Monthly Archives: December 2006

The Panty Game

Hobbies, Personal Bits

Sponge Bob PantiesIt’s been going on for about 6 months now. It’s nothing new, really. I’ve heard of couples doing this sort of game for years on end. Or variations on the theme:

Hide the Spongebob panties on/in/under each other’s stuff.

I just now pulled the lime green offensive things (unworn, thankfully) out of my rucksack. At the office. The two women in my cube just saw it and I had to explain myself. Why I had panties. At work.

It’s been restricted to being hidden on/in/under the personal belongings in the bedroom but lately we’ve branched out: I had hid them in his luggage for the cruise, in hopes that Customs would pull them out during some random inspection. He has stuffed them into at least every shoe I own – at the campground. He’s put his head on them a couple times when he’s gone to bed. Now I think I’m going to put them in the freezer or inside the shower head.

Oh yes. This is still on, motherfoosher!

Joan

Personal Bits

Joan would leave semi-empty cans of Coke everywhere around her house
Once we put a whole case of Coke cans into her dryer as a gag
Joan introduced me to The Sparks with Kimono My House
Once she lit her hair on fire with one of those pear shaped, cheapo restaurant candles
Joan was the smartest, yet unpretentious person I knew in high school
Joan called us theatre fags but yet still hung around us
Once she kept playing Mexican Radio by Wall of Voodoo when the acid started to kick in
Once she complained that she was being treated by us like “one of the guys”
Joan dressed the way she wanted
Once we made fun of her when she got a boyfriend
Joan’s mom was cool

The last time I saw Joan was when I told her I was gay. She lit a cigarette and said “So?”

Merry Xmas

General

I’m gone to Montreal to see the In-Laws and get some prezzies. We here at Deadrobot Heavy Industries wish you all a happy and healthy holiday, whatever you celebrate!

Amy! Good Gorrilla! Kiss! Amy Kiss!

Oh lord, who sat me near the ape?

Hush Shelly, please get along. It’s Xmas!

She smells like straw and ape pee.

Amy! Hit! Amy eat shell! Amy break!

Bring it, Neanderthal!

Ah me. The time for people to come together. Shelly, put down that fruit cake…

Cute With Chris

Celebs and Media

CuteCuteWithChris.com. My niece Emma turned me onto this site and I bless her heart every moment I can.

So far I’ve watched 5 episodes of CWC and as far as I can glean, Chris concerns himself with evil Pandas (Not to be confused with regular commenter on DR.com, Evil Panda), a pixie happy talking plastic horse and all your dead dreams. I’m not sure what the demographic is of this site but I can assure you that female teens and over-thirty gay men will love this site, for what I call The SpongeBobbiness of it. It’s innocent, yet camp. It tweaks your “cute” gland and then punches you in the irony gland every so often with Chris’ tag line “All your dreams are dead”.

Go now and watch the holiday episode! It has the best cat barf on an Xmas decoration video ever!

Cruisin’ 2006 – 6 and 7

Personal Bits

Day One

Day Two and Three

Day Four and Five

Day Six and Seven

Day Six – COZUMEL AND SEGWAYS
SharkboywayDespite everything you’ve heard and read about Segways, they will fall over, they will crash and they will hurt you. Don’t be lulled into the lie that they’re the “transporter of the future”, because they’re actually very uncomfortable and touchy machines, much like a skittish pony with diarrhea. I couldn’t see someone actually using one as a utility vehicle. You just stand there, really. Not much else.

But, you can say the same about inline skates, really.

Try standing for twenty minutes only slightly changing your stance every so often. You just stand there, really. Not much else. Try standing for twenty minutes only slightly changing your stance every so often, it gets hard on the knees and feet.

Though I grouse, Segways are actually a ton of fun to ride. I couldn’t see someone actually using one as a utility vehicle.

The Segway and Snorkel Safari was the “I feel dirty for taking it” excursion I insisted on doing while in Cozumel. Apparently fallout from throwing wads of cash at Storm-surviving Cozumel was to get all sorts of weird new attractions. Hence the Segways. About 20 of us walked a bit of a distance from the port to a “gentleman’s” bar to suit up and watch a short but hillarious video of Segway saftey. Many spills can be taken! Especially if you place babies on the handlebars.

We Segwayed and then shopped in Cozumel. Which was extremely satisfying. The market was full of fun trinkets and we spent the most there.

Back to the boat before the sky opened up. It rained for about 20 minutes and we had clouds for the rest of the evening.

Day Seven – GRAND CAYMAN AND STINGRAYS
StingrayStingrays! Back to these “vacuum cleaners of the Caribbean Sea”. Gentle as cats and yet still able to illicit a child’s scream louder than Armageddon itself (as one parent on our tour was unfortunate to discover). I felt at peace with these creatures. I wish I could flab my sides and glide around. If I did that now, my sides would just jiggle. A lot.

We then scooted over to a remote reef outcrop for some snorkeling and I had a blast. I saw Shelly’s cousin but wasn’t cool with diving down the 20ft to go get her. And this time the tour guide in the boat utterly poo-pooed the idea of brining one home. I wonder how I got away with getting Shelly home last year…?

Back on land and we had a quick visit to Hell. Yep. Hell, Grand Cayman. Odd place in the middle of the island. Outcropping of volcanic rock that looked painful.

Dinner was lobster, and then on top of that, it was the midnight buffet. Oh lord did I eat?! YES LORD I DID!

On one hanna(d)…

Celebs and Media

Venture Broshe made some pretty good cartoons and is arguably the father of The Simpsons. His Johnny Quest is currently the spoof fodder of my favorite cartoon, The Venture Bros.

On the other, for every one good cartoon he made, he made 10 others. Just by adding a baby or a baby dog, a baby alien, or a small alien with a British accent. Or put the whole show in space. Or put the whole show on the road as a rock band. Or both. Or all. Or added a celebrity. Or a celebrity couple. Or the cast from the current hottest show. Or put the cast from the current hottest show or celebrity couple out in space, late for a rock concert.

What Did You Think Would Happen?

Hobbies

You’re in a dank cave and suddenly a dragon rears it’s scaly head and comes at you. You raise your magical sword and start hacking. After a few good slashing blows, the dragon looks like it’s only just begun to fight, so you toss the damn sword at the monster.

It’s Match Point. Your opponent is staring you down from across the net. You need to win this to prove to the world that you can be the best in the over 30s circuit. You lob the ball into the air and throw your racket across the net.

Fisihin’ time! They’re biting too! Quick! Get your rod and throw it into the lake!

Would you do any of this? Then why is Nintendo taking responsibility for the straps on their Wii controllers and offering a recall?