Top Ten Robots

I am in Victoria, BC right now, trying to finish my thesis so I can finally be a Dr.....Like all the super villains before me. You know, the professor kind, not the medical/useful ones. So while I am here I thought, why not write another post for my loyal one follower.

So my sister suggested that I post my Top Ten Robots. I really need to think it over....but instead I will just wing it while I should be doing research. (Note: I do not watch Battle Star Galactica so I have not included them).

10. Hal from 2001. He was scary but really just a red light. I didn't care for him much but he is so recognizable I had to include him.

9. Anyone in an Issac Asimov book. They all turn out to be Robots.

8. Optimus Prime!

7. That Honda Robot in the commercials. The one that dances and was designed to help the disabled or elderly. (Speaking of Japanese Robots...I am going to Sakura Con this weekend. Need to write a Con Post to cover both Cons.........KAHN!)

6. Roberto the Robot from Futurama that is very troubled and stabs everything. I love him because I feel sorry for him. (Really any robot on Futurama is kick ass...like the one that blows up every time he is surprised...priceless).

5. Any Terminator. I like the melty ones.

4. WALL-E

3. The robot I had as a kid that played cassette tapes.....I loved him.

2. Bender! Futurama's robot is the most identifiable Robot. He is damn hilarious.

1. Daneel from the Asimov Bailey Series. If you haven't read this series, go out to the library and get it now. I would suggest you stop at book two unless you really, really heart Robots.

I am sure I forgot some but you are free to correct me in the comments.

Lisa's Wedding

I don't know if you remember this episode but Lisa's Wedding is a Simpson's episode that tells the story of Lisa's first love, while at graduate school, in the year.....wait for it.....2010. Like any good high school physics teacher, I let part of my class watch the start of this episode today. Come on, it was an in-class work day. Anyway, I was floored on how I watched this episode when it came out, in high school, only to watch it 15 years later..almost to the day in high school again. Wait....March, I guess I was in 8th grade. The point is, I am old. By now you are asking, "But how does this pertain to robots or even nerdiness?"

If you have thought this question, you need to train your geekiness by watching some old Simpsons. First off, this episode starts with the Simpsons at a Renaissance Faire which is awesome and nerdy all in itself. Also, that most of Springfield is also there, is so funny; Chief Wiggum saying "......it's an Esquilax" referring to a Horse born with a head of a rabbit and the body of...a rabbit. I was made fun of non-stop about going to a Ren Faire and apparently it is just a normal thing to do in Springfield. My people.

Secondly, Robots...By now there should be Robot Librarians and Robot British Servents. Also, the video phone referenced in the show is basically Skype. So all-in-all I think we are pretty close to the Simpson's forcast, hologram trees, 40 Jim Carrey Movies, the British saving our ass in WWIII, surviving cryogentics........(It is so hard to type sarcasm).

The Future is NOW!

If you are a Nerd, raise your...wait I got to finish this level.

Soooooo, I started this blog so I could comment on my friends blog. However, I thought it would be fun to comment on everything nerdy that I enjoy. Right now, I am playing Harvest Moon "Another Wonderful Life", a game that is about 5 years old on a retired game system. I am playing with my cousin who is much younger than me (I am a adult, she is not) while writing a worthless blog. This makes me happy. Especially not actually playing the game but running through cheat after cheat and giggling over who to pick as your spouse.

I think we don't grow out of these nerd urges, we just hide them more as we get older and only let them surface when we are around trusted/like company. I think there are secret dorks/nerds/geeks everywhere. That guy in the office who is good looking and popular hides the embarrassing truth that he plays D&D once a month. Or maybe that well adjusted twenty something secretary spends a month out of the year handcrafting her Cosplay outfit for the next convention. All I know is that people seem surprised when they find out my silly obsessions with a popular canceled scifi show or my love of robots but maybe they aren't. Maybe they want to scream out that they love them too. Come to think of it...sometimes they do (or maybe they are secretly a robot).

This blog is dedicated to Nerds everywhere....I know I saw you at Emerald Con 2010. I was Harley.