“Me fail English? That’s unpossible”-Ralph Wiggum
There is just something unnatural about calling the plural of mouse (the thing that moves your cursor around on the computer) mice. I always use the word mice when I’m referring to actual mice, those real live things that some people experiment on or make them find cheese in a maze or what Pinky and the Brain are.
One of my colleagues wanted a mouse with a scroll button and I told her that there were tons of “mouses” inside the storeroom. Of course, I was corrected and I was wrong but it felt so unnatural to call them mice. I wish they were called something else like I don’t know..ummmmm….can’t think of anything right now but you know what I mean. OY! One of my other colleagues actually Googled the word mouses and nothing came up. With him claiming Google’s all-knowledgeable power, I retorted with “Check Wikipedia!” It was not a good day today. *insert sad face here*
And this Ralph Wiggum moment was brought to you by my decreasing brain cells.
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The Land Of Pink Cloud Happy Goodbye
Originally uploaded by basco5.
Big invite to everybody who comes across my blog and are in Vancouver, British Columbia. Please come to Basco 5’s farewell art show. The date has been changed from June 1st to June 2nd. He’ll be moving to Europe really soon. Let’s show some support for a local artist. The webflyer is now in colour too!
By the way, I’m in Seattle right now about half-way through my 4-day vacation. Tomorrow will be another day in the city, doing the whole city tour thing. Just came from Portland today and finished one my biggest investments ever! I just bought a new DSLR camera, spending more then $1k on it. The body was really cheap and the 18-200 mm lens was okay. Oy! Thinking about it makes my poor little hurt jump..I hope I did the right thing.
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The Land Of Pink Cloud Happy Goodbye
Originally uploaded by basco5.
Ooooh! A Basco 5 art show! I encourage people to come, especially those that live within the Lower Mainland of BC. For those who don’t know, Basco 5 is a street artist. I just love his designs and art. They’re funky & unique, yet surprisingly serious sometimes.
First saw his designs during the Northern Voice Conference 2007. And it was admiration ever since. Too bad he’s moving to Europe. I wish him farewell and goodluck on his endeavour. Vancouver is losing one of its best kept secrets.
We have some unique way of neglecting talented people like him.
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I am a lover of all things Whedon, Joss Whedon. Ironically, I was first introduced to his work by my 2nd year English professor. She loved him and everything he does. She talked about Buffy the Vampire Slayer like there was no tomorrow and it was infectious. Dr. Potter was the best. But I never thought about being more familiar with the show or any of his work. Until a couple of years ago when I was just getting back into comics. There was news that a red-headed man was writing a comic called Astonishing X-Men. It was damn good comic! Characters spoke like people. The dialogue was witty and sharp. Art by John Cassaday was smooth and beautiful, very cinematic in approach. To make short, I loved it!
I slowly moved to other of Joss’ work and loved all of them. Anything that man writes is brilliant. If you think about it, his last foray into television, Firefly, was about frontier life but in space. It sounds like the most ridiculous concept but it was one of the most well-crafted and executed shows in ever to air. Too bad not that many people went to see it and was cancelled after airing only 11 of its 15 episode run.
Last year an incredible opportunity came up, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Chosen Collection, which contained all seven seasons of the series, was on sale for $140. That was extremely cheap and too good to pass up. It took me several months to find time to watch all of the episodes. After watching it, television was never the same. I thought Firefly already made me sad but Buffy made me just hate TV. Hate in the sense that nothing else was as good as that.
I actually had a deadline when it came to watching the DVDs because it was announced that there will be season 8 of Buffy but in comic form! I just finished reading issue #3 and I must say the show might not be airing but the comics is just as good. Dialogue is as crisp as ever and all your favorite characters are there. I recommend that people either watch the show or read the comics (Actually I want you guys to do both). Don’t dismiss the series because of its campy name or because its a “comic book”. Many elements that Buffy pioneered or perfected are present in many of today’s most entertaining shows such as Lost and Heroes. There’s more to it than you’ll ever know. Once you start you can’t actually stop.
