These are a few of my favorite things
Oshkosh, Wisconsin. 1984. I’m six (“and a half!”) years old, and this is the year I would discover some seriously cool stuff: Transformers and G.I. Joe. While G.I. Joe had debuted two years earlier, and my older brother, Kevin, doubtless had some of the toys, I didn’t really notice that stuff until after I’d turned six. At this point, I was beginning to become one of the “big kids,” and my tastes in toys reflected that. The fact that, a year later in 1985, both toy lines would have TV shows – which were, really, little better than half-hour-long daily commercials for said toys – certainly aided in my discovery. That year also saw the release of a new cartoon in the U.S.: Robotech, and by 1986, I’d also discovered Voltron, another Japanese import. Add these to my existing love of the Star Wars toys, and I’m shocked my mother was able to refrain from causing physical harm to myself or my brother whenever we happened to pass a toy aisle when we’d go shopping.
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-08
- Duct tape is like the Force: it has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together. #
- Letter of Eligibility from VA for new GI Bill (finally) arrived today! Need to take to school's VA office to finish paperwork & get money #
- Got B's in both of my classes. Expected, though I'd hoped for A's. GPA dipped a bit from 3.33 to 3.31. Want to keep it high for xfer to CSUF #
- via @Tymethief A non-twittering friends take on NK: I know he took care of it but really, sending Clinton to pick up women in North Korea? #
- RT @GammaCounter Bookstore window t-shirt: "Don't judge a book by its movie." #
- Prices are going up all over... even the 99 cent store has raised their prices... everything's 99.99 cents now #
- I made a spreadsheet listing every Star Trek story (films, tv, books, comics, games) in chrono order. Let me know if you want a copy. #
- Oh, that doesn't bode well: RT @LATimes Paramount won't screen 'G.I. Joe' for print or broadcast media critics http://bit.ly/So8B0 #
- Would get $11K/year with old GI Bill, will get $33.5K/year w/ Post-9/11 GI Bill. Vets check out GI Bill calculator: http://bit.ly/luYba #
- Drunk Pedro knocked on door, said I owed $135. Showed him cleared check. Math, alcohol don't mix: friends don't let friends derive drunk #
- Met w CSUF transfer counselor, planned out Fall schedule. Now off to deliver GI Bill paperwork to campus VA office... #
- WTF? Turned in paperwork to VA office, they tell me I prob won't see any money till November. #
- Great news from IAVA for California veterans who want to use the GI Bill. http://bit.ly/S3Ivm #
- Explains the smoke during the game: Woman dead, daughter critical after house fire in Fullerton. http://tinyurl.com/ltrr5w (via @abc7) #
- It's like the Hand of God: thought I was only getting 1 GI Bill check for summer; just got a 2nd (albeit smaller) one. I can pay my bills! #
- Bills paid, got some groceries, replaced the starter on my truck and it STILL won't start. Neighbors think the new solenoid is defective... #
- Guy next door had his TV blasting so loud I thought there really was a riot building with sirens approaching before I looked outside #
- "Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life." Bertolt Brecht #
- Off to see GI Joe. I know everyone's either loved or hated it... and knowing is half the battle; we'll see where I fall in a few hours #
- I really liked GI Joe. Don't be fooled by bad commercials - the suits are only on screen for 10 minutes and they're not that bad #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-04
- Saw Transformers 2. Not great, but not horrible. It is exactly what Bay is best at: paper-thin plot, hot chicks, & lots of kewl 'splosions #
- DO WANT! RT @thinkgeek "What happens in the holodeck stays in the holodeck" tshirt, mens: http://cli.gs/QSu58t womens: http://cli.gs/ge8aTq #
- @NathanFillion You didn't steal anything. You appropriated assets in lieu of additional monetary compensation for your services. #
- All right! I've got 8 hours of class starting in 3-1/2 hours and I didn't get ANY sleep last night! #
- Aw crap. Just found out about paperwork I had to file last mo for GI Bill that's gonna delay my check up to a mo. I need it for rent on Fri! #
- Despite operating only on 2 hours of sleep that I grabbed between 7&9am, I did OK at school today. Even got 100% on my speech this pm #
- Best thing about my Yoda lunch box: picnicing on the quad between classes every day #
- Have to give 2-3 min memorized speech from history or film. Think I'll do Sisko's log entry at the end of the DS9 ep For the Uniform #
- Whoops. Meant I'm going to do part of Sisko's log from DS9's In the Pale Moonlight. "Most damning of all... I think I can live with it." #
- Wow. Gorgeous redhead in shorts laying on a blanket & reading a book across the quad. #
- It's definitely a holiday weekend. Getting loaded down w homework by my professors #
- What? Can it be true? Do I actually have a date this weekend? Survey says "yes." #
- "A girl who can tie a knot in the fiber which encircles the kernel of a nut is sure to be married." Yep, that's a vital skill all right #
- My life's a soap opera. Friends dying in Iraq & car crashes. Brain tumors. Cancer. Psycho exes. Name a cliche and I've probably lived it. #
- RT @BadAstronomer WOOHOO! LRO first light images of the Moon! AWESOME pictures! http://tr.im/qEKL #
- HA! RT @mashable Reading: "64 percent Say Too Much Jackson Coverage"...the ad above the article is amusingly ironic: http://bit.ly/amvGb #
- @gadgetdoll One of my friends suggested we should call it As JeffreysWorld.net Turns LOL in reply to gadgetdoll #
- RT @def_leppard Free Def Leppard concert tickets for military personnel and veterans! See http://bit.ly/uHEGX for details. #
- @gimliaxewielder Both B & C: we're watching Star Trek and I'm making dinner. in reply to gimliaxewielder #
- Can't seem to get the dropdown menu for kingdom-con.com to work, but everything else is looking ok, at least. #
- @Quarksbartender that is is obviously one of the beer tap handles from Quark's. Used to get Blood Draft & Romulan Ale from you all the time in reply to Quarksbartender #
- @wilw Please, we want to be all "HOLY CRAP!" Spill! #
- Upgrading my computer to Ubuntu 9.04 (I know, it came out 3 months ago). Need to do some laundry, grocery shopping, maybe wash my truck too. #
- majorly updated http://www.kingdom-con.com and am currently working on the forum skin. Will work on the dropdown menu CSS issue later #
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Size of the Enterprise, Parte Dos
Like I mentioned the other day, the Enterprise in the new Star Trek movie is flippin' huge. Like, monstrously so. Well, someone's gone and done a graphic representation of how ginormous it is, comparing it visually not only to the old movie Enterprise (which was about the same size as the original), but also to the International Space Station, a Corellian Corvette (from Star Wars), the Battlestar Galactica, and a Colonial Viper. And it's bigger than all of 'em. Check it out:
http://gizmodo.com/5253324/how-big-is-the-new-enterprise-compared-to-the-old-one
Despite disappointments, ‘Return of the Jedi’ continues an impressive legacy
Originally published in the Fullerton College Hornet, Vol. 76, Issue 7; 31 Mar 1997
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- So apparently my school is streaming my graduation this morning at http://t.co/j2bir62y
- So this is happening now http://t.co/B1flb6l4 http://t.co/qHMyUhFU http://t.co/XzmFvrfq
- Done with school. About to see Avengers with a few friends...
- Just turned in my final paper. Tomorrow morning, I graduate. It still doesn't feel real yet.
- 3 classes done: 1 grade posted, 1 known, & waiting on the 3rd. Final paper for 4th class due tomorrow. Graduation in 26 hours... Bring it.