This clip embodies the reason I watch "So You Think You Can Dance" whenever I have time. I have not stopped thinking about this routine since I saw it on television last night.
Jaw-dropping. (and extra BIG, just for you!)
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And just for the record...the lady judge in the middle...she irks.
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I promise, this will be the last youtube video...this week. (Now that its almost over...)
Just when you think
technology is peaking
and verily soon will plateau,
the boosters ignite
and we're zooming in flight(!)
and its off to "who-knows-where" we go...
-raymond
click here.
(don't you just hate it when they say "click here". As if we need more bosses in our lives...)
Seriously though...go click it.
Watch the trees closely for an unexpected but familiar face. I don't know, could it be?
"Put that finger away before somebody gets hurt!"
Lots of sensitive souls out there, I guess. I'm sensitive to women rubbing the bare bodies all over soapy cars, but that never stopped Carl's Jr. or the FCC...
I promote the violent game of finger shooting. Finger shooters unite!
I started cleaning my room about ten minutes ago (ya, this late/early) and what should I stumble upon but a bag of four glorious books that I splurged and bought at a Barnes and Noble in San Diego three weeks go. How very, very lame I feel at the moment for buying them and then tossing them in my closet with the refreshing socks and sparkling clean underwear. Lame, lame, lame.
The four:
Suffering and the Soverignty of God by John Piper
To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
...and last, but definitely not least (this book would make tree-huggers wail)
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
I'm not half as smart as any of these books seem to suggest. I'd almost call them "ego-purchases" except I actually do want to read them and don't want them looking pretty on my shelf (or in my closet in a bag with the sparkling clean underwear). But seeing as I am nearly if not slightly more busy now than I was during the semester, it may be a while before I finish one.
Here's some good news though! I am abandoning my room cleaning expedition right now and putting on my sophisticated spectacles and spontaneously hopping into bed with Mr. Piper! (his book, that is...)
Wish me luck.
Bill Gates.
Thanks to Jeffrey Overstreet for sharing his short, paradoxical experience.
Gates makes cheap, crappy venues and rich men look good. Both of which/whom should be thanking him at the moment. The crappy venues seem inviting all of a sudden and rich men don't seem quite a stereotypically snobbish and hog-like. Actually, I guess I should be thanking Gates, shouldn't I? Huh.
Dear Billy,
Thank you. You are the man!
-raymond, a humbled peasant.
I went to the Stanley Cup celebration at the Honda Center tonight for the Anaheim Ducks' victory. It was fun. More so than I was anticipating.
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Saw Knocked Up afterwards. Can't say enough good things about it. Hilarious and touching.
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Lord of the Rings (yes, I know, more Lord of the Rings stuff. Get used to it.): The Musical! So when I heard about this a few years ago, I started laughing uncontrollably. Then when it started touring last year it got amazing reviews. So I asked Tolkien and God for forgiveness and have been anticipating it coming to the states ever since. The "trailer" for the musical is a bit choppy...but the production looks very promising. Its not the films or the books, that's for sure. But if you have seen anything on a Broadway-like stage (or Broadway, for that matter), then you know how memorable and transporting an experience productions like these can be.
So I am too lazy to write much of anything on Pirates.
I liked the first one. I liked the second one. But the anticipated finale, At World's End, ends its own world (forgive me). It's nothing like the other two. I fell asleep the first time. I fell asleep the second time. I don't like paying ten bucks to sleep.
It wasn't all a snooze-fest, though. The boat tipping was fun, the music was beautiful, and the demise of the British "villian" is fascinating to look at.
But I say stay home. Your bed is more comfortable and DVD's can be fast-forwarded.
Curse of the Black Pearl [2003] :: B+
Dead Man's Chest [2006] :: B
At World's End [2007] :: C-
Mark my words: besides The Incredibles, Ratatouille will be the best Pixar movie to date.
So the commercials are wonderful. The old and outdated "PC" in his hospital robe showing his undesirables to a young, hip, and fresh "Apple" is funny stuff. They speak volumes about the creative force that has thrusted Apple Inc. into the gleaming limelight the past few years. But none of them comes close to seeing the actual big daddies of each tribe smirk, taunt, and bombast in front the entire world. Like the commercials, "Apple" is more charming, is wearing tennis shoes, and steals the show without even trying that hard. The "PC"--in a shirt, dress shoes and slacks--is at a bumbling loss for words more often than not.
But they are both incredibly intelligent. Watching these great minds cogitate and theorize is invigorating, and it puts the commercials (as great as they are) to shame. Enjoy.
Digital Conference 2007 Prologue:
Steve Jobs Interview (watch 'til the end, its worth it, trust me):
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs Interview (1 of 10):
You can get the rest of them here.
