Kablammo!

2 days till the big 21.

1 day till the big… um… cornucopia, I guess.

0 days till I write this.

6 days till the big management paper.

8 days till the big decadence paper.

8 days till the big aerodynamics project.

5 days since the big sound&space project. OH SHI

Song of the Moment: «Breaking the Law» — Pansy Division

If you’d have told me 10 years ago that there would come a day when I’d be subsisting entirely on Lucky Charms and fruit punch, I’d have assumed it would be a happy day.

Song of the Moment: «Rawhide» — The Blues Brothers

I don’t quite know what’s worse: the fact that I haven’t moved appreciably in a good 30 hours, the fact that I found a use for my extensive David Stringer knowledge, the fact that I’m doing my best to pass this off as lighthearted, the fact that I’m actually laughing as I write this, or some other fact I haven’t considered yet. Such is life? Ah well.

Song of the Moment: «Don’t Pass Me By» — The Beatles

PS: Pat, sorry for drinking all your beer. Let’s just say I needed to, and leave it at that. You will be compensated handsomely for your loss.

Song of the Moment: «Machine Gun» — The Commodores

Arne should go to bed again. So I’m updating again.

From the stealing-more-of-Arne’s-thunder department: this shit is even funnier. Coming soon to a Phriday near you!

In other news, looks like Kasparov wasn’t beaten by the machine despite having to wear silly goggles. Seriously, it seems like the entire reason for having him wear those ‘3D glasses’ in the first place was to throw him off his game as much as possible, and he managed to pull even after blundering his ass off in Game 2. Good for Kasparov, I suppose.

Song of the Moment: «Dolphin Meat» — Marco Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The resounding «thwump» from the guy at San Loco flicking open a paper bag always brings a smile to my face, however briefly. Then I usually remember that I’ve eaten at from San Loco roughly 80 times this week, that I’ve wasted the entire day, and that I’ll also waste the next day. And that makes me a little sad again. Their delicious foodstuffs have a way of making you forget your worries, though.

From the stealing-Arne’s-thunder department: Boy, is this hilarious! Good work! Now get to sleep! It’s 8 in the morning, you freak!

Song of the Moment: «Lover I Don’t Have To Love» — Bright Eyes

Is there no justice in the world? Is there, after all, only mung? This cinematic abortion is making baby Jesus cry his messianic eyes out.

What’s making me cry my messianic eyes out, though, (aside from the usual) are the videos I downloaded from the internet today. They were obscene, all right, and pornographic to boot, but not in the way you’re probably thinking. Nope, no naïve freelance babysitters with heaving bosoms or oiled-up hirsute muffler repairmen to be seen in these videos, and thankfully no livestock or pregnant amputee midgets either. Just good old-fashioned people better than me at videogames. I had no idea such things were possible in SMB1 as I saw in ‘Crazygodtechnique.avi’, and the collection of SMB3 ‘Amazing Play-Through’ videos has brought me to a whole new previously unexplored plateau of inadequacy (and Chee-Tos). To think I was content at MAGfest merely to be one of the players who beat SMB3, using warp whistles no less. We may have beaten Bowser, but we didn’t have style, class, or cachet.

Song of the Moment: «Know Yer Onion!» — The Shins

In case it wasn’t clear, Ahviaasta (link for philistines) and Weitzenbergi Tänav (link for philistines) pwn j00z. Seriously. Don’t mess with them.

Would’ve written more, and on more varied topics, but you don’t deserve to read it and I don’t deserve to write it. Before I forget, though, let’s all take a moment to laugh at Garry Kasparov in 3D glasses.

Song of the Moment: «Mom In Love & Daddy In Space» — Kashmir

Earlier today, I walked past a parked cop car, glanced in the window, and saw an officer inside playing solitaire on his laptop. Better than looking at porn or something, maybe.

Some time later, I was forced to admit, over a meal of nice Japanese food, to somebody I don’t even know all that well, just how little work I’ve done so far on my senior project. Bite me.

Then I discovered that 1895 (philistines click here) is an abso-fucking-credible film. Wait, that didn’t come out quite right… In-fucking-credible might work better. Yeah. Anyway, Estonian Animation Festival, I’ll be back for more tomorrow, if you can handle it!

Song of the Moment: «You Won’t See Me» — The Beatles

Jesus, I just saw a guy order salt and vinegar on his french fries. Live long enough and you see everything, I suppose. I’ve heard of salt&vinegar potato chips, and I suppose I’ve become resigned to the fact that some people are broken enough to enjoy them, but I’d never seen anybody order salt and vinegar on his Pommes Frites before. Damn Brits, making life worth living with their delightfully depressing and mopey music, then making life horrible again by making people contemplate salt and vinegar fries. Ugh. I get shivers just thinking about it.

In other news, my manufacturing midterm today could have gone better, but would have gone worse in a just universe. Perhaps I should be grateful, but I refuse to be. The fact that I learned more of the information covered on the test from investment-casting industry promotional videotapes than I did from my professor or the textbook tends to sadden me, for some reason.

Song of the Moment: «Spiders» — System of a Down