"Uh, waiter...

... There's a wasp in my food" Now that's the last thing you wanna hear when you're eating, but it's what my sister experienced last week while eating at Italianni's. The fateful incident happened when my sister ordered the Ziti, at first it was fine but when she started to finish her food she spotted something... something unusual, it was a wasp cooked with the beef used in the Ziti. The only bright side to this is that we had a free lunch after finding the incriminating insect, so remember people, always bring a dead fly with you so you can get away with a free luch!

DISCLAIMER:
markedandlockedon.blogspot.com does not endorse the behavior of smuggling insects into restaurants to get free food, all views here are intended to be taken as jokes... except for Uwe Boll and Ssangyong, they suck.

Now that that's out of the way, I want to say that Italianni's used to have good food and the quality was great, but now their food seems... bland. Some of the ingredients used didn't seem as fresh, the Tiramiu was tasless and had the texture of a dishwashing sponge... eughhh. I didn't even finish it, which is a miracle because if you know me, I ALWAYS have room for dessert.

Overall though, I'm not trying to bring the restaurant down, I just want to tell them to increase food quality and possibly, remove all insects please. Who knows, if my sister had eaten that she might have become a superheroine.
... Or maybe not.

What is in a name?

All of us have names, it's the thing people call you by (obviously). We were all blessed with a name that our parents bestowed upon us because: a.) It reflected a personal experience in their life and they wanted us to be that eternal reminder. b.) Said name was all the rage back then, times when every parent named their child the same. c.) Your parents were uncreative and went for a simple name.

Where am I going with all of this? You'll see in a moment.

Names have ranged from the common to the truly bizarre, (I advise you to check the link out, personal favorite: Dick Assman) I however have a pretty common name, both first and last. My first name is Mark and my last name is Ramos, the combination of two common names to make one mega common name. Join me in my journey to see how many people have been blessed with a name like mine! Enter... GOOGLE!

After a quick search of my name I checked out how many results the search yielded.
Seven million and two-hundred thousand people! SEVEN MILLION TWO-HUNDRED THOUSAND. For fun, I wanted to see what the other Mes were doing with their lives, then I can unravel who I was in my past life!

First link was labeled Mark Ramos - TV.com. Looks promising, unfortunately I could not open the link because the damn Internet is acting up again! CURSE YOU DOWNTIME!!!

On to the next one which says RamosDesigns.com where I (presumably) design web sites. Pretty boring website, at least it wasn't interior design.

And then I see a website that says "Mark Ramos and Jan Ramos Married?"
That may sound fine to you but here's the disturbing part... I have an uncle named Jan... The Horror... The sheer true horror.

The advantage though of having a name like mine is the ability to stay anonymous, I mean if you had a name like: "Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfe­schlegelstein­hausenberger­dorffvoraltern­waren­gewissenhaft­schaferswessen­schafewaren­wohlgepflege­und­sorgfaltigkeit­beschutzen­von­angreifen­durch­ihrraubgierigfeinde­welche­voraltern­zwolftausend­jahres­vorandieerscheinen­wander­ersteer­dem­enschderraumschiff­gebrauchlicht­als­sein­ursprung­von­kraftgestart­sein­lange­fahrt­hinzwischen­sternartigraum­auf­der­suchenach­diestern­welche­gehabt­bewohnbar­planeten­kreise­drehen­sich­und­wohin­der­neurasse­von­verstandigmen­schlichkeit­konnte­fortplanzen­und­sicher­freuen­anlebens­langlich­freude­und­ruhe­mit­nicht­ein­furcht­vor­angreifen­von­anderer­intelligent­geschopfs­von­hinzwischen­sternartigraum, Senior" (no shit, it's a real name) everyone would know who you are! (If they can pronounce the damn thing). Let me give you a scenario: I rob a bank, I am fully covered from head to toe, I leave a name card ahead that says "Mark Ramos" the people will then say which "Mark Ramos? There's a million of 'em!" Am I right? But if you were stupid enough to leave a name card, or even find a card long enough, with your retardedly long behemoth of a name behind, the cops would know it was ajsnfncvdvdfdvv or what ever his name was.

Anonymity is pretty important this day and age, when you have multiple accounts make sure to have a unique name for most of them. I know a person who ues one, just ONE, pseudonym for every account she has! You enter that name and all of the sites she has ties with will come out! As for me though, you'll have a tough time findng me, I am the Internet Anonymous!!!! Search me, Fear me.

A Monstrosity that Must be Stopped!

Well, sembreak starts today until November 10, so one month of no classes!

Anyway, the monstrosity in question is NOT Uwe Boll for once, I am talking about an automotive disaster, they make horrible looking cars, they suck, and it's Korean. Yes, I am talking about the guys that try to pass themselves off as Benz, a name that strikes fear in the eyes of automotive enthusiasts... SSANGYONG!

Foul beast! Back to the Abyss from whence you came!

So you're wondering why they're so bad? Let me show you:

The weird bit is the rear window, is there any reason it's not connected to the main design? I think they just took one of their SUVs and added a poorly assembled extension. Imagine the rear part of the car gone, it looks A LOT like an SUV, my hypothesis may be correct.

Poorly made in MS Paint!

See? Now doesn't that look better?

This is a Ssangyong Concept car:

You know how that looks like?
2007 Toyota Camry, I got nothing more to say.

One last offender, and a personal favorite of mine:

...

The Ssangyong "Actyon" you know whats wrong with this car?

1. Looks like it has Down's Syndrome.
2. Looks like they couldn't decide whether to make a round car or an angular one, so they did both... IN ONE CAR.
3. "Actyon"?! ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? This car would certainly make me not get any "Actyon", it will make me stay a virgin for the rest of my life!

Another problem with Ssangyong is that they pick out the stupidest names for their cars, like the Ssangyong "Rexton", Rexton sounds like the kid that got always picked on in class. The aformentioned Actyon and the "Chairman" which looks like a Lincoln Town car ripoff, Chairman?! The car naming process probably went down like this:

Exec: Boys, our new luxury car is complete and all it needs is a name! We want something that sounds fancy and something that sounds very dignified.
Employee: Sir, how about the "Chairman"
Exec: Hmmm, I like it!

Now the above passage may not be funny but the point I'm trying to make is why Chairman? Why not President? Was Senator taken? What about the Ssangyong Barangay Captain??? Does that sound good to you?!?!?!

Korean cars have made a name for themselves lately, we are seeing more Hyundais on the road and Kia is improving (although I wont buy one, trauma) Hyundais actually look good! and the problem is that if Ssangyong doesn't step up, they'll be eaten alive.

The thing with cars is that they don't only have to run well, they have to have the looks to match, I don't care if this car is safer than Volvo, I don't freaking care if this car cures cancer! What matters is it looks ugly and and I wouldn't be caught dead in it.