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Possum

jacob — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:00:48 +0000

We’ve got a possum! When you move into a house that’s been vacant for over two years, you don’t know what you’ll find. Here are some of the things I found upon searching: a candle stick (no candle), a Bud Lite can, shattered pieces of the NES Rad Racer Wheel, and a possum.

He’s living in our porch, which has a broken hot tub. I’ve still actually never been in that room after living here over a week. It’s not from fear of the possum. I was trying to get in there to get a good picture of the possum for this very blog, but I couldn’t get the door open.
He’d been eating the snow in there, but that all melted about three days ago. I haven’t seen him since which means he either left to find other food, is hibernating, or is decomposing.

That’s Shocking

jacob — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:27:03 +0000

I’m in the process of moving, so I was packing the stereo system. I had to untangle the stereo cord, from a Christmas tree light cord. Part of the Christmas tree cord had exposed wires which I didn’t notice until the shock.
I emitted a girlish scream that faded into a high-pitched giggle when a numb tingling feeling tingled on my tingly finger. I now feel electricity running through my veins. I believe that this shock, combined with hundreds of thousands of hours of playing Nintendo, has given me super powers.
I vow to use my new-found powers only for good.

Munchkin Suicide?

jacob — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:20:46 +0000

I’m a big urban legend freak. Whenever I hear about one I have to hear more. So, the other day I heard about this urban legend: In the Wizard of Oz, in a forest scene, you can see a Munchkin hanging himself. So, fortunately, tbs was playing the Wizard of Oz like nine times a night so I watched it. And I saw it. It’s creepy. But is it true?
The evidence against it: The biggest piece of evidence that it probably wasn’t an actual Munchkin Suicide is that the forest scenes were filmed before the Munchkin scenes so no Munchkins would be at the MGM Studios.
What it could’ve also been: Possibly a stagehand falling out of tree, which tickles me because he wouldn’t be dead and it’s funny that someone falling out of tree wasn’t caught by editors, producers, directors, actors, or other stagehands. I like to think that as Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the TinMan were dancing out of the forest the guy fell out of the tree and Judy Garland started cracking up.
But more likely it was just a bird – a crane, a stork, or probably an emu. You see, for this scene they borrowed a bunch of birds from the Los Angelos Zoo to give the set a more outdoorsy feel. If you watch closely, which I did dozens of times, you’ll realize that it’s probably just an emu spreading it’s wings.
Expansions on the myth: Some people have said that he hanged himself because he didn’t get to be in the Lollipop Guild. But more commonly, it’s stated that he hanged himself because of a broken heart… ? People have said that a stagehand hanged himself, not a munchkin. People have said that a stork hanged himself. As you can see, myths often get blown out of proportion.
As interesting as this urban legend is, it’s not true.