Day 50

Being the tech-savvy hermit pig that I am, I have now added a Clustr Map on the left sidebar of this page so that my (very few...) faithful readers and I can find out where my (very few...) visitors are from! Credits to my tech-savvy sister (::snort::) ( wait, did I do that out loud? ;P) for opening up this whole new Clustr world to me (Read: blame her if you have a problem with it).

So beware; Big Brother is watching (very few of...) you! Mwahahaha...

Well... at least Big Sister is watching (very few of...) you. (Mwahahaha)

Day 49

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Queek queek...

Day 48

Someone commented on yesterday's post! After being online for 47 days, my presence has finally been acknowledged. Thank You to my anonymous commentor!

Now if you are still reading this blog and would be willing to indulge me further, can you let me know what part of the world you're in and how you came across this blog? Thanks in advance!

So..... Time for me to figure out the next steps for this experiment. Originally, I was only looking to see how long I'd have to be here before someone responed to me. Given that my commentor remained anonymous, I can't really say that my online alter ego really knows someone else, or is actually known by anyone. But perhaps this is an inherent flaw in my experiment -- I have purposely kept my own personal information (other than my location in the world) out of this forum, so it would be silly of me to expect that a commentor would divulge his/her own true identity (What, did you really think that I was actually a guinea pig or a hermit crab? Sorry to burst your bubble if I did. Kinda hard to type with that one oversized claw, you know... And if I was a guinea pig, my posts would be little more than "queek queek queek queek queek...") If my intention was to see how long it would take for someone to actually get to know me through nothing except this blog, I'd be here for quite a bit longer -- it takes a lifetime to get to know someone in person as is, so I can't expect that it would take any less time whilst only communicating through a mechanical box and an LCD screen.

The real question then can't really ever be answered though any measure of blogging and commenting -- that is, what do we need to know about a person and what do we need them to know about us before we consider them an acquaintance? What then would we need from a friend?

Day 47

Just watched The Forbidden Kingdom this afternoon, and I'll have to say I enjoyed it very much. Critics have said it's a watered down kung fu movie (more of a "wire-fu" movie, actually), but I don't think it lost anything by focussing less on the kung fu and more on the story (something that seems lacking in many big budget, mostly special effects-heavy movies these days). I particularly liked how several Chinese legends were referenced directly and indirectly, especially that of the Monkey King -- one of my favorite fairy tales as a child. Additionally, I was very impressed with both Jackie Chan and Jet Li -- even at the ages of 54 and 45 respectively, they can still bring it. After watching Rush Hour 3, I had thought that Jackie Chan was perhaps losing some of his speed and agility, given that his typical amazing feats of, shall we say, contortionist kung fu were absent for most of the movie, and that his character used firearms much more than I've ever seen in any prior movies (I will have to add though, that there is much more gunplay in his American movies than any of his Hong Kong movies). However, both Chan and Li (didn't he "retire" last year??) appeared to be in top form during a very entertaining fight sequence inside a temple.

My only complaint: A soda and popcorn cost me $10.75. Seriously, you've got to be kidding me...

Day 46

Doot doot de doot...

It's hot out here.

Day 41

Random 1 (or 2) liners day!

If Stephen Colbert ran for president, I'm ashamed to say that I'd vote for him. Not that I really believe he would be a good president; just that I don't really believe any of the people running would be better presidents...


Why is it that the people who fear death the most are also the people most likely to engage in activities that will hasten its arrival?


"Eighth" is much easier to spell forwards than backwards. ...but not that much easier seeing as I misspelled it the first time I typed this post...


Hooray for homemade guacamole!


"Transformers" the movie: simultaneously better than I expected and worse than I expected. And Shia LaBeouf is rather annoying.


I haven't watched an episode of Lost in almost a week. That's some considerable restraint right there.


That is all. Good night.

Day 37

Yeah, it’s been a while, but I can’t think of anything significant to say…

TV shows on DVD are great. You can watch a program without commercial interruption, and you have immediate access to the next episode should you need to find out what happens next right away. No waiting for next week or waiting for next season to see cliff-hanger conclusions like those poor people watching on TV.

Suckas.

OK, that still wasn’t significant, but you can’t say I didn’t warn you.