Our Only Thought is to Entertain You

The last two years before I came here to Stevens Tech, the DeBaun Theatre (located on campus) has put on both Godspell and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown--both shows that I did in high school. Now they're continuting that tradition with Into The Woods next spring. It's basically a hodgepodge of fairy tales in which all hell essentially breaks loose. Naturally, I'm stoked--it's one of my favorite shows, and it's being directed by my favorite director to work with, Aaron Bogad, who also directed me in The Rocky Horror Show and Batboy. In high school, I played Jack, of Beanstalk fame. I'm probably going to try for that role again, if not for one of the princes--Cinderella's or Rapunzel's, which are both very fun roles too--Cinderella's Prince especially, though I'd probably have a much better chance as Rapunzel's. Eh, I'm probably going for Jack again in any case.

Anywho, allow me to discuss the link in the sidebar there.

Dinosaur Comics is a comic about dinosaurs. How surprising. The interesting thing is that the pictures never change. Every comic is the same clipart picture of T-Rex, Dromiciomimus (God I hope I spelled that right) and Utahraptor, discussing topics ranging from philosophy to personal regrets to kissing two ladies at once. Ryan North (its author) is my hero. He's also responsible for such projects as Oh No Robot, a webcomic search engine. and RSSPect, which can turn any website into an RSS feed. Ryan is also the administrator of Truth and Beauty Bombs, the sexiest message board you'll ever come across. All the members are truly wonderful people; it's amazing they were all able to find this one place to convene, with little interruption from the usual message board folderol. It's also the official home of the "Garfield is funnier if you take away his thought bubbles" meme. If you look closely in the background, you can see me making one or two keen observations (I'm MvCRage)! There are now a couple projects out there that have run with the idea, taking a close look at how pathetic Jon really is when you strip away the witty quips of his anthropomorphic housepet. Could it be that my remark is what spurred the entire "Arbuckle is a sad creature" perspective? Eh, probably not. But it'd be cool if it was.

Woo, tangent.

Back to what I was originally talking about, Dinosaur Comics is one of my favorite webcomics, which is why I've decided to put it in the sidebar. I suggest you read a few, and don't forget to read the hidden punchlines-- One from hovering your mouse over the comic, one inside the "comment" subject, and one from the title of the comic in the archive. That's four punchlines per comic (including the unhidden one)! I'm probably gonna add another 2 or 3 links in the sidebar, and introduce them later (this post ran a little long). I'll promise they won't all be webcomics! Maybe!