tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74452886820839831662024-03-13T05:37:38.165-07:00HenshingerHenshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.comBlogger1180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7445288682083983166.post-7414493251295555782011-10-27T03:57:00.001-07:002011-10-27T03:57:53.254-07:00One More Reason To Ditch PCs and Macs<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <iframe allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jaIhEXZ7WW4?wmode=transparent" frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaIhEXZ7WW4&feature=player_embedded">youtube.com</a></div> <p>Codify, the reason you should program stuff with an iPad</p></div></div>Henshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7445288682083983166.post-35148741651116845242011-10-27T00:14:00.001-07:002011-10-27T00:14:05.009-07:00That Is All Trailer<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <embed src="http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Video.15609003" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" height="350" flashvars="key=4cc168ca62" width="500"> </embed> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://thedailywh.at/2011/10/26/book-trailer-of-the-day/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feedburner%2Foicv+%28The+Daily+What%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">thedailywh.at</a></div> <p>Only the 1% will buy the BOOK book. 99%ers like me don't have the luxury of buying the remains of dead trees and will therefore buy the audio version.</p></div></div>Henshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7445288682083983166.post-21287879584523965212011-10-19T22:48:00.001-07:002011-10-19T22:48:30.639-07:00How The Smartest People Tip<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <a href="http://holykaw.alltop.com/how-math-nerds-tip"><img class="posterous_download_image" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/guykawasaki/sCnyDJatBFrczJGAJGFIyljEIimedrqusHxlccGIrEuJqqwhsibejksiimqz/media_httpiimgurcomYZ_rmECo.jpg.scaled500.jpg" border="0" height="479" width="500" /></a> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://holykaw.alltop.com/how-math-nerds-tip">holykaw.alltop.com</a></div> <p></p></div></div>Henshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7445288682083983166.post-42489540741176174312011-10-19T19:44:00.001-07:002011-10-19T19:44:09.699-07:00Steve Jobs Portrait in Apples<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/secretmetalist/awlnwtckAoGuaIscFgpAhswvpDjwkdhhCutjsbjlvIFfeckadDxspcmpGaBH/media_httptdwgeeksfil_gvzzp.jpeg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Media_httptdwgeeksfil_gvzzp" height="605" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/secretmetalist/awlnwtckAoGuaIscFgpAhswvpDjwkdhhCutjsbjlvIFfeckadDxspcmpGaBH/media_httptdwgeeksfil_gvzzp.jpeg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TdwGeeks/~3/dCPG0X0AUGs/">feedproxy.google.com</a></div> <p></p></div></div>Henshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7445288682083983166.post-12313686141326888762011-10-12T05:51:00.001-07:002011-10-12T05:51:19.600-07:00The 7 Deadly Keys<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote><div> <p><a href="http://www.stickycomics.com/7-deadly-keys/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6115/6234966537_bf4ce29ccd_o.jpg" alt="" width="490" /><p /></a></p> <p>Via <a href="http://www.stickycomics.com/7-deadly-keys/" target="_blank">Sticky Comics</a>.</p> <p>Have a little <a href="http://fun.alltop.com/" target="_blank">fun</a>.</p> </div></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://holykaw.alltop.com/the-seven-deadly-keys">holykaw.alltop.com</a></div> <p></p></div></div>Henshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7445288682083983166.post-85474536864081761062011-10-11T05:23:00.001-07:002011-10-11T05:23:32.069-07:00How to get more Twitter followers<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote><div> <p><a href="http://twiends.com/get-more-twitter-followers" target="_blank"><img src="http://twiends.com/images/growtwitter.png" alt="" width="490" /><p /></a></p> <p>Via <a href="http://twiends.com/get-more-twitter-followers" target="_blank">Twiends</a>.</p> <p>More <a href="http://Twitter.alltop.com/" target="_blank">Twitter</a> tips, tricks, and news.</p> </div></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://holykaw.alltop.com/how-to-get-more-twitter-followers-infographic">holykaw.alltop.com</a></div> <p></p></div></div>Henshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7445288682083983166.post-80352164325397143642011-10-11T04:21:00.001-07:002011-10-11T04:21:54.023-07:00A Sane Person's Guide To Watching Twilight<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;"> <img src="http://canv.as/ugc/processed/3f7a39682053111fc2e04bd484b756b91a998200.png" height="287" style="height: 287px;" width="250" /><p> </p><div> <img src="http://canv.as/ugc/processed/3f3663403618ed561838034945e711cc14c52fb9.jpeg" height="529" width="461" /><p> </p></div> <p> </p></div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://canv.as/p/enq8h/reply/684343">canv.as</a></div> <p></p></div></div>Henshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7445288682083983166.post-64842174185432631042011-10-10T05:54:00.005-07:002011-10-10T05:54:54.624-07:00Shaggy Raped Scooby???<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Media_httpcanvasugcpr_ncmcs" height="342" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/secretmetalist/dyfevlzJycAxIGlrvgGsjDCvbHsGoJnaCpCwlJdkmfpcjxwsycnEvvztrHmH/media_httpcanvasugcpr_ncmcs.jpeg.scaled500.jpg" width="250" /> </div> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image" height="342" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/secretmetalist/gxtbjrBw6Lfq0QwFtMMDf328BaXsiLgpEk2rj66wfafnFrRvp7M9UbFkQeQG/Image.jpg" width="250" /> </div> </p></div>Henshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7445288682083983166.post-17903362230467835902011-10-10T05:54:00.003-07:002011-10-10T05:54:36.404-07:00Pancreatic Cancer...Suspicious.