The Final Countdown

Phew, it's been a week since I last posted. However, I've been working on the banana costume that Jim's wearing for Halloween. If you saw our latest strip, you've seen how it turned out.

How did I make Jim's banana suit? Well, I guess I forgot to mention in my Five Facts post that I can hem pieces of cloth together to create things. Yes, and I threatened Jim that if he even dares to reveal that talent, I'm taking the suit away.

As for me, I was so busy making Jim's costume I didn't have time to get serious about mine. So I'm going as a robot.

Anyway, that's the end of this post.

Next time on Beyond Rodney and Jim...

CANDY TIME!!!

PAINFUL... but brilliant.

Wow, two episodes in one day?...

Okay, so just yesterday Jim checked his e-mail. He got this message from someone, and it contained this totally awful "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" video thing from the internet. We couldn't even listen to it for more than 30 seconds without almost dying from the horribleness of the clip:

It's actually been an internet phenomenon for years, so I got an idea for what Jim might be this Halloween...

See ya!

Hanging with my Brothers...

(Note: I wanted to use something different than that for the title, but I couldn't think of anything.)

Anyway, welcome to another "Beyond Rodney and Jim". Ironically, this strip focuses on everything beyond our universe. I guess the guy that gave us the strip had created a bunch of other characters as well, and I got to know them pretty well. In fact, just yesterday, I played a game of hearts with that guy and a couple of his other creations:

I got completely destroyed by the others, but oh well. I'm not sure how I manage to play with people from other worlds, but it's cool anyways. I even played Backgammon with one of them once. Good times, good times...

That's all for this rather short episode.

Five Facts Friday

Welcome to another "Beyond Rodney and Jim".

Okay, is it just me, or did this week seem to take FOREVER to end?! I almost can't believe Friday is here!

Of course, to celebrate the arrival of the end of this long, long week, I decided to let slip a couple of interesting behind-the-scenes stuffs (you know, my original reason for starting this blog in the first place?). So, here goes nothing...

1. I CAN'T SWIM...

Yes, it's weird that I made fun of Jim having an innertube when I couldn't swim from one side of the pool to the other, but come on! It was a DUCK innertube!



2. I am a Spongebob fan...

I hate to admit it, but that yellow maniac just seems to do it for me. Maybe it's just because it's good to know that me and Jim aren't the only popular pair of idiots out there (oops, did I say that out loud?).

3. I DO have a short attention span...

As amazing as it seems, stupid Mr. Dingle was right about one thing: I really do have a short atttention span. I will only be able to focus for about 5 minutes, then I just start thinking about something else. I almost (ten minutes pass) oh, sorry, I was checking my e-mail. I'm telling you, I have ADD!

4. I ride my scooter everywhere...

I learned to ride a scooter when I was four years old, and ever since, I've been pushing one everywhere I go. Walking? Thbbbbt! Biking? Pfffft! Nope, that scooter is the way to go!



5. The fact that Jim can only speak in grunts and yet we still understand every word he says...


THIS is one I'm sure everyone out there has wondering about since this strip started. Well, the big wait is over, everyone, because I'm going to reveal the ENORMOUS secret right no...




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Oh, darn it, looks like Tina needs the computer "really badly". Sorry, I'll have to cut it off right here.

Happy Friday!

Halloween Costumes...

Welcome to another BRJ.

It's coming up on mid-October, which means it's time to consider costumes. Jim and I have been trying to think up ideas, but we just can't come up with anything. I even tried my "visual powers" on Jim to try thinking up something, but that failed. Badly.

That image of Jim as a dinosaur is still floating in my memory. Brrrrr...

Anyway, we came up with another solution: looking through a book of costumes. There were a bunch of people going down to the Banama Recreation Center to get pictures taken with their costumes on. They even created an album of all the pictures! So, of course, we picked one up, and looked through it. It took a while, too...

(Note: Don't tell Dad this, but he looked like a total dork in that football costume.)

What do we do? We may NEVER get ideas for costumes!

That's it for this episode.

Trivia Show Results!

You remember the trivia show I started some time ago. Well, it's finished now,
and our winner is:

JANICE HEAD!!!

Congratulations on participating, AND getting all the answers right!

We may have another TWR soon!

Trivia with Rodney!

Welcome to a special episode of "Rodney and Jim"! Why is this post special? Well, let me explain...

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! IF YOU ARE READING THIS POST, THEN YOU ARE NOW OFFICIAL CONTESTANTS ON:

SORRY ABOUT THE LOW QUALITY.

ON THIS SHOW, THE RULES ARE VERY SIMPLE. YOU READ THE FOLLOWING TRIVIA QUESTIONS, BASED ON WHAT YOU HAVE READ ON THIS BLOG, THEN YOU GO TO THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST, AND LEAVE YOUR ANSWERS. THE MORE PEOPLE WHO ENTER ANSWERS, THE BETTER!







NOW FOR THE QUESTIONS...

QUESTIONS:

1. Based on scientific evidence, can termites read anything?

2. What two reasons was I nervous about becoming 16?

3. A as in WHAT?

4. In percentages, how much do either Mom or Dad cook?

5. How many days a year is dinner a disaster?

6. What is one of Jim's biggest fears?

7. What did Jim do on the first day of school this year?

8. What did we name the bomb we created on the Fourth of July?

NOW GO TO THE COMMENTS SECTION AND POST YOUR ANSWERS. HERE'S HOW:

1. (answer)

2. (answer)

3. (answer)

THANKS FOR JOINING US! TUNE IN LATER ON FOR THE RESULTS!

Candidate for Most Pointless Toy of the Year Award?

Welcome to another "Beyond Rodney and Jim"



Okay, so in Fred Meyer yesterday, we were looking for a gift for my little cousin that's turning 2 in a few days, and I saw what had to be the DUMBEST looking kids toy ever...



No, I didn't do any photoshop on it, this is actually a toy I saw. See, "Frogz" is some way to get kids into the "rappa-rappa-bling-bling-hanging-with-my-homies" thing. What does this frog do? Well, if you press a button, it'll start singing:

(note that the bass is moderately high here)

IT CHUR BIRTHDAY
IT CHUR BIRTHDAY
GONNA PARTY LIKE IT CHUR BIRTHDAY.

or play some song by some rapper (hopefully it's a clean one...).

Okay, I'll just say here and now: this toy has NO target audience. Only kids like the stuffed toys, but what kids are gonna like that kind of music? Anyone???

And that's why this is a candidate for Most Pointless Toy of the Year. I'll post more pointless toys later on, but for now...

PEACE OUT, HOMIE!

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Okay, you're right, that was pretty lame. Sorry.

UPDATE!: I found out that one toy did sing an unclean song! What are those people thinking?

Thirty Strips Old...

Geez, has time flown or what? Well, if not for you, than it has for me and Jim, because it seemed like just yesterday when we started this strip. And now, we're 30 STRIPS OLD!!!

First off, I'd like to thank Andy Brinkerhoff for hosting our strip and creating us and all that stuff.

I'd also like to thank the blog "Keeping Up with the Brinkerhoffs" for broadcasting our strip to bunches of people. If not for them, we'd probably have never gotten popular.

And finally, you, for reading it!

Next checkpoint: 1 YEAR OF STRIPS.

Thank you everyones!