Without You We Couldn't Do What We Do

Yes, it's time again for another post about my favorite Canadians, Rush! I'm a bit late on this one, actually. Last Friday, a super awesome thing happened. Rush got its star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! Check this out! And here is Geddy stealing a baby! Sort of. The only trouble with this is that tons and tons of people--Rush fans, fanatics, and people who have just heard of Rush--saying that now they should be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Well, I call shenanigans, because that's ridiculous. It is the opinion of many, including myself, that to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, while still alive, anyway, is to destroy your career, or to signify that you are now washed up and done with recording. For example, years ago, when I was off my nut about AC/DC they were inducted, and basically stopped recording. When they came out with Black Ice, it sounded like the same songs they had produced earlier, with _{sort of} different lyrics. It really hurt to see them fall from grace like that. And the Iron Man 2 soundtrack--because I know someone will mention it--is mostly made of songs already recorded. Including Highway to Hell, which is secretly on every AC/DC album ever made.
The best thing to do is induct the artist posthumously; that way they can't do anything to make people wonder how they ever got into the Hall of Fame in the first place. Take Elvis Presley, for example. He was on a downhill spiral by the time he died in 1977. Imagine if he had been alive in 1986, when he was inducted. Would he still have been cranking out albums of himself talking (and shamelessly insulting) the audience at his concerts? [I wish I could say I was kidding around.] It's probably safe to say he would, because people will buy ANYTHING that has to do with The King, and thus, it made the most sense to induct him after his death. Many, many years after, when people had forgotten all the dumb shit he did toward the end of his life, and were able to only remember his pure awesomeness during the '50s and '60s.
I don't want Rush to be inducted until one of the guys dies, because then, Rush will be done. There is no Rush if Lee, Lifeson, or Peart is not still alive and kicking. Yes, there was once a Rush without Neil Peart, but that didn't last for long, now did it?
~Sushi

Ethnic Hair Dye and Booty Dancing Seven Year Olds

Most people in my small group of friends know me as a person who is always willing to try something new. I'm also one of the few of my friends who goes out of her way to have some of the weirdest hair colors possible. I've had Challenger Orange, violet, and burgundy, yellow, among other colors. But, I wanted to try something a bit daring even for me: red. Not like Orphan Annie red--firetruck red. I'm kind of broke right now, so before going to a salon, or even Trend Setters, which is the cosmetology school in my area, I hit Wal-Mart. And, believe it or not, I found what I was looking for; what surprised me was the aisle I found it in. After giving up on the hair dye aisle--nothing was bright enough--I walked back to the pharmacy, and there was this glorious box of hair dye--> ! It was the perfect color! And the woman on the box is a total babe, too! I don't know about you, but I call that an epic win. Why wasn't she in the hair dye aisle, with all the other, not-as-red colors? Well, she's black. And the hair dye is Creme of Nature, a company that makes products specifically for black people. See, I'm not just writing this blog to tell you about my awesome dye job--though it is awesome, and I will put up pictures eventually. For the most part, I'm writing this because I don't think hair dyes should be segregated. Nor should books, for that matter. And yet, the library I used to work for separated all the Spanish-language books into one small, dark corner of the building, fiction and non-fiction, juvenile and adult. Maybe it makes lives of stockers and pages a little easier, but it has to feel the slightest bit embarrassing to be told that the book, hair dye, food, et cetera that you're looking for is in another aisle, simply because of the ethnicity of the product. Yes, there are entire salons devoted to the treatment of African-American hair. I used to pass one such salon every day after school. But as I stop to think about it, that store may have been opened because every other salon in the area caters to white people. I'm fairly sure that I could count on one hand the number of white hair techs in my area who can do a proper weave. [I apologize if I'm wrong, but from what I've experienced, it's very likely.]
Before I go off on a racially-charged, crazy-insane tirade, I'm going to move on to the other topic that I would like to tell you about: the booty dancing seven year olds. It's been brought to my attention [by Severe, who thought it would be a good blog entry] that a group of six to eight year old girls dancing to Beyoncé's "Single Ladies" has been pasted all over the internet and the news as of late. These aren't just little kids dressing up and playing around; they are trained dancers, working it in ways no small child should. Being not-quite-straight and all, I feel like a pedophile just for watching this! Here's some of the news coverage I mentioned earlier:

