Statistically Improbable.
Posted on August 13th, 2007
Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 10:52 pm
Just in case things didn’t seem exceedingly mundane enough…
So, off of one soda (specifically, a Lime Crush,) I won a soda. Then, from that soda I won another soda. From that soda I won a candy bar. Additionally, the next soda I bought also won me a free soda, and that soda won me nothing. 1 in 3 odds? Either it’s more like 3 in 5, or I’ve had an usual level of success, some more like 1 in 30. Oh, and I haven’t cashed in that candy bar. That could win me something for all I know.
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Nerds on the Jock Network.
Posted on August 11th, 2007
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 12:24 pm
Check this video at about the 4:40 mark:
Nerdcore MCs including me on Spike TV’s Gamehead
Alas, it’s probably not applicable media for the Wikipedia entry on Nerdcore, but I guess this does add somewhat to my notoriety.
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Hot Springs Episode / Castlegar Clubbing
Posted on August 11th, 2007
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 2:48 am
So, today (well, technically yesterday) was something close to surreal. I mean, today was almost as awesome as a day can get. Lazily, I woke up around 10am, goofed around the net a bit, and then headed out to Nelson with Danielle for Starbucks, then went up to the Ainsworth Hot Springs which was truly relaxing and soothing. If you ever get a chance to go a natural hot springs, do it. It’s really quite nice and rejuvenating. I mean, my respiratory system had felt out of whack since the San Diego Comic Con, but after a few hours in the hot spring, it was like I was totally reset. Besides, it was quite fun to see the actual cave were the water comes from, and to take a dip in the cold water pool as well.
Around that time, Danielle and I realized that we hadn’t really eaten yet that day, so it was time to hit up a great Mexican restaurant by the name of Mazatlan for a very delicious meal. If you’re ever in Nelson – seriously, go to Mazatlan and get the Chicken Tamales. You’ll love it, and you’ll never be able to do Taco Bell stuff again.
On the way back to Castlegar a couple interesting events occured. First, I discovered that just because normal Pepsi and Mentos are not as volatile as Diet Coke and Mentos, that does not at all mean you should put Mentos in your Pepsi while driving. It still fizzes up… a lot. In fact, lets just say that had the results of this impromptu science lesson been recorded and uploaded to YouTube, I might have even given Chocolate Rain a run for it’s money, as it was just that funny and dumb. After that, Danielle spotted an old friend of hers once we were back in town, and she chatted with him a bit, which was cool and which also led to going to Element, the only club in Castlegar, later that evening.
The club was surprisingly fun. I mean, I’m not a clubber. I listen to and have written club music, but I’ve always been more DJ than a dancer. However, it was really quite fun to be there with Danielle. I mean, the club was almost too cheesy, but in an awesome way. As we walk up, we hear the dance track used in the first episode of the second season of The Venture Brothers, and by the time we’ve paid the 3 dollar cover, a remix of “Everybody Dance Now” was blasting. In general, the music was largely older dance and R&B jams – it was almost like walking on to the set of an episode of Mtv Jams circa 1990-1995, barring a few critical exemptions. There was some random track no one seemed to know, so Danielle and I goofed around a bit by getting on the empty dance floor and doing stuff like dancing the Charleston and breakdancing (well, I breakdanced poorly, she cheered me on.) Later, she and I cleared the floor as we just cut loose like Footloose during Kanye West’s “Stronger.” It really was like something out of a movie, or at least it felt that way. Later in the evening some one even said “you guys are the best dancers here” or something to that extent. Granted, it’s not a feat to be the best dancer at the only club in a tiny town, but it’s certainly fun to be told you’re awesome, even if you know that’s kind of flotsam. As we left the club, TI’s “What U Know” kicked in, which was kind of a fitting end to the evening, if only because Danielle had run into another old friend there and this friend didn’t know who TI was. Said lack of knowledge was a little problematic as Danielle was trying to tell him who she’d been on MTV with last month.
By the way, speaking of media exposure, I was on Spike TV’s Gamehead tonight with a host of other Nerdcore rappers, which is cool. BTW, boourns to Spike for cutting out Danielle. She’s more of a gamer than I, and thus more deserving of exposure on a game-related show. Of course, not that I really mind getting a freestyle on international cable stations either, but you could have cut some of that Uwe Boll interview for more Nerdcore, in as much as gamers like cute girls (like Danielle,) and hate Uwe Boll with a loathing rarely paralleled.
Like I said, an almost totally awesome today. Tomorrow (or rather later today,) I just relax, which is kind of cool in it’s own right.
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Recuperation
Posted on August 9th, 2007
Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 6:46 pm
So, I’m currently in Castlegar, BC with my girlfriend, generally chilling. We went out to a lake today so she could attempt to teach me to swim. I say attempt as when it comes to feats of physical prowess, I’m nigh useless. However, I do feel that I’ve learned enough that I wouldn’t die immediately upon being thrown into a body of water – I might have a good 30 seconds before I went under. Maybe with a few more lessons, I might actually learn enough to say I can swim.
Currently, my lovely lady is playing some Harvest Moon for some extreme dating/farming sim action, while I goof around on the net via the Wi-Fi I setup for her mom last night while watching some TV. Ah, a vacation.
