I’m sorry, are these things supposed to be cute? Geekologie certainly thinks so. They look like tiny, furry, genetically-modified harbingers of evil if you ask me. If we’re lucky, they’ll be on our side when the high-tech toys from Small Soldiers start to attack.
Until then, sleep with one eye open. And wear socks. Those little fuckers look like they’re out for blood.
Chex Mix is like salad, but instead of an assortment of healthy vegetables and fruits, you’ve got a mix of high-fat, high-carb, high-sodium crunchy goodness. Delicious.
Typical occasions for consuming Chex Mix include holidays, football games, and on airplanes in teeny packages that are mostly filled with air.
The only problem with Chex Mix is that I don’t like a lot of the stuff in the mix. Nuts, no thank you. Crackers, fuck that. Pretzels, in your dreams. M&Ms, pukeatonic. It’s a real pain in the ass to have to throw away all that other crap just to get to the Chex, I’ll tell you what.
Alicia’s Snack of the Week: Chex Mix
The reason Pixar is so successful is because creative geniuses like John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Brad Bird, and of course, Pete Docter know storytelling. For instance, when I went to see Up in 3D this evening, there were several moments of unabashed weeping. Not single-tear-rolling-down-the-cheek weeping, more like silent-convulsions-my-mascara-is-running bawling. They were tears of joy.
Thoughts on Up after the jump. Nothing more spoiler-y than what you’d see in the trailer.
Filed under: Bad times, Food, Friends, Out and about | Tags: Sonic Burger, UW HFS
Last week, I butted my way into a trip down to Puyallup to have my first taste of Sonic. While I still maintain that Miner’s in Yakima has the best burger I’ve ever eaten, I’m always up for trying new burgers (which are basically sandwiches anyway).
It ended up being a pretty nice adventure with the gang, but the experience at Sonic left something to be desired. Here is a sampling of some of the things that went wrong:
- The woman taking our order was being trained and apparently couldn’t hear Christian – whose always sounds like he’s yelling anyway – over the speaker. He had to repeat everything he said with exaggerated articulation.
- After 10 minutes, they finally brought out our meal. No, wait, this is someone else’s completely different order. Nice try, Sonic, better luck next time.
- While we were waiting for them to rectify the situation, we placed another order: 2 mango limeades. Right before the server handed us our limeades, he spilled one. To be more precise, the limeade fell off the tray, then he kicked it, and limeade exploded all over the car next to us. That one was less annoying and more funny. ANOTHER LIMEADE, NOW MONKEY!
- Five minutes later, another server comes out, but only to tell us that our new order (which is really our old order being re-ordered) has just been started. “It’s crazy here tonight,” she said, which seemed interesting considering it was 10:30 pm on a Wednesday.
- Another five minutes pass and we finally get our food. Still no Diet Coke though. Fail.
The good news is, we were filming a mock-Sonic commercial for the end-of-the-year RA Banquet and I think it turned out alright. Video and outtakes after the jump.
These videos might not make any sense to you if you have never worked for UW HFS. Sowwee.
The reason Whack-A-Mole is so much fun is because no one likes moles. That’s why they invented those horrifying mole traps my dad used to slice that pesky mole into two pieces last year. Two bloody, stumpy pieces.
(By the way, did you know that mouse traps can do the same thing, but to mice? I always thought they were used for to teach bad guys a lesson when they tried to outwit clever mice. Apparently they also catch mice. Go figure.)
Whack-A-Kitty is exactly like that, but with kittens instead of moles, real animals instead of plastic imitators, and cuteness instead of a complete lack of cuteness. The cheesy sound effects are still there, so watch and enjoy.
