Captain's Log 69: Study Hard

The quarter is finally coming to a close and things are wrapping up. It is just a matter of time before the students are free to roam the plains of OSU in mass chaos. There will be parties and some who will just sleep or veg out on their couch for a while. I will be playing videogames for a very long time and then sleep and eat to my heart's content. This blog is already feeling like I wont have enough to write about so maybe I can just buy time by writing word or finding a topic to rant about. Then again I am have a hard time finding a topic to write about like for Christmas I have absolutely no idea what I want or the fact that I am not going to have enough money to buy gifts for everyone this year. It is really sad when you can not afford to give to others and you are actually in need of the money you want to spend. But for the most part the other people will understand. I will graduate at the end of this year so maybe my gifts next year can be awesome in sacrifice of this year’s gifts. Seems like a viable idea to me. I just have to make sure that I seal a job before I get out this year which I plan to do in the winter quarter. I am also a TA for one of my favorite teachers, so I guess I will have a little cash flow from there. I am looking forward to being a TA for Experimental Design. I know it does not sound all that exciting but the teacher makes it much more fun.

Captain's Log 68: Mission Accomplished

The captain has accomplished reaching his 100 comments during the break and is now tackling a physical chemistry lab report. It is full of jargon and fancy terms for simple things that most people would never in their right state of mind care to think about. He hopes to finish it tonight in order to have time to study for his final exam this thursday and hopefully do well on it. There is a lot of ground to cover and he is unsure if he will get there. It is a long and treacherous journey that must be made and afterwards, there is yet more studying for the remaining finals as well as a meeting at the writing center on wednesday. The captain is typing this in order to try and remember, so that he does not miss the meeting because there were so few slots left for this week. Anyways, I hope to finish the lab report by 1 am and then go to bed and get up tomorrow to study all day and then turn this report in on wednesday. Then do the physical chemistry final on thursday and start studying for my final on monday at 7:30 am. I just have to stay focused and finish strong then I can relax just like the rest of you. I think I am planning a trip to Florida just to get away f or a week or so. It has been a very long quarter with all the lab reports, tests and other stuff that has been going on. I am sure we could all use one by now,

Captain's Log 67: End of a Break

The break is finally coming to a close tonight. There was food, laughter and quality time spent with friends and family. It was a great break and now we begin two final weeks of classes. After the last week I am thinking that a drive to Florida with some friends is definitely in order since all the hard work we all put into the quarter. A nice week on the beach relaxing when most other people will not be going to avoid the crowds and getting lower prices on a lot of things. It is most likely going to be a driving trip because it is far cheaper, avoids the car rental expenses and can be done in a day or two. We will most likely attempt a one day drive which means rotating shifts of driving all the way down to Florida to keep everyone fresh and alert. The trip will be a good chance for everyone to bond an relax at the same time. You don't really know someone until you have spent a really long time with them in a car. Even if we do not get to go at least the thought made the last two weeks seem worthy of finishing strongly rather than dreading them. I hope to be able to finish the quarter strongly and then just forget about everything until a week before the next quarter. I will play video games to my heart’s content and then sleep as much as possible to feel charged rather than sleepy.

Captain's Log 66

The Captain is feeling increased pressure from all the approaching deadlines. It feels as if time itself is running faster and less can be done within the allotted time. There is so much to do that the idea of sacrificing certain tasks is looking increasingly more necessary. It is in times like these that stress can over take and things seem like they will never get better. A break is probably necessary in order to relax slightly and be able to perform better overall. Judging by what you all have posted, it has been decided that “Bad Romance” by Lady Ga Ga shall be the captain’s battle cry and signature line.  It will surely quake fear into all the hearts of his enemies and make him a remembered presence on the battlefield. There are many who already tremble in fear from battle where this new battle cry was used. They are so frightful that a smile overtakes their face and they turn away and run onto the depths of space. The captain and crew are no longer taken lightly as the enemies run at light speed while having a strange sound that must be a side effect from all of the fear they are feeling that sounds very much like a laugh. But since they are running it surely must be a side effect of the fear. There will be updates of future battle and possibly by the end of the quarter a collage of the captain and his battle cry, stance, and line being said. Keep your eyes ready, we are on the horizon and will send fear quaking through your very being with our new battle cry! No one will be left on the battle field as they will be stifled and confused as they wont know whether the captain is romancing them or launching an all out attack!

