toastykitten

It amuses me that people actually think Transformers might have a plot. Hello, 1. It's a Michael Bay movie, 2. It's about robots fighting. I must be easily pleased, because 2 satisfies me just fine for a popcorn movie. Robots! Fighting!

Speaking about Michael Bay movies, we watched The Island the other day.

1. The new Giant Robot is awesome. I love that I can read every issue cover to cover and not be bored, even the punk rock reviews of stuff I don't listen to. I've tried, but I am just not into punk.
2. Hitachi unveils humanoid robot. Oh my god, they look straight out of a Star Wars movie.
3. CMU Robot finds life "all by itself". That robot looks hella ghetto, though - like someone cobbled it out of spare parts in their basement or something.
4. Underwater robot launched from Bermuda to cross Gulf Stream.
5. High school kids beat out MIT in robot competition. Awesome: "The four teenagers who built it are all undocumented Mexican immigrants who came to this country through tunnels or hidden in the backseats of cars. They live in sheds and rooms without electricity. But over three days last summer, these kids from the desert proved they are among the smartest young underwater engineers in the country."
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"Excuse me, madam," he began. He wasn't used to approaching women, let alone well-dressed white women. He saw apprehension flash across her face. Maybe she thought he was trying to sell magazines or candy bars, but he steeled himself. He explained that he was building a robot for an underwater contest, and it was leaking. He wanted to soak up the water with tampons but didn't know which ones to buy. "Could you help me buy the most best tampons?"
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When Luis lowered Stinky into the water for their run, Lorenzo prayed to the Virgin Mary. He prayed that the tampons would work but then wondered if the Virgin got her period and whether it was appropriate for him to be praying to her about tampons. He tried to think of a different saint to pray to but couldn't come up with an appropriate one.
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Lorenzo threw his arms into the air, looked at Ledge, and silently mouthed the word "Hooters."
Scholarship fund for the undocumented kids.
6. I didn't read this, except the "nanotech swarms" bit. That sounds really cool, or like the next Terminator movie.
7. Robots ready to rumble.
8. Fembots
9. A robot tests the crumbliness of cookies.