The Pygmy Post

Happy New Year!

2012-01-09T22:04:00.001-05:00

Ok, so I'm a little over a week late, and pretty much have just destroyed all of my not so many new year's resolutions, including an attempt to keep this blog alive, but here I am posting anyways. So I guess there's always room for improvement, even though I'm off to a bad start already? Redemption! Not just a word meaning what you do with your numerous tickets won from arcade games to get a cheap 5 cent slinky and a rubber band, NO! Pygmy's makin' a comeback! Look out world, here comes Pygmy, take . . . ugh . . . lost my comeback count. No matter, I'm back, and this is my new year's resolotion, to spell resolution correctly and to keep this blog alive! I would need help though, suggestions from YOU, the reader. What do you want to see here? What do you want me to rant about? Anything tickle your funnybone? Let me know! Comment below and lets get this party started! I've swapped out the dead tracks in my iPod with some new jungle hotness, so I've brought the music, chips and dip are in that corner, and the dance floor is thatta way, so have at it!

Also I made a new game on youtube for WDW's 40th Anniversary, go me! To play, just watch this video and click the links inside the video to continue, good luck!

Hey mom, I'm still playing with my food!

2011-07-27T09:41:00.000-04:00

Here are some really artsy Oreos where I think someone had a little too much time on their hands to be playing with the delicious cream filling. Next, who doesn't love to play with their food and sculpt it to these impressive food figures? Finally, here's a guy who looooooves his vegitables, and turns them into stunning works of art Carl Warner calls, "Foodscapes". Next time you or your kids are poking around their peas and carrots or mashed potatoes, might want to let them finish and see what they could come up with!

Pygmy visits the Flintstones Bedrock City!

2011-07-23T12:12:00.001-04:00

Flintstones Fantasies come alive in this modern Stone-Age setting of fun-filled buildings and play areas. Tour Fred's Bedrock City. Ride the Flintmobile and Iron Horse Train. See Mount Rockmore and enjoy the new Flintstone Trio Show. Then romp on the playground's Slideasaurus. -http://www.flintstonesbedrockcity.com/

Sounds pretty cheesy and fun, two of the 3 qualities a Pygmy looks for in visiting a place (the other one would be amazing, of course.) So lets get to the pictures and report of my visit to Custer, SD to go hang out with Fred and Barney at Bedrock City!

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The War Rant: It's not easy being green

2011-07-20T21:31:00.001-04:00

So I'm playing Disney Trivia, featured on this chat room every Tuesday night at 9pm EST (Be there, tell 'em Pygmy sent you!) and one of the players mentioned about this guy who works at Disney that is devilishly handsome, quick witted and funny, and has a killer smile, and wears green. Wait a sec, does this girl know she's talking about me? Have we met before? I am freaking out right about now, up until when she gives a link to a video featuring this man of many talents.

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The way baseball should be

2011-07-18T14:22:00.000-04:00

I'm just about done with revising my icons, banner, and even added a favicon! Here's some just as fun and exciting as all my new little updates, baseball videos!

Here's an article with video about Ben Revere of the Twins who turns a trip into an awesome somersault. Think that's pretty cool? Check out this awesome first pitch!

Have anything cool or fun that you'd like me to share? Email me or comment below! Pygmy out.

Coming soon to the Pygmy Post: Fun & Games!

2011-07-17T11:39:00.000-04:00

That's right folks! Welcome to the Jungle, we got Fun & Games! Well, we've been advertising that all this time, but never really delivered, so it's time we stop delivering false advertisement. (This doesn't mean that our World Famous Jokes would get better from the sub-par puns you're used to hearing.)

This new section will give me reason to post the most random, fun, coolest thing I ever did see, and might even post a couple games in here too. So be on the lookout in the near future for our Fun & Games!

Ask A Skipper: the "Dark Side" of the Jungle.

2011-07-17T01:21:00.001-04:00

Tell us the true "Dark Side" of the Jungle Cruise. I've heard it often is likened to "Apocolypse Now" but much like its star Charlie Sheen it is in a current phase of spotlight confusion. can you tell us any tales from the river?

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Ask A Skipper: Jungle Cruise Rip offs?