Captain's Log 65: Relaxing Day

The captain got a late start on his black friday shopping and ended up buying only a printer cartridge. The day progressed and the captain did a little work but mainly just relaxed since the upcoming week is going to be long and not fun as well as the next week. There is much to be done but the captain is having a hard time to find the drive to do it all. As he is sure everyone is. Try to finish strong because afterwards you get a nice almost month long break. Then celebrations can commence and relaxation begins for a majority of us. The ending is the best part of the quarter because then you truely have nothing to do for school and can sleep in and relax. Overall not a bad day, now the captain will try to get some comments in so an appolgy will be made now on the captain's behalf for the spamming of your inboxes. The captain must get back to work and must finish all his work to try an allevoate some of the stress of this week.  He hopes all of your breaks are going well and that the food will continue to be tasty and plentiful. Get ready for the Michigan game! The Bucks will take on the Wolverines and take them down! Have fun but not too much as that can  lead to the loss of memory and possibly a stranger you do not know being beside you when you wake up.

Captain's Log 64: Turkey Day and Balck Friday Shopping

The turkey day turned out to be full of food and a family football game. The epic game came down to a tie this year. All players left the field muddy and drenched in rain. The food was the best part of course with Turkey, mashed and sweet potatoes, bread, pastas, and of course the deserts. The pumpkin pie was the best part of the meal as it should be. After eating and getting home I ventured home to prepare for Black Friday shopping. I decided to take a nap and then to wake up and go shopping but that failed because as soon as I woke up, I thought to myself "What deal is good enough to crawl out of bed at 3:00 am and then go stand in a large crowd of people?". There just were not enough reasons to crawl out of bed to go shopping for stuff. I do not plan on buying much this year anyways, so it is nicer to just go back to bed after typing this blog. The captain wishes everyone a seasons greetings and that everyone is enjoying the time with their families, friends, and the food. If you did venture out to go Black Friday shopping the captain wishes you a safe return home in one piece without any shoe prints on your back because the deals may be good but not good enough to die for.  The rest of us will go shopping later today after getting a good amount of sleep and being completely refreshed.

Captain's Log 63: Dance Blog

The captain has demanded that the entire crew join his fitness club. It consists of doing yoga, Pilates, and various other awkward exercises. He believes one of the key things to being a good crew is that everyone be in tip top shape. Unfortunately the captain only watches as we all attempt to do this routine and laughs as some of us fail while other succeed.  These exercises are supposed to help make our mind and body function as one and become a lethal killing machine while looking elegant and graceful. While I appreciate the Captain’s interest, I can not help but speculate that there is some other reason he has for making us do the routines while he watches. He will smile and wave at some of us with a wink which quite frankly creeps the living daylights out of most of us. But he is our captain so we must abide by his commands regardless of how much we question his motifs. The current state of the crew is that there are all shapes and sizes and we each have our own unique ways of making it to the end of the routines. Some of us fake an injury and others just pretend to pass out, either way we are able to get out of this duty and return to our rooms where we are able to forget the looming looks that linger in our minds of the captain’s glances. This unique and creepy bond we all share is what keeps us together and functioning as a group. The video will probably be posted during finals week since the crew members will need to releive stress and exercise is a good source for this relief. There are many steps to be learned and little time. The captain will be learning and teaching as the next few weeks go on until the performance. What do you guys think?

Captain's Log 62: BSG 2

The ending to Battlestar Galatica's first part of the series was pretty typical and decent. The humans escape so the series can continue and have to run to regroup and fight another day. It follows the usual humans live to fight another day followed by a series of episodes that will introduce drama and the humans will gain an edge at some point against the cylons and end up winning. I am sure the overall series will be interesting and hopefully have a few surprises along the way to keep viewers attention. There may be enough interest to watch the next episode in the season out of pure curiosity and to see what happens to the crazy guy that sees the cylon chick. I am not sure what else to write about the series other than an analysis of the graphics and effects used in the first episode. The graphics were still pretty good for its time and the sounds that were chosen for the ships and everything were not to reminiscent of star wars which was a refresher. The ships were of a nice design and unique to the show and the cylons still are a mystery at least what they look like in person. The rest of the cylons are still robot like but we dont know how refined they are now in comparison to their more human like models. I really can’t make an  in depth analysis because I do not know enough about the series yet.

Captain's Log 61: Minecraft

The captain has discovered a game from his friends call minecraft! The sole purpose of the game is to mine material and build structures using blocks in order to avoid the zombie, spiders and various other creatures of the night. The game is extremely simplistic, but the addicting part is seeing the finished structure after you have spent the time building it. Certain tool mine certain things and different material are needed for each tool. As you progress through your digging there is lava and water that you could potentially dig into and get yourself into quite the situation. I thought the game sounded pretty ridiculous at first but after playing it I can see why it is so addicting. There is much more to the game and this is merely the alpha testing meaning the game has barely taken off. There is much more to come in the future and it will be free to those people who bought the earlier testing version. There are lots to do and many other things that allow for comradery and some good laughs. I would recommend the game to anyone willing to give it a try because I think it would entertain many different kinds of people. It is fairly simplistic once you get the handle on a few things. I will see you guys today technically, I am having trouble sleeping if you could not tell already. I hope everyone sleeps well and sooner than I got too, sweet dreams and good night.

