Who else is ready for The Celebrity Apprentice to be OVER?!

*raises hand*

And don’t get me wrong, I’ve enjoyed this season – most of it, anyways – but frankly, seeing that Holly is going all the way to the end is simply more than just a little dismaying to me. The last couple of episodes seeing how rude she has been to Cyndi Lauper were really frustrating, so to reward that by considering to be a strong player kind of rubs me the wrong way. Unfortunately, that’s kind of the nature of this show in general and controversy tends to reign king over kindness, but it’s almost over now so I guess that doesn’t really matter much anymore.

Regardless, it’s probably pretty obvious that I hope Bret Michaels wins this thing. I worry because I’ve seen how these things go in the past and I have a feeling that Holly might fight pretty dirty in the end, but we’ll see.

All and all, though, this has been a fun season. Some of the characters – namely Bret, Curtis, Cyndi, and Maria – I’ve really liked; some of the characters – most prominently Holly and Michael, on the other hand – I’ve really hated, but never did it sloop to the point where I said that I was going to stop watching altogether … which kind of surprises me because these shows tend to get very predictable after the first few seasons. Luckily, this year they had a decent variety of personalities to keep the show going, but can they do it again next time???

Something tells me that as long as they can muster up at least half a crew of amusing C and D-list celebrities, The Celebrity Apprentice will continue just as long as Trump can continue to milk it…

Daily Tweets from Twitter…

  • 00:54 Ok, I think I’ve settled it – I’ll add about 15 more pages as "bonus content" and call it a day. #publishing #is #hard #
  • 16:06 Thundering like crazy outside, but will the rain actually come??? #weather #
  • 16:10 Debit card isn’t working … how convenient that @wachovia’s business hotline is CLOSED on weekends! Apparently all businesses run M-F… #
  • 16:22 Update: The rain cometh… #weather #now! #
  • 19:32 @edeckers Hot and rainy today. What part of Florida are you in? #
  • 21:05 @edeckers Bah – too bad. I’m up in Tampa, but that’s way too far to drive for lunch! 🙂 #
  • 21:28 Tried playing Guitar Hero again this weekend and might actually be starting to like it. Don’t tell @lorisaurus – still playing on Easy… #
  • 21:39 Also, our refrigerator is being a jerk again … wondering if I’m going to wake up to thawed out food tomorrow morning. 🙁 #

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Daily Tweets from Twitter…

  • 00:20 Ouchie – feets hurt! 90 minutes is too much walking for first time getting back into exercise mode… #exercise #sucks #beingfat #does #too #
  • 02:08 Does anyone know a method to check if pasta is cooked that DOESN’T involve burning oneself on boiling pasta??? #
  • 02:09 Also, feel free to make up a fun story about WHY a guy like me would be making pasta at two in the morning! #pasta #story #fun #
  • 12:38 New Humor Column : Smoke Detector Wars bit.ly/bderPV #
  • 15:25 It’s a giant cookie kind of day… (@panerabread specifically) twitpic.com/1nra7x < a href="http://twitter.com/ssevener/statuses/13993060079">#
  • 15:30 And speaking of giant cookies… (tinyurl.com/274w38o) #shameless #but #delicious #plug #
  • 23:19 Prediction: The Office will be back for one more season, and then that will be the end of it. #
  • 23:20 When you’re reduced to bad jokes about affairs and making yourself sterile, it’s time to admit that you’re just plain out of jokes. #
  • 23:23 Just watched an anaconda give birth on Smithsonian HD. If anyone needs me, I’ll be throwing up in the bathroom. #

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more fun with Mario Paint…

I remember Nintendo sponsoring a little contest in the back of their Mario Paint guide to encourage recreating music videos using Mario Paint. I always wanted to do one, but I didn’t have the drawing talent and it looked like a real pain to do with a VCR, anyways.

Fast forward 18 years – who knew there was a whole niche of people who spent their free time recreating their favorite songs via Mario Paint?!

Aside from the aforementioned cartoon themes, here are some of the ones that impressed me…

Don’t Stop Believin’ – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxUExzMuxXA
Thriller – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gc-1Dq3uQQ
Stairway to Heaven – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMQX4aF10Ak
What is Love? – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVlw9iWvE5k
Never Gonna Give You Up – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uZr3JWYdy8

Daily Tweets from Twitter…

  • 13:21 I love it when you get a call for a wrong number and the person on the other end acts like YOU’RE the one who made the mistake! #
  • 21:44 Almost hit a dude tonight riding his bicycle down the edge of an unlit road. SAFETY, PEOPLES!!! #wtf #bicycles #almostsplat #

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I’m not sure which I get more of a kick out of…

Watching the intros to my favorite childhood cartoons…
Darkwing Duck – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=375ENQbru8s
Gummi Bears – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcAMuO7VEeg
Chip & Dale – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e5q6ubDlZE
Duck Tales – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMU2NwaaXEA
Dinosaucers – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjhJSD8RU4k

Or seeing them recreated using Mario Paint…
Duck Tales – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g62T3xcuD7U
Inspector Gadget – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQE81F0pCz8
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8Rkldyiadg
The Muppet Show – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrz2lK4rgzY

Time Lapse Disney – this is cool.

Disney has actually been posting some neat stuff over on their Disney Parks Blog lately – this one is an interactive time lapse photo of Spaceship Earth at Epcot:

Interactive Image: Sun Sets over Spaceship Earth

Instead of trying to compete with all of the unofficial sites, I think this is the kind of stuff that Disney’s blog team should focus on because it’s something that they’re in a unique position to offer. Kind of like the early morning photo of the Space Shuttle Discovery launch over Cinderella Castle – don’t waste your efforts with top ten lists of your own restaurants and places to shop – anybody can write those, and they’re more personal coming from your fans, anyways. But behind-the-scenes-type content that the fan sites simply don’t have access to – like the after-hours efforts to relocate Pooh’s tree in prep for the Fantasy Forest construction at the Magic Kingdom – that’s where you can really shine!

By the way, here’s another similar photo from earlier this year that showcases Main Street USA’s transformation from day to night with all of the holiday decorations in place – very cool, indeed!

Daily Tweets from Twitter…

  • 12:08 Definitely VERY excited to see @cwgabriel’s tweet about a new D&D podcast! That series is what got me back into D&D a year ago. #dnd #
  • 12:49 Noticed that @tychobrahe called @pvponline Steve at one point in the PA news post – is this a problem that all Scotts must endure??? #
  • 12:49 I used to think that I got called Steve a lot because my Dad’s name is Steve, then I moved to Florida and it kept happening. #
  • 12:50 From there I deferred that it was something with my last name, but now I’m wondering if it’s a common problem for Scotts the world over… #
  • 13:28 In other Twitter news… #lunch #hamandcheese #panin
    i-style twitpic.com/1n7k51 #
  • 19:38 Welcome to the Island of Big Uglies… #dnd #lfr twitpic.com/1n9ubn #
  • 23:02 Good game tonight – nobody died, rolled some nice crits to take out an elite in the second round of combat … fun stuff! #dnd #lfr #
  • 23:04 On top of it all, never even got around to using the adventuring co’s action point – not bad for a 4-7 mod running on high! #dnd #lfr #

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