YouTube Thursday: America Heck Yup! Edition

by TwistNHook on Jul 3, 2008 10:14 AM PDT in General

Yeah, I dont think we are allowed to swear in titles now. Ai!

In honor of July 4th, we thought this YouTube Thursday could be enough filler to last the 3 day weekend, where many of us will be far away from computers. So, enjoy this slowly like a fine wine. It might be the only thing to get you through the weekend!

And what will many of you be doing over this delightful weekend? Swimming! In pools! And breaking world records! So, in honor of your new world records, we thought we'd do a YouTube Thursday highlighting one of the finest athletes from Cal: Natalie Coughlin.

Here's a video about a MP3 player or some such thing you wear while swimming. Sounds futuristic.

And here is Natalie's advice for young swimmers. I know *I* feel inspired!

Natalie Coughlin wins a race in 2007:

Natalie Coughlin breaks her own world record (but what else is new?):

Training tips from Natalie:

And, of course, a classic scene from the movie Independence Day, which is about as apropos as it is ever going to be:

Have a happy July 4th! Go Bears!

Poll

How are you showing your American spirit on July 4th?

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Come on now...

Ah come on, Twist! WTH kind of choices are these? I realize the idea is to be funny, but these choices suck. We need more choices in the polls you guys run… (-:

by CaliSeth on Jul 3, 2008 10:47 AM PDT reply reply 0 recs

I might be able to edit it, Seth. What are you doing for July 4th that you so desperately want represented?

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

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by TwistNHook on Jul 3, 2008 11:04 AM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

Hmm...

How about, “Having BBQ with fam and watching fireworks.” Something nice and simple like that might work out well for the less radical among us. I am not criticizing your poll, I just think we need one semi normal option. That is all. Hope ur not mad at me…

by CaliSeth on Jul 3, 2008 11:38 AM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

I guess I’m just disappointed Seth. Disappointed that you think I could ever look into setting up a committee to perhaps authorizing a vote on scheduling a timeline to lay out an agenda towards appointing a sub-committee to investigate whether I could be something close to reasonable semi-normal.

After everything you know about me, you still hold out hope for that unlikely eventuality? For shame, Seth! For shame!

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Jul 3, 2008 11:40 AM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

PS Happy now? Now, we’ll just need your contact information. I’m bringing 200 of my closest friends, I hope you have enough food.

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Jul 3, 2008 11:42 AM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

Ooooh man.....

Jeez you didn’t have to do all that, Twist. I shouldn’t have even commented on it, and now I feel like the whole poll thing has been blown out of proportion. I realize you are just joking. Sorry for making a big deal out of nothing. Gosh I feel like a jerk… )-;

by CaliSeth on Jul 3, 2008 12:10 PM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

hahha, for you, Seth, anything. Now, where you do live? Is it OK if I bring all of Hydro’s dogs, too? I’m on walking duty tomorrow in the afternoon, so I am going to need a place to take them.

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Jul 3, 2008 12:11 PM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

I’m flying from Seattle, so the sooner I can get a destination, the better.

By the way Seth, I’m bringing some beer and guacamole. You need me to bring anything else?

I kissed Dumpster Muffin and I liked it. The taste of her hippie chapped lips.

by Maharg on Jul 3, 2008 12:46 PM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

(-: Uhhhhh, could have a problem with that...

I’d really love to have you guys over, (you know that) but I am actually going to my parents house. I know, bummer right? They have a tendency to look down on most of my friends. It really pisses me off. Even if I explained what nice folks you all are, they probably wouldn’t be swayed.

Seriously though, please everyone have a wonderful and safe fourth of July! As soon as George Bush is out of office we can all get back to feeling good about our country. It’s not that I don’t feel good about it now, but seven years of that idiot sure has put a damper on the last few Independence Days.

America! Fuck Yeah!

by CaliSeth on Jul 3, 2008 1:15 PM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

I never knew that you’d actually love to have us over, why didn’t you invite us sooner? We could have had pool parties (you have a pool right? it’s kind of a deal breaker), at night we could make a fire and have s’mores, then we could tell ghost stories and Twist could braid everyone’s hair.

