Goldentusk - aka Andrew Goldenberg
July 18, 2008This guy was link to yesterday on Boing Boing. His gimmick is that he adds lyrics to instrumental film themes. I found these freakin’ hilarious! I have to repost them! So, here you go… Enjoy!
This guy was link to yesterday on Boing Boing. His gimmick is that he adds lyrics to instrumental film themes. I found these freakin’ hilarious! I have to repost them! So, here you go… Enjoy!
N S F W !
I know this is “wrong” on so many levels, but it made me laugh because it is so wrong! In fact, I’m NOT going to actually link to this, just in case it violates some WordPress rule. Instead, you’ll need to stick this in your own browser!
Ladies and gentleman, I give you… www.CAKEFARTS.com
Things in life I regret never learning to do: animation.
Two clips from a recent Star Wars Weekend at one of the Disney parks. AWESOME!
My favorite headline about the news out of Apple WWDC yesterday…
Classic! And I can relate. Though, I’m not as drunk as I’d like to be, and I’m secretly jealous ‘cu I wants one bad. So sad.
Just making my daily rounds of the internets, and read xkcd for today. This perfectly sums up how I wake up each day! (Don’t get me going on the dream I had last night involving Morgan Webb! And no, it’s not what you think!) Check it out HERE.
I’m a bad speller. Even with spell check, many misspellings have made it onto this page. And oddly enough, a misspelling has lead to many people discovering this site!
I was checking my blog stats the other day, and on May 23rd, I had the most visits ever to this site (A Whooping 115 Unique Visitors!!!) This was surprising to me, and it made me happy, in a weird egotistical way. But, I got curious about why and how people where discovering this little site o’mine. (and then I lost that weird happy feeling when I discovered the truth.)
Well, after digging deeper, I discovered that people who are searching for funnyman Jon Lajoie are coming to my site. Apparently, when you search Google for “JohnLajoie.com“, the second listing that comes up is an old version of this blog (which is still sitting there over on Blogger), which then links to this page. And when people look for Jon Lajoie on this site, they can find an old post entitled “Funny Ha Ha“.
(on a side note, if you want to got to “JohnLajoie.com“, why search for it on Google, and not just go right to the site? I dont get it.)
Anyway, maybe you have already caught the typo/misspelling/glitch that causes people to find SenselessBabble.com… The mans name is Jon Lajoie, yet I link to JohnLajoie.com. See the propblem? See the “H”? Ah ha!
So, the actually site is JonLajoie.com. JohnLajoie.com appears to be a “non-site” site. So, now I’m torn; do I correct the mistake? And possible loose the biggest draw to this site, or do I correct it and hope some good e-karma will come my way? Well, I’ve decided to do both!
I will correct the typo on this site, so that people who visit SenselessBabble.com will be brought to Mr. Lajoies real site (which is very funny, have a look if you haven’t visited it yet! Tell ‘im SB sent ya!), BUT, I will leave the mistaken link alone on the old Blogger version of this site. It’s a dead/abandoned site anyway, so, it would be kinda morbid to dig up it’s bones at this late date just to fix the cuff links on the suit of the corpse. (gonning with a bad metaphor here folks, stay with me.)
So, there ya go. Another blog post about the blog, which normally I hate. But this time out, I think it’s kinda interesting. Also, just a hello to any Jon (and John) Lajoie fans who have stumbled onto this site. Leave me a comment or send me and email just to say hello! Thanks!
I stumbled upon the new Weezer video today for their new song “Pork and Beans” (via Waxy). I liked it, because I’m into the whole “Internet culture” thing, so thought I would post it. Wait, didn’tt the Barenaked Ladies also do a video like this a few years ago? Yeah, they did! I better post that too, since I have nothing original myself to say. Thanks, enjoy the tunes.
Oh, an here are two more videos (the non music type) that make me laugh. I’m tossing them in, just ‘cuz.
