way through so you can see them break it down hip-hop style. See robots are just like us. They respect our cultures and traditions.

And finally, this excerpt from the constant discovery and conversation about robots going on between me and my friend, whom we'll call "Mae24."

10:14:53 Mae24> whoa - look at all the people in those bleachers!
10:14:58 Mae24> these robots are riveting
10:15:02 Mae24> they are amazing
10:15:09 Mae24> they're the new shirley temple
10:15:12 Sooz> ?
10:15:16 Mae24> it's like people's attitudes towards them are shifting
10:15:22 Mae24> people used to not be so into babies
10:15:38 Mae24> they weren't cute - they were a hassle and they were used as workers
10:15:38 Sooz> lol
10:15:46 Sooz> omg
10:15:49 Mae24> but shirley temple kind of changed all that

You should also check out all the videos of ASIMO running. It looks like he's trying to make it to the bathroom on time. Or like he stole the cookies from the cookie jar.

Friday, January 12, 2007

forget it

THE BEST SHOW IN THE HISTORY OF TELEVISION.

Ok, maybe i'm a little late on this, but WHY DIDN'T ANYBODY TELL ME ABOUT THIS?

If anybody knows how I can totally copy those ladies and do exactly what they're doing without doing exactly what they're doing, call me.

I'm serious, btw. You know when you express too much vigor and people think you're being sarcastic? Thats not what I'm doing. God bless these women.

Thursday, January 11, 2007

When I eat a "salad" for lunch, it really means I'm eating Fritos, because I always get the Fritos "just in case" because I know the salad won't be enough. Then I end up hating the taste and consistency of the salad and just eating the Fritos.

Monday, January 08, 2007

heading for the state of zombie

This gas leak stuff in nyc is really weird. How can they report that they're getting 911 calls about nausea and then say that its not harmful?

Our firm has been sending firmwide emails telling us that its not harmful but just to be safe they encourage us to drink plenty of water. Anything that requires drinking plenty of water sounds harmful to me. Also many buildings are closing off their air vents. I understand that they're trying to prevent an NYC stampede, because truly, that would be insane, but they should be careful about what kind of advice they drop.

That's like robbing a convenience store by holding a gun out and telling the clerk there's no bullets in it, but "no I will not pull the trigger just to prove it."

Its like boiling up some hassenpfeffer and telling your vegetarian guest that the rabbit skeleton in the wastecan has nothing to do with the menu.

In any case, its times like these that I realize how easy it is to imagine a zombie scenario. If all of NYC turned into zombies b/c of some mysterious "smell" and the national guard got brought in. There's just so much we don't know about science. Is there a team of scientists that have been hired to prove zombification is not possible at all?

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

thumbs in

I recently learned that if you're going to punch someone, for real, its important not to tuck your thumbs in to your fists. You can break your thumbs that way.

This isn't one of those posts where I'm being hinty about having gotten in a fistfight. Why? Because I don't have fists, I have....

pacifists.


AHAHAHAHAHA!

:-{)

Here are two blogs I would start if I wasn't so lazy and could spend all my time surfing the internets:

1. Mens in Moustaches. I don't know why, I just like men in moustaches. Usually. And, no, its not because of Borat. God, shut UP about Borat already. Borat is more over than Uggs. Which reminds me. I still have to design that t-shirt inspired by "start seeing motorcycles" that says "stop seeing Uggs."

2. The amazing outfits of Susie Greene. She's Jeff's wife on the Larry Davids and I love her outfits. Not to wear for myself, but to marvel at. Here is just one example: