It’s Saturday. Keep your PJs on, grab a bowl of sugary cereal, plop yourself on the floor 9 inches from the TV, and commence mouthbreathing. [via Big Contrarian]

[We are delighted to welcome our newest writer, Shana Mlawski, to the blog. As new media moguls, we decided to abuse our awesome power to haze the new girl (mmm…girls…me rikey!) and, in so doing make her introduce herself to you. This post is the first part of the result. Oh, and the picture is not of her. –Ed.]

Hi. I’m new here.

In their wisdom, the founders of this weblog have set to hazing their new members with all manner of strange and intriguing questions so readers get to know us. To wit:

1. What’s the first album you ever bought for yourself? and how do you feel about that music today? (Do you still listen to it?)
2. What show did you mourn the most when it was cancelled, and what does it say about our society that it couldn’t find an audience?
3. What video game are you/were you the best at, and what was your greatest acheivement? Why are you more proud of this achievement than any other?
4. What movie will you always watch all the way through whenever it’s on TV, and why?
5. Under what circumstances did you first see “Akira”? Where, when, with whom, on what format? What does this tell us about you?

And a special bonus question on account of my va-jay-jay:

What are your thoughts on joining a blog that was, until you signed up, a sausage party?

Before I publish my first official post, then, I must endeavor to answer these questions for the Internet masses and my potential employers/Internet stalkers. Let’s start with question two.

[Extremely well-drawn and hie-larious comix post le jump. –Ed.]

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Does this mean…? Could it be…?

There’s a new McDonalds ad that kind of weirds me out. Sadly I haven’t located the video online - post a link in the comments if you can find it.

Anyway, this is the latest in their campaign based on the idea that the food items on the dollar menu sit around all day having meetings that revolve around who is eligible for membership in the dollar menu. Generally these ads are stupid, but inoffensive. The new one, well… here’s a rough transcript. more »

[This post begins Terminator Week on Overthinking It. –Ed.]

(Photoshopping courtesy of the lovely and talented Mr. Lee)

To be honest, I didn’t start watching “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” with high hopes. Terminator 3 had its moments, but it also had all the hallmarks of a franchise-killer, and TV spinoffs generally don’t inspire a lot of confidence. (With “Happy Days,” “Mash,” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” the track record is actually better than you might think… still, I was expecting something closer to “Highlander: The Series”). Anyway, I’m glad that my girlfriend talked me into giving it a shot, because the show is really very good. Today I’m here to overthink the reasons why.

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