Basically, I’m getting a bit of break before heading into the last two weeks of August and the first week or so of September at a break neck pace. That should be fun*.
*=only partially sarcastic.
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Reports Exaggerated, Etc. + ComicCon Video
Posted on August 4th, 2007
Filed under: Music News,Videos — Karl Olson @ 11:45 pm
So, turns it’s just Sinusitis (aka a Sinus Infection.) Of course, since it wasn’t just viral, I was put on some good old fashioned Amoxicillin (only 4 bucks at Target, even for my totally uninsured self,) so I’ll be ok. Still sucks a bit though.
Meanwhile, I’m back in Canada, chilling in a internet cafe while my girlfriend drops off some presents from Comic Con for a friend of hers. Tomorrow (or maybe the day after,) I will be driving out to Kelowna, followed by driving to my girlfriend’s hometown of Castlegar so I can spend some time with her, and so that I can see where she grew up.
Then, I’m back home to prove that I’m an awesome and skilled producer, as I will not only finish atleast an EP for Rai, and either do self-replication or get pro-replication done in time for Kumoricon, I might just have a little project that’s, oh, two years overdue out in time for PAX. Why? Because I want to and because I can.
Speaking of egotism, watch this video of me at the Capcom Booth at Comic Con 2007. For something more interesting (in as much as it’s not reliant solely on my stage presence,) check out this video of Nursehella and I performing our collab on the same stage.
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Ill In The Traditional Sense.
Posted on August 2nd, 2007
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 2:05 pm
So yeah, I’m sick, as is my girlfriend. Head Cold with a side of Bronchitis, or at least that’s what it feels like.
This bites. However, at least being sick in hot weather means you don’t have to bundle up to stay warm.
Meanwhile, I have a gig in Portland, OR on August 30th, probably. Rai will also probably be involved. If I’m not well by then, well, I’m probably super sick and that’s it’s own problem.
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“Don’t Get Cocky, Kid!” – Han Solo
Posted on July 29th, 2007
Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 2:40 am
So, my driver’s licence was returned to me via the upstanding members of Mega64, so I won’t have to be sent to the “we think you’re evil” line at the airport. Meanwhile, SpikeTV interviewed a bunch of Nerdcore rappers after the Friday show at the Capcom Booth including myself, they even had YT Cracker and I freestyle, and for once I really feel like I was on my game and that it came out very well. That should air in a couple weeks on Spike’s Game Head, if it makes it to air. Additionally, I recieved a free Full Metal Panic: Fumoffu! boxset at ADV’s panel, I think I might have made a pretty good press contact with Del Rey, and I finally had a chance to talk with Lance from FUNimation a little, so maybe, just maybe, I’m catching a bit of a break.
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Murphy’s Law In Overdrive
Posted on July 25th, 2007
Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 9:40 pm
Any sucker can lose the shirt off his back. Only a real idiot can lose his driver’s licence in the process, all while looking for the girlfriend he lost at a huge comic convention. Also while sleep deprived and generally sour and grouchy.
I am that idiot. Nice to know whole new things can go wrong that I would never have dreams. At least the hotel has free WiFi and I got my press pass. A silver lining to a tornado hurricane.
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Ota-Dose
Posted on July 20th, 2007
Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 3:17 am
In the interest of wasting of everyone’s time, I figured I’d post a random observation about myself, or rather about things I own, namely the following:
I own three different depictions of Cardcaptor Sakura in the same outfit. Specifically, a wallscroll, an 8 inch PVC figure and a small coin figure. This is notable because said character has dozens upon dozens of outfits both in the manga and the TV series, so to have racked up 3 versions of the same outfit in different mediums probably means I have too much anime stuff. I’ve decided to call this state of affairs ota-dose, a contraction of otaku and overdose. I mention this because I think I’m currently suffering from it. I mean, I literally have over 65 anime DVDs I haven’t watched at this point. Ok, some of that is stuff like Gravion which I won at a panel, and that I would never watch otherwise, and may never watch, but discounting that stuff and then given an average of 2 hours of content per DVD, we’re talking well over 5 days of non-stop anime. Taken in a more reasonable dose, that’d still be a good month’s worth of all my viewing being anime viewing. I am in desperate need of shelf-space, yet, I haven’t made the time to put it up because when I’m not traveling, I’m typically on the internet talking about anime and manga (though at least I have the “I’m a mod/reporter”-excuse there.) Thus I have four huge piles of manga on my floor, I have DVDs scattered all over the place and the only time I clear space on my desk or my dresser is to make room for more figurines.
In short, if you see me buying something anime that isn’t, say, a gift for a friend or a volume of DVD or manga series I’m already collecting, you’re with in rights to tell me to knock it off. It’s probably for the best if you do. Unless of course it’s from the TMS Classics DVD line. I mean, at those prices, how can I pass it up???
Oh right, that’s probably why I ended up with different versions of the same thing in the first place. -_-;
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Nerdcore Risen
Posted on July 20th, 2007
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 2:24 am
Nerdcore For Life documentary on Mtv Canada
Jesse D, YT Cracker & Nursehella on Mtv Canada
I’m intensely proud of Nerdcore right now, plus a bunch of my friends and my fellow musicians were on Mtv. Well, Mtv Canada. Awesome enough though. I have a feeling something amazing is just around the corner.