To Desecration of Geek/Nerd Identity

I've discussed this with many people I know but I think I'm the only one who is really really really fucking bothered by it. Perhaps I'm looking into this far too much but I sort of enjoyed being a nerd/geek. I played videogames, pc games, and was into random crap. In the last few years of my existence though mainstream world and even the goddamn hipster crowd has taken over what I considered my domain. If you play videogames now a days you could be the huge frat dude, the button down business guy, or even a GIRL!! Hey, I'm all for videogame explosion and I like that more people play.

The bigger deal is things like wearing those T-Shirts that have things that say "OLD SCHOOL" and has a picture of a nintendo controller. Or somehow wearing Chuck Taylor's, a shoe that I was all up on in fifth grade is now standard geek chic/hipster decor. First of all, if you think you can flex nuts with a "OLD SCHOOOL" tshirt and have a nintendo controller you better be able to match wits with me. Have you beaten Super Mario Bros. in under 20 minutes? Have you gotten to MINUS WORLD...sure you know the Konami code, but do you know the name of your arch nemesis in Contra? If you're going to embrace this new geek chic, you better be willing to take the bad with the good. P.S. Thick black framed glasses are officially on my list of things that I don't particularly like now.

Make Money Quick

I've decided I'm going to begin begging. I'm not going to hold any old sign though. My sign will say, "Need money to invest." I think I should get a decent amount from the Carlson kids.

The Neverending Fight

Day 42 of Operation Get In Shape: Setback as I decide to sit around and eat and do nothing.

Day 55: I'm fucking lazy.

Poor retirement package at Neverland Ranch

Okay I realize posting back to back is a bit lame but this new story at CNN just rocked me to the core. http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/10/jackson.ranch/index.html

California officials have fined Michael Jackson nearly $170,000 and ordered employees at the pop star's Neverland Ranch to stop working, after finding that employees had not been paid since December and the ranch's workers' compensation coverage had been allowed to lapse.

Right.....first of all, who the hell would want to work there? Secondly, I don't know of a single person who would continue to work a job when they aren't being paid. Thirdly, Michael Jackson is a nutbag. But more to the point, who the hell works when not being paid?! Also if you've read more of that article the description of Neverland Ranch is seriously spooky. So there you have it. The MAN is trying to shut down Neverland.

Summarized: 80's was the Best Decade Ever

We will never see a decade like the 80's. It was clearly the greatest time for pop-music innovation that the world has seen. From the Rubik's Cube to Miami Vice popular culture was at its peak.

If you could only have it one way, would you want Grunge forever or Duran Duran forever? I think the obvious choice is Duran Duran. Okay, I'm going to come clean with you. This whole post was just an attempt to be able to post lyrics of Hungry Like the Wolf. There, I said it. This is the greatest song of all time.

Burning the ground I break from the crowd
I’m on the hunt I’m after you
I smell like I sound, I’m lost and I’m found
And I’m hungry like the wolf
Strut on a line, it’s discord and rhyme
I’m on the hunt I’m after you
Mouth is alive with juices like wine
And I’m hungry like the wolf

Can someone take me the the East Coast?!

So I just want to know, does New Jersey smell? And if so, why does it smell so damn bad?

In another stunning revelation, after reading the Tipping Point, I found out that Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is a farce!! HE ISN'T EVEN THE MOST CONNECTED MAN IN HOLLYWOOD. Today the earth trembles.

Blogger Down

So Blogger was down last night at around 12-1am CST. I had a really good post going in my head. Blogger wouldn't let me login. That awesomeness was lost in the night of sleep. Words of brilliance that are lost forever.

In lighter news, 20 students got suspended for online threats in MySpace. How awesome.

Open Bus Seats

Word 'em up, yo
Word 'em up, yo
I just let the rap game
Out of a choke hold

So whats up with riding the bus, more particularly the campus connector and there is that one open seat and there are lots of people standing yet there is that strong social stigma from sitting? I broke down walls today when I sat when others would not. Remember me as a Rosa Parks like figure please.

Also, what is up with Rosa Parks? She fought to sit in the front. In middle school and High school when I rode the bus all the cool kids sat in the back! Or is this whole line of joking and sarcasm too soon? I meant to say, why sell a large plot of land for 28 beads. Beads kick ass.