Captain's Log 60: Pirates of the Caribbean

The captain has noticed that the channel USA is very fond of playing Pirates of the Caribbean every weekend on sunday. There is the first, second, third and evetually the fourth. I feel like it is turning into The Land Before Time which is on movie 11 or 14 now and seems to have no end in sight. I love the series, but its hard to love it as much as I usually did because it is on so often... The appreciation for the story line begins to stop when you have seen it 35 times or so and you watch it hoping that it will be just as good as the first time. Alas, this is not what has happened. Instead I am just getting bored and losing interest. Does anyone else feel that they are playing them on television way too much? There are some others series that are over played as well. Some of the underplayed ones are Lord of the Rings, the original Star Wars and several other trilogies like The Mummy. Granted the last Mummy was pretty bad because they recasted Eve! My first thought when I heard that was "How DARE they!" and now I refuse to watch that particular Mummy sequel. Along with the rest of these movies are shows where they continuously play only the most popular episodes like certain Law and Orders or CSI’s and you want to see different ones even if they were not the most popular jus tot see something new! This has turned into a rant and will now end to save you the reader’s time and the captain and just get over his raging. The captain wishes you a pleasant day!

Captain's Log 59: Harry Potter and the Disfunctional Publish Button

So it appears the captain did not hit the publish button yesterday when he put his blog up. As a result he will be putting up this late one with a perplexed look on his face and a bit of rage on his mind. The new Harry Potter was a pretty good movie as it has many battle scenes and spells that any Dungeons and Dragons fan would love to see. I am not a DND person but I thought it was pretty good overall. Solid story line and the graphics were pretty darn good. I have had a hard time sleeping as of lately so I have been watching all of the Harry Potter puppet pal videos on youtube to lighten the mood and get a few laughs. Yes, the humor in these videos is very simplistic and it provides endless laughs to anyone who might be slap happy. The weekend has one day left and then the Mirror Lake night will be here on tuesday and there will be many people running around in the cold drenched in the very clean Mirror lake water. It is the purest water on campus with a 0.001% chance of catching syphilis! Those odds arent good but I can only image being the one person to get it and trying to explain it to your parents! I can gaurentee they wont be buying the line, "The lake did it!". That is it for this blog now onto the next one so I can be caught up overall and then to the commenting!!!

Blog 58: Captain's Log

Today was the last day for the captain's horseback riding class. It was a sad day for the captain and he spent an extra hour just going around and petting all of the horses. They each have their own unique personalities and are very nice in general. The captain walked in with clean clothes and a jacket, but walked out covered in hay, dust, horse hair and dirt. The captain is definitely considering doing horseback riding in the winter. Sure it is going to be extremely cold some days, but he is a space cowboy and can take on the elements! Not to mention it is extremely relaxing to just be able to ride around for about an hour and just forget about the rest of the world.The captain wishes he would have grown up on a farm and had horses when he was younger because he always liked the out doors. There is a lot of stuff to do on a farm and it might be work for some, but the captain enjoys these small tasks. The captain thought the horse named Peaches was the nicest and most awesome horse on the farm. She was extremely kind and loved attention. There  are many things the captain wishes to type about horseback riding although there is way too much to talk about and his words are almost up. Well you all have a great day and the captain will catch you later. Remember to feed your intergalactical pets and smile on occasion.

Blog 57: Captain's Log BSG

Battlestar Galactica is like most of the traditional shows that air on scyfy where there is some sort of aliens or robots that are trying to take over the earth and the humans must fight them in order to survive. The show overall isn't that bad so far. It has an interesting story line that keeps the viewers attentions while providing some cool fight scenes and graphics. The fact that the cylons look more human like and can even fool the humans is pretty interesting. The rest fo the series should be very attention catching and able to make some real interesting plot twists towards the end. There are many reasons to continue watching BSG in order to find out if the human race will survive the attack and/or war as well as if the cylon that saved the one guy will help the humans because she likes him. Or is she is only protecting him because he is of further use to the cylons. The nukes hitting the planet were very smooth looking graphically which is pretty interesting since BSG is from a few years ago. The sequel Caprica may be worth a view if BSG continues to be interesting. I think BSG was actually cancelled if I am not mistaken which makes me think the writers began to run out fo ideas or the story got dry/repetitive.  Anyways, after seeing how the rest of the episode goes I will decide whether or not to continue watching the series and then the sequel.

