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Breaking Up is Hard to Do
July 17, 2009
Harry and Pepper are no longer on speaking terms. Photo: CBSNews.com
OH NO. Stop the presses! Mother Nature has pitched us another curve ball.
Just when the world was getting comfortable to the idea that homosexuality indeed DOES exist in nature and that it wasn’t just some fluke that humans made up, the world’s favorite pair of gay penguins have apparently BROKEN UP.
Pepper and Harry were in a loving relationship for 6 years at the San Francisco Zoo’s “Penguin Island” and were even given an abandoned egg to hatch, nurture and raise together. Known to take long walks by the water side and spend hours gazing into each other’s eyes while preening, they were the epitome of happiness and a favorite among zoo guests.
This all changed after a secret chance meeting with a recent window, Linda. After her mate, Fig, died earlier this year, Linda quickly set her sights on the unsuspecting Harry.
Harry’s conflicted heart drove him to attend a Christian homosexual recovery camp and overcome his “homosexual desires” to return to a sinless life. He returned to the burrow he shared with his mate of 6 years and emotionlessly stated that their relationship was over.
A violent confrontation among the love triangle proved to me emotional and stinging, a triumphant home-wrecker waddled off with Harry and a wounded Pepper was left with an empty burrow, and heart.
Help Send a Blogger to Antarctica
July 17, 2009
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Meet your new room mates!
Mostly doing this so I can mimic Mr. Brandon.
There have been other “blogging” contests (like the one to win the “Best Job in the World”) out there but here is another one to amaze you.
Would you ever want to go to Antarctica? No, me neither. But apparently this guy does.
Quark Expeditions is searching for an official blogger to join a voyage to Antarctica. I’ve thrown my hat into the ring. When it comes to travel blogging I think I’m the guy for the job.
Getting to Antarctica is pretty simple. I need to have the most votes by September 30. I will probably need several thousand to win. If I win, you’ll get a front row seat to view Antarctica through my eyes and my camera lens, and as always, you’ll be able to ask questions and make requests to me directly. If I win I’ll even do a video of me doing snow angles in Antarctica.
All you have to do to vote is visit my page on the Quark Expedition contest site and click on the button that says “Vote for Me”. That’s it.
Video Games Live
Video Games Live
On Sunday, my sisters, father and I went to see the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra perform Video Games Live! I expected it to be a nerd fest, of course, but this actually was well thought out but pretty much as I expected.
I kind of feel the pre-show was lacking but maybe that was due to the fact that I showed up only 15 minutes before the actual show. Maybe I have high expectations of available nerdy readiness when I go to shows and conventions (etc… etc…) and always seem to be let down in some way.
ANYWAY, my sister, Jennifer had planned long in advance that she was going to reprise her Link (Hero of Time) costume and wear it to the show. In fact, the organizers encourage people to dress up as their favorite video game characters. Right as we arrived, they were judging the costume contest and one brave man dress as Kratos from the God of War series.
Among the audience were quite a few more Links (and Zeldas) and I managed to spot a quite convincing Princess Toadstool and grabbed a picture with her.
The orchestra performed the classics. It was similar to the songs I had heard from bootlegs over other concerts that did the same thing. Of course, the game I most looked forward to hearing was the Legend of Zelda music because, come on, a good chunk of games dealt solely with music! Unfortunately, I was quite disappointed because they seemed to just revolve around the main Zelda theme without deviation into the other great pieces in the series.
Princess Peach and Link
Aside from that, I was joyed to watch the two competition they had. The first one brought a girl from the audience up on stage to become a huge space ship to defend from the Space Invaders. They had her put on a black T-shirt and on the back was a green space ship and there was some sort of tracking device that monitored her position to correspond with the cursor on screen. She failed to move enough on stage to get ahead but it was funny enough to watch her (and the many people yelling “shoot the sides!!”) The second competition was for the Guitar Hero champion. The winner was decided before the actual show and the one with the highest score was invited on the stage later on in the show. His job was to beat Aerosmith on “Hard” and get 200,000 points. The guy was cheeky and said he could do it on “Expert.” Well, he wasn’t successful and was just short of getting the necessary points. Still, WAY better than I could ever do!
Another high light was the appearance of the man whom invented the first video game. They first showcased the first video game demo and then chatted with the inventor, Ralph Baer, over Skype.
All in all, a good evening of nerdyness and entertainment.
