If only this were an iPhone app...

You may have already seen the link I posted on my Facebook page. But now you can take my voice wherever you take your computer (and wherever you have an Internet connection)!

Take a look here.

I have to say, I think I could've done a few of them better...

Good Ol' Chat Roulette

Remember that time we were all obsessed with chat roulette? If you don't, read this and you will.

This conversation has been saved in my Stickies since whenever it happened last year. Maybe I cared about it a little too much.

Interestingly, I already tried to post this once. That attempt was not just a failure, but a fiasco. I made this effort right after I joined the required blog for one of my classes, which happens to use this same exact blog website. And guess what. After I posted this funny little chat with that Brazilian dude, I was feeling all self-satisfied...until I went to see how my post turned out and the page for my FA 140 class popped up. Under an introduction from the teacher, and then my name, sat this little piece of incriminating, racist, grammatically incorrect blasphemy. This was extremely scary. Especially after meeting that teacher, I realized that posting this on her formal blog would have been waaay not cool with her. So scary. Fortunately I figured out how to get that the heck off of there. For a split minutes, though it did look very nice.

Here you are:

While we are chatting...a japanese is studying

Stranger: i'm fat, i'm ..hummm..i have beard...but i have heart *_*
You: we really enjoy talking to you
Stranger: Why you cannot? You live in republics like movies?
Stranger: Kapa Delta Batman?
You: you are so much more interesting than other people on chatroulette
You: what?
You: kapa delta batman?
Stranger: yes
Stranger: the other wants to show their penis
Stranger: I don't


Stranger: on College movies, when a boy get in an university
Stranger: there are a group of stupid handsome boys...
Stranger: they have a fraternity
You: yes, they are called frat boys
You: yeah
Stranger: Yeeees
You: we have those at our school
Stranger: AUh UAUH u HAU huA
Stranger: it's nothing to do with republics?
You: but we dont live at the fraternity
You: no republics
Stranger: Ow my god...i'm acting like a monkey...
You: no you're not
Stranger: Ahhh.goood...i don't like fraternity...they make fun of us...fats, uglies and fats again
You: fraternities have houses
Stranger: UHA uUHAA
You: fraternity guys are stupid
Stranger: Yes...they look like Ken
You: they suck

Batata Zandoná (*Brazilian Kevin knows what this is!)

While I procrastinate even more than I already have...

...OK, what happened? Does anyone even read this thing anymore?

Yes, I'll admit, I said I was gonna do this whole Game Show Challenge every week, blah blah blah, that failed hard on its face.

But this isn't. Yes, folks, I'm officially a published journalist. I interviewed former "Price is Right" announcer Rich Fields (cripes, again with the game shows, I know) about the circumstances surrounding his sudden departure.

Allow me to editorialize for a bit. I am pissed that Rich is gone. He and Drew had the kind of chemistry going that no improv comic can ever generate. You could tell it was just two friends bouncing jokes off each other, having a good time, giving away a shit ton of money in the process. (And I know, I was a beneficiary of $34,021 of that...) On top of that, some people say nice guys and Hollywood don't mix...not the case at all with Rich (and Drew too, for that matter). The mere fact that he granted me--me! A frakkin' college student!--that interview speaks to that.

So when I asked for someone to come with me to TPIR last November, and no one responded...believe me, you were missing out not just on me winning, but the impeccable personality of Rich Fields.

Now I'll get the hell off my soapbox. Shameless plug: watch me live on Platforum Mondays at 5:30, channel 8 on USC!

GSC1: Answers

Wow, I'm really late with these. See the original post two below this one for the questions, but here are the answers (only Alex played, so I guess that means he wins? I haven't figured this out yet.)

Jeopardy!

2. Inca

4. instrument

6. a jacket

8. a sword

10. herbivore

4. Vienna

8. Mediterranean

12. Japan

16. Melbourne

20. Pyrenees

Millionaire:

4. D: L. Frank Baum

16. A: Beef

Scores:

Alex - 71

Reasons why I miss summer

Hey Guys,

Haven't had a post in a while, so I figured this was the time to finally get around to blogging about my summer. Seeing as a picture is worth a 1,000 words...

VENICE

LAWTON....the middle of nowhere.

HONOLULU

Thats for you Laila...

Did this ever get finished?

The Horebird...removed :(

Game Show Challenge: Let's Play!

So here's how this is going to work (dunno if anyone checks this anymore, but let's bring it back!):

Each week I will post a series of game show challenges--the games may be different each week. In the comments section, post your responses. We are on an honor system here; what I would do is copy the questions, click the comments link, quickly scroll down to the text box and paste the questions, and play the week's challenge. After you are finished you may proceed to read the comments and smack yourself over the head for stupid misses, have your "aha" moments, et al.

For discussion of the questions, please do not post in this comments section. You can post comments on the questions here. Please use this comments box for answers.

Without further delay...enjoy.

Jeopardy!:

Scoring: Win points for correct answers. Lose half the question value if you are wrong. If you don't know, leave it blank.

SOUNDS LIKE A NEW POKEMON

2. Chimu won't defeat anyone nowadays: it's a people of Peru defeated by this empire in the 1400s

4. Melodeon's only power is to give enjoyment: it's a reed one of these

6. If you put down in your pokedex that you have anorak, you've got one of these, similar to a parka

8. Scimitar could help you win some battles: it's one of these

10. Plateosaurus was a grass type of dinosaur: it wasn't a carnivore or an omnivore but this third type

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

4. Once the seat of the Holy Roman Empire, it's now the capital of Austria

8. The Ionian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea are parts of this larger sea

12. Hokkaido is one of this country's main islands

16. In Australia, this city is second only to Sydney in population

20. This mountain range separates Spain and France

Millionaire:

Scoring: You may walk and take no score for a question. If you are wrong, you lose half the question value.

4:

Featuring "yellow brick sidewalks", the small town of Chittenango, NY is the birthplace of what famous author?

A: John Steinbeck B: Ray Bradbury

C: Ernest Hemingway D: L. Frank Baum

16:

Coveted for its flavorful and relatively healthy fat content, wagyu is a variety of what meat?

A: Beef B: Pork

C: Duck D: Lamb

Good luck!

BTNOLA, Come on Down!

I'm lazy. I don't want to do the whole formatting thing all over again (since formatting is a bitch). I just posted some pictures from my game show short course on my Facebook, but I have another entry (with a few of the photos) on my own blog here.

Enjoy.