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I have decided to start posting daily beauty tips on Twitter.
Make-up, hair, nails, fashion....it will all be covered. Some of it is on the Squeakmachine site, a lot of it isn't. So while you wait for the next update to the site, you can get useful tidbits of beauty information every day on Twitter.
Check it out each day for a different tip!
http://twitter.com/Squeakmachine
I went down into the city to visit my close friends, George and Andrew. Upon arriving at Andrew's house I expressed my interest in getting a cheeseburger. When he asked me whether I would rather have Wendy's, McDonalds, or Burger King I was faced with a problem. All three of those restaurants have burgers that are uniquely delicious. I could not choose.It was at that moment that I decided that we must conduct a scientific experiment. And thus, the Moo Moo Massacre was born!
Below is a brief rundown of the research methodology that led to the invention of Bovinious Maximus Triumvirate; affectionately referred to as a "Moo Moo Massacre":
Question: Can a perfect burger be created if one takes the best aspects of a Wendys, Burger King, and McDonalds burger and merges them into one specimen?
First, we had to gather our tools for this experiment. A quick run through the Wendy's and Burger King drive-thru provided us with a sampling from each establishment.
Then we were off to McDonalds to purchase the final ingredients needed and to find a quiet, isolated area to conduct the experiment.
Our hypothesis was that by dismantling each of the three burgers and re-assembling them in a way that was both structurally sound and absolutely delicious, we would invent the perfect fast food burger. One that would satisfy even the most fervid of appetites, as well as appease a craving for all three of the mega-franchises.
We began by deciding which of the buns was going to hold this enormous creation. After some quick deliberation it was unanimously decided that the Wendy's bun was the most structurally sound bun and could withstand the weight and greasiness of the other ingredients. After that it was a simple matter of removing the buns from the other two burgers and stacking the rest of their components on top of the Wendy's burger.
The result-
Finally, the taste test!
(cheers!)
Initial tasting revealed that the Burger King hamburger meat easily overpowered the seasoning of the other two. We made note of this and hope to come up with a solution to this problem during the retesting period. Our theory is that stacking the meats differently might better distribute the flavors. I shall publish that data when it becomes available. Another issue is the size. This was not a problem for those of us with larger stomachs or high metabolisms, however, the Moo Moo Massacre proved too much for some researchers:
Overall, I would call the experiment a success!
Despite the small issue with Burger King's overpowering taste, the burger was indeed satisfying and delicious. I felt that it truly did satiate my craving for all three restaurants' burgers. We are all looking forward to retesting this experiment in the near future and encourage other researchers to do the same.
Okay! Pic time!!
As most of you know, I go to Comic Con every year out in San Diego. This year was especially memorable. This year I stayed with two of my favorite people in the world! My best friend Mike and my other close friend John. There aren't many people who can keep up with my geekiness but those two may well surpass even me! (That is a compliment in my mind, by the way)
Seriously though, I had a blast with them!
I also had fun helping out again at the Suicide Girl booths. (yup, we had two this year!) I know I went on and on about them last year but I really have to say it again.....those girls are awesome!!!! Seriously, you couldn't ask for a better group of girlies! They are all so sweet and I really connect with some of them...which for someone as socially inept as me, is quite a triumph! I'm going to miss them all. I am hoping to be able to see at least a few of them before Comic Con of next year. Perhaps I will try to make a trip out to LA in a few months.