<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Media_httpcanvasugcpr_efyhh" height="194" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/secretmetalist/GFgJspnbzzhpIDBgumyncGkmxnsDthJGFhJbflmcvDIgedgCnbvxuIbsuEuo/media_httpcanvasugcpr_EFyHH.png.scaled500.png" width="250" /> </div> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image" height="194" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/secretmetalist/NuYG92Iw3Y1dt03XwyMQjRtb6mEtfs11x29o0EUu3JLbplewbGrFOhWUEC9K/Image.jpg" width="250" /> </div> </p></div>Henshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7445288682083983166.post-43414821656944000902011-10-10T05:54:00.001-07:002011-10-10T05:54:08.106-07:00Why Steve Jobs Needed Flash<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Media_httpcanvasugcpr_xabja" height="250" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/secretmetalist/BoxIHDoekdnlrlcGFkCvejdesdjxeGFBushunncdnaCGhcoFwuaoykpJFBcm/media_httpcanvasugcpr_xAbJa.png.scaled500.png" width="250" /> </div> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Image" height="250" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/secretmetalist/psAQhwijfnZLRSZQUCKlf85ANiXTKeyij2ASP5BRi4ApoDhiPjomIouJvEKD/Image.jpg" width="250" /> </div> </p></div>Henshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7445288682083983166.post-60294411786654421992011-10-09T22:27:00.001-07:002011-10-09T22:27:43.390-07:00Why Cleavage Is Bad For Crime Fighting<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Media_httptdwgeeksfil_mrfno" height="3596" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/secretmetalist/glbsAldaAymzorAaBjaHgBzxInjdquoxrrFJfdBIpumzxxIwJxJknAnCAhxD/media_httptdwgeeksfil_mrFno.jpeg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://geeks.thedailywh.at/2011/10/05/superheroine-cleavage-problems-of-the-day/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TdwGeeks+%28TDW+Geeks%29">geeks.thedailywh.at</a></div> <p></p></div></div>Henshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7445288682083983166.post-77010110089183417952011-10-09T22:05:00.001-07:002011-10-09T22:05:54.018-07:00Who Brought Back Arrested Development?<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Media_httpiimgurcomuu_ceygi" height="759" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/secretmetalist/ybFEbbFFnkmfixaaepHxmgqeyiHlFCwkaCFrmvmdwGendwdHlsemJxhrEdlo/media_httpiimgurcomUU_ceygI.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://imgur.com/UUvF8">imgur.com</a></div> <p></p></div></div>Henshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7445288682083983166.post-9755850320569343442011-10-09T21:44:00.001-07:002011-10-09T21:44:31.247-07:00Sharing Is Illegal<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Media_httpchzdailywha_cftoq" height="615" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/secretmetalist/iAdbvtqCJuHnhabhvgoxsrFEwbxicGEulbwdmbGHtGfhdGInhAFyuAyfcJhc/media_httpchzdailywha_CFtoq.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/feedburner/oicv/~3/1Q00Tsvt5D4/">feedproxy.google.com</a></div> <p></p></div></div>Henshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7445288682083983166.post-52584047508685152162011-10-09T21:41:00.001-07:002011-10-09T21:41:22.889-07:00MacBook Pro Steve Jobs Portrait<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/secretmetalist/xHCBjpsIjcHChkusBfHmacdirFkqEykwuzpwhxgrarkEhludECEfpAtxuibA/media_httptdwgeeksfil_yxrpA.jpeg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Media_httptdwgeeksfil_yxrpa" height="281" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/secretmetalist/xHCBjpsIjcHChkusBfHmacdirFkqEykwuzpwhxgrarkEhludECEfpAtxuibA/media_httptdwgeeksfil_yxrpA.jpeg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://tdwgeeks.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/macbookpro-to-steve-jobs.jpeg">tdwgeeks.files.wordpress.com</a></div> <p></p></div></div>Henshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7445288682083983166.post-68555374324198065762011-10-08T21:17:00.001-07:002011-10-08T21:17:50.021-07:00People Who Hate The Internet Are Idiots, Beacause...<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/secretmetalist/sHlxolAzfaxgqbBtBonHosClcwIIafdoGjqvaodbFjmECufHBFIAxoegDoux/media_httpcanvasugcpr_bloIz.png.scaled1000.png"><img alt="Media_httpcanvasugcpr_bloiz" height="233" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/secretmetalist/sHlxolAzfaxgqbBtBonHosClcwIIafdoGjqvaodbFjmECufHBFIAxoegDoux/media_httpcanvasugcpr_bloIz.png.scaled500.png" width="500" /></a> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://canv.as/p/eimll">canv.as</a></div> <p>...they can't spell because right.</p></div></div>Henshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7445288682083983166.post-44121543365676746592011-10-08T21:12:00.001-07:002011-10-08T21:12:24.426-07:00Pedophiles Against Gay Rights<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Media_httpcanvasugcpr_xtdde" height="364" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/secretmetalist/jghHEtljHlAnACHBJoooBtrdAoAllDvHeqIxrBEfqsoDDagDCxeqJxgIFpxs/media_httpcanvasugcpr_xtDDe.jpeg.scaled500.jpg" width="288" /> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://canv.as/p/eigrl">canv.as</a></div> <p></p></div></div>Henshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7445288682083983166.post-78329246680262019982011-10-05T21:32:00.001-07:002011-10-05T21:32:54.159-07:00Steve Job's Ulterior Motive for Dying<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Media_httpcanvasugcpr_vcabu" height="400" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/secretmetalist/BdobAmoAlDfwJfrpmdkeBslmcGgoubEtsrvdcExkswxFtjkEBBvvbGoyvyjy/media_httpcanvasugcpr_vCABu.png.scaled500.png" width="400" /> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a 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<p></p></div></div>Henshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7445288682083983166.post-83184284503720912922011-10-01T04:32:00.001-07:002011-10-01T04:32:46.861-07:00How Freedom Is Lost, Bureaucracy Enter The System<div class='posterous_autopost'>Let's halt the war on drugs for a while. Those evil vibrators broke my teeth when I thought it was lipstick. BAN SEX TOYS.</div>Henshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7445288682083983166.post-64133041164273377622011-09-30T06:46:00.001-07:002011-09-30T06:46:07.404-07:00How to Screw Up Standardized Testing<div class='posterous_autopost'><p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-size: medium;"><em style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none;">Instead of ranting about standardized tests, I wrote this screenplay.</em><span> </span><em style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none;">This is merely speculating on how they make the tests. Also, this is my first screenplay.</em></span></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Dramatis personae:</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Nick-member of the Ministry of Education</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Joe-member of the Ministry of Education</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Fe- head of the Minstry of Education</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo- member of the Ministry of Education</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Dan- A janitor who works at the Ministry if Education</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Red- A beggar</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Alvin- The youngest boy to earn the National Artist Award. Mute.