Mike's Blog

bleurg

2008-11-19T20:14:00.003-05:00

Thats me! Well me on Xbox Live at least. Microsoft put out a new patch for the Xbox and kind of ripped off Nintendo with the avatar creation thing but I think the Microsoft ones are a bit cooler.

So it finally snowed and winter is officially in suck mode. I guess it's not too bad its just driving that is the worst so maybe it will be ok this year and not be too snowy but who knows! Thanks climate change!

Not much really happening on the Mike front lately. I had my Life Writing class in Second Life on Tuesday and that was absolutely terrible. Its an interesting experiment really. You get about 40 people who are pretty much anonymous, grouped together in one place and there's no limits on who can talk or speak so it ends up just being a mess of idiots trying to be funny or clever or "smart". My professor did create a stage where people who wished to speak had to be on top of but that didn't work at all. I eventually found out that he wasn't taking attendence and then my computer froze and I couldn't get back in so I guess lesson learned is Second Life and people are stupid. I was going to take some screen shots in Second Life during the "lecture" but I forgot and well it wasn't that interesting anyways.

I guess thats about it for now. I can't wait to start hearing Christmas music everywhere as soon as American thanksgiving is over, hurray!

thanks joe

2008-11-10T22:31:00.009-05:00

You've inspired me by your post on my facebook wall. These turned out very well and youtube doubler is the greatest invention since youtube YES THERE I SAID IT!

Click here to see my effort. Warning there is sound!

Its a website where you can post two youtube videos and it plays them together. For example you can post a stupid dragon ball z video as the first one and then also the Requiem For a Dream dramatic music as the second one and they play at the same time to achieve a comedic juxtaposition!

That was my favourite one but I may end up making more because its just so much fun. The only problem is that I can only seem to make stupid nerdy ones but I'll try for something more "mainstream" next time.

Heres a couple more Gears of War pictures man this game is awesome.

In some non nerd news I'm getting ever so much closer to being done school woo! Also I'm still pretty pumped because on Friday I bought some dress pants at the Gap on sale for $12.99 and I went back the next day and they went back up to $59.99!!! Whoa what a deal! So next time you see me I may be wearing some cheap but nice pants!

Anyways check out the youtube doubler cause its really really fun to come up with stupid things!

gimmie that GOW Two

2008-11-09T22:09:00.003-05:00

I bought Gears of War 2 on Friday and oh man this game is incredible. Thats a photo I took IN THE GAME!!! I give this game 100 out of 100 because it is very bad ass and very cool in so many ways! I'll probably post more pictures that I take later but I haven't taken that many just yet (too busy killing).

Switching gears (heh heh heh) Kimber and I went to see the movie Role Models yesterday and it was pretty good! I thought it might be a little funnier but overall I was pleased. Paul Rudd was his usual self and Sean William Scott is still underrated because he is much funnier than people give him credit for. OK my heart is not really in this update because I just want to play more GoW!

the comeback kid

2008-11-05T22:30:00.002-05:00

Well I can't think about this essay any longer so its a good time to post on my blog again. THIS TIME I'M GOING TO KEEP IT UP! Keep in mind that it will be filled mostly with youtubes and probably very pointless or ~*rAnDoM*~ things...SO RANDOM. I don't live enough of an interesting life to fill it with cool stuff all the time (only sometimes).

Also I'm done school December 10th (!) so I'm hoping that by then this blog will be huge and bought by Google or Microsoft or both and I won't have to find a real job?! Only time will tell...

Here is a cool thing if you like Pandas - Panda Cam! Its only for Window Vista so if you don't have that then take a time machine back to 1997 where you belong. If you use a Mac then you're probably too cool to read this blog anyways.

There should be a youtube that I found posted on here I think but I'm not really sure how so we'll see what happens.

Well I guess thats it. Check this out tomorrow and maybe there will be something good...! There might also be more "mike is blogging again" posts than there are of regular content posts now but I think things will be different this time!

if any dictionaries are hiring...

2008-03-06T17:06:00.002-05:00

pwner -noun:
1) occurs after an individual has just mercilessly pwned someone. A status of the pwn disher, not receiver.
1b) an after-effect of pwning.

