Trash

The other day, I was wondering around the house, and I stumbled upon some random computer sitting on the floor. I was a bit curious, so I asked my dad where it came from. Apparently, the computer worked perfectly, and he found it... in the trash. Yeah, the trash, as in thrown away.

It's interesting what people throw away: Computers, gaming systems, printers, TV's. All of which we've gotten for free (my dad's a garbage man) because someone disowned them for some unknown reason.

But, hey, who am I to argue with it? If someone walked up to you with some solid gold bars and said "I don't want these anymore, you can have them," wouldn't you take them?

Bad = Good

I've been going back and looking at a bunch of things that were so bad, that they were good. As in, something is so obviously, horrendously awful that you can't help but laugh at it.

I dug up the "Felix the Cat" movie the other day. No clue where it came from or when I got it. Stick it in the 'ol player, and after five minutes, I'm saying "what the crap am I watching?"

Later I started up "Spiritual Warfare" for the NES. It's a Bible-based game where you play as a member of the Lord's army, and must purify the "heathens." By "purify" they mean throw pears (a fruit of the spirit) at them and turn them into monks. The best part is that the game is a 100% clone of the original Zelda.

I could go on and on about more of these, but I'm tired... so, yeah.

Warioware: D.I.Y

Yay! The new Warioware game is coming out! Besides the obvious bonus of more microgames, you now have the ability to make your own. So many ideas, so little time. Here are some of my ideas, chime in if you can think of anything else:

1. "Remembuh him!" - Press the button on MBD's helmet in order to see his face.

2. "Where's the Princess?" - Bowser's taken the Princess somewhere on screen! Find her!

3. "Toast Toast!" - Work the toaster in order to restore electricity to the building. (Seth already made this one.)

4. "Go somewhere!" - Gwonam is showing you the map! Where do you wish to go?

5. "Escape!" - You've been trapped in the magic labyrinth of I.M. Meen!

6. "Buy!" - Buy the correct item from Morshuu! Come back when you're a little...mmm... Richer!

Finally

The time for reading plays in English class is getting closer. I don't know about everyone else, but I'm sick of reading books, I enjoy plays infinitely more. They're more involved and allow for more class discussion.

I think that's my main problem with the books we read in class. I would prefer more classroom discussions of the reading assignments, because I tend to miss certain facts or symbols or something that will appear on the next test.

BUT, now we're doing plays, and we get to talk funny and yell at people in class. Good times.

Chicken Road-Crossing

So, why did the chicken cross the road? An age old question. Was it not Adam West who once said "Watch out, Robin! There's a chicken in the road!"

Many have settled for simple reasons like "to get to the other side" or other nonsense. Now, most people don't bother to ask a chicken why they cross the road. Imagine the possible knowledge one could extract from a civil conversation with a road-crossing chicken.

About 50 feet down the road from my house, there is a chicken house. The chicken-residents of the house often cross the road in the morning. I set out to investigate the reason behind this migration.

I stopped one of the chickens on the other side of the road and asked it why it crossed the road.


Something about Ian Tomlinson, trees, and bungee jumping... I didn't really understand it.