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Unicorninja or Ninjacorn

It may be a bit self absorbed posting a chat with a friend...but this one was one of the better Ive had...I was laughing out loud at my desk...ahhhh office life.

john: do you think Unicorninja or a Ninjacorn is better

me: I think I like ninjacorn

john: a ninjacorn would be a ninja with a horn

me: but it doesn't have the same amount of majesty

john: a unicorninja would be a unicorn in a ninjasuit
OR half ninja half horse like a centaur
i think thats it
with a horn

me: hahahahahah, this is hilarious
I think though, to distinguish it from your average centaur, you would want to make sure that is basically a 80% ninja with a horse head + horn
and maybe one hoof
instead of a hand
that is action grip fitted for a sword

john: hmmm
interesting point

john: you should see him in his glory

me: see what, have you already made a ninjacorn?

john: it is coming to you

me: did you just draw this masterpiece that should be in the MoMa
?

john: i did
most gracious of you
i dont fuck around when it comes to magic

me: I guess not...fuck...its...so....beautiful, yet dangerous AND majestic

john: hahaha
i think i need to copyright it

me: yeah, you better do it fast cause Im on the phone with my agent
hes talking like 4 mil and world fame
opening offer

john: hahaha
shit i need an agent i think
i also had another character called Bi-polar Bear

me: so is this just a polar bear with a personality disorder or one that has both positve and negative pole mangetism

john: personality disorder
so like one sec hes all docile and lovable drinking a coke
like those coke bears
and then hes all
FUCK YOU MY WORLD IS MELTING

me: or one thats a sexually deviant and fucks all types of bears

john: hah

me: even KOALA's!!!!!!

john: hahah
oh god that could get ugly
and messy

me: personality disorders are tough to draw in cartoon form

and then the chat magically continues with another friend later that day

me: oh cool, so youre coming to new york and then going straight to san diego

Rebekah: i don't know
i sort of want to
but i live in a fantasy land

me: with unicorns?
and ninjas, ninjacorns?

Rebekah: awesome!!!!
that's like the best thing i've heard all day
i would like to live in that fantasy land

me: did you get my email?

Rebekah: what color do you think theyd'be?
no
not yet

Rebekah: got it
what about them?
i want them to look cuter
then people would really be taken aback
like whoa! that cute unicornish thing just totally went ninja on my ass
5 minutes

me: just posted, thats a good angle too

me: im gonna edit it so it reads a little better

Rebekah: and then you can add my part of the chat
:)

I look like a 4th person!!

So last night I went to acquire my Classic Sirloin from the Chili's across from my hotel. While the cashier was unable to figure out how a credit card works, I was soon eating meat and garlic toast in my Marriott king size bed.

Hours later, I went to purchase a Scooby Doo orange push-up ice cream treat from the 7-11 (didn't push-ups used to be Flintstones? When did that change happen?) and the cashier from Chili's was there. Our conversation went like this:

Him: You're Micah, right?
Me: Um, yes...that's a pretty good memory
Him: I remembered it because you look like Tim Roth.
Me: Oh yeah? I've never heard that one before
Him: You don't happen to play music do you?
Me: Nope sorry and I live in Wisconsin, why?
Him: The music scene here sucks and I'm looking for band members
Me: Sorry

I thought about screaming, "This is a Robbery!!!" but figured it might not go over well with my Indian friend behind the 7-11 counter. My ice cream was paid for at that point and I left, but I really started wondering first of all how this guy remembered my name from 5 minutes at Chilis, and second, what in my supposed similarity to Pumpkin qualified me to join this guy for a jam session.

Anyways, Tim Roth can now join the exalted group of Tom Petty, Dirk Nowitski and Steve Nash as my doppelgangers. Or this guy was just high. You make the call. I think I could handle that gun.

Top 25

Around this time last year, in an attempt to kill some time, Jon and I started exchanging the songs on our 'Top 25 Most Played' ipod list. Needless to say, his was much, much cooler than mine. I love the list because there's no way to pretend that a certain song somehow just found its way on there. There's no getting around the Top 25.

It also made me wonder, how is the list compiled? How many times does a song have to be played to make it to the top? For example, (see also below) what if I was really into my MGMT cd one week? Will my Top 25 adjust itself then? Who knows the answers to my questions? Scientist?

