Geek Humour

Since this is my blog, I can post all the hilarious Star Trek vids I want, right? Excellent.

Hallelujah

I've never been a huge fan of this song, but I stumbled upon this version of it and thought it was absolutely gorgeous.

Toronto Trip

For us university kids we get this week off for reading week, which is really nice. I spent my first three days in Toronto with my cousin Jess, and our friend Emily who took the train up from Ottawa. It was lots of fun. After arriving at out hotel and dropping off our stuff we went in search of of food, and I got a delicious chicken and strawberry sandwich. It sounds a like a weird combination (and it actually is) but it's also a very delicious one. We then went for a (cold) walk and I stopped in the middle of the sidewalk to take pictures of pigeons:

This one was a funny colour and I thought it was very pretty. After all of us were thoroughly frozen, we returned to the hotel room to doll ourselves up for a night out. (I, of course, made everyone model for pictures)

We had a fun night out at a pub, in which we played pool and talked to a whole bunch interesting people. Jessie was hit on by a very drunk Irish boy, and I enjoyed showing off my (not very) formidable pool skills. The next day was rather uneventful, and we spend most of it walking around and shopping. I got to go the World's Biggest Bookstore, and emerged with two new books and Scrabble (because that's exactly how cool I am). That night we had a delicious dinner of pizza and sushi.
And we watched Law Abiding Citizen, and played Scrabble. This is what all 19 year olds do on vacation in downtown Toronto, right? Monday was equally uneventful, but also lots of fun. We went shopping and then everyone had to catch their buses/trains/subways home. I enjoyed listening to Zachary Quinto narrate the Star Trek audiobook on the way home. I never thought I'd actually like audiobooks, but I'm actually finding that it's a nice way to pass the time on buses and such.

So, that was my weekend. What did you guys do?

Aragorn and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

This was totally not written by me, but I thought it was hilarious and thought that I'd share. Originally found HERE. (on a side note, I really think this blog is turning out to be all about geeky sense of humour. I cannot bring myself to be sorry about this.)

Again, this is not by me.


Aragorn and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
by Poppins

Last night when I went to bed I had aethelas in my mouth and now there’s aethelas in my hair and when I got up I tripped over my sheath and by mistake I dropped my razor into the sink while the water was running and I had to go to the Council of Elrond with stubble and I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

At the Council, Gandalf didn’t introduce me and Boromir made faces at me and when I stuck my tongue out at him Elrond yelled at me for being rude and now I have to copy “My courtesy is somewhat lessened of late” 100 times and they still won’t let me reforge the shards of Narsil.

I think I’ll move to Australia.

When we left, Legolas got to lead a hobbit, and Gimli got to lead a hobbit, and Gandalf got to lead a hobbit, and even Boromir got to lead a hobbit, but I had to lead Bill the Pony. I said I was getting lonely. I said Bill was smelly and there were flies. I said, I am going to be sick. No one even answered.

I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

In the Mines of Moria Gandalf got to be the leader and Frodo got to talk to him and Gimli got to tell anecdotes and Legolas looked good in the dim lighting but I had to walk behind the hobbits and I don’t know what they ate for second breakfast but it made the rotting corpses smell good. I told everyone I was having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day and no one even answered.

Then Frodo said that I wasn’t his best friend anymore and that Sam was his best friend and Gandalf was his second best friend and I was only his third best friend. I hope you sit on Sting, I said to Frodo. I hope the next time you get a strawberry lembas the strawberries all fall off and land in Australia. And Frodo said he was going to run away and never play with me again and then he did. And a gang of orcs attacked us and killed Boromir and now I have to run across a million-billion miles to get Merry and Pippin back.

At Edoras Wormtongue was mean to me and Eowyn fell in love with me and wanted to kiss me. Yuck. I hate kissing. Gandalf only played with Theoden and said that we all had to go to Helm’s Deep. On the way wargs attacked us and one dragged me off the cliff and it felt like I landed in Australia.

It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

I could tell because at Helm’s Deep Legolas got to invent skateboarding and Gimli got to invent dwarf-tossing and Eomer and Gandalf got to invent horse-jumping but I broke a tooth. The dentist says I have to come back to get it fixed next week.

Next week, I said, I’m going to Australia.

But instead I had to go through the Paths of the Dead and now I have to lead a bunch of icky undead guys into a hopeless battle and then take them sailing and I always get seasick. If we do win, which we won’t, I’ll have to brush my hair and I hate brushing my hair because it gets knots in it. And I’ll have to marry Arwen and sing a song in front of all the Gondorians and Elrond will scowl at me because he always scowls at me.

It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

Gandalf says some days are like that.

Even in Australia.

Misc. Stuff

As this is a blog created for a university blogging contest, is it fair for me to blame my lack of posts on said university? Probably not, but I think I will do so anyways. In the last two weeks I have handed in seven papers. I have also spent far more time than I should procrastinating, but personally I think that's part of being a student. So, to make up for being terribly remiss in posting, I shall spam all (four) of my readers with a few of the videos and songs that I have been listening to/obsessing over this week.


Hey look guys! A Star Trek video! Is anyone surprised? I didn't think so. omg, it's hilarious though, so... just watch it. (don't judge me)


The video for this song is also pretty awesome, but I'm too lazy to look for it properly. Thank you Caitlin for sending me all of the albums. :)


I've been listening to this song a whole bunch lately as well. It's pretty.

(I would also like to inform everyone the ontd_startrek is pretty much taking over my life)

Tune Into: Heroes

The first season as a seemingly ordinary group of people gradually become aware that they have special abilities. Events illustrate their reactions to these powers, and how the discovery affects their personal and professional lives. At the same time, several ordinary individuals are investigating the origins and extent of these abilities. Mohinder Suresh, a geneticist, continues his late father's research into the biological source of the change, while Noah Bennett represents a secret organization known only as "The Company". While coping with these new abilities, each of the characters is drawn, willingly or unwillingly, into the Company's conspiracy to control super-powered people and into a race to stop an explosion from
destroying New York City.

I'll admit, I originally started watching this show because I'm a little bit obsessed with the new Star Trek movie, and I knew that Zachary Quinto played a character in Heroes. I usually like watching tv at all, and tend to get bored very quickly, but needless to say Heroes was a pleasant surprise. I know a friend on mine was turned off by how many characters there are, but I loved that about the show - I found that I never got bored because there was always something interesting happening to someone. The show itself if extremely character driven, with the plot (which, I will admit, is nothing special) taking a back seat to seeing these characters grow and change as they become accustomed to their new powers. Mohinder and Peter are probably my two favourites, though a part of me really wants to love Sylar as well, despite the fact that he's ridiculously creepy. Anyways, it's an awesome show and I would highly recommend watching it!