Blog 56: Captain's Log "Finish Out the Week Strong"

The captain is finding a lack of motivation this week as it starts to reach its end. He has many tasks before him, but doesn’t feel the need to take them seriously. The tasks are a report, a paper, a memo and studying for a quiz that he needs to do well on. He has potentially finished the paper, is half way through the report and has yet to start the other two tasks. Once he finishes the report and knows that the paper is at least half way decent, he will be able to move on and finish off the other two tasks hopefully all by the end of tonight. The captain's goal is to have almost nothing to do tomorrow so that he can finish studying for the quiz and post lots of comments on unsuspecting peoples' walls. Some of your inboxes will be flooded and the captain is deciding to apologize ahead of time. The comments will range from useful to useless commentary depending on what blogs lay in the path of his destruction. He should reach 100 easily by Sunday night and then begin to claim his extra credit as he will agree to nothing less than an A in this English class. He just needs the drive to complete all of these tasks and he will be able to move on with the rest of the final tasks of the quarter. The captain will have approximately 2 finals, but only 1 is actually during finals week. It has been a long journey this quarter and it is finally coming to a close all too soon.

Blog 55: Captain's Log "What a Day...."

The captain ventured into his first class this morning to spend five minutes in the room and then go outside for a "fire drill" which turned into a bomb threat. The captain was separated from his utility bag that contained all of his belongings that were crucial for his missions today. Instead of completing any of these missions, he was forced to sit around and wait until his utility bag could be retrieved from the evil clutches of the goggle bomber. The captain charged in past the tape with an official federal escort to obtain his bag and return to head quarters as soon as possible. After the retrieval of his bag, the captain ordered a interplanetary pizza from Papa Johns and sit down to ponder about the troubles of his persuasive paper. He was semi-distracted by a videogame and then returned to his though process. Now he will tackle the mission of writing the paper and saving the galaxy through persuasion and relationship advice! It sounds much more glorious than it actually is but, the captain fears and knows that it is a job he must do. He strikes the keys with every word running through his mind at light speed, each stroke ringing out in a beautiful and harmonious frenzy of typing. The speed picks up as the captain reaches the part of the paper where the reader will realize that which he has called on them to do! He provides examples through relevant and current shows that people can relate to and begins to write his final paragraph. The suspense is momentous as he slows down to ponder on his final words in the paper. The tension builds as his thoughts swirl in his mind and then he makes his final strikes. A masterpiece is born!

Blog 54: Captain's Log "The Captain's Decision"

The captain has to make the decision on what to type his Common Place paper on. He has it narrowed down to how the ideal relationships created by Hollywood tend to leave out the major flaws or challenges that come with them. The compelling part of the article was poorly outlines in that people need to be aware that when looking at their own relationship they cannot base their ideals on these dreams created by movies. Granted that the movies provide adventures and danger for the couples, but the simple everyday challenges are overlooked. These minor imperfections that are left out are usually what tear them apart and sometimes it is because one or both of the people in the relationship have unrealistic standards for the other. The captain is going to make a better attempt at making this more obvious in his paper. He is happy to see that 1 out of 11 people from class caught the humor/annoying fact that the relationship between Penny and Leonard did not actually occur until season 2 and ended in season 3. Also, the fact that Leonard and Penny from The Big Bang Theory are a couple that you are not likely to see, but their relationship does portray many of the complications that arise in real relationships. So the captain has decided to ask you what you the "readers" want to read about in this aspect. Have you found yourself or someone else holding unrealistic standards on someone? Have you experienced these imperfections in real relationships that tend to be let out in movies?

Blog 53: Captain's Log

Cooking with the captain has allowed the entire crew to bond over the making and eating of a meal. Food is a universal language that can be applied across all cultures and brings different ones together. By having the crew cook together they could each bring a unique ingredient to the overall dish and in the end the combination of these overall individual ingredients provides one delicious and amazing end result that the entire crew can enjoy together. If you don't think it is as powerful as this suggestion says, give it a try. Invite over your friends for a dinner night and cook something from scratch. Buy all of the individual ingredients and have someone work on each one and add it when it is needed. There are many different dishes that can be made and attempted by you and your fellow comrades in effort to make a fabulous dish for all to enjoy. This simple and trivial task will bring about conversations and bonding time that may often be overlooked and under appreciated these days. These moments can be more valuable between two people than simply buying a lunch together and just eating because it forces people to communicated and work together using team work. Even dare to choose dishes from other cultures where no one has any idea how the actual dish should turn out and enjoy the surprise flavor at the end. Sometimes things that look questionable are actually some of the most delicious dishes to ever be made. Many dishes that you see today were created on accident by someone who was just messing around with different ingredients.

