So these random Google searches started out by me posting a blog about Obama’s nerdy bike riding clothes, and his enormous helmet. It was from that post that I decided to do a random search for bike helmets, and this was the result of that search. After that neverbesocial posted this tool. I wanted to post something in response to neverbesocial, but I didn’t know what, and I had absolutely no inspiration. That is until I rode the bus yesterday and peeped with my little eyes some of the nerdiest asians my eyes had ever bespeckled. It wasn’t that they were asian that made them nerds, although that helps, it was because they were fucking rocking some of the gaudiest fanny packs I had seen in awhile. So without further ado my fanny pack inspired random google search. Enjoy.
I really, really don’t have the words for this picture.
WTF?!? I don’t know what this has to do with fanny packs but it is disturbing.
Move to Europe now!
Wow, hard to believe someone went out in public looking like this.
And for the Paris Hilton wannabes that just can’t leave their cute puppies at home.
“The die is cast,” somehow I don’t think this is the die Caesar was talking about. This Roman 20 sided die, found in Egypt, helps researches prove that there were ancient nerds. Similar to todays nerds, ancient nerds liked to play dice games that were similar to today’s dungeons and dragons, and also similar to todays nerds they were given brutal atomic wedgies. Check it out here.
Just returned a little while ago from viewing the new Hulk movie, and I have to say that they nailed it. They really got it right. Now I’ve read some reviews of the movie and most reviewers have just crushed this movie. Don’t believe them. Here’s the deal, if you hated Ang Lee’s and like the comic books and/or the TV show, then your going to like this movie. What they got right most was the feeling. Something that I always liked about Banner was that he was a guy that was trying to fly under the radar, and he was very non-confrontational. Despite this, however, people always fucked with him. He was like a magnet for trouble and he had terrible luck. It was like anything that could go wrong went wrong. Now, in addition to this, he was a nice guy. If he wasn’t he probably wouldn’t have gotten into as much trouble as he always did. But he was nice and genuine and this invariably led to him getting into crazy situation. The movie gets this and Edward Norton plays Banner perfectly.
The movie also gets right the desperation and the movement. He is always ready to move at a moments notice, and he does the bare minimum to scrape by in life. The rest of his time is devoted to finding himself a cure. The movie captured this feeling. From the opening scene where Banner is hiding out, after a sweet opening sequence that re-explains his origin story, you are already anxious and taut. You just know that something is going to go wrong and ruin what semblance of a life he has created. Now most of the reviewers have criticized the story, and I strongly disagree with them. I didn’t go into this movie expecting The Godfather, but I did expect a fairly solid story. That’s what I got. It’s also a very simple story and we all already know it. He’s on the run looking for a cure, and at some point in time someone is going to try and capture him. It’s the same story just with different elements mixed in, but it works because every time he hulks out he starts back at square one.
In literature this would be called realism–think Twain, Garland, or Crane. Where you don’t get the full story, but you start somewhere after the beginning and finish somewhere before the end. There’s never a real resolution, but you get a snap shot of a person’s life. That is what made the TV show work, and if they keep this style going in the movies, they will work. A couple things I really like about the movie was the homage to the TV show: the beginning origins sequence, the shots of Norton’s eyes when he started to hulk out, they used the Lonely Man theme, and the kinetic energy of the movie. Unlike the Lee movie that dragged on and on, and tried to get waaaay too psychological, in this movie once Banner goes on the run, the movie takes off and doesn’t stop. One last point is on the animated hulk. Of course it’s CGI and doesn’t look perfect, but he looks pretty goddamn sweet, and much better than the last one. He’s not too tall or too crazy strong–like he doesn’t jump 10 miles with every leap–he’s more grounded in reality. What I really liked, however, was when the hulk came out you could see him get visibly pissed that people wouldn’t leave him alone. Time after time he tries to get away and yet people keep shooting him. At one point he just puts his head down and sighs because he’s tired of people messing with him, and he just wants to be left alone. This is directly influenced by the original Frankenstein, of course, where Frankenstein wants to be normal and blend in, but everyone keeps harassing him. That’s the feeling you get when you see the hulk. He just wants to be left alone, but then he can only take so much, and that’s when he goes bat-shit crazy. Anyways the movie is well worth the $10, and I’m looking forward to seeing it again, so go check it out.
Off so I’m go see the new Hulk movie. I have been sporadically watching the TV Show this week getting hyped for it. There’s no way this one is going to be as bad as Ang Lee’s, and Ed Norton is the shit so I’m sure the movie won’t be trash. I hope they mix in a little of this music when he transforms.
How many of you watched that entire video? This Wii Fit parody below pretty much sums up my feelings on the Wii Fit. Basically, that it is a fucking rip-off, and that you could get the same thing by buying $20 worth of exercise videos at Best Buy. Despite, this I’m sure a bunch of idiots will keep wasting money on it.
Ok so I stumbled upon this political humor site, and this was the first picture I saw. At first I laughed, then I realized how big of a dork I am that I get this joke, then I kind of got a little bummed out, and then I laughed again after I accepted my nerdiness. I mean I may be a nerd, but I’m not Bush.
Here’s a couple more for your amusement and if you still want more head over to Pundit Kitchen.
Priceless.
This one might piss off some HRC supporters, and some feminists, but I find it hilarious.
Wow seriously look at this picture. Obama looks like a T-Double O-L. If this is part of the campaign strategy to make him seem more blue collar and less ‘elitist’, then kudos. If this is seriously how he dresses casually then he is whiter than I thought, although obviously not white enough to be a decent bowler. I agree with the article that it may help him to be kind of dorky, but the opposite is just as easily as true where people will look at him and go “that guy wants to be President. Shit he looks like my crazy cousin Spencer.” Time will tell though. Best quote from the article:
“I like seeing my politicians in goofy weekend attire.”
