The new cell phone that I got around Thanksgiving takes somewhat decent pictures compared to my old one, so I can use them to illustrate the stuff I see all the time (and complain about). I haven’t posted any here yet, so I figured I might as well start. I don’t know if I’ll make entire sections under Pictures for cell phone pics or just post them as needed here on the blog. For starters, here are a few to tide you over. I’m on blog fire; you other people with blogs (*cough*Ari, Nick, Alicia) need to catch up. I’m bored and want to read something, haha.
First, nothing special, just showing off my phone’s (poor) ability to take panoramic pictures:
Next, from my trip to the Mitsuwa shopping center in Chicago. I hate Pe Yonjun, and he is even sold here for Japanese housewives living in America to go nuts over.
Finally, I mentioned this last week in a post. I saw at CompUSA here in St. Louis an old couple who both had the EXACT same hair doo: it was a poorly dyed brown afro. Maybe they’re big fans of Welcome Back Kotter.
First one that sticks out was one of those generic law firm commercials, which says they cover personal injury law. Castle Law is the one that they always play in Indiana I think, with the really pissed off old guy. Maybe Keller & Keller? Anyways, I saw one today with the exact same set, script, graphics, and everything. Except instead of the pissed off old guy, it was WILLIAM SHATNER. Come on! (said in the Arrested Development GOB voice). Who is going to call a law firm just because James T. Kirk is pitching it? That’s right, stupid gullible old people. Poor old people who watch this stuff all day. All of these commercials are targeted to screw the old people. They don’t even try to make their commercials good, because they know they’re gonna hook some old people either way. I also saw a hip replacement commercial, weight loss plans, joint replacement, and about a million other health/medicine/life insurance ones. Still waiting on the viagra one.
First, you take the plastic device, that looks like a tall plastic tube, and put your pasta, vegetables, human heads, whatever, into it. Then you boil water (in what, who knows), and pour it into the tube. Wow. Don’t ask me why you wouldn’t just boil water and pour in your pasta (ie, the NORMAL way). So let’s keep going with this wonder device. After pouring in your water, and scalding yourself in the process, you put a plastic strainer lid on the top of the tube. Then you put another lid on top of that, and watch as your pasta time-lapse cooks and becomes limp (no joke inserted here, it would be too easy). Then when you’re pasta is done, you take off the first lid, and shake out the water with the AMAZING plastic strainer lid. Note that since the lid likely sucks, and is getting pushed with a whole plastic tube full of pasta, your pasta will likely fall into the sink, wasting your $20 and also your $2 box of linguini. If you somehow keep your noodles in the tube and strain the water out, then you can take off the strainer lid and pour your pasta onto a plate. 
