#i call it the desert simulator or mini mexico

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Xavier: Renegade Angel #18: “Kharmarabionic Lotion” | April 3, 2009 - 12:15AM | S02E08

I did not remember this episode at all, and it’s actually possible that I never saw it until now. Also, like a lot of Xavier episodes, I am exhausted just at the prospect of trying to recount the plot. But, I will try, because I am very brave. 

In this one: a man reads an article in the paper credited to himself, which really freaks his bean. At some point during the episode, we join the story post article, as if to imply that the first part of the episode was being told via flashback, but then it’s not. Furthermore, the beginning of the “article” section is revealed to be a simulation. Xavier finds himself out in the desert, like usual, but it turns out it’s actually a holodeck/westworld style attraction where Americans can come and beat up Arabs as a means to get their racist aggression out in a comparatively more healthy way.

Also: Xavier gets his finger bit off by a possum, which sprouts a mini snake This finally explains the origin of Xavier’s snake arm: his original arm was bitten off by a huge possum. 

Xavier exits the simulation and finds himself at a funeral for the namesake of a New Mexico town called Lotion. They are the makers of 70% of the nation’s lotion. That’s why they all be lookin’ so, so shiny. The dead man invented lotion, and deserves to be honored. Xavier convinces everyone in the town to buy lotto tickets, and they do, and I guess everyone wins.

They do this so they can build a statue of the man, but Xavier encourages them all to gold plate themselves to celebrate being so selfless. At this moment, the bank comes to foreclose on the whole town. Not wanting to give up the gold, the town poses as robots for an attraction appealing to Arabs wanting to see a robotic simulation of a small American town and also grab robot genitals. 

I liked this one fine, but there was really only a couple of scattered laughs. I laughed at some booger eating (chomp.wav), and the line where Xavier scolds one of the Arabs that “Women here are free to do whatever they want. (whimpering) It totally sucks.”

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Say you've joined the big brother program and you have become a mentor to a zoomer. It is a sacred bond, and he or she looks up to you. They want to know: What was this Adult Swim thing all about? You only have eleven minutes to wow them before they get inevitably get distracted by skibidi toilet. What do you show them?

This is a good question and I am ill prepared. I think presentation is important, so I would definitely use YOUTUBE clips and sorta wing it, just to demonstrate to them that a lot of this stuff is just on YouTube and you can click around. Dusting off a DVD could potentially be a turn-off.

Right now I just typed Tim & Eric and sorted by view count, and among them were the FREE REAL ESTATE sketch, which I'd probably click on just to see if they recognized the meme. Then I'd show them the Paul Rudd Celery Man sketch. If they seem like they hate that I'd just show them Robot Chicken sketches. This is my real answer. I am not lying or using drugs while answering this.

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Since I’m basically stuck in a “greenhouse” (sleeping porch), I’m taking a moment to recognize some of my excellent quarantine buddies. Also serving as a reminder I really don’t need to keep hoarding plants, especially since most of the agaves I keep will grow to at least a foot across. With the exception of the dwarf agave up top (agave isthmensis “Ohi Raijin Shiro Nakafu”) even though it’s managed to grow considerably over the last year!

Agave victoria-reginae “golden princess” has had a very nice glow up too; her yellow variegation has intensified lately as she’s continued to grow at a steady pace. The big momma Agave applanata “cream spike” has been with me for only 5 months and seems determined to go nuts making new leaves after she ate so many lower leaves during acclimation. Mangave “bloodspot” in photo 8 looking luminous in afternoon sun!

Echeverias “Lenore Dean/Compton carousel”, subsessilis variegated, and “dusty violet” are also content to hang out with me. And then there’s that cute little gymnocalycium cactus with the bloom I’m waiting on!

Too many, and I acknowledge I’m nuts, but I love them all very much. (Intervention needed?)