Captain Wulf’s Neighborhood

heartbreak or nonsense
 
unsplit lip non-slip grip
unsplit lip non-slip grip

What is that noise?!

Aaaaaand thunder breaks

The phantom smell of maple wafts up into my room

this serves as a warning wake up in the morning
this serves as a warning wake up in the morning

Deep Dark Found Down Dead
Sleep Stark Frown Sound Said

Heartbreak or nonsense
What do we need to deciiiiide?
Do we have the needle and fence and the beetle and two pence
But you just stood a-
just stood a-
stood a-

Just stood aside.

Ideas from a horrible human being:

Hot or not. Pregnant or just fat. How about Iraq or Diabetes? Send a pic of your stump and see if the Internet can guess.

A new reality television program for the enjoyment of America: Abuse. 10 contestants are thoroughly researched and then followed by camera crews and incredibly obnoxious jerks, one jerk per contestant. The jerk spends around a week (the contestants won't know how long) trying to get the contestant to crack - yell, scream, talk back, react in any negative way. The contestants are competing for a chance - a chance, mind you - to win a large sum of money. Those who don't crack, or the last few people to crack, then get put on a giant roulette wheel. There is a tiny Double Zero portion of the wheel, but as it spins, the 00 section slowly expands.

I had a very nice day yesterday. I made spinach-artichoke dip and crabcakes with the invaluable assistance of selffriend Kurt and watched 6 episodes of Chef! at his - very wise - suggestion. I also earned $25 delivering papers in my neighborhood, which is actually a rather enjoyable job, seeing as it took maybe an hour, I don't get up early to do it and the weather is really rather nice. Too bad it's not a regular gig, eh? I need one of those. Getting back on topic, I'm now in College Park with the girlfriend. It was such a fine day. I'm looking forward to whatever today will bring.

Iron Man is coming out. May 3rd is Free Comic Book Day, and there is a computer show in CP. I do not know how this weekend is going to go down, exactly. What I really want is a full belly and a bunch of friends around me. That will be the goal.

I wish I had an idea or a story to tell here. Gosh, I haven't been having any weird ideas lately. I managed to make my computer dual-boot in XP and Ubuntu. That was pretty cool. I've started developing the habit of sorting beads in tiny bowls on my desk with tweezers, while I'm on the phone or listening to audio. Pretty humdrum, really.

"It's the First of May, the First of May,
Outdoor [CENSORED] starts today." - Coulton

A good friend reminded me of the Mekons

Carbon/Silicon

The Bird and The Bee

I'm making a mix CD of songs that deal with nerdy subjects. Obviously I'm throwing Weird Al's "White And Nerdy" and "It's All About The Pentiums" on there. I want each song to either ooze with references or focus on one particular subject. "Ghardbad At The Roxbury" is a gem I picked up years ago that mixes the tune from Night At The Roxbury with voice clips from the original Diablo. I'll also have some TMBG and Moxy Fruvous, as well as MC Chris and Futuristic Sex Robotz.

I figured after I looked through my mp3s for the nerdiest stuff, I'd do some Googling on the subject. Feel free to feast your ears on a few of my findings.

The Four Eyes - not exactly my thing music-wise (and especially because I'm not into WoW)
Anchorhead - Is that a death metal version of the Imperial March? I think it is.

I read there's going to be a 4th season of Disney's Kim Possible. I have mixed feelings about that show. The action is packed, the dialogue is pretty tight, and the animation style is pleasantly quirky. However, it's so very excruciatingly feminist. All male characters are one of these options: A) Incompetent and/or small-minded sociopath, B) Highly intelligent, but lacking in either common sense or mobility, or C) Well-meaning human target and comic relief.

All that aside, the fact I'm finally getting to is that coming into the 4th season that they weren't initially planning on making, they have to deal with the fact that they "finished" the show with the main character falling in love with her option-C sidekick, Ron Stoppable. That sort of ruins the dynamic of the show. But they (the creators) claim they have a way around it.

The point of this post is that what I would personally do in that situation is shamelessly steal from the Love Hina OVA.

I used to download a lot of anime. Let's not talk about why.

See, Love Hina was a harem-type anime with a ridiculously spineless twerp of a main character named Keitaro. The whole point of the show was how he kept accidentally looking like a pervert and getting his ass kicked by the female characters. But after they ended the series, there was an extra bit of story they released - an epilogue, basically - where Keitaro had gone away and come back a total badass. It was hugely satisfying to see the guy catch a break after 26 episodes of humiliation.

And that's what Ron Stoppable needs. I can definitely see an entire season with the various reactions to "oh sh*t, Kim's not the only super-slick butt-kicker for goodness in town." Obviously new comic relief would have to be introduced. But it would be highly entertaining to me - and I'm betting a whole ton of tweenage boys - to see the always-inferior male character come into his own and skillfully contribute to the sound thrashing of the Forces of Evil.