Happy New Years!
Toast: To a great 2003 fellas! I'll be drinking some 40's lemonade in celebration.
cheers!
Tuesday, December 31, 2002
New Year's, or is it New Years?
This is probably not necessary, as well as being a bit late for it to even matter, but everyone is, as always, invited to our house for New Year's. Those who are already committed are enjoying all you can eat sushi and other delicious Japanese food at JR One at 6pm. After that it is a short walk home and then some high-stakes poker, blackjack, and pai-gow poker. I have this great plan using Card Club rules where everyone alternates as dealer/house and only banks as much as they are willing to potentially lose that round; of course, the house always wins, so we'll see what happens. I smell some millionares in the making tonight! At least I'm not all about the drinking games this year, those only seem to go over well with just me....
Rest assured, there will be enough of the hard stuff to serve everyone some Blood of Satan's, Cement Mixers, Mini-Guiness', and Tequila Shots.
If you are out of the area, or drinking a bottle of vodka at home ALONE (Rudy) and can't make it over, have fun, be safe (but not to your liver) and we'll see you after the end of the world- I'm sure that SOMEWHERE in the Bible Code or Nostradamus' Prophecies it's supposed to end this year, like every other year....
This is probably not necessary, as well as being a bit late for it to even matter, but everyone is, as always, invited to our house for New Year's. Those who are already committed are enjoying all you can eat sushi and other delicious Japanese food at JR One at 6pm. After that it is a short walk home and then some high-stakes poker, blackjack, and pai-gow poker. I have this great plan using Card Club rules where everyone alternates as dealer/house and only banks as much as they are willing to potentially lose that round; of course, the house always wins, so we'll see what happens. I smell some millionares in the making tonight! At least I'm not all about the drinking games this year, those only seem to go over well with just me....
Rest assured, there will be enough of the hard stuff to serve everyone some Blood of Satan's, Cement Mixers, Mini-Guiness', and Tequila Shots.
If you are out of the area, or drinking a bottle of vodka at home ALONE (Rudy) and can't make it over, have fun, be safe (but not to your liver) and we'll see you after the end of the world- I'm sure that SOMEWHERE in the Bible Code or Nostradamus' Prophecies it's supposed to end this year, like every other year....
Thursday, December 26, 2002
Back from Hiatus
Okay, well it has been an eventful week or so. I moved last weekend and spent most of the previous week trying to get that to happen. Been a bit crazy up there. To make a long story short I spent all of last weekends waking hours packing, moving, eating, or shitting. Fun stuff. I no longer have Internet access and I do not know when I will. It may be a few weeks so my email/blogging will be a bit erratic. Anyway I am down in LA right now until sunday evening. I will give you guys more gory details later. I just do not feel like typing it up. I will be around.
Yo Momma
Okay, well it has been an eventful week or so. I moved last weekend and spent most of the previous week trying to get that to happen. Been a bit crazy up there. To make a long story short I spent all of last weekends waking hours packing, moving, eating, or shitting. Fun stuff. I no longer have Internet access and I do not know when I will. It may be a few weeks so my email/blogging will be a bit erratic. Anyway I am down in LA right now until sunday evening. I will give you guys more gory details later. I just do not feel like typing it up. I will be around.
Yo Momma
Wednesday, December 25, 2002
Leonardo De Suckio
Went to watch the Gangs of New York last night. Theatre was mostly empty as people are probably out somewhere skiing or having Christmas celebrations at anywhere but here. The movie itself had less than 20 spectators, most of whom probably had nowhere exciting to go either. The movie followed with the mood of the entire evening: unorgasmic.
As a child, Leonardo's character was born in the life of 19th century brooklyn ghettos, AKA 5 points, was populated mostly by poor irish immigrants that flooded the ports of New York. While Ireland was plagued by the potato famine, the Irish came to the US in Hordes, seeking of a better life. The portrayal of life in the 5 points was quite shocking and pictured fairly well. Living in the ghetto, money was scarce, your life would have been one born into a local gang and your daily occupation was to be a hooker, thief, or murderer. Death... it seemed was almost welcomed and accepted as much as living. One can get robbed at any corner, killed for a dollar, or murdered by one of the local gangs. Life was cheap. You got a feeling that life was almost meaningless and wondered how these people maintained their sanity.
That was pretty much the only good part of the movie. I'm not going any more into detail, incase some of you might actually go watch the movie. However, be warned, this movie served better as a documentary of life in 19th century new york/brooklyn, than anything to do with gangs or mafias. It was a far cry short of movies such as The Godfather. A lot of grotesque scenes (butchery, murders, fights) and a lot of nudity (Nude tits). Very inappropriate for children.
Final Grade: B-
Also finished up the book, Kingdoms for Sale, by Terry brooks. The plot of the book was interesting. In a department store catalog, much like the one's you'd find at Ross or Macy's, was advertised a kingdom for sale for 1 million dollars. Why or How that land became for sale, you'll have to read the book. But basically the Protagonist of the book, Ben Holliday, a successful but lackluster lawyer, purchased the mythical land, and became it's king. However, he later finds that all was not as seemed as written in the Ad. He inherits a crumbling castle, with no retainers, no army and no money. He has a few followers, a court magician, 2 kobold cooks, and a dog as a court writer. On top of that, a demon vyes for the throne. Will he succeed in bring peace to this mythical land or would he pay the ultimate price, his life, in his attempt at kingship?
Read the book and find out...
Kingdoms for sale: A-
Went to watch the Gangs of New York last night. Theatre was mostly empty as people are probably out somewhere skiing or having Christmas celebrations at anywhere but here. The movie itself had less than 20 spectators, most of whom probably had nowhere exciting to go either. The movie followed with the mood of the entire evening: unorgasmic.
As a child, Leonardo's character was born in the life of 19th century brooklyn ghettos, AKA 5 points, was populated mostly by poor irish immigrants that flooded the ports of New York. While Ireland was plagued by the potato famine, the Irish came to the US in Hordes, seeking of a better life. The portrayal of life in the 5 points was quite shocking and pictured fairly well. Living in the ghetto, money was scarce, your life would have been one born into a local gang and your daily occupation was to be a hooker, thief, or murderer. Death... it seemed was almost welcomed and accepted as much as living. One can get robbed at any corner, killed for a dollar, or murdered by one of the local gangs. Life was cheap. You got a feeling that life was almost meaningless and wondered how these people maintained their sanity.
That was pretty much the only good part of the movie. I'm not going any more into detail, incase some of you might actually go watch the movie. However, be warned, this movie served better as a documentary of life in 19th century new york/brooklyn, than anything to do with gangs or mafias. It was a far cry short of movies such as The Godfather. A lot of grotesque scenes (butchery, murders, fights) and a lot of nudity (Nude tits). Very inappropriate for children.
Final Grade: B-
Also finished up the book, Kingdoms for Sale, by Terry brooks. The plot of the book was interesting. In a department store catalog, much like the one's you'd find at Ross or Macy's, was advertised a kingdom for sale for 1 million dollars. Why or How that land became for sale, you'll have to read the book. But basically the Protagonist of the book, Ben Holliday, a successful but lackluster lawyer, purchased the mythical land, and became it's king. However, he later finds that all was not as seemed as written in the Ad. He inherits a crumbling castle, with no retainers, no army and no money. He has a few followers, a court magician, 2 kobold cooks, and a dog as a court writer. On top of that, a demon vyes for the throne. Will he succeed in bring peace to this mythical land or would he pay the ultimate price, his life, in his attempt at kingship?
Read the book and find out...
Kingdoms for sale: A-
Tuesday, December 24, 2002
Move to where they got the best ****
Fuck Minosota . Move somewhere cool Jael!
Anyways: I just got a new vid-card. Not much- an older Voodoo3 - anyways- disabled my onboard crappy card and made this one the primary (in the bios) but somewhere in the process, my computer doesn't see my cd drives (F and E) !!! WTF!?!? Any ideas? I'm kinda stoaked right now cuz I'm getting some good frame-rates, whatever, but I'd like to eventually get access to my cd drives again. Don't see them at all in the Device Manager- when I boot- it looks like windows is seeing them, but it also looks a little off (like the id numbers its givving them looks generic) once Windows is up, I can't find those 2 drives to save my life. I hate computers.. :\
HAPPY X-MAS AGAIN!
Fuck Minosota . Move somewhere cool Jael!
Anyways: I just got a new vid-card. Not much- an older Voodoo3 - anyways- disabled my onboard crappy card and made this one the primary (in the bios) but somewhere in the process, my computer doesn't see my cd drives (F and E) !!! WTF!?!? Any ideas? I'm kinda stoaked right now cuz I'm getting some good frame-rates, whatever, but I'd like to eventually get access to my cd drives again. Don't see them at all in the Device Manager- when I boot- it looks like windows is seeing them, but it also looks a little off (like the id numbers its givving them looks generic) once Windows is up, I can't find those 2 drives to save my life. I hate computers.. :\
HAPPY X-MAS AGAIN!
Actionteam Gang
Jon, I have a proposal. You need a roomate in Minnesota or whereever the fuck your going? I need to get away from it all. Fuck parents that treat me like a 10 year old. It's time that I made it on my own. It's time that I flew this crazy coop. I don't know if job's going to be a problem. I'm sure I can leverage something.
Johnny
Jon, I have a proposal. You need a roomate in Minnesota or whereever the fuck your going? I need to get away from it all. Fuck parents that treat me like a 10 year old. It's time that I made it on my own. It's time that I flew this crazy coop. I don't know if job's going to be a problem. I'm sure I can leverage something.
Johnny
Monday, December 23, 2002
Congrats!
Good job on getting that Zombie short story submitted. You said it was the third book right? So I'll pass by the ol barny an boobs, and get a copy. Hey man, it's a start. You got to write some fantasy novels like the pervert pierce anthony. Some stuff about virgin sex and underaged love. Be sure to include lots of random races so that you can explore that incestual side of the characters. And then you can lieu that into their human side so that you can insinuate that the characters were actually like us, so the "young adults" can get a kick out of it. See? It's a book already! You can throw a couple of Thai Hookers in there just for twists. haha! D'oh.
