For some reason, I have found a lot of strange things recently. See for yourself.

Creepy Plastic Simpsons Figures.

Where did these come from? I don’t know, but these Bart and Maggie figures were just lying around for some reason. They’re fairly small and well made, but something weird happened in the transition from animated characters to 3 Dimensional objects. Look at those freaky-deaky eyes!

Aye Carumba!

Smurfs.

This house is infested with Smurfs! How can this be? Do people really even like Smurfs this much? Why are they here? Furthermore, what are Smurfs supposed to be? Why do they exist? How can they exist? What purpose do they serve in the universe? These are all things I would probably be better off not knowing.

A Rebellious Oreo.

Look at that! Can you see? This is an Oreo cookie, one of the greatest inventions in the history of mankind, but something has gone terribly wrong! One side of this cookie is inside out! The chocolate wafter is improperly attached to the cream filling by the textured side that is supposed to be facing outwards, creating a deformed mutation Oreo! What an incredible discovery. Aren’t there supposed to be people who are paid to make sure irregularities such this do not reach the customer? Perhaps this is an anti-establishment Oreo. An anarchist Oreo. An evil clone Oreo. The Bizarro Oreo!

Despite it’s apparent malignance, it tasted the same as any other Oreo. Delicious.

Such an odd string of strange objects. I can only hope that more oddities will appear to challenge my already dubious perceptions of reality.

Sayonara

Interesting contrast with the Justified Assassination and the Thorough Repair. Really accurate though. I am indeed a Networked Individual and I have been doing Online Nullification since forever. Just look at all the stupid people I’ve destroyed.

Sayonara.

Last week I started doing something that I honestly should have done years ago.

I started watching ROBOTECH.

For Christmas I got the 3rd Robotech Remastered DVD box set. While this was a nice gesture, it really didn’t do me any good since I would need to watch the episodes from the 1st and 2nd box sets before delving into the 3rd. But it was finally a good excuse to go and buy that show, something I had wanted to do for a long time since I know that Robotech is probably the single most important entity in the proliferation of anime fandom in North America. So at Anime North I bought the other two box sets I needed up to that point, giving me the complete Macross chapter of the saga.

I wasn’t really able to get to watching them until last week, but I’m glad I waited until I had a significant block of time to devote to the experience. I started watching at midnight, and before I knew it, it was 6 a.m. and I was finished with 12 episodes. I watched Robotech for 6 straight hours, and enjoyed every last minute of it. It was awesome.

I’ve often gotten really frustrated with people who are still so upset over how Carl Macek took these 3 unrelated shows and changed them so that they’d fit together. As if it isn’t bad enough that they can’t get over it even 20 years later, but there were reasons why that had to happen and it’s not a secret to anyone. I prefer anime presented in it’s pure form too, but Robotech was what it had to be for its time, and the results were still great. There was no hate or spite in the creation of Robotech. Having seen 36 episodes of the show, I can safely say that there was more love and care put into that series than any fansub I’ve ever seen.

It’s probably going to be awhile before I see anymore episodes though. I’ve just recently gotten word of a new collected edition that contains all 14 disks of the show, plus the 7 extra disks with bonus material that were included in the original DVD releases. I’m thinking I’ll wait for that to come out and put it on my Christmas list this year.

Even though it’s been a long time coming, I think I picked a great time to finally get into Robotech. After years and years of rumors and false starts, Robotech is finally getting a brand new sequel! It’s called “The Shadow Chronicles“. I’ll be keeping my eye on that too.

For those who have yet to see Robotech, I totally recommend that you do. Not only is it an important piece of anime history for both sides of the Pacific, it’s also just really good Sci-fi with a solid human story. Don’t let it’s age fool you. Don’t let the elitist anime fans stop you. Don’t even let the fact that it’s animated prevent you from watching this show if you’re not into cartoons. Robotech is quality stuff. Watch it.

It sure kicks Star Trek’s ass, at least.

Sayonara.

I try to make myself as accessible as I can via my website, however I pay the price in spam. I get a lot of spam, and most of it, I assume, comes from automatic spiders who mine the Internet looking for suckers like me to try to sell their garbage to. Over the years I’ve noticed several trends in how spammers try to bypass filters and fool spam blocking software into thinking that their unsolicited messages are actually legitimate e-mails. I’ve seen things like random real looking names, messages containing passages from novels, messages containing news stories, and messages containing bizarre awkward English that doesn’t make any sense.

A few weeks ago I noticed another strange trend. These spam messages seemed to be sent by a name, but instead of any common names, these names were all strange combinations of random words. There’s even a middle initial. Some of these “names” were so funny that I had to save them. There are some seriously outlandish names here, and some of them create interesting or ironic juxtapositions. So here I will share with you a few of my favorites.

Glycerol K. Slobbers
Doesn’t that just sound delightful.

Simulated T. Hoes
The fake hoes. Not the real kind.

Hurrying A. Dissuaded
So, which is it? Hurrying or Dissuaded?

Suctions R. Prickle
This name just gives me the creeps.

Handguns M. Connective
Obviously a card carrying member of the NRA.

Units R. Leeched
Alert! The units are leeched! I repeat! The units have been leached!

Therein D. Pontoons
The pontoons are over there, dammit!

Frigidaire H. Rawness
The Rawness family thought it’d be cute to name their child after a refrigerator. Kind of poetic.

Dissolutes D. Balderdash
Do not believe a word this man tells you.

Inconstancy H. Stovepipes
I don’t know why I think this one is so funny. It just is.

Stab L. Bomber
The name of a very flamboyant terrorist and member of the COBRA organization.

Mercenary D. Vigorously
Obviously a friend of Mr Stab L. Bomber up there.

Multiculturalism G. Barraging
Barraging you all with multiculturalism!

Tobogganing H. Clementine
When I have a son, I will name him Tobogganing.

Ballerina A. Food
Not much protein, but lots of calcium.

Poetess K. Lacerating
Yeouch!

Highboy L. Castration
YEOUCH!!!!

Seems like the trend is over now, because I don’t get any more like this. I guess the spammers figured out that it wasn’t working. Though I can’t honestly see how they’d actually think they could fool someone with a name from Ballerina A. Food in the first place.

Sayonara.

I have nothing to write about right now, but I am not content to simply write nothing. So I just came up with this.

Most people who own weblogs will, at some point, post an entry composed of lyrics from a song that somehow represent the way they are feeling at the time. Usually the song is some kind of dark and angsty thing, detailing how miserable life is or some other such nonsense.

I have recently realized that I have never done this in my weblog. Gasp! Perhaps, if this is indeed what so many other people believe weblogs are for, then I should remedy this startling oversight.

Now, I’m not much of a music guy, and I couldn’t possibly care any less about anything the music video channel has to say, but as far as dark and angsty goes, I’ve got you all beat! Since I know little of the ways of popular music, nor would I ever care to, I am limited in my choice of songs that I know with lyrics that can truly articulate the complicated emotions that I am feeling right now. But I have picked one that I think is appropriate. Please take note of the subtle subtext. Enjoy.

OH!
Harvey, Harvey!
Harvey the Wonder Hamster!
He doesn’t bite and he doesn’t squeal,
He just runs around on his hamster wheel!
Harvey, Harvey,
Harvey the Wonder Hamster!
HEY HARVEY!

Yes, I feel much better now. Thanks goes out to Mr. Yankovic, a true visonary of our times.

Sayonara.