How could someone associate a textured ceiling mess to popcorn?
I'm not a huge fan of popcorn, but the odd handful can be quite nice. That buttery (or liquid topping as it is called here in Canada*) sloppy mess you get in theatres is something to be desired. Especially when you finish the whole thing during the "Coming Soon" lineup.
By the time the movie starts your stomach is aching and no amount of pop can get rid of that taste. You stand in line for the movie, you stand in line for the treats, you sit through 20 minutes of features, and then you're uncomfortable during the whole movie.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Sandpaper
That sound! That horrible sound!
Dry sandpaper on a dry wall. (Can you tell that we're renovating?) How do people do that without cringing? It's like fingernails on a chalkboard.
According to many a scientist, the repulsion we feel when we hear sounds like these are a product of evolution. The repulsion keeps us away. The sound is more than likely linked to a warning call; hearing it would repulse the receptor, allowing (it, him, her?) to be repulsed another day.
That sound is apparently not the worst thing we hear. It ranks 16th in the list of bad sounds. Vomiting is the number one sound found to be most repulsive. I personally think fingernails on a chalkboard is worse (vomitting sounds have become so passe now on cartoons and sitcoms).
The most classic fingernail on the chalkboard scene in a movie has to be in Jaws. That movie scared the bejesus out of me back in the day. I was practically a toddler back then when I saw it in the theater. Now, like many horrors of those days, it's a comedy.
How did we get so desensitized to horror? Movies like It's Alive, The Exorcist, Grizzly... Thise were scary back then. Now you see that same genre on regular TV.
I'm not complaining. I think it's healthy for people to be able to face their fears in some form or another. I just wish I could truly appreciate the comedy in those movies back then.
Another annoying sound is hamster poop rolling around in the hamster balls. You let those things loose in the protective bubble of a hard plastic ball and they immediately fill it up with their poopie mcnuggets.
Dry sandpaper on a dry wall. (Can you tell that we're renovating?) How do people do that without cringing? It's like fingernails on a chalkboard.
According to many a scientist, the repulsion we feel when we hear sounds like these are a product of evolution. The repulsion keeps us away. The sound is more than likely linked to a warning call; hearing it would repulse the receptor, allowing (it, him, her?) to be repulsed another day.
That sound is apparently not the worst thing we hear. It ranks 16th in the list of bad sounds. Vomiting is the number one sound found to be most repulsive. I personally think fingernails on a chalkboard is worse (vomitting sounds have become so passe now on cartoons and sitcoms).
The most classic fingernail on the chalkboard scene in a movie has to be in Jaws. That movie scared the bejesus out of me back in the day. I was practically a toddler back then when I saw it in the theater. Now, like many horrors of those days, it's a comedy.
How did we get so desensitized to horror? Movies like It's Alive, The Exorcist, Grizzly... Thise were scary back then. Now you see that same genre on regular TV.
I'm not complaining. I think it's healthy for people to be able to face their fears in some form or another. I just wish I could truly appreciate the comedy in those movies back then.
Another annoying sound is hamster poop rolling around in the hamster balls. You let those things loose in the protective bubble of a hard plastic ball and they immediately fill it up with their poopie mcnuggets.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010
The planet
Not this planet... The other one... Saturn.
Today is Saturday. This has something to do with the planet Saturn. Sort of like how Monday is a shortened form of Moonday.
If this is indeed Saturn day, I wish it would have some effect on my Saturn Ion.
I am learning to hate that car. Yes, it is old, but come on....... Is it healthy for the engine to rev that high?
Today is Saturday. This has something to do with the planet Saturn. Sort of like how Monday is a shortened form of Moonday.
If this is indeed Saturn day, I wish it would have some effect on my Saturn Ion.
I am learning to hate that car. Yes, it is old, but come on....... Is it healthy for the engine to rev that high?
