Mason Wang

Another Bet

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:33:00 +0000

Since the 2010 bet fell through, me and my friend have decided to make another bet.

The first one to be able to do horizontal(side) splits will get to dress the other person any way they want for a full day at some super public event (like the state fair or elitch gardens).

The winner will get to choose the clothes as well as any sort of make up, hair dye, fake tattoos, accessories, etc and the loser will have to wear it all as long as they don't pose a threat of physical harm to the wearer.

The bet will last until a winner is confirmed.

A horizontal split is defined as when the legs are pointing in opposite directions right and left of the torso creating a 180 degree angle between them. Also the inner thigh of each leg must be able to touch the ground.

I've been wanting to do the splits for some time. Maybe this will motivate me to stretch every night.

I want to be able to do this:

And apparently anyone can do the splits:

Update: Making Bets on the New Year

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:11:00 +0000

So it's 2010 and the results are in from my bet with a friend on how the year 2010 will be referred to. See the original post. It turns out that we were both wrong.

2009 was referred to as "oh nine." For example "I graduate in oh nine"

Years before they were referred to as "Class of ninety eight" or "Class of oh four."

Now 2010 will now be called...twenty ten. Wtf? The years have always been referred to by the last two digits. Why is 2010 different? Probably because saying, "I'm from the class of ten" would sound incredibly dumb and confusing. So it's now referred to as "twenty ten." Lame. I guess that's what's going to happen to 2011, 2012, and so on.

But the question is, when will it change back to just referring to a year by the last two digits?

"I'm from the class of twenty one". No that still doesn't sound right. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Who comes up with these rules?

2010 New Years Resolution

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:45:00 +0000

It's late but I was in Taiwan so that's my excuse. Last year I made 26 resolutions. Let's see how I did:

-Reach 7% body fat or lower - FAIL
-Be able to do 75 pushups in one session - FAIL (I got up to 70 though)
-Be able to do horizontal splits - FAIL
-Weigh no more than 155lbs - FAIL (Taiwan got me up to 163)
-Make 2 youtube videos a month - FAIL
-Make at least 3 Avenger Initiative blog posts a week - FAIL
-Make at least 1 Big Wanger blog post a week - FAIL
-Earn $100 over the internet by selling shirts, advertisements, ebay, scams, or whatever - FAIL
-Sell my Transformers toy collection on ebay - WIN! (I sold them for about $120)
-Go snowboarding at least once - FAIL
-Go swimming for fun - WIN! (Elitch Gardens)
-Listen to all the audio books I’ve burned - FAIL
-Find a part time job during the Spring semester - FAIL
-Study ahead in class - FAIL
-Don’t skip any classes - FAIL
-Don’t enter finals with a borderline 90% grade like always - FAIL
-Flirt with a girl online - FAIL
-Drink at most 1 can of soda a month - FAIL
-Keep my turtle alive - WIN!
-Keep watching the tv show Heroes - WIN!
-Get slapped in the face - FAIL
-Don’t knowingly kill any insects found in my house - WIN!
-Keep taking advantage of the local library - WIN!
-Don’t get into a car accident - WIN! (I hit a curb when it was snowy though)
-Stand in front of an audience without acting stupid - FAIL
-Consume zero alcoholic beverages or chocolates - FAIL (Why did I put chocolate in the same category as alcoholic beverages?)

So I got 7/26. That's a 27% success rate. Lame.

Ok this year, I'll do better. Here are my resolutions.

The usual goals:
-Reach 7% body fat or lower
-Be able to do 75 pushups in one session
-Be able to do horizontal splits
-Weigh no more than 155lbs
-Don't consume any alcohol
-Save at least 33% of all the money I earn
-Keep my turtle alive

New goals:
-Get a higher success rate than last year
-Visit Nancy in Boulder before she leaves for Africa
-Finish School
-Get a good professional job
-Move out of the house
-Get a PS3
-Get a 360
-Get an HDtv
-Get a desktop computer
-Assemble my 3 gundams
-Limit fast food to once...no...twice a month
-Get As in my last 2 classes
-Brush my teeth everyday
-Use the Rec center more often
-Spend less money on vending machines
-Post Youtube vids at least every 3 weeks
-Learn to read a chinese children's book
-Dress better

There. 25 new resolutions. Most are dumb but it's something to work for. We'll see how it goes.