Blog 52: Capain's Log "Pokemon"

The captain is going to enlighten you with both knowledge and a source of entertainment. He has discovered that Pokemon is a very entertaining game despite your age and that regardless of how cute and fluffy an electric rat is it is not meant to be hugged. The result of hugging said rat is shocking! Banzinga! I know that the captain's humor is both intellectual yet easy to understand which makes it funny, timely, compelling and relevant. The games and different versions of Pokemon have provided hours of wasted life and gameplay that is so addicting that you will not give up until said fluffy creature is captured! You will reset the game and keep hunting in the grass until you find your one desired and over obsessed creature that you so desire to have within your arsenal of other fluffy creatures that it will both allow you to feel better and laugh as you kill other creatures with your favorite one. Doing this for hours and hours and then stomping the elite 4 with this one creature causes you hours of laughter and enjoyment as their pokemon fall one by one to your massively leveled fluffy critter. This game is highly recommended to any age bracket and actually contains a decent story line. Pikachu makes a very nice choice for a ringtone since it will make others laugh and be very distinct. It may also cause people with a skewed vision of reallity and the game to pull out a pokemon and bludgeon people with it by tossing it across the room in hopes of catching a pikachu. So be careful if you so choose to do so and hope not to be the bludgeoned person. JigglyPuff!!!!! Jiggly jiggly jiggly PUFF!!! *A wild Charizard has appeared* (not possible in earlier versions without a game shark)

Blog 51: Captain's Log Late

This is probably the captain's second legitamately late blog that wasn't caused by technical difficulties. Instead the captain was helping his grandparents around their house and then falling alseep at 9:30 pm before he awoke this morning at 8:30 am this morning. He helped his grandfather install galatical windows that would protect them from both all the space elements and inter planetary bandits. Then he ate a meal and fell asleep from all of the work and had to do more this morning. However, as along as the captain is getting food to fuel him, he is more than happy to do the tasks bestowed upon him from the elder and wise grandparents so that he might pass the knowledge onto you. There are two inter planetary dogs that live at the house as well that were both joyful to have someone to play and tell that need to go out. When the captain got tuckered out and caught up in his day, he forgot about the blog and fell asleep causing him to thereby miss the blog and have to write it today and then write his next one back to back. This system will work as he will be able to write it immediately after on a more interesting and relevant. The end of this blog is near and it will soon end, thereby leading to the next blog which is to be written directly after this one, meaning it will both be on time and not forgotten like this blog from the prior days events enabling the grade to be put as completed and not incomplete.

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Blog 50: Captain's Log "I Feel Smart"

First off, it should be noted that the captain plays a video game called League of Legends, where he is a tank for the team. Taking the attention and abuse from his enemies so that his allies do not have too. He puts himself in harms way in order to save his allies from pain and allow then to trample over their foes as he stands there and takes the abuse. Let alone he is usually the leader of the team that leads them to victory. On another note, the captain enjoys feeling smarter as he watches the show "The World's Dumbest Criminals", which shows people who are just as the titles describes, to dumb to commit the worlds simplest crimes successfully. These people provide laughs, entertainment and keep the police busy in their crazy and brainless antics all over the world. If you have not seen this show the captain highly recommends it and you will see exactly why he enjoys it. The later at night it is when you watch it the better. You will laugh so hard you will pass out and get a good nights rest. There are indeed people too dumb to commit crimes and for that reason they go to jail and provide entertainment as you watch them fail time and time again. The entertainment is so good that the laughter that ensues is both unending and echoes throughout the entire apartment. This show has got to be one of the most creative and best ideas that ever arose from a 5 minute brainstorm or a funny personal experience.

Blog 49: Captain's Log

Does anyone else remember the creepy little things call "Ferbie". I may have spelled it incorrectly, but that is mainly because I never owned one and despised them. I heard stories of them randomly waking up and just talking non-stop while a person was sleeping or at some of the worst possible times. They looked really creepy with their huge eyes and fuzzy little bodies. This was one of the worlds toys that I felt never needed to exist. I understand the need to have something fuzzy for people to love, hold and care for but there were better options such as Tickle Me Elmo, which I would have rather seen than these creepy litte fur balls. They had no educational value and they required no care at all minus putting in new batteries when your little fuzzy chatter box died midsentence. They did not need to be fed which may have given some source of responsibility and I ended up hearing more stories later on about people destroying furbies in various ways then loving them. However, the funny part about them is that they are a million dollar idea much like Snuggy in my eyes. Ideas that are just a “What the hell?” moment every time you see them yet enough people are buying them to stimulate more commercials and the production of more of them. What other ideas do you guys remember that were not impressive but ended up making a lot of money? At least “Skip it” made kids exercise and I could see then fun in it as a child.