I had a bit of spam in my comments today, but that is normal. Most (no, nearly ALL) of my comments are spam. But this comment linked to a YouTube video that I actually found funny! So, who ever spammed me, I thank you for the laugh. Here you go, I pass along to you… “My Anus Is Bleeding!”
My wife has often told me that I should have been an actor. She claims I have the skills, and I need the attention. Well, I dont know about that, but, I have always wondered what it is like to seriously act. Is it an art that has to be in you, or is it a skill that can be learned? I dont’ know. I’ve never really tried (I had bit parts in two plays; one in high school, and the other in college, that was it), nor have I ever had lessons. But, I am curious. So to find out, I think I am going to start a new project. So, ladies and gentlemen, I give you… “Can I Act?”
Here is what I have in mind… I want you, the people of the internet, to write me scenes to perform. Write a scene for me to act out, and I’ll do it. Keep in mind that I am just one person, so make it a monologue. And that I’ll just be in front of my MacBook emoting, so, please, no action scenes or stuff with multiple characters. Just write up a paragraph or page or two, give me direction, tell me my motivation, and I’ll see what I can do. Make it heavy drama or a light comedy, I don’t care, just write it, tell me how you want me to do it, and I’ll give it a shot!
Oh, and please, original material only thank you. I don’t want to “re-interrupt” a character that everyone already knows and loves. Nor do I want to get sued. Thanks for understanding.
Anyway, after I perform your scene, let me know what you think. Leave a comment on my site. Then tell your friends, and then tell them to leave a comment. I’m just doing this for the lulz, just to have fun. I am not a struggling actor trying to make it big. I’m just a guy trying to have some fun.
So, what do you think? Let me know. Or better yet, write me a scene to perform, and then tell me, “Can I Act?”
OKay, so the day after i went to the Hospital for the flu, I was in Boston (actually, Cambridge) for ROFLcon. What is/was ROFLcon? It is/was the Internet, in real life. It was a gathering of Internet celebrities, meme makers, academics and people like me who spend too much time online. Speeches were given, discussion panels where held, shows were given, and people were met. It was a good combination of education and entertainment, about culture, technology, fame, fun and fads.
There was so much more when it comes to what ROFLcon was/is about, but I’m not going to go into that any further. There are others out there who are more articulate and more interesting and better writters then I who are discussing this. Just Google ROFLcon, and on Google News you’ll find a couple pages of articles.
Today, Im just going to write about my ROFLcon experience. What I did, what I saw and what I think. I’m not a reporter, so this is by no means a full report of the weekend, just my timeline of it.
OKay, so, Friday being a work day and all, we thought traffic going into the city would be thick in the morning, and as such, we left mighty early. Mighty early. 6am early. Well, traffic wasnt so bad, and we got to the M.I.T. campus about an hour or more before the 10 am. The worst part about the trip was that it cost me $70 to fill the gas tank. (As a side note, I have decided to start walking to work from now on!)
ROFLCON ON THE MIT CAMPUS
No problems going down, or getting there. Snacks were had, my fever wasn’t too bad, and the conversation was good. I went with my friend Roe. Roe is a talker, and normally people who talk alot bother the hell out of me. But I find Roe to be an entertaining conversationalist, so it’s like have a living talk radio next to you talking about things you are interested in, rather then being next to an annoying prick, which so many “over-talkers” can be.
Anyway, we get in line to register I think we are 10th or 15th-ish. Two guys in front of us are talking. One guy is a bit annoying (and oddly, this annoying guy will keep popping up around me all weekend, and all weekend I do my best just to ignore him. Sadly, I think he was there alone, and it appeared to me that he was trying to hard to make friends. Sad, sure, but I still found him annoying.). The other guy was a reporter. Turns out he was from Wired. After talking to the annoying guy he turns to us for our take on the weekend.
I dont really remember his questions, but I remember that in my answers I mention the long tail, the theroy of the 1000 “true fans”, and the saying that instead of everyone one being famous for 15 minutes, now we can all be famous to 15 or 15 hundred or 15 thousand people, and that is what this weekend was about. To cut forward a bit, the opening speech by David Weinberger was all about these topics, and every thing I had mentioned to the reporter, Mr. Weinberger referenced by name. This made me feel smart, and like I was in the right place for me! And I think Roe was impressed with my academic ability.