Got 2 books at the library. I haven't read any novels since last year. That's a pretty long time. Anyways, I wondered if my library card still worked or if I had like a million dollar fine from a book I don't even remember being checked out. Turned out uneventful. Checked out a book "kindoms for sale" by terry brooks. Terry is a good writer? I don't remember much from sword of shannara. We'll see. Libraries are cool. There are now software, videos, cd's, DVD's that you can rent. I remember perusing the library over at redondo and they had a huge selection of Vtapes. Anyways, I rented this really cool video on Ukelales and it's awesome! I'm going to go buy a ukelale. It only has 4 strings so the playability is more like a solo instrument! yah!
Wish you all a Merry Christmas! Aaron did you trek down yet? Did you end up taking the Grey Hound like you were saying? Let me know! If you don't respond in 3 days, I'm presuming your missing somewhere on the 5 freeway chopped up so I'll call the cops. Mykel! Hee' ey!! How are things now in the archeological digs? I hope things are better with that ex bizzatch/supervisor issue. Hopefully you can come up with Jon, Eric and Rudy when they come and visit. (key note: when) =)
Happy Holidays!
Jael
Good job on getting that Zombie short story submitted. You said it was the third book right? So I'll pass by the ol barny an boobs, and get a copy. Hey man, it's a start. You got to write some fantasy novels like the pervert pierce anthony. Some stuff about virgin sex and underaged love. Be sure to include lots of random races so that you can explore that incestual side of the characters. And then you can lieu that into their human side so that you can insinuate that the characters were actually like us, so the "young adults" can get a kick out of it. See? It's a book already! You can throw a couple of Thai Hookers in there just for twists. haha! D'oh.
Got 2 books at the library. I haven't read any novels since last year. That's a pretty long time. Anyways, I wondered if my library card still worked or if I had like a million dollar fine from a book I don't even remember being checked out. Turned out uneventful. Checked out a book "kindoms for sale" by terry brooks. Terry is a good writer? I don't remember much from sword of shannara. We'll see. Libraries are cool. There are now software, videos, cd's, DVD's that you can rent. I remember perusing the library over at redondo and they had a huge selection of Vtapes. Anyways, I rented this really cool video on Ukelales and it's awesome! I'm going to go buy a ukelale. It only has 4 strings so the playability is more like a solo instrument! yah!
Wish you all a Merry Christmas! Aaron did you trek down yet? Did you end up taking the Grey Hound like you were saying? Let me know! If you don't respond in 3 days, I'm presuming your missing somewhere on the 5 freeway chopped up so I'll call the cops. Mykel! Hee' ey!! How are things now in the archeological digs? I hope things are better with that ex bizzatch/supervisor issue. Hopefully you can come up with Jon, Eric and Rudy when they come and visit. (key note: when) =)
Happy Holidays!
Jael
Sunday, December 22, 2002
Writing at $2/hour
Yeah... you get paid diddly-squat for short stories. They aren't a way to make money, at all. Typically you are paid a flat rate (usually a few cents per word) rather than any sort of royalty agreement (like you might find in the music biz). The only places that pay anything like a good price for shorts are the top-notch magazines like Playboy, and those usually only publish one piece of fiction per issue. Obviously even a very very good writer's chances of getting published in the upper-tier magazines is so close to nil that it's foolish to assume you'll profit from it. In the old days guys like HP Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard could eke out a living on short stories alone, but sadly those days are gone. Instead the goal with short stories is not to make money off of those alone, but to a) use them as practice for something more profitable (ie, a novel) and/or b) write enough good-quality ones that you can publish a book of them.
Writing's a pretty tough business.
Hey Ja-el, come down and you can be a member of my family for Xmas!
Ohhh... starting with this camping trip last weekend, I've been eating so much that I feel totally bloated. How did I used to eat this much on a regular basis? Come the New Year it's time to take a few pounds back off, methinks. I learned this new way to do it... what you do is you don't eat for two days, and then on the third you eat a ton, but you throw it all back up and eat like a piece of toast or something. It's really healthy and supposedly it really works!
I finally played Upwords today. Twice. It has truly been a day to remember!!!!!!!!!!!!!
burnt
Yeah... you get paid diddly-squat for short stories. They aren't a way to make money, at all. Typically you are paid a flat rate (usually a few cents per word) rather than any sort of royalty agreement (like you might find in the music biz). The only places that pay anything like a good price for shorts are the top-notch magazines like Playboy, and those usually only publish one piece of fiction per issue. Obviously even a very very good writer's chances of getting published in the upper-tier magazines is so close to nil that it's foolish to assume you'll profit from it. In the old days guys like HP Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard could eke out a living on short stories alone, but sadly those days are gone. Instead the goal with short stories is not to make money off of those alone, but to a) use them as practice for something more profitable (ie, a novel) and/or b) write enough good-quality ones that you can publish a book of them.
Writing's a pretty tough business.
Hey Ja-el, come down and you can be a member of my family for Xmas!
Ohhh... starting with this camping trip last weekend, I've been eating so much that I feel totally bloated. How did I used to eat this much on a regular basis? Come the New Year it's time to take a few pounds back off, methinks. I learned this new way to do it... what you do is you don't eat for two days, and then on the third you eat a ton, but you throw it all back up and eat like a piece of toast or something. It's really healthy and supposedly it really works!
I finally played Upwords today. Twice. It has truly been a day to remember!!!!!!!!!!!!!
burnt
"LARPing brings out those raw emotions that have driven people to greatness."
There's a pretty cool site at http://www.legendsroleplaying.com/Gallery.html Plus they're located in central Massachussetts so I'll have some pals when I move!
$174 closer to fame and fortune
It looks like your boasting at JP's art party was not in vain Rudy. Pending their acceptance of the final revision, it looks like my cannibal/zombie story will be published in Eden Studio's "Book of Final Flesh" anthology of zombie stories. Eden Studios is the publisher of "All Flesh Must Be Eaten." I've never seen either of the first two anthologies anywhere (Book of Flesh and Book of More Flesh), but then I don't usually peruse the undead section of Barnes & Noble.
Anyway I do want to hang out with you guys, when is a good day? Sunday isn't so hot for me but most other days are pretty good. Aaron, Johnny, are you guys home yet?
There's a pretty cool site at http://www.legendsroleplaying.com/Gallery.html Plus they're located in central Massachussetts so I'll have some pals when I move!
$174 closer to fame and fortune
It looks like your boasting at JP's art party was not in vain Rudy. Pending their acceptance of the final revision, it looks like my cannibal/zombie story will be published in Eden Studio's "Book of Final Flesh" anthology of zombie stories. Eden Studios is the publisher of "All Flesh Must Be Eaten." I've never seen either of the first two anthologies anywhere (Book of Flesh and Book of More Flesh), but then I don't usually peruse the undead section of Barnes & Noble.
Anyway I do want to hang out with you guys, when is a good day? Sunday isn't so hot for me but most other days are pretty good. Aaron, Johnny, are you guys home yet?
Saturday, December 21, 2002
Long Live The Queen!
Hey, welcome back mike! How was blood bowl? Honestly, I think its an OK game- i just gotta be in the mood (or be "prepared") - If Im in video-game mode, its real hard for me to down-shift for some blood bowl hell. Hey Eric: Just thought you were trying to avoid me! Sorry dude! I was afraid to email you again or call! I'll be at my folks house on sunday if you've got a little free time- email me!. Jon- yeah, loving the flash movie- keep it up. Jael: You're my true dog. RUFF! I'm pretty much healthy now- little bit of gunk in teh fhroat, but thats all! Well- let me know when to hang out!
Hey, welcome back mike! How was blood bowl? Honestly, I think its an OK game- i just gotta be in the mood (or be "prepared") - If Im in video-game mode, its real hard for me to down-shift for some blood bowl hell. Hey Eric: Just thought you were trying to avoid me! Sorry dude! I was afraid to email you again or call! I'll be at my folks house on sunday if you've got a little free time- email me!. Jon- yeah, loving the flash movie- keep it up. Jael: You're my true dog. RUFF! I'm pretty much healthy now- little bit of gunk in teh fhroat, but thats all! Well- let me know when to hang out!
Friday, December 20, 2002
Return of the King
Er... or not! Ok, ok, ok, I'm lame, I suck, I'm gay, I'm a re-tard, I know I know I KNOW! Sorry for the lack of contact over the last couple of months, and for not managing to get in touch since I've been back. I could give lots of excuses like how much the term has sucked or whatever, but as I know they will only inspire further derision, I'll save the the bytes, and just apologize, and hope that you all still kinda love me at least, and that I get to see some or all of you over the next couple of weeks and spend a lot of time together making up for lost communication. Oh, and sorry Eric, I discovered that I changed my login and password to one of my standard fall backs, so you won't be able to add a message from me... or WILL you?
I'm totally there for Blood Bowl, so hopefully others will come too. Other than that, we should go out for a few drinks or something soon. This is, of course, assuming that I haven't hung myself in the Venetian blind pulls by this evening due to the onslaught of hate emails and blogs that are coming my way! But even if that happens, you should get together and hold a seance, conjure my freshly departed spirit and contain it in an old Ragu sauce jar or something. Then, I'll be able to always be there for conventions and gamer fun! See you all soon (I hope!)
Er... or not! Ok, ok, ok, I'm lame, I suck, I'm gay, I'm a re-tard, I know I know I KNOW! Sorry for the lack of contact over the last couple of months, and for not managing to get in touch since I've been back. I could give lots of excuses like how much the term has sucked or whatever, but as I know they will only inspire further derision, I'll save the the bytes, and just apologize, and hope that you all still kinda love me at least, and that I get to see some or all of you over the next couple of weeks and spend a lot of time together making up for lost communication. Oh, and sorry Eric, I discovered that I changed my login and password to one of my standard fall backs, so you won't be able to add a message from me... or WILL you?
