March 9, 2008
A new movie called The Foot Fist Way is coming out soon…. I’m really excited!
WARNING: FOLLOWING LINK IS FOR A RED BAND TRAILER. DON’T WATCH IT IF YOU’RE NOT MATURE ENOUGH.
Favorite quote:
(On Tae Kwon Do) “It’s the best of all martial arts.”
“I hear jiu jitsu’s really good for balance.”
“No. Jiu jitsu sucks.”
Hahahahaha…
(P.S. Before anyone mistakes my meaning, I am indeed aware of jiu jitsu’s amazingness.)
January 1, 2008
The article is in Spanish and the title is Operan a dos estudiantes chinos para sacarles micrófonos que usaron en un examen. If you can’t read Spanish, here’s the gist of it:
Two students in China used miniature microphones that they placed in their ears to cheat on an English exam. Normally, they said, you use a tiny magnet to remove the microphones afterward, but that didn’t work, so they ended up having to go to the hospital. According to them, this practice is very common among their peers.
How ridiculous is that? Wouldn’t studying be preferable? It might take longer, but then they’d end up with useful skills rather than ear aches.
November 20, 2007
I got a link to this website from a Bigger Than Cheeses comic. It’s called Scott Pakin’s automatic complaint-letter generator. Here’s my complaint letter about George Bush (I made no changes to what the site produced):
In this letter, I’m not going to argue that Pres. George W. Bush’s presence makes people nervous, anxious, fearful, and angry. Nor am I going to argue that that which is built inextricably into the laws of the universe cannot be totally hidebound. I’m not going to argue those factors, because they’re irrelevant. Instead, I will say only that common sense should render unwarranted any claim that his views enhance performance standards, productivity, and competitiveness. In the rest of this letter, I will use history and science (in the Hegelian sense) to prove that an increasing number of people abhor his peevish beliefs and are looking for alternatives, like the truth.Bush’s remonstrations are a mere cavil, a mere scarecrow, one of the last shifts of a desperate and dying cause. If Bush’s excuses get any more callous, I expect they’ll grow legs and attack me in my sleep. Do we not, as rational men and women, owe it to both our heritage and our posterity to tell you a little bit about Bush and his annoying agendas? I think we do. There is no such thing as evil in the abstract. It exists only in the evil deeds of evil people like Bush.Is it important that permitting wretched, sanctimonious toughies to preach hatred is tantamount to suicide? Of course it’s important. But what’s more important is that if you intend to challenge someone’s assertions, you need to present a counterargument. He provides none. That’s all I have time now to write. If you want to get more insight into Pres. George W. Bush’s mentality, though, then study the details of his adages. Try to see the big picture: It will amaze you. It will take your breath away. And it will convince you that I have a misty, inchoate suspicion that Bush will lobotomize everyone caught thinking an independent thought before you know it.
Isn’t it sad that some random generator can do this?
October 30, 2007
I’m frickin’ sleepy, but here it is:
“Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to keep your balls from blowing right the hell up.”
September 12, 2007
I was just reading up on some Latin American news for my Lat Am history class and I came across the article Army Captures Cartel Leader in Colombia. The article is about the capture of Diego Montoya, caught in his underwear, who was on the FBI’s top ten (now who will get bumped up from 11 to 10?).
But the funny part that had me giggling were the last words “John P. Walters, the White House drug czar.”
September 8, 2007
Check out this article about a guy who tried to rob a karate dojo in Colombia.
Why would someone try to do this? I remember my karate team once went to a jiu jitsu school for our instructor’s promotion to sensei, and someone commented that it would be hilarious if someone tried to rob the place, as there were huge jiu jitsu guys standing around, and us, the young but tough karateka. Not to mention the various black belts.
And yet, someone tried to do it in Colombia. What was going through that would-be robber’s head? Did he think it would be cool to frighten karateka with a gun? Did he think one gun would stand a chance against dozens of people who train to kill? Who knows what his reasoning was, but I hope they interview him later and ask him what it felt like to get his ass handed to him in pieces.
August 20, 2007
I just found a video displaying a technique that many soccer players might not think they need to know, but that they MUST know. Particular national teams happen to be very good at it…lol. And I’ll never forget how loud Cristiano Ronaldo cried out during the World Cup when he took a dive – I heard it on my TV, haha.
August 18, 2007
Okay, wtf? I was watching So You Think You Can Dance videos on YouTube, and my mom urged me to watch the video for “El baile del koala.” So I thought to myself, Okay, it might be cute. My mom said it was a new dance coming out in South America, so I thought of the Macarena, the Ketchup Dance…the dance from Haruhi Suzumiya, even though that isn’t South American…okay. But then I searched the video. Wtf? I had to close the window halfway through because I didn’t know how much dirtier it would get; meanwhile my mom was laughing her butt off. Since when do koalas hug like that!? Anyway, it’s weird and disturbing, so if that’s your thing, check it out. I just don’t know what to make of South America anymore (and before anyone flames me, I’m Chilean(-American)). Wtf, please?
July 4, 2007
I love laughter. Damn, if we’d all just laugh, and not at each other, but at stuff like what I posted below, I think we’d be more peaceful. Yeah… Now if we only had UHC…or a cure for AIDS, or if everyone had enough food…or shelter, or wasn’t dying… Okay, now it’s time to remember the good things in life, one of them being free time:Happy 4th of July!
