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Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Most eXtreme T-Ball Madness!!!!
Some parents love their children enough to do ANYTHING to make sure their kids win. C'mon, this is childrens T-Ball! There is no higher level of competition!

Posted at 08:46:59 PM EST by copus

Monday, July 18, 2005

The INCOMPARABLE White James Dance
For your viewing pleasure...

Unfortunately, I don't dance as well as Hamp and Andy:

But the title of "Funkiest Chicks at the Reception" was obvious:

Finally, Patty obviously thought I did something wrong:

Hmmm... that reminds me of something....

Hmmm... I think I should stop posting photos involving me.... I'm not terribly photogenic.
Posted at 10:23:16 PM EST by copus

Sunday, July 17, 2005

Personality Quirks
Ok, maybe I'll make a real post later (especially with wedding-related pictures)... but I found this online test-thing funny... mostly because of how insulting it is:

Hand-Raiser
You are 71% Rational, 71 0.000000E+00xtroverted, 0% Brutal, and 42% Arrogant.

You are the Hand-Raiser, that annoying kid in class who always had an answer for everything. No doubt, as a child you probably sat in the front of the class, anxiously waving your hand back and forth in the air while your teacher desperately tried to avoid calling on you because you were the ONLY fucking kid that answered her questions. Clearly, the key traits of your personality are your rationality and your extroversion. You are like a little talkative calculator, in other words. You also tend to be rather gentle and less arrogant than most people. So what is your defect, then? Well, you're boring, and when you're not boring, you are just plain annoying with your ultra-logical responses and constant need to talk to others. So keep waving that hand in the air, son. I'm still not calling on you. You are too logical, you talk too much, and your humility and gentleness only makes me hate you more, because they make me feel like I almost SHOULDN'T hate you. But I do. Big time.

To put it less negatively:

1. You are more RATIONAL than intuitive.

2. You are more EXTROVERTED than introverted.

3. You are more GENTLE than brutal.

4. You are more HUMBLE than arrogant.

Compatibility:

Your exact opposite is the Brute.

Other personalities you would probably get along with are the Braggart, the Haughty Intellectual, and the Robot.

If you scored near fifty percent for a certain trait (42% ), you could very well go either way. For example, someone with 42% Extroversion is slightly leaning towards being an introvert, but is close enough to being an extrovert to be classified that way as well. Below is a list of the other personality types so that you can determine which other possible categories you may fill if you scored near fifty percent for certain traits.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 52% on Rationality
You scored higher than 73% on Extroversion
You scored higher than 0% on Brutality
You scored higher than 41% on Arrogance

Link: The Personality Defect Test written by saint_gasoline on Ok Cupid

Posted at 07:42:36 PM EST by copus

Friday, July 15, 2005

Solution to Pollution!
So, after I read in the news that Unborn Babies Carry Pollutants, I realized that before my eyes is the perfect solution to pollution AND population growth problems. I mean, really, if babies are so efficient at sucking up polluting chemicals, we just need to get rid of the babies to get rid of the pollution! Brilliant!

Or maybe not. On another note, Richard pointed me towards much better haikus than are hosted on my site: Best American Bands Ever? A Haiku Review.

Posted at 07:40:43 PM EST by copus

Monday, July 11, 2005

Sweet Pimp James and His Pimp New Suit
Well, since I haven't posted in awhile, I'll post a link: It Can't Happen Here by Upton Sinclair (of The Jungle fame) is the book I'm reading right now (on my phone, no less). It has a lot of basis on the factual Depression era movements of the time (1935 was when it was published) that looked like the same fascist regimes that were popping all over the place. (Unlike the Amazone reviewers, i'm not trying to draw any parallels to current politics... i'm not THAT paranoid and delusional.)

On another note, I'm doing really well about not keeping junk food around the apartment... except I do having backing supplies... so now i'm enjoying a bowl of fresh homemade chocolate icing.... yum...This is most likely not the best thing to be eating right before I go to bed... the night before I have an internal job interview... in my pimp new suit... soon to be exhibited at a wedding this weekend.

Posted at 10:04:12 PM EST by copus

Wednesday, July 6, 2005

Very Important Correction
It has been brought to my attention that I occasionally mess up conversations that I write about in my blog entries... in ways that do nothing to enhance the stories. Mostly that I attribute punchlines to the wrong people.... So, from now on, every single punchline shall be attributed to MATT OVERTON. For example,

Unidentified person: Knock Knock!
Me: Who's there?
Unidentified person: Raleigh.
Me: Raleigh who?
MATT OVERTON: Raleigh round the flag, you stupid hicks!

You know, for example.
Posted at 09:28:21 PM EST by copus

Tuesday, July 5, 2005

Watch out for the cornhole, here comes hillbilly golf!
It sort of baffles me just how quickly cornhole, which claims to have been invented in Cincinnati has become popular at college parties and cookouts. I have nothing against it personally, it just strikes me as the sort of game I would have enjoyed when I was about five years old. Of course, this comes from a guy who still goes nuts around Legos.

Anyway, last weekend, I found an alternative to the now omnipresent cornhole... a game that was referred to me as "hillbilly golf." It involves two golf balls, with holes drilled in them to allow a short (maybe a foot long) rope to attach the two. Then, throw them and try to get them to wrap around one of three horizontal PVC pipes. More points for more wraps, and different point values for different horizontal bars... maybe I can find a good picture or description of it lying around on The Internets.

Personally, I still prefer horseshoes and, the most potentially dangerous game of all, JARTS!!!! Seriously, I don't know how this game did NOT kill me growing up... I really think I used to play around trying to catch the things.

I guess I'll officially call the end of the Haiku contest while I'm at it... and the winner is:

Club all baby seals.
Spade all elderly hippos
Heart all teenage goats
-- Brian Rumschlag

With 28.697dc6e4ercent of the vote (4 whole votes). He'll receive an offical Lockheed Martin Yo Yo.... if I can find it. The awards ceremony is most likely to be held during the middle of Nate and Lisa's wedding... preferably somehow interrupting the vows.

Posted at 10:33:47 AM EST by copus

Thursday, June 30, 2005

It's haiku time!
Well, since our last haiku contest was in... oh... APRIL... it's about time we started voting for it. Remember, there's some as-yet-to-be-announced work-related shwag for the winner!

VOTE HERE, NO THANKS TO BEAMS

Posted at 05:39:46 PM EST by copus

Wednesday, June 29, 2005

I get around....
On the mean streets of Mansfield, Ohio, there sits a shining beacon of hope and history, proudly telling the world, JAMES COPUS WAS HERE! Now, if only that were me.

Anyway, I'm working on a new haiku voting page tonight, since the Traitor Beams has sold us all out.

Posted at 08:25:56 PM EST by copus

Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Posted at 08:19:58 PM EST by copus

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