DAVID WEINBERGER GIVES THE KEY NOTE SPEACH
But back to the time line. We check in. We buy our t-shirts. I’m not cool enough to buy a lunch box. We get a goodie bag with a can of Brawndo, the official guide book for the weekend (which I have since lost. If anyone can spare a copy, please let me know!), and a crazy straw! We then go into the conference hall that will hold all 500 ticket holders, and where the opening comments will be held and the first panel discussion will be.
Now, it’s barely after 10 am. Things don’t start until after noon. We decide to leave and come back. But as we turn around to go, there he is, signing in like a mere mortal (but he is so much more then that!), there he is, the legendary Tron Guy!!! Holy Fuck, this Internet thing is real, and it is here in person!
TRON GUY CHECKS IN
Something about seeing the Tron Guy, ten feet away, well, it made us a bit giddy. Up until this point, we weren’t sure what we were in for. We didn’t know if this event would be a over hyped flop, full of faux academia and pretentious discussion, or if it would be something really cool. Well, when Jay Maynard, THE TRON GUY!, walked through the doors, then we knew it was on!
We said hello to Mr Maynard, and I had my picture taken with him. He was the only “celebrity” there I did this with. I didn’t feel comfortable walking up to other people, but there is something cool about a pot-bellied guy in a glowing spandex suit that makes you just have to go up to him and say hello and ask for a picture.
ME AND THE TRON GUY, MR. JAY MAYNARD!
After meeting Mr. Maynard, we couldn’t leave. We had to see who else was going to walk in! I saw faces I knew (Bre Pettis, Steve Garfield, Andy Ihnatko -all of who where there in the crowd, they weren’t even people on any of the panels!), and I saw people who’s sites I knew, but whose face were new to me. It was all very exciting in a geeky sort of way. Plus I got a free ‘Dead Meme’ T-shirt, for Snakes on a Plane! I love me the free t-shirts!
Oh yeah, and we met moot! Roe was giddy as a school girl! It was funny. moot was cool, but seemed amazed that two no-bodies like ourselves would want to talk to him. I bet he got over that by the end of the convention. Anyway, he was funny in very subtle way. (I wont tell you what he said about getting advertisers for 4Chan, but it was classic!)
Well, the standing around watching people did start to get boring, so we killed some of the the two hours buy running downstairs to Dunkin Donuts, and by counting the media. We saw press from BBC, The Guardian, USA Today, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Rueters, Boston Globe, MSNBC, G4 and others. Downstairs, we sit outside, and are right next to Andre Baron and the crew from Rocketboom! They looked busy coordinating, so I don’t say hello. But I do sneak a pict!
ROCKETBOOMERS
Outside, we listen to a live DJ from some outdoor international festival going on, I feed a bird from my hand, and we watch little kids dance.
Then the event starts. Who kicks off the event? The MC was none other then LEEEEEEEERROOOOOOOOOOOOOY JENKINS!!! Damn, I couldn’t get my camera into video mode fast enough to catch his battle cry on video.
As I mention, gave the opening speech, about fame and celebrity in the Internet age, and how the power of the people online can now “make fame” in ways that we were unable to do only 15 years ago. It was interesting, smart and fun. Then the first panel began. The topic was about if people are able to make money in there online endeavors. Andrew from Rocketboom was up there (yes, he does okay), The Million Dollar Homepage Guy (Yes, but that was the point of page, and now that he made the money, no new cash is rolling in), the One Red Paper Clip guy (yes, he traded up from a paperclip to a house, and he got a book out of it), the Chuck Norris Facts guy (no, no money. In fact, he is being sued by Chuck Norris), one of the guys from Jib Jab (yup, big time money there), and the Marmaduke Explained guy (no money going his way.)
The discussion was interesting, but it really didn’t stay on topic once the crowd was able to start asking questions. People just wanted to ask about the projects these people do. This was a problem at other panels I went to during the weekend; they didn’t always stay on target.
