this might be my new mantra

true.

why wasn't i made aware of this before i spent several hours processing the things i learned during armageddon week on history channel?

one more cool thing

i love these flowcharts this site puts together - they're really funny if you go through them. here's a fave:

http://topcultured.com/what-should-i-drink-beer-edition-flowchart/

"lost" map on google maps

spoiler alert. i'm slowly working my way through the entire series (all before the season premiere next month). given that i'm only in season 2, this map is full of spoils i'm sure, but it's cool nonetheless. what people won't do with spare time and ample amounts of fandom.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=114522990414940810850.000443661057ca9cd1ed7

sleep-less/full-ness

what an odd night. i didn't sleep at all until about 5 am, which is strange because i usually sleep just fine and at length quite easily (like 10 hours+). i just laid in bed pretty much all night and at some point around 3 gave up on the total silence and boredom and watched some tv on my ipod. then, after about 5, i slept pretty well until 10:30. not sure what's up - i didn't feel well when i went to bed, so maybe it was just that. but, i thought i'd post these two pictures about sleep, in honor of my confusion.

i'm a sucker for a LOLcat

i'm not that old, but...

seeing little kids talk about how life is for them makes me feel old. watching life evolve and things change is a very trippy experience, and i don't think i really understood that until a couple of years ago. i've almost been an adult for an entire decade - that's 10 years during which i've been able to make my own choices for the most part, self-direct, and be aware of my surroundings. it's very different from being 14. so, i see the world differently now with more perspective on how certain things fit into the context of the passing of time, and i notice that pretty often.

so, here's a link to some kids talking about what they think about growing up in the 2000's and demonstrating that the way kids prioritize and contextualize their memories - pretty interesting and entertaining.

http://vimeo.com/7989835

funny

http://www.hulu.com/watch/110311/saturday-night-live-update-al-gore#s-p2-sr-i4

detroit drivel

sure fire way to get tipsy:

playing this game - http://dyspathy.com/?page_id=1106

while watching this video - http://apps.detnews.com/apps/multimedia/player/index.php?id=3962

a thoughtful correspondence.

Dear Lovely Bones marketing bastards:

I understand you have reason to believe that "when a potential customer sees and hears you and your brand over and over, and on a regular basis, you begin to establish credibility with them." I would like to advise you of my experiences with this concept.

This approach does not result in an individual demonstration ever-increasing interest in your brand (and thusly seeing your movie). Instead, this approach results in a parabolic trend of interest, where after a couple of ads an individual is increasingly interested in seeing your movie, rather quickly and easily reaching a peak level of interest, and finally, as unavoidable ads persist, not only is the individual decreasingly interested in seeing your movie, but also is increasingly frustrated and spiteful every time an individual is forced to watch the same trailer over a hundred times, especially while watching an entire season of Lost on Hulu, where you insist on making an individual watch the aforementioned trailer every 15 minutes.

Please find these findings reflected in the above graph. While I have not included eventual outright rejection of your film on the graph, know that it exists and has been achieved. So, enough already.

Sincerely.

just for kicks

worst solving of a wheel of fortune puzzle in a long time...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS1oJJdxG70

listen to the wind blow...

Joy of my day...

I've been listening to The Bridge on Sirius XM alot lately. According to Wikipedia, The Bridge is a channel "devoted to gold-based soft rock and adult contemporary music. ...The channel plays mainly 1970s acts such as Fleetwood Mac, James Taylor, Carole King, Jackson Browne, Jim Croce, The Eagles and Billy Joel, along with some later '80s and '90s artists like Sting, Bonnie Raitt, and others." So, what's not to like? It just feels like home for some reason.

So I was stuck in an ice-induced traffic jam this morning rocking out to some good ol' classic rock and genuinely fell in love all over again with "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac. Obviously Fleetwood Mac is amazing (one of only like 20 artists whose entire discographies I could listen to and not get bored or skip more than a couple of songs). The Chain is just a gorgeous song - the lyrics, the evolution of it - it's hard to come back to the reality of a traffic jam after spending a few minutes singing and rocking out to the bass riff and the freestyle toward the end of the song.

I think the next Rock Band special edition to come out should be Fleetwood Mac. I would buy it in a second to get to pretend to be even 1/1000th as cool as Stevie Nicks on her worst day.

Enjoy: http://www.robertwmcadams.com/media/Fleetwood_Mac_-_The_Chain.mp3