Ravin' Foxes

The ramblings of a perpetually bored person.

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Perfect Timing

The Princess: Home owner's insurance is expensive, but it's something I need. I live in a wooden house in the 9th Ward...the previous owner didn't do much repair-work after Katrina. She used the insurance money to fix the floors, but that's about it. Saiwai, I'm telling you, every time a truck goes by my house, it starts shaking!

Saiwai: Geez...

The Princess: See, I wouldn't pay for insurance if my house was in a better location. Or if it wasn't so weak, but built like yours is. You know why?

Saiwai: 'cause it's a brick. House.

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There's just something deeply unsettling about the roflconda.

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Happy (Late) Birthday, Mike!

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Lesson of the Day

What I've learned:

Curry-offs are a thing, and they can solve all of life's problems.

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In alternate universes, Henry doesn't even bother to hide the fact that he's the Phantom Renegade.

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Musings on the Ponyverse

Saiwai: Also, speaking of the whole generational thing...if all of My Little Pony is set in the same world, but in different places...what happened to the humans?

Raven: Celestia is supposed to be the spiritual manifestation of the humans. The Ponies exist on a different plane and we, in our world, only see them as plastic dolls with brushable hair.

Saiwai:

Raven: Well that just screws everything up.  Damn.

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There is something to be said of the fact that the first reaction to this shot is, "Why does Oz have a mustache?" rather than "Why is Gil in a maid uniform?"

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Typical.

It's always the first thing that happens whenever Mike gets a new video game. He follows the storyline until he gets his first weapon, goes on a mass-murdering spree, and ends up baking pies for community service.

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Oh, Pia...what would we do without your randomness?

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I Wonder...

Is there a specific name for those types of anime/manga that seem to exist just to make you wonder what the hell is going on at every turn?

Things like Nichijou. Or Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo. They're basically nothing but a series of random, completely insane events, made to make you stop and ask, "Wait...what?"

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St. Patrick's Day Mess

Because last year was such a nightmare for me, this year I came to work fully prepared for St. Patrick's Day. I've got a tub of Vick's to ward off the smell of drunken, puke-covered guests, and I found out, to my great delight, that the man who threatened to call the cops on me for murdering his insane wife with diabetes didn't show this year.

I'll count that as a victory.

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Tides of Destiny

I finally got around to buying the new Rune Factory game for the Wii. So far, I've learned two very important facts.

#1: In an insane coincidence, the main characters' default names are the exact same ones I chose for two characters in a story I wrote nearly two years ago.

#2: The possibilities are endless when you name your plant golem "Mydyk".

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The Big Screen

BB's been working as an extra in one of the million movies that come to film down here and block up traffic. It's called The Hot Flashes*.

I swear, before I looked it up and found out that it was a basketball movie, I was sure that it was either a cheesy romance flick, or a porno.

*http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2201251/plotsummary

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Doors. How do they work?

Working in the hotel industry has taught me one thing. Well, several things actually, but for this specific point I'm making, it's taught me one thing: people do not know how doors work.

I've had people ask me how you prop a door open.

I've seen people who sit there, bashing away at the front door, trying to push it open...even though they know they need to pull it, because they left out of that exact same door earlier.

I've had people try to use credit cards, or just plain business cards to get their magnetically coded doors open.

I've had people get completely lost as to how they're supposed to leave the hotel once I lock up our front gates...even when I point right in front of them and say, "There is the front door. You can go out through there."

Forget magnets...doors. Fuckin' miracles.

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Saiwai Helps With Homework: Do You Believe?

Mike: I need help with some homework. I'm supposed to ask two people what they believe in. Not religion, but like actions.

Saiwai: So...like walking? Or a more abstract thought, like honor?

Mike: Either one. And it doesn't have to be serious.

Saiwai: I believe in life after love. (after love) (after love) (after love) I can feel something inside me say, "I really don't think you're strong enough, no". Bonus points if you can say that in class with a straight face.

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UPDATE: He actually did it. Mike wrote that on a card, and handed it in to his teacher. The teacher laughed, and said that it was the best response he'd gotten all day.

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Banana-related Humor

During the Return of Michael parade, Raven convinced Mike to go up to one of the floats, and ask the lady for this stuffed banana she'd just pulled out. The rest of the night was filled with banana-related jokes and innuendo.

Mike: This banana gives me hope.

Saiwai: It lets you know that your hopes aren't fruitless.

Raven: Nice!

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Lofty Goals

Typing to Mike about a collection of George Orwell stories I was sending him, I mentioned how Orwell wrote about dystopian societies. I noticed that "dystopian" was showing up as not being spelled correctly. Ever the grammar-Nazi, I right-clicked on it, wondering how I managed to misspell dystopian.

Instead, the auto-correct wanted to change "dystopian" to "utopian".

Nice try...but not in a George Orwell story, auto-correct.