2011-06-16T18:49:00.001-04:00

Dear Skipper,

Has there ever been rip-offs or rides that are very similar to the JC at other parks, and if there are any would you give them to the attacking natives as a sacrifice? Thank you skipper!
Signed,
Amateur Adventurer

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Pygmy's got Facebook

2011-06-14T19:51:00.001-04:00

Greetings Adventurers, and all those who just happen to be lost within the sound of my voice. I am Albino Pygmy, and now have a Facebook Page! Yes, that's right folk's, I've found a new way to reach out and annoy the masses. Add me as a friend and share the Pygmy love like the Yellow Fever! http://www.facebook.com/albino.pygmy

The War Rant: If it ain't Disney, it ain't worthwhile

2011-06-11T11:03:00.001-04:00

Howdy folks, Pygmy here again and think I finally have a hold over the odd bug going on in this blog of mine. I think I should have it tested for rabies. Anyways, there was this one topic that almost flipped my lid about their thought process of their local attractions in comparison to Disney.

Here's the original post:

It is summer time and it is the time of the year to get outside and see what the world has to offer (as a Massachusetts resident, I get stuck in side for awhile). My wife and I have taken my 3 year old and 18 month old daughters out and about in the area and I can't help but think, nothing is as good as the themeparks.

We'll go to the zoo and start talking about Animal Kingdom. We'll go to the science museum and start talking about Epcot. We went to a nice play area and then I will start to remember my daughters playing at the Honey I shrunk the kids play area at DHS. We'll go to a little amusement park and I will see the shoddy themeing, the peeling paint and the trash on the ground here and there instead of the fun times I am suppose to be having. We'll go places that are meant to be fun and I'll look around and think, "this place blows."

So it is official, the theme parks have ruined all area attractions for me. Has this happened to anyone else?

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Ask A Skipper: What makes Disney World so Amazing?

2011-05-06T13:05:00.005-04:00

I have always wondered why I love WDW so much.I mean, the rides are fantastic, but there has to be something else that keeps people coming back again and again other then the rides, which is what most people associate Disney World with, but I think theres something more.

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Pygmy visits the City Museum!

2011-02-21T12:58:00.004-05:00

I know what you're thinking . . . a museum . . . really? I thought you were supposed to be most awesomest Pygmy who visits the most awesomest stuff, not some museum, right? Have I lost my mind about all things fun and random? I'll answer that for you, NOPE! This "museum" if you'd like to call it, is anything but a museum. In fact, I'm not quite sure what to call it. Whatever it is, I like it, a LOT!

Just in case you forgot what you're about to get yourselves into, they have this sign.

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Pygmy visits Marceline

2011-01-02T00:10:00.004-05:00

It's almost time that I'd wrap up my little vacation, and Marceline was along the way . . . well, not really, but it was in the ballpark and had to stop by for obvious reasons. Anyhoo, I'm sure you'd all like to see some pictures, right?

The Walt Disney Museum. Closed for winter season.

Main Street U.S.A. Marceline

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Pygmy visits the Castle of Chaos!

2010-12-29T09:50:00.003-05:00

Greetings from Branson, MO, the hotspot for tacky shows and attractions for tacky tourists, including myself. I decided to head out here to see what all the hub-bub was about, and through the midst of all these shows all over the place, I stumble upon this entertainment complex that features a castle and King Kong on the top of a tall building. Besides driving by half of a sunken ship, this thing was the coolest thing we drove by while on the way to our hotel.

If you don't know what the Castle of Chaos is, check out their very own website. Here's what's featured on their site that drew me in to want to check it out even more:

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Ask A Skipper: Sketches with passing other boats?

2010-12-14T07:03:00.003-05:00

Are there any sketches you do with other skippers on boats passsing?

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Have I always been in B mode?

2010-12-12T22:12:00.002-05:00

One thing I love about the jungle of interwebs, is there's a lot of entertaining things out there, and I just so happened to find this one incredibly large furry guy that lives atop a really big mountain that also shares my love of disco.

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Ask A Skipper: Jungle Cruse, update or scrap?