Anywho...you guys didn't click on this blog to hear me gush about my friends. I know why you are really here....so on with the pictures!! ---->
Some of the Con highlights were--->- Getting Leonard Nimoy's autograph. I told him that he was the first man I ever had a crush on. He was very sweet and I started crying like crazy after meeting him. Yup, I'm a loser.- Watching Joe Quesada flip out about how marriage sucks and basically piss off an entire room of fans. - Seeing the Green Lantern movie....very entertaining! - Watching Trick r' Treat...decent campy horror movie. - Getting to play a level of Left 4 Dead 2!!! Yay!!! It was so much fun! I can't wait till it comes out in a couple months! - Seeing the Iron Man 2 trailer. Looks better than I would have thought!- Going to the Masquerade (I don't usually go to it but I will from now on. It is hilarious!!) Now for the complaints- Okay, Comic Con people, this year SUCKED for gettiing into panels. Honestly, something needs to be done. You want to constantly over-sell the Con, fine. But at least start clearing rooms between panels!! It is starting to get ridiculous. I got in line sometimes 2 hours or more before a panel I wanted to see started and I still didn't get in!! This makes working at a booth and enjoying the Con's panels almost impossible. I can't leave my booth for 4+ hours to get in line for a panel. Please, please, please....give people who work there a break and give us some priority seating in some of the panel rooms. Or at least clear out the rooms! It ticks me off to no end that the majority of people in some of those rooms don't give a crap about half the panels in there. They just want to get seating for a panel later in the day. But that means that half the time, the real fans of these shows and directors are not getting in. I think at least 60% of the people in the Big Bang Theory panel had never seen the show and were just waiting for the Joss Whedon panel afterwards. Grrrr! I know I am not the only one who felt that way this year. I have never heard so many people complain about the lines and waiting times for panels. Pretty much every person that came up to the SG booth was upset about the way the panels were organized this year. I think that almost everyone I knew (fellow SGs and non-SGs alike) were unable to get into a panel that they really wanted to. I really hope that they do things differently next year or move to a bigger convention center in the future. Or....and here is a thought....STOP OVER-SELLING THE CON!!!! That is all. .....for now!
I just got back from two awesome vacations. (I shall share pics with you all soon. I just have to put my computer back together so I can download them off my camera.) Unfortunately, my vacation time took up a lot of precious downtime that I needed to work on the site. So we are a tad behind with some e-mails and submissions.
However, I am purposely trying to keep my schedule as clear as possible for the next two months or so in order to get caught up with the site stuff as well as prepare for our first big update. My assistants and I are going to pull together a few random days to meet up at my house so we can do a bunch of make-up and fashion tutorials. We will be looking for some volunteers to work our magic on. ;) So if you are interested, please contact us at Info at Squeakmachine dot com and let us know that you would like to offer your help.
We will also be launching the shop area of Squeakmachine.com soon. We are trying to find people who have experience in certain trades. Perhaps you are into making jewelry, or hair clips, or handbags, etc. We are looking for people who are willing to make merchandise for the site that will sell their goods for reasonable prices. Right now, I pay for Squeakmachine.com out of my own pocket so I am hoping to be able to make a little money to keep the site up and running. Please contact us if you would like to help out!
Thanks so much!
Just to let you guys know...this is not my personal Facebook profile-->http://www.facebook.com/pages/SqueaK/112934207158It is a fan site on Facebook in Italian and I do not have access to it or had even known about it until now.
Please, guys, let me know of you are going to start these profiles and fan sites! I am okay with fan sites as long as you make it CLEAR that you are not pretending to be me or are connected to me in any way. Please specify plainly that it is a fan site or profile and NOT an actual profile that I own.
Also....if you guys think that I should be on a site or that we should be promoting the website on a public profile of some sort. Let us know and I will get a volunteer to do it. Fan sites and fan-based profiles are fine. (I know there are a couple out there and I don't have a problem with you guys.) Just as long as you are not actually pretending to be me. If it is a tribute or fan site, knock your socks off. But please do not post as me or communicate with others actually using my name.
Anyway, I do not have a personal Facebook profile. However, we do have a Facebook profile for the website. (go here---> http://www.facebook.com/album.php?profile=1&id=119747986796#/pages/Squeakmachinecom/119747986796 or just type in Squeakmachine.com on Facebook search)
My close friend Anna has volunteered to run our Facebook page for the site and she is doing a wonderful job! She will be posting all updates and info about upcoming events for the site on there. So be sure to fan us if you want to stay in the know. ;) We have a lot of modeling opportunities coming up next month for those who wish to be on the site. So keep checking back as we will be posting those dates soon! I am also now on Twitter. (and I actually do it all by myself! No help from the assistants! hahhah!) You can find it here: http://twitter.com/Squeakmachine