I'm totally there for Blood Bowl, so hopefully others will come too. Other than that, we should go out for a few drinks or something soon. This is, of course, assuming that I haven't hung myself in the Venetian blind pulls by this evening due to the onslaught of hate emails and blogs that are coming my way! But even if that happens, you should get together and hold a seance, conjure my freshly departed spirit and contain it in an old Ragu sauce jar or something. Then, I'll be able to always be there for conventions and gamer fun! See you all soon (I hope!)
Some Thoughts
- Perhaps Mike went back to the UK already? He called me the first day, and I was at work til late, then went to the gym and didn't call him until the next day. I got his mom on the phone and she said that he would be back the following afternoon. So I called then and left a message with lots of Mmmmmmike's, and yeah, is this, uh, Mmike?! Haven't heard from him since. I think he is here for Christmas, though maybe he just decide to give up and leave already.....
- Denis and (Mike) and I are hopefully playing Blood Bowl tonight (friday), if anyone else wants to come along, heh heh.
- Rudy: Sorry about last week, I honestly did not check my email until yesterday for the past week. I have been so busy and tired from work, sorry. Maybe Sunday?
- At an installation in Marina del Rey yesterday, I saw the bass player from the Monkees, I think his name was Mike Nesmith. Whatever. He was with what looked like a 23 year old. Hopefully, for his sake, not just his daughter...
- I like most of 2Towers. More on that later. Back to work.
- Perhaps Mike went back to the UK already? He called me the first day, and I was at work til late, then went to the gym and didn't call him until the next day. I got his mom on the phone and she said that he would be back the following afternoon. So I called then and left a message with lots of Mmmmmmike's, and yeah, is this, uh, Mmike?! Haven't heard from him since. I think he is here for Christmas, though maybe he just decide to give up and leave already.....
- Denis and (Mike) and I are hopefully playing Blood Bowl tonight (friday), if anyone else wants to come along, heh heh.
- Rudy: Sorry about last week, I honestly did not check my email until yesterday for the past week. I have been so busy and tired from work, sorry. Maybe Sunday?
- At an installation in Marina del Rey yesterday, I saw the bass player from the Monkees, I think his name was Mike Nesmith. Whatever. He was with what looked like a 23 year old. Hopefully, for his sake, not just his daughter...
- I like most of 2Towers. More on that later. Back to work.
Thursday, December 19, 2002
Mickey D's Hack N Slash Franchise
Hey yall! Jon Oetersen beat me to the punch on the Rings Kings, so I'm just going to add to his review. Overall it was a good movie! It's not surprising that Mr. Oeteropers agrees with me on this movie just because D&D seems to be our mutual nerdy curse. So perhaps this is one of the few exceptions.
Anyhow moving on, Gollum was ok... I didnt' like the fact that his accent reminded me of Jar Jar Binks (Jamaican accent). It gave me the nauseating shiver all over again, but gollum played out fairly well and it was good. But throughout gollums entire appearance, I was kept at the edge of my seat fearing "will he begin sounding like Jar Jar". It was uneasy to say the least.
For Fight fans, D&D raves, and Special Effect geeks, this is the perfect combination of all three. Most of the combat scenes were obviously done with Digital Graphics. Wished there were a little more realism there, (like Excalibur) but I guess with the attempt to cinematically make the movie with Epic army proportions, it would have been expensive and difficult proposition.
The movie went a lot faster than the first one, with much less character developement and frugal love scenes. There were constant fighting one scene after the other, which was tied in fairly well with some plot developement.
Good good good, movie set in medieval times!
Jael
Hey yall! Jon Oetersen beat me to the punch on the Rings Kings, so I'm just going to add to his review. Overall it was a good movie! It's not surprising that Mr. Oeteropers agrees with me on this movie just because D&D seems to be our mutual nerdy curse. So perhaps this is one of the few exceptions.
Anyhow moving on, Gollum was ok... I didnt' like the fact that his accent reminded me of Jar Jar Binks (Jamaican accent). It gave me the nauseating shiver all over again, but gollum played out fairly well and it was good. But throughout gollums entire appearance, I was kept at the edge of my seat fearing "will he begin sounding like Jar Jar". It was uneasy to say the least.
For Fight fans, D&D raves, and Special Effect geeks, this is the perfect combination of all three. Most of the combat scenes were obviously done with Digital Graphics. Wished there were a little more realism there, (like Excalibur) but I guess with the attempt to cinematically make the movie with Epic army proportions, it would have been expensive and difficult proposition.
The movie went a lot faster than the first one, with much less character developement and frugal love scenes. There were constant fighting one scene after the other, which was tied in fairly well with some plot developement.
Good good good, movie set in medieval times!
Jael
Smorgasborg of the Rings
Hey, that was a good movie! I liked it quite a better than the first one. Quicker, less confusing (obviously I understand everything from the books, but I felt like this one did a good job of explaining some things in the last movie which would be confusing to a first-timer), Gollum was good, ents were good, fun fight scenes. Gandalf was cool. There are a couple of moments in the first movie which make me cringe (three shots of Sam "drowning," pointlessly argumentative Council scene, confusing Bree scene), and there were no moments like that in this movie. I do think they could have pulled this one a little shorter, buuuut it was good stuff. I was sad that Gimli is the butt of so many jokes though. Lots of differences from the book but I think they were justifiable. Holding back some good stuff for the third book. That's cool.
Hey, that was a good movie! I liked it quite a better than the first one. Quicker, less confusing (obviously I understand everything from the books, but I felt like this one did a good job of explaining some things in the last movie which would be confusing to a first-timer), Gollum was good, ents were good, fun fight scenes. Gandalf was cool. There are a couple of moments in the first movie which make me cringe (three shots of Sam "drowning," pointlessly argumentative Council scene, confusing Bree scene), and there were no moments like that in this movie. I do think they could have pulled this one a little shorter, buuuut it was good stuff. I was sad that Gimli is the butt of so many jokes though. Lots of differences from the book but I think they were justifiable. Holding back some good stuff for the third book. That's cool.
Wednesday, December 18, 2002
Sick
I got a nasty head-cold right now. Sucks. Glad you had a fun camping trip- I went on an Astronomy camping/field trip to Borrego Springs (someplace near where you went) - it was amazing. I really wanna go back there- I'm just kind of afraid of some Deliverance type of shit going down. FUCK THAT. Glad you're back Mike. Alright- back to being sick.
(JOOOON- what the fuck is up with that Flash movie?)
BTW - I got a new email: uh- email to my old one and I'll give u the new one. late
I got a nasty head-cold right now. Sucks. Glad you had a fun camping trip- I went on an Astronomy camping/field trip to Borrego Springs (someplace near where you went) - it was amazing. I really wanna go back there- I'm just kind of afraid of some Deliverance type of shit going down. FUCK THAT. Glad you're back Mike. Alright- back to being sick.
(JOOOON- what the fuck is up with that Flash movie?)
BTW - I got a new email: uh- email to my old one and I'll give u the new one. late
Monday, December 16, 2002
Camping is fun
I went camping with my non-Action Team homiez in the Anzo-Borrego desert on Saturday/Sunday. It wasn't at a campsite, we just turned off the road and drove around until we found a good spot. Matt drove the SUV, and it was the first time I've ever seen, or heard of, a sport utility vehicle being used in the way that they are advertised on TV.
The desert is pretty in a stark way, not the yellow beach-sand kind of desert but the brown, scrubby, mountainous kind of desert, out by the Salton Sea. We sort of expected freezing sleet, but actually it was so warm that I wore a T-shirt most of the night, and Ziskin was in his underwear for 90% of the trip. It got cold and started blowing hard, but only late at night after we'd all retired for the evening. Keeping my doctor's orders in mind I had 10 beers, chips and salsa, Chipotle, s'mores, spam & eggs, coffee, and In n' Out burger over the course of the weekend. I didn't suffer any dyspepsia though. I am beginning to think that it's mainly caffeine which triggers it because I had only 1 cup of coffee the whole weekend and it didn't bother me. But today I had two cups of coffee and a few cups of tea and it started brutalizing me in the afternoon. We took a three-hour hike and climbed up a huge mountain (Jordan and Janice sat this one out). We got sort of lost on the way back, that was cool.
I'm glad Mike is back. Good for hiim! That lousy fuck. I can say that because he'll never read it. I'm down to hang around later this week (got a lot of hanging out with Jordan to do, including seeing Two Towers on Wednesday--I was gonna try to see it with you guys but he got hooked up with tickets at the Bridge, now let the half-assed guilt tripping begin...). It would be fun to try to replicate the exact circumstances under which we saw Fellowship though, that is, with Aaron and Eric and Dave wearing his DON'T CROSS THE NAZIS! shirt. Good times!
I went camping with my non-Action Team homiez in the Anzo-Borrego desert on Saturday/Sunday. It wasn't at a campsite, we just turned off the road and drove around until we found a good spot. Matt drove the SUV, and it was the first time I've ever seen, or heard of, a sport utility vehicle being used in the way that they are advertised on TV.
The desert is pretty in a stark way, not the yellow beach-sand kind of desert but the brown, scrubby, mountainous kind of desert, out by the Salton Sea. We sort of expected freezing sleet, but actually it was so warm that I wore a T-shirt most of the night, and Ziskin was in his underwear for 90% of the trip. It got cold and started blowing hard, but only late at night after we'd all retired for the evening. Keeping my doctor's orders in mind I had 10 beers, chips and salsa, Chipotle, s'mores, spam & eggs, coffee, and In n' Out burger over the course of the weekend. I didn't suffer any dyspepsia though. I am beginning to think that it's mainly caffeine which triggers it because I had only 1 cup of coffee the whole weekend and it didn't bother me. But today I had two cups of coffee and a few cups of tea and it started brutalizing me in the afternoon. We took a three-hour hike and climbed up a huge mountain (Jordan and Janice sat this one out). We got sort of lost on the way back, that was cool.
I'm glad Mike is back. Good for hiim! That lousy fuck. I can say that because he'll never read it. I'm down to hang around later this week (got a lot of hanging out with Jordan to do, including seeing Two Towers on Wednesday--I was gonna try to see it with you guys but he got hooked up with tickets at the Bridge, now let the half-assed guilt tripping begin...). It would be fun to try to replicate the exact circumstances under which we saw Fellowship though, that is, with Aaron and Eric and Dave wearing his DON'T CROSS THE NAZIS! shirt. Good times!
Sunday, December 15, 2002
In honor of Mike's return, witness this Brilliance
LIKE MIKE
(DVD version)
"Like Mike" is a great movie that is however phenomenally unconcerned with the experience of being like Michael Anderson. Despite this crippling flaw, it succeeds on a number of levels.
1. The protangonist is Negro-American performancer "Little Bow Whoa," showing that anybody can aspire to be like Michael Anderson.
2. There's this asian chick in it who is wayyy too young now (unesls your'e in Thaoland or something!) but in a few years... PLAY BALL!!
C. There is lots of baseketball in it... but Michael Anderson does not like baseketball, he likes kricket and punting... the message being... YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE LIKE PUNT TO BE LIKE MIKE!
d. The young JONATHAN lipnicki is in it... he is sooo cute in a nerdy way... like a young Harold Moranis!! Someday he will Be a Ghotsbuster!
4. the whole thing takes place in California... Michael Anderson grew up in California (mostly)... KEEPIN IT REAL
Total Grade: A++++
DVD bonus features include: Chapter Search, pause functionality, eject functionality
LIKE MIKE
(DVD version)
"Like Mike" is a great movie that is however phenomenally unconcerned with the experience of being like Michael Anderson. Despite this crippling flaw, it succeeds on a number of levels.
1. The protangonist is Negro-American performancer "Little Bow Whoa," showing that anybody can aspire to be like Michael Anderson.
2. There's this asian chick in it who is wayyy too young now (unesls your'e in Thaoland or something!) but in a few years... PLAY BALL!!
C. There is lots of baseketball in it... but Michael Anderson does not like baseketball, he likes kricket and punting... the message being... YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE LIKE PUNT TO BE LIKE MIKE!
d. The young JONATHAN lipnicki is in it... he is sooo cute in a nerdy way... like a young Harold Moranis!! Someday he will Be a Ghotsbuster!
4. the whole thing takes place in California... Michael Anderson grew up in California (mostly)... KEEPIN IT REAL
Total Grade: A++++
DVD bonus features include: Chapter Search, pause functionality, eject functionality
Saturday, December 14, 2002
Hooray for Health!
Thats great to hear that you no longer reside on the heart-attack alert, it's also not so great you have been to told avoid beer and coffee BEFORE going on a camping trip with Matt... then again Jordan will be there too, so you guys can stick together, stay wonderfully sober, and be sticks in the desert mud while Matt has all the "cool" fun.
Also, today is the day that Moikal Andresson returns to our great, great country that is full of Democratically elected officials, which is WAYYYY better than some other countries and their stupid Monarchies... Hooray for our elected leader, Al Gore, err, I mean George Bush!
Thats great to hear that you no longer reside on the heart-attack alert, it's also not so great you have been to told avoid beer and coffee BEFORE going on a camping trip with Matt... then again Jordan will be there too, so you guys can stick together, stay wonderfully sober, and be sticks in the desert mud while Matt has all the "cool" fun.
Also, today is the day that Moikal Andresson returns to our great, great country that is full of Democratically elected officials, which is WAYYYY better than some other countries and their stupid Monarchies... Hooray for our elected leader, Al Gore, err, I mean George Bush!
(sound of wind howling)
Hello! Well, it's been a relatively eventful few days. I visited my doctor, peed in a cup, paid him to stick his finger up my arse... and then we went to his office. Ba-dump-chh! So, we cleared up the problem as not being a heart problem (have you had an ekg before? it's fun!), but it is not really acid reflux either. Instead it is a mysterious condition called "dyspepsia" which is indeed stomach-related but is not standard heartburn. It also seems to come and go on its own. Hooray for mystery pain! Anyway he told me pretty much to stay away from caffeine, spicy foods, and alcohol. These three things comprise perhaps 85% of my diet, so I'm not too sure how that will go.
Tomorrow I'm going camping in the Anzo-Borrego desert. Should be fun although it might be freakin' cold. If I turn out not to come back then it's likely that Jordan and Matt buried me in the desert somewhere and I'd thank you guys to kick their asses for me in case I can't do it from beyond the grave. I know Matt is tough but that's why you have to work your way up improving your skills by fighting the mini-bosses like Zangief and King Hippo. HINT: Punch the mailboxes to reveal delicious turkeys.
Hello! Well, it's been a relatively eventful few days. I visited my doctor, peed in a cup, paid him to stick his finger up my arse... and then we went to his office. Ba-dump-chh! So, we cleared up the problem as not being a heart problem (have you had an ekg before? it's fun!), but it is not really acid reflux either. Instead it is a mysterious condition called "dyspepsia" which is indeed stomach-related but is not standard heartburn. It also seems to come and go on its own. Hooray for mystery pain! Anyway he told me pretty much to stay away from caffeine, spicy foods, and alcohol. These three things comprise perhaps 85% of my diet, so I'm not too sure how that will go.
Tomorrow I'm going camping in the Anzo-Borrego desert. Should be fun although it might be freakin' cold. If I turn out not to come back then it's likely that Jordan and Matt buried me in the desert somewhere and I'd thank you guys to kick their asses for me in case I can't do it from beyond the grave. I know Matt is tough but that's why you have to work your way up improving your skills by fighting the mini-bosses like Zangief and King Hippo. HINT: Punch the mailboxes to reveal delicious turkeys.
Tuesday, December 10, 2002
Battle Kry
In Gratis for the advanced loan on the purchase of acquires, Hoodle! I shall pay you back as if I do not, you can place me in indentured servitude.
Battle cry is a great game. There were a few sites making some scenario add-ons. I think you know most of them, unfortunately as time went by, the momentum died down and I think a lot of these "home grown" sites have since stopped making cool 3rd party stuff for the game.
I would buy another copy, but I already own one. Ah the memories at Gencon. Yah!
Jael
In Gratis for the advanced loan on the purchase of acquires, Hoodle! I shall pay you back as if I do not, you can place me in indentured servitude.
Battle cry is a great game. There were a few sites making some scenario add-ons. I think you know most of them, unfortunately as time went by, the momentum died down and I think a lot of these "home grown" sites have since stopped making cool 3rd party stuff for the game.
I would buy another copy, but I already own one. Ah the memories at Gencon. Yah!
Jael
Um... buy one
Hmmm... that's a great price. I checked AH's website and that is definitely not the standard pricing. Also Amazon.com is still showing as 39 bucks. If that's the price that's showing at gamekeeper then 1) must be a great promotion 2) not a AH promotion but maybe GK is trying to rid of inventory, 3) Eric please grab me 2 copies of aquire. I'll pay you back later. Thanks.
Jael
Hmmm... that's a great price. I checked AH's website and that is definitely not the standard pricing. Also Amazon.com is still showing as 39 bucks. If that's the price that's showing at gamekeeper then 1) must be a great promotion 2) not a AH promotion but maybe GK is trying to rid of inventory, 3) Eric please grab me 2 copies of aquire. I'll pay you back later. Thanks.
Jael
Cheap Games, not Cheapass
So I was shopping for X-Mas this past weekend and I noticed at The Game Keeper they have reduced the price of Battle Cry, Diplomacy, and Acquire to $19.99!!! What a deal, what a steal! So if anybody wants one, go get it! I asked the sketchy chick there about the price and she thinks that it is a permanent reduction. Huzzah! Battle Cry.. sheesh, is that just the best game ever, or what?
So I was shopping for X-Mas this past weekend and I noticed at The Game Keeper they have reduced the price of Battle Cry, Diplomacy, and Acquire to $19.99!!! What a deal, what a steal! So if anybody wants one, go get it! I asked the sketchy chick there about the price and she thinks that it is a permanent reduction. Huzzah! Battle Cry.. sheesh, is that just the best game ever, or what?
Monday, December 09, 2002
I'm With Eric
Rat Race? What the fuck.... I swear, Aaron, you need to move back in wih me. I would make sure that you don't ever have to see Rat Race.
Well, my "heartburn" (which has been jolly old fun for the last week and a half) sux0rs so much that I called up my doctor and nagged him again about it. The medication is doing fuck-all and I'm sitting around going "ohhhh" like some demented Denis clone. Anyway, he started making comments about EKGs and chest X-rays and drinking barium, so who knows what kind of medical excitement we could be in for tomorrow. I'll be sure to post every second of it for you, my loyal audience!
On the plus side my cholesterol is markedly improved from two years ago!
How was ye old work Eric? Working at a startup company I am sure you will be working many long hours in the days to come. Well, our days of surfing were fun. Well, we only did that once, but it was still fun.
Rat Race? What the fuck.... I swear, Aaron, you need to move back in wih me. I would make sure that you don't ever have to see Rat Race.
Well, my "heartburn" (which has been jolly old fun for the last week and a half) sux0rs so much that I called up my doctor and nagged him again about it. The medication is doing fuck-all and I'm sitting around going "ohhhh" like some demented Denis clone. Anyway, he started making comments about EKGs and chest X-rays and drinking barium, so who knows what kind of medical excitement we could be in for tomorrow. I'll be sure to post every second of it for you, my loyal audience!
On the plus side my cholesterol is markedly improved from two years ago!
How was ye old work Eric? Working at a startup company I am sure you will be working many long hours in the days to come. Well, our days of surfing were fun. Well, we only did that once, but it was still fun.
Wurk = Suck
Deez nuts. Welcome to the Working world Eric. You are now officially christened in the Rat Race. Just hope that any ambiguity of your job gets cleared up! Onward!
For the record, it was the evil enron that selected those grate movie titles. Smells fishy. Next time? I choose.
I really want to come back to this New Years. Any cool bean plans? Anyone?