[Origin: This blog, 2008]

In use: You choked on a peanut? but uhh... your pants are still on! Pwned, just pwned! Dude I just got a pwner.

nb: It is important to keep in mind that simply witnessing a devastating pwn can inspire a pwner in all viewers, however the pwn receiver can never achieve pwner status in such a situation when the pwn was directed at him/her.

that was the dumbest thing i ever wrote. i hope it doesn't tarnish the blog community's sterling reputation.

this is the future of blogging

2007-06-28T16:08:00.000-04:00

this is mostly just a test to see if I can blog from my phone. let's see if this works...

and just so this is not a total waste of time for you, the reader, I ate lunch at Harvey's today (don't tell McDonald's!).

update: Mission accomplished. now I can blog from anywhere, driving, playing soccer or even from prison.

look what I stumbled upon

2007-06-26T14:46:00.000-04:00

In my daily internetting I came across a verrrrrry interesting youtube video which I'm sure some of you may enjoy. Its pretty annoying but just watch it for a bit and right around 2:30 you will know where it is headed. I don't want to ruin anything so just watch it.

Mini Moni Chicca 7

I can't embed youtube videos anymore for some reason so just click the link!

sickest license plate

2007-06-20T14:33:00.000-04:00

i was driving somewhere the other day and a car pulled out in front of me, it was a Mazda Precidia, maybe mid to late 90s. Anyways the Precidia with its engine pumping at full speed rockets down Martindale Rd. towards Port Dalhousie with an objective in mind. I immediately thought this guy was pretty bad ass with his modified muffler firing out a really ear pleasing whine. Right when I thought he was straight out of Fast and the Furious 4: St. Catharines Drift I looked at his license plate and knew that I was not looking at any mortal man...no, for what I gazed my steely eye upon was a god. The plate, raised a bold, yet confident without being arrogant, aura around his chariot. Here is what I spied:

WRLDCHMP

Yes. This is it. The world champion drives a mid 90's Mazda Precida with a modified muffler. What is he a champion of? umm... how about THE WORLD? Maybe I'll see him again some day but I doubt it. He was probably off to a competition somewhere, defending his title from other contenders.

Do you think he had to pay for that plate? Or was it given as the trophy at the world champion games? Is he just a champion of one particular thing? Why a Precidia? So many questions...

I can picture him down at the Ministry of Transportation.
"Hey, can I get a custom license plate made?"
"Yes there will be an extra charge, what would you like it to say?"
"WRLDCHMP"
*winks at the clerk and blasts off on a jetpack*

Maybe one day I will be like him.

BREAKING BLOG NEWS

2007-06-14T16:18:00.001-04:00

hmm well looks like those in ultraextreme land will finally get to rally behind their leader. It seems like we have an interesting predicament.

a new blog start up, http://toplessrockstars.com/ has just entered the 'scene' and I couldn't help but notice their slogan... "You couldn't handle it"... to my faithful readers you may find this sounding awfully familiar. I wonder why...oh I know, because its a direct rip off of my slogan "can you handle it". I have direct precedence over this slogan as it was trademarked by me In December of 2006.

I hope the people behind this blog are prepared for the backlash that they are about to receive by not only my rabid fans but also by my team of rabid lawyers. They are dogs with rabies and I am not even kidding, dogs are my lawyers and they know the law (dog law).

I wasn't even sure what I was going to blog about before but now I will be documenting the legal proceedings of this looming court battle, or slug-fest which the media has started to call it.

Stay tuned.

look at how bored i am

2007-06-14T15:34:00.002-04:00

I'm so bored at work that I am starting my blog again. I think I'll update it every day (weekday) in the afternoon to document what happened during my exciting life as a professional youtube watcher, MSN converser and editor of a news paper.

Here is some stuff I did today: Talked to someone about wanting coverage for some event, talked to a dude from IT, umm watched a lot of people walking around looking for where to go for their graduation and gave a newspaper to a construction worker. That isn't everything that I did but its the most note-worthy. Tomorrow will probably be busier though!

Here is a picture of me, circa last week. I have this expression on my face the entire time I'm at work. Maybe even less happy looking though.

See you tomorrow...

why volkswagen is the best

2007-02-07T03:08:00.000-05:00

maybe the coolest commerical?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hur1qMsiyw

yeah...i think so.

i'm too tired to do any more writing tonight so i hope you enjoy this little update.

oh and i also chose my interview subject for my class so thanks to everyone who applied (no one did).

wikimania

2007-02-05T00:42:00.000-05:00

so here i am trying to do some homework and theres a term i wasn't really familar with (it was 'salient noun phrase') so i figured why not look on wikipedia to see what it has to say. Well guess what, it doesn't even exist on wikipedia! I eventually figured it out (looks like somone is smarter than wikipedia (itds me)) but anyways thats beside the point.

I got to thinking and then was thinking about in the future say there is some surgical (maybe pyschological) procedure which lets you pick one topic or stub from wikipedia to be implanted into your brain. It would be like memorizing something but just more like the MATRIX with Keanu Reeves or Johnny Neumonic with Keanu Reeves where it is instantly zapped into you and you can remember it in no time flat. Why it can only be one topic is just for interest sake cause it would be dumb if you could do the whole thing so just go along with it ok.

