So I was doing some "research" for my memoir and I happened to come across this flash thingy that will let you make your own Mr. Men and Little Miss character. Here's the one I made:

Yep. In other news, I made a bunch more images for the random image script thingy. I wasn't planning to make so many -- I've generally tried to keep it to one or two images per film -- but I kinda got carried away looking through these screencap folders of mine. (more...)

Like the topic says, I upgraded the site to WordPress 2.02 tonight. Looks exactly the same from the outside, but inside it's got lots of new stuff, I guess. More secure and whatnot. I've already had to make a few changes to the template due to differences and anticipate having to make even more in the near future (ugh). My internal control panel looks quite a bit different, too -- like it might take some getting used to. But change is good, right?

Anyway, to commemorate the WordPress upgrade, I've added a few new random images to the sidebar block that links to my DVD collection. I'd intended to add the nice even number of eight, but apparently there was one sitting around that I'd forgotten to add previously, bringing the grand total of new images to nine (with twenty-three in all). Not that you pay much attention to it, of course. Anyway, here are the images -- bonus points if you can guess the films/shows they're from. 🙂

All for now, then -- until next time! 😀

It's true: he's visiting this weekend, but he's been off hiding for like the past four hours now because the figure's spring-powered missile-launching arm spooked the crap out of him. At one point I went looking for him and found him cowering under my sister's bed. I didn't even shoot the thing at him! Weirdo. 😛

So taking a cue from writers who use images rather than text to excerpt from their unpublished work, here's a passage from the latest incarnation of the memoir-in-progress. It's not even a particularly interesting passage, but I figure it's the more boring parts of a work that make it challenging to get through so your thoughts here will be more useful than they might be for, say, an exciting piece of dialogue. Does that make sense?

(If you have trouble seeing the text, click the image for a larger, somewhat more legible version.)

That's all for this post. Until next time, minna-san!

[18:04] <GOD> whats a good usenet downloader?
[18:05] <Wesper> greeks use musenet
[18:05] <Wesper> the SWAT team uses fusenet
[18:05] <Wesper> Kyle uses jewsnet
[18:05] <Wesper> pastors use pewsnet
[18:06] <Wesper> Katie Holmes uses cruisenet
[18:06] <Wesper> hahaha

Only one example has nothing to do with religion (unless you ask Bush)!

Have you ever had an amazing thought pop into your head: one that just begged to be shared, but that you would never ever be able to share without people looking at you like WTF because there is almost nothing that you could possibly happen upon that would serve as an appropriate segue into this novel thought?

I just had a thought like that and I don't know where it came from. (You already think I'm nuts, no doubt, so I'll share it with you.) I was getting dressed after showering after mowing the lawn and suddenly I thought:

Tapirs look like penises.

Yep.

Now, for further hilarity, keep that comment in mind as you read this excerpt from Wikipedia's entry on the tapir:

Tapirs are forest animals that love water. Although they frequently live in dryland forests, tapirs with access to lakes or rivers spend a good deal of time in and under the water, feeding on soft vegetation and taking refuge from predators. The Brazilian Tapir often sinks to the bottom of a stream and walks along the riverbed to feed. In forests, they eat fruit, leaves, and berries.

Tapirs are largely nocturnal and crepuscular. The smaller Mountain Tapir of the Andes is generally diurnal, but all four species react to hunting pressure by retreating deeper into inaccessible regions and becoming more nocturnal.

I'm still laughing.