So I pulled out the old list again this morning hoping to see something other than the Kings of Leon infestation I was forced to list last year. No dice. The list is pretty much exactly the same. So here it is, for your viewing pleasure, in all its embarrassing glory:

1) Soft - Kings of Leon
2) The Bucket - (see above)
3) Paper Planes - MIA
4) Taper Jean Girl - ugh
5) Kids - MGMT
6) Time to Pretend - MGMT
7) Let the Beat Build - Lil Wayne
8) Smash Your Head - Girl Talk
9) In Transit - Albert Hammond Jr
10) LES Artistes - Santogold
11) Everyone Gets a Star - Albert Hammond Jr
12) Tears Dry on Their Own - Amy Winehouse
13) California Stars - Billy Bragg and Wilco
14) Weekend Wars - MGMT
15) Skinny Love - Bon Iver
16) Electric Feel - MGMT
17) I Feel it All - Feist
18) Milk - Kings of Leon
19) Believe - The Bravery
20) The Skin of my Yellow Country Teeth - Clap Your Heads
21) Slow Night, So Long - (guess who?)
22) Pistol of Fire - (again)
23) You - Atmosphere
24) Obstacle 1 - Interpol
25) Devil's Waitin - Black Rebel

My new goal is to diversify. I don't want to check back in a month and see the same songs.

Now please share yours so I won't feel so bad.

Birthdays and wallabies

I have a friend who convinced a four year old (both parties shall remain nameless) that her stuffed bear was really a stuffed wallaby. But instead of calling it a wallaby, she now refers to it as a "kowallaby" so what used to be a simple bear is now some sort of amazing koala bear/wallaby hybrid super animal. BUT, it still looks like a bear! (See above) The poor parents have to go around constantly explaining what happened all while silently cursing their friend. As a casual bystander, not at all involved in the situation, I think the friend should have to make amends to the parents somehow, don't you? Maybe with a sweet birthday drum set?

wild prognostications -> reality

Some may remember many years ago (2004) when God delivered to me, while eating a Culver's Double ButterBurger Deluxe, the idea of a vanity cell phone whose LCD display morphed into an electrochemical mirror via the push of a button. This has since become somewhat a reality: LG Shine.

That future altering prediction falls a distant second to a more recent one.

I work with NERDs; a statement worthy of caps. In fact, no superlative or hyperbole could accurately render the image of the type of socially inept, asexual pod person that becomes a UNIX sys admin and inevitably works with me. Well, this surprisingly speaks volumes, though most are not bold enough to wear the suit they so desperately wish was made in their size. It is not uncommon that I'm reluctant audience to a handful of overweight albino basement gnomes squabbling about IEEE standards and whether or not Linus Torvalds watches Battlestar Galactica. It is a dark realm of heightened electronic siege and unconsidered reproductive appendages that you'll likely be spared, as most have achieved invisibility around normals.

A few weeks ago, one such high powered mutant came up with such a far fetched, yet curiously possible idea. The grizzled soothsayer was fed a joke that somehow related to camping in the snow, and almost instinctively regurgitated a brilliant Star Wars reference: "Wouldn't it be fucking awesome if they made a sleeping bag modeled after a shaggy Tauntaun?" We collaborated in our vision of the product: a cloth tail along the spine at the base, a stuffed head pillow, furry appendages on both the top and bottom flaps, fluffy Tauntaun guts as insulating stuffing, a built-in audio chip with the classic "and I thought these things smelled bad on the outside" and an optional bad smell module at a nominal fee. A novel idea ... that someone (independently?) must have thought was worthy of an April Fools joke:

Slumber in the Belly of the Beast

Apparently the farce was so popular that they plan on attempting to actually manufacture this.

We didn't envision the lightsaber zipper; a truly brilliant touch -- perhaps you could tie it in to the audio chip and have it cue the lightsaber sound and the Han Solo quote.

My mind exploded when I saw this. This is the shit that gives me hope.

Death to All But Metal

Today I was introduced to a little wonder called Steel Panther. Apparently they have been around for some time gracing mostly LA with their presence. For those of you who have not had the privilege to hear Steel Panther before, may I suggest taking a peak at this little video: