Futurama Math

I spent the day with a good friend from high school. We went to the mall so he could go shopping for summer clothes. Afterwards, we hung out at my house and watched the Futurama movie Bender’s Big Score on DVD. I’ve always liked Futurama, and the movie was definitely true to the series. I highly recommend any fans of the show to check it out.

Included on the DVD is a math lecture called “Bite My Shiny Metal X,” which points out some of the references to mathematics throughout the movie and the entire series. The lecture mainly references spherical geometry, topology, and number theory. My favorite references were to Klein bottles, the number 1729 (the famous Ramanujan taxicab number), and .

I like Futurama even more now than I already did now that I know there is real mathematics in it! Just because I’m not pursuing math anymore doesn’t mean I’m not still a huge math nerd.

For more about Futurama and math, go to the official website Futurama Math. Math rocks!

Lots of Scrubs

I’ve been watching a lot of Scrubs on DVD with my brother lately. My brother bought all the seasons on DVD a while ago but never got a chance to watch them until now. He’s trying to be productive, in a sense, by checking them off his to-do list.

I don’t care about being productive. After I get home from work, producitivity is the last thing on my mind. I just want to relax. Luckily, Scrubs is productive for my brother and relaxing for me, so we both win.

It had been a long time since I had seen Scrubs, so I forgot how much I liked it. It’s so random and crazy, but it still has heart too. We’ve been watching a few episodes every night this week, so I’m getting pretty addicted.

Anyway, here’s an awesome clip of Dr. Turk (probably one of my favorite characters, played by Donald Faison) showing off his air band skills.

I laugh really hard every time I see it!

Run Fatboy Run

I saw Run Fatboy Run today with some high school friends. Even though I read some bad reviews, I really enjoyed it! Yes, it’s predictable, and yes, it’s fairly unrealistic. However, if you don’t overanalyze it (critics and movie snobs seem to do that all the time), then it’s really cute and funny (while also being pretty crude sometimes; it is British after all).

It helps that I really like Simon Pegg. He’s cute in a weird way. I haven’t seen Shaun of the Dead, but Hot Fuzz was really funny. I didn’t know anything about Hot Fuzz when I saw it, so I was shocked (in a good way) by how incredibly random and off the wall it got.

I’m actually a pretty big fan of Britsh humor (humour) in general, but it can be hit or miss sometimes. Coupling and My Family are two of my favorite TV shows, but I never got into Absolutely Fabulous. I think Ab Fab is supposed to be a very big hit with the gay community, but I just don’t get it. I did enjoy the Monty Python movies, though.

One last note: I absolutely love British accents. They’re so hot!

Stars Hollow

My brother recently bought the seventh (and final) season of Gilmore Girls on DVD from Amazon.com. Since we share everything and he has no time to watch TV in medical school, he sent the DVDs to me.

To make sure the DVDs are in good condition, I played random scenes from each DVD in the set. I watched the season premiere, some of my favorite scenes throughout the season, and, of course, most of the finale. Okay, the scenes I played weren’t actually random at all, but I still tested each disc enough to know that the set is good.

After skimming through the last season, I got sucked back into the world of Stars Hollow. I miss Gilmore Girls. The show had loads of comedy with the right amount of drama mixed in. It’s one of my favorite shows of all time, like The Nanny and I Love Lucy. Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel are beautiful, and Jared Padalecki is incredibly cute/hot. I wish I lived in Stars Hollow.

I Love You

Since Valentine’s Day is tomorrow, I’m thinking about love. In particular, I’m thinking about the phrase “I love you.” Why is it so hard to say “I love you”? In so many of my favorite TV shows (Friends, Gilmore Girls, The Nanny, Ugly Betty to name a few), it’s always so difficult for people (almost always the guy, except in Gilmore Girls) to say “I love you” to the person they care about the most.

I’ve never had a problem saying “I love you” to people I truly feel that I love. So far, I’ve only felt such strong feelings for friends and crushes, but I’m certain that I wouldn’t feel any hesitation in expressing my feelings to a boyfriend or potential boyfriend. Unless, of course, the phrase somehow would scare him off. But in that case, would I really want a boy who is scared off when I express my feelings?

Some people might think that the phrase “I love you” means less somehow if you say it too often. I disagree. If the feeling behind every “I love you” is sincere, then it shouldn’t lose strength no matter how often it’s said. If someone blindly says “I love you” without truly feeling any love, then the phrase is meaningless, even if said only once.

I guess this discussion brings up the whole debate over what ”love” is and what does “I love you” really mean. Honestly, I can’t answer those questions. I don’t know what ”love” means to other people, and I don’t even know what it really means to me. But when I say “I love you” to someone, you can bet there’s a lot of love behind it, whatever “love” means.

Swishy

I don’t have anything important to say tonight, so I’m going to post an old clip from Ugly Betty. This is from the episode “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (Season 1, Episode 18 ) when Marc pretends to be dating Betty to hide the fact that he’s gay from his mom. The clip shows Marc finally coming out to his mom.

Michael Urie, who plays Marc, is really cute, and he’s a great actor. One interesting thing about the clip is that no one ever says “gay,” yet the scene is still so powerful. I love Ugly Betty.

Two Shows Collide

I love watching The Nanny. The show is so funny! Most people are bothered by Fran Drescher’s voice, but I don’t think it’s that annoying. I laugh out loud when I watch any episode, much like when I watch Ugly Bettty or I Love Lucy.

Speaking of I Love Lucy, I recently found a clip where Fran is about to marry Maxwell (from the season five finale “The Wedding” – it takes a long time for them to get together) and she dreams she’s talking to Lucy! Talk about combining two of my favorite things!

End Of Days

This is it. The night before my exam. There is no more time to study.

I can’t freak out. I can’t worry. All I can do now is get a good night’s sleep, wear my lucky underwear (doesn’t everyone have a pair?), drink a Red Bull in the morning, and take the exam.

I sometimes see my life as a TV show. Weeks become episodes and school semesters become seasons. Now that I’m not in school, these last few months after school ended have become a season as well. This season was all about the transition from school to the real world.

Tomorrow is the season finale. Everything I have been working for this season comes together in this last episode. How will this season end? How will this shape the season premiere?

Stay tuned!

I Need What She’s Selling

I’m really tired tonight, so there won’t be anything substantial in this post.

To make up for the lack of content, here’s a classic I Love Lucy scene from the episode “Lucy Does A TV Commercial.” It’s often cited as the best I Love Lucy episode ever.

Best. Show. Ever.

The Cutest Child Actor Ever

I’ve mentioned before that Ugly Betty is the best show ever, but I think I may have spoken too soon. While Ugly Betty is definitely one of my favorite shows, I’m not sure if any show can ever top I Love Lucy.

The other day, I saw the episode “The Ricardos Visit Cuba” (from season six) where Lucy meets Ricky’s family and has to impress Uncle Alberto. At the end of the episode, Little Ricky joins his dad to perform Babalu. Here is the clip from that episode:

Little Ricky (Keith Thibodeaux) is just about the best child actor Hollywood has ever seen. Not only is he the cutest kid, but he could play the drums remarkably well, even when he was five years old! It’s about as rare as finding Jamie Bell for the role of Billy Elliot.

I actually mostly like I Love Lucy because of Lucille Ball and all the insane things she says and does, but I saw how cute Little Ricky was in that episode and just had to put up the video for it. I’ll try to put up other classic Lucy moments if the mood ever strikes me again.