Jael
Deez nuts. Welcome to the Working world Eric. You are now officially christened in the Rat Race. Just hope that any ambiguity of your job gets cleared up! Onward!
For the record, it was the evil enron that selected those grate movie titles. Smells fishy. Next time? I choose.
I really want to come back to this New Years. Any cool bean plans? Anyone?
Jael
Work
So here I am at work. I have my computer setup, a temporary place to sit, 4 hours of sleep and two Bonus Cups of coffee in my system. My boss is in a meeting, so I am just sitting here feeling like I am about to have a heart-attack... too much caffeine after being off the sauce for awhile. Yikes. Aaron, I need you to add me to the "Jon Heart-Attack Watch List".
As far as the White Trash, Two Asians, and a Bean movie nights you guys have been having: Who on God's Green Earth have been selecting these titles? Rat Race? Super Troopers? Come on, there is just no excuse for those. Ugh.
So here I am at work. I have my computer setup, a temporary place to sit, 4 hours of sleep and two Bonus Cups of coffee in my system. My boss is in a meeting, so I am just sitting here feeling like I am about to have a heart-attack... too much caffeine after being off the sauce for awhile. Yikes. Aaron, I need you to add me to the "Jon Heart-Attack Watch List".
As far as the White Trash, Two Asians, and a Bean movie nights you guys have been having: Who on God's Green Earth have been selecting these titles? Rat Race? Super Troopers? Come on, there is just no excuse for those. Ugh.
Sunday, December 08, 2002
CookIE ACTION
So Aaron and Amy came over bringing over 2 movies for a sleepover this weekend. We watched GOJOE, and RAT RACE. Having said that, I think the name really spells it out. Stare at it long enough and you might get something like, "lame" and "shit". If you haven't got the gist of the movie yet, i'll just give you a review of it.
Let's start with Rat Race:
You can name this movie Rat Turd, or Tar race and you'd still get the same old piece of shit. The cast is one of interesting mix filled with well known, hasbeen actors. You have Whoopi Goldberg who hasn't made a funny comedy or interesting movie since Sister Act and should stay on Tic Tac Squares. Then there is Cuba Gooding Jr. who usually signifies "this is going to be a lame movie". He has never been known as a funny actor which is surprising that he gets the role. Cuba was "perfect" as a supporting actor to Tom Cruise in Jerry Mcguire which required an overacting, loud, obnoxious idiot football player. You have John Cleese, as a supporting cast, who was silly in his British ways, but unfortunately had his name dragged through this mud-of-a-movie. Perhaps he should have left this movie to die another day (har har me funny). Then they have Mr. Bean, who was made out to be a faggish, narcoleptic guy who had a bad russian accent and worser lines. Then you have some mediocre no-namer actors, who had similar bad roles. So those were the list of bad actors. Onto the plot.
The rat race as the name denotes, is a contest devised by the Billionaire character played by John Cleese, to race seven contestants to silver city, new mexico. Whoever crosses the finish line first and gets to a gym locker wins 2 million dollars in cash. Sounds like a TV show? Well yes its very similar. But fitting a 6 week TV show in a cramped up 2 hour time frame while attempting to follow 7 different people, you get a great skipping effect. The movie kept skipping to different characters. Each scene would only be 2 to 5 minutes. So effectively you get this little 2-5 minute skit (about 40-50 total) attempting to make you laugh. I'd say 95% of the mini skits failed to produce a slight chuckle. Plot you ask? What plot? I want my 2 hours life back. Stay away from this movie. F------
GOJOE:
No, not GI Joe. This movie is a japanese film with english subtitles. It story was about a demon that supposedly had to claim 1000 souls by killing them. The japanese people are aware of this demon, and many heros samurais quest to go slay it. They get their heads chopped off and strung up in trees. This is kindof like predator.
After watching a lame movie like Rat Race, I was pretty tired. It was 11:30, so i fell asleep after watching about 10-15 minutes of this movie. It might have been good. but from what I was seeing, it was nothing to brag about. C
The rest of the weekend was cool. We played some fun Settlers of Cataan, a bit of boggle, and a game of FLUXX. Overall, not bad. No PBI.
jael
So Aaron and Amy came over bringing over 2 movies for a sleepover this weekend. We watched GOJOE, and RAT RACE. Having said that, I think the name really spells it out. Stare at it long enough and you might get something like, "lame" and "shit". If you haven't got the gist of the movie yet, i'll just give you a review of it.
Let's start with Rat Race:
You can name this movie Rat Turd, or Tar race and you'd still get the same old piece of shit. The cast is one of interesting mix filled with well known, hasbeen actors. You have Whoopi Goldberg who hasn't made a funny comedy or interesting movie since Sister Act and should stay on Tic Tac Squares. Then there is Cuba Gooding Jr. who usually signifies "this is going to be a lame movie". He has never been known as a funny actor which is surprising that he gets the role. Cuba was "perfect" as a supporting actor to Tom Cruise in Jerry Mcguire which required an overacting, loud, obnoxious idiot football player. You have John Cleese, as a supporting cast, who was silly in his British ways, but unfortunately had his name dragged through this mud-of-a-movie. Perhaps he should have left this movie to die another day (har har me funny). Then they have Mr. Bean, who was made out to be a faggish, narcoleptic guy who had a bad russian accent and worser lines. Then you have some mediocre no-namer actors, who had similar bad roles. So those were the list of bad actors. Onto the plot.
The rat race as the name denotes, is a contest devised by the Billionaire character played by John Cleese, to race seven contestants to silver city, new mexico. Whoever crosses the finish line first and gets to a gym locker wins 2 million dollars in cash. Sounds like a TV show? Well yes its very similar. But fitting a 6 week TV show in a cramped up 2 hour time frame while attempting to follow 7 different people, you get a great skipping effect. The movie kept skipping to different characters. Each scene would only be 2 to 5 minutes. So effectively you get this little 2-5 minute skit (about 40-50 total) attempting to make you laugh. I'd say 95% of the mini skits failed to produce a slight chuckle. Plot you ask? What plot? I want my 2 hours life back. Stay away from this movie. F------
GOJOE:
No, not GI Joe. This movie is a japanese film with english subtitles. It story was about a demon that supposedly had to claim 1000 souls by killing them. The japanese people are aware of this demon, and many heros samurais quest to go slay it. They get their heads chopped off and strung up in trees. This is kindof like predator.
After watching a lame movie like Rat Race, I was pretty tired. It was 11:30, so i fell asleep after watching about 10-15 minutes of this movie. It might have been good. but from what I was seeing, it was nothing to brag about. C
The rest of the weekend was cool. We played some fun Settlers of Cataan, a bit of boggle, and a game of FLUXX. Overall, not bad. No PBI.
jael
Saturday, December 07, 2002
Score one for Everyone, except Eric, and then Eric
So I played a rousing game of Blood Bowl with Denis last night. The Lothlorien Arsenal trounced the Appleby Mashers by a score of 4 -1, with one death on the pitch. This is the first game of BB I have played with another opponent, besides myself, that has actually finished using minatures in probably over 5 years. I had a blast!
Point:Eric
Hogshead Publishing, the fine folks who took over the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay license from Games Workshop, and the fine producers of Nobilis, are calling it quits. It is sad. The license reverts back to GW, and they will probably sit on it and let it die instead of sell it or use it themselves. Boo. Here is the sad quote from the Hogshead site on the matter:
"GAME OVER! As of 30th November 2002, Hogshead Publishing Ltd is leaving the adventure-gaming industry. Please note that the company is not going bankrupt. It is refreshingly solvent. However we are bored, creatively frustrated, and increasingly despondent about the future of the specialist games industry. After our successes in 2002, particularly the mould-breaking and critically acclaimed games Nobilis and De Profundis, we think we've gone as far as we can, and this seems a suitable high-point on which to call it a day."
The quote in an of itself makes me sad, seeing as Wizards has taken a large chunk out of the total creativity of the gaming community and destroyed much of the niche gaming market for smaller, upstart companies. Instead of making a whole new game for whatever cool idea someone may have, they just make a D20 sourcebook for it instead. Boo.
Point: Everyone, except Eric, for the demise of WFRP.
Point: WotC, for keeping their chunk of the market large and ever growing by elimi-date-ing the competition.
So I played a rousing game of Blood Bowl with Denis last night. The Lothlorien Arsenal trounced the Appleby Mashers by a score of 4 -1, with one death on the pitch. This is the first game of BB I have played with another opponent, besides myself, that has actually finished using minatures in probably over 5 years. I had a blast!
Point:Eric
Hogshead Publishing, the fine folks who took over the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay license from Games Workshop, and the fine producers of Nobilis, are calling it quits. It is sad. The license reverts back to GW, and they will probably sit on it and let it die instead of sell it or use it themselves. Boo. Here is the sad quote from the Hogshead site on the matter:
"GAME OVER! As of 30th November 2002, Hogshead Publishing Ltd is leaving the adventure-gaming industry. Please note that the company is not going bankrupt. It is refreshingly solvent. However we are bored, creatively frustrated, and increasingly despondent about the future of the specialist games industry. After our successes in 2002, particularly the mould-breaking and critically acclaimed games Nobilis and De Profundis, we think we've gone as far as we can, and this seems a suitable high-point on which to call it a day."
The quote in an of itself makes me sad, seeing as Wizards has taken a large chunk out of the total creativity of the gaming community and destroyed much of the niche gaming market for smaller, upstart companies. Instead of making a whole new game for whatever cool idea someone may have, they just make a D20 sourcebook for it instead. Boo.
Point: Everyone, except Eric, for the demise of WFRP.
Point: WotC, for keeping their chunk of the market large and ever growing by elimi-date-ing the competition.
