Where in the World is Pol the Intern? General Discussion for 4/30/08

[paper]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e0yOfyJEq8&feature=related

If you had to pack your bags and hide out in any country for the rest of your life, where would you go?

OR

What was your favorite game show as a kid?

New FT on Sunday. See you guys in...not sure. Be back as soon as I can.

[esophagus]

If I had to hide, I'd do so in England. Or New York. Mostly because the chase scenes would look cooler. If chase scenes were out of the picture, Ireland.

Favorite game show? The Price is Right.

[iSteve]

I'd pack my bags and head to Italy.

My favorite game show as a kid was the Newlywed Game.

http://www.tvparty.com/spotpix16/newly.gif

http://timstvshowcase.com/newlywed.jpg

[kahunablair]

Had to hide?
Probably Spain. Beautiful country, with plenty of fantastic little towns to hide away in.

Favorite Game Show?
It's a three way tie....
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5b/Win%2C_Lose_or_Draw.jpg

Or
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/77/LegendsTitlecard.jpg/225px-LegendsTitlecard.jpg

Or
http://www.uploadandgo.com/images/ts.jpg

[six-gun]

Probably the Grand Caymans or maybe Mexico.

England would be up there if the gun laws didn't suck

[cam-]

Costa Rica man,

For the surfing, and the paradise.

Although I'm off to Jamaica for the May 24 weekend.

[labor_days]

Vienna, city of God.

[labor_days]

Jesus flipping Christ. Can DC stop putting out so many Teen Titans books and spin-offs?

Ok, I get that Titans are the DC X-men brand. But do they have to oversaturate the market with poorly written spin-off after poorly written spin-off?

Oh look, and both X-Force and Titans look like they were drawn in the 90's. How quaint.


edit: and yes. I am a hypocrite and buy them all. but still.

[gungadin]

I think Blair nailed it with Legends... But if I could go anywhere, I'd probably go to London... That place is freakin awesome.

[neb]

Puerto Rico! There's nothing like living my life out in the pseudo 51st state.

My favorite game show growing up was Double Dare, as I watched it religiously on TV.


http://dripdrop1.tripod.com/11.jpg

As I got older, Who Wants to be a Millionaire ruled the roost.

http://www.dailyhaggis.com/img/regis.jpg

[luthor]

Favorite game show as a kid was Press Your Luck(No Whammies!).

If I had to run away, I'd go to Flagstaff, Arizona and live on the side of a mountain, grow a beard and become a hippy.

[davetron3k]

For some reason, the comment about selecting by chase scenes reminded me of the brilliant Czech chase scenes in Condorman.
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r304/redelephant_bucket/bscap00365pz-1.jpg
So it's the small villages of Eastern Europe if I must hide out. Or possibly Italy, but that's where they'd look first cause I've got family there.


As for game shows? On sick days in the 80's I quite enjoyed Tic Tac Dough.

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o100/F-Dot1973/dragon.jpg

[acomicbookgirl]

Shame you aren't around to see this but Pol love the title.

I would want to go to Holland.

Favorite game show? Hmmm... The Gong Show probably or what was that game show with the Pyramid? I can't remember the name of it..

[esophagus]

Favorite game show as a kid was Press Your Luck(No Whammies!).I think I was 10-12 when I discovered that show, but I watched it religulously. Good stuff. Also loved The Match Game.

[gungadin]

I think I was 10-12 when I discovered that show, but I watched it religulously. Good stuff. Also loved The Match Game.

Match Game is my one guilty pleasure. I watch it and everytime I love the shit out of it, but I feel disgusted with myself for liking everything (and I mean everything) about it... The music, the bad teeth and hair styles, the clothes, the tone, the contestants... All of it...

And then I die a little inside...

[fred]

Shame you aren't around to see this but Pol love the title.

I would want to go to Holland.

Favorite game show? Hmmm... The Gong Show probably or what was that game show with the Pyramid? I can't remember the name of it..

The $25,000 Pyramid?

[horatio616]

I'll have to second that $25,000 Pyramid.

It's not escaping to somewhere that would be most important to me. I'd rather be escaping with someone...

[fred]

I saw the craziest game show on The Game Show Network a few weeks back. It was called Russian Roulette. Six contestants stand in the chambers of a stage designed to look like a gun. They answer questions for a bit and then pull a lever. The person whom the lever-activated light lands on is eliminated. The elimination process? Dropped through a trap door in the stage. They actually had a question that the correct answer to was 'whore'. It was the least politically-correct game show I've ever seen ... and for that I loved it.

