Saturday, July 11, 2009

Unavailable Sunday... will return on Monday.

Fun little quotes over this past week.

“Where’s he from?” asked one NBA scout on Tuesday night. “Southern California? That explains it. I’m from Brooklyn, where you're not allowed to be nice.”
In regards to Gabe Pruitt, Boston Celtics Point Guard.

BBJ is definitely a great style for street fighting. It's used by homos worldwide. The Bad BlowJob was created by my ex-girlfriend and she now teaches full time at the local gym. And let me tell ya, when utilized properly, there's NO defense.
In regards to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, UFC 100 discussion.

This next portion could be considered in poor taste, but he's been dead for a year and a half. So, too bad.

The ledger reads:
Batman 1
Joker 0

E! is reporting that production has began on “The Patriot 2.” Heath Ledger will once again play the role of the dead son.

What does Jack Nicholson’s potryal of the Joker have that Heath Ledger’s doesn’t. A chance for a sequel.

If you think Heath Ledger jokes aren't funny... just ask Heath Ledger, he died laughing.

The REAL ohko.

"also, i'm sure you can't beat me in a fist fight and your penis is much smaller than mine."

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

It has been brought to my attention that I must include pictures and/or witty comments because that is what people have come to expect (rather, demand) of me.

Reality vs Perception

Another reason not to log off. End male chauvinism.

Not to be confused with the male conquering gamer...

...and YES we all look like this.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

East Meets West

East meets West

I've never liked the idea of marketing 'east meets west' whenever it comes to asians or anything deemed 'eastern' and the western world. It seems to be the only type of [slight] open racism that hasn't been addressed yet. Often times, used to inadequately illustrate cultural and physical differences (re: stereotypes) between the two conflicting parties.

Sorry Yao, you might be 7'6" but you're still invisible.

Once the novelty of an asian going first overall in the NBA draft wore off, so too did the Visa commercials... and I don't even recall him getting a Gatorade or Nike deal. I know China is pretty adept at censorship and controlling what goes on in the media, but no one talks about Yao anymore. He had a perfect game in game 1 of the playoffs, and it barely blipped the radar as far as national media was concerned - it was just Kobe getting a pat on the back for not raping anyone. Which I guess is okay, since I don't condone rape... not within the United States anyways, since it's always a topic of poignant regret when you're caught.

You don't see the marketing wizards do Africa vs America, do you? or how about Angry Black meets Privileged White? It simply doesn't happen. Instead you see shit like Chungking cop vs Street Kings or repeated outtakes and nonstop airing of William Hung's buffoonery (which earned him a fat check, but that's neither here nor there) dancing like a retard on fire with a cracked out rendition of 'she bangs.'

Shut the fuck up - no witty caption.

Is that our future in the media, the stark contrast to the western world with their big bug eyes and our tiny slant eyes. The return (Mustang 2010) of the Legendary 5.0 liter big block V8 vs the 2.5 liter turbocharged boxer flat-4 banger? I don't mind the blatant attempts to capitalize on our features or flaws... but at least be reasonable. Is it too much to ask for one or two 'cool' asians to make it big without having to resort to selling ramen noodles or wondering if the next person who see's me near Michael Vick's dogs ask "Hey, you gonna eat that" (okay, that never happened to me... but it'd be funny I guess).

Yeah, that's not happening anytime soon.

See you next time, when Black meets White... in Planet of the Apes.

And now, for completely unrelated things.

Just a picture to show the average fastball pitcher compared to a knuckleball pitcher.

Testing Windows 7 in virtual environment - gotta solitaire. Free from the clutches of 3 2x cards on maple... free. Free. FREE!!

*Edit* Here's something interesting to note, Windows 7 seemed to automatically emulate an Intel based NIC which Windows XP failed to do while virtualised BUT neither NAT nor the emulated NIC could connect online regardless whether I tunneled through the HOST NIC or guest NIC. Of further interest, when I emulate both via loopback adapter and tunnel through HOST machine, suddenly I'm able to establish a network connection without interrupting the HOST machine.

Saturday, June 06, 2009

New and Improved

So I'm sitting at my desk at work, ignoring the roaming catholic nuns, free not-worth-half-a-penny rosary medallions and bisexual homo heterosexual elephant training dog breeders (inorite?) when it occurred to me that I don't like the phrase 'new and improved'




Who coined the phrase "New and Improved" and why do people abuse it by putting it on every single product. If something is new, then it has not had a previous version, and so it cannot be improved. If something is improved, then it cannot possibly be truly new. This is a very nitpicky way of looking at the phrase, but it's just the way I've seen it for a while. The only possible way it could be 'new and improved' would be say, Volkswagen Golf/Rabbit/etc, had an entirely new name/logo/brand/image that succeeded the golf/rabbit, while remaining in the same category of vehicle and improving on dimension/engine/etc. While that satisfies both terms, even then... I would just call it new. Which brings me back to why I hate that phrase.... fucking germans.