San jose Sharkees
Oh, Enron, you suck ballz. One for nixing the basketball game, but second and more severe is sleeping before midnight, especially when I call you! That's a sine.
just kidding enron, your good in my books. Anyways tonight, my company had some free tickets to the San Jose Sharks game, so I went. 55 bucks a pop and 15 dollars to spend on food and beer and good stuff like that. We usually get the VIP box seats, but today I guess they were cutting cost. Anyways, the game was pretty exciting. The game was close all the way until the end, in fact OT, when the sharks who was trailing the entire game, made a comeback and scored the winning goal. So they WIN! Go sharks! While there, I met an interesting girl, she's thirty though, but very cute. Pretty high standards, into the leather pants and stuff. Not really my type. So anyways chatted up with her all game, and I think I'll email her. She's a pretty cool cat. Wish she was a few years younger.
I'm a little drunk. I had two beers, but that's enough to get me going. ok.. I'm going to bed, but maybe not before I get in a good game of warcraft III.
Night all.
Oh, Enron, you suck ballz. One for nixing the basketball game, but second and more severe is sleeping before midnight, especially when I call you! That's a sine.
just kidding enron, your good in my books. Anyways tonight, my company had some free tickets to the San Jose Sharks game, so I went. 55 bucks a pop and 15 dollars to spend on food and beer and good stuff like that. We usually get the VIP box seats, but today I guess they were cutting cost. Anyways, the game was pretty exciting. The game was close all the way until the end, in fact OT, when the sharks who was trailing the entire game, made a comeback and scored the winning goal. So they WIN! Go sharks! While there, I met an interesting girl, she's thirty though, but very cute. Pretty high standards, into the leather pants and stuff. Not really my type. So anyways chatted up with her all game, and I think I'll email her. She's a pretty cool cat. Wish she was a few years younger.
I'm a little drunk. I had two beers, but that's enough to get me going. ok.. I'm going to bed, but maybe not before I get in a good game of warcraft III.
Night all.
Friday, December 06, 2002
The Action Team: It's LEARN-tastic!
Nice work on the job Eric Hessington! Gainful employment at last. I suppose this means an end to our afternoon makeout sessions. Hopefully the market won't crash again in three days and take out your job. Then you'll have to go back to your usual entertainment.
ERIC: More tea and cookies, Mr. Kitty?
STAMPY: Meow!
Also nice work on the router/hub edutainment. I guess this blog is turning into "blow Eric" so I'll touch on some other points real quick.
1. I know none of you have a GameCube so this is totally fucking moot, but Metroid Prime is good. Real good. I've been spending my free time alternating between playing it and working on a story ("my story?"). Basically it's like any other fps except it's the best game ever. Plus did you know Samus is a chick? Wow!!
2. Number one was pretty much it. Gee, my life is sad.
Nice work on the job Eric Hessington! Gainful employment at last. I suppose this means an end to our afternoon makeout sessions. Hopefully the market won't crash again in three days and take out your job. Then you'll have to go back to your usual entertainment.
ERIC: More tea and cookies, Mr. Kitty?
STAMPY: Meow!
Also nice work on the router/hub edutainment. I guess this blog is turning into "blow Eric" so I'll touch on some other points real quick.
1. I know none of you have a GameCube so this is totally fucking moot, but Metroid Prime is good. Real good. I've been spending my free time alternating between playing it and working on a story ("my story?"). Basically it's like any other fps except it's the best game ever. Plus did you know Samus is a chick? Wow!!
2. Number one was pretty much it. Gee, my life is sad.
Oh my God! I killed so many people virtually tonight. As Dennis and Eric whooped it up at Blood Bowl, I whooped it up myself by murdering countless civilians and police officers, many of them suffering head shots. Then I got the Katana blade and cut those fuckers up! Grand Theft Auto Vice City is a really fun game. Another Friday night... wasted.
Gnarly Ga-hrilla
Sorry I have been lagging on the Blog. To make a long story short I am in the process of looking for a new apartment. Current roommate=bizzatch. So I have quite busy between work and the quest for the holy grail. Johnny I think I am going to have to nix the Basketball action jackson. I will be running around like a nut this weekend. I hope that very soon I will be moving. Looking at moving into places right away. The sooner the better. I think I am going to start packing up non-essentials this evening.
Rude-dog, the Netgear Roto-Routers are pretty good too. The one I have is pretty old (In terms of SOHO routers) and it has a pretty good interface. The old routers were tough to configure. They seem to be even more user friendly now and pretty damn affordable.
Congrats on the Jobby-job Elric. What is the name of the company? Lemme guess. www.axewound.com? You dirty man. Does Leslie know you are working for a internet porn service? You should try and have that job while you work at a school. Good combo once a student finds out and blackmails you to sell crack to him at a cutt-throat loss. Then forces you to run a prostitution ring out of your backyard. Have a brothel set up by digging tunnels under your house. Grim future Elric. Maybe you outta quit while you are ahead.
Rudy I have a 3DfX VooDoo Banshee card. Its real fast. Like I bet you could get 1.2 fps in wolfenstein. Want to buy it at a low low cost of $250? Didnt think so. PCI video cards are pretty rare these days. You can find them here and there, but most manufactures do not offer a PCI version.
Bortz
Sorry I have been lagging on the Blog. To make a long story short I am in the process of looking for a new apartment. Current roommate=bizzatch. So I have quite busy between work and the quest for the holy grail. Johnny I think I am going to have to nix the Basketball action jackson. I will be running around like a nut this weekend. I hope that very soon I will be moving. Looking at moving into places right away. The sooner the better. I think I am going to start packing up non-essentials this evening.
Rude-dog, the Netgear Roto-Routers are pretty good too. The one I have is pretty old (In terms of SOHO routers) and it has a pretty good interface. The old routers were tough to configure. They seem to be even more user friendly now and pretty damn affordable.
Congrats on the Jobby-job Elric. What is the name of the company? Lemme guess. www.axewound.com? You dirty man. Does Leslie know you are working for a internet porn service? You should try and have that job while you work at a school. Good combo once a student finds out and blackmails you to sell crack to him at a cutt-throat loss. Then forces you to run a prostitution ring out of your backyard. Have a brothel set up by digging tunnels under your house. Grim future Elric. Maybe you outta quit while you are ahead.
Rudy I have a 3DfX VooDoo Banshee card. Its real fast. Like I bet you could get 1.2 fps in wolfenstein. Want to buy it at a low low cost of $250? Didnt think so. PCI video cards are pretty rare these days. You can find them here and there, but most manufactures do not offer a PCI version.
Bortz
Bitch Switch, Glub Hub
Switches and hubs are used in conjunction with routers to share internet connection, or for connections on LAN's only. They don't understand IP's, they use something called a MAC address, which is basically a computer serial number. The internet doesn't understand the MAC (for all intents and purposes), and the switch/hub doesn't understand the IP.
A router keeps something called a "routing table", which is just a list of IP's and their "hostnames" linked to MAC addresses. So the router can assign an IP to a computer and keep track of their MAC address as well. Here is another fine ASCII diagram:
{internet} <--> DSLModem <--> [router:with routing table] <--> switch <--> Computer #1 with IP, Computer #2 with IP, etc.
This allows the computers on the LAN (local area network) to communicate with each other through the switch or router, and allows the LAN to connect to the WAN (wide area network, aka internet) through the router. To make a long story short, a switch/hub is basically a wire splitter. You can share the same signal though multiple computers with a switch/hub. There is much, much more to this story, but that is basically it.
And no, you don't need the exact brand of D-Link Router, but man, it's cheap and its a great router. It's the only one that I have really found that allows firewall configuration and port tinkering out of the box. I think Enron mentioned to me awhile back that my old Linksys could do it to, but I needed to flash the firmware, and I just never did. Again, think back to the computer mantra, "more or less, you get what you pay for." If you skimp on the router, who knows what kind of service it will give you and for how long. Food for though, Mr. Mannings.
Switches and hubs are used in conjunction with routers to share internet connection, or for connections on LAN's only. They don't understand IP's, they use something called a MAC address, which is basically a computer serial number. The internet doesn't understand the MAC (for all intents and purposes), and the switch/hub doesn't understand the IP.
A router keeps something called a "routing table", which is just a list of IP's and their "hostnames" linked to MAC addresses. So the router can assign an IP to a computer and keep track of their MAC address as well. Here is another fine ASCII diagram:
{internet} <--> DSLModem <--> [router:with routing table] <--> switch <--> Computer #1 with IP, Computer #2 with IP, etc.
This allows the computers on the LAN (local area network) to communicate with each other through the switch or router, and allows the LAN to connect to the WAN (wide area network, aka internet) through the router. To make a long story short, a switch/hub is basically a wire splitter. You can share the same signal though multiple computers with a switch/hub. There is much, much more to this story, but that is basically it.
And no, you don't need the exact brand of D-Link Router, but man, it's cheap and its a great router. It's the only one that I have really found that allows firewall configuration and port tinkering out of the box. I think Enron mentioned to me awhile back that my old Linksys could do it to, but I needed to flash the firmware, and I just never did. Again, think back to the computer mantra, "more or less, you get what you pay for." If you skimp on the router, who knows what kind of service it will give you and for how long. Food for though, Mr. Mannings.
shoot my face
Well, thanks for the info Eric. It was only $20 bucks, and I don't wanna swap out my ethernet card to save 10 bucks. Hey- what the FUCK does the switch do then? I'm gonna keep it- if it just gonna be a paper weight? Fuckin' switch! Also, I'll go to frys tomorrow- I saw a shit load of those D-Link router types o things. If they don't have that exact brand, I just gotta make sure it says "router", right?
Jael: Ya, lets play, but now the next big obstacle I hit is my computer itself. I'm pretty much just below the min spec of most games these days. Anyone have a PCI graphics card for sale? :(
Thanks guys...
Well, thanks for the info Eric. It was only $20 bucks, and I don't wanna swap out my ethernet card to save 10 bucks. Hey- what the FUCK does the switch do then? I'm gonna keep it- if it just gonna be a paper weight? Fuckin' switch! Also, I'll go to frys tomorrow- I saw a shit load of those D-Link router types o things. If they don't have that exact brand, I just gotta make sure it says "router", right?
Jael: Ya, lets play, but now the next big obstacle I hit is my computer itself. I'm pretty much just below the min spec of most games these days. Anyone have a PCI graphics card for sale? :(
Thanks guys...