Are you telling us that your parents are too good for us? Just for that, I’m going to have a boring and dangerous 4th, that’ll show you and your family that’s too good for all of us.

I kissed Dumpster Muffin and I liked it. The taste of her hippie chapped lips.

by Maharg on Jul 3, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

Why u gotta put a stupid answer like 'letting the terrorists win'

And what faggots would even choose that?

by NorCalLonghorn on Jul 3, 2008 11:28 AM PDT reply reply 0 recs

You must be the one going to the Crystal Castles concert, then?

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Jul 3, 2008 11:32 AM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

NorCal

99% of everything Twist says is just a joke… he put that selection as a bluff to see if anyone would pick it. Plus given the irreverent nature of this group, a few called him on his bluff.

by danzig on Jul 3, 2008 11:46 AM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

Wait wait wait, just 99%? Damn, I gotta try harder, then.

Also, NorCalLonghorn, certainly, I can’t control what you do or say here. I just hope you remember we are trying to build an inclusive community here without concern over slurs being tossed around. Instead of saying the word “faggot,” here is a list of other words you could use:

1. Fuckers
2. Fucking fuckers
3. Motherfucking fuckers
4. Dumpster Muffins

And I’m sure there are even more choices I’ve forgotten. So, there you go, you fucking fuckers! Let’s work to build this community to be as strong as possible, instead of potentially creating splinters or fissures.

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Jul 3, 2008 12:10 PM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

I take 100% of the things you say as a joke. That’s why I’m still alive.

I kissed Dumpster Muffin and I liked it. The taste of her hippie chapped lips.

by Maharg on Jul 3, 2008 1:01 PM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

hahah

You’re a funny guy Twist!!

by NorCalLonghorn on Jul 3, 2008 1:32 PM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

NorCalLonghorn's political DNA

From the tenor of your comments, I take it that the “Longhorn” part is the dominant gene in your geographic hybridity.

Thanks, though, for steering me in the right direction. I was going to select “letting the terrorists win,” but you’ve helped me see that writing in “Pissing on Mack Brown’s photo” would be a much better choice. Happy 4th everyone!

Go Bears!

by California Pete on Jul 3, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

"Pissing on Mack Brown’s photo"

FUCK, I cant believe I missed that (or something related to that). I’ve clearly lost it. FUCK

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Jul 3, 2008 12:48 PM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

the poor gays can’t catch a break- the word “faggot” is used to as a label for everything from sexual preference, to lack of intelligence, and now apparently its used to indicate terrorists as well. Osama Bin Faaaaaaabulous?

by Itchy25 on Jul 3, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

osama bin faaaaaaaabulous

haahhaahahaaaa… itchy man, that one killed me!

by danzig on Jul 3, 2008 1:24 PM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

How is blowing up a small part of America not letting the terrorists win?

In the former you are actively helping the terrorists and in the latter you are just not helping them out at all. So I say letting the terrorists win is the more patriotic option!

by kittwin on Jul 3, 2008 3:53 PM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

Does that mean

That planting trees is actively helping the Hippies win?

I kissed Dumpster Muffin and I liked it. The taste of her hippie chapped lips.

by Maharg on Jul 3, 2008 3:56 PM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

I think it depends on where you plant them!

by kittwin on Jul 3, 2008 4:51 PM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

It’s a Simpsons reference to fireworks. I think I remembered it correctly. “Show your love for your country by blowing up a small portion of it.”

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Jul 3, 2008 4:44 PM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

America loves all her children!

This comment was entirely inappropriate, especially for a Cal blog. I have a few gay friends, they’re human beings too, just like you and me. These sorts of comments cannot be tolerated. As an unabashed America lover, I can understand why you were upset, but please use Twists list of suitable replacement words in the future.

by CaliSeth on Jul 4, 2008 1:39 AM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

Natalie Couglin is so flippin hot.

And when will sci-fi villains ever learn not to engineer defense mechanisms that have one small weakness easily compromised by one person (i.e. the Deathstar, the ID alien mothership forcefield computer thing, the giant robot maid in Spaceballs…)?

by CalBandGreat on Jul 3, 2008 11:39 AM PDT reply reply 0 recs

Yes, I'll respond to my own post

...it’s like having a bend don’t break defense, if you ask me.

by CalBandGreat on Jul 3, 2008 11:42 AM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

"Natalie Couglin is so flippin hot."

