Sorry....

i know i've been awol & mia recently. but it's not my fault.

heavy rain has been quite distracting recently ;)

http://www.heavyrainps3.com/

Halloween + Homecoming

For the first time in the 7 (wow) years I've been going to UD homecoming, it was on Halloween. It's like they wanted it to be an extra-huge shit show.

& it was AWESOME.


Tiff (Taylor Swift) & I (Fallout 3 Vault 101 resident)


Becca & I at the tailgate...it was raining

Something New, Something Blue

So I got new glasses last week & had way to much fun taking pictures of them with my webcam.

You likey?

tweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

i started a twitter

is this win?

http://twitter.com/MLalexis

Win.

My new laptop arrived today and it is teh sex.

Lenovo Y530 =

-Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T6400 ( 2GHz 800MHz 2MB )

-Vista Home

-Intel Integrated Graphics X4500

-4 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1066MHz

-15.4 " WXGA TFT with integrated camera LCD Glossy 1280x800

-320GB 5400

+more: webcam with facial recognition security software, DVD-writer, Bluetooth, etc etc etc

YOU SHOULD BE JEALOUS!

I Don't Believe in Jesus, But I Definitely Believe in Candy

Happy Easter (& Passover!)

Stamps go Sexy

CNN posted an absolutely hilarious story on Thursday.

The USPS printed advertisements for special stamps with pictures of ducks (I guess someone out there really loves duck stamps). On the ad is printed a phone number for stamp ordering.

The phone number should be 1-800-STAMP24, but a typo results in the phone number spelling out 1-800-TRAMP24.

The mental image of an innocent old lady stamp collector being greeted by a $1.99/minute sex phone operator...pretty fantastic.

Article Here.


p.s. posted using the new Google Chrome browser. Not bad.

October 26, 2008 Needs to Hurry Up and Get Here

According to this Wikipedia article, Guitar Hero World Tour (commonly referred to as Guitar Hero IV, or Guitar Hero Trying to be Rockband) will include "One Armed Scissor" by At the Drive-In.



I almost fell out of my chair I was so excited! ATDI's Relationship of Command is one of my favorite albums evarrr.

Why why why must they torture us by making us wait until the end of October for the glory of being a living room rock star??

Check the setlist - which song are you psyched to live your fantasies through?


[GHWT release date info from IGN.]

Are Hipsters the Horsement of the Apocalypse?

Ben discovered this fantastic Adbusters article via Stumble. The writer argues that Hipsters are "a youth subculture that mirrors the doomed shallowness of mainstream society." Essentially, Hipster subculture is useless - it doesn't stand for anything.

Hippies wanted peace and cheap weed.
Punks wanted anarchy and loud music.
Hip Hop wanted social reform and louder basslines.

Those scenes (in their original, true, subcultural forms) no longer exist.

Hipsters want cheap PBRs, a new unsigned band every week, and a massive thrift store next door to American Apparel.

I'm not saying I don't want those Hipstery things myself, but the article almost makes me feel bad about it.

Read the article.
Tell me - are Hipsters bringing the death of Western society?

Happiness is a Warm Robot

I discovered this absolutely incredible video on YouTube today. If you are a fan of Wall-E, Pixar, animation, or general cuteness, you MUST watch.



Which robot is your favorite?
I'm a huge fan of M-O.

There are a ton of great Wall-E videos out there on the interwebs. Many of them consist of Wall-E meeting various household objects (hula hoop, bouncy balls, vacuum - remember this one from teh superbowl?) and all of them are priceless.

I fucking love Pixar.

Graduation Day

Ben's graduation was on Saturday, and it was a fantastic (and long!) day. Cal Ripken jr did not disappoint (you can read his commencement address here) and the very foreboding weather forecast did not ruin our day.

The sun came out just as all the graduates were processing onto the football field. And the first drop of rain didn't even fall until they began walking out. I'm convinced that UD has control over the weather - it's always gorgeous on important days, such as homecoming and DelaWorld (freshman orientation).

Some pictures from the big day!


Ben & I in front of the Amber Collection, inside Daugherty Hall (the gorgeous room with all the stained glass inside Trabant)


Me, Ben, Dr. Wagner, Matt, Brian
Ben, Matt, Brian and I all did our undergrad research with Dr. Wagner :)


Hugging my graduate - his department convocation was in the gym as you can see...