Joke: More Chickens Cross the Road

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:35:00 +0000

Here are some more chicken jokes that I just thought of.

Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: Because it looked both ways already.

Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: Because it can't fly over the road.

Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: FREEEEDOM!

Why didn't the chicken cross the road?
A: It was on strike.

Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: Sarah Palin! (it's not supposed to make sense)

Making Bets on the New Year

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:20:00 +0000

A friend and I were discussing whether the year 2010 will be referred to as "Oh Ten" or just "Ten."

I said just "Ten" because that's what makes technical sense even though it'll sound dumb and people could confuse it with the year 10 A.D. My friend thinks it'll be called "Oh Ten."

We made a bet on who's right and winner of the bet will get to throw a snowball at the loser's face as hard as they can from an arms length away. If the snowball is packed hard enough, that's almost the equivalent to being punched in the face.

Ooooo, I can't wait.

Jokes(Kinda): Handicapped People

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:05:00 +0000

What is the one thing handicapped people can do easier than others?

Answer: Find parking.

'Paranormal Activity' Movie Trailer = Awesome

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:44:00 +0000

This movie trailer that I just saw looks pretty awesome. The idea of filming audience reactions is ingenious, though this might mean that there isn't enough movie to properly make a trailer of, but the Blair Witch style movie is refreshing and I'm totally looking forward to watching it. It's a limited release, but hopefully someone will post it on the internet. Otherwise I'll have to wait for the DVD to come out.

My Scams: Free PS3 Games

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:02:00 +0000

I periodically come up with ideas to make money that are sometimes illegal or immoral. I'm usually too lazy to act upon these ideas, but I'd like to start documenting them.

On this Kotaku article, they say that with the impending arrival of the PS3 Slim, Best Buy sent out a memo to their employees on how to handle customers who want to return their recently bought "fat" PS3 in exchange for the new "slim" version.

Best Buy has no need for old models of the PS3 so they want to prevent people who just bought a PS3 from exchanging it in for a new slim one. What they say is to offer the customer a free game (either Infamous, MLB 09 The Show, or Killzone 2) if they don't exchange their PS3.

What's the Scam:
I was thinking, those 3 games being offered cost around $50-$60 each. So what I should do is buy a "fat" PS3 now. Wait until the Slim PS3 is released September 1st, then go exchange my "fat" PS3, but instead, take them up on their deal for a free game. Then I'd go to every single Best Buy in the city/neighboring cities performing the same action accumulating 8-10 games. I would sell these brand new games for $40 each and in the process make $320-$400. Thus recouping the price I originally spent on the $300 PS3.

Good deal? I'd think so.

Blue Screen of Death, How I've Missed You

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:04:00 +0000

Just now my laptop of 6 years just went bluescreen. It actually was a double whammy since I had my laptop connected to a monitor also. The last time I had a BSD was about 4 years ago when my hard drive died. I was beginning to think that the BSD forgot about me. Seeing it today was a little heart warming, but after 1 second of a warm heart I got worried as to why it went blue.

It literally came out of the blue...forgive the pun, but I only had two Google Chrome browsers and an Internet Explorer window open. I wasn't downloading, installing, gaming, or anything that was process intensive. I was actually just looking up ratings of professors of classes I'm taking in the fall and suddenly it went blue. I guess it just needed a rest. I'm now using my netbook which luckily has not gone Eiffel 65 on me yet.

After a good nights rest, I'm backing up everything in good old Dell Latitude.

Your Head Looks...Swollen!

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:58:00 +0000

About 3 weeks after getting my wisdom teeth out, for some reason my lower right jaw hasn't healed yet. It was a dull pain until this morning where the pain woke me up way early. Which is weird since sleeping is usually my remedy for pain. Pain isn't supposed to wake me up. This pain is some kind of mutant.

Ahhh, I am very pain intolerant and this is pretty bad. Mom decided to get the prescription antibiotics that we didn't think I'd need. But geez, this pain feels like half my head has been punched by a clown with one of those boxing gloves on a spring.

Now my face is swollen. And ice packs seems to make it puffier. As you can see, my face is lopsided. Being lopsided is ok, unless of course you have a job interview tomorrow...like I do.

Sphenopalatine Ganglioneuralgia

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:44:00 +0000

That is the scientific name for "brain freeze." I'd sound so cool if I say that the next time I drink a Slurpee, but the problem is...I don't know how to pronounce it.

