Friday, August 29, 2008

Robot with outdated GPS finds itself lost


I have completed my first week of classes.
I already have a good amount of work to do.
I have a week to think of an idea for a movie I'm going to be working on until the middle of December.
My neighbor is listening to the most insane pop punk music of the early/mid 2000s. Every song sounds the same through this wall.

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Robot composers do not make mistakes


Today is the day I get a job.

UPS in Ontario, CA called me this morning. I had to turn them down because at least 1/4 of my paycheck would be going to gas for commuting. My paycheck wouldn't be that big before the 1/4 withdrawal so it's not really worth it. Also, I'm not too sure how long the death star (my car) could take a daily commute of 50 miles or so. I'm looking closer to home today.

This is the third time I've attempted to post today. I don't remember what interrupted me the first time but the second time my laptop turned it self off without warning. My battery no longer holds a charge. This wasn't a problem until a couple of weeks ago when I started unplugging my appliances when I'm not using them. I'll forget to plug my computer back in and it'll shut down after about 6 minutes of use.

I'm off to class. I've been walking to school (about a mile) and the only downside is that, when I get there, I am sweating an unholy amount. Yesterday I walked about 5.2 miles.

I have six hours of straight class today. I would be complaining about it but Jessee has 11 1/2 hours of straight class. Ha-ha.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Robots hate their jobs as garbage cans


If robots existed now I'm pretty sure there would be no chance whatsoever of me getting a job.

I think tomorrow is the day I get a job. Please.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Robot programed to combat growing zombie threat


I had a dream last night where I was in a hotel in Chicago with my Mom, my brother's and my girlfriend when zombie-like people began attacking the building. Just before I woke up I was yelling at my mom to jump out the window as zombies were breaking through the door. After she jumped I was half out the window when the zombies broke through. I started shooting at them with the nine in my left hand but it ran out of ammunition. I started firing at them with the revolver in my left hand as I struggled to get through the window. I was also semi-blind this entire time. They were about to grab me when I woke up. So that's how my day started.

I'm not sure what it means but I often have dreams where I become semi-blind. It's usually at this point when I realize that I'm dreaming but I'm still blind and it doesn't help that I know that I'm dreaming. This is just a guess but I think when I'm stressed in real life (trying to find a job) I get stressed in my dreams (trying to escape zombies) and become blind.

Now I'm going to try and find a job and then go to class. If all goes well I won't be blind tonight.

Monday, August 25, 2008

Robot teacher replaces human teacher


I'm pretty sure this is going to happen.

School starts today. Let me know if you want my schedule of classes and other events. I've started a Google Calendar.

Still looking for work.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Robot knows it's annoying and is quietly sorry


I imagine there will be a period in the future where advertisers make robots hardcore in your face.

In other news, I'm just looking for work today and preparing myself for school tomorrow. I've also had the song "Throw Some D's" by the artist Rich Boy stuck in my head for the past couple of days. At first I couldn't stand this song at all but its been stuck in my head for so long I actually enjoy hearing it. Here is the reason I've had it stuck in my head. I also think that the lyrics are hilarious. Even though I don't consider what he does rapping, I still think shooting or cutting one of these videos would be pretty awesome.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

I lied

The posting of the new robots will maybe come tomorrow, maybe the day after. I don't know. They're being drawn, just not posted at the moment. If they aren't up tomorrow, they will definitely be up the day after.

Yesterday I was all about Girl Talk and today I'm all about DethKlok. And I just realized that they rhyme. Also, Brenden Small (creator of Metalocalypse and DethKlok) was born in Springfield, IL.

To tie to that, my girlfriend recently decided that my pointless super power is knowing everything about Illinois. This is not true. I do, however, know a lot more than many I encounter here in Southern California. For instance, I was working on a film set last year and got in an argument with a woman about whether or not Chicago was considered "East Coast." When I explained that the city of Chicago is in Illinois and therefore miles and miles away from the Atlantic Ocean (here's my google map) she replied, "Yeah, but, it's in the east." I think it is this widespread kind of thinking here that makes my knowlege of Illinois mythical.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Robot Invisible

Today's robot will appear tomorrow with tomorrow's robot. Perhaps I'll throw an additional robot into the mix.