So, after that ended, we had some time to kill during the lunch break. We ended up at a place called Cinderellas on Mass Ave, where we GIANT sandwiches for next to nothing. I couldn’t finish mine. But then, at this time, my fever was back big timr and I was feeling oddly, but I was trudging on.
Walking around M.I.T., or any big college campus always makes me mad. I’m angry at my parents, my teachers, my guidance counselors and all the adults in my life who let me slip through the cracks as a kid and who didn’t guide me along the path towards adulthood properly, like I feel adults have the moral obligation to do with the children under their care. I could go on about how I was an abandoned child, but i wont, but I will tell you that I get so jealous/upset/regretful when I visit big schools. Sure, i should have taken more responsibility for my own education, but damn it, at age 15 I was only 15 years old, so to all the adults in my life at that time, fuck you, you all failed me.
Okay, enough of that tangent. After the lunch break, we got in line for tickets for the ROFLcon Concert that was going to be held that night. In line, we heard our first rendition of Rick Astleys “Never Going To Give Your Up”. Before this weekend, I enjoyed Rick Rolling. Now, I’m sick of it, and I think this fad has to end. Ugh! Also, in line, I saw Leslie Hall and Matt Harding, from “Where The Hell Is Matt”.
After getting our tickets, we then went to the talk by historian Jason Scott, who gave talk about memes in the pre world wide web world. Apparently, where there has been communication technology, there have been memes. Interesting stuff, and an entertaining speaker.
JASON SCOTT
MATT AND JAY
After Jason Scott was a talk by Matt Harding and Jay Maynard about surviving internet fame. Matt said it has been easy for him. He has not had to face any negativity, because he is just a goofy guy dancing with a big grin on his face. His videos are just pure joy, and it would take some one really dark to try and crap on it. The Tron Guy, well, he has it a bit harder, as you would guess. He didn’t set out for the world to find him. He just put his picture on his site to share with friends and family, and to show the creation process. But, the world did find him, and at first, there was a lot of negativity sent his way. But like I said before, he over came this, and is stronger for it. Actually, Matt did say that “wacking morning dj’s” have been rude to him, but that’s about it. Jay said he had the same problems. And he said they’re not wacky, just assholes.
When talking about places where people gave him crap, Jay mentioned Fark. And funny enough, Drew Curtis of Fark was there in the audience. There was a funny exchange between the two, but it was all in good nature!
That was it for the academic side of the day. It was time for dinner, then we needed to kill some time before the show. We walked to Harvard Square and got some undercooked burgers. On the walk there, we decided we would be best served to skip the music show and drive home. If we stayed for the show, we would have left Boston until after midnight. This would have meant a long drive home only to have to turn around and drive back after only 3 or 4 hours sleep. Plus, we thought MC Frontalot was going to be at the show when we got the tickets, but it turns out he wasn’t going to perform, and he was the guy we really wanted to see. Plus, I was feeling really crappy at this time, and Roe was tired (he said only got 4 fours of sleep the night efore) So, we ate, and drove home. We missed a good show from what I understand, but, well, we just simply weren’t up for it. Ugh.
…in Star Wars when Artoo Detoo had to shut down all the garbage compactors on the detention level? Well, here’s a record of his conversation with the Death Star computer. FUNNY!

I’m a Star Wars geek, but these guys who are real life “Jedi” kinda scare me!
This is a bit from a dark time in my life. A sad, horrible, waisted time I called “college”. Meeting my wife was the only good part about that time. And yet, I’m going to let you sneak a peek at one night I would rather forget. Thankfully, this is one of the only times from that period that I have on video tape. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you… “I Wanna Sex You Up”NOTE - I’ve edited the video and updated it so that the credits are readable. So, if you’ve saved the old clip, then you may need to change to this newer version of the video.
I don’t have much time for television these days, but I make the time to watch Adult Swim on the Cartoon Network. Their original shows, or about 80% of them, I find to be “frickin’ awesome”. (Sorry, I am not a wordsmith, and I can think of no better phrase to use at this time.)