2010-12-03T00:01:00.003-05:00

Do you think the majority of your passengers love the JC or view it as a relic that needs to be updated or gone?

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The War Rant! Getting Back to Basics

2010-10-30T18:03:00.002-04:00

So I'm finished with Basic Military Training, can I get a Hooah? Yeah buddy, The Pygmy has survived what is to have been said the roughest toughest training and initiation to join the best group of services in the country, and then two years later he signed up for the Air Force after working at Disney. I'll never forget the moment when we first got off our plane at the airport in San Antonio as we walked through the terminal and towards baggage claim, knowing what lies just around the corner and waiting for someone in camo to pop out and yell at us. After we got our bags, we were directed by a few nice people to walk down this quiet hallway where there one of those guys stood there and we all froze in fear as he shouts "What are you waiting for, get your sorry butts down here in 10 seconds, HURRY UP! MOVE IT!" And so our fun has just begun. What on earth did I get myself into?

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Ask A Skipper: The Temple Scene

2010-05-04T08:00:00.005-04:00

What do skippers do when you go into the dark ruins? The crew loses focus with that spotlight that you point at things with....you must be doing something considered illegal or at least something to be frowned upon, right?

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The War Rant: "Pooh" Sized People

2010-04-30T08:00:00.002-04:00

If you are by any means offended by fat jokes, then you should probably stop reading right now and jump straight to my comments section and post about how horrible of a person I am for making this post. With that said, hold onto your hats folks, and if you can, pull your safety bars all the way down, because this ride's gonna get rough! (And just in case if you're not sure if you'll fit in Pygmy's Not-so-Pooh-sized Ride-a-palooza, watch this video)

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Ask A Skipper: Favorite attraction

2010-04-27T08:00:00.006-04:00

Mr. Pygmy Sir,

What attraction is your favorite to hit when you'd visit the world on your day off (other than hitting the Jungle Cruise to heckle your fellow CMs)?

Signed,
Eating Grapes

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The War Rant: The Massive Stroller Army

2010-04-23T08:00:00.004-04:00

Robert Niles of Theme Park Review has a weekly segment I thoroughly enjoy as he shares his fond memories of working as a cast member in the Magic Kingdom. This week's entry got me thinking about how much I've loathed stroller duty for Pirates and Jungle Cruise. Pirates has an actual roped off parking lot for these horrid things, and Jungle Cruise just resorts to lining them along the edge of the hill leading upwards, which makes it rough to park these things. For Pirates, your duty was to keep moving the strollers over filling every available space (sound familiar as you enter any show?) And then grab all the strays because people love to just drop their stuff and their stroller right wherever they felt like it. Since I've rarely done Pirate Stroller duty, I'll talk about some of my repeat offenders while working as Jungle Greeter which also has to deal with strollers.

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Pygmy's offline for a bit

2010-04-20T12:08:00.000-04:00

So as I'm in a transition phase in my personal life and not able to be online again, I've loaded up my blog for the next 2 weeks of stuff that'll automatically post, and hopefully by then I'll be able to come back online and see all the comments you've nice people have left me and I'll continue posting live, but until then, leave a message after the beep and I'll call back at my earliest convenience. Boop!

(yeah, I've gotta get that tone fixed too, don't remind me!)

Ask A Skipper: What is an Albino Pygmy?

2010-04-20T08:00:00.004-04:00

This week I've dug up a great question from the archives, about what is an Albino Pygmy exactly, and here's what I've had to say:

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War Rant: Old Farts

2010-04-15T23:17:00.008-04:00

Lets face it, old people are scary. Everything gets saggy and wrinkly, things turn gray, all movement you once were capable doing is now slow as ever, and sooner or later you realize you've turned into an elephant impostor. I wouldn't be surprised if some of you happen to grow a short tail out your back side as you age. Besides your physical appearance, your memory starts to fade, unlike that of an elephant, and your attention span seems to shorten as well as your temper. You'll soon realize all of this you're soon yelling at those darned kids to stay off your front lawn and then shift your focus to care-free squirrel and you threaten you'll chop off it's bushy tail if it doesn't get out of your tree.

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Ask A Skipper: When plastic animals attack!