49 bucks thats el-cheapo!
Prices have sure dropped since I bought my router, or maybe it was just the linksys. For the price that i paid $249 vs what it does, yeah I would say that that's pretty pale in comparison to the 49 dollar unit. I don't know too much beyond that as I only use the basic features, and never really had to mess around with the DCHP and proxy stuff. To it's credit though, I've only really had problems with the outdated firmware, which I downloaded new patches for. And since then I haven't had any connectivity problems.
Rudy: Glad that the installation was simple. I guess they've made it a little simpler than when I had the installs or they just made it look complicated???
Let's go meet up and play some online games!
Jael
Prices have sure dropped since I bought my router, or maybe it was just the linksys. For the price that i paid $249 vs what it does, yeah I would say that that's pretty pale in comparison to the 49 dollar unit. I don't know too much beyond that as I only use the basic features, and never really had to mess around with the DCHP and proxy stuff. To it's credit though, I've only really had problems with the outdated firmware, which I downloaded new patches for. And since then I haven't had any connectivity problems.
Rudy: Glad that the installation was simple. I guess they've made it a little simpler than when I had the installs or they just made it look complicated???
Let's go meet up and play some online games!
Jael
Router Router Router
You need a router. Thats why. Switches and hubs don't understand IP addresses, so when DSL comes in, you get one IP address and that's it. Which means only one of your computers will get the IP to use on the internet. An IP address is like a mailing address for the information being sent over the internet, if you have no IP, you cannot recieve any information, ie no internet. You should be able to communicate between the two machines on the hub using "hostnames" or the name of the computer, if you care, probably not, but you will only be able to go on the internet with the one computer that was given the IP first, meaning the Mac.
If you have a Router, the router uses the one connection to the internet and assigns its own IP's to all the computers on the network, effectively sharing the IP you are given and dividing it between all the machines on the network. Looking kinda like this crappy ASCII diagram:
{internet} <---> DSL IP - [router] <-->IP#1, IP#2, IP#3, etc., etc.
Hope that helps, you need to drop some cash, or your parents do, to get two computers on the internet using a router. Or routo-rooter as Enron would say. Get something like this, its what I have and its great. Don't bother with a Linksys, they blow Lich's.
You need a router. Thats why. Switches and hubs don't understand IP addresses, so when DSL comes in, you get one IP address and that's it. Which means only one of your computers will get the IP to use on the internet. An IP address is like a mailing address for the information being sent over the internet, if you have no IP, you cannot recieve any information, ie no internet. You should be able to communicate between the two machines on the hub using "hostnames" or the name of the computer, if you care, probably not, but you will only be able to go on the internet with the one computer that was given the IP first, meaning the Mac.
If you have a Router, the router uses the one connection to the internet and assigns its own IP's to all the computers on the network, effectively sharing the IP you are given and dividing it between all the machines on the network. Looking kinda like this crappy ASCII diagram:
{internet} <---> DSL IP - [router] <-->IP#1, IP#2, IP#3, etc., etc.
Hope that helps, you need to drop some cash, or your parents do, to get two computers on the internet using a router. Or routo-rooter as Enron would say. Get something like this, its what I have and its great. Don't bother with a Linksys, they blow Lich's.
I HATE COMPUTERS b/w MY DSL WAS REAL EASY TO SETUP
This has been one of those *real* frustrating computer days. I work until 8pm, Fry's closes at 9pm, so I raced down to M.B. and just got into Frys before they closed. I had heard my DSL modem came in the mail, so I wanted to pick up a cheap Ethernet Card - tried Radio Shak, and they had one for like $25 bucks. Ha, no. So, I found this bundled ethernet card AND switcher/hub thingy for $20 bucks, so thats what I got. I don't really need the hub, but my folks do, so I thought I'd kill 2 birds with one frikkin stone. FUCK. I can't for the life of me get my Dad's computer hooked up through this switch. I spent almost 2 hours fucking with it, and nada. My mom's MAC was working fine through the device, but I had NO LUCK with the pc. Any ideas? Any fuckin website I can go to that will explain it to me?
My computer. The DSLExtreme bizatch told me I'd be "live" on Dec 10th. Well, heh- its working right now! I can't tell how fast it is- i mean, its hella faster, but I haven't fully tested it, so we'll see. Dude: After I installed my new ethernet card (easy as shit), all I had to do for this dsl was plug in a filter they gave me between the wall plug and my phone. Then plugged the modem into the computer. Then it worked. Thats it. I went in to my control panel and setup my email, etc, and POW. So, WHY THE FUCK COULDN'T I GET IT TO WORK AT MY DADS HOUSE! WE HAVE THE EXACT SAME COMPUTERS! :(
Alright- gotta test this shit out- LATE
This has been one of those *real* frustrating computer days. I work until 8pm, Fry's closes at 9pm, so I raced down to M.B. and just got into Frys before they closed. I had heard my DSL modem came in the mail, so I wanted to pick up a cheap Ethernet Card - tried Radio Shak, and they had one for like $25 bucks. Ha, no. So, I found this bundled ethernet card AND switcher/hub thingy for $20 bucks, so thats what I got. I don't really need the hub, but my folks do, so I thought I'd kill 2 birds with one frikkin stone. FUCK. I can't for the life of me get my Dad's computer hooked up through this switch. I spent almost 2 hours fucking with it, and nada. My mom's MAC was working fine through the device, but I had NO LUCK with the pc. Any ideas? Any fuckin website I can go to that will explain it to me?
My computer. The DSLExtreme bizatch told me I'd be "live" on Dec 10th. Well, heh- its working right now! I can't tell how fast it is- i mean, its hella faster, but I haven't fully tested it, so we'll see. Dude: After I installed my new ethernet card (easy as shit), all I had to do for this dsl was plug in a filter they gave me between the wall plug and my phone. Then plugged the modem into the computer. Then it worked. Thats it. I went in to my control panel and setup my email, etc, and POW. So, WHY THE FUCK COULDN'T I GET IT TO WORK AT MY DADS HOUSE! WE HAVE THE EXACT SAME COMPUTERS! :(
Alright- gotta test this shit out- LATE
Thursday, December 05, 2002
I Got a Job
Today I got a job. I start Monday. IT crap at a startup with a VERY successful "boss" who has sold previous companies of his for upwards of 25 million. So maybe ground floor will be promising for me, or it will turn out to be a shite job. I'm the third employee. Great.
Man, Jael, you're breaking my heart passing up a rousing game of PBI to go to a Golden State (7-11) game? Sheesh, you might as well be wasting your time at a Laker (7-13) game or something. PBI dude!
ADDED:Also, in celebration for getting a job, I just ordered a pizza for dinner on the web. So easy, its sick. Pizzahut.com guys, check it out and see if they deliver to your area!
Today I got a job. I start Monday. IT crap at a startup with a VERY successful "boss" who has sold previous companies of his for upwards of 25 million. So maybe ground floor will be promising for me, or it will turn out to be a shite job. I'm the third employee. Great.
Man, Jael, you're breaking my heart passing up a rousing game of PBI to go to a Golden State (7-11) game? Sheesh, you might as well be wasting your time at a Laker (7-13) game or something. PBI dude!
ADDED:Also, in celebration for getting a job, I just ordered a pizza for dinner on the web. So easy, its sick. Pizzahut.com guys, check it out and see if they deliver to your area!
San Francisco The number 1 single city in US
Continuing on my SF story last night, ate dinner at a bar. My cousin and I were happily discussing different topics important to life, Basketball, Sex Life and money making business concepts. While we were on the topic of Sex life, I had mentioned it's been a while since the pipes been cleaned. It's a little rusty. But I was sharing my new philosophy of serious relationships and finding "the one". I didn't want to stay on the dating track anymore, not that it has ever been a runaway success, but I just felt, it's time to switch gears. Hence the reason why I've been single for so long. My cousin pointed out that that afternoon he had gotten 2 telephone numbers AT LUNCH, and that SF is the bustling place to pickup asian girls. After years of being non-dating I guess he's switched to the dating scene. Good for him.
Anyways we moved on to a topic of Basketball and two guys started talking to us. This indian guy was pretty cool and professional looking and he ended up inviting me to a Goldenstate warriors basketball game on Saturday. I was looking forward to a good PBI game but Enron if youre interested in a basketball game, we can do that for a while and play PBI later. Anyhow email me sucka! I pity da fool! I got one free ticket and I'll split you the cost on the second.
Jacko roody: My experience with DSL is when they were installing the filter, they just put something behind the jack in the wires. I can't remember. It's been a while. But the hard part comes when your not getting the signal and you have to fiddle with something outside, and then you have to log into the DSL company website for access. I'm sure they'll provide some instruction, but it's not a quick and painless process. Usually takes the guy 30-45 minutes to do the job. It might take you hours. But give it a shot!
jael
Continuing on my SF story last night, ate dinner at a bar. My cousin and I were happily discussing different topics important to life, Basketball, Sex Life and money making business concepts. While we were on the topic of Sex life, I had mentioned it's been a while since the pipes been cleaned. It's a little rusty. But I was sharing my new philosophy of serious relationships and finding "the one". I didn't want to stay on the dating track anymore, not that it has ever been a runaway success, but I just felt, it's time to switch gears. Hence the reason why I've been single for so long. My cousin pointed out that that afternoon he had gotten 2 telephone numbers AT LUNCH, and that SF is the bustling place to pickup asian girls. After years of being non-dating I guess he's switched to the dating scene. Good for him.
Anyways we moved on to a topic of Basketball and two guys started talking to us. This indian guy was pretty cool and professional looking and he ended up inviting me to a Goldenstate warriors basketball game on Saturday. I was looking forward to a good PBI game but Enron if youre interested in a basketball game, we can do that for a while and play PBI later. Anyhow email me sucka! I pity da fool! I got one free ticket and I'll split you the cost on the second.