Friday at last
So. Today. BEING FRIDAY. I noticed the following news stories:
CANADA FX DEBT-C$ in tight range ahead of US data
Canadian Dollar Shows Mixed Trading Against Majors
Business owners eye US real estate investments
Zimbabwe: Stock Exchange Suffers Big Losses over Indigenization Law
Drake Debuts First “Thank Me Now” Single “Over”
Your search - vatican scandal - did not match any documents.
Your search - news - did not match any documents.
WOW. Hard news for a Friday (which is today and NOT actually yesterday).
Through the magic of the internet, this entry MAY seem to have been posted on Saturday, but it WASN'T.
TODAY IS FRIDAY!
BOW BEFORE MY AWESOME POWER!!!!
CANADA FX DEBT-C$ in tight range ahead of US data
Canadian Dollar Shows Mixed Trading Against Majors
Business owners eye US real estate investments
Zimbabwe: Stock Exchange Suffers Big Losses over Indigenization Law
Drake Debuts First “Thank Me Now” Single “Over”
Your search - vatican scandal - did not match any documents.
Your search - news - did not match any documents.
WOW. Hard news for a Friday (which is today and NOT actually yesterday).
Through the magic of the internet, this entry MAY seem to have been posted on Saturday, but it WASN'T.
TODAY IS FRIDAY!
BOW BEFORE MY AWESOME POWER!!!!
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Today's number
Today's number is 15.
Why? You ask. Would you question a website like this: http://www.todaysnumberis.com/ ?
Why? You ask. Would you question a website like this: http://www.todaysnumberis.com/ ?
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Fish heads
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Fish heads. Fish heads. Rolly polly fish heads.
Fish heads. Fish heads. Eat them up. Yum!
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Why is this tune stuck in my head? It has been stuck there since this morning. I can't even remember what the traffic was like. The song just took over.
Why this song? It's old and bad. I remember seeing the original music video for it eons ago. This came out when music videos were in there infancy. There were no rules or budgets; just record a bunch of pigs eating slop, put music to it and there you go.
When I say "pigs eating slop" I mean record anything on 8mm film. There was no intention of slandering pigs in any way.
That video was so bad. Even for its day. I've tried finding it online, so far:
I've found THIS. It is just the sound track, and as far as I remember, the lyrics are authentic. Sounds a little like the chipmunks were moonlighting.
But wait! After a little more searching I found the video HERE! Pretty messed up; what were they thinking? I wonder if this was any inspiration for Eraserhead.
Now that I've found it, the song has left. I am in peace. There is a scientific term for tunes being stuck in your head. The German word for it is "Ohrwurm". This translates to "Earworm".
This is beginning to make sense now.... Earworm... Fish Head.... Worm... Fish....
I've got a craving for poached salmon now.
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Fish heads. Fish heads. Rolly polly fish heads.
Fish heads. Fish heads. Eat them up. Yum!
..
..
Why is this tune stuck in my head? It has been stuck there since this morning. I can't even remember what the traffic was like. The song just took over.
Why this song? It's old and bad. I remember seeing the original music video for it eons ago. This came out when music videos were in there infancy. There were no rules or budgets; just record a bunch of pigs eating slop, put music to it and there you go.
When I say "pigs eating slop" I mean record anything on 8mm film. There was no intention of slandering pigs in any way.
That video was so bad. Even for its day. I've tried finding it online, so far:
I've found THIS. It is just the sound track, and as far as I remember, the lyrics are authentic. Sounds a little like the chipmunks were moonlighting.
But wait! After a little more searching I found the video HERE! Pretty messed up; what were they thinking? I wonder if this was any inspiration for Eraserhead.
Now that I've found it, the song has left. I am in peace. There is a scientific term for tunes being stuck in your head. The German word for it is "Ohrwurm". This translates to "Earworm".
This is beginning to make sense now.... Earworm... Fish Head.... Worm... Fish....
I've got a craving for poached salmon now.
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