CBS News
CNN News
ABC News
FOX News

And, from the World of Dance site comes this group shot of the girls; seeing their young, tiny faces really drives the point home for me.
I hate to show my age, but I'm three times as old as the little girls [who happen to be the same age as my sisters], and I would never dance or dress like that, especially in front of a live television audience. And this is coming from someone who regularly dresses in ridiculous costumes at midnight movies and anime conventions. I'd like your opinions on the matter.
~Sushi
P.S. Personally, I blame The Chimpmunks...

Nobody's Hero / 100th Post!

I have never done wiring in my life. And yet, Spock's mom, Moose, trusted me to wire the chandelier that she bought for her new house. I suppose, given that there were no directions to follow in the first place, I did a pretty bang-up job. It works, after all. And we only had to rewire it a few times. Moose's friend from work was helping us along, but he didn't know how to wire the thing either. So I wired it, we wired it into the main power, and... nothing happened. After taking it apart and checking connections, we tried again.. nothing. Then, the guy realizes he told me the wrong way to wire it. I took the entire thing apart, rewired EVERYTHING, and then, and only then, it worked. Oh, that glorious chandelier finally worked!
So, Spock and I went back to my house to watch my sisters, because my parents went out to meet a friend of Severe's and his wife for dinner. They couldn't have been gone more than five minutes when Severe called, and told me to jump in the car and meet them, in the dark, on the side of a road about a mile away. Mama Bear, valiantly trying to avoid killing a dog, still managed to clip the beast, and while the dog lived, her van didn't fare so well. There is a gaping hole in one side, and to top it off, she also got stuck in a ditch. We used my itty bitty Plymouth to pull a minivan out of a ditch. It was so epic.


I am happy to announce that this is my ONE HUNDREDTH POST! To celebrate, I will be doing a Top 10² List. It's going to be time-consuming, lengthy, and freakin' awesome!
Top 10-Squared!
1. Top ten Most Frequently Used Blog Tags
  1. spock (43)
  2. family (17)
  3. school (13)
  4. star trek (13)
  5. movies (12)
  6. top 13 (9)
  7. contest (8)
  8. weebeast (8)
  9. death (7)
  10. halloween (7)
2. Top Ten Nicknames of/for Former Boyfriends/Girlfriend
^{Not in chronological order}
  1. Puff
  2. Spock
  3. Squishy
  4. Beaver
  5. Goofy
  6. Stupid
  7. Bunny Boy
  8. Bear
  9. Shadow [applies to two]
  10. Shithead [applies to most, but not all]
3. Top Ten Bad Habits
  1. Nail biting
  2. Picking scabs
  3. Facebook
  4. Staying up too late
  5. Correcting spelling mistakes in IMs
  6. Picking fights
  7. Swearing
  8. Lurking on other people's Facebook pages, trying to remember if I know them, and looking through their friends to see if I missed friending them
  9. Making e-mail accounts that I never check
  10. Talking back
4. Top Ten Most Frequently Played Songs on My iTunes
  1. Hope, Rush [44]
  2. Sunday Morning, Maroon 5 [44]
  3. Planet of the Apes, Mindless Self Indulgence [38]
  4. Madrigal, Rush [32]
  5. Valley Girl, Frank Zappa [31]
  6. Wonderous Stories, Yes [29]
  7. Superconductor, Rush [26]
  8. On It, Mindless Self Indulgence [25]
  9. Pick Up the Pieces, The Average White Band [25]
  10. For Your Entertainment, Adam Lambert [23]
5. Ten 100x100 images
^{Using a random word generator for searches!}
  1. Undesirable =
  2. Behalf =
  3. Contributor =
  4. Brown =
  5. Gig =
  6. Troop =
  7. Outset =
  8. Logic =
  9. Freeze =
  10. Net =
6. Ten Musical Artists I Have Recently Latched Onto
^{Keep in mind I usually just listen to Rush and Yes}
  1. Lady GaGa
  2. Adam Lambert
  3. Beyonce
  4. P!nk
  5. Marilyn Manson
  6. Eurythmics
  7. Korn
  8. Katy Perry
  9. No Doubt
  10. Disturbed
7. Ten 100x100 Pictures of Random Body Parts
  1. eye =
  2. nose =
  3. toe =
  4. hand =
  5. leg =
  6. buttock =
  7. joint =
  8. thumb =
  9. knee =
  10. stomach =
8. Ten Fun Flash Games
  1. Sushi Cat
  2. Kitten Cannon
  3. Red Remover
  4. Seed
  5. Mind the Blox
  6. Woobies
  7. Linyca
  8. Columz
  9. Combine
  10. Bomboozle
9. Ten Videos of Large Men Dancing
  1. Single Ladies, by Beyonce
  2. Hips Don't Lie, Shakira
  3. Headsprung, LL Cool J
  4. The Fat Dance
  5. Push It, Salt-N-Pepa
  6. Various rap songs
  7. My Humps, Black Eyed Peas
  8. Yo, Chris Brown
  9. My Milkshake, Kelis
  10. Dragostea din Tei, O-Zone
10. Top Ten Ridiculous Apparel Items
  1. Brossiere
  2. Muu Muu
  3. Crocs
  4. Dog Sweater
  5. Ugg Boots
  6. Beer Hat
  7. Stirrup pants
  8. Pink cowboy boots
  9. Shirts with fake pockets
  10. Sweatpants
Here's to a hundred more!
~Sushi