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Trisha -math teacher of Alvin</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"> </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Thunder could be heard. A small office with one Windows 95 computer is shown. Joe is talking to Fe. Nick is reading a celebrity gossip magazine. All of them look like teachers. The camera zooms to the door. The door opens. Bo's hair and clothing is really wet. He slammed the door omce he got in.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Fe: Finally, let's start making the BCGQ. </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo: Yeah. Also, the weather man gave the wrong prediction for the fifth time this week. Well, let's get this over with.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Nick: Yeah, let's make it as easy as possible. The less people fail, the smarter we look.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">It will show a montage of them making the test on paper. Nothing extraordinary. They don't touch the computer.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Joe: OK, we're done with math and science. What should we do next?</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Nick: I don't know. We just need to reach ten subtests. </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Fe: Let's be more productive shall we? BCGQ stands for Bobine Career Guessing Quiz. What careers do we need?</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo: Well, there are always entrepreneurs.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Fe: Great. Let's add that. Now, who will make the test?</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Nick: I know. Wait here. I'll be back.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Nick rushes to the door. He slams it with excitement.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo: Let's review the math portion while waiting. </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo looks several items then scratches his head. He grabs a pencil and starts scribbling math equations. After a while, he starts biting the pencil. </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo: Let's just get some high school kids and ask them if they got the answer. </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Joe: Great idea.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Fe: Now, what jobs are popular these days?</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Joe: Call center agents.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo: Yeah, right. They talk a lot. How are we supposed to test them if it's basically a written multiple choice test?</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Fe: I know, we basically make a grammar test and call it Verbal Ability.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Joe: Alright! Let's start making questions. What big words do you know?</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Fe: Undoubtedly, we need a dictionary for this.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo: That seems big enough. Let's use that.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Fe raises her eyebrows.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Fe: Dictionary?</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Joe: We could include that, but I was thinking more of undottedly.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Fe: Undoubtedly.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Joe: Yeah, that's what I said.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Fe starts massaging her forehead.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Fe: Fine, let's use it.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Joe rushes to grab a piece of paper. He starts scribbling four words with the letters A, B, C, D at the right.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Joe shows them the paper. The camera keeps looking at the paper. The camera doesn't move in this dialogue. The paper say the following:</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">A. Undoutedly</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">B. Undowtedly</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">C. Undoutedley</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">D. Undoubtedly </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo: Wow, these are good variations. </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Joe: Pick the right answer. Hint. It's not D.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Camera then looks at Fe. She slams her palm into her face.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Fe: D is the right answer. How about sentence construction?</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Joe: Let's make a sentence about the weather forecast. It's about time people trusted the weather man.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo: Yeah. Let's do that everyone has been whining about how bad our country is at predicting the weather. Let's show them.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Fe slams her palm to her forehead.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Joe: Also, we should use a sentence from the magazine I just read. Really juicy material. Bruce Willis has a new scandal.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Fe sighs.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Fe: Well, it is grammatically correct. Why else would it be published? </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Nick suddenly returns with Red next to him. Red is wearing torn clothes. His face has a bit of dirt.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Nick: This guy is going to write the entrepreneur test. Beggars know what is happening in the street, so they probably know how to run a marketing agency. </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Fe: Are you stupid? They are beggars.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Nick: True, but they know how to survive with their own income. It's about time we get someone capable to make the test.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Fe: Shouldn't we get an actual entrepreneur to make this test.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Joe: Since when did an entrepreneur make a test like this? Besides, this guy dropped out if school. Bill Gates was kicked out of school.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Nick: Why don't we just vote?</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Fe: Finally, some sensibility.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Joe: Who wants to use this kid to write the entrepreneur test?