Wishlist.

Well, it's that time of year again, capitalism at its finest. I figured I'd post what I have my eye on.

I'm to the point to where what I want isn't what people would be willing to get me because of how expensive it is. There's a lot of games and game peripherals, an xbox 360, a nice printer, a wacom tablet, and well, the list could continue but for the sake of brevity I'll have to say that this combo is close to the top of my list:

Insignia mp3 Player

Insignia Bluetooth Headphones

If I had to choose between the two I'd have to pick the headphones. I just got the same mp3 player a few months back and it has been a great addition, but it doesn't have bluetooth and the cord is always getting caught and often rips the headphones off my head or out of the jack. If the headphones don't have a dongle to connect to my current mp3 player then there'd be no reason to have the headphones either.

But anyway, ante up! What's the main thing on your list this year?

Drugs.

I don't do them. Never have. Heck I haven't even took a swig of alcohol or took a drag off of a cigarette. I hope I never find out why drugs are so appealing. The actions involved alone make them lose their appeal to me.

Marijuana: Inhalation of hot smoke into your lungs.

Cocaine: Snorting white powder up your nose.

Heroin: Injection by needle of hot liquids.

None of these sound like comfortable ways of getting high. In fact they sound quite invasive. And obviously they're not good for you. These are the popular ones, but have you heard of Indian Bean? Scopolamine? Jenkem? Bannadine?

Here's Scopolamine, A.K.A. Colombian Devil's Breathe A.K.A. The Zombie Drug.



The Indian Bean is a bean pod that grows on the Southern Catalpa tree. Famous for the worms that live on them called Catalpa worms or Catawba worms. These worms are great to use as bait for fishing and destroy the tree's leaves annually. Native Americans are believe to have smoked the dried bean pods on the tree thus the name Indian Bean tree. And I've read there's some hallucinogenic effects.

The Wiki Doc.

Jenkem. Let me tell you about jenkem! Boy would it be awful to die from huffing jenkem. Jenkem is basically fermented fecal matter that is either left in bottles or bags for about a week and then huffed to get a hallucinogenic effect. I mean come on people, are your lives so bad that you stoop so low as to huff crap gas just to get away from it all for a while?

The gas that they huff is Hydrogen Sulfide, and will kill you if you take in too much of it. Anybody watch Dirty Jobs? Remember when Mike went down into a sewage treatment plant to clean off a huge sewage pump? That's the same stuff they were worried about and had to clear out for a little while because of an alarm. It makes me happy to know that those who do it have to have the taste of butt mud in their mouths for the better part of a week.

The Wiki Doc.

Bannadine is a chemical derived from banana peels. I dunno how you extract it but once you have it you smoke it and it makes for a hallucinogenic trip as well. But alas, this one is a hoax and doesn't work, in fact bannadine doesn't even exist. However, bananas do have tryptophan, the drug that's also in turkey that makes you sleepy, although there's much debate about it's effect as well.

The Wiki Doc.

My point? I'm amazed at the lengths people will go to get high.

Word Salad.

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I wanted to post this because I received it in an email one time, and received 5 more since then. But spare you I will of the others and truncated was this one. It reminds me of schizophrenic ranting, and mind disorders really intrigue me. Any idea why these emails are being sent? This is all that was in the email, so why send this? There's no advertising or anything.

Pop.

So there's a lot of hula-baloo going on with soft drinks and I have my own perceptions on them. These are all simply things that I've gathered from tasting and doing a little bit of reading on the web and aren't necessarily facts.

Based on taste, I'm saying that Vault is simply a re-branding of Surge which came out in the mid 90's. Furthermore I find it hilarious that there's a petition out there asking to bring back Surge:

Fight the Power?

Based on taste, Mountain Dew Game Fuel is simply re-branded Code Red Mountain Dew. Perhaps with a squeeze of orange juice.

More on Game Fuel, Haha!: Game Diesel

Coke Zero is basically the Classic Coke formula but instead of sugar the company uses aspartame.

Diet Coke is basically the New Coke formula which was an abysmal failure in 1985 and also replaces sugar with aspartame.

Coke Trickery

What is it you do again?

I'm a 3D Artist. I model, I texture, I rig, I animate. But even though I've shown some of my family what I do they still don't get it. I don't suspect they'll all ever truly grasp it, but you would think that showing them would've done it. A lot of the older folks in my family abhor computers, so it's no huge surprise to me. It's almost a refusal by them to understand what I do for a living. I don't suppose I have a conclusion for this one, I just wanted to get it out there. Anyone else have this issue?

DS Technologies.

Hmm, this would be great except if it tunes into the same t.v. that we've been able to do for years through an antenna to watch NBC, CBS, ABC, and Fox then I'd advise not buying it. The FCC has decided that all cable companies have to switch to digital cable. Which means that every television also has to have a box. They also will be eliminating the free antenna channels altogether, so unless this tunes in to something else, it will soon be useless. At least in America.

The Bell.

You know the one. The one that sits on front desks at several businesses, post offices, and stores. It creates quite the dilemma. When to use the bell is the question. Even when there's noone around to help you it still begs the question. *inner thoughts* Maybe if I wait around for a minute someone will show up. Hmm where is everybody? Maybe it's lunch time. Sheww... *DING* *end inner thoughts.* It just seems so rude to ring the bell. But to do it while someone is directly in front of you is rude. I should start doing that, maybe raise a few blood pressures. It'd be a hoot!