tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81408731326276243362024-03-13T23:10:20.638-04:00Ready, Set...Mad scientists brewin' up comic concoctions.Tukeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516470046841368850noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-37881306902272112792009-09-21T19:53:00.003-04:002009-09-21T19:58:51.648-04:00totally smitten.Okay, so updates are in order.<br /><br />We WILL have an actual flash cartoon by the end of October, just in time for Halloween. So update your flash player for our first try at AWESOMENESS! <br /><br />in the mean time and between time, this video is what I've been watching on repeat for four reasons.<br /><br />1. Band is awesome<br />2. She can sing extremely well.<br />3. Dynamic and catchy song.<br />4. Uh, I think I'm in love with her cause of reason 2? Don't judge me for my pop guilty pleasure.<br /><br />So, enjoy the video and stay tuned for updates - we promise this time! ;)<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Tf_q3TdaitI&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Tf_q3TdaitI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>Tukeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516470046841368850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-66807332324825827492009-07-17T13:06:00.004-04:002009-07-17T13:09:45.930-04:00There are 10 types of people in this world (BINARY!)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJCnNEcBW_glGWe2B5phof754fgJpF0zpVl_ifaEXXfhZ_JMQSBy36eLPK5ug-DO4hWUbTmzzDdDeL-bmsi5gHxs1eZJBHKp2X6EJqIOb4NsOMHrrey0zojY_eIgj910dBjgkumkYhJ2T/s1600-h/issue467.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJCnNEcBW_glGWe2B5phof754fgJpF0zpVl_ifaEXXfhZ_JMQSBy36eLPK5ug-DO4hWUbTmzzDdDeL-bmsi5gHxs1eZJBHKp2X6EJqIOb4NsOMHrrey0zojY_eIgj910dBjgkumkYhJ2T/s400/issue467.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359477390487391826" border="0" /></a><br />A new obsession of mine. Totally geeked out.Tukeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516470046841368850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-79400147962526583532009-07-15T17:21:00.005-04:002009-07-15T20:50:56.597-04:00The Mid Summer ClassicThe MLB All Star Game has come and gone and has marked the halfway point of not only the baseball season but the summer season as well. Now baseball has things that make it unique from any other sport. Basketball has the slam dunk, Hockey has the uninterrupted fisticuffs, Football has the endzone celebrations/dance, and Baseball has the unique art of manager/coach/player vs umpire arguments. In every sport a player or coach can be ejected for misconduct, but only in baseball does the ejection become on art form. Managers and coaches who and enraged get their money's worth and give the umpires an ear full of sweet nothings before they go back to the locker room. And this unique phenomena is seen in almost every level of baseball from professional to amateur leagues. I have been interning for a baseball team this summer in a college summer league and the more memorable things I will remember are seeing the coach arguing and getting ejected by the umpire. There are stories of fathers being tossed in their sons little league game, so this gesture is apart of the game as fighting is in hockey. Here is a video of the most amazing and hilarious baseball ejection brought to you by Phillip Wellman a minor league manager of the Mississippi Braves. And enjoy the rest of your summer!<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ggy6WGUFaYs&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ggy6WGUFaYs&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Nathan EXPLOSION!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14903320510395567751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-32921132976508079452009-06-30T11:48:00.003-04:002009-06-30T12:40:27.122-04:00Summer = moviesI haven't posted in this thing for a LONG time, but now its time for one of my random rants. Summer has come upon us and that only means one thing, summer movie blockbusters. That's right all the movies that we've seen previews for the past months are finally being released. And of course some of the movies that are/coming out are gonna be awesome or suck or somewhere in between depending on ones taste in movies.<br /><br />I recently saw the new installment of Transformers, and if you liked the first one you will love this one. <span style="font-style: italic;">Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen</span>, comes back with the characters Sam (Shia LaBeouf), Mikaela (Super hot Megan Fox), Optimus, Bumble Bee and the rest of the transformers are back to save Earth from destruction from Megatron and the Decepticons. Just like that first film the film is not shy of starting off with action and destruction and explosions. We can thank all the pyrotechnics to the director of both films Michael Bay. The new film is not shy from the firework display throughout the film. Here is a clip inside the mind of Michael Bay brought to you by none other than <span style="font-style: italic;">South Park</span><br /><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:southparkstudios.com:155700" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="window" flashvars="autoPlay=false&dist=http://www.southparkstudios.com&orig=" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="all" bgcolor="#000000" height="400" width="480"></embed><br /><br />And don't get me wrong I came into the film thinking it wasn't going to be great, but I did throughly enjoy it. I only had a few problems with the film and I might sound nitpicky with this. Well first of all the length of the film, 2 1/2 hours! I believe most films should stay at the 2hr mark. Even though the film didn't have many dull/slow moments I did catch myself looking at the time a couple of times. Second was the amount of plot lines that was being shown in the film. The film of course focused around Sam Witwicky and the Autobots and N.E.S.T. and of course a good narrative usually has 2 plots, A-story B-story, that go back and forth and eventually intertwine by the resolution. But with the over two hours of film, it still seemed that there was still too much going on for one narrative. Many things could have been cut out and still would have still made the film enjoyable. Including things that could have been toned down was the amount of comic relief in the film. It is necessary to keep an action film of this magnitude to enjoy. Jive talking twin Autobots? Mother Witwicky eating weed brownies? funny but almost unnecessary. Finally the action scenes were easier to follow than the last film, but that does not necessarily mean I still fully grasped what was going on when giant robots fight each other. If someone didn't randomly say Optimus or Bumble Bee when the fight was going on it was hard to determine who was winning til the end of battle.<br /><br />Overall, I did enjoy the film and it met my expectations. But hopefully the rest of the summer films will be better than Transformers. Sorry for such the long post, but I needed to make up for lack of posting on the blog.Nathan EXPLOSION!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14903320510395567751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-22718910776821857752009-06-18T22:41:00.001-04:002009-06-18T22:41:40.880-04:00classictaking it back to the ol school.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0sXOxIq65zg&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0sXOxIq65zg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Tukeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516470046841368850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-62958487608568022782009-06-11T03:25:00.002-04:002009-06-11T03:27:43.580-04:00googoogJOB?hiatus much? yeah, we've been pretty ghost. job searching post grad life is tough.<br /><br />this might hold us over for a bit though.<br /><br /><embed src='http://videomedia.ign.com/ev/ev.swf' flashvars='object_ID=14294513&downloadURL=http://xbox360movies.ign.com/xbox360/video/article/988/988631/beatles_rb_trl_e3_flvlowwide.flv&allownetworking="all"' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='433' height='360' ></embed>Tukeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516470046841368850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-35998617622122038102009-05-06T16:18:00.002-04:002009-05-06T16:21:04.872-04:00Stay Thirsty My FriendsTo quote Tanner, "he reminds me of chuck norris" <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CRaTekm9Ak8&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CRaTekm9Ak8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/o8ZHjcQZ15g&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/o8ZHjcQZ15g&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Tukeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516470046841368850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-78828955796099681132009-05-05T13:46:00.002-04:002009-05-05T13:48:50.650-04:00Tribute to OtisOkay, so we missed those april/march deadlines. <br /><br />But we have a good excuse - we're graduating!!! So, actual comic strips will be soon forthcoming.<br /><br />In the meantime, I've been studying while listening to this awesome cover. Check it out!<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gcslPIE0ysE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gcslPIE0ysE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>Tukeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516470046841368850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-13439182838592209532009-03-16T09:04:00.009-04:002009-03-16T15:03:37.675-04:00spring breakin boogalooi feel obligated to explain a recent lack of posts - this video of fan adoration at a washington wizards game should explain it all.<br /><br /><object width="400" height="345"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/v/PRoLXBWQQI/aus=false/pv=2"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/v/PRoLXBWQQI/aus=false/pv=2" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="345" allowFullScreen="true"></embed></object><br/><a href="http://www.imeem.com/people/zx9Xkk7/video/5Rf78QXo/rizzy-ref-it-was-mcgee-comedy-video/">It was McGee! - Rizzy Ref</a><br /><br />explanation given: it was spring break for the readyandset crew!