</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">All the boys raise their hands. </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Joe: We win.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Fe: Ugh. FINE. Get someone to write down what he's saying.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Nick: I think I know who...</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Fe: Bo will get someone else this time.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo: I'll get him to come right now.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo yodels.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Dan suddenly appears in a cartoonish way. Plunger in one hand. Mop in the other.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Dan: Reporting for duty sir. </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Fe: Just...just type down what the boy is saying. As for the rest of you, we need to harness the creativity of the nation. Find the creative types. I'm going to leave you guys for an hour. I've got a meeting with the president.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Fe slowly walks to the door. She slams it on her way out.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo: What's her problem?</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Everyone else on the room shrugs. Red talks like a bum. Dan tried to find the proper letters to press.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo: Dan, if you see a red underline just right-click and choose the first word that come out. Okay?</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Dan: Yes sir. </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Red: ...buys once a week.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">The camera zooms to the computer. The letters show 'vice ones a weak.' </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo: Oh yeah! Dan, open a new document.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo hands him a piece of paper. It says 'hello'</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo: Type that down and print it in a long bond paper.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Dan: Font?</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo: Arial. Eight.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Red shouts repeatedly "Paper killer!"</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Joe: What's with him?</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo: Dunno. Just tell him to finish the test.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">The printer prints out a piece of paper. It says 'help'</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo: I thought I told you to type what's written in the paper.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Dan: I did sir, but it had a red underline, so I had to right-click and pick the first word.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo: Computers. Always think they're smarter than us. </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Joe: Yeah, we rock at creativity let's show what we got.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Nick: Guys, how are we going to test creativity in a multiple choice test? Don't most businessmen steal ideas.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">All of them walk around I'm circles. The camera zooms to the clock. It starts at 10:15, then the hands fast forward to 10:45. Random chatter could be heard while the hands were moving.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Nick: I know. Let's get a random object and let them choose random uses for it.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Joe: Oh yeah! </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Nick: First object?</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo: Copper wires.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">The three of them scratch their heads. </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Joe: Just Google it.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo: Let us praise Google for saving us. To Google!</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">The three of them: To Google!</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Dan stands up and leaves the computer. The three of them rush to the computer bumping each other's heads in the process. Nick types 'uses for copper wire' and hits enter.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo: Let's just copy the answers. Then we just look at the most creative looking one. Like using copper wires as a robot toy. That looks creative. Make that the correct answer.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Nick: We need paper!</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">He looks at the paper printed by Bo.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Nick: Eureka!</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Joe: That is so ancient.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Nick: We need more people to write stuff down for us. We lack clerks, right? Why else would we be suffering from having to force Dan to type stuff down. We need more personal assistant. Let's name the test 'Clerical test.'</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Joe: Nick, you're a genius. Hitting two birds with one stone.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo: You're right. The test will be copying stuff correctly unlike this piece of paper I printed. I even though of a question. 'Which is correct? </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">A. Hello, Hello</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">B. Bye, Bi</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">C. Hi, Hb</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">D. Pie, Lie'</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Nick: A, obviously.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Bo: That's the gist of the test. </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">At this point, I realized that I suck at writing satire, so we will end their part of the story here.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Two months later,</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">A school for disabled people in front and center. A big tarpaulin saying 'Alvin, youngest national artist of the Bobine islands. We are proud to say he studied here, even if he won for best silent film and we don't even teach PR enourage it here at all.' His picture is seen. </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">A teacher is distributing the BCGQ results to the students. Alvin received and read the results. He crumpled the paper containing the results and threw it. Trisha approaches him.