So logically i began thinking of the possibilities that this new scientific breakthrough could bestow upon me.

I thought pretty long and hard about it and came to the conclusion that I would pick this.

For those who don't like clicking things this is the title of it.

Poker probability (Omaha)/Derivations for making low hands

I just copy/pasted it and don't want to reformat the text so DEAL WITH IT.

Its the longest Wikipedia article and takes like 2 minutes to load because it has so much crap on it (my brain would be able to load it instantly though). Now its important to keep in mind that I've played poker probably half a dozen times so i don't really know what anything on this page means (or even the title) BUT think of how many hours some dude put into putting this on wikipedia and editing it and maintaining it and protecting it from wikipedia vandals. For that kind of dedication it must be pretty important. I think there is probably a lot of stuff in there that would also relate to other functions in my every day non poker playing life like...i dont know maybe something involving numbers or probability(what does that even MEAN?).

I guess i could maybe clean up at a casino too if i knew all this but i think that this kind of medical breakthrough could be very dangerous in the wrong hands too so maybe this is a Pandora's Box of the future (wikipedia it if you don't know what that means cause its a sweet metaphor in this case). I won't even bring into question the credibility of information on wikipedia because thats a whole different set of problems.

anyways i hope this gave you something to think about because it sure opened my eyes to the very intricate and confusing world of Poker probabilty. I don't really even remember how this started or how I got to this conclusion so see you next update.

do you want to be FAMOUS?

2007-02-02T02:57:00.000-05:00

well I just spent about two hours working on a 'secret' project but I can't talk about it in so public a forum.

in other news I think i'm going to be switching over to using itunes instead of window's media. I think its just better and I made a playlist with all of the sweetest songs so its already kind of set up to be prety awesome. it'll be hard to switch back I think. For those wondering the playlist is titled the Sweet List.

in other news i need to interview someone for a news feature that I have to write for one of my classes so if anyone reading this thinks they have a good reason to be interviewed post why you think you should be the candidate in the comments. i'll choose the best interview subject by probably MONDAY! so type up your explanations and teasers for me. my story is only 1500 words so make sure its not something long and boring.

if that doesn't work then i've compiled a list of some people that would be great to interview and do a feature story on. (this is without checking actual spelling of their names)

Albert Einstein: Could be difficult on account of his current death-like state
Bill Gates: What does he do with all that money?! Thats just crazy to think about am I right?
Bill Cosby: Whats it like having the same first name as Bill Gates (the richest man in the world (rich in money))?
Superman(?): I put a ? because he is fictional but maybe he is based on a real life person? I don't know much about comics this was probably a bad choice.
Gary Larson: I just thought of him cause I looked and saw my The Far Side day calendar. The one for today was wierd. It has two bulls in the frame and one is sitting down blowing up an inflatable cow doll and the one bull is saying, "She's lookin' good, Vern!". It was pretty funny but it was more weird than funny y'know.
almost said James Bond but I remembered Superman...
Conan O'Brien: Does he just want Jay Leno to die already? Like really that probably sucks waiting for Leno to retire in like another 20 years just so Conan can have a chance at being successful finally.

Ok well hopefully I can find one of you to interview so hopefully you have either a terrible tale that is very sad or an inspirational one (maybe it begins sad but ends up as inspirational). Don't be offended if I don't pick you as my interview subject, it just means you're uninteresting or I don't like you. So start posting your stuff! thanks!

Also visit Travis' blog, smartarded.com.

If you want your blog to be linked on mine just give a link in the comments section and I'll throw it up on the right side there, everyone is welcome!

well well well

2007-02-01T03:01:00.000-05:00

google and blogger tried to shut me down but i managed to persevere and triumph over them. sorry google but you can't silence me. stay tuned for some big updates over the next few hours.

lets kick this into overdrive, buckle up.

guys i'm really tired

2006-12-18T01:16:00.000-05:00

but i'm gonna blog anyways cause i'm dedicated to this. i started it and i'm gonna finish it! ok well i am too tire to think of anything really great for this update so it is just a point form list of stuff that happened over the past week or that i want to happen in he near future.

-number one is i am done school for the semester. its pretty great to be done eventhough i'm bored and i dont want to work. i want to just chillax or hill (a combination of hanging and chilling) but at the same time i dont know what to do between those crippling hours throughout the day between when i get up around 1:00 and when i go to bed around 1:00. those 12 hours are killing me. i think i am going to buy a couple video games and MAYBE a book but i don't know yet so don't pressure me ok sheesh.

-number two katherine and i each won a stuffed animal (rudolf and a reindeer respectively) however no one will ever know how we won them cause its embarassing but also really really cool to say you won these prizes for this reason. sorry but you'll never know.