[labor_days]

I can't go to any websites or read any forums until 2pm at the earliest. It's like the death of Captain America all over again.

What. The. Fuck.

[fred]

It's like the death of Captain America ... but with a much less popular character.

[labor_days]

Fred, you're spoiling me! I don't want to know that!

Aaahhhhaaa!!

http://i32.tinypic.com/206ekk6.gif

[horatio616]

I wish we had game shows like they do in Japan. MOFOs is crazy.

[fred]

Fred, you're spoiling me! I don't want to know that!

Aaahhhhaaa!!

http://i32.tinypic.com/206ekk6.gif


I think you will really like it. You're into all that crazy old-school let's put a jetpack on Captain Boomerang type of shit. I merely say meh.

[labor_days]

Spoilerz Tagz, Plz.

[fred]

It's not Captain Boomerang. It's bigger.

[esophagus]

I saw the craziest game show on The Game Show Network a few weeks back. It was called Russian Roulette. Six contestants stand in the chambers of a stage designed to look like a gun. They answer questions for a bit and then pull a lever. The person whom the lever-activated light lands on is eliminated. The elimination process? Dropped through a trap door in the stage. They actually had a question that the correct answer to was 'whore'. It was the least politically-correct game show I've ever seen ... and for that I loved it.I've seen it. Loved it. So out there, and useless.

[labor_days]

It's not Captain Boomerang. It's bigger.
But you ruined the reveal of the jetpack.

[fred]

I've seen it. Loved it. So out there, and useless.

ABSOLUTE INSANITY and therefore perfect.

[fred]

But you ruined the reveal of the jetpack.

It does involve *****, but not via jetpack.

[superfriend82]

I go to New Zeanland. Fav game show as kid any nick game show for the 90s.

[kahunablair]

I saw the craziest game show on The Game Show Network a few weeks back. It was called Russian Roulette. Six contestants stand in the chambers of a stage designed to look like a gun. They answer questions for a bit and then pull a lever. The person whom the lever-activated light lands on is eliminated. The elimination process? Dropped through a trap door in the stage. They actually had a question that the correct answer to was 'whore'. It was the least politically-correct game show I've ever seen ... and for that I loved it.


Lost's Jorge Garcia was actually on that show. I didn't even know about that show until they brought it up when some late night host was interveiwing him. I wish I knew about it before it was banished to bad GameShow rerun land.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s93W-80plfM

[fred]

This one is the real star of the show though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ3o7v_-Cyc&feature=related



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ3o7v_-Cyc&feature=related

[neb]

I remember now in high school, that we used to have The Weakest Link parties every Tuesday night. God, the lady on that show was awesome. I'd find a picture, but I'm feeling a little lazy today. And by little, I mean, a lot.

[kahunablair]

I had a small group of friends that would all meet for The Mole. We used to have such stupid fun watching that show. This of course was pre-celebrity edition.

I need to change my answer! The Mole is the show I want to be on.

[kahunablair]

Disney, WowWee, and Thinkway Toys team up on cute killer bots for the ironic uprising
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/04/ultimatewall-e.jpg
Need some irony with your angst-battered diet this morning? Swell, try some of this. Disney and Pixar are set to release their latest animated blockbuster, WALL-E, this summer. The premise of the film finds WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter - Earth-Class) cleaning up the Earth's trash after rampant, unchecked consumerism made the planet uninhabitable. So how do they promote the film? You got it, they launch a new line of plastic WALL-E robots developed in partnership with Thinkway Toys which no child could possibly live without. Ultimate WALL-E will list for $190 when launched sometime this summer and feature 10 motors, a remote control, and plenty of sensors to avoid obstacles, respond to touch, and feel the mocking satire of its own existence. The bot will be joined by a $25 iDance WALL-E (think i-Species) and a $40 WowWee FlyTech Tinker Bell when they make their May 29th debut in San Mateo at the Maker Faire.http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/disney-and-wowwee-team-up-on-cute-killer-bots-for-the-ironic-up/

[labor_days]

Want.

[kahunablair]

Labor, I'll buy you one if you buy me one!

[fred]

clearly that's awesome

[labor_days]

Labor, I'll buy you one if you buy me one!
You have a deal, sir.