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Trisha: Is something wrong?</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">Alvin made a bunch of hand signals. He then pointed at the crumpled paper with angst. Trisha approaches it. She suddenly covers her mouth when she read the result.</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">She throws the paper away. It flies to the camera. This was what was written:</p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">You are among the one million children who took the BCGQ. You are fortunate for we will tell you your strengths and weaknesses. </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">You are horrible at creativity. You have the lowest possible score for creativity. You are better of with the not so artistic careers. Luckily, you have a very high score for Verbal Skills. You should be a receptionist, a call center agent or a secretary. We recommend you to take as many speaking courses as possible.</p></div>Henshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7445288682083983166.post-30704106093321091082011-09-28T07:44:00.001-07:002011-09-28T07:44:57.543-07:00The Literary Proof<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Let's face it. Continuity gets the middle finger. There comes a time when the writer decides to screw up everything even if he should have just made a reboot.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Highlander comes to mind. How do aliens get involved when the title is <strong>Highlander</strong>? I could rant about Zeist all day, but the video below probably does it a lot better.</span></p> <p><embed src="http://blip.tv/play/hIVVgeCGJAA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="302" width="500"></embed></p> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/05/20/highlander-2-the-quickening-review-part-1/"></a></span></div> <p><embed src="http://blip.tv/play/hIVVgeD4EgA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="302" width="500"></embed></p> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><span style="font-size: medium;">via <a href="http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/05/24/highlander-2-the-sickening-review-part-2/">spoonyexperiment.com</a></span></div> <p /> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><span style="font-size: medium;">I propose a solution to fix all those continuity problems. It has already been proven to work on math. Yes, math. </span></div> <p /> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Media_httpwwwutdanace_ykifa" height="242" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/henshinger/kGIAuuxjreduAihDEDfzojmDoAnmkiIzAcogveolaDEoBEjCjiwymdaqpzav/media_httpwwwutdanace_ykIfA.gif.scaled500.gif" width="400" /> </div> </span></div> <p /> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><span style="font-size: medium;">That's right writing a proof. Anyone who doesn't want a huge pile of hate mail thrown at him by the mail man needs to use this. That's basically anyone who needs to make something good.</span></div> <p /> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tommy Wiseau, you are exempted. Your nonsensical script in that flower shop scene made my day. For the rest of you, unless you plan to make a movie, so bad that it's good, use the mathematical proof.</span></div> <p /> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><span style="font-size: medium;">How does it work?</span></div> <p /> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><span style="font-size: medium;">Well, if you never had geometry back in high school, you're lucky. I will explain how these proofs work...without mentioning the word 'triangle'.</span></div> <p /> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the mathematical proof above, we see that the left column shows what is happening. The right column tells us why.</span></div> <p /> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><span style="font-size: medium;">Let's use a basic story.</span></div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><br /><ol> <li><span style="font-size: medium;">John walked to the park. | given</span></li> </ol></div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>Given </em>is used any time you don't need to explain anything. You can make your given as long as you want, but make sure to limit it to just one. We don't to see John suddenly fighting aliens unless we see aliens attacking first.</span></div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Everything else needs a reason to be there. Seriously.You can't just say, "Bob killed Joe" without giving us a reason. You can't just say, "Unicorns have taken over the world" without giving us a legitimate reason. </span></div> <p /> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><span style="font-size: medium;">Other than given, all your reasons should come from the right column. Yes, all of it. If you are really paranoid of that single plothole, you have to give a reason. Every. Single. Time.</span></div> <p /> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><span style="font-size: medium;">Example:</span></div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><ol> <li><span style="font-size: medium;">Jack is a rich asshole drug dealer. Mary is really poor, | given</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: medium;">Mary married Jack | statement 1</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: medium;">The police wants Jack in jail. | statement 1</span></li> </ol></div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><span style="font-size: medium;">You get the idea.</span></div> <p /> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>Is this a time waster or a revelation? Sound off in the comments.</em></span></div></div>Henshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7445288682083983166.post-33187542763077813112011-09-28T07:43:00.001-07:002011-09-28T07:43:26.116-07:00The Literary Proof<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>Let's face it. Continuity gets the middle finger. There comes a time when the writer decides to screw up everything even if he should have just made a reboot.</p> <p>Highlander comes to mind. How do aliens get involved when the title is <strong>Highlander</strong>? I could rant about Zeist all day, but the video below probably does it a lot better.</p> <p><embed src="http://blip.tv/play/hIVVgeCGJAA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="302" width="500"></embed></p> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><a href="http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/05/20/highlander-2-the-quickening-review-part-1/"></a></div> <p><embed src="http://blip.tv/play/hIVVgeD4EgA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="302" width="500"></embed></p> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/05/24/highlander-2-the-sickening-review-part-2/">spoonyexperiment.com</a></div> <p /> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">I propose a solution to fix all those continuity problems. It has already been proven to work on math. Yes, math.