<strong>*</strong><br /><br />as we ambitiously tried to work day in and day out to try and start to provide you some in-office/at work browsing entertainment, we got sidetracked by road trips to atlantic city and to dc for a wizards game. debauchery ensued in straight sets (and apparently we also were reading dictionaries to improve our vocab - bad pun)<br /><br />we still are striving for more content to include but need you, YES YOU, our loyal followers to help us brainstorm scene specific stuff of what you would like to see! so we'd like to start with a very easy brainstorming game of word association. we're going to post a phrase and then you to look around and pick 3 objects close to you and put them in context with that word. sound confusing? well, here's the phrase and 3 examples from yours truly.<br /><br />Phrase:<strong> Violence in the workplace</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />Objects:<br /><ol><li><strong>Scissors -</strong> for fencing style combat a la Errol Flynn style</li><li><strong>A circle made of rolling office chairs -</strong> an arena for a battle royale</li><li><strong>Post IT note pads -</strong> instant ninja star death</li></ol><br />So you get the idea right? So get to commenting and we'll get to facilitating your great ideas! if we do use your idea, we promise to list you in credits. pinky promise.<br /><br /><br /><strong>*</strong> <span style="font-size:85%;">btw, the player featured is also Javale McGee - a Wizards rookie who's supposed to be the next Channing Frye. which might not be a good thing to be Javale McGee</span>Tukeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516470046841368850noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-46615988506813761852009-03-03T09:54:00.004-05:002009-03-03T10:13:13.100-05:00Are you thinking what I'm thinking?To all of ReadyandSet's faithful followers:<br /><br />We are sorry to report that our first goal of having a comic strip/storyboard by the end of February will not be happening until late March (hopefully). The ReadyandSet team has been diligently trying to piece together our ideaphile personalities (and remember to write or record some of these ideas when not in "questionable" states of mind) and finish our undergraduate careers at our respective universities. But anyways, to be proactive and motivate our lazy asses, here's a list of some things to expect in the coming weeks:<br /><br /><ol><li>First comic strip (WE PROMISE!) by end of March. <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">with a bona-fide guest illustrator!</span><br /></li><li>A peek into how our group brainstorming process works! <span style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">check out our iMeem player for updates!</span></span></li><li>an actual logo for us? ideas are welcome!</li></ol>So yeah - lofty goals eh? We don't think so - the lower our goals are, the more we won't be dissapointed later - we like to strive for mediorce-tion.<br /><br />In the mean time, please enjoy an awesome clip from Flight of the Conchords - R&B style.<br /><br /><br /><object height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YT6X4lyAYUg&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YT6X4lyAYUg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="295" width="480"></embed></object>Tukeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516470046841368850noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-21266266063966489742009-02-18T22:44:00.004-05:002009-02-18T23:00:35.189-05:00All Hail the King!I am a very big Late Night with Conan O'Brien fan. I remember staying awake even though i had school at 7 am to catch some classic late night moments (Andy Richter being fake-shot in his classic sidekick chair, the introduction of the string dance, and the coining of "Settle down my babies!"). So in honor of the last week of Late Night before his new gig taking over for Leno, below is a clip from last night's show about immortalizing a classic (and one of my favorite) characters.<br /><br />Warning: this clip is not for those with reservations. but definitely for any star wars fan.<br /><br />p.s. keep listening to the mix to the right! i wonder if I should start to include songs I'm currently listening to on this..hmm.<br /><br /><br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://widgets.nbc.com/o/4727a250e66f9723/499cd57174782e46/4741e3c5156499a7/eb52c994/-cpid/71da00fdd3231d1c" id="W4727a250e66f9723499cd57174782e46" height="283" width="384"><param name="movie" value="http://widgets.nbc.com/o/4727a250e66f9723/499cd57174782e46/4741e3c5156499a7/eb52c994/-cpid/71da00fdd3231d1c"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></object>Tukeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516470046841368850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-69043980321394054362009-02-17T16:46:00.007-05:002009-02-17T19:35:06.580-05:00Office Space Jam Party<div>To the right for your enjoyment, an exclusive session from Corporate America. Props to Mike Rizzy for the upload!</div><br /><br />btw - Netflix on your xbox is the shiznit.