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November 25, 2010

Stadium Theater Armrests

Filed under: Reviews — Tyler @ 4:22 pm
Stadium Chair Armrest

Stadium Chair Armrest (retractable)

Armrests are funny things. If you are in a theater and are sitting next to a person you don’t know, who gets to use the armrest? People rarely discuss who gets to use the armrest. Oftentimes the person who is a more dominant personality will simply assume control of the armrest. This has actually happened to me before, usually by my brother. But there are other times when the retractable armrest is not used by either person. This can be on a date or some other movie outing, where two people want to get comfortable. Lifting the armrest is no subtle act. This is especially true when the couple involved are on a first date. The armrest is a barrier for intimacy so lifting it is like saying, “I want to have a more intimate experience for this film.” But if both people involved seem to be really enjoying each others’ company, then lifting the armrest shouldn’t be a major problem. Once the armrest is out of the picture, there are many directions that the couple can go. They can sit in their chairs but not have that barrier. They can hug or one can put an arm around the other. There can be some snuggling. Or all of the above can occur. Overall the Stadium Theater Armrests are an excellent invention that deserves recognition.

The interesting thing about retractable armrests is that they have the potential to multiply the fun and enjoyment factor of a movie date by several hundred percent.

-Tyler

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November 23, 2010

The Transport of Squirrelgator

Filed under: Tyler's Mind — Tyler @ 1:19 pm
Squirrelgator in San Francisco

Squirrelgator in San Francisco with his new owner

It has been a long adventure for the pen and ink drawing of “Squirrelgator” to travel to its destination. The drawing of Squirrelgator is a larger piece of art that was based on the concept art of “Squirrelgator” for an upcoming project. Squirrelgator is a fierce forest creature that is part squirrel and part alligator. His favorite foods are acorns and people. Squirrelgator has 25 hit points. The canvas size is 20 inches by 24 inches. It was originally created in Orange County, California and needed to get to its new home in San Francisco. The problem was transport. I didn’t want to damage the piece but I also wanted to bring it with me as I traveled to San Francisco so that way it would get there in time for Mr. Henry Yuan’s house warming party. It would have taken too long to ship the painting. So I took it on the airplane. One thing my father said was, “Security is not going to let you take a scary monster like, Squirrelgator on the airplane. You won’t even make it past the TSA!”

Squirrelgator on the plane

Squirrelgator on the plane

I thought to myself, “Why would anyone be afraid of a Squirrelgator? He only has 25 hit points!” My main concern was that the staples connecting the canvas to the frame would set off the metal detectors. Another concern was that if I put the painting through the conveyor-belt detector, that it would get dirty and damaged by the rubber and greasy technology. When it finally was my turn to go through security I talked briefly with a TSA agent and told her about Squirrelgator and she said that Squirrelgator definitely needed to be scanned, but that she would provide him with a protective piece of Tupperware-like container that would make sure he didn’t get dirty. The painting went through security and then while I was putting on my boots another female TSA agent started laughing. I looked at her and took my piece of art and then she said, “Is that a Squirrelgator?” And I said, “Yes, this is indeed a Squirrelgator.” And she said, “Oh that’s cute.”

Squirrelgator after Construction

Squirrelgator after construction

Once on the plane I wanted to sit with the piece in order to make sure it stayed safe. But the flight attendant told me that I needed to put it in the overhead bin. So I reluctantly put Squirrelgator in the bin and a gentleman was nice enough to stuff his jacket underneath the canvas to give it some extra padding and protective cushioning in the stow away area. I also had a jacket so I took it off and did the same thing. I was very worried about Squirrelgator during the flight and a girl slammed something into the overhead bin at one point and I thought, “Oh, there we go. She just ruined it.” So the entire flight was excruciating because I wanted to know if the painting had gotten ripped or torn. But to my surprise, when I opened the bin, Squirrelgator was undamaged. So I got picked up and the new owner of Squirrelgator and myself found the perfect place for him to stay on the wall and he definitely was a hit at the party. It was a long and perilous journey, but it was well worth it.

-Tyler

November 17, 2010

25 random single phrase song reviews

Filed under: Music-Reviews — Tyler @ 4:48 pm
25 short music reviews

25 short music reviews

These are 25 random single phrase song reviews. I got the idea from a “Shuffle It” note post that I was tagged in. I saw the note on Facebook so I decided to write my own note. Here’s what I got when I shuffled my music collection:

1. “Glob” by: The Future Sound of London from: A Gigantic Globular Burst of Antistatic (very fitting because it is probably my favorite song of all time)

2. “Serendipity” by: Activate Morlack from: Natraj Temple Winterdance (the word Morlack is cooL!)

