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March 17, 2008

Men are from Mars

No seriously. We’ve all grown up with hopes and fears of the little gray men from Mars, but today I’m here to tell you that WE are the men from Mars. And who am I to make such claims you might ask? My name is Tristan Emerson, and I’m a Scientist. That’s right folks, a Scientist. Right here sitting next to me is an expensive piece of paper proving my scientist….ness. It reads, “Tristan Emerson, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.” So actually, I guess I’m two scientists!

Now I wouldn’t make such outrageous claims without being able to give you absolute and undeniable proof of this, would I? Well probably, but not today! Behold, and tremble before my great awesomeness as I present you with indisputable proof of my claims:

In July of 1976 NASA was passing by Mars on its annual trip to the Bahamas when they stopped to snap a couple pictures of the planet. Little did they know that 32 years later a very bored man would use these photos to put together the greatest cover-up in history. The pictures I’m referring to, of course, are those of the “Face” on mars.

You gasp in awe, and feel a slight shiver run up your spine. “Could it be true?” you find yourself thinking. Let’s keep reading.

Well, what good would it do to build a face on your planet if it could only be seen from space? If this was built for the people on Mars, it would most likely resemble Mount Rushmore so that people could actually SEE the face. But maybe they didn’t LIVE on Mars. Maybe they lived on the planet Mars orbited around (stifle gasps for now, there’s a lot more to cover). So, there’s this big planet of which Mars is a moon. For reference we’ll call this planet Tristonia, that seems humble enough of a name for a planet. So, Mars is orbiting around Tristonia, and some Tristonian pirates get together and decide that they’d like to put a face on their moon that could be seen from all over Tristonia. The Galactic Association of Pirates gets together and builds the huge face on Mars, to the delight of all Tristonians. But their happiness could not last forever.

War! There’s not room enough on one planet for both galactic pirates and ninjas. The planet of Tristonia was host to the most epic of wars in the history of the universe. The Galactic Association of Pirates, knowing they couldn’t hold out against the terrible forces of the League of Ninjas, knew that their only hope of ending the ninjas was to blow up the entire planet! The ninjas, knowing doom was impending, filled a ship with vials of the DNA and microbial juices of all kinds of plant and animal life. Their only hope was to launch the ship to Earth, and hope that the various species could adapt and survive on the near waterless planet.

But, as luck would have it, the explosion of Tristonia sent huge pieces of the planet rocketing into one side of Mars (as any good American knows, the majority of craters on Mars are on ONE side. Coincidence? I think not.). The impact forced all the water on Mars to get jolted off of it and sent it on a long long journey to Earth (can you think of any other way to explain how water flowed uphill on Mars?).

This also helps us explain how thousands of religions have some story of a global or near-global flood. Ok, maybe not thousands. Maybe like two or three. I think the Greeks did… Anyway, all the rain pouring down through space and hitting Earth would introduce tons and tons new water, making Earth a much more livable place than it was before the great war of Tristonia, and the microbes and DNA from the “arc” would have a perfect environment to flourish into what we all see around us today.

So there you have it. You’d have to be an idiot to not see the obvious logic here.

“You don’t get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion.”
~L. Ron Hubbard, Science Fiction Author and Founder of Scientology

Hey ummm that “flood” image…

Did you screencap that from Jurassic Park 2?

Comment by Travis — March 17, 2008 @ 2:55 pm

When you start your own religion, can I get a discount?

And Travis, I see what you did there.

Comment by Will — March 17, 2008 @ 9:29 pm

You know what is a good way to take over the world? Start a religion and have a mandatory 10% tithe, but instead of it being 10% of your income, make it 10% of your land. World domination is just a few million loyal followers away.

Comment by Tristan — March 17, 2008 @ 11:18 pm

Now, what percentage of the world is required for “domination” status? Is that like a “majority” is 51% or is more of a 2/3’s kind of thing…

Comment by Travis — March 18, 2008 @ 12:22 am

Just a note, Vanilla Ice did not leave us. He is still around, doing whatever it is he does.

Comment by HP — March 18, 2008 @ 4:51 pm

I didn’t mean to imply that Vanilla Ice had gone the way of Elvis (whatever way you believe that to be). I was under the impression that he was done making music though, which is what this world really needs him for.

Comment by Tristan — March 18, 2008 @ 4:58 pm

I used to work for GAP Inc (in the Navy division). Does that give me galactic pirate status? And don’t you dare say no.

Comment by Will — March 18, 2008 @ 5:04 pm

@Will- Galactic Ass. Pirate? I’d say definitely.

Comment by Travis — March 18, 2008 @ 7:29 pm

OH SNAP! You’re no mere Earth pirate hooker my friend. You’re a Galactic Ass Pirate!

Comment by Tristan — March 18, 2008 @ 7:33 pm

V Ice done making music? Nonsense. He released ‘Platinum Underground’ in 2005 and ‘Bi-polar’ sometime in the early 00’s. Prior to that we had ‘Hard to Swallow’ which featured a more metal version of ‘Ice Ice Baby’ called ‘Too Cold’. There is also a ‘Ninja Rap 2′ floating around the internet somewhere. While not as fun as the original ‘Ninja Rap’ it does throw a few shot-outs to the Insane Clown Posse.

Comment by HP — March 18, 2008 @ 7:38 pm

You mean this? I had no idea he was still doing stuff, but frankly I’m disappointed. In the music video he looks like Eminem, and the sound seems very reminiscent of Limp Bizkit. For shame Vanilla Ice, for shame!

Ninja Rap 2 sounds promising though…

Comment by Tristan — March 18, 2008 @ 7:47 pm

Yeah… seems to be trying way too hard with the voice.

I’m still holding out for a metal remake of Color Me Badd’s “I Wanna Sex You Up.”

Comment by Larry — March 18, 2008 @ 10:51 pm

I think the closest you are going to get is that song Color Me Bad just did with ICP a few months back, ‘Truth Dare.’

Comment by HP — March 18, 2008 @ 11:57 pm

Mooove on… Nothing to see here. Washed up one-hit-wonders only had one hit for a reason—they weren’t talented enough to make it in the first place. The fact he’s trying to come back is extra-pathetic.

Comment by Travis — March 19, 2008 @ 12:21 am

Hey hey hey hey. “Ice Ice Baby” and “Ninja Rap” makes Vanilla Ice a two hit astonishment.

Comment by Tristan — March 19, 2008 @ 1:00 am

Well, Travis, he isn’t really trying to come back. His last release was about three years ago. He sticks to mostly underground music releases now or washed up star exploitation shows.

Comment by HP — March 19, 2008 @ 1:01 pm

Good. I’m glad he’s not trying to come back.

Comment by Travis — March 20, 2008 @ 12:04 am

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