</div> <p /> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Media_httpwwwutdanace_yemjd" height="242" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/henshinger/sacGxvediezmimhIBHCAagmrIerHCyIhFcuIaGglcibEDebuCFsnagtfEoEx/media_httpwwwutdanace_yemjD.gif.scaled500.gif" width="400" /> </div> </div> <p /> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">That's right writing a proof. Anyone who doesn't want a huge pile of hate mail thrown at him by the mail man needs to use this. That's basically anyone who needs to make something good.</div> <p /> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">Tommy Wiseau, you are exempted. Your nonsensical script in that flower shop scene made my day. For the rest of you, unless you plan to make a movie, so bad that it's good, use the mathematical proof.</div> <p /> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">How does it work?</div> <p /> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">Well, if you never had geometry back in high school, you're lucky. I will explain how these proofs work...without mentioning the word 'triangle'.</div> <p /> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">In the mathematical proof above, we see that the left column shows what is happening. The right column tells us why.</div> <p /> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">Let's use a basic story.</div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><br /><ol> <li>John walked to the park. | given</li> </ol></div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><em>Given </em>is used any time you don't need to explain anything. You can make your given as long as you want, but make sure to limit it to just one. We don't to see John suddenly fighting aliens unless we see aliens attacking first.</div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><br />Everything else needs a reason to be there. Seriously.You can't just say, "Bob killed Joe" without giving us a reason. You can't just say, "Unicorns have taken over the world" without giving us a legitimate reason.</div> <p /> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">Other than given, all your reasons should come from the right column. Yes, all of it. If you are really paranoid of that single plothole, you have to give a reason. Every. Single. Time.</div> <p /> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">Example:</div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><ol> <li>Jack is a rich asshole drug dealer. Mary is really poor, | given</li> <li>Mary married Jack | statement 1</li> <li>The police wants Jack in jail. | statement 1</li> </ol></div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">You get the idea.</div> <p /> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"><em>Is this a time waster or a revelation? Sound off in the comments.</em></div></div>Henshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7445288682083983166.post-34417962747560122902011-09-27T07:22:00.001-07:002011-09-27T07:22:01.234-07:00Top 3 Reasons Why You Should Watch Kamen Rider Fourze. Hint: It has some similarities to W<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Media_http3bpblogspot_bmief" height="386" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/henshinger/drDiItJsyzoHxnkqhrAczyCgFDqDmiCkGupvcHoFapBqwnkfBGnknxxmyDmw/media_http3bpblogspot_bmiEf.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="470" /> </div> </p> <p>Just by looking at the picture above, you could come up with a reason NOT to watch Kamen Rider Fourze.</p> <p>Rocket Head? <em>That looks retarded.</em></p> <p>What the hell is that hairdo? <em>It reminds of this.</em></p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Media_httpfailhaircom_rpcaz" height="330" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/henshinger/zixhesIByGFmiCyyasdoclyDvBAgEBeCyasuGGrEspvgqFwjHEctGgcvmdAv/media_httpfailhaircom_rpCaz.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="400" /> </div> </p> <p>I could understand how Kamen Rider Fourze looks bad. On the other hand, Kamen Rider W wasn't exactly the first Kamen Rider that came to mind when you wanted to look for some cosplay.</p> <p>Yes, CycloneJoker Extreme looked badass, but look at plain old Kamen Rider W. Besides, a lot of people say Kamen Rider W ranks as one of the best Kamen Rider show, so it wouldn't hurt to take a look.</p> <p>Now, one of the reasons I liked Kamen Rider W was...</p> <p><span style="font-size: xx-large;">#3 Human Kaijins</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/henshinger/ofrtqFevhHyzrqCBGwGniCiHGczvboifEbItjzlkgErpdcFwiICJxudtihEo/media_http4bpblogspot_dbqlg.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Media_http4bpblogspot_dbqlg" height="292" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/henshinger/ofrtqFevhHyzrqCBGwGniCiHGczvboifEbItjzlkgErpdcFwiICJxudtihEo/media_http4bpblogspot_dbqlg.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;">Human Kaijins add a more humane element to the villains. These aren't just random monsters that attack the city for filler episodes. These are real people with motives for attacking. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;">W was very interesting, because there were potential suspects. They couldn't single out the kaijin randomly. They aren't monsters with tentacles sticking out like a 'Kick Me' sign. They are people who need some advanced technology to actually terrorize the city.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;">There is the occasional bland stereotype, but we get characters who have reasons to attack. There are even genuinely good people who went bad thanks to the memories. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;">OOO was a step back for me. Sure, the kaijins are attacking based on a person's desire, but they are mostly zombies who attack based on that desire. You couldn't care less if they died, because there' barely any flaws to make them more human.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;">Fourze has switches that random students have access to. The attacks mostly happen in the school for that reason, but a school is a pretty big place.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: xx-large;">#2 Space High School Drama</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;">When you watch Kamen Rider, you expect bums and freeloaders for main characters. No questions asked. Hell, these guys even have an addiction to cafes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;">W was an exception, because it doesn't fit the theme. This show is like W. It sticks to a theme. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;">High School dramas aren't usually interesting for me. It's a big sign that shouts stereotypes. Kamen Rider Fourze obviously fell for that trap. Don't believe me. look at the opening.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1qyrWUUGaHs" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;">See. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;">The only reason I decided to try it out is the space in Space High School Drama. It's haven't seen any show try that out.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/henshinger/EnfivykJFdyIzvedjdrimiwjeilfamgmAEbkkinucjcnherlDixhfIAzfJkp/media_httpimages3wiki_Jpqck.png.scaled1000.png"><img alt="Media_httpimages3wiki_jpqck" height="372" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/henshinger/EnfivykJFdyIzvedjdrimiwjeilfamgmAEbkkinucjcnherlDixhfIAzfJkp/media_httpimages3wiki_Jpqck.png.scaled500.png" width="500" /></a> </div> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;">Other than that. Besides, I like it when Kamen Rider goes for a bold new direction...just like every other season.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;">The High School premise combined with space is just the odd combination that I learned to expect from Kamen Rider. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;">The premise is good enough for me, even if it is 90% High School Drama</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;">As much as I hate stereotypes, the number one reason why you should watch Kamen Rider Fourze is...</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: xx-large;">#1 The Characters</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yes, the characters. Ignore the asshole popular people who appear in every TV show that involves school. Ignore the usual underdog protagonists. I was impressed with two cool characters.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Goth Hacker</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Seriously, we need more of her. I seriously can't expect her next move. NEEDS HER OWN SERIES.</span></span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">JK, The Gay Information Dealer</span></span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">We don't usually get gays for kids show. This is also the first time I've seen a gay information dealer. I find this guy interesting.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;">The three main characters are intersting enough, but those two characters are so damn interesting. They should replace Gentaro and Yuki as the main characters. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Bonus: Thoughts on the first three episodes</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;">The first episode was good. It wasn't anything great, but basically showed us that this is more High School Drama. Also, it's good enough to make you watch it for a few more episodes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;">The second episode gets the backstory out of the way and shows us how much high school life sucks and how some people will beat the crap out of the popular people given the chance(also happens on the third and fourth episodes). Wasn't anything that good, but it's what you would expect in a regualr high school drama.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;">The third episode stood out from all the episode I've seen so far. We get to know a bit more about the two coolest characters in the series. Also, bikini fan service. Was as god as the first two episodes plot-wise, but JK and the Goth will keep me wanting more of this show for about 20 more episodes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: x-small;">Not much too say about the show other than Regular High School Drama with student kaijins, Goth and JK.</span></p></div>Henshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7445288682083983166.post-25873824341766018082011-09-26T05:18:00.001-07:002011-09-26T05:18:10.748-07:00The Role Of Manifestos In Stories<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Manifestos. Those annoying little things that read like a parable from the Bible.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">They expect you to read it, because they think their beliefs are so cool. Sadly, I write manifestos.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Media_httpwwwstepheni_gotac" height="500" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/henshinger/fwmrEbaFvIltirGCtxhFIxndcffwEcBvfqxewplvfeualvkyBrArGnspJlkk/media_httpwwwstepheni_gotAc.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="337" /> </div> </span></p> <p><em><span style="font-size: large;">Just make sure that a Twihard manifesto doesn't exist.</span></em></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Manifestos, in case you didn't know, are basically opinions that the writer thought were so awesome that he wanted it to spread. </span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kfVsfOSbJY0" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Yes, a Friday level of viral. That's the point of writing a manifesto. You want everyone to see the world in a new way. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Now you might be thinking <strong>"Aarghh! Corporate blog!!! The power of Spongebob compells you. Begone foul entity! We don't want to learn about brocial media and equity equality stuff."</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Guess what? </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">I think they suck too. Thank God nobody reads 'em. <span style="font-size: small;"><em>Damn, nobody reads my blog. </em></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Manifestos don't usually appear in corporate blogs. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">What's that? You want me to prove it. Okay. Look at it this way. Most corporate blogs are lifeless zombies. They don't really say much. They're mostly just babbling in gibberish to promote their lame-ass product. </span></p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="" src="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/90/poopyfun1.jpg" /> </div> </p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Yes, there are some possible good ones. And I have to admit I do read business blogs, but they're two different things. Then again, most of them bore people to death.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Manifestos are written by people who have barriers against other people's opinions...