Monthly Archives: June 2006

Damn It Damn It Damn It!

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He once heard that some college-going 24 fans had developed a drinking game in which you have to down one shot for every time Jack Bauer says, “Damn it,” which is the show’s “fuck” and “shit” substitute. So during one episode, in one scene, he took it upon himself to say “Damn it” three times in a row, “Boom, boom, boom. And that was just one scene. By the end, there had to be fourteen ‘Damn its.’ And I could just see all these college kids going, ‘Oh, fuck!’”
– From a Rolling Stone interview with Kiefer Sutherland.

Bill’s Superman Speech from Kill Bill

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As you know, I’m quite keen on comic books. Especially the ones about superheroes. I find the whole mythology surrounding superheroes fascinating.

Take my favorite superhero, Superman. Not a great comic book. Not particularly well-drawn. But the mythology… The mythology is not only great, it’s unique.

Now, a staple of the superhero mythology is, there’s the superhero and there’s the alter ego. Batman is actually Bruce Wayne, Spider-Man is actually Peter Parker. When that character wakes up in the morning, he’s Peter Parker. He has to put on a costume to become Spider-Man. And it is in that characteristic Superman stands alone.

Superman didn’t become Superman. Superman was born Superman. When Superman wakes up in the morning, he’s Superman. His alter ego is Clark Kent. His outfit with the big red “S” – that’s the blanket he was wrapped in as a baby when the Kents found him. Those are his clothes. What Kent wears – the glasses, the business suit – that’s the costume. That’s the costume Superman wears to blend in with us.

Clark Kent is how Superman views us. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent? He’s weak… He’s unsure of himself… He’s a coward.

Clark Kent is Superman’s critique on the whole human race.

– Bill’s Superman speech fromKill Bill

Could Be Worse

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“I love people’s faces in traffic jams, they always look so miserable. Could be worse. You could be shot in the back of the head by a marksman.”
– Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear

How many times do you access the Internet in a month?

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I just took a survey, and one of the questions it asked was: “In an average month, how many times do you access the Internet or online services? (Please write in your best estimate).”

I don’t even know how to begin to estimate this. Do I assume 10 times a day? 100? If I’m pretty much constantly online, does it just count as a single access? My answer could be anywhere from 1 to 3000.

I ended up putting 3000 just because it quickly gives the idea that I’m online all the time, but what a rediculous question.

spaceninja.ORG

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Welcome spaceninja.org to the fold! Together with spaceninja.net and spaceninja.com, this completes the holy trinity of the spaceninja domain! I toyed with the idea of buying the .info and .mobi domains also, but then decided that I don’t care.

Of course, that’s what I originally thought about spaceninja.org, and a few years later when someone had bought it, I was kicking myself for that decision…