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in either 2009 or 2010, a satellite time capsule will be launched into space. unlike the voyager II that I've already sortof talked about, this one is intended for earth rather than being sent away to whatever wants to find it. the best part of it is that it is expected to return in 50,000 years. 50,000 years is the difference between drawing on a cave wall and posting on a superwall.
a side note: the fact that we have something called a "superwall" further proves that we are finally in the future.
KEO, (the satellite is called KEO), is round and engraved to look like the earth and has several layers of science glosses and vacuum seals and radiation-dampering what-have-yous and a layer that will flare up on reentry to announce its arrival and i guess unfortunately make it more of a threatening target to be shot out of the sky.
it includes a sample of human blood encased inside a diamond, an encyclopedia of basically everything we know, air earth and seawater samples, photos of members of every culture, a map of the human genome, and a bunch of messages from us primitive humans.
AND, due to this age of user created content, YOU, yes you, can be one of those primitive humans and add your own messages that will probably be drowned and forgotten in everyone elses. they have enough room for a 4 page message from everyone on earth. deadline is December 31st of THIS YEAR. so you should do it?
I'm pretty excited about the idea of this. my only problem is this: do we really want to trust people on the internet to represent everyone? i cant imagine the amount of "OH HAI"s or "do u have huvercars? i always anted 2 have one of thos since i saw back 2 tha future" that will be sent. i for one don't want to embarrass our descendants by showing them their roots. also, what if the guy whose blood gets sampled is a complete lame-o? it should be henry winklers blood at the very least.
so, in a nutshell, this has been me retyping the interesting parts of a wikipedia article rather than just link it or do one better and go outside and play. HI I'M TYLER AND THIS HAS BEEN TYLER'S LIVEJOURNAL!
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| thats no moon... |
[10 Jul 2008|02:45pm] |
wait, hold on... no, thats a moon.
i think it goes without saying that saturn's moon "mimas" looks eerily familiar
this might be old news, given that it was discovered 28 years ago.
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| lets talk about my neighborhood |
[21 Jun 2008|10:44am] |
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hey guys!
update!
for a few months ive been living in what some would call strathcona, but wikipedia would call the downtown eastside (i'm slightly too far north). because everyone shudders when they hear the term the downtown eastside, I use strathcona when people ask at family gatherings. its not so bad, which is to say, I'm totally desensitized to it. its just a lot of sleepy people who like to nap wherever they are, right? ive never felt physically threatened and i rarely get asked for money because, duh, i live in this neighborhood too.
just to make something clear first. I am not down on my luck or anything, although it is so expensive everywhere in vancouver. We live here (yeah, robyn and rempel and the dog live here too) because we aren't bothered by it. our house has 4 bedrooms for 3 people as opposed to 2 bedrooms for 3 like our last place. also, we are probably moving when the lease is up in a few months anyways.
a few things about it here:
- i always act flattered and humbly turn down prostitute offers. "no thanks, i'm good. but thanks anyways." same goes for drugs. the other morning some lady yelled across the street "hey! want a slice of bread? " or something along those lines and i cant figure out if it was a prostitute, drug dealer, or baker.
- you know whats really really great? being at the emergency room, buying an album, walking 2 blocks to drop it off at home, grab some beers, go back, get too drunk, walk home, make toast, go back and eat it while waiting for the next band.
- laundromats are awesome. I dont know why. it's inconvenient but theres something soothing about doing laundry and waiting for it with other people doing the same.
- the part of east hastings that should be avoided is only about 4 blocks.
- i think that i live between a drug dealer and daniel bejar, but the latter is second hand information that i havent seen any proof of and have heard otherwise.
- the oppenheimer park area looks a lot like a sesame street if it were real.
- in a bunch of years, when the area is totally gentrified, because it is absolutely getting gentrified, it will be a really really nice area. this is one of those issues that is semi upsetting, because its all going to just be pushed elsewhere. I'm pretty sure that I am part of this problem?
- i wake up to cruise ships tooting their cruise horns
- I am 2 blocks away from one of the nicest residential neighborhoods in vancouver.
- my dad thinks my neighborhood is the cat's pajayjays and we often just go for drives and tell eachother about different buildings and stories of what goes on where.
- singing out loud while walking down the street is a totally normal thing to do
other updates?
- I graduated my digital graphic design thing and got a $1500 scholarship and have no idea what I want to do with it. apparently it doesnt expire so maybe i should save it for a midlife crisis.
- for the last few days I have been fevered.
- I work at an elephant themed coffee shop in the hospital area of broadway where i make and deliver sandwiches to doctors who can be finicky.
- I'm in a burger mood.
- today I am going to the dentist for the first time in a year, or even years. and I think I'm off of my parent's insurance after this one. am i nervous? lets just say that living with no parents means slightly more ice cream for breakfast
my name's tyler and this is TYLER'S LIVEJOURNAL.
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| my mom being a little jerk |
[10 Feb 2008|09:25pm] |
the following is an actual phone conversation between me and my mom yesterday morning
*ring*
me: (sleepily) helloo?
mom: hi
me: hi
mom: what are you doing?
me: i'm sleeping. in bed.
mom: by yourself?
me: yeah
mom: ohhh tyler.
what a classic tyler thing for me to do
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[06 Dec 2007|07:11pm] |
*CRRRRRRRICH*
is the sound my chest makes when i wake up and stretch.