Speaking of robots, I'm a big fan of mashups right now (Robots prefer them over all other types of music). I listened to a good amount of Girl Talk and The Beastles today while shredding things and stamping meerkats on envelopes.

I'm also a big fan of hyperlinks.

Monday, August 18, 2008

Robot emulates the process leading up to alcohol poisoning


Class starts in something like 171 hours. I'll be working in Frantic Meerkat's studio for the next couple of days so posting a new robot will depend on whether or not I can figure out their scanner. I am optimistic.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Robot gets inspired by the summer blockbuster Iron Man and Tom Morello's portrayal of insurgent #5

I finally saw Iron Man yesterday. $1.50 at a nice dollar theater. I was kind of amazed and unsure if I had actually seen Tom Morello as an insurgent. Later that day I swear I saw him in something else but IMDb says I didn't so I'm not going to say anything until I confirm it.

Friday, August 15, 2008

Worried robot can't remember where he parked his master's car

I actually completely forgot about my Robot a Day project until I looked at my morning schedule.


Thursday, August 14, 2008

Robot gets angry at his master's disobedient cat


Today's 3-D robot was going well until I got to his limbs. Then I made him angry.

No jury duty again today. I could of used that $12 for when my rent goes up this month...

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

A Robot A Day

I've been looking for a little project to do over the course of the next school year for some time now. At the beginning of the summer, I would draw each of my meals before I ate them. That didn't work out because A.) I can't draw well and B.) most of the meals I ate were noodles or rice and water (they didn't make for good pictures).

A couple of days ago I decided that I would take a napkin from each place I visited (if they had napkins). Later that day I decided that a napkin collection is pretty useless. Most napkins look the same.

I think I found the activity to fill the napkin taking/meal drawing void. I'm going to draw a robot a day and post them here. I've known since a young age that I am not good at drawing but have always enjoy it. The beautiful thing about my robots is that they are mostly composed of circles and squares.

Here is my first robot. I think he reflects my excited/hopeful mood for the future of this project.

I also had a thought today while I was attempting to plug in my cell phone charger. I have to deal with a ridiculous amount of cords. I'm going to count how many cords I'm using (and at one point had to wrangle into place) at this moment. My ear buds to my ipod. My mouse cord. The cord to charge my laptop. The cord to charge my hard drive. The cord to connect my hard drive to my laptop. My phone charger. My DS charger. The cord to my fan. The cord for the power strip. That's nine cords. That's not counting my desk lamp, the two cords for my printer and other various electronic charging cords. I don't think my parents had to deal with this many cords when they were my age and when I or people my age now have kids who are twenty I think wireless charging will be used much more widely. So that means (according to my guess that wireless charging will catch on and become more advanced) that right now is the only time people are going to be frustrated by tangles and tangles of cords.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

How I Live

I realized yesterday that I really do live like a college student. The thought came to me at 11:30 last night when I was standing over the stove making Ramen noodles. I was using a fork to stir and I was planning on using the pan as a bowl. I realized that approximately twelve hours earlier I was doing the exact same routine and I knew that twelve hours into the future (about an hour ago) I would probably be doing it again. It would have been true but today I decided to eat a bowl of Easy Mac for lunch.

Monday, August 11, 2008

Citizen Duty

Every night this week I have to call a robot to see if I have to report for jury duty the next day. If I do get called in one of these days there's a good chance I'll spawn an exciting post from my experience. In the meantime enjoy JakeandAmir.com.

Monday, August 4, 2008

Pet Names

I've always had this fondness of naming pets the name of another type of animal. I don't own any pets so all I can do is try and convince my pet owner friends to do it ("Name your new dog Bear"). I think all pets should be named after another animal or animal noise ("Name your cat Moo"). Everyone should do this from now on.