This is, apparently, a real thing

Smarties

Apparently there are two different kinds of Smarties. In the US, we generally think of these:


You know, those chalky little disks you got from your teacher in second grade for doing well on your spelling tests. Link here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarties_(Ce_De_Candy)

In most European countries and Canada Smarties refer to these:


Interestingly enough, the original blue Smartie (European) was discontinued because of unsure effects of the blue coloring used. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarties
Additionally, the original name of "Smarties Chocolate Beans" was discontinued in 1977 because they thought the term "beans" was misleading. You'd think that with a name like Smarties they'd give their consumers a bit more credit.

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A Gift for my Dad

3:14amJack

I'm going home for my dad's birthday on sunday

i still need to get him something...

also thesehttp://kotaku.com/5502464/street-fighter-zombies-zombie-street-fighters/gallery/ (pictures of zombie street fighter characters)

3:14amMike

UWT

WUT*

those are pretty disturbing

blanka looks like a licker from resident evil

3:15amJack

haha yeah he does now that you mention it

3:15amMike

you should buy your dad a waffle maker

everyone loves waffles

3:15amJack

DO YOU LIKE WAFFLES?

3:16amMike

most of the time

3:16amJack

:(

3:16amMike

when they have the mix

which is never

3:16amJack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDU0CTDMk2g (do you like waffles? music video)

3:16amMike

what do you guys usually get your dad

lol I remember this now

3:17amJack

lol if you scroll down on my page you'll my sisters and i talking about it

3:17amMike

oh yeah

I read that earlier

your sister said your dad likes protein

3:17amJack

hahaha yeah

i don't know what she's talking about

3:18amMike

like for body building?

3:18amJack

she said i would understand if i lived there

the idea of my dad bodybuilding makes me lol

3:18amMike

he probably busts out the bench press when you aren't home

3:19amJack

he probably does. he's secretly a world warrior

3:19amMike

lol

what do you guys get your dad for christmas

3:20amJack

uhh. what did we get him. something from all of us maybe? i don't know, he doesn't really have any hobbies. We'll get him books but he won't read them, we'll get him clothes but he won't wear them, we'll buy him CDs but he won't listen to them

3:21amMike

lol

my dad is usually clothes

that's about it

maybe your dad would like some manngas

some tankoubons

does he watch anything on tv like a series?

3:22amJack

wtf is a tankobon? is that a collection of manga?

3:22amMike

nihongo for japanese

manga

3:23amJack

no not really. i mean he watches TV but not like a specific show i don't think. I once got him episodes of the three stooges. he liked that

3:23amMike

does he like guns

weapons are the gift that keep on giving

3:23amJack

haha no

3:23amMike

they can always be practical

3:24amJack

maybe a flail

he doesn't have a flail

3:24amMike

+ shield

3:24amJack

+Mike petrie do you want to play DnD with Sam Roberts, Derek and I? I'm DMing, but I'd like to have at least 3 people. I'd be once a week, and it's steampunk pirate based

3:25amMike

what is your dad about, does he do anything outside?

maybe

3:25amJack

he rakes leaves

and cuts the grass

general lawn management

things

3:25amMike

does he need a new rake

3:25amJack

haha i don't think so

3:25amMike

maybe you guys can get him a really nice rake

made from japanese steel

3:25amJack

ohhhhhhh

watashi wa

3:25amMike

deskkkaaa

eeee ooo

3:25amJack

"japanese steelu" desu

hikarimasen

3:26amMike

but honestly dads are always hard to buy stuff for

did your mom give you guys any ideas?

3:26amJack

yeah, she suggested I get him a case hoodie

he'd probably like it, it's a pretty good idea

3:27amMike

yea I think my mom told my brother to get one for my dad awhile back

I googled gifts for dad

and got a whole lotta nothing

3:28amJack

i could get him a ball of yarn

oh wait that's cats

3:28amMike

lol

this was one of the links

http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/dads/

they are all mostly bad

3:29amJack

'Swedish FireSteel'? Whattttt

3:29amMike

http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/dads/a33b/ (hand strengthener machine)

this is practical

3:31amJack

I just read the description

that's certainly something

it is A thing that could 'technically' be purchased

3:31amMike

http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/dads/a67f/ (indiana jones' hat)

maybe he wants to be indiana jones

3:33amJack

that's handy. he's been meaning to go spelunking for awhile now

3:33amMike

lol

http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/dads/8193/

HOLY SHIT

VIRTUAL KEYBOARD

3:34amJack

that is actually really really cool

but it think it's really really cool in a mike petrie and jack brady kind of way, not so much a j. kirk brady kind of way

