Generation Mr Rogers

Jacob and Shilpa discuss the inauguration, conspiracy theories about the sudden halt of Israel in the Gaza and the Obama administration's economic slip up. Never let an economist do a politicians work.




-RS

bush be gone!

R.I.P. Reign of Dubya (2001-2009)

Up Yours, Princesses!

I knew the Disney Princess Craze was for real when my three-year-old nephew came strutting into the room draped in his blanket claiming to be one. At the time, I thought it was adorable (actually, I still do), however he has since been sold the idea of Princes and given gender-appropriate toys like swords and Knightly armor (another rant for another post).

I was sad, but, then again, I like playing 'swords' a LOT more than... uh, I can't actually remember what the princesses do...

I went to the Disney Princess website for answers. The appalling truth? They do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

Naturally, I went on Garage Band and edited together a song about how I felt. Click here (or the main post title) to download it in all it's amateur glory

-RS

Gen Mr. Rogers...

Will be returning to us this weekend. Here is some fun to hold you over until then:




I miss the show, but this is almost better!

-RS

Survey says... Internet beats Sex!

I just read this article in the NYtimes, and I can't say that I'm surprised. Since Earflaps actually practiced Interweb-abstinence for a term, I wanted to post about it and get reactions from our bloggers and readers.

-RS

PS: The Comments on the linked article are definitely the best part. For example: "When Viagra fails, the Internet is there, providing meaning to meaningless lives."

and

"The Internet *is* my source of sex."

Nopants and Outlet Maps

Hey folks. So yesterday morning, I walked into the kitchen still groggy from waking up and the conversation between me and my dad goes like this.

d: YOU NEVER WEAR NO PANTS ANYMORE
me: Huh? Yeah I do
d: Not since you've been home.... well... I guess this is better than when all you wore were those baggy gangster jeans and thought you were going to be a soccer player hahaa! Now you wear no pants! No pants heeheheee.

ATROCITY! I never wore baggy gangsta jeans! Oh, and yeah THANKS FOR SHATTERING MY DREAMS DAD! Now my parents are calling me Nopants. I guess that's healthy if you don't want your daughter to practice abstinence. Fine.

Since I came home I have encountered something so horrible and traumatizing that I wouldn't want to subject anyone to this horror. Ok fine, well here goes. I have now fully realized the extent of...my mother's...

...OBSESSION WITH CHRISTMAS AND ALL THINGS HOLIDAY CHEER AAAAAHHHHRGG!

The minute I walked inside, it was like as if Santa fucking vomited everywhere in my house. Oh, and also took a mother lode of a crap. Gross.

I was coerced into putting up Christmas lights outside my house with my mother. She also drew a map of all the outlets that would need to be connected. Please observe and enjoy the image at the top.

We ran out of lights so the left side of my house looks great, and the right side looks like as if someone left to take a break and then just died.

Love, Nopants

The Video

Here it is - the result of over a year of obsessive editing and rendering on my computer. Over two years ago I tried to play a .wma file on VLC player, but instead of hearing music, I found myself mesmerized by pretty colors. So instead of packing for my trip back to college, I obsessively sat in my room (there was also a New Years party I was neglecting downstairs) and took screen vids of the flashy images.

The next few weeks I started making patterns in Final Cut, increasing the complexity to the point that I couldn't focus my eyes for hours at a time. My roommates remember - I did nothing else, late into the night. I layered in audio later - most of the tracks stem from the HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy Book on Tape and my brother playing guitar a la Audacity.

I don't know how good it is, but my best friend back home said it blew her mind. Of course, she later told me she'd been tripping on acid at the time, so...yeah. But still.

- Eaflaps

P.S. Please don't have seizures. And you should watch on YouTube full screen with audio cranked.