First up, Mitch Hedberg has some wise words about the Nintendo Wii. I also couldn’t wait to see what Penny Arcade’s take on this new slice of Japanese marketing perplexity would be. Would they take the high ground? Of course not.
I am now the proud owner of a Despair, Inc. Pessimist’s Mug which I have been eyeing up for some time. Once I again I managed to ruin another of Kirsten’s cunningly concealed surprises by callously failing to remind her that she’d left the box of the gift I didn’t know I was receiving in plain sight in her room. Firebox’s glaring orange logo isn’t what one might call subtle. It was to celebrate our 6-month anniversary this weekend, which actually feels a little weird — these six months with her have really flown by but I couldn’t be happier. Except that it means we’re now in exam term instead of October.
The mug was a talking point when I met the two American exchange students from Yale and Brown who have been living downstairs in M. We ended up chatting over a brunch of scrambled eggs that they made me in return for having used my plates and cutlery for some time. In a feat of gross incredulity, it emerged that I knew Leah’s ex, Rawen, with whom I have been working extensively on The Globalist! I knew the world was small but I warn you that it appears to be shrinking fast.
I have come to find those “your order has now been dispatched” emails from online retailers seem to have a taunting tone to them. They serve only to let you know that somewhere in the country your chosen item exists and is writhing helplessly within its brown packaging, but you can’t have it. I cannot help picturing a retail manager somewhere laughing at me as his drooling hunchback minion sends the mocking message. Ravi suggests I may be overthinking the situation.
28 April 2006 at 8:04 pm
Congratulations on a happy six months guys!!
28 April 2006 at 9:55 pm
But that’s not until Sunday… you know, we got together in style… on Halloween (~~) hehe, thanks anyway Ad, hope all is well…
29 April 2006 at 10:33 am
An interesting idea about Wii (¬_¬):
http://www.snarkhunting.com/2006/04/nintendo-wii-brilliant/#comments
If that’s true (and the lark of a trademark is…interesting) then that’s a genius idea by Nintendo.
29 April 2006 at 10:53 am
Mitch Hedberg is my favourite comedian. 🙂
I didn’t even know you knew who he was.
29 April 2006 at 11:43 am
“you know, we got together in style… on Halloween (~~)”
Hmm.. now why doesn’t that surprise me – very cute in any case and congrats for tomorrow. <:-p Yeh, things going well.. except having nightmarish visions of certain IB compscis haunting me in 9am's just to prove i'm not awake!
29 April 2006 at 12:25 pm
Thanks Ad! Nice to hear from you — Hope you’re doing well (or rather, as well as can be expected given exam term…)
Jane, yup I partly posted it to see your reaction because I know he’s your favourite comedian. 😉 :d
Adam, that’s an intriguing conspiracy theory. I’m convinced the weirdness is an intentional ploy, whether or not Wii is a fake name. The clues are there (I was wondering why revolution.nintendo.com was being used rather than a redirect). Wii — err, we &mdashl will be very impressed if that turns out to be true!
29 April 2006 at 5:48 pm
Congrats on the six monthness.
I also agree with Ravi I think those emails are sent more in relief that they’ve finally got rid of a movie or CD that no ones ever hear of 😛
30 April 2006 at 4:43 pm
Hehe, you sly devil, you. It did make me smile quite a lot. Mitch rocks, like whoa.
Well, he did rock. 🙁