Blog 48: Captain's Log

It appears that the setting the clocks back an hour is affecting my ability to stay awake. There is almost no longer any time between me feeling tired and actually falling asleep. I slowly start to lose control of my eyelids which continually are in a closing motion regardless of how much I fight it and my body becomes increasingly heavy and comfy. I tend to doze off on my couch and wake up some amount of time later then walk into my room and return to sleep. This has only happened a few times but all spaced out. I love sleeping in the cold so winter may be the bane of my existence each year as I go from hyper to more of a moderate calm. The difference becomes increasingly noticeable the farther in winter it becomes. The smell of hot turkey, pumpkin pie, apple cider and pumpkin pie will slowly begin to fill all of our houses in the near future. And then there is the one day a year we can stuff our faces and be with our families while one unfortunate turkey meets its demise. However it is an absolutely tasty demise that many turkeys just happen to meet around the same time every year. But the truer and scarier thing is that a huge number of pumpkins are hunted down and turned into pies. This yearly ritual is both messy and infinitely more delicious than the turkey. I could quite literally eat it all day and every day.

Blog 47: Captain's Log A Day As The Real Captain

Today was a very intense day, I started off by waking up at 5:00 am to finish studying for a Biochemistry exam and then finally took the exam at 8:00 am. After a very long and difficult exam, I had a physical chemistry lab report due at 5 which I still had to type and it took me from 9:30am to 4:30 pm to complete it. I finally got to go home and eat my first meal of the day and then relax the rest of the evening. I was really hoping that NCIS would be on so I could watch special agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs in action taking down all those who dared to stand in his path, but alas it was not on. So I played Fable III and found an existing glitch in the game where your file becomes stuck on a particular quest and all you can do is start over again. Overall they day could have gone far better, but I am glad that all of the work I had to do was done on time and that I can relax a little more tomorrow. I am definitely thinking that a nap sounds great as well as some ice cream to be sure I am ready to take on the rest of the week. This week I am hoping to work on my homework and everything sooner than later and be able to take it easier until the end of the quarter. Cutting it so close to the deadlines causes a lot of unneeded stress.

Blog 46: Captain's Log Tea Cup Pig Theory

The Captain has decided to address a question that is surely lingering in the back of your minds, "How is it that Teacup Pigs remain so small while all other pigs are so large?". The Captain has come up with a few theories and illustrations to aid in his explanation to you. The first theory is that the genes of the pig and the teacup have created a cross breed of a pig that is no larger than the size of the teacup which required very specific gene splicing. The second theory is the obvious misuse of a shrink ray on full sized pigs that reduces them to the size of a teacup. This abuse of such a technology on pigs is both sad and pretty darn funny. This one is the one the captain believes to be most correct.The third theory is that the pig are raised inside of a teacup that way their body must adapt to the size of its environment causing the pig to be so small. This theory is also a good one.

There are more theories that can be gathered I am sure, but the captain has decided to leave some of that detective work to you! You have been honored with a mission to create your own theories and post them. Together you and the captain can unravel the mystery that is the Teacup Pig.  Be sure to think of a theory, nothing is too out there….I mean look what the captain is suggesting…surely you have a better explanation that can  “help” his theory along. Sorry the pictures failed :-(

Blog 45: Captain's Log

The Captain will celebrate tonight at midnight because he believes that he gathers all his strength on this very day and suddenly has the ability to grant an extra hour to all his crew. He prepares himself with nice meal all day to ensure he is full of energy and does his stretches before performing the back-in-time dance. He says the stars align in such a way that he is able to perform this miraculous feet only once per year and that we should enjoy the extra hour he grants us every year. There is a party set up for this year where the crew will learn the choreography to "Poker Face" in order to strike yet more fear into our enemies’ hearts. Those who do not participate must have a one on one lesson with the Captain later for two hours of repetitive dance. As if the one free hour he gives us isn't scary enough since we must be subject to his "gift" and now we have to learn a dance...I fear most of the crew will fail in this endeavor since most of us have poor coordination from being at the controls all day. Although, some of the crew members are gifted in that area, most of us suffer from having slower reflexes and stiff movements. Once this is over the entire crew must perform the dance during the playing of the battle theme, complete with dress and hand gestures. I am sure it will be quite a sight and scare our enemies away every time. There is definitely no doubt that all other crews in the fleet will take us completely seriously...