I bet Dave doesn't want us to be happy. We'll show him!

[kahunablair]

I'll bet Dave will try to run over and kick the little guys over. He's the evil Bully of the iFanboy Forums!

[fred]

That is the Watchmen of robot toys.

[labor_days]

I saw Dave try to run over and kick the little guys over. He's the evil Bully of the iFanboy Forums!

Dave. More like Cthulhu monster.

http://www.summeroflovecraft.com/images/cthulhu-6.jpg

Am I rite?

[kahunablair]

In my mind, Dave is the Scut Farkas of the Forums.

http://www.uploadandgo.com/images/1_christmasstorylores.jpg

[labor_days]

Dave Accampo took my lunch money and broke my Wookie.

[esophagus]

Be nice. Dave is jsut deathly afraid of robots. It's the only rational explanation.

[itsbecca]

That is the Watchmen of robot toys.

Pahaha. You made my throat sore again from laughing at this. Poor guy can never live anything down.

[fred]

He's the Watchmen of not living things down.

[esophagus]

There's a channel on TV that occasionally has aimless trivia on the bottom. Whenever they have quotes they call them "famous last words". I have now tried pointing out to several people that the people who said these things aren't dead. No one sees the problem. Am I crazy?

[cam-]

I really liked this gameshow when I was young.

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[esophagus]

Twitter is doooooown.

[paper]

Is today the day? Is today the day of 10,000 posts?

[esophagus]

Is today the day? Is today the day of 10,000 posts?Can you manage twenty posts in a day today? Things have been slow lately. Unless, of course, you are going to respond to yourself over and over again.

[paper]

One way to find out.

[esophagus]

One way to find out.Truth. I'm just replying to help you along.

[paper]

LEVEL UP!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPR6GbS9Hdc

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm283/fuzzytype/Specimen10000bill.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ceERPc3pyw&feature=related

[mikegraham6]

PAPER!!! you've reached 10000! congrats!

Pragenated?

[esophagus]

Way to go!

I made 8,200 today. That is less of a big deal.

[esophagus]

Pragenated?Ironically, David Prager isn't even Pragernated yet as far as I know.

[dave-accampo]

One way to find out.

I just now realize why you've been so active on the forums today. Congrats, man... you win a...well... nothing.

And you can never get any of that time back.

Congratulations!

[dave-accampo]

Way to go!

I made 8,200 today. That is less of a big deal.

And yet, you only joined several months before me. That's... that's a lot of posting, man.

[paper]

I hope everyone checks out the videos I posted. I literally spent ten minutes thinking about the most epic way to reach 10,000. These two videos define gravitas.

What defines gravitas and epic victory for you guys? What pumps you up?

[dave-accampo]

Ooh, sorry -- I don't reply to people who have made over 10,000 posts. I find them to all be smug elitists.

[paper]

You're elite! I'm just pregnant!

[dave-accampo]

well, on a general discussion topic, I was thrilled yesterday that I was able to figure out how to build an iPhone friendly page for Wormwood that actually parses the data from the XML feed into the HTML page (with only the direct links to the MP3 files).

That was a big deal for me. Even though I do a lot of design work, I'm really not that great at coding. The recent Web 2.0 Expo was sort of an eye-opener into several areas that I needed to brush up on. So I'm engaging in a little self-education.

It's nice because I'm calling it research for my job, but I'm using things like Wormwood to experiment. Best of both worlds. Makes me happy. :)

[mikegraham6]

I hope everyone checks out the videos I posted. I literally spent ten minutes thinking about the most epic way to reach 10,000. These two videos define gravitas.

What defines gravitas and epic victory for you guys? What pumps you up?
it's lame but Du Hast by Ramstein ALWAYS pumps me up. i've always got to play it before i start paintballing

[fred]

So it turns out that the phrase "The Most Exciting Two Minutes In Sports" describes the Kentucky Derby rather than that time I fucked LeBron James.

[esophagus]

So it turns out that the phrase "The Most Exciting Two Minutes In Sports" describes the Kentucky Derby rather than that time I fucked LeBron James.Really? The most exciting two minutes in R&B is still R. Kelly peeing on girls.

[casually-drowned]

I hope everyone checks out the videos I posted. I literally spent ten minutes thinking about the most epic way to reach 10,000. These two videos define gravitas.

What defines gravitas and epic victory for you guys? What pumps you up?

Skeletor falling in slow motion made my day.

