Saturday, February 14, 2009

Brushes with fame

I think i'm funny. Sometimes other people do too. Twice a week I enter into the Overheard in New York Caption Contest. I also submit entries to the Boston Globe's Cartoon Caption Contest. I've never won outright, but I have had a few honorable mentions--two each, to be precise. Here's my latest from the Globe (with the winning caption also):





(I don't have a picture of my first honorable mention, but it happened in mid-November 2008.) Here are my Overheard in NY attempts (with the winning title shown as a hyperlink):

The Glass Is Half Full and Half AIDS

Dude #1: If I was the last man on earth, I would die of exhaustion from banging too much!
Dude #2: If I was the last man on earth, I'd die of AIDS from banging too much.
--Battery Park


· "If I'm goin' everyone else is coming with me" - Botticus

See What You've Started, Beyonce?

Guy #1, yelling: Fuck yeah! Put that one in the satchel!
Guy #2: That had "skankalicious" written all over it.
--35th & 7th

· "Someone Tell Fergie to Stop Making Up Song Titles" - Botticus

If this whole professor thing doesn't work out, maybe i'll head out to the left coast and try writing sitcoms.

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Stupid Macbook


This is what I think about my stupid, albeit free, MacBook....

Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Love and Some Verses

RULES:
1. Put your MP3 player, iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.
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IF SOMEONE SAYS 'ARE YOU OKAY' YOU SAY?
Saca la Semilla - Tony Touch
(A--wow, we're going to start with embarassing? What did I do to wrong you iPod?)
(B--Apparently, i'm a giant, spanish-speaking pothead)
(C--For the record, I'm not a giant, spanish-speaking pothead)

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF
The Same Boy You've Always Known - The White Stripes
(This is both precious and depressing, since apparently I don't change.)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Odalisque - The Decemberists
(I DO love Turkish hookers! Thanks iPod!)

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Breakfast at Tiffany's - Cover by Rockapella
(A--I don't even eat breakfast)
(B--Yes, Rockapella, as in "Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?". Suck it monkeys!)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Rain King - Counting Crows
(Apparently, I am the king of the rain.)

WHAT'S YOUR MOTTO?
Time of My Life - H-Blockx
(I'm really not this exciting.)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Giving Up - Silverstein
(Wow...epic fail.)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Ya Vas Lyubeil - Oleg Pagudin
(This is a Pushkin poem that is often sung in Russian culture. It translates "I loved you". Note the past tense and the use of the formal "you". Again, epic fail.)

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Tiebreaker - The Nortons
(Ironic, since I can't play any sports. The Nortons were a local band I found in New Haven.)

WHAT IS 2 + 2?
Santa Fe - Rent
(You teach? Yeah, I teach. Not computer age philosophy....)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
I Still Believe - Miss Saigon
(Not only as my iPod outed my love of reggaeton, but now it's working on my love of musical theatre. Super.)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Goodnight Elisabeth - Counting Crows
(A--My shuffle apparently sucks, which I already knew.)
(B--Still king of the rain.)

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
4th Dimensional Transition - MGMT
(I'm constantly transitioning in the 4th dimension. I just did it....and again...and again...and...)

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Amber Waves - Tori Amos
(I do love grain.)

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Morning Glory - Oasis
(Question to the Prime Minister.......OASIS RUUUUUUULLLLESSSSSSS!!!!!)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
My Bloody Valentine - Good Charlotte
(Emo even in death. Could it BE any other way?)

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Kabineti moikh droozay - Bulat Okujava
(Russian again. I would translate this as "Offices of My Friends". I do like to visit people at work.)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
Spitting Games - Snow Patrol
(I was going for some sort of spider song, or heights song, or elevator song, or....)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Sleeping to Dream - Jason Mraz
(I have dreams? That's a secret even to me....)

WHAT DO YOU WANT RIGHT NOW?
Let Me Down - Limp Bizkit
(That's what happens when a giant breaks into your office.)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Bullet with Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins
(That's too f'd up even for me.)

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Love and Some Verses - Iron & Wine
(How deep.)