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Well, if you didn't grow up around Albany NY this probably doesn't mean much, but I remember really liking these as a kid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huXjuUOS-gY

No, seriously, lookit this.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4215997717304247704&q=chinese+toy+recall&total=112&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=2

Eh, not bad, that's about what I'd say, but I'm surprised I didn't score higher in the dork category.

Stolen from Broomryder

So Broomryder pretty much covered this, but I wanted to mention a few more things, basically for my benefit and any other crew members who may read this.

Power-mad event staff guy, silly news lady, polite hello guy, jello shot girl, He-Man who knew nothing about He-Man, Death on stilts (a state st. Halloween regular, apparently), lots and lots of sluts who stayed warm by virtue of their sluttiness alone, only one person who wanted to take our picture because they kinda said something to us and I asked if they wanted a picture of us, and...Uh....Mustache Beer Guy.

And if you think I'm being lazy, too bad, because it's my LJ, and I can put whatever I want in it once or twice a year. Here's the rest of the story, if yer interested:

http://broomryder.livejournal.com/

Well what the fuck, how 'bout an update?

I'm in a two man show right now called rounding 3rd. It's about two little league coaches with very different philosophies: One wants the kids to have fun, the other wants to win at all costs.

I get to be the win at all costs guy, which is fun cuz' I get to be a jerk.

It opens this Thursday at the Bartell Theatre at 7:30. Here's some info about it:

http://www.bluedottheatre.com/R3d.htm

And just to put something on my LJ besides theatre crap, I saw Transformers today...I liked it, but I was kinda put out by the part where a chunk of my tooth broke off while I was eating popcorn. They could have left that out. But at least this gives me a reason to wear my poison ring, since I'm goin' to the dentist tomorrow to get it checked out.

IVY FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO USE HER WHEEL!! FRICKIN' YEAH!!! WHOOO!

It only took her about 5 months. No big deal. I can't believe it took her this long...But now I don't have to buy her a simpler one that she wouldnt be able to destroy. Spending 80$ on a wheel that she won't actually destroy once is enough.

Sweet.

jimmyisapyro2: aaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SosChamp: Do yeh know what today be?!?!

jimmyisapyro2: aye matey, that i do

SosChamp: Oh do yeh now?

SosChamp: Well then, why don't you enlighten me barnacle encrusted wits yeh scurvy dog yeee

jimmyisapyro2: yar, but i be one tired landlubber, so'n i may be forced ta keelhaul ya if'n yer foistin' any o yer nonsense in me di-rekshun!

jimmyisapyro2: fer i know ye can't be ignerant of talk like a pirate day

SosChamp: Oh, do that be right yeh wee rapscallion? Oh please, pardon me in-deh-skreshun, yeh bung-hole pluggin plank walkin poop deckin swabbin' lubber of the land!!

SosChamp: harharhar

SosChamp: But truth be told...

SosChamp: I feel 'bout ready to be keal hauled meself

SosChamp: I seem to have come down with a case of the scurvy...

SosChamp: And I'm actually all hopped up on nyquil, so I'll be hittin'

SosChamp: the sack pretty soon

jimmyisapyro2: arrr, the pirate section o me mind be overheatin like as ta satan's own swollen prostate

jimmyisapyro2: yeah

jimmyisapyro2: i took a nap from about 5:30 till 10

SosChamp: hahahaha

SosChamp: nice one

SosChamp: damn

SosChamp: that's some nap

jimmyisapyro2: think i've got the start of a cold that's goin around at work

jimmyisapyro2: damn kids coming back to school

SosChamp: I thought it was allergies all day

SosChamp: amazing, isn't it?

jimmyisapyro2: they should boil them during orientation

SosChamp: Or run em' throught decon

SosChamp: spray em down with various powders

jimmyisapyro2: yeah, started off like that, then all of a sudden jumped out and said "ha! fuck you! you're sick!"

jimmyisapyro2: so now it's food with beer, followed by more sleep

SosChamp: yar

SosChamp: g'night then

SosChamp: sleep well

SosChamp: I will

jimmyisapyro2: g'night, ya weak-kneed son of a hermaphroditic mer-thing

SosChamp: Yeh do the same, yeh plankton eatin' bilge rat huggin' manatee courtin' lump a' sea salt!

jimmyisapyro2: YAAARRRR!

SosChamp: YAAAAR!

SosChamp: Sniff...

SosChamp: I love this holiday

Does everyone know what today is?

Hm?

That's right....

IT BE INTERNATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY!!!!

YAAARRR!!! SHIVER ME TIMBERS BUCKLE DOWN THE HATCHES AND PREPARE TO BOARD YEH SCURVY BARNACLE BITTEN SEADOG!!