<br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div>Tukeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516470046841368850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-51796132162419406242009-02-09T20:45:00.005-05:002009-02-09T21:07:46.109-05:00black mamba kickswhen i get to work in the morning, i have my daily routine of what websites i check out before i actually start working (pending 830am meetings, which never make sense to me). gmail, vcu stuff, cnn, <a href="http://mikerizzy.com/">mikerizzy</a>, <a href="http://monpetitchaton.blogspot.com">monpetitchaton</a>, <a href="http://vbtodc.wordpress.com">vbtodc</a>, <a href="http://mar247advice.wordpress.com">marinel</a>'s, <a href="http://likealake.blogspot.com">pretty ricky</a> (whose blog has thank goodness resurrected!) and whatever else i want to tab browse. but what caught me today was on <a href="http://hypebeast.com">hypebeast</a>. after seeing a crazy <a href="http://hypebeast.com/2009/02/nigos-the-simpsons-inspired-kaws-kimpsons-painting/">simpsons painting</a>, i run into this animated movie about onitsuka tiger shoes. crazy concept on how the years of the chinese zodiac were chosen. check check it out.<br /><br /><br /><object height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dn0W1sbQCWE&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dn0W1sbQCWE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="295" width="480"></embed></object>Tukeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516470046841368850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-63926566235970183152009-02-06T12:00:00.004-05:002009-02-08T14:39:43.511-05:00Big things poppin<a href="http://getdownnn.blogspot.com/2009/01/inside-mind-of-mike-rizzy.html">Inside The Mind Of Mike Rizzy</a> - check out the interview!<br /><br /><br />Wonderful weekend. I didn't do anything related to work, school, or cartoon endeavors. Saw a show, drank a little, slept, ate. Perfectly enjoyable.Tukeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516470046841368850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-952922161660376322009-01-16T11:27:00.002-05:002009-01-16T11:30:46.761-05:00Mega Man's Cousintotally psyched about this. and at least they out a shirt on him to cover that bird chest of his.<br /><br /><br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UOBmERNV8ig&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UOBmERNV8ig&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object>Tukeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516470046841368850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-75133706370001714192009-01-06T14:02:00.003-05:002009-01-06T14:14:45.072-05:00Plug One<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuftGYwlOghUtlXZ8pu1xwOXfz-QlP8DXgmZg5YqE8Nu6W07qsGPDjxKuwsGQObBQy4nHCE1pLmxcrYLyxBgCGdLB6VWJr4DXY-DlJrwiSz8zZdbNZtF6vDQ4_uuKK6AaaeXAimU7GzchP/s1600-h/chek.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288260363110711442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 396px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 222px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuftGYwlOghUtlXZ8pu1xwOXfz-QlP8DXgmZg5YqE8Nu6W07qsGPDjxKuwsGQObBQy4nHCE1pLmxcrYLyxBgCGdLB6VWJr4DXY-DlJrwiSz8zZdbNZtF6vDQ4_uuKK6AaaeXAimU7GzchP/s400/chek.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.portfolioweekly.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=239D5D0CADE74C66BE49ED630F16BE3C">VOTE VOTE VOTE! Chek and the Family for best urban group!</a></span></div>Tukeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516470046841368850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-69073233551306408802009-01-05T09:58:00.004-05:002009-01-05T10:55:22.894-05:00Auld Lang SyneWell, 2008 has come and gone (as well as vacation time - but hanging out with long lost friends in person as opposed to just AIM is great). Hello 2009. I hope we get to know each other intimately in this uncertain future.<br /><br />Enough of all that, down to business.<br /><br />During a mid week birthday celebration, J Zap kindly introduced me to her new <a href="http://vbtodc.wordpress.com/">blog </a>which highlights events, local talent, and etc. from Va Beach to DC. Pretty ambitious and cool project.<br /><br />I've been meaning to respond to <a href="http://mar247advice.wordpress.com/">Mar'</a>s 16 random facts about yourself but I think that may have to wait until I've finally finished answering all these e-mails and phone calls. Life post-vacation is already becoming nerve racking. But what I do appreciate most about this little answer survey is the ideas that can come out of it. And my 2009 is going to be about accomplishing these ideas, straight up - Thanks Mar!<br /><br />A recent show I went to at the Norva for my friend Jojo's band <a href="http://www.myspace.com/chekandthefamily757">Chek and the Family </a>went well. Their syncopation is tight (especially the bass, drums and keyboard - and am I wrong in seeing that their keyboardist was reading sheet music off her macbook? shit was tight) and its pretty obvious that their musicality and chemistry with each other is dope. * Video to be posted soon.<br /><br />And finally....<br /><br />Please expect to see storyboards and an actual comic strip (fo real fo real) by late February. All that downtime sure did leave me motivated.Tukeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516470046841368850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-75165170373789857442008-12-15T14:37:00.004-05:002008-12-15T16:50:49.087-05:00Tukes and the E-dubbetesSo I've been debating on buying a bass guitar to try and relearn my music skills. Instead I ended up buying this.