Miscellany
- Apparently, I'm a bit of an alarmist. I made the switch over to the new version of Movable Type this weekend. The interface on my end is drastically different, but as best I can tell, everything from your perspective is the same. And no, none of you were inadvertently given more cool points when I made the change. Nice try.
- Work is kicking my butt over the past week. As a help desk guy, it's not often that I have work come home with me. This week, I've been working on a couple of projects that have been consuming my work days AND evenings. It's actually fun stuff for me to work on, but it's still work. I'll be catching up on all of your blogs shortly.
- We didn't let the boy watch TV until he was 2, so maybe I'm the last one to notice this, but when did characters on kid's TV shows start asking so many questions?! Every two seconds, the character on the screen stops to ask a question, pauses for an often awkwardly long amount of time, then responds as though you answered his/her question favorably. Would you like to see an example of what I mean? (Pretend the image below is a TV screen. Stare at it until your internal sensors say, "wow, this is awkward." Keep staring for a few moments beyond that, then continue reading.)
...Great!
I watched a fair amount of cartoons as a kid. He-Man never asked me my opinion on what he should do next. Fred never stopped the Mystery Machine to ask me which way to go. Not once did Gargamel ask me for help with finding a Smurf. The worst is Little Einsteins, because they're always asking me questions in some time-sensitive situation. "Will you help us win the race?" Dammit man, I wouldn't need to help you if you'd quit yapping and get in your rocket! Stop talking and go! Go!
- I might be suffering from a little seasonal insanity.
- Happy birthday to my brother!
Comments
Seventeen Syllables said:
So true- cartoon characters these days are kinda high maintenance. They're all about help me get the map, help me choose the right implement, help me find this clue, blah blah blah.
Back in the day they didn't stop to ask you what to do with this ACME rocket whose fuse was alread lit. They just let it explode in their faces, and WE LIKED IT!
***shuffles off to take some Geritol***
Tori :) said:
"What was your favorite part?" looonnnggg pause... "That was my favorite part too."
I really don't think the cartoon is listening because sometimes I give a stupid answer on purpose they always thank me or agree with me.
Hmmph!
Tori :) said:
I'm pretty sure the cartoon isn't listening to me because sometimes I give stupid answers and it will still agree with me or thank me. It's really lame and kinda hurts my feelings.
Tori :) said:
Ok, the blog stole my 1st comment. I couldn't remember what I wrote, so I wrote something else and then it posted both. So, now i look like a dork who talks to cartoons.
Carrot Jello said:
That blinking picture of yourself freaked me out. I was all like..."Wait, did that picture just blink??"
It did. Oh yes, it did.
Carrot Jello said:
What about Dora?
Where are we going!?
Where are we going!?
Where are we going!?
I'm pretty sure since it's your show, that you should know where we're going.
No Cool Story said:
Seasonal insanity, so that's what it's called. How many years does a season last?
I babysat for a friend a few months ago, her kids were watching “The Wonder Pets”. I hated every single second of that show, I wanted to run away, to scream, save the children somehow, but yet I was mesmerized. Evil I tell you.
I was not prepared for the blinking Omar. I hope he didn't ask me a question...talk about awkward.
¡Feliz cumpleaños Omar’s Brother!
Jon said:
The only time I remember being asked a question by the characters on the cartoon was at the end of every She-Ra episode, where we were asked which scene we spotted Loo-Kee hidden in the background of.
Look, I know I'm not supposed to end a sentence with a preposition, but it's like this: I asked Omar if it was ok to do that on his blog, and all I got was a blank stare and a blink every couple seconds, so I gave up. Blame him, not me.
Syar said:
I like Little Einsteins because of them revealing the "special music we heard today" at the end of the show.
Which makes me a double dork.
But I've redeemed myself by winning the staring competition between you and I, like, a dozen times already. Sucka!
Radioactive Jam said:
Wow. Personalized subtitles?
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Wow.
Pardon me while I deal with this latest bout of blog envy.
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I'm not doing too well with this. And on a semi-related note, WHY ARE YOU STARING AT ME?!
Lia said:
Why is that guy staring at me? Do I have spinach caught in my teeth?
Impossible. I haven't even eaten spinach in weeks!
I gave up on kids tv when I was forced to sit through a teletubbies episode about four years ago. One episode too many. Brain melt.
elasticwaistbandlady said:
Why Do Fools Fall In Love?
Do You Know The Way To San Jose?
What About Love?
When Did Your Heart Go Missing?
Are You Going To San Francisco?
How Do You Heal A Broken Heart?
You see, it's not just cartoons that pepper us with questions. So does most music. As if I know all the answers to all these love inquiries. I'm not Dr. Ruth, for heaven's sake. Nor do I know how to get to San Jose. Why doesn't Dionne just ask one of her Psychic Friends or buy a GPS system?
Becky said:
snl did a saturday tv funhouse sketch where a dora-like character posed questions that were completely unrelated to the adventure at hand - it was awesome. (not dick in a box awesome, but almost ace & gary awesome)
No Cool Story said:
Becky's snl sketch.
Don't question it, just do it
Rhonda said:
The blink scared the crap out of me. Blinky Omar is bad.
Rhonda said:
And Dora is the WORST. She annoys me to no end. Thank goodness my child has no interest.
They did a really good Dora spoof on SNL once. It was hysterical.
Rhonda said:
Ok...I went to Youtube and found that SNL spoof. Check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb7eLgaddI4
Frickin' funny! "Can you help me decide if Robert Blake was innocent?" ha!
glo said:
uhm...uhm...what was the question?
That's right! BOAT! Gracias amigo!
Nadia said:
Malcolm McDowell explained the logic behind this. I don't remember it though. Maybe if he hadn't distracted me with so many questions...
cadiz12 said:
i was in connecticut and had like 2.5 seconds to post and look at blogs, but that was enough to get thoroughly creeped out by omar's blinking.
happy birthday to your brother, too!
Special K- Toni said:
1.) Have no "Omar issued" cool points- so that's ok! I know I am COOL!
2.) Work? Thinking about getting one of those paying jobs myself!
3.) Now that Luke is 5, I am encouraging him to give up all that crap. I put on the Boomerrang channel. It's all the cartoons we grew up with. He is completely addicted to Tom and Jerry, but I will watch it with him! See if you get that channel! It has the Smurfs also!
Nobody said:
Just wait til your little genius starts arguing with the dang cartoon. "I said NO! I don't want to go THROUGH the mountain" or, "I hated that part!" after Dora or Boots tells their favorite part. It's lovely.
The first time my husband was home during cartoon marathon morning at our house, he lasted about 15 minutes and then said, "Do they ALWAYS talk and sing incessantly?"