Backseat Driver

Posted by sek8 at July 10th, 2006

There was a beautiful, bright harvest moon tonight. I loved it.

Posted by sek8 at July 5th, 2006

What’s wrong with this picture?

“Former Baywatch star David Hasselhoff is recovering after undergoing surgery for an injury he suffered during a shaving accident. The actor/singer severed a tendon in his right arm while shaving in the bathroom of a gym in the Sanderson Hotel in London on Thursday. Hasselhoff hit his head on a chandelier, which showered his arm with broken glass. Doctors operated on the injured tendon and the 53-year-old star spent one night at St Thomas’ Hospital in central London. According to his publicist, Judy Katz, ‘He’s fine. He’s out of the hospital and will resume filming tomorrow.’ The star is currently in London filming a commercial for a British Internet company.”

Source: WENN

Exactly what sort of gym has a chandelier? How did he hit his head on it while shaving? The whole thing is just odd.

CNN Story

Posted by sek8 at July 5th, 2006

I am enrolling in NYU Law in the fall and could not be happier…. except about their discriminatory policy against students using Macs. Even though the new MacBooks can be used as PCs (by dual-booting and running Windows), they are not allowed. Similarly, I tried to use MTV overdrive over the weekend and was again shut out because I have a Mac! It just not fair!

Posted by sek8 at July 4th, 2006

My brother and I discovered Jack Bauer jokes tonight, enjoy!

Jack Bauer already caught Osama, you just dont know it yet.

Jack Bauer played a game of Russian roulette with a fully-loaded gun. And won.

Jack Bauer can strangle you with a cordless phone.

1.46 Billion Chinese are angry with Jack Bauer. Sounds like a fair fight.

Jack Bauer fights terrorists 25 hours a day.

When ever anyone asks Jack Bauer about how his day is going he says “Previously on 24.”

Superman’s only weakness is kryptonite. Jack Bauer mocks Superman for having a weakness.

When Google can’t find something they ask Jack Bauer for help.

Jack Bauer wasn’t born, he was released.

If everyone listened to Jack Bauer the show would be called 12.

Posted by sek8 at July 1st, 2006

This clip is so bad its hilarious, I love it.

Posted by sek8 at February 28th, 2006

News-flash:

An important case is set to appear before the US Supreme Court today…

Thats right folks! It’s the “Anna Nicole Smith, I want my money because I married a man that was worth 1.6 Billion and was who 89 years old and then he died” Show! Yay!

Posted by sek8 at February 27th, 2006

Chaos theory states that once turbulence exceeds some critical threshold the behavior of matter (air, water, ect.) becomes unstable and unpredictable. It recently occured to me that this theory has a lot to offer sociologists and behavioralists. Three examples come to mind immediately:

1) The behavior of the seniors in line for the senior basketball game. After waiting for an hour or so in the usual fashion the line system, which has always worked before, became a mob scene with people grabbing handfulls of wristbands from the line moniters.

2) Parking outside of my building in an off-limits lot. Across from my appartment there is a parking lot that is designated off-limits to the people in the appartment complex, but that always seemed to be empty. After the brave disobedience of a few parkers, there are now consistently 12-15 cars parked in the lot illegally.

3) The DukeObsrvr Blog. After a few nasty blog posts in which the anonymous author attacked everyone at Duke, the blog has now become a free-for-all of Dukies hating on other Dukies.

My point is only that perhaps there is something to be gained by studying where exactly the threshold to innappropriate behavior lies in social situations.

Posted by sek8 at February 26th, 2006

So here is my idea: A graphic novel, told in chapters, about famous people - their lives, loves, everything. It will have a huge cast of characters - muscians, actors, socialites, and politicians; all of whom interact in strange and unexpected ways. Because it is a graphic novel, fashion and accessories will also emerge as predominant themes.

Oh wait…It’s already been done:

And that is why I am no longer listening to people who criticize me for reading US Weekly. :)

Posted by sek8 at February 21st, 2006

If you go to Duke, then in the last few days you may have heard about a blog titled the Duke Observer. If you haven’t I will quickly bring you up to date. On Friday, a columnist for the Chronicle wrote a column that brought this blog to Duke’s public conciousness (the link to the blog is below if you want to check it out for yourself). The premise of the Duke Observer is an anonymous frat guy’s musings on social life at Duke. The unfortunate part is that he has nothing good to say about it. His values seem to boil down to sex, status, and possibly “coolness” which is usually just a mix of sex and status. Forget traditional college values like “education,” or “expanding your awareness,” or even just making real friends. According to him these things don’t matter, the only thing that matters is how many people you sleep with, how many STDs you acquire in the process, and perhaps how much money you have. Thats all folks. But my point is this: so much hating has to come from sort of insecurity, arrogance, ignorance or maybe just plan meanness. This is why the “Duke Observer” is nothing more, and will never be more, than a Down-Low Hater.

Visit the blog yourself:

http://dukeobsrvr.livejournal.com

Addendum:

DukeObsrvr is Daniel Belzer. Ironically I learned this by reading an editorial in which he criticizes Juicy Campus (HA!) and so kindly apologizes for his comments, saying he didn’t care about the people he just wanted to show everyone how messed up Duke really is. In reality he fed the very flames that he claimed were his problem in the first place. Final say: Points for originality, and humor and critcisms that incited the campus. But his apology is too little too late considering the pain caused by his site.

Check out the editorial

Posted by sek8 at January 28th, 2006

Recently there have been multiple celebrity sightings in the West-Village area…. Is Durham the new SoHo?

The Author OR Tamara Hope a.k.a. the Stepsister from Planet Weird?

Keith’s Brother OR Tyson from Beauty and the Geek?

Play of Kid N’ Play OR A Guy that lives in my building?