Two Cents and a Thousand Words

About a week ago, I did some Mad Libs with Chad and Sarah from a package of GladWare. Sarah wanted me to put them on the site (I dunno if she was joking or not, but…), so here are a couple. I might put more up later. They’re from ‘Mini Mad Libs from Outer Space.’

– When we look up into the sky on a dark summer night, we see millions of tiny spots of light. Each one represents a rock which is in the center of a green solar system with dozens of lemonades revolving undoubtedly around a distant sun. Sometimes these suns expand and begin shouting their neighbors. Soon they will become so big, they will turn into isthmuses. Eventually they subside and become interesting giants or perhaps black crows. Our own planet, which we call Bobby, circles around our confused sun 3,765,402 times every year. There are eight other planets in our solar system. They are named Jim, Bastion, Sebastion, Atrayu, Jesus, Jupiter, and Mars. Scientists who study these planets are called names.

– The greatest true-life space story is the one about our astronauts shitting to the moon for the first time. There were 2 astronauts. We all remember their names: Chad, who was the expert in phone, Sarah, a blurp test pilot with a Ph.D. in speakers; and Justin, who was the ship’s butt doctor and conducted a series of really weird experiments with blue mice and ninjas. It was a great day for America when they landed and said, “Whatta ya know? It really is made out of cottage cheese.”

– The adventures of Captain Zoom, Space Nail Clipper. Captain Zoom is a superhero who wears an aquamarine cape and a beige suit of long underwear. He has his own bitchy rocket ship, which takes him all over the universe. His ship is fueled by harvest corn mixed with rain and can go 42 miles per hour. Captain Zoom loves to go to the assistance of poor girls who are in trouble. When he hears of such a torn situation, he leaps annoyingly into his ship and zooms off into the wild red yonder. He journeys throughout the galaxy, sometimes going as far as the doctor’s office. He has a lost companion who goes with him on all of his adventures. His companion is a -53-year-old boy whose name is Chad but who is called “butt monkey”.

– Dear Earthling: I am a teenage knife who lives in a two-story fire on Mars. I will put this letter in a burned bottle and salivate it into space and hope that it gets to Earth. Of course, on Mars we call your slow planet Dawson. We know that it is inhabited by happy little pink men and women, but I would like to hear from you anyway. Tell me, how do people cheer your food? We do it by jerking rapidly. I hope you will be able to visit me someday. You could stay in our squirrel and eat just like we do, and you could play with my pet pony.

Yeah, we were tired.

I just biked to the other side of campus and back to cash some checks at the credit union - and it felt great.

I’ve come to the realization that I can’t be bored. If I get bored, I just sit in front of the computer and waste away my time. That’s good to a point, but I’m actually getting hard evidence now that getting outside is a lot better. Here’s what I’m proposing for myself: instead of just slumping in front of the computer when I know I’ll have a couple hours of free time, I go out and bike. It’s great exercise and it’s fun. Either that or I’ll hop in my car and go exploring. That’s a lot of fun, too; I can’t wait ’til next weekend when I go on a trip throughout the Western mountains.

So that’s my plan for now. Whether I go through with it or not, I’m not sure. I hope I can remember how good I feel right now, though.

I’m seriously considering a 6600-mile road trip next summer.

I really liked doing my trips around Maine last summer (and into this fall and winter). Sometimes I’d drive around 400 miles in a day - and that’s through towns and other slower roads. Probably on Interstates I could do more. What’s the next step? Taking on America?

I’ve never been one who likes to travel. I’ve always been satisifed sitting in my little dorm room or bedroom working at my computer. But this summer’s trips convinced me that there’s a lot out there that I’d like to see. On the list:

• Silicon Valley and San Francisco
• Seattle
• The Grand Canyon
• The Mississippi
• Chicago
• The Great Lakes
• The Midwest
• The Rockies

I think a trip like this could be very educational, interesting, and fun. It’d expose me to new places and give me a chance to work on photography, videography, and even social skills. I’d even try to get hotels with wireless or high-speed access so I could upload pictures easily.

I don’t know; it’s still all in its planning stages. But you know me - once I get an idea in my head, I have to go through with it. 6600 miles is a long way; maybe there’s a compromise in there somewhere.

I still don’t have much interest in international travel, but maybe that will be for 2004. Who knows.

Well, I said I’d give it a chance, and now I’m glad I did.

The Screen Savers came back tonight with a new set, new music, a new theme song, and a new logo. I was so excited when 7:00 rolled around that I was racing to push the record button on the VCR.

In short, I loved it. The new gadgets on the set (touchscreen, purty) and the overall design are excellent, and the show was still the same (I hope it stays that way). I love the new graphics, and I think the show could really go places while still staying the kind of show I love. The funniest part: the opening sequence. Marty on a bike - reminds me of that Call-a-Thon a while back gone oh-so-wrong. Glad to see the other people on the show got credit, too. We’ll see where it goes from here.

Along with this, I launched a new layout for freegrandmamorrone.com. It now has the old TSS graphics for those who want a taste of the old set and old show. That’ll be the place I hang around when I need some time to reminisce.

Here I sit.

I wonder if there’s anything new on Slashdot. Nope.

I wonder if Wired’s got any new stories. Nope.

Anything happening on Leoville or the TechTV boards? Nope.

Hmm. Better check Slashdot again. Anything? Nope.

Oh, I have homework? I’ll do that later. I’m really busy right now. I still love procrastination.

Ooh, gotta check my e-mail. And Slashdot.

I needed a sign for my door to tell people who I am, and I cooked one up in Photoshop Elements 2 a couple hours ago. I’ve been trying to print it, but it always comes out too dark. Must be just not good enough of a printer for it. Anyway, if I had been able to use this first choice, this is what would be on my door right now. What actually ends up on there is anyone’s guess.

Megan Morrone has a new blog - check it out at jumpingmonkeys.com!

Also, she recommended one of the best Switch parodies I’ve seen so far as the Site of the Nite on TSS tonight.

And I have to formally congratulate her on her pregnancy. That baby’s gonna be one of the coolest people out there in the next generation.

Why the post about Megan? Because she’s cool. And I watched the segment where my site was #1 on a Twisted List.

Who says I can’t be productive when I’m watching TSS? While I was watching a couple reruns of the show this morning, I got done my art homework. The only rule for this 10×12 grid of squares was that white segments touching a grid line had to be black on the other side of the grid. It came out to be a pretty amazing collection of doodles. The art teacher kinda liked it, too. The next step is picking a block of 9 of these and blowing them up to a 15-inch by 15-inch piece of illustration board. It actually turned out to be easier than I had expected. (click the picture for a bigger version)

Note: this is not the wave of the future for Maine Internet sites, nor should it be taken as a representation of the sites that are existing now based out of Maine, even if this is the only Maine-based site you’ve ever heard of.

Dad’s office is down the street from these guys.

Ad ripped from the September 17, 2002 issue of PC Magazine, page 146.

Last year’s 4th floor RA Adam’s band Warmfront is releasing a new album Thursday. It’s gonna be available at Bull Moose and a few other places, too, from what I’ve heard.

I can say I knew him way back when. Aww yeah.