And I did na' even get the chance to talk like a pirate tehday.....Yaaarrr....

I found a band whose music I enjoy. I can't remember the last time I heard something on the radio and actually bothered to look it up. Check out the video for Knights of Cydonia. You'll be glad you did....That is, of course, unless you don't like progressive rock or kungfu laser toting cowboys....Then you won't be glad you did.

http://myspace.com/muse

So I was driving downtown to meet with my friend Jeanie, when I hear some people in a little white ricer one car back and one lane over laughing at something.

Y'know that feeling you get when you hear people laughing at something, and for some reason you think they're laughing at you? Well, I got that immediately, but decided that I was just being paranoid.

As they drove past me, however, one of them clearly called me a fucker. This was not an auditory hallucination brought on by social discomfort or paranoia. This dude actually just randomly called me a fucker.

So I caught up to them and said, in a not timid tone: "WHAT was that?!"

They quickly averted their eyes, got kinda twitchy, and looked like they were trying to decide whether to giggle or shit their pants. Then some girl in the back seat stuck her arms through to the front and whooed at me.

That was the end of that.

Then, coming out of the show we had gone to, some random dude came up to Jeanie and me and said:

"Hey, are you bringing back sexy?"

To which I replied:

"Are you talking to us? Just how drunk are you?"

He then apologized and stumbled off.

Weird shit. I shouldn't go out when they're Badger games. I don't take crap from people as well as I used to. Hell, the second guy probably didn't even have a clue what he was saying. I just think it's odd that both of those things happened in one day, when normally I can go out and not get hassled at all......

I'm glad I wasn't wearing my pink polo. A pink shirt would've sent these retards into a rage...And if there's one thing I don't want to deal with, it's an enraged retard.

So yeah, I'm gonna try to get into grad school again. I've gotten my options down to sociology, anthropology, and theatre. What would I do with an advanced degree in fields such as these? Well, sociology has the most options, from your stanadard teaching/reseach position to things like scoping out demographics for companies looking to sell crap to gullible people. Anthro would be research/teaching, for me anyway, and so would theatre.

Of the three, I lean most towards theatre, because that's what I seem to spend my free time doing, so my basic knowledge is more than your standard community dilletante. But of the three, it's the most likely to be looked at in a "why the hell do you need to "learn" how to act or "do theatre" anyway? Just be natural!"

Well, putting aside more stylized forms of theatre that you definitely need to learn, I think that many people have a difficult time being natural in everyday circumstances, much less on stage or in front of a camera. (local advertisments made by the people that own the business that the add is for. I've made my case. :p)

So I started to think that this could be compared to zen thinking, which isn't thinking....I think. I've read a few books on the subject, so I don't pretend to be an expert on this, but it seems like there are a fair amount of zen teachings that say that you don't need to be taught, that you just need to be natural, don't second guess yourself or even your nature to second guess your second guess....But then they turn around and say that to get back to your natural state, you need a good teacher. To teach you how to be basically be yourself before the self was formed. Does a dog have buddha nature? No, cuz the dog didn't have to go through a bunch of crap to act like a dog. I think you can compare this to acting, because if people could just be natural, then everybody would be a great actor. Some people are very natural right away when they get on stage, but could they play someone other than themselves?

Most people can be taught how to act, it just takes longer or shorter depending upon the person and the methods. I guess you can pretty much say that about anything.

Hmmmm...Lets see...New break pads, or a DS Lite?

Break pads, DS Lite, break pads, DS Lite.....

Oh look, Castlevania for the DS!

DS lite. Sigh...

Rabid Badger is going well. We have our next performance on the 30th of September. After that, I dunno what we're doing. Alls I know is that this time we need to get alot more advertising out there. I got alot of "Oh you had a show?" Responses last time we performed, and this time, I'd rather it be, "I didn't feel like it. I knew you guys were performing, but I didn't feel like spending money on you." That I can handle.

I've started studying for the GRE, so I can get into a grad school based on my book learnin', and not my talent. I think I'm giving up on auditioning for an MFA. Stupid MFA....Useless degree anyways.

And I was thinking about auditioning for some sorta dinner theatre, mystery tour party theatre group that puts shows on around Madison...But I don't think I will. They'd be paying gigs, but I'd have to sing, and the first show falls on the weekend of October 20th, which is the weekend of Reactor. Assuming I can get people to go this year...My friends are getting more busy, and I haven't heard from Katachi in about a month...I hope he hasn't cooked himself in his vacuform table.

And gahddammit I always sound depressed as hell in my lj posts! Well, I'm not.....I guess I just write like I'm sad. :/

Condensed, of course....This didn't really surprise me.

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