Dec 21

Ok, so I’m not so much of a nerd that I’m going to piss and moan about George Lucas raping my childhood with Greedo shooting first and the rest of the crap he did when he screwed around with the original versions of the Star Wars films.

But I always did like the Ewok song at the end of Return of the Jedi. As a kid I thought it was catchy and it was kind of nifty how the end blended whatever the hell the Ewoks were singing, with English, although I was never quite sure what they were saying. I was mildly miffed that they replaced it with corny instrumentals for the “remastered” version. (Ok, the dumb-looking circular explosion effect when the Death Star went down was irritating too.)

So my assumption for the past 20 years or so was that the last line was “time to break the laaaaaaawww…” (queue Star Wars theme).

I never really got why after defeating the Emperor and restoring freedom to the galaxy it would be time to break the law, but hey, I was a kid and I wasn’t putting too much thought into it.

Still though, it didn’t seem very “Jedi”.

But this morning a co-worker of mine sent me a link to the lyrics to the actual song. They actually had lyrics to this thing?

Turns out, not only did they have lyrics, but there was a translation.

Here’s the song, and here’s the lyrics:

Yub nub, eee chop yub nub,

Freedom, we got freedom,



toe meet toe pee chee keene, g’noop dock fling oh ah.

and now that we can be free, c’mon and celebrate.



Yah wah, eee chop yah wah,

Power, we got power


toe meet toe pee chee keene, g’noop dock fling oh ah

and now that we can be free, c’mon and celebrate.



Coat ee chah tu yub nub,

Celebrate the freedom



Coat ee chah tu yah wah,

Celebrate the power



Coat ee chah tu glo wah.

Celebrate the glory.



allay loo ta nuv

celebrate the love



Glo wah, eee chop glo wah, ya glo wah pee chu nee foam,

Power, we got power, and now that we can be free,



ah toot dee awe goon daa.

it’s time to celebrate.


Coat ee cha tu goo (Yub nub!)

Celebrate the light (Freedom!)



coat ee cha tu doo (Yah wah!)

celebrate the might (Power!)



coat ee cha tu too (ya chaa!)

celebrate the fight (Glory!)



allay loo tu nuv (3 times)

celebrate the love



Glo wah, eee chop glo wah.

Glory, we found glory



Ya glow wah pee chu nee foam,

The power showed us the light



ah toot dee awe goon daa

and now we all live free


allay loo tu nuv.

celebrate the love.

“Celebrate the Love”? Meh, that’s just awful. I guess George Lucas really did take a steaming crap on my childhood. THANKS GEORGE.

P.S. Han did shoot first, don’t be such a fucking hippie.

Dec 12

Continuing the trend of posting things here just because I, personally, think they’re awesome, here’s a news article about what those wacky Koreans are doing with Cats these days:

Korean scientists have cloned cats possessing red fluorescence protein (RFP) that can be used to treat human genetic diseases, the government said Wednesday (Dec. 12).

The Ministry of Science and Technology said a team led by Kong Il-keun, an animal cloning expert at Gyeongsang National University, manipulated the RFP in the skin tissue of Turkish Angora cats.

Three cats with the changed RFP were born in January and February with one being born dead.

The two living animals are the first RFP cats produced in the world, and currently weigh 3.0 kilograms and 3.5 kilograms each, the ministry said. It added while they look like other Turkish Angoras under normal light, they “glow” in the dark if exposed to ultraviolet beams.

“The ability to manipulate the fluorescent protein and use this to clone cats, opens new horizons for artificially creating animals with human illnesses linked to genetic causes,” a government official said. This, he said, can speed up efforts to find treatment and drugs by allowing scientists to study animals and conduct experiments that are not possible with human patients.

The expert said the ability to clone cats could be further developed to help endangered animals including tigers and leopards, maintain the numbers needed for procreation.

The ministry provided funding for the project to help bolster the country’s knowledge in this bio-science field.

Kong had made headlines by becoming the first person in the country to clone cats in 2004 and has since been named director of research of a state-supported project to clone animals for therapeutic research.

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Dec 11

This guy is an American hero:

Dec 9

I realized that since I rarely use this blog like all the other jerks who feel the Internet actually cares about what they have to say, I might as well keep a record of things I find interesting or useful at the moment.

So here’s a video I’ve found helpful considering the amount of money I waste on supplements.


Make Your Own Protein Bar.

Dec 7

Protip: If you forgot to bring your cup to jiujitsu, don’t play half guard.

Your future children will appreciate it.