2010-04-13T08:58:00.009-04:00

Have you ever been attacked by one of the animals? Are there any piranias in the water? How come there aren't any huge squirrels out there?

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The War Rant: The Wild Blue Bunder?

2010-04-09T12:28:00.010-04:00

It's Friday, and unlike many other Fridays where I'd be glad to say TGIF, I'm wondering what on earth I just did yesterday. Rewind back to Tuesday when I get a call from my recruiter saying he can get me back up to MEPS to finish out processing. Ok, no biggie, been there before, done that, don't have to worry about the poking and prodding parade of doctors anymore, which is good, but still came out feeling sore and wondering why I was there in the first place?

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Help load up Pygmy's NEW iPod Touch!

2010-04-07T10:25:00.002-04:00

As of right now, I have 30 songs and videos for your viewing and listening pleasure, but I want to max out this thing! Each and every track has something in it that reminds me of my days in the Jungle, and I seem to be running out of song ideas. This is where you come in! I want you to comment below any songs that are jungle-esque that I don't have. Don't worry if you happen to post the same song that's already on my iPod, that just means you're on the right track! So post away and enjoy what I have so far of my jungley iPod mix :)

Coming Soon: Ask A Skipper!

2010-04-04T18:16:00.006-04:00

The smash hit thread you've all know and love is now going to be a weekly segment in the Pygmy Post (and the crowd goes wild!)

I'll be here to answer any of your questions you might have about ANYTHING, not just jungle related (although preferred.) There might be some weeks where I'll go digging through the old logs for some of the more memorable questions and answers, because digging for old things is cool.

If you have anything you'd like answered by yours truly, ask away below in the comments section, and I'll pick one or two for next week and answer them here. So what are you waiting for, Ask a Skipper!

Prepare blog for ludicrous speed! Fasten all seatbelts, seal all entrances and exits, close all shops in the mall, cancel the three ring circus!

2010-04-04T17:17:00.004-04:00

Forget hyperdrive, ludicrous speed is the way to go! Thanks to the good people at Walt Disney Boards, I now have some help to spread all things strange and jungley. I'm also in the works of bringing another weekly segment into the blog so stay tuned for that as well. I've also added a couple more jungley songs to my iPod for your listening pleasure.

Also, Happy Easter to everyone out in the jungle, and be sure to stay clear from any dangerous fake animals wearing fake bunny ears!

The War Rant: Missing cookies

2010-04-01T20:05:00.010-04:00

Alright boys and girls, Uncle Pygmy's gonna try to keep this blog alive and well as promised, but he needs your help! Every Friday there will be a "War Rant" posting of my choice. I'll try to suggest topics for next week as well and that's when you come in. Comment below on what you'd like me to rant or rave about next week and we'll go from there but for now, today's rant: Missing cookies!

A couple days ago I was called in to work a group and then stay afterwards to work on a couple projects. In between, I stopped by Subway to get myself lunch, and I later find out that they've stopped doing the ANY 5 dollar footlongs. Oh well, I splurged and got a footlong that's more than 5 bucks. I always get myself some oatmeal rasin cookies to go with my meal, and I look down the counter at the cookie case to see there is plenty of cookies available. Today was looking like a great day for me, the weather was great, I finally get a couple of my favorite cookies because they're usually gone by the time I'm there, working on more projects, things were going great. Well, I thought so until it was time for the lady in front of me to ring up her lunch. She turns to the cashier and asks for all the oatmeal rasin cookies. Hold the phone, why on earth would you take away all of those cookies? She leaves before I could say anything, and the cashier gave me a funny look and asked if I was alright. "Yeah," I replied, "but I was gonna get a couple cookies, but I guess that's not happening." "Yeah man, sorry 'bout that." So there you have it. Pygmy is once again, oatmeal cookie-less. Ok, that wasn't that much of an exciting War Rant, but I had to start somewhere.

If you have anything you'd like me to rant/rave about future weeks of the War Rant, please comment below!

Next Week: Stale Peeps!

