Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Help Me, Daniel Wilson! You're My Only Hope.




I often go outside and think, "If I had a blog, I would totally blog about this." After all, I DO live in New York City, home of oversized fruit and undersized models. And oversized rodents and undersized apartments. And also... well you get the idea. So, now I have a blog. So, here's something mind boggling that I've been mind-blogging:




I suspect that a boy in my school may be a robot. Preposterous, you say? Not so, say I. Remember that tv show in the early '90s called "Small Wonder," where Vicky was a robot modeled after a real girl? She tried to blend in, but was kind of stiff and monotone. Almost every episode was built on the premise that she would take commands literally and end up getting into one scrapulous scrape or another. Classic. Right?

Then there's every robot movie ever made. The robots are always smart (usually too smart), a little awkward, and go by initials (like R2-D2, per say). They have mad skills, as seen above by Toyota's new musical robot.

Wow, this is pretty trippy. As I'm blogging, I'm ever more sure that there is a robot among us at Juilliard. I mean come on, that IS TOTALLY the perfect place to go. No one would notice! No joking now... he hits all the criteria. He goes by two initials that sound suspiciously like R2. He moves kind of stiffly. He has a very robot-like head (see above). He plays the violin with his mad skills. And when you ask him a question, there are these weird little red and green lights that flash around inside his head, almost like he's processing something. The answer may take anywhere from 3 to 67 seconds to appear, and it is unceasingly methodical and. . . . WHOAH DANG. Kind of freaking myself out here. I hope that I have beyond-a-shadow-of-a-shadow-of-a-doubt convinced you that I am mostly right by now, though. Since I am most definitely probably sort of totally maybe right, I think it's important to prepare ourselves in case Hollywood was also maybe sort of unintentionally intentionally correct as well. In this vein, I have provided a link to a very helpful study manual. Read it with caution. Or hot chocolate. Enjoy.

http://www.amazon.com/How-Survive-Robot-Uprising-Defending/dp/1582345929/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225328830&sr=1-1

3 comments:

Amy said...

Ok, well I'm a little out of the Julliard loop, but I can imagine a robot going there. And I'm so excited about your blog!! Now I can spy on you :) hehehe

Brittney said...

What the heck you have a blog!!!(i used heck to make you feel like you were back in Utah again) Ours is private these days but e-mail me and I will add you!
Brit (Thatcher...Sorensen...whatever)

Katherine said...

I've never felt more prepared for what may lay ahead. Thank you, and good luck with the robot classmate.