The Daily Adventures of Mercat

I feel bad because I haven't updated much lately. I think I feel worse because I've had some good philosophly thoughts in class and just haven't bothered to get them down. BUT next week is camp (le sigh) and I'm planning to being my eepc and write a paper and get some writing done.

Otherwise I had a very good weekend. Just in a good mood, enjoying stuff... Watched Kingdom of the Crsytal Skull, watched some Jurassic Park, talked philosophy, spent some time looking up Adventure stuff, watched a good chunk of Firefly.

I'm not sure what to think about my Adventure stuff; I found some new photos (always a plus) and saved some info in case the pages disappear later on (can you believe it's been 10 years since the new building opened?), but I didn't really get anywhere on the code-cracking because looking at Candice's pictures, she didn't have the macro on and some of them she didn't even get the whole thing in the photo. Bleh. BUT I'm hoping I can find someone who's going next weekend to take my camera and take a bunch of photos (with macro) and maybe even some videos.

The real confusing thing is that JPI Design, the group that designed Adventure, redid their site awhile back but it has not been up in the past year; I'm wondering what happened because I found a NEW site (Roto-something) taking credit for it, with a different design team (or at least, lacking the head guy, I didn't check on anyone else), AND with other pictures of the design I'd never seen before. (LIKE A MODEL! *eeeee*) But unlike JPI which was out of California (although the stuff I found today said Oregon?!) Roto is out of DUBLIN (OH) which means that if I got an internship there or ended up working there I wouldn't really have to Never See Anyone Again. (Unless I get a job working for Disney.) But as things stand I don't know exactly where I'm headed, just kind of see myself somewhere all-over traveling when I need to.

Also, they set up a Ning network for overnight "alumni", which is exciting. Opportunities to see if Adventure talk crops up or if pictures do, AND ALSO THEY ARE SETTING UP AN OVERNIGHT FOR ALUMNI :D In April, I'm hoping maybe I can go...

:D

Okay, linkspam. There is plenty of it.

The snake was a fake! Not at all surprised. And on a related note, What Happened to All the Weird? On one hand, I agree, we need weird. Part of it, I think, is that we are getting more educated, in which case lack of weird is a good sign. But at the same time there is GOOD weird like Neil Gaiman, which "normalcy" kind of looks down on... Not completely, but I just feel like there are a lot of people like my dad who just don't like weird stuff. He says it's too dark, and he wouldn't like Gaiman and refuses to watch Nolan's Batmans, so... I dunno. It's funny though, because he likes funny weird, like Monty Python and Gilliam's stuff, but he doesn't like serious or semi-serious weird. *shrug* I dunno. I like weird. I blame it on my young exposure to the Marx brothers, Ernie Kovacks, Monty Python, The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao, The Point, all that jazz...

Oh, but the giant snake fossil in Colombia is awesome, and I think I posted it before, but YAY it gives me further faith in KotC. (AAUUUUGHHH JESUSFUCKINGCHRIST that's a big damn snake.)

Entrance to the Garden of Eden? Didn't really read the article, but the idea is intriguing.

A bunch of viral-ad stuff from the WB for Watchmen... Cool beans. I LOVE viral ad systems. And I suspect, despite some of the awfully-cheesily-designed costumes, Watchmen will be very good.

A brief recap of the Dark Knight viral campaign. Doesn't get into the details, but fun nonetheless. =)

Maybe I posted this? Five companies developing the "Internet of Things"... I'm just excited because maybe by the time I can afford it, there will be an RFID system (or I can develop one, HOW COOL WOULD THAT BE) to organize a library.

An old story, so I probably posted this awhile ago, but "Indy V Underway".

Cool article on the direction of Raiders, too.

OMG NEXT GEN INDIANA JONES GAME OUT LATE SPRING 2009 HERE HAVE A PREVIEW DID I POST THIS YESTERDAY I THINK SO BUT GO AHEAD AND WATCH IT AGAIN YAY YAY

I was thinking about something along these lines just the other day. The movie "Head of State" was on Sunday, which is a comedy with Chris Rock about him running and winning the 2004 Election. (It's a bit like what I expected Man of the Year to be... That was a weird movie.) It's a bit strange watching it because there's a lot of talk about how Chris Rock's character is a political newbie and a representative for black culture (whether he likes it or not), both of which have been touched upon in this election.

But I think the strangest part for me is that he is running against this bull-headed old white guy who takes no shame in being over the top; saying what he wants to say (and saying only that, despite questions from the crowd) and tuning everyone out with patriotic music and repeatedly saying the completely inane slogan "God Bless the USA and nobody else." I mean this character even uses it during the debate!

And you have to think about how unbelievable that character might be, and that is the exact same sort of thought I have about Palin. She and McCain drive me nuts with every time they honestly try to use the word "maverick", not to mention all her "hockey-mom" and "joe-six-pack" crap. (What does Joe-six-pack even mean? I mean, what is it supposed to imply? I take both pride and fear in the fact that I don't understand what she's saying.)

Anyway, some more from the good Palin:

Ha, there was just an awesome sketch on SNL, it was pretty much like Monty Python. This kid comes home from college, dad is a history freak and thinks he is, but he changed to a math major. And the guy who plays Dr. Jack (?) on Lost comes in as this random professor and tells the dad to stop hating him and let him know his secret (he can't count). So the son swears to teach him and they're happy and they turn to thank the professor and he's gone, all mysterious-like.

But he stole their TV.

But it was so geeky. And so awesome. =D