We Will Fight in the Shade

The first time Spock watched 300 was at a military base in Spain. The first time I watched it was in my living room, with Spock and Severe. Either way, and in either place, it was fucking amazing. There is no other way to describe it. There was so much blood, and so much yelling, and stabbing, and piercings, and pert naked breasts... so much of everything that is awesome in life. I know I'm behind in watching 300, seeing as it came out almost four years ago, but the hype was definitely true to the movie. Few hyped-up movies can live up to expectations, but this one has. And, so that you can enjoy it further, I present...
Top Ten 300 Spoofs and Parodies
^{...and my favorite line from each}
1. 300 - PG Version
^{This is delicious!}
2. 300 Trailer - Second Best Parody Ever
^{He's always kicking Persians}
3. This is Sparta! Last techno remix
^{I'm gonna die!!!!!}
4. The Latino Comedy Project's "300"
^{*Mexicans roaring*}
5. The Spartan 300 Workout Program
^{Learn how to kill walls with your bare hands.}
6. It's Raining 300 Men
^{It's raining men! *Persians fall off of cliff*}
7. Failed "300" Auditions
^{Yes, we are looking for big nipples.}
8. 300 Parody - Where's My Cat?
^{FIND MR. SCUFFLES!}
9. Sparta Remix - Chocolaaate!
^{This! Is! CHOCOLATE!}
10. 300 LEGO Trailer
^{We're in for one wild night..}
Even a god-king can bleed.
~Sushi

Prepare for Win

The paraphilias presentation went absolutely perfect. My partner and I managed to use the entire class period, which was over an hour, and people were fascinated. I don't think anyone left bored. I feel like it was an epic success. And so, to celebrate that epicness, I present...


Fifteen Examples of
_{It's huge because it represents pure awesome}


1. EpicWin.net: Website of win!
2. Severely Photoshopped Emma Watson

3. Click the seal for gross amounts of WIN!

4. I don't condone smoking, but come on; that's awesome.

5. High-five a stuffed lynx!

6. Once Upon a Win: win from back in the day!
7. It's like looking into another dimension...

8. /v/ epic win!: Just in case you don't know, /v/ = video games.
9. Slam dunk!

10. As defined by Encyclopedia Dramatica
11. It may not exist on eBay, but you can find it here.

12. Grammar is win.

13. It's even in the papers. Notice that this is when Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. WIN!

14. You wish you were this awesome.

15. Picard is so win. And shiny.



I think I ought to mention that Spock is now my random numbers generator. Most of my list sizes are determined by whatever number pops into his head. Therefore, he is the sixteenth example of epic win.
~Sushi