Grad Quote

I’ve finally chosen a Graduation quote.

I say finally, because picking one has been a long, horribly paved road I’ve traveled down. This quote is the one that they will read right after my name as I walk into the hall and onto the stage, therefore this is the quote that people will associate not only my name with, but my person as well. For example, if my grad quote would have been ‘White power.”, it would be assumed by hundreds of audience members that I am an active member of the KKK and believe that Caucasian is the greater race. I think it’s obvious why that wouldn’t be a very wise choice as far as quotes go, but you can see how people judge you. This is the reason why it took me so long to find a suitable one.

I went through quite a few before I found ‘the one’. There were a couple different ones by Douglas Adams that I enjoyed, and a few others from other honorary figureheads. However, none of them really seemed to fit. They were all either way too deep and serious, or they were meant to be funny and stupid. It reminded me briefly of the song Bicycle Race by Queen :

“I don’t want to be a candidate for Vienam or Watergate, ‘cuz all I want to do is BICYCLE, BICYCLE, BICYCLE…”

That expresses my feelings toward the choosing of my quote. I don’t want something that turns me into a philosopher or world leader. All I want is something easy-going and laid back. So, with that song stuck in my head, I got to work browsing pages upon pages of quotes, along with several different tags, but all returned little to no quality results.

Finally, I became bored of reading quotes and pointed my browser to Youtube. This is what I watched:

After the video was done, I had made up my mind. Monty Python, in all their brilliance and comedic wizardry, revealed to me the perfect grad quote. Light, optimistic, and funny (for those who are familiar with the comedy group); just what I was looking for. Those who get it will laugh, those who don’t will appreciate the simplicity, and those who are old and deaf will smile and nod in the knowledgeable sort of way that old deaf people like to nod.

RSS; It’s About Time

This week I took a big step. I decided to finally jump on the Internet-news bandwagon and try out RSS. I know, I’ve been on the Internet for many years, and only just now I’m using RSS; it probably sounds pretty lame. In my defense, I had technically tried it out before, but I never really got into it. Up until now, I’ve had my most-visited site’s favicons as bookmarks toolbar in Firefox, which worked well, but it was a lot of clicking and page-switching.

So, after testing out a couple different RSS readers, I finally settled on Google Reader. As a big fan of Google, Gmail, Calender, Docs, etc. I figured that Reader would be just as good.

I was right.

It only took me a few minutes to get the RSS feeds from all my most visited sites, and soon my Reader was chock full of tech and gaming news. Also, after a very quick Google search, I found a nifty little Firefox plugin that gave me instant Reader updates just like the equally-handy Gmail Notifier.

As of now, I have 24 subscriptions in 4 different catagories. It’s nice to have all my news in one spot, but I think my productivity is going to take a nose-dive since I’m constantly clicking on the ‘new feed’ icon.

Cut The Shit, Guys.

I’m a pretty avid movie-goer. I like to see the latest action production, and I always have upcoming movies marked on my calender to keep me reminded. However, there’s one thing that really saddens me, and that’s the representation of technology in movies.

I did a bit of research, and I found that the majority of movie watchers are aged 12-25. Now, this is a very large chunk of the population, and for the most part, a very tech-savvy age group. So why, why, WHY do movie producers try and bullshit us with their ridiculousness when it comes to computers and technology?

** POSSIBLE IRONMAN SPOILERS AHEAD **

Miley Cyrus Magic

In the song See You Again by Miley Cyrus (or her alias, Hannah Montana), there’s one part that blows my mind whenever I hear it. The subtle mixture of bass and vocals makes me shiver with happiness whenever it comes on. It’s like Jesus himself is dishing out these almighty drum beats. If you want to listen to it in context, it’s from approximately 2:33 - 2:36.

Disclaimer: I am not a fan of Miley. My attraction to the three seconds of one of her singles is purely coincidental; it could have been any song by any artist.

RSS Feed; Now In Bright, Vivid Colour!

Quickly, take a look to your right (if you leave the screen, you’ve gone too far). Before your eyes should sit a gloriously orange RSS feed icon. With a simple click of the image, you can subscribe to all my boring posts, allowing you to be instantly alerted whenever I decide to update the blog!

It sure sounds wonderful, doesn’t it? The first person to subscribe will win a free air guitar, signed by yours truly!

You would have to be an idiot to pass this up!