Right After Losing My Wisdom Teeth

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:55:00 +0000

You know how I was saying in my last post that I was going to eat a big breakfast and then leave a "surprise" during the surgery? Yeah I didn't follow through with that. It's a good thing because right before the surgery I had to sign a waiver that said that if I eat any food or drink 8 hours before, it could cause life threatening complications and I could die. so my last meal would have been the cause for it being my last meal. Whew! I'm not dead!

Well the process went like this:

The surgeon stuck a needle in my arm that was supposed to be a catheter for the IV. It didn't hurt as much as I thought it would. He then injected some stuff into the IV and said that I should start feeling the effects in 30 seconds. I was thinking, "Yeah right, 30 seconds? I'm a tough guy. It'll take more than 30 seconds for anything to knock me out." I started counting. Then the nurse stuck a rubber piece in my mouth and then I passed out. So I'd say it was about 15 seconds.

Next thing I knew, I woke up and my mouth was numb. I felt no pain and there was gauze in my mouth. I was fine. I didn't feel woozy. I could walk, but they still had me sit in a wheel chair and had a guy push me to our car so my mom and drive me home.

At home mom made me eat a pain killer. Then I strangely decided to film a video. Then after that for some reason I had a huge urge to watch Transformers so I put in Transformers in the DVD player and started watching it with Michael Bay commentary. My parents didn't like that I was watching tv so they had me turn it off. I then took a nap.

I wasn't really hungry even though I hadn't eaten anything for 15 hours. I guess the fear of pain from eating was enough to make my stomach not growl. I did have a lot of blood drip out. My shirt got dirty and I had to change the gauze every 40 minutes or so. I'm alright now. I just hope I don't choke on any extra blood while I sleep tonight. Gosh! It seems like everyday there is a chance of me dying!

Here's that weird video I decided to make. As you can see I'm still very incoherent and mind altered with drugs.

No Eating or Drinking 6 hrs Before Surgery

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:01:00 +0000

Getting my wisdom teeth out tomorrow. The appointment is at 9:30am. That means that if I can't eat or drink for 6 hours, I have to wake up at 3am to eat something otherwise I'll be stuck with just dinner 15 hours before.

I wonder why we can't eat or drink for 6 hours. Maybe it's so that we don't relieve ourselves while asleep during surgery.

You know what? I'm going to eat a huge breakfast tomorrow morning and ignore the rule. It might be my last meal so it better be a good one. Plus I'd like to hear what the surgeon has to say when I leave him a present during the operation. I assume it would be along the lines of, "Uh, yeah you pooped yourself."

I'm Never Having Trees in my Yard

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:20:00 +0000

This year I cut down 3 trees. A 15ft tall aspen tree, a 10ft tall apple tree, and just today a 25ft tall leafy tree. Mom had various reasons for wanting to cut them down ranging from too many seeds spreading to hitting the window when it's windy outside.

The tree I had to cut today was one of my favorite trees. It was at least 21 years old. I saw it grow up, but it had to go so I took our electric saw and chopped it down. Chopped all the branches to little pieces so they'll fit in our trashcan and then chopped the trunk as if the tree never existed.
NOTE: Uprooting trees is such and major, humongous PAIN IN THE...back.

I forgot to take a picture of the tree before I made the first cut so here are two pictures of the tree after I already cut half of it down. You can still see how tall it was.

Here's what the house looks like after the tree is all gone.

Here's the dying pile of tree.

What I've learned from killing all these trees is this: When you plant trees, they are small and they are cute...like babies. But after 15-20 years, they're gigantic nutrient sucking monstrosities that start imposing on your personal space. You won't like them anymore and will want them gone. And the process of cutting them down and uprooting their stubborn tentacle roots will make you regret ever planting the tree in the first place. So don't plant trees in your yard because you'll have to cut them down. And that is murder.

My future yard will consist of a 5x5ft square piece of grass for backyard picknicks and maybe a flower somewhere. No trees. Maybe rocks. And a tree house.

Here are some other trees that might fall victim in the future. God it's going to really suck to cut these guys down.

And now here's me, my brother, and my mom cutting down most of our aspen tree.

I Might Die on the 7th

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:41:00 +0000

I went to an oral surgeon today for a consultation to get my 4 wisdom teeth taken out. Two of them are coming in weird and are pushing the rest of my teeth crooked so I really want to take them out, but today at the office they had me watch an "Informed Patient Consent" video about the procedure and risks of getting my teeth taken out.