Talk about stating the OBVIOUS!

by CaliSeth on Jul 4, 2008 1:20 AM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

RE: The Poll

I voted for St. Dumpster Vigil, but really I’ll be eating hamburgers and watching the twilight zone marathon on sci fi.

by Itchy25 on Jul 3, 2008 7:33 PM PDT reply reply 0 recs

Nice!

God I love those Twilight Zone marathons! Nothing like 1960’s women… So, so HOT!

by CaliSeth on Jul 4, 2008 1:23 AM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

To Serve Man....

Its… A COOKBOOK!!!!

i know what you mean about liking those old school ladies. they just seem so innocent…

by Itchy25 on Jul 4, 2008 12:16 PM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

What if Natalie Coughlin lived in the 1960s?

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Jul 5, 2008 7:58 AM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

...but still had the swimsuit they wear in 2008. she’d be like quantum leap.

by Itchy25 on Jul 5, 2008 3:46 PM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

Am I looking at a Castlevania or Hellsing reference for option #3?

by WilltheBear on Jul 3, 2008 7:50 PM PDT reply reply 0 recs

Castlevania. Because his dad is the dark lord of the night. I dont know exactly who Helsing’s dad is. Is it also concentrated evil in the form of Dorrell? Clearly, I failed to adequately craft that joke.

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Jul 3, 2008 7:56 PM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

Daily Cal article on CNN

Wow, this article was one of the front page links on CNN.COM http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/03/trees.berkeley/index.html

by CaliSeth on Jul 3, 2008 8:55 PM PDT reply reply 0 recs

2007 Cal @ Washington DVD

Someone finally posted the 2007 Cal @ Washington game.

Link to torrent here

Myself and one other person are the only ones downloading so far so its slow. If we can get 3-5 of us downloading, we can really speed it up.

by danzig on Jul 5, 2008 4:12 PM PDT reply reply 0 recs

Ai!

The remaining torrents were posted a few months ago. I was seeding the UW game for a while but then nobody was downloading it so I cleared that game off my hard drive.

I <3 Longshore

by HydroTech on Jul 5, 2008 10:12 PM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

I looked for a while back but gave up searching

I’ve been wanting it for a while now and thought I’d never get it, but here it is. Can you re-download it? It will speed it up for us slackers. You don’t have to of course, but it would be appreciated.

by danzig on Jul 6, 2008 3:42 PM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

Do you really wanna watch this game?

In other words, Go Bears!

by royrules22 on Jul 6, 2008 10:13 PM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

I've seen it live, of course

... but I always try to have a copy in DVD form so I can re-watch the games from time to time. When I re-watch a game without all the anger/excitement I see so much more, tons actually. Ask Hydro and Ken Crawford, I don’t think those guys actually watch regular TV.

Of course winning games are so much more easier to watch for me (i’ve seen the TENN game about 11 times), but i learn more from watching torture games like WASH, OREST and the BIG GAME from 07… the BIG GAME… oh my god… it’s… so… painful.

RR, do you ever re-watch any games?

by danzig on Jul 7, 2008 12:47 AM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

I agree

When you watch games later on, after the excitement and anger have settled, you see more. Also, I think that when you watch games multiple times, you see more. When you watch the same play 10 times, you see more. When you force yourself to look at players you normally don’t watch, you see more too. Seriously, just watching the games as a fan only takes a few hours but watching the games with an analytical eye can easily take 2-3 times as long.

I think watching the games where we lose are the best ones to watch because they are more revealing and you can see what went wrong.

I <3 Longshore

by HydroTech on Jul 7, 2008 1:06 AM PDT up reply reply 0 recs

I do re-watch certain games but I usually fast forward a lot of it. I’m still not at the point where I have the patience to re-watch a full game. And the games I do watch are the ones where we won (i.e. last season I saw the Tenn game and the Oregon game). Hell I can barely re-watch a movie if I’ve seen it in the last year.

In other words, Go Bears!

by royrules22 on Jul 7, 2008 9:57 AM PDT up reply reply 0 recs