Oh my – I don’t plan on being terribly busy, but this blog does go by the wayside when crunch time comes in. Either way, we’re not heavily pimping this site out, so if you’re reading this, you’re one of the few! ;)
So clearly neither of us have posted in a while – we haven’t given up, it’s just that I’ve been busy and Aryiel has not-so-great internet. Either way, we both really want to do The T&A Show – so I’ll be using this as my new home for my little point-and-shoot photo journal, and Aryiel will post… once her internet gets better. PLUS! We’ll be making a Riff Trax for your listening pleasure, along with actually starting to podcast as well. Lastly I’ll be tampering with the site design. La la la. Too much, so little time. Either way, go check out my main website, Cherry Fizz – I’ve made a new splash page, which is probably how you got here in the first place.
Anyways, come back soon, we’ll have much more fun stuff of ours for you to check out.
I love when I stumble onto things that are from my past and so I’ve been enjoying watching episodes of Sailor Moon – this show MADE my pre-teen (hell, even teen) years, after school or before I would ALWAYS watch this show. Even in 8th grade, my very first website, I mentioned how much of a fan I was of the show. I even linked to a .mov (or some sort of moving clip, actual VIDEO ha) online. Man, even in ‘98 I was a nerd. 10 years later…. still a nerd.
Anyways, I saw this picture and I went back in time and enjoyed the CRAZINESS of fandom, I knew it then even at such a young age!!!
So Aryiel and I have both upgraded to awesome smart phones, she has an iPhone and I have a G1, the prime carriers of that being AT&T and T-Mobile – ha.
Oh, so, get this. Aryiel went to ER – I have exciting footage that will be cut together sometime soon to show you the epic night of nights. Seriously. What happened was better than any of the video skits we wanted to try to do! As soon as it’s done I’ll post it, bwahaha. Until then, my friends, have a good day, night, whatever.
Oh man, this will always bring me back to freshman year of college and taking “no doze” to get all my papers done. I really am SO EXCITED, however….
I had to post this cause this just will need a permanent place on the blog (and will probably always be linked back to whenever we mention how excited we are, cause really….)
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m really an 87-year old woman and am considerably impressed every time I find out what more technology we have discovered. But this? Seriously? This is actually real folks. Apparently a robot who was programmed to love (awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww) has gone crazy and smothering!! (That’s what happens when you only program the robots with Lifetime original movies).
“Kenji was part of an experiment involving several robots loaded with custom software designed to let them react emotionally to external stimuli. After some limited environmental conditioning, Kenji first demonstrated love by bonding with a a stuffed doll in his enclosure, which he would embrace for hours at a time. He would then make simple, but insistent, inquiries about the doll if it were out of sight. Researchers attributed this behavior to his programmed qualities of devotion and empathy and called the experiment a success.
What they didn’t count on were the effects of several months of self-iteration within the complex machine-learning code which gave Kenji his initial tenderness. As of last week, Kenji’s love for the doll, and indeed anybody he sets his ‘eyes’ on, is so intense that Dr. Takahashi and his team now fear to show him to outsiders.
The trouble all started when a young female intern began to spend several hours each day with Kenji, testing his systems and loading new software routines. When it came time to leave one evening, however, Kenji refused to let her out of his lab enclosure and used his bulky mechanical body to block her exit and hug her repeatedly. The intern was only able to escape after she had frantically phoned two senior staff members to come and temporarily de-activate Kenji.
“This is only a minor setback. I have full faith that we will one day live side by side with, and eventually love and be loved by, robots,” he said.”
Thank God. Who else wants some robot love up in here AAAOOOO!!!! >>high fives<< Mmmmmm, I can just feel those cold metal arms wrapping around my delicate and fragile body. Way to go Science.
First of all, let’s take pause for a moment a realize the amazingness that is the word tool. It’s such a beautifully accurate adjective that doesn’t get as much use as it should. It’s perfect when referring to those who aren’t quite as ignorant as douche bags, not nearly mean enough to be an asshole, but annoying enough to be called a name.
I’m adding the description from the show breakdown if anyone has a desire to submit someone. I could think of about 18 people to submit just off the top of my head. And hopefully, if your friend is called out on being a tool, they can redeem their “untool” status by recognizing their tool-like behavior and reclaiming their awesomely cool “not-a-tool” persona. TOOL!!!!!
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“Is your partner / friend simply a Tool and does not know it? Are you at your breaking point with their bad habits like flirting, the control freak, the know it all, the doormat etc? If so we would like to hear from you! Examples: The Flirt “You and your boyfriend go to a bar and he flirts with ever cute girl but won’t admit it”. The Control Freak “You go to a restaurant with your friend and she insists on ordering everything because she claims to know the best dishes on the menu”. Nominate your boyfriend / girlfriend / Partner and we will help you fix it! A well – respected cable network is looking couples for a new reality show. You must be ages 25-40 to qualify. Please send us the following information. Your names Age Photo (you and your partner / Friend) How long you have been together And tell us why you would like to nominate your partner Send emails, contact information and Stories along with Photos to: lightingpointcasting@gmail.com”
First of all, let’s take pause for a moment a realize the amazingness that is the word tool. It’s such a beautifully accurate adjective that doesn’t get as much use as it should. It’s perfect when referring to those who aren’t quite as ignorant as douche bags, not nearly mean enough to be an asshole, but annoying enough to be called a name.