One of the shoes I am enjoying is “Squidbillies”, the story of a family of hillbilly, redneck, white trash squids who live in the back woods of Georgia. The show is crude, disgusting, a bit vulgar, and always makes me laugh. Today, I was clearing a few episodes off of my DVR and stumbled upon the episode that originally aired on March 10th. I had somehow missed this one.
The reason I bring this is up is because one of the characters, the local sheriff, had lost his job, and to past the time, he has started a blog. (Hey, I have a blog too!)(Hell, who doesn’t these days. That’s kinda the point of the joke, which I will get to in a moment.) Anyway, the sheriff says about his blog…
“I complain about things, I pretend I’m a critic. You know, describe my dreams and stuff. Hell, I’ve even posted art!”
Click HERE to see the clip of the show with this quote.
This made me laugh because you know, for all the hope I had of making this site unique, it’s just like every other blog out there. No wonder no one is visiting! (Accept for Rick, who has commented on my Randy Pausch entry. Thanks for stopping to say hello Rick!) But, no, I’m not bitter, it just made me step back and laugh at myself. Is this realization going to make me quit? No, I’m going to go on with this site. I have an idea for some new stuff, something different, but I’m still working on it, so you’ll have to check back in the near future. In the mean time, I’ll just keep writing as if I have a reader, and using this site as a good way to pass the time until I die. We all die, so there’s no need to get too worried about it, right?
The sheriffs comments also made me realize that while I have complained (mostly about me site), have pretended to be a critic (heck, i just gave a positive “review” of sorts about Squidbillies, didn’t I?) and have posted art (and all my pieces are still up for sale, if you want them), I have yet to post any of my dreams! Ha! So sit back and get ready!!!
Don’t you hate it when people tell you about their dreams. It’s always so fascinating to them, and they think they are giving you a pek into their inner psyche, but in actually, they are boring your to pieces! We al know it, and yet, we all have done it. And yeah know what, I’m going to do it to you now! (Ha hah ahaha hhaahah ahaha haha ha ha ha !!!)
Actually, these are the stories of three nightmare that I had as a child, that for some reason have stuck with me after all of these years. I’ll try to be brief.
The first dream I has shortly after I received my first hamster. I would dream that in my room, living in the glass aquariums and habitrail tubes I had set up, instead of having little hamsters, I had little people. The people themselves where not the scary part, but what scared me was waht I would do to them. In the dream, I would torment them by picking them up and dropping them. I would force them to remove their clothes and make them “be naked” together. I would wake up feeling so guilty. I wonder what sort of bizarre developmental sexual repression-thing this says about me and my childhood? (and no, I wasn’t abused, thank you.)
The second dream still haunts me to this day. I have it from time to time. It’s always EXACTLY the same. I am alone, and I am approached by a man. He is in shadows, I cant see features. He is dressed in the classic trench coat and fedora look. He tells me that he can make anything in the world disappear for me. Anything. I just have to name it. I don’t believe him. Instead of fearing this man, which I think I should be, instead, I am a bit snarky. “Yeah right!” I respond. I sarcastically answer. “okay, then make the southern hemisphere disappear.” He asks if I am sure, and I say yes.
Then, suddenly, i see the world, as if from space, and there is a small ball of silver light, like an illuminated marble, that is circling the globe. It starts at the north pole, goes down one side to the south pole and then up again. It takes only seconds, but at the same time, time seems to slow down, and it takes forever. And somehow, i know that when this ball gets back to the north pole, the southern hemisphere will suddenly blink of out existence, dooming everyone in the northern hemisphere to a horrible death. (No idea what happens to the people in the southern hemisphere when they disappear, though I don’t imagine it can be any good.)
I never see the globe actually splint in to two and the southern half of the world disappear, in the dream. But, as soon as I see that small ball of silver light start to roll like a polished ball-bearing, well, i am suddenly filled with horror, fear, anxiety, and guilt. And then I wake up, usually breathing hard. I’ve had this dream for 30 years now. Still don’t know what causes it, or what it means. But, it has stuck with me, and now I am sharing it with you.
