This is the video of me proposing to Callyn on New Year’s Eve. I know this is a little late. It went over very well, except for the goofy look on my face. Time to start planning for a 2010 wedding!

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The first step is admitting you have a problem.

It is now 9:51pm in cozy Brisbane, and I am listening to the sounds of Australian wildlife out my window. Yesterday I fed some native animals, including a leopard-spotted piglet, a wallaby, a kangaroo, and even an elephant! (The elephant left some delicious nose juice all over my hand…) Kangaroos are so soft! Much softer than Koalas. Unfortunately I left my camera cable at home, so I can’t upload the video of the Tasmanian Devil booking it through the trees like mad. Or the crocodile snapping up his lunch. Soon, my pretties… very soon.

Today: sleep. Tomorrow: THE BEACH!

Peace In!

What the crap…

For anyone who listens to Orange Lounge Radio, I called in on the skypeline the other day, in episode 201, Part B. I did a quick review of 24: The Game, which I won on the show earlier. The timestamp is: 1:09:52 – 1:11:11. Check it out!

Hi, Video Game Show

My question is, have you ever played a game with an overwhelming amount of AWESOME. For example. Resident Evil 4. Resident Evil 4 was, in fact, created by Capcom by extracting PURE LIQUID AWESOME from the center of the earth and compressing it into a DVD. When the user places the disk into his Gamecube/Playstation, he is then splattered with what he knows to be pure liquid AWESOME. Now, this cannot always be a good thing and then there’s AWESOME all over the coffee table, and then you call the insurance guys, and they’re like “We don’t cover AWESOME damage, sorry.” And you’re like “Frick, this table was transfigured into a pet Raptor and now I have nowhere to put my Drink.” Then you go upstairs and open the fridge, only to see that it is now filled with gourmet meals. And you’re like “Frick, all I want is some pizza.” So then you order pizza, and then you try to eat it, but before you get a chance to, your Raptor devours the whole pizza with one gulp before devouring your left arm. And you’re like “Frick, how am I supposed to play Resident Evil 4 now?”

So, yah, have you ever played a game with that much AWESOME?

Don’t AWESOME and Drive.

OkCupid (Formerly TheSpark) has a test to help you find out if you are a geek, nerd, or dork. Check it out!

Modern, Cool Nerd
60 % Nerd, 60% Geek, 47% Dork
For The Record:

A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.
A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.
You scored better than half in Nerd and Geek, earning you the title of: Modern, Cool Nerd.

Nerds didn’t use to be cool, but in the 90’s that all changed. It used to be that, if you were a computer expert, you had to wear plaid or a pocket protector or suspenders or something that announced to the world that you couldn’t quite fit in. Not anymore. Now, the intelligent and geeky have eked out for themselves a modicum of respect at the very least, and “geek is chic.” The Modern, Cool Nerd is intelligent, knowledgable and always the person to call in a crisis (needing computer advice/an arcane bit of trivia knowledge). They are the one you want as your lifeline in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (or the one up there, winning the million bucks)!

Congratulations!

Pretty cool huh? You can make your own seal right here.

So I’m quickly checking my Gmail, and I open my spam folder to empty it out, when I notice something odd about the google news ticker thing.

Now for those of you that don’t know, Google searches for keywords when using adsense to display relevant ads to the user. For example, if you search google for “candy” the ads will probably be for various types of candy. But adsense is in other places besides google, such as gmail. Adsense searches through your email for keywords to display relevant ads.

And now I see Google News must do the same thing, because these are the headlines that showed up:

Spam Imperial Tortilla Sandwiches – To serve, cut each roll in half
Vineyard Spam Salad – Combine grapes, spam, peapods and onions in large bowl
Savory Spam Crescents – Bake 12-15 minutes or until golden brown
Spam Fajitas – Serves 8, add extra salsa if desired
Spam Breakfast Burritos – Bake 5-10 minutes, serve with salsa
Spam Swiss Pie – Bake 45-55 minutes or until eggs are set
Spam Skillet Casserole – Broil until golden
Spam Quiche – Makes 4 servings

Amusing, to say the least.