3:35amMike

your right

he wants the hat

3:35amJack

I wonder if they send you a treasure map when you order two

Watch these kids try not to eat a marshmallow

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Derailed Road Trip Conversation

10:53pmJack
wow
you already promised you would go

10:54pmMike
no I didn't
my mom probably wouldn't let me

10:54pmJack
remember?

10:54pmMike
I don't make promises
I BREAK THEM

10:54pmJack
you said "I will definitely go on this trip no matter what"
your mother loves me
she would totally let you go

10:58pmMike
she has never met you
probably thinks you are a trouble maker
who would rob the shoes off of my feet if given the chance

10:59pmJack
I think I may have actually met her once when she was helping you move stuff in?
regardless she knows OF me

10:59pmMike
maybe
how do you know I ever say anything about you
I could suppress info

11:00pmJack
my parents ask me questions about you sometimes

11:00pmMike
like if I roll drugs

11:00pmJack
they'll be like "so do you still see Mike Petrie a lot?"

11:00pmMike
get arrested

11:00pmJack
boring stuff like that
and I'll be like
yeah we snort crack every weekend together
and they'll be like "i knew he was a troublemaker"

11:01pmMike
pile as high as the ceiling

11:04pmMike
I told my parents that you don't speak english
and that you are a columbian drug lord
selling to students

11:04pmJack
soy un mercandero de drogas

11:05pmMike
then they don't ask about you

11:06pmJack
i bet your parents love me. Everyone's parents love me.
I seem so innocent
little do they know

11:07pmMike
that's what my one friend also said

11:08pmJack
well were he/she right?

11:08pmMike
until they slipped up
they're six feet under now
in another country

11:17pmJack
nick kaplan probably wouldn't want you to call him dead

11:18pmMike
where you creeping through my facebook feeds
to see which of my friends went to another country

11:18pmJack
no, i knew that prior

11:18pmMike
when

11:18pmJack
i dunno like a month ago
people you frequently interact with on facebook show up in your feed a lot
you show up in my feed a lot

11:19pmMike
YOU WERE CREEPIN
IN MY PAGES

11:20pmJack
that's patently ridiculous

Untitled

Was it love
in Romeo and Juliet
when he made a toast to the afterlife
and she penetrated her heart,
finally bringing them together
in a crimson wedding

Was it love
when Achilles fell to his knees
to longingly cradle the lifeless form
of Patroclus.
To swear revenge against the
shining helm of Hector

Was it love
or
Was it violence

Jack is an Angry Person Part 1

Angry. Right now I am angry. The kind of irreconcilable anger that bursts from your body, staining your mind. The kind of anger that will let both your common sense and sense of decency look the other way for a few minutes. It is the anger of futility, of realizing that a situation is much worse than you originally thought.

A few things that have recently come to my attention in quick succession are the cause.

Number one. I would like to direct your attention to some superbowl commercials. First, an advocacy ad for "Focus on the Family" a prolife group.

http://watching-tv.ew.com/2010/02/07/tim-tebow-super-bowl-ad/

This year the superbowl advertising committee (or what have you) has decided to make its "no advocacy" commercial rule more lenient, allowing the previous commercial to air. Here, then, is a second commercial that has been denied the chance to air...

http://www.thrfeed.com/2010/01/cbs-should-accept-gay-dating-site-ad.html

I know what I want to say, but I'm not sure how to word it. Here goes:
First of all, both of these commercials are pretty bad in an advertising sense. Particularly the Focus on the Family one, as it basically gives you no idea what they're trying to "sell" to you. I looked up this Focus on the Family group and it turns out they advocate a lot more than just a prolife message. Let me explain via wikipedia.

