Warning: the nerdy talk in this blog may cause mild discomfort...

I watched this series last night called the Stand Alone Complex, Ghost In The Shell. My friend suggested it. I wasn't all that excited at first, but I'm glad I watched it, and talked about it afterwards. Yeah... it's Anime. But who cares? It's not exactly something that could be acted out, and if it were, it would lose value and become all about the special effects. The plot summary reads: "In the future, life between the digital and physical world has been blurred. The boundary of technology and humanity has been stretched beyond imagination with lives being led in both the electronic and physical worlds. With the melding of man and machine – a new cybernetic level of existence is being created - An existence that continues to redefine mankind."

At this point I'm aware that I sound like that weirdo guy in high school who use to insist on being called by his Dungeons and Dragons name. But, this is some cool... yet disturbing shit. This stuff actually happens. A vision system/brain implant that enables blind people to see? Even drive? No shit. The government won't fund this, and the FDA won't approve this... yet. But it will happen. http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=86658

We'll have PDAs implanted in our heads, that will allow us to function through thought. Brains will be encased, and become removable when your current physical body deteriorates. Pretty sure that's the closest we'll get to immortality. But once this happens, once your brain really truly becomes a CPU, couldn't it get hacked? I don't know about you, but I forget to run my VirusScan on my computer from time to time. What happens if you forget to run it on yourself? That kind of opens up a whole new can of worms when it comes to public safety, and crime and punishment, doesn't it?

What about robots that are programed to act human? ASIMO for example, a computer who is able to walk about 1mph, run, use stairs, obey commands, and even has facial recognition capabilities. Christ, incorporate this kind of technology into those "real dolls" and you're set. How about super intelligent robots that read software that allow them to "mature" through AI? That's great. Right? They'd probably mean well, but can you teach a robot right from wrong? http://world.honda.com/ASIMO/

Alright, I'm nerded out.

You thought the afro was bad? Bell bottoms? The duck tail? Hot pants? Acid washed jeans?

No...

<----- Worst trend ever.

"Smile fo me daddy, I wanna see ya grill."

What in the hell are you thinking? Argh.

I drew my asshole of a boss for our company secret santa. At first I was pissed... but then I saw this as a golden opprotunity. What better way, and time, to tell your boss to fuck off and that you quit but through a week of secret santa? Hey, this is a mandatory company tradition, what do they expect? Tis the season!

I love the Grinch...

Applying to more schools today... just for the hell of it. I had to provide several schools with a personal statement. I had no idea where to start, so my long time buddy offered to write it for me:

What it do, this ya girl A. Sheezie writin' to tell you a little bit bout MAHSELF. Niggas be trippin' ova mah achievements. I was honored to recieve the National Junior Scholar Award in 2004 after writing a piece about socioeconmic logistics, particularly in the private sector. This writing was published in more than 20 business publications nationwide and in Europe. I also traveled abroad along with the National Collegiate Business Scholars of America as a special observer during the International Business Foreign Relations Conference held this spring in Zurich, Switzerland. This is a priviledge granted to only 4 other college students in America. As for challenges, there really haven't been any. I hold a 3.994 GPA and am ranked 1st in my class. This comes after graduating Sigma Cum Laude from Yale with a Bachelor of Science in Government Economics. I memorized the preamble of the constitution word for word in 4 hours, and the entire Bill of Rights in just 7. My ultimate ambition is to become either a professor of Business Law, or a Supreme Court Justice. Mah hobbies include goin to bed stupid early, and I likes bein da suga momma to plently o'fools. I am better than everyone else. Holla atcha gir'.

Half tempted to send this out...

Word.

Got pulled over today by a cop on foot. Yeah, on foot. He was controlling a protest in Batavia, I guess. So I'm trying to turn left down River and as the light is turing red the guy in on comming traffic decides he wants to turn right... right in front of me. So, ok. Thirty seconds later he stops right in the middle of the road. So, I stop. He starts going, then stops again the next block. I've had it, so I try to pass him. I'm sure most of you realized that in order to pass someone, you need to drive in the oncoming lane. As I try to pass a cop jumps out in front of me yelling. I roll down my window and he starts screaming at me. I say, "what you can't drive down this road?" He goes "not the way you are! You're driving in oncoming traffic! Pull over!" Are you kidding me? I say "I was passing that guy, which is legal." He says "yeah, well driving on the opposite side of the road isn't!" Are you fucking serious? No ticket or anything, I think he realized how stupid he was. Oh, but he did make me wait for that guy to get in front of me again, that was punishment enough.