WEIRD COINCEDENCE
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| SO, YESTERDAY... |
[28 Nov 2007|01:58pm] |
I was riding the skytrain from home to downtown like i do everyday. WITHOUT PAYING LIKE I DO EVERYDAY. Its just so easy to not, I can help it. ANYWAYS, my logic for this is that if I get caught maybe once every 3 months, a $170 ticket is cheaper than 3 months worth of one zone bus passes, which would be about $210.
So you can probably tell where this story is going.
SO, YESTERDAY I was riding the skytrain from home to downtown like I do everyday and at the top of the escalator there was a cop checking tickets. A REAL cop. Not even a transit cop. In the last 3 months of living here, I've never seen them checking. Its not like I could casually turn around on an escalator so, when asked for my transfer or pass, I went with the strategy of "oh right away sir, I normally keep such documents in my wallet, allow me a moment to peruse because I am sure that it is filed away safely, waiting for a situation such as this to be resolved promptly, and in a professional manner" and did the fake look-through followed by a confused/surprised/distraught facial expression and also adding "OH NO, how could this happen? MISSING? OUTRAGEOUS!" So the cop pulls me aside and takes my ID. I wasn't too upset because it was bound to happen. playing with fire was fun and all though. So I watch him write down my name, MESSILY, I MIGHT ADD, and he keeps on asking me if i have anything in court right now. then he goes and writes down my birthdate, and I watch him write it down WRONG. rather than 27-11-86, he writes 27-12-86. SO HE DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY, so he didn't realize that he should cut me some slack. and I couldn't interrupt him and go "excuse me officer, but you mistakenly missed that it's my birthday today" *wink*
So he radios for someone to come bring a ticket and me and my friend Jarrod had to wait there for it. It was taking a really long time. Suddenly there was a smell of freshly baked donuts coming from the street and Jarrod says "mmm I smell donuts" to which I respond "I also smell donuts" without really thinking and then I turn to the cop to make conversation about it to break the awkward silence and just as I open my mouth to ask a cop if he too, smells donuts I suddenly realized how bad of an idea that would have been and it came out just as a "D--". I'm pretty sure that Jarrod knew what he was saying though.
We kept on waiting and maybe 4 trains had passed and some other cops walk by and got onto the train and my cop yelled something cheeky at them as a sign that he was loosening up. The person with the ticket was taking too long and the cop seemed to genuinely believed me when I told him that I always have a bus pass in my wallet or maybe he was just sick of waiting and wanted to go join his buddies who had just gotten on the train or maybe it was even the donut smells in the air, but he turns to me and says "OK, because I'm such a nice guy I'm going to let you go on this one, do you have money to get a transfer? good, I want you to go down and get a real bus ticket and I'll let you go without a ticket."
AND IT WAS A BIRTHDAY MIRACLE
THE END
also I just want to point out that the title of this was not supposed to be a Hilary Duff reference but now I have decided that it most certainly is so.
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| DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN |
[28 Oct 2007|04:53pm] |
Ernest scared stupid was on today and i don't have cable
damn
damn
damn
damn
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| HEY LIVEJOURNAL |
[17 Oct 2007|11:31am] |
I live in vancouver now with 2 ladies and another lady who is a puppy.
I eat pizza at least once a day.
I'm in school for digital graphic design.
I either have a cold and a sore throat or there has been a hair in my throat for days.
I dont have a job yet.
I want to try spam some time.
I still visit ladner.
I just stubbed my toe on the drawer under the oven and, to be completely honest, it hurt.
I dont have cable.
all I watch are dvds of scrubs, venture brothers, and the sarah silverman program.
I dont have the internet on my computer WHICH IS WHY I HAVE TO MAKE THIS UPDATE.
I have to leave for school now.
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[22 Aug 2007|04:28pm] |
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available in Japan as of June 12, 2007
could this be the next pepsi blue, by which i mean intensely good yet misunderstood and discontinued?
EDIT:
HOLD IT RIGHT THERE FOR A MINUTE, AS I HAVE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT SOMETHING
Pepsi Summer Mix: Pepsi with tropical fruit flavors. Released in early Spring of 2007, set to last through late summer. Has a taste similar to Pepsi Blue.
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[17 Jun 2007|06:51pm] |
today during training, my trainer seriously needed to tell us before proceeding that...
"if you get chopped in half you WILL die"
bc ferries is dangerous
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[13 Jun 2007|11:42pm] |
I want a snow cone. I want one bad.
when's the last time I ate a snow cone? probably something like 8 years ago.
I want to eat a snow cone and I am not willing to go to playland to get one.
you can see how this could be a problem.
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[24 May 2007|10:44pm] |
AWWWWWW-TTER
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[22 May 2007|10:44pm] |
yesterday I was riding at the back of a bus and there were these 3 fat dudes tickling eachother
JUST PICTURE IT
YEAH
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| the sandwich i am eating. like right now its in my mouth |
[07 Apr 2007|05:58pm] |
bread (toasted)
mayo
mushrooms
ham (roast, not loser deli meat)
stovetop stuffing
havarti cheese
sunflower seeds
lettuce
red + yellow peppers
mayo
bread (toasted)
sour cream turns red when it goes bad? this is my thing that i learned today
OH AND SWEET TARTS HAVE EXCITING NEW FLAVOURS FOR A LIMITED TIME!
ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME? HELLOOOOOOOO
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