-number three i scored a goal in soccer today and we won the game. gooooooo team #2 (thats us) also my goal wasnt the winning goal or anything but i like to make it sound like it was.

-number four i'm tired and going to bed good night.

leave a comment with a suggestion for what book is good and i may buy it and then read it and post my impressions on this very blog after i read it. this is interactive internetting and entertainment.

Also look at this, Zach Braff or whatever his name is has the SAME SHIRT AS ME. I bought it before him though so thanks for copying my style. ugh what can i do to be original anymore... Zach, send me a new and free shirt that you don't own after you read this please thanks (yeah Zach reads my blog in case you were wondering).

learn something today

2006-12-11T23:30:00.000-05:00

here is something fun for everyone. i randomly found some words on the urban dictionary and am going to post them here cause they're pretty great and i think we should maybe use them more in our everyday language. i know i for one will use these more often and i hope you will too.

Chunk up the deuce - Putting up a sideways peace sign with your hand.

Hamburgler - To take advantage of someone, from behind, while said person is vomiting.

Nap fraud - When one pretends to sleep for any reason, possibly so they don't have to do something, to get attention, or to find out gossip and secrets. Very useful for finding out information you might not be supposed to know.

why am i doing this this is stupid... oh yeah cause i don't want to study.

a badunkadunk butt - Someone in possession of a large posterior. Also known as "junk in the trunk."

Karpet Kid - a person who has a class in the carpet hallway. the carpet hallway is for a retarded person like micayla

umm... i don't know how valid that last one is really but its on the site so its probably legit.

In other news the paper is done for christmas but i still have two exams and an essay so i think everyone should feel sorry for me and my plight.

heres a picture on my computer:

thats a real CD, you're not hallucinating.

argh Chapters

2006-12-08T01:06:00.000-05:00

I needed to buy some books today (i go to UNIVERSITY yeah thats right) and i forgot to buy these books throughout the year cause i'm a busy guy and don't really have time to remember to buy essential supplies for my learning or whatever.

Well i went to this 'book' store today and started looking around and this lady asked me if i needed help to which i replied 'yes, do you have a classics section?' (i only read classical literature, the rest of your typical mainstream trash isnt worth my time thank you very much). so anyways she said they didn't but they probably have what i'm looking for. i whip out my list of books that i need which included Balzac, Rousseau, Peter the Great and Pushkin. Now ok i didn't really think they would have Peter the Great or Pushkin but Balzac is pretty big (and has a great name) and Rousseau was popular i thought... so she takes me around and starts looking and suggests me stuff that isn't even close to what i want at all!

ugh Chapters what the heck! WHAT THE HECK! so i left the store and on my way out asked to speak to the manager and told her about Beatrice or whatever her name was (the lady that 'helped' me) and how poor of a job she did and i wanted to see her get fired on the spot in front of me. The manager said she was sorry and would talk to her in private about it. merry christmas Beatrice i hope you get fired for inconvieniencing me and eventhough you dont control the stocking or purchasing you still should pay for my 15 minutes that you wasted which I WILL NEVER GET BACK!

I ended up going to the library and got them all for free so i guess it worked out better that way.

Also as a side note at work the other day this lady told me that she needed to buy a nintendo wii immediately because the next day she was going for cancer surgery for the third time in her life and 'hopefully they get it all out this time'.

the post without a video

2006-12-04T20:29:00.000-05:00

ok so giving into popular opinion I'm going to write something longer than one sentence. Today was production day at the paper and it was going good until it started snowing and I got hit with a snowball in the EYE...thanks a lot Cameron. So after the ambulence arrived and told me that I would need to wear an eye patch for a few days the day didnt seem as great as it started. This is kind of a coincedence because I saw some dude with an eyepatch sitting at Starbucks at Brock a couple days ago. It was one of the pirate looking ones that has the strap going around the head and not one of the ones that just sticks to the eyesocket. I couldnt help but respect him for going the traditional route with the strap one because i think in today's society we don't value tradition enough.

I will post up some pictures of the snowball fight if I can figure it out. There are some sweet ones of me winding up to throw at Andrea. (I hit her pretty good a few times). I am also taking suggestions for how to get back at Cameron. I'm thinking of blinding him forever.

Also for Travis Nicholson Miss Spears is still smoking hot. period. if you don't agree with that what about christina aguliera? she is probably even better than brittney.

Thanks to KATIE for the photos she is the best photo person!

Mom laughs as kid almost dies

2006-12-01T22:10:00.001-05:00

Janice, this hurts.

first post

2006-11-27T01:39:00.000-05:00

yesssssss i am blogging

here is a youtube video that I enjoyed and I hope you enjoy it too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3aYZQJZ1SQ