I must say that the video freaked me out a little. Cracked jaws, permanent nerve damage, extreme pain. My I remind you that I'm very pain intolerant. I'll also have to be put to sleep during the operation. Though it's only going to be 20 minutes I'm afraid that I won't ever wake up. I'm a heavy sleeper and I'm sure my body would like being in a coma. Judgement day will be 5 days from today.

So I just want to make it clear that if I die, here is how my stuff will be divided:

DVD Movies - All will go to my brother since he needs a good Kung Fu movie collection.

Text Books - All of my text books will be either sold, and the money given back to my parents, or burned.

Other Books - All are given to my brother since he still needs to read Harry Potter and could use some Bruce Lee exercise books.

Clothes - Donated to ARC or the Salvation Army. Except for my autographed Lalaine shirt. That will go on ebay and the money given back to Lalaine.

Video Games and Hardware - will be given to a grade school girl who writes the best essay about turtles determined by my friend Terra.

Computers - My two laptops will be buried with me since I've spent a high percentage of my life using them.

External Hard drive - Given to Terra since she'll probably be the most appreciative of all the music and video I have on there. But it might be nice to let my parents get a copy of all the pictures on there also.

Toys - If you were a childhood friend, you can pick your favorite toy that I have to keep, but the rest of my toys will be sold on ebay as one giant lot with a Buy it now price of $10,000.

Cameras - My digital cameras, camcorders, and web cam will be given to Terra only if she starts making YouTube videos with them. If not, then they shall be given to an astronaut to make YouTube videos from space.

Wealth - My meager savings, paypal, and google adsense account will be transfered to my parents in order for them to buy a giant tv and another year worth of internet/cable service.

My Pet Turtle - If I leave Mr. Turtle to my parents they'll probably throw him away. So I will give my turtle to my two responsible friends Celia and Cleria. They will have joint custody of Mr. Turtle because even though he's only 6oz, he's a handful...literally. And maybe Mr. Turtle may even become their official church mascot.

Everything Else - The rest of my stuff from my bike, tooth brush, bed sheets, key chain collection, stickers, exercise equipment, lint roller, etc. will all be up for grabs for whoever wants them.

Celebrities Died so Iran is Forgotten

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:49:00 +0000

June 25th 2009. Farrah Fawcett (an original Charlie's Angel) dies of anal cancer at the age of 62. Later that day, Michael Jackson from cardiac arrest at the age of 50.

Farrah's probably thinking, "Come on! The one day I die, Michael Jackson has to die too!"

And today, 3 days later, Billy Mays dies of a blood clot (I think).

I found out about MJ's and Billy Mays' deaths on twitter...sadly.

With all these deaths, the world has forgotten about the huge revolution in Iran. The phrase "Iran, the whole world is watching" should now be, "Iran, the whole world is watching MJ music videos and OxyClean infomercials."

Contact Mason

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:09:00 +0000

If anyone needs to contact me, here are your options:

Email: wangm7(at)gmail(dot)com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MasonWanger

Twitter: http://twitter.com/masonsturtle

About This Site / About Me

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:52:00 +0000

I've always wanted to have my own website, but with hosting fees and being a total website making newbie, I haven't really actively pursued that goal. Maybe in the future, but for now, I just tried my best to adapt this Blogger blog to imitate a website I'd have. It doesn't have all the functions I'd like but it'll do for now.

This site has mostly been built as an active time capsule. It's a place for me to jot down notes, pop culture, things going on in the world of Mason so the future Mason can look back at this blog and see how I was like as a recent college graduate who is unemployed and living at home with his parents (Seinfeld reference). It also will help me improve my writing because my writing really sucks and needs lots of work.

My posts will consist of "Categories" which will consist of: (in alphabetical order)

Free Stuff: Posts about getting or giving free stuff. Everyone love free stuff.

In My Opinion: These are posts where I express my opinion on certain topics that I have become very opinionated at the time. These posts will most probably offend stupid people.

Jokes: Random jokes that I've thought of myself. Probably not very funny to the general public, but I find them funny.

Miscellaneous: Posts that don't fit into any specific category. Will consist of news, pop culture, strange facts or anything that I feel compelled to share. This will most likely be the largest category.

My Boring Life: Posts directly related with things going on in my life. Like what I ate for breakfast or my butt being itchy.