</span></p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Media_http4bpblogspot_idhjm" height="454" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/henshinger/luEDDyclzcaJbmxFwHbzclnfcHgsHjlibEhAxnIvjlhGdFetbukbwptiuqva/media_http4bpblogspot_IDhjm.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="340" /> </div> </p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Okay...</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Manifestos are written by people who are passionate about an idea.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">But then most of these manifestos are real stuff. Not imaginary.</span></p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Media_http4bpblogspot_ibhpe" height="333" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/henshinger/kwAnrHCbxIqhxkvwvmJiBbiADzvdntDJEaBfuJiFtapmkEhoIjdxfIGhFlza/media_http4bpblogspot_iBhpE.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="450" /> </div> </p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">That joke isn't even funny!</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Stories always have themes like <a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com/2011/08/23/tommy-wiseau-room-der-himmel/" title="The Passion of Johnny">The Room.</a> It isn't impossible that the ideas people shout out in the streets appear in their works. </span></p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Media_http4bpblogspot_xyayc" height="599" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/henshinger/saJwglpjuqEwAvzgguvaemAHDJftoldlIlolGtjcBiwbnAyqksFbscndCpbf/media_http4bpblogspot_xyAyC.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="407" /> </div> </p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">When you write a manifesto about how China is taking over the world, I wouldn't surprised if your novel was about how China sucks out the soul out of everyone.</span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Manifestos even do a good job of guiding you on what to write after you lost all your memories.</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/henshinger/xfhBwfnlswfvtChvdfkqjcBaFcqbnfvImIChpIpEGpcqpuIblpeCplfhivqp/media_httpwwwfortunec_GldEg.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Media_httpwwwfortunec_gldeg" height="356" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/henshinger/xfhBwfnlswfvtChvdfkqjcBaFcqbnfvImIChpIpEGpcqpuIblpeCplfhivqp/media_httpwwwfortunec_GldEg.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Writing a manifesto makes you sound like a prophet, but then why would you write a novel about how Facebook is actually giving God all the data about your sins?</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Media_httpscml3techno_jfgci" height="322" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/henshinger/dtEnerneklriIxwofjhDvwaDnvCIDrEgioHduFowfHtEDwBmyctiJnFjvuwi/media_httpscml3techno_JfGCI.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="288" /> </div> </span></span></p></div>Henshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7445288682083983166.post-67784650094599069822011-09-25T08:13:00.001-07:002011-09-25T08:13:23.704-07:00The Strange Need For Dramatization<div class='posterous_autopost'><p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Media_http3bpblogspot_eiefc" height="400" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/henshinger/GrqddzidCjdcjnmqFgsCbHidqtgjoBvzjhFyBtAEFnfawvbbdvraDdFzpIzx/media_http3bpblogspot_EiEFC.gif.scaled500.gif" width="330" /> </div> </p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-size: medium;">Life isn't exactly boring. After all, it isn't worth living if it isn't as good as your favorite movie. </span></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-size: medium;">I want you to remember a movie that tries to make something boring overly dramatic. Think of watching a movie where the main character just sleeps. That's it. Just sleeping.</span></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-size: medium;">Now imagine adding CGI thought bubbles. Extreme slow motion. Epic music. Sleep doesn't seem boring. <strong>It just looks retarded.</strong> That's what some people are doing. I call them the <strong>Dramatizers.</strong></span></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-size: medium;">A message to dramatizers:<br /></span></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-size: medium;">You don't have to make your problems look bigger. Seriously, we know it's bad, but we know that it's not THAT bad. </span></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-size: medium;">Your girlfriend maybe bitchy, but do you really need to panic if she doesn't clean up your mess? Having someone else clean your mess is not a problem. Making it look bigger is.</span></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-size: medium;">Leaving for another country? That's sad. Everyone here is going to miss you, until you start screaming like your mother died when someone didn't know.</span></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-size: medium;">There's no need to announce that mess. Just clean it up. Some things are great for your biography, but make it great by showing us that you really are awesome, <strong>not talking about how hard it was to order someone to pick up a glass of water.</strong></span></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-size: medium;">Reality shows look interesting, right? This is real footage. Real drama. No wait, it's just an editor who took out most of the happy moments away. False alarm. Not to mention, how long it takes to edit all those eating scene. Mustard all over the CCTV. Damn, if I was that editor, I would wish that his life was as interesting as the show he was editing right now. Sadly, it's not real.</span></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-size: medium;">Don't try to make your life look interesting by adding artificial problems. It's cute at first, until we realize how pathetic you were when you talked about the horror of losing a strand of hair. <strong>Besides, we have our own problems.</strong></span></p> <p style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans; font-size: 16px; color: #333333; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; line-height: 24px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-size: medium;">Wait, you demand a speech. What's that? <strong>You deserve recognition for being more special than the rest of us, mere mortals</strong>. Suck it up! Your part of the human race. Only the minority doesn't think they're special. <strong>You may be good in singing, dancing, academics and impressing those cubicle dudes, but the hacker right beside you is more deserving of my praise. </strong></span></p></div>Henshingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10941777013829067452noreply@blogger.com0