With the holidays approaching, it’s a busy time of year. This year, it’s even more busy than usual. This week I’ll be spending Thanksgiving with some family in the area, then I’ll be heading out to Japan for a week to see some friends. During the week I’m gone, my parents shall move down to Panama.
So yes, Japan. The day is almost here. I still don’t know what I’ll do when I’m there, or what I may buy to bring back. Guess I’ll figure it out soon enough.
This past weekend I visited my cousins on the outskirts of Houston. As I was leaving, they handed me a military-issue MRE. Beef enchilada to be exact.
On Sunday I was going through boxes of old junk and came across a 9-year-old pack of Pokégum.
I now believe I have an experiment in waiting for me this week. I’ll make sure to document the process of cooking up the enchiladas and consuming of the gum.
So, shitty androgynous, emo bands have become all the rage recently. But where did they get their start? A few of my coworkers and I discovered the answer, and it’s none other than Chris Gaines, or should I say, Garth Brooks.
Now, you may not realize this, and it’s probably because it was a stupid thing to do, but Garth Books tried an unsuccessful pop career back during the height of his popularity. He even came up with a whole timeline and history for this pseudo persona. Did you know Chris Gaines was born in Australia to an Olympic swimmer coach?
Take a look at that mug of his. It screams “Daddy don’t love me know more and he beat me in front of my girlfriend and he took her from me and now I have nowhere to go so I’ll sing about it!” OK, maybe that pic doesn’t say it, but surely this second one does.
Wendy’s used to have the 99 cent value meal. It was great. All the items I wanted for 99 cents each! Now it’s the “Super Value” menu. That means not everything is 99 cents. Some is 1.19. That doesn’t sound like such a super value compared to what was had before.
So, I’m talking with my Montanian friend, Rebel Treble, one Saturday night, and I decide to ask her about foods and cultural differences I may not be aware of. See, in some states people won’t have the same foods you may have in your own.
Out on the east coast–North Carolina and upward, as far as I know–you can’t order brisket. People there, with the exception of butchers and expatriates from states that are home to brisket, don’t know what it is.
So I asked her if she knew what brisket was, and she said yes. Then she asked if I had tried flavored honey.
Remember when MTV played full-length music videos? Or are you so young that you didn’t even know it did that? If so, get the fuck out. MTV is a joke now. To prove that MTV and all it stands for is even more of a joke, I present to you the European Music Awards. Current nominees for “Best Act Ever” include Britney Spear, Christina Aguilera, Green Day, Rick Astley and Tokio Hotel. As pointed out by Wired’s Listening Post, it’s easy to see that more deserving groups, such as The Rolling Stones are left off the list.
So the stand out of the list is Rick Astley. Good thing he’s on there, as the EMAs is having an online poll to allow visitors to the site the chance to vote for the winners. This is great, especially because the site allows for unlimited voting. So guess who the internet is trying to get to win?
Click that link and you’ll be taken to a site that has information (including automated scripts) to allow you to vote automatically an unlimited number of times. The easiest for most people to use will be the RickVoter. Or be like me and open up the link in 5 windows and let it run in the background. In the past 24 hours, I’ve voted for him at least 15,000 times. Whewps!