[itsbecca]

If it wasn't for my LCS having a poster up I probably would've forgot FCB was today. It seems like there was a lack of buzz. And by that I mean no one on here was talking about it, because this is really the only comic related site I go to unless I'm looking for specific information.

Aaaand now that I'm back I can see why. Lackluster spoils all around. They had a good sale of trades going, but really none of the books in stock that I'd been thinking about buying recently. The one odd thing my shop was doing was he decided to give away a few copies of issues from Secret Wars. So that was a weird little romp. And I'm sorry Ron. Old comics smell horrible.

[fred]

I hate the domain name barons who buy domain names that expire simply because people may go to them expecting something else.

And shame on me for letting mopery.org expire in the first place.

[itsbecca]

I hope everyone checks out the videos I posted. I literally spent ten minutes thinking about the most epic way to reach 10,000. These two videos define gravitas.

What defines gravitas and epic victory for you guys? What pumps you up?

I oddly don't think I've ever seen the music video for that song before. Thank you Pol. Thank you. (Triva bit: I walk past Silvercup Studios everyday on my way to work.)

[esophagus]

If it wasn't for my LCS having a poster up I probably would've forgot FCB was today. It seems like there was a lack of buzz. And by that I mean no one on here was talking about it, because this is really the only comic related site I go to unless I'm looking for specific information.

Aaaand now that I'm back I can see why. Lackluster spoils all around. They had a good sale of trades going, but really none of the books in stock that I'd been thinking about buying recently. The one odd thing my shop was doing was he decided to give away a few copies of issues from Secret Wars. So that was a weird little romp. And I'm sorry Ron. Old comics smell horrible.
If it wasn't for Becca, I would have forgot today was FCBD. Oh well. Guess I'm not going. Can't say I mind.

[six-gun]

So I have a kind-of break up with my kind-of girl friend and the next day a girl from my vacation two months ago re-enters my life.

This is all very strange, I've been single for two years and spent one and a half of those licking my wounds from the first girl.

[labor_days]

Sooooo, you are saying you are this guy...

http://img34.picoodle.com/img/img34/4/5/4/f_pennbagleydm_38903a0.jpg

...having to choose between these two ladies...

http://i28.tinypic.com/r05raa.jpghttp://i28.tinypic.com/35jcsr8.jpg

Am I rite?


(I relate everything to Gossip Girl now that the show has taken over my LIFE.)

[six-gun]

No, I'm not having to choose. One most definitely is done with me.

The other, well, she's much more interested.

The thing is, I'm just tired of being single, I know that this sounds shallow but I do really think that there's some part of a guy that's not completely there if he's not in a relationship.

[labor_days]

I am a fan of being in a relationship. It's good times.

I feel being single is kinda boring. Aside from the sex, of course*. But even so...girlfriends are pretty rad. Am I rite?




*(With consenting adults. Although teen pregnancy often brings the lolz as films such as Juno have shown us; play safe kiddos.)

[valoharth]

Girlfriends?! Do they still make those? Wow, I have really been single for way to long... :p

All kidding aside I have spent the better part of the last two years recovering from last "relationship" I was in... I got soooo used it's not even funny. It was unusual for me to be hurt for so long though usually I'm the guy who bounces back right away.

[six-gun]

*(With consenting adults. Although teen pregnancy often brings the lolz as films such as Juno have shown us; play safe kiddos.)

Funniest disclaimer ever

[six-gun]

All kidding aside I have spent the better part of the last two years recovering from last "relationship" I was in... I got soooo used it's not even funny. It was unusual for me to be hurt for so long though usually I'm the guy who bounces back right away.


Dude, that's exactly the same boat I was in. Exactly. Got used like hell then thrown away like last week's chinese takeout.

[fred]

You just need to find a new girl ... perhaps one that likes to rub week old chinese takeout all over her naked body. Come to think of it ... I know a girl like that.

[paper]

I think we all know a girl like that.

[six-gun]

You just need to find a new girl ... perhaps one that likes to rub week old chinese takeout all over her naked body. Come to think of it ... I know a girl like that.

Your mom?

[esophagus]

This is all very strange, I've been single for two years and spent one and a half of those licking my wounds from the first girl.You had a serious girlfriend at 14? Really?

[fred]

Your mom?

Yeah. You've seen that movie too? Ha. Ha. Ha. Smartass.

