The Robot's Thoughts

I helped make this video. Mostly, I just let someone use iMovie 08 on my Mac Book Pro, but hey, that's why I'm pimping this video. It is totally awesome, right?

Labels: links, video, youtube

I found three articles I really felt like sharing from my usual social news site, Reddit.com

1. Why I'm (Probably) Leaving The Mac Platform: A Bucknell Student (disclaimer: I'm a sort-of alumni) whining about how its wrong that Apple updates their OS platform, strives to make it more unix-compatible than Linux, how it has a separate window manager, blah blah blah. I'll probably do a post later really smacking the shit out of this poor, know-nothing kid, but right now the entire blogosphere is calling this guy a waaahmbulance.
2. Truth or Consequences NYTimes Op-Ed Column: I really like this article for the same reason it will piss off most people in the US. It makes sense. At $4/gallon for gas, people actually start to cut back on driving. This didn't happen at $3/gallon gas, even though economists predicted it would. So, this columnist is calling for a price minimum of $4/gallon. That means if gas prices drop down to $2/gallon again (unlikely) the government would impose a $2/gallon gas tax, which would be used to fund public transportation, alternate, green energy, and buying back people's gas guzzling SUVs so they can be crushed.
   
3. The New Homeless of America: Rent is so high in Santa Barbra that people laid off because of the housing crash are finding themselves sleeping in their car, in special parking lots where its legal (sleeping in your car in a public street is illegal). This article, which I found to be slightly heart breaking, details one Santa Barbra resident whose been laid off and is living in her car with her two dogs. Sadly, the number of people using these parking lots are likely to grow.
   

Labels: gas prices, links, politics, pop culture, ramblings, Reddit

Alternate Title, for those of you not a fan of Telefone Tel Aviv, could be "unfamiliar ceiling". (Eva reference).

I'm feeling a bit morose, because its the real first night in the new apartment, which means I've moved one step further away from someone who always seems to give a damn about me no matter what I do.

Part of me wonders if in hindsight I'll realize I've made the biggest mistake of my life (so far) in this past year, and I've been too up in my head to do anything about it. But I'm too stubborn to risk damaging someone by making them put up with my shit again, even if they think I've turned a corner.

Doubt clouds my faith in humanity. I'm not trying to be emo. Life has just taught me to expect that people are too busy in their own little bubble to really care about another person. Expect to be disappointed and you're really not let down. It leads to a pretty accurate prediction of any situation's outcome.

But when you're wrong, you usually owe someone an apology.

It will be days before I sleep soundly, but the wonderful thing about being all up in your head is that its easy to forget all the minor emotional stresses.

Labels: late night thoughts, personal

This guy should realize that you don't post a photo on the internet unless you're comfortable with people everyone re-posting it, using it in every way imaginable.

Labels: blogging, crazy people, links, pictures, Reddit

(11:25:58 AM) redrobotXXXX: i wonder if, like, an atari 2600 secretly raped and killed his family, and made him watch
(11:26:12 AM) redrobotXXXX: i'm told if you actually beat the E.T. video game
(11:26:25 AM) redrobotXXXX: it did come to life and started raping and murdering
(11:26:28 AM) chuckaXXXXX: lol
(11:26:32 AM) chuckaXXXXX: i beleive it
(11:26:37 AM) chuckaXXXXX: that game was awful
(11:27:00 AM) redrobotXXXX: there's a reason they buried all the unsold copies under 30 feet of concrete in a landfill in new mexico
(11:27:43 AM) redrobotXXXX: every video game where Steven Spielburg had a hand in it has the power to make the system come to life and kill you and rape your family
(11:27:55 AM) redrobotXXXX: Boom Blox looks safe
(11:28:04 AM) redrobotXXXX: but if you ever try to play it after midnight
(11:28:08 AM) redrobotXXXX: you are so fucked
(11:28:15 AM) chuckaXXXXX: i expcet it to explode and put shrapnel in you dick

Labels: IM conversations, me trying to be funny, Nintendo Wii, video games

A brief version of how every discussion on my Soapbox mailing list begins and ends.

Labels: ramblings, soapbox

Click on the comic for a larger version.

Labels: web comics

Talking Points Memo has "Exit Poll" data from the Clinton campaign, supposedly. Obviously, this is one of those "written by an Obama supporter as a joke" things, but at the same time, it hilariously sums it up the primary in WV today.



FTA:

"West Virginia voters fit squarely with the Clinton demographic; hard working, white voters whose deep seated racism and superstition makes them believe the most outlandish and bizarre lies that they've heard", said Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson . He continued, "I don't want to generalize because there are some college students and unlucky, miserable smart people who are desperate to move to someplace - any place - better before their souls are ground down. Other than that, we're solid, though."

Once again, here's the link

Labels: free expression is vital to the growth of every human being, politics, quotables, ramblings, WV

I've recently purchased the platinum series of Evangelion, all episodes included and what not. I haven't really watched the series in about 10 years. It was one of those really awesome shows from my childhood -- i had bootlegs from the laserdiscs that were fan subtitled. Loved it.

Its kinda fun to relive a good part of the childhood.

On a side note, from the "what the fuck, i can't believe that, it pisses me off" department, someone (i think) stole a hub cap off my car. Again. it pissed me off on my drive home. But thankfully, both cats realized i needed some immediate de-stress, and came over and purred their heart out.

It helps in letting go of the little wrongs. That's an important life lesson, and I'm happy for that.

Labels: personal, thoughts

This article discusses how "the preservative 211, known as sodium benzoate, could switch off vital parts of DNA, seriously damaging cells".

Seriously, that's bad.

Labels: Harmful effects of Soda

I finished finals Monday.

I need a break. And a nice long nap.

More to come later.