As for hte third dream, well, you’ve read this far. I’ve decided to spare you. It’s worse then the first two, and honestly, I’m not sure if it was a nightmare, or some repressed memory that will haunt my subconscious for the rest of my days. I wont put you through the misery of this last story… unless you ask nicely!
This is an awareness test. I got the first question correct, but not the second one. Try it and tell me how you did.
I’m a tech geek, but I fear electronic voting machines. It looks like I was right to do so!
On November 28th, I posted about Jon Lajoie. See the original article HERE. This was one of my first links to another site, on this site. Anyway, in this weeks issue of Entertainment Weekly, there is a short write up about Jon. So, does this make me a star maker? Am I on the cutting edge? Am I leader in the world of coolness? Probably not, but I though it was cool none the less. Back in November I sent Jon and email and received a nice response (thanks Jon!). I sent him another today to congratulate him on his “mainstream” exposure. I wonder if he will have time to reply again. If he doesn’t oh well, I wish him the best of luck.
Update: Jon’s the man! I received an email reply from him in less then 2 hours! He said I could tell my friends that I knew him “way back when”, as long as I mention that he has since become an asshole and forces those around him to do push ups on command. Consider it done Jon, you asshole! ![]()
One of the sites I visit from time to time is College Humor. I should add it to my blogroll. I probably will now. Anyway, as “spin off” from this site is JakeAndAmir.com. I just spent the evening watching these guys and laughing my ass off! Do yourself a favor and start from the beginning. I was going to post one of their videos here, but I couldn’t pick a favorite! Watch ‘em and enjoy!
See what fun that one guy can have on his own? This is why I need I new computer, one that can do more then words and pictures. I want to make silly little films too!
I love these kind of geek questions. I’d say it can’t. Though, I like the idea of a lightsaber made with a kryptonite crystal- I bet that would!
It was one year ago today…
Remember the Aqua Teen Hunger Force bomb scare in Boston? Apparently, some local Boston artists and pranksters didn’t forget. I think this is great!
I want to make online videos like this one. (a great one worth sharing, btw) I just have no original ideas. I’m thinking of posting an ad on Craigslist to look for a film making partner. (not that my ad for a novel writing partner got any replies, btw)
This is amazing/sad/inspiring/funny/cool/depressing/uplifting. I don’t have the words to describe the story. Do yourself a favor and watch the full 1Hr 44Mn video HERE and visit Randys site HERE, HERE and HERE for more info. I have never hated my own laziness as much as I do after learning his story.
This video sums up why I hate Facebook. Oh, and what they call a bumpkin, we used to call a grumpkin back in my day.
I’ve been closely following the HD-DVD vs Blue Ray battle. (I want to upgrade, but I’m waiting for a real winner to emerge. I also love a good joke involving Hitler. yes, i know it’s odd, but that’s how my twisted sense of humor is. Don’t question it, just enjoy it. Anyway, I never thought these two subjects would cross paths, but they have today. Enjoy!
PS - look for other “Downfall” videos online. There are some good ones!
[Update: this is an old post. Since I wrote this, Blockbuster, Netflix and Wal-Mart have all dropped HD-DVD. Can we declare Blue Ray the winner now?]
Wow! Boing Boing linked to this Beatles video on YouTube today, which separated the different tracks on “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”. It’s really cool to listen too. Check it out! (update: the link is down)
With that, i give you my own version of a Beatles classic. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you… “Eleanor Rigby”!
I just posted another add on Craigslist. I wonder what kind of replies I’ll get to this one…
Subject: I Just Need $5000
Body: I will do anything for $5000. All offers of employment excepted for contemplation. Email with the details of your job. Thank you.
(Update: Oddly, no takers. Not a one.)
I haven’t offered many links of this site, but I had to share this one. Jon Lajoie had me laughing all afternon today. Check him out! —> JonLajoie.com