11:30 is not Noon 30 and that's a good thing in my book.

rah-ful-mao BD

[12-09-2008]

A.B.S.R.D. [my number one feeling is Absurd aBsurd abSurd absuRd absurD]

- Oooh did you see, did you see? Gov. Sarah Palin had her very first teevee interview last night since McCain announced her VP! It was on ABC with Charlie Gibson. She danced circles around those questions! At one point I literally stood up and walked away laughing and shaking my head at the absurdity of it all [after I paused of course]. "I get lost in a blizzard of words there... Was that a yes?" Oh Charlie, you slay me! I can't wait to see her interview with Sean Hannity. I wonder if I'll be able to sit through its entirety.. [@time; @latimes; @the new republic; @youtube]

- Oil company conspiracy theorists everywhere were having [and probs still are] a field day when it was announced that US officials are under investigation for accepting bribes from oil companies. Hearing about corruption in Washington always makes me think of that one Simpsons episode ["Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington"] where Lisa talks about how the capitol was built on a swamp. Sidenote: why aren't there any clips of this on youtube?? [@time]

- I think more republicans should become Obamacans. [@salon]

- Reading about Fermilab and the amazing things that go on there make me feel bad for being one of the few people my age living in the Chicago suburbs to have never visited. If they end up proving there are other dimensions, I'll feel even worse. [@scientific american]

- I don't care if dinosaurs survived so long because of luck! If anything, that just makes them even more epic and awesome. Clearly, scientists have never read Ryan North's Dinosaur Comics. If they had, none of this would even matter. [@scientific american; @qwantz]

- So.. If the gay men have significant neurological similarities to straight women and lesbians have significant neurological similarities to straight men, then what about bisexual men and women? Riddle me that Jerome Goldstein/Ivanka Savic. [@salon]

hello internets

in-ter-nets: noun
a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide
syn. intrawebs, teh net, online, my new home.

welcome.

tonight i am here for serious business.
srsly.

topic: youtube.
viewpoint: optimistic.

media references. man's best attempt at conversation starters and continuers? i think so. irl i thrive off the quotes and mannerisms of fictional characters. it's just how i roll. people like it, people get it, so naturally people like and get me... most of the time. i have a habit of making obscure references though. things that go under the radar.

example: i don't "thanks", i say "tanks." usually one or two people know where i'm coming from, everyone else probably thinks i have a speech impediment. if everyone i talk to is left in the dark, what do i do? well, i have to go and explain to them that i'm an officeionado and who prison mike is.

but. you know. explanations can only go so far irl. it's just. limited. that's mainly why the internet has increased my level of funky fresh. see online, my references make sense. rather than confuse people with my paraphrased explanations i can just send them a youtube link of the clip.

example: yesterday, someone called me lame. i called them a horse. why? family guy. this quote "we aren't terrible people, lois. horses are terrible people" *cut to old lady drinking poisoned tea* "murderer!" *horse snickers.* wow, what a lengthy explanation. that didn't have any effect at all. but instead substitute that with this.

see? much easier to understand.

example: again, yesterday. same person. new convo via facebook. i coincidentally wrote the exact same thing on her wall that she had written on somebody else's wall only a few hours earlier. it was crazy - quebec style! so i told her i felt totally unoriginal and accompanied the comment with a youtube link that explained exactly how i was feeling.

see? totes convenient.

final thoughts: tanks youtube. you add flavor to my convos. if you were a spice, you'd probably be paprika. i don't really need you but you just so fly that i'll use you anyway.