Scientists are nerds.
You can tell who’s in Puerto Rico for the primatology conference vs the folks here for some school conference.
Primatologists dress in comfy pants, sturdy shoes, and look like Dr Livingstone.
The other conference has fancy clothes, impractical heels, hair done all nice, wearing suits (and trust me it’s tough not to “help” tbem and tie a better tie knot)…
Best dream I’ve had in a LONG time.
I dreamt I owned the 1989 Michael Keaton Batmobile.
It was awesome. Cruisin around Milwaukee with a few people, just enjoying the looks. I was wearing a Batman hat that Kyle had given me years ago while driving around, and even though he wasn’t there, his wife Lisa was.
It was a great dream til housekeeping screwed it up by trying to come in and clean the room.
Not all dreams come true, but damn, this one should!
Unkamatt’s personal travel tip.
You’re allowed 3 oz of liquid? Make it Jameson.
Several of them.
That whisky is hard to find in the Carribean.
Or just stick a whole bottle in your checked luggage.
God damn you Ft Lauterdale airport.
First, you make me deplane and exit the terminal to walk 200 ft to stand in line to go through security AGAIN, then you delay my flight, AND I have no place to go here to get a drink. My arms hurt, dammit, I want some whiskey.
This is why travellers get irate. That and all the clueless morons wandering around like they’ve never been to an airport before. Get a grip people, then get me a drink.
Due to scheduling issues, I’m at the airport super early. However…
Dressing like I do paid off yet again. Even with visible tattoos; wearing a nice vest, decent shirt, and a big commanding knot in my tie let me through security like a breeze.
No X-ray machine, not even a pat down.
Now to bide my time til Puerto Rico.
Also, yes. Those ARE patent leather Chucks I’m wearing.
OK, so my mom is on an Indian movie kick.
I was only willing to watch one movie with her, and I said it had to be “Dhoom 2”.
I’ve watched this 4 times, and only once (just now) have I made it past this opening dance number.
Here’s a few interesting facts about Hrithik Roshan (the main dancer/protagonist in the film)
- He was diagnosed at age 21 with scoliosis and told he could never be an actor, dance and do all the things a Bollywood hero needs to do Watch this scene and be impressed.
- He has two thumbs on his right hand. 2. They barely show his right hand the entire movie… but I’ll be damned that when you DO see it… you keep freaking looking at it.
- As an adult whose successful acting career was only possible thanks to long years of speech therapy to overcome a crippling childhood stammer, in 2009 Hrithik inaugurated an upgraded Audiology & Speech Therapy department at the same hospital which had helped him.
Now my mom wants to watch Dhoom and Dhoom 3.
It’s that time again!
Yep, yet more travel for UnkaMatt.
June 17-25th I’ll be in Puerto Rico.
Who wants postcards?
If I’ve already sent you mail, chances are you’ll get one. If I haven’t, put your address in my Fan Mail, or Ask Box, or email me at Irishshamrock77@gmail.com.
Yep. That’s right.
UnkaMatt is in Vegas for the night.
Visiting with Kyle and Lisa… should be fun!
Even though I knew it was a harpoon gun, and I knew what was coming… all I could think of was “how awkward is he standing to shoot the thing” and of course realizing it’s all lining up, he’s even looking down through his mask, to make the shot 3D.
I kinda wish I could watch this in 3D now, just to get an idea.
At this point I couldn’t show the last 2 deaths, it was terribly inappropriate.
However, they don’t leave an opportunity for 3D to go to waste, so we have a Juggling Competition scene.
At this point the only thing I know of for sure, is with yo-yo’s and juggling, it sounds like a party Hector would go to.
They included this for about 15 seconds.
Whoo! Lookout! It’s a yo-yo!
…yeah you’re gonna get spammed a bit tonight.
The 3D in 1983 was SUPER subtle…
I’m excited to see more.
It’s not 3D on my laptop though.
She loves jumping in the kiddie pool after that plastic duck…
This couch is EV’s couch. When my mom gets rid of the furniture, and when I move back out of the house, this couch has to come with me.
This is also a rare, non upside down EV on the couch. Usually she’s roaching… I figure it’s because she dreams better upside down.
An interesting note, Paris never roaches.
I put an extra piece from the carpet on the living room floor… so they have somewhere soft to lie down but can still rest neck and head on the cool tile.