Me, Kristyn & Tiff at Tiff's party/shitshow on Saturday night <3

UPDATE: The Electric Car Lives!

A while back, I posted about the very sexy & electric Tesla sportscar.

Fantastically, Tesla Motors just opened their first showroom/dealership in LA.




Plans are in the works for additional dealerships in Silicon Valley (near the corporate HQ), New York, and Chicago. According to CNN, "other cities" will get a Tesla showroom next year as well.

Let's hope Bmore is one of those mystery cities!

[Info & pic from CNN.com]

I Don't Celebrate Easter, But Have a Happy One Anyways

Nerds in Real Life (or, 1337s IRL)

I saw this on Fells Point on Sunday, and had to share:




hahaha

Nerd Bling

It's no secret that I am a huge nerd and hugely obsessed with fashion & glamour.

Today on NotCouture I discovered something that fabulously combines my two loves:
precious metal rings, bearing the periodic table icon for their material.

The Periodic Rings from INN: It's No Name.




Love the self-referential nerd-fashion irony. And educational too!
They are available for purchase, and I'm seriously falling in love with the silver one...especially because it's the only one I could possibly afford.

Silver (Ag) $205 USD
14K Gold (Au)$2200 USD
Platinum (Pt)$6500 USD

I'd also love to see some more exotic elements in the future: Titanium, Palladium, Copper, Tungsten (actually this wouldn't really work for this ring, as Tungsten is only safe/useful in jewelry as Tungsten Carbide, which is obviously not the pure element).


BTW, these would have been really fantastic in Chem101.

Never Gonna Say Goodbye

If I said "Never Gonna Give You Up"...would you start singing the whole song? Because I definitely did.

Apparently there is an internet prank going around, called being "Rick Rolled"... and it's actually kind of hilarious:

"...in a rickroll a poster provides a link they claim is relevant to the topic at hand which actually takes any one [sic] who clicks it to the Rick Astley video...In connection with the online meme, "Never Gonna Give You Up" was played and performed at some of the February 2008 protests against the Church of Scientology." - wikipedia

(I think the very last part of that is actually the most hilarious)

Ben mentioned this song/meme to me tonight, so I did a little YouTube-ing. And found the VH1 PopUp video for the song. POP UP VIDEO! I LOVE THAT SHOW!

So I just had to share the glory of a Rick Astley Pop Up video.




You can thank me later.

HighBrow/LowBrow

I'll take a tall mocha half-cafe part-skim double shot no whip latte please.

Sexy & Green

I love sexy cars. But I LUST after cars that are sexy and eco-friendly. And there's really only one.

Behold, the Tesla Roadster:



One of the hottest sports cars (dare I saw Supercar?) I've seen in a while. And the specs are fucking unreal.

xx 100% electric (NOT HYBRID)
xx 0 to 60 in under 4
xx Top speed of 125
xx About 220 miles without a charge

(that's just about Baltimore to New Ro)

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and it's got some crazy technology other than the powertrain, including my personal favorite -- a PIN number that you enter to start the car. this pretty much guarantees that it cant be stolen, with or without the key.

what about valet, you ask? they thought of that:
"When dropping off your Tesla Roadster at a hotel or restaurant, preventing joy rides is simple. Just tap on the on-board display to put the car into Valet Mode. Until you type in your PIN to release it, the security system limits the car‘s range, acceleration, and speed." I suppose that when you've got a car this nice, joy riding valets are something you actually worry about.

The colors are great:


I'm loving the electric blue. HOT.

oh, and the interior:



...you've got some drool on your face.

[all images from Tesla motors]

Vroom Vroom!

Last Saturday (01.26.08), Ben & I went up to Harrisburg, PA with our friends Tom, Andrea, Kevin & Rachele for the Pennsylvania Auto and Boat Show.

First of all, it was hilarious because it takes place inside something known as the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex.
This is a huge group of buildings, which exist for the sole purpose of a farm show. Only in Pennsylvania.

Anyway, it wasn't a manufacturer's show, so no concept cars. But we did get to check out some sweet rides. For example:



Ben & Andrea in a Mercedes-Benz SL550 ($100,000+)



Tom & Ben in a BMW Z4



Being a dork in a Jaguar coupe...this might have been an XJ (?)



Subaru Impreza engine - not the WRX STI (boo) - but check out the baby turbo!

Gift from the Interwebs

This one's for Sarah;


moar funny pictures

This one's for Maggie;


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