Loud Liberals?!

Last week I had the very distinguished privelage of representing ECU as an alumni for Mater Dei Highschool's College Fair. So, I go over the materials, study the common Q&A's, and do my best to appeal to these youngsters and their folks. You know, like "We have a strong liberal arts program with a student body that consists of about 25,500 students, 18,000 of which are undergraduates. Class room size averages 28 students per class, which the largest classes being approximately 150 in lecture hall for Biology/Psychology." And I can go on and on with these numbers and facts I didn't know a lick about while at the school. But was I prepared for what folks REALLY care about? "What're the sports programs like?" ....er..
Well, let's face it. Shenanigans if I've kept up on that. Let's see. Haven't seen the school competing in any championships on TV. How often do you hear about the ECU Pirates in national sports? Yeah, that's right. You're asking me knowing that we ain't got a shining star of a sports program. Go ahead. Step over to my right, where DUKE is set up. Thaat's right. Dookie. I was in the Liberal Arts Program, okay?
Anyhow, a pretty nice experience I'd repeat. Here's some pics of me being informative and my best Robert Ebendorf pose.

ZOMG

Oct. 10-11. Blizzcon in Anaheim, CA. I was there.
"What? You play WOW?" No. But it is something to be respected. Blizzcon celebrates and gathers the fans of Blizzard's gaming projects which include Starcraft, Diablo, and yes, World of Warcraft. Now, you'd expect to find an overwhelming gathering of geekdom and the likes of gamers donning WOW threads stained with Doritos and Mountain Dew. But you'd be wrong(though these folks might clean up well for events such as this). Blizzard succeeds in creating indepth PC games that cater to hardcore gamers, but, within their consistent system of 'easy to pick up, difficult to master,' there is mass appeal. That's how we have 'Mom won't give me allowance this week' 25 year-olds and well-to-do white collars who can play together. Attendees ranged from all sorts of types of people, but everyone could discuss Death Knight DPS Talent Trees to the point where it no longer sounds like the english language.
Anyhow, I found enough enjoyment in discussion panels, beta testing, aweing at costumes... It's all a little slice of the passion this niche community has. I applaud it. And it looks like it'll be getting me back into Diablo.

Saber Tooth Tiger!

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Okay. Where exactly this notion stemmed from I don't know, but I've spent an hour on the net rekindling my memories and learning more about....

The Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers.

Yeah. I should be working. And yeah, it's kind of silly. But damn. I mean, hot damn. You've got it all: epic battles, giant mecha, mythology, undertones of deliberate stereotype castings, and..the pink ranger. No wonder it's had such an impact on pop culture.

Anyhow, I discover the tradgedy that Thuy Trang, actress as the first yellow ranger, passed in 2001 due to a car crash. Her ashes are located in Whittier, CA(Thanks, wikipedia). Obviously a point of interest we've gotta take if you visit me. Trang left the show season 2 due to monetary conflicts, and in the character's last episodes, she appears by use of all editted stock footage. Shady. And ever wonder why the yellow ranger didn't don a skirt like the pink ranger? The original alter ego(from Japanese version) WAS A DUDE. Yeah, SHADY x10. It's okay. You can blame those fantasies on teenage hormones.

Well, somebody please hit me up to watch the first movie. Maybe I should host.