Looks like any comicbook characters are soon to be owned by Disney

2010-04-01T12:37:00.003-04:00

Wow, first Marvel, and now this? One can only wonder what the lovely people at the mouse house are scheming up next: http://www.waltdisneyboards.com/disney-news-know/44306-disney-seeks-out-purchase-dc-comics.html

Virtual Jungle Cruise?

2009-08-18T10:06:00.008-04:00

As most of you know, I was a devastatingly handsome and witty skipper of the World Famous Jungle Cruise at Walt Disney World in Florida. I also have a fondness for being creative and coming up with strange and unusual things. I used to play a PC game called Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 all the time, and had theme parks based off of anything I can convert into theme park, such as movies, cartoons, websites, even songs and music. This time, I've created my beloved Jungle in the virtual realm of RCT2, but with a few twists and turns that nobody would ever see coming. So climb aboard my vessel, and I shall take you on a little 3 hour tour into unmarked territory. Bring a camera, food, bug spray, and several clean pairs of underwear.

Here's the entrance to the Jungle Cruise and the queue building. In here, you'll be standing around, having flashbacks of your life pondering if you'll ever make it out alive in this 21 hour long queue, wondering if there really is a Jungle Cruise. At least you have the zany antics of our favorite radio announcer Albert Awol and a fancy selection of Jungle melodies to keep you occupied.

Finally you board your boat, and travel down the first half of the Jungle. You might notice some familiar scenes including the butterflies, elephants, hippos, and of course, the backside of water.

So far it still looks very similar, but here's where I start adding my own twist to the cruise. Instead of entering through the temple, you go through the lion's cave . . .

. . . and into anothe ride? Wait a sec, we all knew that Pirates was Jungle's next door neighbor, but this is ridiculous! Let's try to find our back to our own attraction now!

How would we get back to the Jungle? Easy, we'll jump track and drop straight to the volcano scene that we joke about if you happen to sit in our sacrificial altar.

And then you end up meeting Ol' Smiley and Ginger and other various creepy crawlies. I'm sorry folks, no Chief Namee or Trader Sam in this version, although, if you look very closely and use your imagination, you could see a top hat and umbrella next to Ginger :)

After building the jungle, I decided to fill the rest of the space of my custom scenario. I made this scenario just to build Jungle Cruise only, but since I have other attractions and scenery, I had to expand. The next attraction for this park is 20,000 Leagues.

Here's the beginning of Pirates. Still needs work, and I will have the queue covered up similar to Jungle's queue, and have the first section of Pirates themed, or just covered up.

Here's an overall view of the park so far. The main section in Pirates is done for the most part, and I thought I took a screenshot of that, but I guess I didn't? I'll make sure to post it when the ride's done anyways.

So that's all the pictures of this park. Stay tuned as I show off another park as soon as I can find those pictures.

If someone would be so kind as to lend me a couple . . . hundred . . . thousand dollars.

2009-08-16T09:22:00.003-04:00

Yeah, help feed a starving skipper find his way back to the jungle! No folks, just pulling your leg with yet another seemingly random title for this blog. Yesterday's blog, I really didn't have anything to say or the time to come up with something post-worthy, so I just threw together a couple youtube links, and then came up with a random title saying something about Saturday Morning cartoons, since well, it was Saturday Morning. Anyways, I come back home, check my messages (actually, more like dusting out the cobwebs in my email account) and read up on a couple blogs I follow. One of these blogs is from a friend of mine from WDB and I'm wondering if he just so happened to skim through my blog and then come up with this blog post: Your Saturday Morning Cartoons. Today is a shorter day for me, but really won't offer a whole lot of time to put together something, so today's another 'off' day for me and you'll be getting this blog that just covers over this ironic situation, and to also see if Greg would be extremely generous later on today when I return from work. Perhaps instead of dusting cobwebs out of my email account like usual, I'll be dusting out a lot of pictures of dead green presidents :)

I miss Saturday Morning Cartoons

2009-08-15T08:56:00.003-04:00

Today, Pygmy's got a looong day ahead of him, and probably won't have time after work to come up with a blog today. But not to worry though, I won't leave you empty-handed. As I'm off working my spearbutt off, you can watch the best, most exciting video I have ever seen ever, and it's just as long and as fun as my 13 hour long day too! If you've liked that one, you can also check out this one too, just as awesome as the first, if not better.

