Homer Simpson Sings The Flintstones Theme

I don't know why, but when I was younger (and I guess still to this day), I always loved this scene in The Simpsons. I remember the first time I saw it I laughed on controlably for so long. I think it is the fact that Homer blatantly sees the tree and knows he is going to run into it but does not stop himself from doing so. This episode was from back in the day when the series was in its prime. Enjoy (and sorry about the poor quality).

Car on a Cliff?

Oh Wikihow, you have done it again. You never cease to amaze me with your interesting entries. Just in case I ever want to know "How to Get out of a Car That's Hanging on a Cliff," I now know how. While I never want to be in this situation, I was really intrigued by the entry.

The Letter Game

One of my friends showed me this "Letter Game" (I think Caorline Raptastic), and it can be really fun if a lot of people are on it. Basically its a board with a whole bunch of letters on it and anyone that is logged onto the site can start moving the letters around to spell words. This may sound kind of stupide but try the program out. It can get tricky sometimes because if you want to right something (often when you write something obscene), the community works against you to start taking letters away from what you are writing. Its hard to explain, just check it out.

Why I Hate Conquest

Conquest student housing can kiss my ass. I seriously hate it so much. First off, I lived in it for two years of my college life. While I have to admit one year was amazing (I lived in a pimped out 9 person house on Menlo) it was the house that was amazing, not the management that is Conquest. They try to follow their name sake to a "T" by literally trying to conquest all housing within the USC area so that they may create a monopoly. Their employees are rude, their maintence team is terrible, and they all around they suck. But what has spurred this rant so recently is that I can't take their advertising campaign anymore. When they were asked to remove their "You know you want it" slogan from bus stops (by the way that girl was not even hot so no, no one wanted her), they merely moved to facebook. Their ads now have a guy and a girl obviously sleeping together with phrases like "Everyone wants to sleep with us" and "Get lucky every night." Are you freaking kidding me? Do you actually mean to imply that if we sign a lease with Conquest we will gain incredibly amazing sex lives? What the FUCK! How stupid do they think the USC student body is? I honestly think I am going to light a flaming bag of dog poo on their front steps--they can go get lucky with that.

Yogi Bear

I love Yogi Bear. "He's smarter then the average bear." Well I don't really think he is--I mean enough is enough with the pic-a-nic baskets. But I still really enjoy him. And Boo-Boo is even better. Those two cause so much havoc for Ranger Smith. What I never understood is why Yogi, as a talking bear, did not just ask people if he could join them for their picnic lunches rather then steal them. I understand there were always signs that said "No Feeding the Bears," but he's a TALKING bear for crying out loud. So we had Yogi, Boo-Boo, Ranger Smith, and then sometimes Cindy Bear, while not often seen, she was Yogi's foxy little girlfriend. I often forget about her.

Pink Panther

The Pink Panther animated cartoons are amazing. I don't think I really have to say anything else.

Rollerblading Kid

There is this kid that I often see around the USC campus and he always intrigues me. For anyone who might know this character, the following is not meant to insult him but rather to express my confusion to his ways. What interests me about this guy is that he always rollerblades. Everywhere, including inside buildings. He never takes the blades off. But what makes this scenario even more bizarre is that the kid only has one rollerblade on. The other foot is absent of wheels. Ok, even that I can kind of understand--he created some sort of pseudo skateboard out of one rollerblade. To top off the cake, though, his non-rollerblade foot has no shoe or sock. The foot is completely bare. Thats right, he goes around campus, kicking off on one bare foot. I just do not understand this. And there is so much dirty shit on campus--is he not bugged by this? If anyone knows him and knows why he does this, PLEASE fill me in. It would be greatly appreciated.

Dumb Kia Commercial

There is this new Kia commercial that has been playing recently (unfortunately I couldn't find it on YouTube) that annoys the hell out of me. It begins with this guy saying "Sure I'm incredibly good looking and date hot models, but when it came to cars, I was stumped." He then goes on to explain that after reading some book (which just had "Kia" printed on each page), he had some sort of revelation and invested in a Kia. He seems quite proud of his purchase and ends the commercial with "girls dig readers" (in reference to this great Kia book he just read). The commercial makes NO SENSE. First off, he or his girlfriend do not seem to be overtly "good looking" or "model" material. Then there is the book--what is with it? Why is there just "Kia" printed in it? I don't get it. Nothing being said in the commercial motivates me to buy a Kia. There is just no logical connection between what is going on and what the commercial should be motivating consumers to do. Nice job Kia advertisers. I want to give you a cookie...with "Kia" written in frosting on it.

Scooby and Scrappy Doo

I've never been a huge fan of Scooby Doo, but I was just thinking--why can Scrappy Doo talk and Scobby Doo can't. Aren't they related? And yet, Scrappy has near human qualities while Scooby is not only purely doggish, but he is even a fairly stupid dog (ignoring the fact that he might indeed perhaps be on some sort of drugs with Shaggy). I just don't get how the two dogs can be so different.

Ice Skating Accident

I just saw this clip on T.V. and immediately searched for it on YouTube. It was kind of hard for me to watch at first...so of course I put it on my blog. I'm not sure on the details of the aftermath, but I do know the girl is back skating.

Mash-ups

My newly discovered favorite music for the past week has been mash-ups. They are kind of similar to a remix but in my opinion much better. Whereas remixes essentially add new elements to an already existing song, mash-ups combine songs into one song using ONLY pre-recorded elements with no new material. Check out these Best of Bootie albums (you can download them for free). They have some of the most interesting combinations of music I have ever heard.

Lincoln Logs

Once again Lady Raptastic brings up a blast from the past--Lincoln Logs! I mean who doesn't love those building blocks of life? They certainly no legos, but they were prime toys for me when I was but a wee tot (in much the same way K'NEX rocked my play world some years later). Things I liked to do while building:

1) See how tall I could make a building (and I'll be damned if that tower fell over before I wanted it to).

2) Copy the buildings on the box in their exact form (I'm a perfectionist).

3) Race a friend to see who could build the most complete structure with as many blocks as possible the fastest (I always won).

Gumby

I was chatting with my good friend Caroline "Lady Raptastic" C. today, and the topic of Gumby game up. We both agreed that we really enjoyed watching that crazy claymation dude. However, you don't really seem to hear too much about Gumby these days. Lady Raptastic and myself came to the agreement that while we still love Gumby and would love to see him in a new television show or movie, it would be necessary to keep him in his original claymation form. Any attempts to make him in accordance to new digital standards just wouldn't do. Here is a link to wikipedia that provides a brief history of Gumby and some interesting facts.