Sunday, July 8, 2007

Secret Messages in my cookies.

Those of you who have never heard of the "choco cream snack" known simply as "Yan Yan", please take a moment to lament your loss.



They are so tasty that I forgive them for their misspelling of the word "chocolity". Perhaps they were just trying to be "cute". I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. They might have been trying to appeal to their audience, widely made up of elementary school children who may or may not know how to spell their own names. "Meijii", the company behind this delicious treat, has wisely included "secret messages", now known as "fun lines". I believe they teach us all valuable life lessons. Such as:



Children, stand up for what you believe in! Don't be afraid to speak up! Use exclamation points at the end of every sentence! Don't listen to your teacher. There's no such thing as "proper grammar". Fortune favors the brave, and people are afraid of other people who yell a lot. Ahhh, I feel the wisdom seeping into my pores. Also important children, do not be afraid to use strategically placed bold words and/or capitalized letters to MAKE A POINT!



Children, this message is no secret, eat healthy. Or else you'll die. Very soon. Personally I think the yanyan people should've put more thought into this message. Target your demographic people! The people who eat yanyans aren't going to be conscious about their health. Come on, we're dipping fatty cookie sticks into fatty chocolate cream here. Most of us aren't going to wash this down with carrot juice. I think a more fitting lesson would've been "dung beetle: eat crap". Meijii cookie company, feel free to use that one. You're welcome.



Life lesson number 4: Don't be fat or people will call you names.




Ah, perhaps one of the most important lessons of all. Much like this secret message, sometimes life just doesn't make any sense. At all. Or sometimes you might just be too slow to get it. Just nod and smile. Pretend you understand. Then dip it in delicious chocolatey cream and eat it.

I feel so relieved to know that children these days are receiving such vital life lessons in their food. Back in my day we had to learn this stuff from books and adults. Neither of which taste nearly as good as yanyan. Although, if books came with chocolate dip it might even the odds a little bit.



Did you know that giraffes are the tallest mammal? I didn't either. Until my cookies told me. The moral of this story: eat YanYan or perish, sweater monkeys.

Friday, July 6, 2007

And the cow jumped over the moon...



I couldn't get the cow in the picture, but the moon came out pretty nice if I do say so myself. I've heard people say that this might be one of the best moon pictures that they ever saw. "People" being me, and "say" meaning thought in my head. Taken with my brand new (used) Canon 70-200 f/4 L. The next step, buying a telescope with a camera adapter. Anyone have a spare telescope laying around?

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

The Cutest Dog in the Universe (wanna fight about it?)



*Sigh* Butters, she melts in your heart, not in your hands.

Friday, June 8, 2007

Foggy, foggy, night


Outside the train station


Outside my house.


The fog was so heavy, it felt like walking through a cloud. Although not as delightfully whimsical as I imagined walking through clouds would be. Doesn't taste like cotton candy at all.

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Family Guy makes me giggle

Sit... stay... good. Here's a treat.


Peter: Oh my god, Brian, there's a message in my Alphabits. It says, 'Oooooo.'
Brian: Peter, those are Cheerios.

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Fancy seeing you here

Why hello, gentle readers. Welcome to my first blog post. Many of you must be wondering, "Where am I? How did I get here?". No? No one? Just me then.

As an especial treat, I have for you today a dilbert comic strip. Click for a bigger picture. What? Did you think you could enjoy all this goodness by just sitting there and not lifting a finger?