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280103772471501298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 343px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHZgcFTBP9eXcIu4wOewYSR8By4uK52s3WbA0yFx34VzVr2Y1vgJ5LBfWUyM8Uv6Dnlpp-7zqpRYHVw7nHq3IjPCyXmPv9BrxWb1nZnhIe-7gFF1CHeq6_4Tg7-tLlABUuoBh58wSkllTj/s400/dgn_guitar_hero_world_tour_peripherals.jpg" border="0" /><br />That's right - I ended up buying Guitar Hero: World Tour with the complete instrument set. Which brings up the debate of kids playing this instead of learning actual instruments. Coming from my POV, I did learn bass before this ever came out and I gotta say that this is still <a href="mailto:*%^@-ing">*%^@-ing</a> awesome. I mean, this is still cheaper than buying a damn Gibson Les Paul with lessons (but who would actually buy a Gibson and then have to take lessons?) Plus, South Park heavily influenced my decision.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7BQtq5QuqB4&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7BQtq5QuqB4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Tukeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516470046841368850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-86408324469206657182008-12-13T20:25:00.004-05:002008-12-13T20:45:04.607-05:00The Tonight Show with Manny Pacquiao?Well by now you know that Jay Leno is staying with NBC and moved to an earlier timeslot with Conan taking over the Tonight Show. We also know that Manny Pacquiao is the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Now what would happen if the two collided? Well in this article I read in <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner">examiner.com</a> what would happened if Late Night and Pac-man joined forces.<br /><br />Here's and insert of the week's lineup if Manny hosted the show<br />just imagine, each weeknight could feature Pacquiao in a different format. <p>On Mondays, Pacquiao could host "Boxing with the Stars," in which each week a Hollywood celebrity gets the tar beat out of him or her by an emerging male or female pugilist who wants national attention.</p> <p>On Tuesdays, Pacquiao could host "Who Wants to be a Sports Millionaire," in which each week he asks sports trivia questions of eager fans who think they know everything there is to know about winning athletes, ranging from Max Baer to Jackie Robinson, from Olga Korbut to Jackie Joyner-Kersee.</p> <p>On Wednesdays, Pacquiao could host "Whose Punchline is It, Anyway," in which each week rising young comics join old comedy pros live on stage to trade unrehearsed verbal jabs.</p> <p>On Thursdays, Pacquiao could host "Olympic Sports Idol," in which aspiring athletes in every field of Olympic sports compete each week for audience votes with the winner joining the next Olympics team.</p> <p>On Fridays, he could host "The Manny Pacquiao Show," a high-quality variety show, you know, the live show that NBC should have produced last week instead of the bomb it dropped with Rosie O'Donnell.</p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YdUXFuGAw40RcVz8W2cZw3RJvoxM1mrhEdun-XHS_ryLyPh2tN_knbtfdqlx9U3Ek7_hvc-oGHoDUQAcuRMR6nqezKAcG6rzHHpL7ogY6el_84K6bsM1RRQkB_3e9ao4MMfZLygm7NM/s1600-h/manny_pacquiao_Picapp_33682.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YdUXFuGAw40RcVz8W2cZw3RJvoxM1mrhEdun-XHS_ryLyPh2tN_knbtfdqlx9U3Ek7_hvc-oGHoDUQAcuRMR6nqezKAcG6rzHHpL7ogY6el_84K6bsM1RRQkB_3e9ao4MMfZLygm7NM/s320/manny_pacquiao_Picapp_33682.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279453608503522674" border="0" /></a></p><p>Why not? American television is ready for Manny Pacquiao... but this is a good article to generate ideas off of. It a good source of inspiration.<br /></p>Nathan EXPLOSION!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14903320510395567751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-88160496033417608602008-12-05T19:23:00.004-05:002008-12-05T19:54:31.466-05:00Bugs Bunny as Queer as a Three Dollar Bill?It's been a pretty damn long time since I posted, with the semester ending and turning papers in and taking test, I've finally had time to express myself about something I read about awhile back.<br /><br />Looney Tunes cartoons, we've all grown up on them, with Bugs Bunny being our primary protagonist. But did you ever consider Bugs being the symbol in the 1950s and 60s are a queer icon? Well in a essay I read entitled "Bugs Bunny as Queer as a Three Dollar Bill" by Sartin, it explains how Bugs Bunny is an avid crossdresser. And after viewing a few Bugs Bunny cartoons on youtube, I would have to agree that Bugs likes to dress in drag. The funny thing is when Elmer Fudd or whoever is after Bugs they always falls for Bugs dressed as a woman, then something happens that compromises Bugs costume and Elmer Fudd or whoever is super pissed that he isn't a woman. I decided to post one of the more famous Looney Tunes cartoons entitled What's Opera, Doc?<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Mjhm-8kMtzg&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Mjhm-8kMtzg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Now the essay goes on, that the Production Code, which was like the MPAA of the 1940s didn't allow any sexual suggestive material in any films, but cartoons were left alone and the code was rarely enforced for cartoons, letting animators do anything they want. So they could get away with such suggestive material. Nowadays these cartoons seem more or less harmless and still funny as they were 50 years ago. But now I can't help but have my image of Bugs Bunny tarnished after reading this essay.Nathan EXPLOSION!