Blog 44: Revised Title

The Shattering of an Ideal Romantic World

Imagine a romantic setting on the beach, just a table set for two, a special someone has cooked you dinner to eat by candle light as the sunsets in the horizon just over the ocean and the sky turns that soft pink color as the sun disappears. After dinner, the two lovers embrace each other and the scene closes with a passionate kiss.  This is one of the many various romantic pictures painted by Hollywood, romantic novels, and hopeless romantics that dare to dream up a flawless and perfectly executed gesture of love. One of the most recent romance stories to be made is Twilight, written by Stephenie Meyer, tells the story of a girl named Bella Swan attending high school in Forks, Washington and falls in deeply in love with a vampire named Edward Cullen.  Their love is a dangerous love that puts Bella and Edward through many trials, but they endure them all. As the story progresses Bella becomes a vampire because she wants to spend eternity with Edwards and marries him. This beautiful and artistic love story sets up an ideal sense of love and how relationships should be for the people of the 21^st century. However, this particular love story leaves out the natural flaws in people and the pitfalls of relationships in modern times.

The original introduction that I wrote used was one of my suggested intro lines that was marked as good and to use. Let me know what you guys think and I will make alterations to this intro if its not sappy enough yet. Hopefully it is clear and gets my point across.

Blog 43: Captains Log

The Captain is having trouble these days managing small tasks via forgetting them. He will need to employ a task list in which these things must be completed in a faster and more orderly way. Once these tasks are completed the captain may be able to enjoy his days a little more knowing they are all done rather than finding out later that he has forgotten them. They nibble away at his conscience like many rabbi infested galatical gerbils feasting on a piece of cabbage in the mid summer’s heat.  The captain believes in organizational skills and wishes to learn more about them, but he is not great at taking his own advice. There are many ways in which these tasks could be written down such as a sticky note, galactical planner, she ships computer, a hologram of himself , or a voice recording. The captain enjoys watching himself talk and has decided to employ the hologram since he likes to hear himself speak and move in a methodical way. He has begun subjecting us to multiples recordings of his new battle cry and I have to say, since the captain decided to adopt the Lady Ga Ga attire during battle, I can now see why people run. It is perhaps the most terrifying thing I have ever seen in all of my life.  The captain’s sanity may need to be addressed in the near future and once he is declared insane, we will see how the captain will react. I fear things will continue to get more eccentric as time goes on, but we shall find out.

Blog 42: Captain's New Battle Cry

The Captain is feeling increased pressure from all the approaching deadlines. It feels as if time itself is running faster and less can be done within the allotted time. There is so much to do that the idea of sacrificing certain tasks is looking increasingly more necessary. It is in times like these that stress can over take and things seem like they will never get better. A break is probably necessary in order to relax slightly and be able to perform better overall. Judging by what you all have posted, it has been decided that “Poker Face” by Lady Ga Ga shall be the captain’s battle cry and signature line.  It will surely quake fear into all the hearts of his enemies and make him a remembered presence on the battlefield. There are many who already tremble in fear from battle where this new battle cry was used. They are so frightful that a smile overtakes their face and they turn away and run onto the depths of space. The captain and crew are no longer taken lightly as the enemies run at light speed while having a strange sound that must be a side effect from all of the fear they are feeling that sounds very much like a laugh. But since they are running it surely must be a side effect of the fear. There will be updates of future battle and possibly by the end of the quarter a collage of the captain and his battle cry, stance, and line being said. Keep your eyes ready, we are on the horizon and will send fear quaking through your very being with our new battle cry!

Blog 41: Captain's Sleepy Time

It appears that I continue to fall in and out of sleep more and more these days. A crew member will start to talk to me and if I find the subject rather uninteresting I will fall asleep on the spot. The last few battles have been so repetitive that I fell asleep in the middle of them, but luckily my co-captain knows the drill. I am debating wearing sunglasses to do two things, enhance my coolness during the heat of battle and make it look like I am awake. However, I feel that this will also require that I have a catch phrase that I would have to say during key moments of battle. I was thinking along the lines of: “Back into the heat of battle!”, “You can’t read my poker face!” or “Leaping leptons, I am too cool to die by the likes of you!”. I was thinking for the “You can’t read my poker face!”, I would blare the Lady Ga Ga song during the battle, but then I realized most of that song would be pretty irrelevant to our battle. I do want the enemy to take me seriously and fear my ever cool galatical shades.  Another note to address is why isn’t “galactical” a word? I mean it describes everything from a galaxy, so it should clearly be a word. I guess Webster thinks his galaxy is the best and insists on only describing things in his universe without comparison to any other. I bet Webster also has a pair of shades and a catch phrase. What catch phrase do you think he has? It must be galacticly epic.

