i can make a difference

i figured out how i'm gonna make my mark on the world. i'm going to get rid of the 30-30 (or 30-all) score in tennis. it's 100% useless.

a break down of tennis scoring.
-a game of tennis (which is a subset of a set which is in turn a subset of a match) starts out at 0-0 (or love-love if you wanna be a real prick)
-the first point counts for 15 (yes, it's weird)
-the second takes you to 30
-the third takes you to 40
-next point could be (but isn't always the point that ends the game)
-so a game could be over in 4 points, 0-0 -> 15-0 -> 30-0 -> 40-0 -> game over
-and then there's this concept called deuce
-assuming both guys score 3 points, that puts them at 40-40 which is called deuce
-at that point, you have to win 2 points in a row to win the game where the first point you win is the deuce point
-if it's deuce and you win the point, they call that "your advantage"
-if you win "your advantage", game over
-if you lose "your advantage", back to deuce, try again

here's where my mark on the world comes in. 30-30 (or 30-all, the situation where both sides have scored 2 points) is exactly the same as deuce. once you get to 30-30, you have to win two in a row (starting at deuce/30-all/same thing) to win the game. exact same rules as deuce.

let's see it in action.
-it's 30-all, you win a point, making it 40-30
-if you win the next point, you win the game
-just like if it was deuce and you won two in a row

-it's 30-all, you win a point, making it 40-30
-you lose the next one which puts you at ... that's right, 40-40 or deuce
-rinse and repeat with the deuce stuff until the game is over

that's it, 30-30 is deuce. it might be the most useless concept in the entire world. and we live in a world where i can use bandwidth to write this blog entry. once i explain this concept to someone who can do something about it, they're gonna owe me big.

i'll see you when i'm famous and rich.

Inspired by a true story

It seems like half of the movies that come out these days are inspired by a true story. And they always seem to really throw that in your face ... in the preview at the beginning of the movie. Is that really something that you should be touting as a film maker? Pretty much just means that you found some story and filled in all the trimmings.

If I ever make a movie, it's gonna be fiction and the preview is gonna start with a black screen and this text:

I made all this shit up myself.

ringtone of the year!

so i'm watching the vmas and they just presented the award for ringtone of the year. the winner was a dude named fort minor (who i recognize from linkin park) but his tune where'd you go is one i've never heard before.

i have to ask, what's worse, announcing this award and being forced to say "we are proud to present the first ever award for ringtone of the year?" or the fact that this fort minor dude had a prepared list of people to thank for when he won ringtone of the year?

apparently, i'm mighty

i went here: www.youaremight.com. i typed in my name. i clicked the link. and i was presented with this piece of unbelievable awesomeness.

http://luke.johnson.youaremighty.com/

the internet. i mean, c'mon.

Robots, Beck

I really don't want to make a habit of this, but I can't NOT post this:



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my name is luke johnson and i support this video:

crack journalistic investigation

so i get this email that really looks like spam except for the extremely weird and personally addressed content:

From: Crystal Cotti crystalcotti@yahoo.com To: lukejohnson33@gmail.com, lukejohnson33@yahoo.com Date: Mar 20, 2006 5:12 PM Subject: Incident with the Mayor of Austin Hi Luke, My name is Crystal Cotti and I'm a reporter at Fox 7 News in Austin. Were you in Austin for South by Southwest this weekend? If so, please call me at 512-785-0500 as soon as you get this. We're trying to figure out why the mayor decided to escort you out with so much force. Thanks for your time. This story is airing at 9pm tonight. Thanks for your help, Crystal Cotti

i can't help but respond with this

Crystal, Gotta be the weirdest or the best spam ever. I was not attending south by southwest this weekend so I can't help. But I'll be looking forward to the story. -Luke

and then the response from crystal:

I found your name on My Space...so sorry to bother. Thanks for the response.

turns out that crystal is actually a reporter for fox 7 news in austin.

so basically when fox 7 news in austin needs to find a quote or a source for a story, it looks like myspace is their first stop. seems as though the local news in austin is just as great as it is in arizona.

sadly i never got a follow up from crystal on the story. i'd love any info anyone has on my namesake and his ongoing feud with the mayor of austin.