Virtual Gaia's 2015 Best Quotes of the Year

Time you've been waiting for all year is here, baby!

          The time has now come for the Best Quotes of the Year! 2015! This year's selection was hard to choose, but there are a lot of good quotes this year (10 to be exact) and some truly surprising surprises! 2016 won't be seeing this feature return, but for all those who came each week (or just once and awhile) please enjoy the finality of 2015's quotes! Hit the jump!!
[Disclaimer: Quotes may not have been spoken in 2015 but were the best I heard that year.]

Virtual Gaia's 2013 Best Quotes of the Year

Still not the correct John Wesley for the quote, but still the correct John Wesley for the intro pic.

          Seems this year I was a bit late putting this one up, but nevertheless Virtual Gaia's 2013 Best Quotes of the Year is here. Before we jump to the quotes, I have to say that Best Quote of the Week is taking 2014 off. It may return in the future, but for now this will be the final post for Quotes for awhile. And without further ado... Here. We. Go! Hit the jump!!
[Disclaimer: Quotes may not have been spoken in 2013 but were put on the site in 2013]

The Greatest Thank You Video Ever

          Below is a thank you video for a Kickstarter Project I back a little whiles back: The Origin(s) Project: THE REMOUNT, which are Two one-woman shows from the adult adoptee perspective. This thank you video is possibly the Greatest Thank You Video Ever Created. Period. Watch and see why, Little Lambs.

Virtual Gaia's 2012 Best Quotes of the Year

Amazing things happened this year.

          Just like last year I'm doing my Top Ten Best Quotes of 2012 made up of Virtual Gaia's 2012 weekly Best Quote of the Weeks. There were some really good quotes this year, but let's stop talking about them and have a look below. After the jump is where it'll all begin...
[Disclaimer: Quotes may not have been spoken in 2012 but were put on the site in 2012]

Four Days Of Short Stories I

Picture by Morfex

          Four Days Of Short Stories is writing exercise/event I'm doing this weekend (Friday, Nov. 2 - Monday, Nov. 5) where I write an original short story everyday for four days. I'm going to post them here, in this post, and also here. I do not promise that the stories will good, just that they will be written in a day. The idea is to quickly come up with an original concept and run with, to experiment, and try out new styles. It's a learning and experimenting exercise.

          Also, anyone is welcome to write stories along with me and post them here as well; even if they cannot write all four days. If you plan on doing so please follow the few guidelines.

• An original unused concept (ideas you'll had but haven't written are fine)
• No sequels/prequels/continuations to any of your old/current stories
• Experiment
• Try to make it a full stand-alone story
• Must be posted by 11:59 PM of that day
• Have fun!

          Also, the stories should be between 1-4 pages (to be manageable) be can be longer. There isn't any set theme or motif, but if you're having trouble coming up with a story idea try this: The theme of boredom or try making the boring or ordinary event you can think of unique or strange.

          Lastly, note that it says Four Days Of Short Stories 'I,' I may do this again if this first one goes well. I'm doing this to improve my own writing ability and to get myself run with concepts less stressfully and to writing quicker (looking at you Elevator Music).


UPDATE 1 (11/2/12): Day 1 Story added below. Read it in all its unedited glory!

UPDATE 2 (11/3/12): Day 2 Story added below.

UPDATE 3 (11/4/12): Day 3 Story added below.

UPDATE 4 (11/5/12): Day 4 Story, the final story, added below.

UPDATE 5 (11/6/12): Day 0 Test Story added.

• Day 1 Story: [We're Closed So, Come Right In]
• Day 2 Story: [Ride]
• Day 3 Story: [Lowell O’well, the Flying Mechanical Whale]
• Day 4 Story: [Anderson Wicked]
• Day 0 Test Story: [Letter]

Let’s Party! SGC 2013 Kickstarter

          Do you like games? What about parties? Then how about a gaming convention that feels less status quo and more like a 3 day party with thousands of your best friends!? That’s SGC! ScrewAttack hosted this amazing convention back in 2009 and 2010 and now they want to bring it back for 2013!! But they need our help to do it. ScrewAttack is doing a Kickstarter for SGC 2013. To help (and get more details) all you need to do is follow this link to their Kickstarter page and pledge and or get the word out. Every dollar and every person makes a difference. Let’s make this happen! SGC! Wooooo!!

Visit ScrewAttack.com 

SGC 2013 Kickstarter Page

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/screwattack/let-throw-the-best-gaming-party-in-the-world-again

Google Maps 8-bit For NES

          This is not an April Fool's joke. Google has actually done this to Google Maps! Check out 'Trial Version' here.