Blog 40: Captain's Work Outs

The captain has demanded that the entire crew join his fitness club. It consists of doing yoga, Pilates, and various other awkward exercises. He believes one of the key things to being a good crew is that everyone be in tip top shape. Unfortunately the captain only watches as we all attempt to do this routine and laughs as some of us fail while other succeed.  These exercises are supposed to help make our mind and body function as one and become a lethal killing machine while looking elegant and graceful. While I appreciate the Captain’s interest, I can not help but speculate that there is some other reason he has for making us do the routines while he watches. He will smile and wave at some of us with a wink which quite frankly creeps the living daylights out of most of us. But he is our captain so we must abide by his commands regardless of how much we question his motifs. The current state of the crew is that there are all shapes and sizes and we each have our own unique ways of making it to the end of the routines. Some of us fake an injury and others just pretend to pass out, either way we are able to get out of this duty and return to our rooms where we are able to forget the looming looks that linger in our minds of the captain’s glances. This unique and creepy bond we all share is what keeps us together and functioning as a group.

Blog 39 Captain's Pet Space Gerbil

There are many types of intergalactic pets that run rampant throughout the ships In all the galaxies. One stands out above all of the others as the most mischievous and troublesome pet. The space gerbil it the most intimidating and hard to take care of pet in all of the galaxies. Once these creatures are placed in their ball of doom, they are able to travel across the ship into any room and and cause a type of destruction unknown to any creature that stands at 6 inches tall on its hind legs. They can gnaw through a ships wiring without being detected can cause a catastrophic failure that sends the entire ship into a state of chaos. The crew would then being rationing the food and garble pellets would be the last bit of food to be divided among and consumed by the crew. These creatures can single handedly bring the best of crews down to their knees and crying due to the level of destruction they bring when left unattended. The reason for buying such a dangerous creature is that they are so adorable that captains and crew alike fall for that false sense of innocence and charm. Little to their knowledge that they themselves have signed their own death certificate and brought about their own immanent demise. These space gerbils can only be defeated and subdued by offering them a sacrifice of a baby space carrot and the subtleness only lasts until all of the carrots are gone.

Blog 38 Ken adn Barbie Captain's Thoughts

There is a lingering question in the world of dolls and figurines, one that has remained unanswered for decades or perhaps even longer. Why is it that Barbie and Ken never hooked up? Barbie and Ken were made for each other, as it says so straight from the manufacturer’s notes; however there never appears to be a wedding themed Barbie and Ken that are sold together as a set in the stores. This brings this question to mind and so we dig deeper for an answer. Ken a guy much unlike any other guy has a well sculpted figure that gleams in the sun and possibly melts if a magnifying glass were used on his plastic body. With a smile that captured the heart of all other dolls and every version of Barbie in existence. This fine fellow never managed to get hitched with Barbie, who herself is a fine plastic figured female, and we now examine the possible complex reasons why this union never came to be. Is it that Barbie was just far to career driven from a doctor to a maid or could it be that ken found comfort in the arms of one of Barbie’s many friends such as Stacey? Maybe Ken was such a player that he was dating Barbie and all of her friends without her knowledge? But if that were true then a woman with such brains that she can and has been in every profession in existence not know such an obvious behavior? These complex explanations only get the deeper as we continue down this dark path of reasoning. The real reason though it much simpler, the reason hat Ken and Barbie were never united is because plastic people are unable to get married by law and must resort to reenactments of 6 and 8 year olds that will simulate the ceremony for them.

Blog 37 Return of The Captain's Logs

The Captain has decided to continue making his logs as to pass on his wisdom. However with the remaining number of captains logs dwindling and so much knowledge to still be known. He has decided to allow you, the people, to decide upon what knowledge will be given to you. So choose wisely so that this knowledge may be passed from generation to generation and preserved. Such a large responsibility is being bestowed upon you and all at once. The Captain would like to apologize  for this inconvenience and understands if some of you can not handle the burden. So let the questions begin on your conquest for knowledge and when you find the answers you so desperately seek, grasp that knowledge and never let go! The captain is now willing to accept topics that you have decided upon and will choose them at random if one is not able to be decided upon clearly. So dig deep within your minds and hearts and think of the knowledge you wish to possess for the better of humanity or the simple drive of just satisfying your curiosity. Within the next few days you will learn more information than your brain has ever wanted to know and you will be so filled with knowledge that you will seek out others just to let them know you know what you know and that they need to know what you know so that they too can pass what they would now know to another who does not know what they know but once didn’t know.