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I remember asking my mom this question when I was in elementary school...or was it middle school? I know I know I was a late bloomer when it came to that kind of stuff. But anyway, here's how the conversation went...from what I remember:

Me: "How do you get pregnant?"

Mom: "You get pregnant when you are married."

Me: "So you decide to get baby and it comes?"

Mom: "Yes."

That was the end of that conversation. So as you can see, she never really lied about it. Considering how lacking my mom's answer was, it's better than saying that little elves did it. See the video below:

The other day me and my mom were watching a PBS documentary on seals (That's what you watch on Saturday nights when you only have basic cable). But my mom asked "How do seals drink water?" I thought about it and it was a question I've never thought of before. It makes sense that seals would have to drink water since they are mammals. But dolphins and whales are mammals and don't have access to fresh water. So I assumed that they just drink the salt water.

I did some research and the San Diego Zoo said: "Sea lions don’t need to drink water—they get all the water they need from the food they eat."

Ok, but then Scientific American said that sea mammals sometime do drink sea water if they have to. So their pee is 2.5 times saltier than land mammal pee. But sea mammals will sometimes go and drink fresh water or eat snow if they can.

Recently I was talking about chocolates with my brother. Specifically, Lindor Chocolates, and how he should buy some because they are delicious. On the box, it says "Milk Chocolate Truffles." What the heck are truffles?

My first encounter with truffles came in the form of a Tail Spin cartoon episode where a female bear and a pig were looking for truffles in the forest. She loved them so much and would eat them whenever she could. The cartoon depicted truffles as lumpy mushrooms so I always thought they were mushrooms.

According to Wikipedia, truffles are the "edible fruiting body of a subterranean fungi." So it's buried fungus fruit. Interesting.

So I have a free ticket (up to $7.50) to watch The Dark Knight in theaters, but because of many reasons I'm not planning on using it until around August 15th or so. With all the hype, I couldn't help myself so I found a decent internet copy and I watched it...twice. I alway say that things are 'ok' no matter how good it is, but for this movie, I'm going to upgrade and say that it's 'good.' I liked it. People say it's too long. I usually think action movies aren't long enough. So 2.5 hrs is fine with me. I'm not going to review this movie because hundreds of people already have and I'm no movie guru. I'm just going to say some things that I noticed.

BASICALLY EVERYTHING FROM NOW ON IS A SPOILER. BEWARE.

So here are some things that I liked:
1. The bank robbers killing each other
2. Batman bending the rifle
3. Harvey Dent punching the guy who pulled a gun on him
4. The guy trying to blackmail Wayne
5. Bruce saying he owns the restaurant
6. Shock Moment: The Joker making the pencil disappear
7. Batman flying into the HK building
8. Shock Moment: Fake Batman getting hung
9. Shock Moment: The judge and commissioner getting killed so easily
10. Batman catching Rachel as they fell off the building
10. Bullet/fingerprint reconstruction - (wait, who did that print belong to?)
11. Batman dropping that mob boss off the building
12. Dent saying that he's Batman
13. Shock Moment: Joker shooting the black cop telling the semi-truck to wait in line.
14. How the cop uses the word 'bazooka' instead of rocket launcher
15. Batman causing the semi-truck to flip with his little bat-pod
16. Shock Moment: Having the Joker switch Rachel's and Harvey's address
17. Joker's plan with the phone call
18. The Joker burning so much money
19. The Joker calling the hit on the guy who knows Batman's identity - hilarious
20. The Joker using hand sanitizer after talking to Dent
21. The Joker's bomb not fully working right away
22. Lucius saying that he will resign because of the machine - shows that even the purest of hearts are tempted with power.
23. Joker's boat predicament
24. The clowns being hostages
25. Batman fighting SWAT
26. The big black 'Green Mile' guy throwing the detonator out of the window
27. The story of Harvey Dent going from Hero to villain to dead was really saddening
28. Gordan's monologue on the Batman provided a nice ending


