Friday, November 28, 2008

Never gonn give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you

Best Part of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade:



Cartoon Network just Rick Rolled a nation, ladies and gentlemen. Classic. They're my heroes.

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Hava nagila ve nis'mecha

In recognition of being a month from Hanukkah, I present you with the absolute worst "Hebrew" videos of all times for the song favorited by both you and me.... Hava Nagila

WTF Slut Hava Nagila...


Indian Hava Nagila
(I think they stole their dance from MC Hammer)



A Hard Day's Hava
(just wait for the old lady to toss her panties on stage...)



Hand fart Hava Nagila

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Meet me at the altar in your white dress / we ain't gettin' no younger, we might as well do it

There's been a lot of controversy surrounding the gay marriage issue over the last few years. As you most likely know, Prop 8 just passed in California, changing the State Constitution to define marriage as an act between a man and a woman, thus overriding the decision made earlier in the year about the Supreme Court.

I found the following graph helpful in explaining the consequences of gay marriage. I think it paints a very clear picture as to why Prop 8 passed in California.



Wait... why did Prop 8 pass?

Monday, November 17, 2008

I live in America with a pair of Payless shoes / The Upper Peninsula and the television news

Michigan's Upper Peninsula is a diverse society of people. I've gathered that there is some sort of disconnect between the UP and the "hand" that is the rest of Michigan. Of course, this disconnect also seems to be between the UP and Wisconsin. I'm not really sure why that is. Nonetheless, from my nonextensive travels in the UP, I have gathered that Yoopers are fairly conservative small-town folk who have a strong affinity for the Green Bay Packers, shooting forest animals, and eating pasties.

That being said, I'm currently eating chocolate in the shape of the UP, thanks to my favorite Jonathan who brought it back for me last time he was up in Escanaba. Be it a Yooper bar or Macinac Island Fudge, the UP is okay in my book for its production of chocolate and sweets.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

We fail to represent, we fail to be content, we fail at everything we ever even try to attempt

Juggles and I were hanging out for a few minutes before he headed to class and I to the library. He made mention that it seems that everything that we perceive as stable turns to chaos, while everything we think is up-in-the-air usually ends up having a logical pattern. He started talking about his summer -- school, women, work, and frisbee -- drawing examples of both the chaos and the calm from the various subjects.

For some reason, his mention of the chaos and calm triggered a great fear into me of "What Happens Next?" I don't know why it hit me so hard today, but it was a reminder that this graduate school phase is so volatile. We all are here together, then suddenly we are not. Once you start getting comfortable, it's torn out from under you.

Of course I have some ideas of what I'd like to do and where I'd like to go at the end, but it's entirely possible that the economy will be so bad that I'll have to move back in with ma' and pa' because a) there will be no jobs for me, and b) little money will be given to research, thus putting a damper on PhD funding.

So, I walked Juggles to class, fairly silently as I was processing this stuff. Then I had my head tipped down as I was walking toward the Diag when I suddenly felt an arm hard in my stomach. It was Steve passing by on his way home from lab. He scared the crap out of me. The thing with Steve is that he's flighty and filled with laughter, but somehow still solid -- making his opinion worth a lot. He somehow has this way of clearing my mind, even when he doesn't know there's something on it. I'm glad I've gotten to know him over the past 6 months. I told him what was on my mind in small detail, and he somehow worked his Steve magic by mocking me and whatever. Walking away, I continued my thought process, realizing that it's really not worth freaking out about now... There's nothing I can really do.

I arrived at the library and knew what had to happen. Before I started writing my presentation, I had to listen to the following song... Because it always makes thinking about the future a little bit easier, and reminds me of home.





I’m on fire and now I think I’m ready to bust a move
Check it out I’m rocking steady
Go!

Betty won’t stop listening to modern rock
How she hates to be alone
I try to compensate her lack of love with coffee cake
Ice cream and a bottle of ten dollar wine she says hey
I rock the Haro sport
I rock the cow girl blues
I rock too fast for love I’m footloose in my Velcro shoes
What’s up with Will and Grace?
I don’t get drum and bass
The future freaks me out

I’m on fire and now I think I'm ready to bust a move
Check it out I’m rocking steady
To the beat in my head
It goes oh, oh-oh-oh
I know that she’s the only one
I’d rather waste our time together
Yeah, ‘cause we can get down

Betty can’t quit carving question marks in my wrist
How come we’re so alone
We waste away the days with nicotine and television samples
From an era we hate to admit we embrace
We fail to represent
We fail to be content
We fail at everything we ever even try to attempt
And so the story goes
As only Betty knows
It’s time to take control
(Get Down)

I’m on fire and now I think I'm ready to bust a move
Check it out I’m rocking steady
To the beat in my head
It goes oh, oh-oh-oh
I know that she’s the only one
I’d rather waste my time with her

Betty, I need you
I miss you
I’m so alone without you
To call up on the weekends with my cellular phone

Betty it’s so hard to relate
To the whole human race
I don’t know where to begin
I don’t know where to begin
If we can both find a way
To do the things that we say
We might not sit in our rooms
And drink our daydreams away
Betty, I’m a dreamer
I’m not a vicious schemer
Oh Betty won’t you.. ah fuck it

I’m on fire and now I think I'm ready to bust a move
Check it out I’m rocking steady
To the beat in my head
It goes oh, oh-oh-oh
I know that she’s the only one
I’d rather waste our time together
Yeah, ‘cause we can get down.

Motion City Soundtrack, "The Future Freaks Me Out"

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Rah rah rah for ski-u-mah.... ?

One positive thing is that Michigan finally won another football game. Unfortunately, it was against Minnesota.



Tuesday, November 4, 2008

im in yur pollz, votin' fer change.

Happy Election Day! One hopes this day will end in joy.



That aside, I am writing this post to report my newfound love for all-things pumpkin-flavored. Ever since Geoff got pumpkin pancakes at IHOP a couple of weeks ago, I've wanted to seek out such delight for my own meal. However, time has been an issue. So, this morning, I bought a pumpkin pie latte. Let me tell you: delicious! MmmMm!