And now we wait

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So on my ongoing quest to try and rectify the tragedy that is the sub-par, Chinese-made NewEra bacon cap and my now dissatisfaction with NewEra as a company, I’d been doing some research on what my options were.  The bottom line is that I still want a bacon cap, but I wanted a bacon cap that fit me well, regardless of if it were made in China or the United States.

Given the fact that all of the NewEra caps that I own that were US-manufactured fit well, and don’t bulge out like Elmer Fudd’s hat, I would prefer a US-made bacon cap, but honestly when the day is over, I don’t care where it’s made as long as it sits well and looks satisfactory to me.

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When you look at it real fast

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I was running on the treadmill when I saw this commercial out of the corner of my eye.  Now I know that it says “play hooky at Hooters,” but when I looked at it really fast, the K in “hooky” merges with Hooters, and suddenly it basically says “Play with Hookers.”

It’s hard to say whether or not this was on accident, as given the nature of the tastefully tacky restaurant franchise, they’re definitely not above going low-brow and subliminal in order to stay remembered.  After all, this is the same company that plastered the phrase “THE BIG D” repeatedly when simply referring to the city of Denver, during some promotion where the winner would get a trip to Denver.

Either way, I thought it was funny.  Playing with hookers, or just going to Hooters, both seem like a good time.  Ultimately, this makes me kind of depressed when Hooters had a supposed opening for a graphic designer position that I would have done anything to get, but it was right before the company went into financial straits, declared Chapter 11, and had a hiring freeze.  Seriously, I would have given up a kidney or some other drastic sacrifice to have gotten a job with fucking Hooters corporate.

Street Fighter’s “new” character

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Long story short: Capcom unveils a new character named Decapre for Ultra Street Fighter IV.  Decapre joins former Street Fighter/Capcom veterans Rolento, Elena, Hugo and Poison when the expansion releases.

The knee-jerk reaction that seems to be prevalent is that Decapre isn’t really a new character, but a weak-effort palette swap/modification of Cammy.  Obviously, the parallel is not difficult to see as she is pretty much Cammy with a mask on, and no amount of sugar-coating and bullshit-flinging can change that, but it is funny to see and read how people are trying to defend it.

The bottom line is that I have to side with those that feel that Decapre is more or less a copout by Capcom in trying to declare her a new character.  Tell me all about her mask, her Russian ethnicity instead of English, how her bracers have claws in them, and how her attacks are charge-based and not directional, when the day is over, when the sprite’s back is turned to the screen (which I imagine it will be, since it’s pretty much Cammy’s ass), nobody will be able to tell the difference between Decapre and Cammy.

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Obviously I’m not the only one to have noticed

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It wasn’t until after I had written my post about my dissatisfaction with NewEra caps and how inconsistent they were, I took my objections to Google to see if there were any other people out there who had noticed what I had.  Naturally, there are numerous links and articles out there where people express the exact same concerns that I do about the inconsistent fittings of NewEra caps, so clearly I’m not the only person out there to have been frustrated by the nature of getting a cap that you wanted, only to discover that it fits awkwardly or uncomfortably.

This particular article was probably the best one I read, and it basically boils down the inconsistency conflict to the root of the problem: some NewEra caps are manufactured in the United States, some NewEra caps are manufactured in China.

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Fung Wah 2.0?

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Long story short: bus headed from Queens, New York to Doraville, Georgia overturns on I-95 in Virginia on account of unsafe speed and snowy conditions.  Four people are injured, driver is charged with reckless driving.

You know, before I even clicked on the link, I knew, I KNEW that this was going to be a story involving some Asians.  With every passing fact, the hunch was confirmed pretty quickly, and in spite of the unfortunate circumstances that there were some minor injuries, it has me snickering with intuitive satisfaction.

  • Bus was headed to Doraville, Georgia; Doraville is pretty much all Asians and Hispanics
  • Bus departed from Queens, which has a massively known Chinese population
  • And of course, driver of the bus is a Chinese man named Qilong Xiao

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NewEra caps aggravate me

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After an overwhelming demand caused a delay on orders to be sent out, I received my long-awaited bacon cap over the weekend. When the mailman rang the door bell, I honestly felt like a kid on Christmas, knowing what would be waiting at the door step.

I was ecstatic to have finally gotten my bacon cap, and I couldn’t wait to add this to my collection of goofy minor league baseball caps. I had already had thoughts of putting it in my top three favorite caps, because come on, it’s a slice of bacon, on a NewEra cap.

I gave the bill a gentle bend, because I’m not a tool and I do not like the bill of my baseball caps to be completely flat, and immediately put it on my head. And that’s where the story takes a turn for the worst.

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Photos: Dom’s Birthday Game Night

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My ongoing quest to figure out and capably shoot with a CHDK-hacked Canon point-and-shoot continued, and what better setting to try working shots than with a live gathering where people would be getting drunk and doing drunk things?

Needless to say, I’m pretty sure that if I were a person with a better grasp of photographic terminology to begin with, this might be easier, but I also think that the camera I’m using itself is pretty limiting. Even before I hacked it and added the CHDK firmware, I wasn’t happy with the quality of the pictures in even the most basic optimal settings to shoot.

It’s nice to have some photographic evidence of some of the shenanigans that went down with board games, impromptu pull-up contests, and Dom busting out some drunk-retard strength, but I can’t say that I’m thrilled with the quality of the pictures outright.  For some reason, the camera randomly went into fisheye perspectives or added toy-camera corner filters without my needing to set them in the first place.

I’m this close to scrapping the hope for a good point-and-shoot, and might just make my iPhone my “night camera” at Dragon*Con this year.

But until then, at least there are some photos to remember the night by.

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