Questions/Comments/Things that Bothered Me:
0. During the bank robbery a the first thug to get shot said that the bank's silent alarm wasn't calling 911, but a private number. Whose number? Batman's?
1. When batman bends the rifle, I wouldn't expect the thug to be holding the gun hard enough to let it bend.
2. Scarecrow wasn't using his voice changer. Why not? Also, when the Scarecrow is escaping in the van, why does the van suddenly stops when Batman jumps on it? It should have kept moving forward.
3. Why were the dogs giving Batman such a hard time? Isn't his suit knife proof? So I assume it's bite proof also.
4. How does the Joker kill the black mob boss? Also, when Joker gets up to grab the Black mod boss, there were two goons behind the Joker. But they just disappeared after Joker got up.
5. Who was piloting the airplane that pulled Batman out of the HK building? Wouldn't he know who Batman is also?
6. How did Batman and Rachel not get hurt after falling off the building? Could the car's driver sue Batman for damages?
7. During the scene or the commissioner's funeral, Bruce Wayne actually doesn't do anything to prevent the shooting.
8. How could one rocket launcher blow the tough tumbler to pieces?
9. How the heck did the bat-pod fit inside the tumbler and also not be damaged then the tumbler was blown to shreds?
10. How would helicopter air support help against a semi-truck?
11. Batman should have broken the Joker's legs in the interrogation room. Then he wouldn't run away.
12. Having 1 guy watch the Joker 'inside' the interrogation room instead of in the observation room.
13. How did the Joker get the knife to hold the cop hostage?
14. Rachel getting blown up - I really didn't like the fact that she died
15. Right before Rachel gets blown up, she starts to say, "Someone..." What was she going to say?
16. When the Joker escapes, the frees the Chinese guy Laos. That is actually the last time we see him in the movie. What happened to him?
17. What actually happened to the mob boss that the Joker said he was going to cut into pieces and feed to his pooches? Did he actually kill him?
18. If the guy was killed in 1 hour, how would the Joker know? He probably would have blown the hospital anyway.
19. How the heck could Dent be converted into evil so quickly and also not kill the Joker when he had the chance? I would blame the Joker more than Gordan for Rachel's death. Idiot.
20. When the Joker said that the bridge and tunnel crowd are in for a surprise, did he actually have anything? Or was he scaring them to using the boats?
21. Batman really did rig up that sonar machine quick. Where did he get so many monitors?
22. Why does Batman talk in his deep voice to people that know he's Bruce Wayne?
23. For the Joker's boat situation, it may have been nice if the people actually held the detonator to their own bomb instead. Then it would show that a lack of compassion will end up killing you.
24. I wanted a scene where the cops realize that the clowns were hostages and how much they would have messed up if they followed through their original plan if it were not for Batman. Like a line, "Oops, we would have made a huge mistake."
25. When Batman shoots his arm blades at the Joker, it leaves no mark. They should have tore his face up.
26. When the Joker falls, shooting a grapple at his legs would have been near impossible and with the momentum of the Joker's fall, Batman would have been pulled down.
27. Filming the Joker hanging upside down upside down bothered me.
28. The Joker doesn't die. Perhaps they were foreseeing a Joker sequel, but Heath died, so dang.


So yeah, I don't expect my questions to ever have answers but it was good to think about them. Maybe when I watch it on the IMAX, things will become clear.

So I watched the movie yesterday and it was pretty sweet I must say. Even some sad parts. Of course I wish that there were more fighting scenes but for a kids movies, the action was decent. The movie was great but one thing bothered me. What the heck kind of animal is Master Shifu? I looked it up and people say that he is supposed to be a animal called the "red panda." Umm, a red panda looks more like a fox than the mousey Shifu. Whatever. Here's a cute clip of a red panda.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was released on July 21, 2007 and I'm happy to say that I've finally finished reading the book. I enjoyed this book more than the others. Some of the other book kinda annoyed me with certain characters or some of Harry's actions. This book was fine in comparison. Though a few things are bugging me. Some questions left unanswered. Maybe they were, and I just suck at reading but here they are (sorry about the spelling):

1. If Grindelwald had the unbeatable Elder Wand, then how did Dumbledore defeat him in a duel to win the wand?
2. How the heck was the true owner of the Elder Wand Draco Malfoy?
3. If Neville pulled the Sword of Griffindor out of the Sorting Hat, what happened to the sword the goblin had?
4. So nothing bad happens to RitaSkeeter?
5. Fred dies, but where was George and what is his reaction to his brother's death?
6. What happened to Mad-Eye's body?
7. How did Lupin and Tonks die?
8. Didn't Bellitrix have a vendetta against Tonks? Why wasn't there a climatic battle between the two?
9. Why did the three protagonists decide to wear the horcrux locket instead of just keeping it in Hermione's purse?
10. We never hear what happens to Cho Chang. Or Krum.
11. If the deathly hallows stone used to be imbedded onto a ring, then it must be the size of a pebble. How is Harry going to find that after he dropped it?
12. Why is the cover art for the British version of HP so retarded?
13. Who is the new headmaster of Hogwarts? (what a funny name...Hog...Warts)
14. What did they do to Voldemorts' body? or Snapes?
15. Why didn't the Crucatius curse hurt Potter when he was pretending to be dead?

Plus on a side note, I would like to say that before the book was officially released I told some people that Snape is probably a good guy and they laughed at how optimistic I was. Well, pie in your face.

Wow, a post about Harry Potter with questions that no one really cares about. I am not showing this blog to any potential girlfriends in the future.