In the same letter Dobson explains that traditional marriage is the cornerstone of society, and he states that the goal of the gay and lesbian movement is not to redefine marriage but to destroy the institution itself. “Most gays and lesbians do not want to marry each other…the intention here is to destroy marriage altogether.” Dobson makes the argument that without the institution of marriage everyone would enjoy the benefits of marriage without limiting the number of partners or their gender. Focus on the Family sees allowing same-sex marriage as “…a stepping-stone on the road to eliminating all societal restrictions and on marriage and sexuality.” -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus_on_the_Family

It just seems odd that they'd let an advocacy group that supports "traditional family values" run an ad, and then deny a goofy and over-the-top one from a gay dating site. I understand there's limited space and all for the time slots, but from what the previous link says, that doesn't seem to be the case (and they had more than enough $). Also, the fact that the commercial might be too "risque'" doesn't hold any salt. Here's a double-entendre filled Go Daddy advert with Danica Patrick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSFSesCsDNM

I'm going to return to my homework, but don't worry, this is just part #1.

Another Conversation

9:34pmJack

party

oontz

oontz

oontz

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9:34pm Mike

take that shit somewhere else

9:34pmJack

what i can't hear you

oontz

oontz

oontz

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oontz

the music is too loud

9:34pm Mike

TURN DOWN THAT SHIT

RIGHT NOW

9:34pmJack

oontz

oontz

oontz

WHAT

oontzo

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9:35pm Mike

YOU GONNA GET A GLOCK UP IN YO FACE

9:35pmJack

oontz

oontz

oontz

9:35pm Mike

I AIN'T AFRAID TO TAKE A MAN'S LIFE

9:35pmJack

oontz

oontz

oontz

A MUSTACHE IN MY PLACE?

oontz

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9:36pm Mike

MASHED POTATOES

9:36pmJack

oontz

oontz

oontz

9:36pmMike

IM GONNA CALL FINNY-CENT

TO ICE YO ASS

9:36pmJack

SMASHED TOMATOES?

9:36pmMike

OUTSIDE

9:37pmJack

oontz

oontz

oontz

YEAH OKAY I;LL SEE YOU ON THE FLIPSIDE TOO

Mike

RALPH MACCIO

9:37pmJack

*turns off music

what about Ralph Maccio?

the most ubiquitous sort of bracken

(unfortunately my lettering and spacing hasn't been preserved in the html format)


filth falls slowly
from your mouth
taking days
years
to reach the ground
triumphant with
a well kept smirk
hiding quietly
we recoil
not just from words
but the death you quickly grant
to the
low

hanging



fruit

already heavy with juice
from the dark
saccharine nutrients
your soil so readily provides
venomous tendrils firmly planted
curled closely, protecting
suffocating
your malicious
saplings

In my latin american lit book

I really rather like this Native American folk song, appropriately titled

"Song"

Prince
Because you're a star
yes
you shine at night
yes
under the sun's fire
yes
I'll never see you
yes

Princess
If I'm a star
no
open your heart
no
and under the sun's fire
no
half-close your eyes
no

Prince
You seem to recall
yes
only in moonlight
yes
and when I come near
yes
you change into snow
yes

Princess
If I seem to call
no
please come quickly
no
if I change into snow
no
toss me your fire
no

Prince
When my fire burns you
yes
you change into dew
yes
are you the wind
yes
or are you a dream
yes

Princess
If you think I am dew
no
bring your lips near
no
though I may be a dream
no
don't ever lose me
no

What not to do with your Children

A) Do not use your children as free weights. This is a BAD idea. The '90s were full of bad ideas: boy bands, fanny packs, and now this.

In other news, Sam and I are working on our combination Arnold Schwarzenegger/ Christopher Walken impression.

The best way to describe it is to say "Hasta la vista, baby" in halting Walkenese. If you manage this first step you are on the right path.

Personal news: Rush is finally coming to a close, which means I will have a lot more time to relax and concentrate on my research. Not to mention all of the catching up I have to do with reading assignments... The rest of the school week will be really stressful so I'm definitely looking forward to the weekend as a respite from some anxiety. But then that brings up an important question, what am I going to do this weekend - relax and unwind, or catch up on my reading? A decision for another time - now I need to stop procrastinating and finish this last part of my homework for tomorrow.