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14903320510395567751noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-44117276702589850652008-12-03T10:59:00.005-05:002008-12-03T12:27:48.258-05:00Fly me to the moon.How the hell did I miss this? I need to start stargazing more.<br /><br />Venus (left) Jupiter (right) Frank Sinatra Song Theme (middle)<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275594430799767554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 270px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 204px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4KFoDdl7G0JmexKXa3-RX7cS9fcJls6hXlKIEboWnnDfLw2lROEF8vShx6RvusncrEz05VAq7-Eoa9ADZx1Vg6KMmVdVjYS_mG6dDyUhoAYRCJns8Et3FKMEJAEIk6c5athGLAL2qeUU/s400/081202-venus-jupiter-photo_270.jpg" border="0" />Tukeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516470046841368850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-43309593764477171952008-12-01T19:50:00.002-05:002008-12-01T19:53:55.507-05:00...and the Procrastinating Student.I dislike turning this blog into a forum of how I frequently go on youtube, but this did catch my eye (and ear). Also, I promised a comic strip with two characters soon - might not happen until this hell week of exams is over. But stay tuned and you might see something funny!<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Tx1XIm6q4r4&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Tx1XIm6q4r4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>Tukeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516470046841368850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-78592409698724513542008-11-23T18:23:00.000-05:002008-11-23T18:24:34.590-05:00mickey R&BLook at this Ne-Yo wannabe.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NpCqa0Rx0Yk&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NpCqa0Rx0Yk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Tukeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516470046841368850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-48849013108436614402008-11-21T12:51:00.003-05:002008-11-21T13:00:46.535-05:00T.G.I.F.With all jokes aside on Family Matters, Full House, and Step-by-Step, I am very glad its the weekend. Even though I will have a shitload of work to do by Monday, at least it can be done in the comfort of my home and in pajamas.<br /><br />I have been meaning to post lately (Please stay tuned for the first two CHARACTERS! In a comic strip spoof maybe?), but work and school do seem to suck the life out of you. And since it's also so close to Thanksgiving, getting ready for my family's annual trip to Jersey (<a href="http://www.bloomfieldtwpnj.com/briefhistory.php">Bloomfield </a>in the hiizzzzouse!) to visit the other Tu<strong>K</strong>ay's is making all of us a little antsy.<br /><br />But even in this gloom of the work week, there are certain things that can't help to make me laugh. NBC's Thursday lineup of the comedy heavy hitters, Boston's asswhooping of Detroit on TNT last night, and the below:<br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NNDdqYZT8ZQ&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NNDdqYZT8ZQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />That Martin Lawrence. Talagang funny Pare.Tukeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516470046841368850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140873132627624336.post-38949061320855850252008-11-06T11:45:00.006-05:002008-11-06T18:40:26.106-05:00PaRappa Big PoohDaytona 500 - Ghostface Killah f/ Raekwon - Props as always to <a href="http://www.mikerizzy.com">Mike Rizzy</a> for the video scoop.<br /><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TPKJZJITZHw&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TPKJZJITZHw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Hip-hop is always going to be top 3 in my favorite music genres - Classic Rock being one (damn you Guitar Hero 2!) and R&B (who can deny Tevin Campbell's "I'm Ready?" = mood setter ). Anyways, listening to 92.1 this morning they played "Can I Get A..." as a <strong>BACK IN THE DAY JAM. </strong> Depressing cause I still remember it in the first Rush Hour movie. But hearing it also jogged my memory on a site I found a while back where someone used a whole bunch of charts/graphs to represent hip hop lyrics. After diving into my IM convos, I finally found it again.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jamphat.com/rap/">Click and enjoy!</a><br /><p></p><p><br /><em><strong>p.s.</strong> Picture 12 from the top was the <strong>LINE </strong>of summer 98. </em></p><p><br /><em><strong>p.p.s</strong> Almost forgot my idea - since there would be an anime show on the TV set where ever these characters live, how about having a hip-hop type sesame street where children are taught simple things? minus the stereotypes but with "play on words" on real artists - i.e. tribe called REST (about the value of sleep)? ranting at work does spark my imagination.</em></p>Tukeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516470046841368850noreply@blogger.com1