On Friday March 4th 2005, I awoke to the sound of the neighboring frat house’s stereo system pumping out the same Rick Dee’s Top 40 garbage it always did. It was unusually early for the partying to be taking place, but I shrugged it off and readied myself for the end of the week trudge to class. I put on my favorite shirt at the time, which happened to be blue, not knowing that this decision would later play a significant role in the day’s events.

As soon as I stepped outside, I knew something was up. At first I credited the surge of drunk sorostitutes and the like to the seeming coincidence of it being one of the first nice days of the year and the beginning of a weekend. However, my life as a blissfully unaware freshman changed with the first drunken slur that was thrown my way. “Hey! Why aren’t you wearin’ green?! What’s your f*ckin’ problem?!”, yelled the Abercrombieaglepostal clad FratBrat. Yes, it was true. I was not wearing green. But why would this boy and his friends, who were all curiously tan for early March, find it so important to point out to me the obvious fact that I was not wearing green. What was the big deal? Although I was annoyed at the comment, it jostled me into noticing that there really was an overabundance of green t-shirt wearing going on that Friday. When I finally made it to class, I asked one of my friends what was with all the green and carrying-on in the streets? I mean, didn’t those idiots know that St. Patrick’s day was well over a week away? My friend guilelessly replied, “Dude, it’s Unofficial. You know, the Friday before St. Patrick’s Day? Well, it’s actually two Friday’s ahead this year because of Open House, but yeah it’s basically a day where you wake up and start drinking and drink all day or until you pass out, get arrested or die”. This new holiday that I had just been informed of seemed to be pretty amazing to me, mostly because of the influence it had on people. I mean, most of the kids out there celebrating wouldn’t wake up that early early to go to class. But give them a good reason, say to start working on their keg, then no problem. They’re all over it.

2 years later, I still loathe having to leave an extra 10 minutes early for class in order to pick my way through the vomit covered sidewalks. The insulting comments still come my way, as I refuse to wear green, but I just smile and know that I’m really not missing out on anything.

This April 15th, expect to see announcements concerning Apple’s Pro line of software. While there will be no new hardware announcements at the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) event, don’t fret. “The next quarter is really going to be packed with new stuff”, says Gizmodo’s Apple narc.

-via MacWorld

Note: I can’t find the original Eagle Man (you’ll notice the one posted above has a different voice and some “advanced” CG) and the Victory Auto Wreckers commercial also got a new voice over, but other than that it’s the same.

I stumbled upon this site just a little bit ago and thought it deserved a mention on my page. Yoshihiko Satoh created these pieces for an exhibit in Japan a few years ago. I think they are pretty extreme and I can’t imagine where he got all those guitars.

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This aired the night of the Oscar’s. I like the Jerry Lewis and “The Dude” bits.

Saw this while bumming around the Motorola page. I like to look at the pages for other countries because you can sometimes get a look at things to come or exclusive products. I don’t know any Korean, but I can make out that this is a 3rd Gen StarTac phone. It looks pretty basic and one of the few English words on the site was “economical”, so I’m guessing that this is geared towards new cell phone users as an entry-level phone.

If this were right next to a Pepsi machine, my boyfriend would be in heaven. The machine serves up fresh 9″ Connie’s Pizzas in about 2 minutes, with 3 different topping choices. It looks like, so far, these kiosks are only operating on the eastern seaboard.

I’m currently stuck in Phoenix because of a delayed flight, so what better time to post an update, right? Ever since I received a sewing machine as a present for Christmas, I’ve been paying more attention to fabrics. A couple of my favorite sites are ReproDepot and Contemporary Cloth. I’m not much of a girly girl, but I do think that florals have been making a comeback as of late. A few of these would make great pillows or lining for purses.

I finished up with a second place in the Half-Arabian Working Cow Horse Amateur to Ride class. My score was a 70, which I was pleased with considering I haven’t worked a cow since last September.
Crystal won both her classes with Pink, the Open and the Open Championship, with a 74.5 and a 74 respectively. Overall, it was a good show. The weather was great, there wasn’t much drama and I had a great time seeing all the people I only seem to see at horse shows. Now I just need to order my pictures!

So they are saying that sometime in the second quarter, Apple will be releasing black iMacs, 8-core Mac Pros, 15-inch MacBooks, new Cinema Displays and probably an upgraded Mac Mini too. Whew..that was a lot. We’ll see how this holds true, but for now here is a nice mock-up of the supposed black iMac.