Uhhhh...hi....can I speak to...

For my "do something different" experiment thingee, I decided to do two things: minimize my internet usage and answer the phone differently.
The internet thing was hard. I didn't realize how addicted to Facebook, email and MSN I was until I went to avoid it for at least one day. The only thing I checked was my Seneca mail and Blackboard. Aaaaaand then I gave in and checked my Facebook messages. I know, I know! I'm WEAK.
Which is why I started doing the phone thing. Now THAT was fun. I highly suggest that everyone try this one out because it is tres amusant. Instead of saying the standard "Hello?" when answering the phone I would answer with something different like, "hey", "hi there", "bonjour", "greetings", "salutations", and once I threw in an Uncle Jesse-esque "talk to me!"
The reactions of other people on the end of the line when I answered the phone was quite humourous:
(Ring ring)
Me: Bonjour!
Other person: Ummm...is, uh, your mother there?

I also had a "Ummm...I think that I, uh, have the wrong number" from one of my friends, to which I replied, in a very poor French accent, "Oh, Ok. Goodbye." And then waited for them to call back.

Oh....fun times, messing with people.

Random sketches I did while I was avoiding the internet:

Something Completely Unassuming

On Tuesday and Wednesday, I was keeping track of all the times that I came into contact with or saw something made of glass. The reason I haven't posted earlier than today is because I have also been avoiding the internet - except for my school email and the My.Seneca Blackboard stuff - for the other half of my self experiment (which will be explained in another blog post).

So this glass thing. Holy geeze you come into contact with it a lot and don't even notice it. Here's a list of SOME of the places I found it:

• Broken into bits on the ground
• The windshield in the car
• My juice cup/bottle
• The windows of the GO bus and GO train
• At work: glass of the fridge door, alcohol bottles, the side of the popcorn popper, candy dispenser, safety edges of balcony, cases that contain the movie posters, all the lights, the enter and exit doors
• The vase in my room
• Various picture frames
• The paperweight on my desk

There were a bunch of other places too, they but were mostly repeats of doors and lightbulbs and stuff like that.

But seriously, the stuff is everywhere and you'd never really notice it or pay attention to it if you weren't doing so purposefully like I was.

"I know you're there Mr. Ninja!"

I love Dwight from "The Office".

Read this entry from his web log about Ninja Preparedness.
This gives me so many ideas for thing s - mostly centered around ninjas.

Me and My Friend Will

Look who came to school with me today! It's Will! Huzzah! Actually this is a bit of a an old picture but I can't find my card reader to load a new one. So until then...!

If Shoot 'em Up mixed with The Nanny Diaries...

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!
This is in the TEL building. Oh you silly Animation kids. What will you think of next?
On another note: I really need to stop finding violence funny. See cartoon, right.