"Blow on the cartridge to fix bugs."

          In other news. Use this phrase: 'HITUMBLR' to get $2 to use for downloading music off Amazon.com. Details here.

Uniqlock: Have Fun While Getting The Current Time

Let's Have Some Fun!!

          I found this really cool site today called Uniqlock. It a really cool Japanese site that I believe makes clothing, but the reason why I think it's cool has got nothing to with designer jeans. The site has this really unique flash based global clock that is set to music and highlighted by Japanese dancers. It's really quite mesmerizing. Have a look for yourself. I've embedded its video after the jump and also place a small version of it on the right hand side of the blog under the radio. Now, know what time it is in style!

Dead Drops (Not The Ones In Infamous)

          Hey, this is a cool project I discovered thanks to one of my friends on Facebook. The project is an offline, peer-to-peer file sharing network. The project was started by Aram Bartholl and works by embedding flash drive in walls in the public space. Everyone is invited to use the Dead Drops--putting files on them and/or taking files off and more importantly making their own. Watch their video below and check out there website here. (Grammar, if there are issues, will be fixed when I get home tonight.)

Dead Drops Website

Dead Drops 'How to' - NYC from aram bartholl on Vimeo.

Loyalty To The End: Membership Program

Boss: "There's a saying in the Orient: 'Loyalty to the end.' Do you know what it means?"

          Hey, everyone! I got an exciting announcement to made, as of today I have added Membership/Loyalty/Rewards Program to the blog! The program is powered by PunchTab and they are providing three great to my readers! Become a member by clicking the button on the right and start earning point (look for the red flags) to earn prizes!

          Must have a Facebook account to sign up. Make sure to sign in before earning more points!

Earn points by:

• Visiting – for your first visit to the site every day you will earn 100 points
• Liking the blog – for your first Like on the site every day you will earn 100 points
• Tweet the blog – for your first Tweet on the site every day you earn 100 points
• +1ing the blog  – for your first +1 on the site every day you earn 100 points
• Commenting – for your first comment of the day you earn 100 points
• Important: 500 point limit per day

Current Prizes:

• $25 Restaurants.com Gift Card
• $15 Groupon Gift Card
• $10 Barnes & Noble Gift Card
• $5 Starbucks Gift Card

My Top Ten Best Quotes from my 2011 Best Quotes of the Weeks

Awesome photo whoever made it. Thank You!

          Hey everyone! Happy New Year’s! I’ve decided to do my Top Ten Best Quotes from my 2011 Best Quotes of the Weeks. This is my biggest feature of the site (I did a little over 40 posts for this this year) so why not. I love quotes! If you’re reading this then you, too, love quotes! Without further ado, here are my Top Ten Best Quotes 2011! My Grand list is after the jump.
[Disclaimer: Quotes may or may not have been spoken in 2011 but were put on the site in 2011]

Seriously, How Old Is The Blonde One?

          Okay, I've got a question: How old do you think the blonde chick in this book is? I thinks she looks X age but the book says she is Y age. I don't want to lead anyone's answer so I'm not giving away the book's title or author or what I think and what the book claims. Because maybe I'm crazy and everyone in the world thinks she's Y age.
          So, tell me your answer. I scanned a bunch of picture from the book. Man, this drove me crazy while I was reading the book. Anyway, the rest of the pictures are after the jump.

P.S.: My 100th post!

Weekend Theater: Croton Falls and XOXOSMS

I need to invest in Photoshop

          Hey, guys, welcome to first edition of Weekend Theater, something that probably won't happen again for a long while. Anyway, about a year ago I backed a few short films on Kickstarter  and two them are finished and and doing a full streaming this weekend. The first one is Croton Falls by Joseph Marconi, video and description below, and the other one is XOXOSMS by Nancy Schwartzman. XOXOSMS is having free full preview of the movie on their website here only for this weekend! Go watch it them both and support the filmmakers, cast, and crew!

CROTON FALLS from Joseph Marconi on Vimeo.

          Description: In the near future during the bleak winter of 2015 mankind is discovering that the mind is evolving… people are experiencing and manipulating their realities through a communal shared consciousness. Will Kent awakes on a train headed upstate New York to his hometown of Croton Falls. After his fiancé leaves him and his writing career tailspins he leaves New York City to reconcile with his emotions and restore some sense of purpose to his life. But after reconnecting with his parents and some old friends he finds his reality slowly unraveling blurring the lines between the real and the imaginary. And as Will fights to hold on to his sanity a disturbing truth begins to emerge.