And for those of you who actually sat down and watched both videos in their entirety, here are a couple videos to make up for what you've just endured. This one, that one, and this other one that looks wrong but really isn't.

Enjoy!

Nutty new Holiday tradition

2009-08-13T09:45:00.003-04:00

As I was searching for a picture to post tomorrow where I come up with a possibly witty and funny comment, I stumbled upon this picture I took while working at Universal Studios in Orlando. This is the "Holiday" Tree from Macy's Holiday Parade. (Can't call it a Christmas Tree, that wouldn't be politically correct, bah humbug!) It has a very impressive light display as you can see all the lights on it, almost as if there are more bulbs than there are branches for them to hang on. But if you look close enough in the picture above, you might see a little furry head of a squirrel peeking out. Ok, so there's a squirrel in the tree, no big deal, right? Who hasn't seen a squirrel climb a tree with lights before? Let me tell you, this isn't a real squirrel, but a mechanical squirrel added in the tree. Now why would they do that? The mechanical squirrel was added in as a tribute to a real squirrel that did climb all inside the tree and started gnawing on the branches and light strands. They've tried to catch it and remove it, but couldn't because it was too fast for them. After several repairs to the lights, they finally caught him as he fried himself biting into a power line. They felt sorry for the little guy, and added this little mechanical squirrel as a little memorial for it, right where it had been zapped. Not many know of the squirrel's existance, because nobody ever gets close enough to really examine the tree. Besides, it's best to admire the tree from quite a distance so that you can see the whole thing go through it's light display. Next time you head down to Universal Studios for their annual Macy's Holiday Parade, try to see if you can find the squirrel in the tree. If you do, you'll now know why it's there.

Behold! The new, official Pygmy Seals of Approval!

2009-08-12T14:48:00.009-04:00

Aren't they a thing a beauty? I've been meaning to make an official Seal of Approval for quite some time now, but didn't have access to Photoshop until today. Whenever I see something I like, you'd probably see this seal posted nearby, telling viewers that this thing must be good if Pygmy approves. Here, lets give this seal a test drive, shall we on a forum I frequent most, featured below.

Video of Pygmy at work

2009-08-07T08:18:00.004-04:00

No, not at the Jungle this time. I'm working Halloween Horror Nights at Universal as a scarecrow. I didn't know it, but a video of me made it online! It's about time the interwebs recognized some talent! Ok, you really can't see me, or what my character looks like, just some creepy shadowy figure with stick claws. But I assure you that is me at work. If you're having trouble finding me, look for this scary dude pictured below. Enjoy!

http://www.discoveruniversal.com/video/hhn16-harvestofthesouls.cfm

I have the sudden urge to chase a guy in a gorilla suit.

2009-08-06T11:31:00.004-04:00

I'm testing out mp3 players so that my Jungle isn't so quiet. I can't stand the sound of silence! It just drives me . . . well . . . you name it, it drove me there including but not limited to circles, rhombuses, parallelograms, and pentagonal shapes, oh my! (And you thought lions and tigers and bears were frightening. Geometric shapes are a lot worse because they're full of all sorts of problems.) Benny Hill won't be staying here much longer folks, so enjoy it while you still can. I'm looking to find a nice assortment of Jungle tunes for you to listen to as you cruise through my blog. Until then, run around in elipses being chased by gorillaman!

Getting the hang of things

2009-08-04T14:17:00.007-04:00

Ok, so the "hip new" look just didn't quite work out for me, so I went back to my somewhat familiar looking layout. Instead of jungle water brown, I now have the background jungle puke green. As I'm still getting the hang of things here, why not go do something productive while I go think of other things to post here, like go visit my youtube page. If you've already seen that before, you probably don't need to visit again since I haven't uploaded anything recent in the past year. However, I feel bad for sending you to my recently revised youtube page that really doesn't have anything new. So to make things up for you, I'll show you a spiffy little multiplayer game I've found recently. It's about these strange, cool, cartoonish balls (sounds familiar?) that you bounce around to score points in various mini games such as soccer, croquet, darts, etc. Check out the awesomeness that is: Globulos!