Questions: Posts where I ask questions about things I've been wondering about. Some may come with answers that I've researched and some may just be rhetorical.

Videos: Posts that have a video embedded in them. I like videos.

Well that sums up my site. Kinda lame I know, but at least it is my own.

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About Mason Wang

What are you?
I am an American born Chinese.

How did you get your name?
My Chinese name literally means "Born in America." I heard Jackie Chan was going to name his son Mason for the same exact reason, but he was advised against it because people thought it was stupid.

Why did you start this blog?
No one really cares to listen to me when I express my opinions so I decided to make it to record my opinions and interests.

I heard that you moved around a lot. How was life growing up?
Who did you hear that from? I'm only lived in two places in my life. Auburn, Alabama till I was 2 and then Colorado Springs, Colorado up to now. I must mention that I am bored of mountains. Growing up was ok, though now I wished I did more things as a kid.

Family?
I have two parents and an older brother. My brother is 5 years older than me and is a DOCTOR! Yes he is much more successful than me but he works 100 time harder than me so he deserves it. If I became more successful than him then life just wouldn't be fair.

College?
I only applied to one college, the University of Colorado at Boulder, because I knew that I'd get in. I'm that good, I know. I majored in Finance. Mostly because it was a Business Degree and I didn't want to do Engineering. I don't like Finance.

What are your future career goals?
To open my own business in something cool like an internet cafe or a juice bar or a t-shirt store. I know, I aim low. I also want to be a professional game show contestant.

Do you play any instruments?
I played the piano for one Summer. Then the violin for about 3-4 years. Then my violin teacher said that I was tone deaf and told me to learn the clarinet. So I learned the clarinet with the school bad for 1.5 years. I like how I was so bad at violin that my teacher didn't want my business anymore.

What is your talent?
I can officially say that I don't have a talent of any kind. I am ok at everything but never the best. I'd like to think that I haven't discovered it yet. I just hope it's not gutting fish.

What did you have for breakfast today?
Two green grapes and a half cup of chocolate soy milk.

Best Pocket Camcorders: Flip Ultra HD vs Vado HD

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:16:00 +0000

So I just spent A LOT of time looking at what is the best pocket camcorder. I looked at:

(links are to their amazon.com page)
Flip Ultra
Flip Ultra HD
Flip Mino HD
Creative Vado
Creative Vado HD
Kodak Zi6
Kodak Zx1
Sony Webbie HD

Ok it all came down to the Flip Ultra HD and the Creative Vado HD. Don't even bother considering the others because they are crap compared to these two.

Which is better? It took me ages to come to a conclusion. I'll break it down for you.

Looks: VadoHD
VadoHD wins because it is slim and sexy.

Battery/Battery Life: UltraHD
VadoHD and the UltraHD have a removable rechargeable lithium-ion battery. Only rechargeable through USB unless you buy a separate charger accessory. Both have a battery life of about 2 hours. The UltraHD allows the use of normal AA batteries once the Li-ion battery runs out thus making it the winner.

Record Time: Tie
On the highest HD setting for both cameras, they can only record 2 hours onto their 8GB internal memory. Though the VadoHD does allow you to record in SD which allows you to record more time but since the battery runs out after 2 hours, there is no point.

Video Quality: UltraHD
The VadoHD does have a very nice wide-angle lens which allows you to capture more stuff in the video. And most of the daytime shots between the two look almost the same. But UltraHD wins because it has slightly better low light videos.

Sound Quality: UltraHD
The VadoHD uses mono while the UltraHD uses stereo so the UltraHD captures more sound at better quality.

Accessories: VadoHD
The accessories that come with the Vado include a silicone case (which is nice) and a HDMI cable. The UltraHD doesn't even come with an HDMI cable.

Price: VadoHD
The the VadoHD first came out it was selling for $230 but it is now about $150. The UltraHD had just come out so it is still it's retail price of $200.

Computer Compatibility: UltraHD
The VadoHD requires you to install a codec onto the computer you want to use to upload your videos online while the UltraHD doesn't. So the UltraHD is more friend computer friendly.

My decision: Totally based on what I want out of a camera, I've finally decided to go with the flip UltraHD. Though it is more expensive and fat, I like the better audio quality and the ability to use normal batteries (just in case). What really held me back from making my decision was Vado's wide angle lens, its slim form factor, and price. But I really wanted the best video quality so I decided to go with the Flip UltraHD.

