{"id":87614646,"date":"2009-11-16T23:00:54","date_gmt":"2009-11-17T07:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geckotemple.com\/blog\/?p=87614646"},"modified":"2009-11-16T23:00:54","modified_gmt":"2009-11-17T07:00:54","slug":"bluesy-monday-thats-the-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.geckotemple.com\/blog\/?p=87614646","title":{"rendered":"Bluesy Monday, That&#8217;s the One Day&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh man, I just sneezed, and now I instantly have a headache AND feel like I have a cold.\u00a0 Yaaaaay.<\/p>\n<p>Wow, today was a hardcore Vancouver rainy crapfest.\u00a0 Welcome to Winter.\u00a0 Last week was Fall, this week is Winter.\u00a0 The way Vancouver works though, next week will be Spring, after our obligatory three days of snow (which then becomes slush, and then we&#8217;re done).<\/p>\n<p>The moustache for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geckotemple.com\/blog\/?page_id=87614600\">Movember<\/a> is finally starting to look like a moustache, BUT it&#8217;s almost impossible to get a picture of it because a flash washes it out, and NOT using a flash makes everything in the room yellow\/orange.\u00a0 The best part is that it looks sorta dirty-reddish brown to the corners of my mouth, but then goes completely white.\u00a0 It&#8217;s like uh, what, it&#8217;s like Hulk Hogan or a two-tone biker or something, but with more crewcut, and less arms.\u00a0 I dunno.\u00a0 You guys tell me when you go check out the photos.\u00a0 While you&#8217;re there, make the stupid moustache have a point and donate a few bucks to the cause, mkay?<\/p>\n<p>Today I stumbled across the Bizarroworld&#8217;s version of FailBlog &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/succeedblog.org\/\">Succeed Blog<\/a>, and along with something I <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/zenrender\">Tweeted<\/a> earlier about someone starting a dance party that <a href=\"http:\/\/succeedblog.org\/post\/236137224\/dance-party-starting-succeed\">goes from zero to 300 in three minutes<\/a>.\u00a0 Now THAT is what you call infectious dancing.\u00a0 There&#8217;s also some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=riqkA3HKHB8\">insane juggling linked from there<\/a>.\u00a0 I mean, I can juggle three balls, and can do it pretty fast, but this guy can do stuff I can&#8217;t even track (and this is coming from a guy who has literally juggled oranges on acid*.)\u00a0 I couldn&#8217;t even move my hands in some of those configurations, much juggle at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>I think the thing that drew me to SucceedBlog was that it is all about the most insane, and amazing, and beautiful and truly awe-inspiring moments.\u00a0 Some of the pictures are just sorta cute, which you could find at ICanHasCheeseBurger, or CuteOverload, but some of the video is just a big ol&#8217; glass of freshly-squozed awesome.\u00a0 The sorta stuff that makes you glad to be alive, glad to have a heartbeat today, instead of the kinds of things that just make you glad you&#8217;re not whoever that is in the cringe-worthy photo.<\/p>\n<p>So yeah, a good find.\u00a0 I hope they keep going, along with their ilk.\u00a0 At least for the rest of the Winter.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I watched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fc0kPAPNahU\">Human Traffic<\/a> last night, which is a movie about uh&#8230; a bunch of kids having a lost weekend (one of many) and all the stupid stuff they do, but it&#8217;s sweet somehow.\u00a0 Think Trainspotting, minus any blood or overdoses, and a happy ending for everyone.\u00a0 Two Word Review: Doesn&#8217;t suck.<\/p>\n<p>OMIGOD, we&#8217;re watching a few minutes of Demolition Man before the Daily Show starts, and we just watched the bit with Dennis Leary going on a tear about having your life controlled by the man, which is fun, but just off his right shoulder is a very young, silent (and puffy-haired?) Jack Black, who looks like he&#8217;s maaaaaybe 22&#8230; could that be right?<\/p>\n<h6>* Hi Mom!<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh man, I just sneezed, and now I instantly have a headache AND feel like I have a cold.\u00a0 Yaaaaay. 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