Seriously though, call her. Her number is (518) 867-5309

[fred]

And by the way, I'm not mad or anything (because I've said way worse about my own mother [doubly worse because it's true]) but dude ... 'your mom?' Did you wake up this morning just out? No more creativity left? My god man, I've gotten nekkid ladiez rubbing egg fu yung into their bubbies and I get back 'your mom?' Jesus dude. Hang your head sir. Hang your head.

[six-gun]

And by the way, I'm not mad or anything (because I've said way worse about my own mother [doubly worse because it's true]) but dude ... 'your mom?' Did you wake up this morning just out? No more creativity left? My god man, I've gotten nekkid ladiez rubbing egg fu yung into their bubbies and I get back 'your mom?' Jesus dude. Hang your head sir. Hang your head.

Ha, yeah that was pretty lame.

Re Eso, no I was 16. (I turn 18 next month)

[esophagus]

Re Eso, no I was 16. (I turn 18 next month)Oh, okay. Makes a bit more sense, I guess. Your user profile thing still says you're 16.

[six-gun]

Oh, okay. Makes a bit more sense, I guess. Your user profile thing still says you're 16.

oh, yeah. fixed ;)

[mikegraham6]

Courtesy of the Vancouver Province:
Ninja invasion foiled
The Province; News Services

Police rushed to a west-side home late Saturday when a man dressed as a ninja and carrying a 1.3-metre samurai sword tried to break in. The homeowner managed to block the doors of his house and call 911. The suspect faces weapons charges and is being held in custody, pending a psychiatric assessment.

[esophagus]

The Numbness in my Finger: A Donkeys Tail (http://solomonrevisited.com/2008/05/05/the-numbness-in-my-finger-a-donkeys-tail/)

This one is for Blair.

[horatio616]

I am a fan of being in a relationship. It's good times.

I feel being single is kinda boring. Aside from the sex, of course*. But even so...girlfriends are pretty rad. Am I rite?




*(With consenting adults. Although teen pregnancy often brings the lolz as films such as Juno have shown us; play safe kiddos.)

I even hear the word "relationship" and I burst into tears. Then I cuddle up to some kind of trade paperback and it makes me feel a little better.

[labor_days]

The only bad relationships I've had with women were when I was still a kid. 16-18 years old, people don't know what the hell they are doing at that age.

But I have had great friendships w/ nearly all my exes. Save for like two. Because they live in other cities.

[paper]

Flight of the Conchords in two hours!!!!!!!

[six-gun]

But I have had great friendships w/ nearly all my exes. Save for like two. Because they live in other cities.

That's the case right now.

Also, this new girls ex killed a dude (http://www.newschannel9.com/news/bobby_968177___article.html/school_student.html). Literally, it wasn't intentional, but still.

[mikegraham6]

So i forgot to mention it to you guys but i bought a condo! It will be built by march 30, 2009 so i've basically got a year to save. Unfortunately im probably going to have to curb my comic spending now
Here's some pics:
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t268/mikegraham6/DSC00430.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t268/mikegraham6/DSC00434.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t268/mikegraham6/DSC00435.jpg

[mikegraham6]

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t268/mikegraham6/DSC00440.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t268/mikegraham6/DSC00436.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t268/mikegraham6/DSC00428.jpg
It's pretty nice and it's in an area that is booming, so i'll hopefully live there for a couple of years then make a good profit when i sell it

[paper]

Good stuff, man.

[kwok_talk]

Congrats! Looks real nice!

[six-gun]

Sweet bro. So can me and my bros crash there on our road trip next summer? ;)

[kahunablair]

Very snazzy, Mike.

[gungadin]

So I'm still trying to get my next year schedule sorted out, but I'm still a class or two short... Did anyone take anything in college that they thought was just kick ass? (And yes, we go/went to different schools... I'm talking about subjects... Like... the Political trends of Latin America in the latter 20th Century... Subjects like that)

[paper]

I'm an anthropology nut. You'll often find some gems in that section. I'm assuming you're already into creative writing and drama type stuff. My favorite classes were Playwriting, Sketch Comedy, Art History, Screenplay Story Development...

[gungadin]

I'm an anthropology nut. You'll often find some gems in that section. I'm assuming you're already into creative writing and drama type stuff. My favorite classes were Playwriting, Sketch Comedy, Art History, Screenplay Story Development...

Yeah. I'm moving into upper division writing at the end of my next quarter (screen writing, short fiction, the novella, etc.) and then it's just gonna be a rampant rockin good time...

But anthropology, you say? I'll check it out... Totally! :D

[paper]

I've heard a lot of writers say that it's probably a better idea to study history than focus totally on writing. I've taken classes knowing full well that I wanted to write about those subjects. It's research.

Oh, and Photography. I loved my Photography class.

[esophagus]

This didn't actually hit me until today.... This summer I am going to be living in a position to get comcis on a weekly basis.

So excited to move. Yesterday I bought a mini-fridge and my laptop should be here tomorrow.

Also, congrats on the new place Mike!

[gungadin]

I've heard a lot of writers say that it's probably a better idea to study history than focus totally on writing. I've taken classes knowing full well that I wanted to write about those subjects. It's research.

Oh, and Photography. I loved my Photography class.

I was contemplating history... But those would just be for giggly fun so I can show off at fancy parties with rich friends I probably will end up having (aka people with a steady paycheck)

I've never been a huge photography person... It's like poetry, I can appreciate it, but I'm not good at it and I don't really get it...

[mikegraham6]

thanks a lot guys, i don't know how stoked i am to be in severe cripiling debt, but i know i can't wait until march 30th, 2009

Six, anytime you wanna head up to the Great White North's capital, you're more than welcome. I buy you some poutine!

[casually-drowned]

So I'm still trying to get my next year schedule sorted out, but I'm still a class or two short... Did anyone take anything in college that they thought was just kick ass? (And yes, we go/went to different schools... I'm talking about subjects... Like... the Political trends of Latin America in the latter 20th Century... Subjects like that)

I took the History of Rock and Roll, and that was pretty awesome. AND I got my employer to reimburse my tuition based on the fact that the class could be considered general history.

[luthor]

I took a class in Russian history that was centered around the fall of the Romanov's. The cliche "truth is stranger then fiction" was written to define that era. It was amazing and spawned a life long love with those stories and times.

[paper]

This does something to explain Luthor's dressing up as the Black Widow every other saturday night.

It does not explain why I'm on the e-mail list for the latest photos.

[luthor]

Black Widow is Thursdays, Saturdays are Gillian Anderson. It's fun. Sexy fun.

[paper]

Please take me off the list for Catherine the Great night.

*in researching this gag I discovered that Catherine didn't actually die whilst having sexy fun time with a horse. I'm understandably disappointed.

[luthor]

Salacious history jokes only available on the iFanboy forums!

[esophagus]

Who has two thumbs and posts from his brand spankin' new Dell? This guy. :cool:

[paper]

Gross. Why couldn't you have gotten a Compaq? At least then I'd know it wouldn't be around very long.

;)

Some people are racist. I am computerist.

[esophagus]

Gross. Why couldn't you have gotten a Compaq? At least then I'd know it wouldn't be around very long.

;)

Some people are racist. I am computerist.I'm hoping to perhaps get a Mac by next year, depending on finances and whatnot. I was far too impatient and cheap to wait until September then buy a discounted Macbook.

This is perfect. I'll just use the laptop from on top of my minifridge to keep it cool.:rolleyes:

[esophagus]

didn't realize how easily people were starstruck. Was hanging out with a band (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=118050560) (Don't click if metal isn't your thing, not really my thing but they seem good and theyre nice guys) last night, and I was minding their merch table for them. Had people getting me to sign things for them, and people telling me how good the set was (even if I was in the band, the band hadn't played yet at that point). Was very funny.

Other anecdote: I was talking to a guy from another band and a girl came up and bought a shirt. He signed it, and she asked if the rest of the band could possibly do the same. He told her he wasn't sure where the rest of the band had gone, so he couldn't really help. She said she would leave the shirt for twenty minutes, and come back, and asked if it could be signed by then. After fifteen minutes he had started packing up because they were ready to go.

"Shit" he said as he realized he hadn't actually got them to sign the shirt. We talked it out, tried to figure out what to do. His solution was to pretend to be every member of the band and make signatures for all of them. And because the world just works that way, the girl and the band came back to the table at the same time. The guy turned a hundred shades of red and handed her the shirt.

"Did everyone sign it?" she asked, the band members immersed in their own conversations.
"Ye-- Yeah."
"Thanks guys!"

Everyone just looked at her, no idea what was happening, nodded, and went back to their talks.

Fortunately they were free autographs, and will never be worth anything.