Here's a video of a guy comparing the 2.

Secrets of Target's Clearance Items

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:34:00 +0000

So some people know that I like to shop at Target. Not because I think that i'm above Wal-Mart shoppers. I actually like Wal-Mart. When it comes to prices, Wal-Mart definately is cheaper. Expecially when it comes to food. But why does a cheapskate like me shop at Target? Because of its clearance items.

Target always has items on clearance. They are usually located in the back of the isles. The end caps to be precise.

There's usually clearance items on basically everything in the store. Clearance items don't necessarily mean that the items are bad or expired, they usually mean that they are items that Target has decided not to sell anymore so they need to get rid of all remaining items quick. Seasonal items like school supples and holiday products usually go on clearance immediately after the holiday.

The clearance percentages usually goes like this.

15, 30, 50, then 75% off.

They usually adjust the clearance percentage every 1-2 weeks. Once an item gets to 50% off, it's almost always bought by someone, so if you're a loser like me, you find the clearance item you'd like when it's 30% off, hide it somewhere in the store, and come back in a month and it should be 75% off. You can check the price using the self price check scanner Target has all over the store. Though if you wait too long, I just learned this today, but if you hide your clearance items for too long then the price when you scan them will be $0.00 which is great but when you go and actually try to buy them, the register computer tells the employee to enter the price of the product since it can't find one itself. And then employee will just enter the price displayed on the clearance sticker when you first decided to hide it.

I know I know that hiding clearance items is totally frowned upon, hopefully not illegal, but it does save you money. Paying $5 for a video game or $1.50 for 12 AA batteries is always a good feeling.

Here's a website for a more detailed explanation.

So to recap:
1. Shop Target's clearance items.
2. Find the items you want.
3. Hide them under shelves or behind rarely bought items.
4. Come back in a couple of weeks and find you hidden treasures.
5. Buy them at a steep discount.
6. Be happy.

Jokes: Shrimp

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:27:00 +0000

This isn't really a joke and I've talked about this with my brother. When you're a kid, people ask you what your favorite animal is. The most common answers are: dog, cat, horse, hippo, turtle(my personal favorite), dolphin, and penguin. No one ever says their favorite animal is a shrimp. So if you want to mess with some people, you know what to say.

What's your favorite animal?

Shimp

Shrimp? Why?

Because they taste good.

I was just thinking about some other strange favorite animals and I thought of this:

What's your favorite animal?

Pork.

Uh, that's not an animal.

That's not what PETA says.

I know, I know. I find dumb things funny.

Thunder Snow!

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:50:00 +0000

I took these picture APRIL 17th. And it's snowing! It was scary snow too. With thunder and lightning. That's a first.

On a totally unrelated note, my brother once said, "If April showers bring May flowers, what do Mayflowers bring?...Pilgrims!"

Free Stuff: Hats

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:59:00 +0000

Just a collection of free hats I've gotten over the years. And this doesn't include the free hats my dad has gotten.

Free Stuff: How To

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:33:00 +0000

Here's some sites I go to get free stuff:
TotallyFreeCrap.com - a simple site that sometimes has cool stuff.

Wal-Mart Samples - they always seems to have feminine hygiene products to give away.

GiveAwayoftheDay.com - free software

FatWallet.com - not exactly free stuff but there are great deals.

Dealzmodo - some decently good stuff sometimes.

Here's a video with some other tips.

Vegetarianism

noreply@blogger.com (MW) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:42:00 +0000

I'm not a vegetarian. Mainly because when it comes to food, meat satisfies me more than vegetables and carbohydrates. I actually don't like eating pure meat like steaks and pork chops and anything else you can find at a Texas roadhouse. I actually prefer processed meat like burgers, hotdogs, and mystery meat. I just think it tastes good. Plus I don't like to be able to accurately identify the location my particular meat was located on the animal it came from.

I see PETAs "be a vegetarian" ad that is supposed to make people aware of the all the bad things that happen to the animals that provide our meat, but it really doesn't make me want to be a vegetarian. It just makes me feel that we should treat our animals better. Like that Japanese. Japanese people take good care of their beef...unlike their seafood, but that's another story.

But I came across this video where this guy, Hank, talks about the impact of humans eating meat and it actually does a much better job than PETA to convince me to become a vegetarian. I'm all for conservationism more than animal rights. Check out the videos below and make your own opinion.

PETA's video:

Hank's video: