"Bite my shiny metal ass!"

Some idle lunchroom talk let to the commerce halloween social, which led to me deciding to go as Bender from Futurama. Now, I had my doubts as to how I'd actually move and sit down in such a thing, but it's simply too great an idea to pass up.

I had a look around the net and found this guy, I'll be using his costume as a model. However, I hope to improve on it in several ways. He had to drink through a staw all night, and that just won't do. Also, I'm planning on having the end of the head antenna actually light up. I also figure it's likely to be deadly hot in that thing, so I'm going to have a go at installing one of those little fans in the head part of the costume.

It'll be interesting trying to build it, at the very least. I'll post some pictures as I get things going.

Bulls and Bears, oh my! (And other ramblings)

I recently opened an investment account over at TD Waterhouse, thus enabling me to throw my money away attempting to squeeze money out of the stock market. Most likely I'll end up losing all my money, and having to sleep on the streets. I hope you'll all keep your couches open for me:-p

In any case, I've bought up some stocks in two companies. They are:

Advanced Cell Technology
and
Porta System Corp.

In the case of Porta, I'm hoping that their website won't scare customers away...but I got a fairly good tip on them, so I'll just hope for the best:-p


In other news, I was at the Theory of a Deadman concert last night at the UofM. They were awesome, I love bands that sound just as good or better in person. People with real talent deserve support, BUY THEIR ALBUM! Driver and Tupelo Honey opened for Theory. Driver was also quite good, and Tupelo was fairly good for a random band I've never heard of.

Lastly, I'm going to a dodgeball tournament this weekend. From what I hear, it's basically exactly like the movie. Should be a good time:-p

Cabin Party, The Second

I neglected to post the link to the pictures from the August cabin party, where we celebrated Jenn's Bday. As such, here they be:

http://offtopicproductions.com/Pictures/cabin2005take2/

I demand people post comments on the pictures. Just scroll to the bottom of each page and you can leave comments on the individual pictures....or scathing remarks.