3. “Light in the Sky” by: Steve Hillage from: Live Herald (I personally like Studio Herald more but it is great that Mr. Hillage got on this list for sure!)

4. “Supha Oupha” by: Shamen from: Natraj Temple-Winterdance (have I listened to this one yet?)

5. “Fontinental Version” by: Gryphon from: Raindance (Stupendous album, the title track on this album is supreme)

6. “frog noize by: chmog da frog mp3 320” by chmog da frog (This artist is from France and is super cool)

7. “Maline in Wonderland Vs Electryphnose – Hidden Behind the Gate” by: Malice in Wonderland from: Pandemonium (agressive psy-trance)

8. “Dove…Quando…(Parte 2)” by: Premiata Forneria Marconi from: Storia Di Un Minuto (I’ve been listening to a lot of PFM lately, soooo goood)

9. “corrupted souls” by: overidon (c’mon down and take my TP)

10. “show desire” by: overidon

11. “ways_and_means_047” by: Jon O’Bir (This is a DJ live set from Crystal Clouds FM, if you like trance you should definitely check this out…all his sets are 2 hours long and are great)

12. “Criteria” by: Yamamoto Keni, Hamano Minako from: Metroid – Zero Mission (I’m glad Metroid got on here somewhere)

13. “Owner of a Lonely Heart” by: Yes from: 90125 ( I remember hearing this song in the car with my brother and I said, “wow this song sounds really crisp and awesome!” and he said, “Yeah, YES is supposed to be a pretty cool band.”

14. “Living in America” by The Sounds from: Dying to say this to You (good high energy album, solid vocals and clear instrumentation)

15. “Back to Light” by: ASURA from: Life Squared (wow, really glad Life Squared showed up. That and FSOL were my main meditation musing for over a year)

16. “Cento mani e cento occhi” by: Banco del Mutuo Soccorso from: Darwin! (The BANK)

17. “Rock ‘n’ Roll” by: The Sounds from: Dying to Say This To You (is this shuffle randomizing correctly?)

18. “Wave Over Me (Radio Edit)” by: Josh Money Ft. MC Flipside from: Wave Over Me (COOL! I’m going to tag Josh Money in this now!)

19. “Non Believers” by: The Sometime Boys from: Any Day Now (This album was so rad. I got to hear Sarah Mucho and the Sometime Boys play this live in New York…too cool for words.)

20. “Bad Girl” by: TC (sick DnB)

21. “Changes” by: Yes from: 90125 (Whoa, I’m going to listen to this one again after I finish this list)

22. “Reasons to Stay Inside” by: Immoor from: She Moves (this bumping track is featured in the great movie called: Douchebag. I suggest you see it.)

23. “Hey You rmx – Pony Pony Run Run” by: The Hiiters from: The Hiiters Remixes (These guys like eccentric comments on their MySpace pages. But be warned, they may ask you to explain your comments HAHA.)

24. “Hot Knives” by: The Future Sound of London from: ISDN (This album rules so hard.)

25. “Ice Crusher” by: Brisker and Magitman from: Drums and Roses (I love those devices)

-Tyler

November 11, 2010

Cards Cards and more Cards

Filed under: Observations — Tyler @ 11:58 pm
cards

cards cards and more cards

“Hello sir, would you like to take advantage of our membership card?” Why don’t they just ask, “Hi, would you like more garbage to put on your keychain, some more heaviness in your wallet, and a little extra SPAM in your e-mail inbox?” I love how they tell you how much you saved by using their card. You just saved twenty dollars by using your Inane Card. Thanks. Too bad all your items are 20% overpriced or more. I go through my wallet every couple months to see what kind of a landfill it’s turned into. Pretty soon there are going to be access cards that people are going to need to use in order to activate your membership card. I told that to the guy at the grocery store and he said, “You should invent that!” And I thought to myself, “Why would I do that? That sounds like an even bigger hassle.” What a sassy grocery store clerk. I expect that in the future people will gladly accept universal identification cards or implants in order to store all this nonsense. The logic behind it will be. “It will make you free of all the clutter!” Why carry twenty cards when you can have just one…in your arm.

This reminds me of a Stargate SG-1 Episode. What happened was that Doctor Daniel Jackson was on a planet trying to convince people to not use a space based weapon on their neighbors. But he got captured and so his spaceship friends were worried about them. They were on a mission to destroy the powerful and dangerous satellite before it could be activated. But they hadn’t heard from Daniel so they decided to “beam” him onto the ship from orbit. But when the spaceship captain did that, all they got was Doctor Jackson’s arm-band location device. They crew was upset that they weren’t able to get Doctor Jackson.

On the next episode the space ship needed to beam the SG-1 team from somewhere. But this time the ship was able to do so, because the team had location devices implanted in their bodies.

-Tyler

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