fun facts about the world

After all the angry emails I’ve received from women, Hasidic Jews and the Amish (who knew they were allowed to use computers!) in the past few days, I figured I would offer and olive branch and make fun of something no one likes: me! (and later on, China)

Yesterday, while I was coughing hard in a garage on Roosevelt Island, an elderly man walked past me and said, without a trace of humor in his voice, "that’s the death rattle." Needless to say this didn’t make me feel to good, so I promptly went off to partake in piff and drink two 40’s. I also had some Mexican food, which is neither here nor there.

I also managed to get mildly sunburned yesterday while at the Yankees game, by which I mean "sick." Who the fuck gets sun-burned in October? Real pale white kids, that’s who.

Also, while getting on the downtown 4 train, some old lady called me "an animal" presumably because she felt as though I pushed in front of her to get on the train, which wasn’t really the case. I had wanted to wait until she got off the train and say "Now who’s the animal," but I decided that would be immature. By which I mean I got off the train first.

In other news, China is still off it’s collective rocker.

As such:

BEIJING (Reuters) - China marked Friday’s Moon Festival by announcing 30 songs to be broadcast to Earth next year from its first lunar-probing satellite.

The song that got the most votes was the folk ballad, "My Wonderful Home Town," followed by "I Love China," "Singing Praises of Motherland" and 27 others, Xinhua news agency said.

The songs were chosen according to public votes and by a panel of experts, organized by the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, China Central Television and the China Musicians’ Association.

"Experts said these songs can express Chinese people’s love for the motherland, for life, peace and their pursuit of truth and nature, which will showcase the beauty of Chinese culture and its influence," Xinhua said.

China’s national anthem and "The East is Red," a tribute to Mao Zedong, which was broadcast in 1970 from the country’s first man-made terrestrial satellite, will also be played.

The lunar satellite is designed to obtain 3D images of the lunar surface, analyze elements and probe the depth of the lunar soil. It will orbit the moon for one year.

Last October, two Chinese astronauts rocketed into orbit and promptly helped themselves to pineapple-filled mooncakes, traditional fare during the Mid-Autumn, or Moon, Festival.

China puts its first man in orbit in 2003."

Pure lunacy. No mooncake. Ha!

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