Jacko roody: My experience with DSL is when they were installing the filter, they just put something behind the jack in the wires. I can't remember. It's been a while. But the hard part comes when your not getting the signal and you have to fiddle with something outside, and then you have to log into the DSL company website for access. I'm sure they'll provide some instruction, but it's not a quick and painless process. Usually takes the guy 30-45 minutes to do the job. It might take you hours. But give it a shot!
jael
Why, I oughta!
Ok- MY BAD. I meant to say: "My cable tv provider wasn't offering CABLE INTRAWEBSURFGO!" I went to the websites for my 2 possible cable companys, and both of them said "no intraweb for you!" Oh well- I get a 30-day trial with this DSL company- if its slow as shit, I'm cancelling. If its fast, then cool. :) Why would it be hard to do the self install? I think I need to install some "filter" thingys and set up my Explorer and Outlook Express. What am I missin, jacko???
Ok- MY BAD. I meant to say: "My cable tv provider wasn't offering CABLE INTRAWEBSURFGO!" I went to the websites for my 2 possible cable companys, and both of them said "no intraweb for you!" Oh well- I get a 30-day trial with this DSL company- if its slow as shit, I'm cancelling. If its fast, then cool. :) Why would it be hard to do the self install? I think I need to install some "filter" thingys and set up my Explorer and Outlook Express. What am I missin, jacko???
Wednesday, December 04, 2002
Crazee Nutzecles
RUDY MANNINGS your fucking nutz! Lots of Luv player.
But you gotta lay off the crack pipe. Your cable provider not providing DSL you say? That's odd since they should provide cable modems... =) Ethernet cards are cheap and abundant. You shouldn't have to get anything though. If you get DSL, they SHOULD provide the initial installation, that comes with a DSL modem box, and an ethernet card OR a choice of a pcmcia card (for laptops). Mine were usually offered for free due to some promotion, but installation fees run you ~40-80 bucks. one time setup fee. If you are looking to do it yourself, your in one hell of a job ahead of you. I'd call eric to come over and maybe help with the install as you may have to run a couple of phone wires. Hope your DSL is fast around your area! Otherwise ethernet cards should run you 10-15 bucks for a no namer brand, or spend about 30-40 bucks buying a kingston, usrobotics, or netgear card. The only difference is the driver support... especially in the future.
Eric: I've been contemplating gun running and dope smuggling. We can run a pirate ship off the barbary coast! (Suddenly wakes up)
well reality is the gaming industry is hard to break in and is run by a small elite. I would even go as far to say the people that works there are assholes. I called Blizzard tech support once and they treated me like shit. And to be honest that tech support dude could probably care less if I quit buying their games. He probably fields hundreds of calls a day. Anyhow, First, I would concentrate on high tech gaming companies, such as Blizzard, Acclaim, EA sports, Hasbro and such. Companies with royalties up the ass from successful titles in the past or current. You certainly don't want to go digging in companies like broderbund (old failing companies). I don't think you'll make it as a graphics designer or a programmer, so I would probably leverage your technical administration skills in applying for a network administrator job. Internet gaming based companies are looking for those, eg Blizzard (check out their website) Origin etc. Also keep in mind you might need to relocate.
Anyways, I thought about gaming as well and have tried this avenue.
Ryan: DAng dude, glad to know your alive!!! So your mom still washes your clothes eh? =D
Sony Playstation 2: Went up to metreon tonight and debated with my cousin what's better: PS2 or Xbox. Then I was playing some games on the PS2. They had about 20 PS2's for people to play with different titles on display. There were some pretty cool games, like UFC. It was pretty realistic. You can grapple and punch people on the ground and stuff. I'd say definitely PS2 wins the number of games but I think Xbox did the right thing to allow 4 controller devices and is the pioneer in internet and laplink capabilities. As of right now, I think I'd rather buy an xbox.
Whew, alright night all. Write some intelligent shit. I'm getting bored at work.
Jael
RUDY MANNINGS your fucking nutz! Lots of Luv player.
But you gotta lay off the crack pipe. Your cable provider not providing DSL you say? That's odd since they should provide cable modems... =) Ethernet cards are cheap and abundant. You shouldn't have to get anything though. If you get DSL, they SHOULD provide the initial installation, that comes with a DSL modem box, and an ethernet card OR a choice of a pcmcia card (for laptops). Mine were usually offered for free due to some promotion, but installation fees run you ~40-80 bucks. one time setup fee. If you are looking to do it yourself, your in one hell of a job ahead of you. I'd call eric to come over and maybe help with the install as you may have to run a couple of phone wires. Hope your DSL is fast around your area! Otherwise ethernet cards should run you 10-15 bucks for a no namer brand, or spend about 30-40 bucks buying a kingston, usrobotics, or netgear card. The only difference is the driver support... especially in the future.
Eric: I've been contemplating gun running and dope smuggling. We can run a pirate ship off the barbary coast! (Suddenly wakes up)
well reality is the gaming industry is hard to break in and is run by a small elite. I would even go as far to say the people that works there are assholes. I called Blizzard tech support once and they treated me like shit. And to be honest that tech support dude could probably care less if I quit buying their games. He probably fields hundreds of calls a day. Anyhow, First, I would concentrate on high tech gaming companies, such as Blizzard, Acclaim, EA sports, Hasbro and such. Companies with royalties up the ass from successful titles in the past or current. You certainly don't want to go digging in companies like broderbund (old failing companies). I don't think you'll make it as a graphics designer or a programmer, so I would probably leverage your technical administration skills in applying for a network administrator job. Internet gaming based companies are looking for those, eg Blizzard (check out their website) Origin etc. Also keep in mind you might need to relocate.
Anyways, I thought about gaming as well and have tried this avenue.
Ryan: DAng dude, glad to know your alive!!! So your mom still washes your clothes eh? =D
Sony Playstation 2: Went up to metreon tonight and debated with my cousin what's better: PS2 or Xbox. Then I was playing some games on the PS2. They had about 20 PS2's for people to play with different titles on display. There were some pretty cool games, like UFC. It was pretty realistic. You can grapple and punch people on the ground and stuff. I'd say definitely PS2 wins the number of games but I think Xbox did the right thing to allow 4 controller devices and is the pioneer in internet and laplink capabilities. As of right now, I think I'd rather buy an xbox.
Whew, alright night all. Write some intelligent shit. I'm getting bored at work.
Jael
Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box
You should definately try and make it in the game industry- I just don't think there's a whole lot of "it" to "make." Even over at Wizards, I doubt they're making THAT much money. But, its not about the money. It's about you being happy. You love games- get involved. Go make games. :)
xXx Treme
I ordered dsl! I looked through lots and lots of reviews and found an isp that seems to be cool, and it goes live on Dec 10! YAY. I need to get an ethernet card. How much are those? BOO. 40 bucks a month- not too bad. I tried to go cable but my cable provider doesn't do dsl in my area yet. Weird.
MIKE- DONT THROW PENCILS AT ME I MISS YOU!@!@!@!
AND RYAN 2!!!
You should definately try and make it in the game industry- I just don't think there's a whole lot of "it" to "make." Even over at Wizards, I doubt they're making THAT much money. But, its not about the money. It's about you being happy. You love games- get involved. Go make games. :)
xXx Treme
I ordered dsl! I looked through lots and lots of reviews and found an isp that seems to be cool, and it goes live on Dec 10! YAY. I need to get an ethernet card. How much are those? BOO. 40 bucks a month- not too bad. I tried to go cable but my cable provider doesn't do dsl in my area yet. Weird.
MIKE- DONT THROW PENCILS AT ME I MISS YOU!@!@!@!
AND RYAN 2!!!
Hello, Cruel World.
Why must there be so many good games out there? That being said, why must there be so much good stuff out there in general (of course there is so much bad stuff too, but I am being a consumer/optimist right now)? I seriously need a job. Moreover, I seriously need a job that has to do with games. I mean, games are what interest me, and that is about it. Games and hockey games, and music somewhat. And surfing. Mostly games though.
I am sitting here (waiting for a callback from a potential employer...) looking at the WWII rules I bought from Brookblurst thinking, "Man, I would LOVE to play this." Beneath the WWII rules resides the Lord of the Rings Miniatures game rulebook, which is a surprisingly good system for skirmishes. A similar idea to chainmail, very similar, but more streamlined, and a bit less clunky in parts; not a better game, just different. And underneath that are the Mighty Empires rules. To the left of that stack is my painting area for the week as I paint my new Blood Bowl Dwarfs that have been re-released with the game, and behind that painting area is a White Dwarf opened to a some neat paint jobs I am using for inspiration. To the left of my painting area is my Blood Bowl pitch with a game between the Lothlorien Arsenal and the Reikland Reavers X in stasis. Yes, I am playing with myself. Along with all that crap I am thinking about all the cool stuff I have in my closet to play: PBI (what a great game!!), DBA, Battlefleet Gothic, Twilight Imperium, Age of Renaissance, History of the World, Squad Leader, Ban-jo-Man Combat, Formula De, Family Business, Chainmail, D&D, Warhammer, Call of Cthulhu, and the list goes on.
I need to be working in the field of gaming. Seriously. Any ideas?
Why must there be so many good games out there? That being said, why must there be so much good stuff out there in general (of course there is so much bad stuff too, but I am being a consumer/optimist right now)? I seriously need a job. Moreover, I seriously need a job that has to do with games. I mean, games are what interest me, and that is about it. Games and hockey games, and music somewhat. And surfing. Mostly games though.
I am sitting here (waiting for a callback from a potential employer...) looking at the WWII rules I bought from Brookblurst thinking, "Man, I would LOVE to play this." Beneath the WWII rules resides the Lord of the Rings Miniatures game rulebook, which is a surprisingly good system for skirmishes. A similar idea to chainmail, very similar, but more streamlined, and a bit less clunky in parts; not a better game, just different. And underneath that are the Mighty Empires rules. To the left of that stack is my painting area for the week as I paint my new Blood Bowl Dwarfs that have been re-released with the game, and behind that painting area is a White Dwarf opened to a some neat paint jobs I am using for inspiration. To the left of my painting area is my Blood Bowl pitch with a game between the Lothlorien Arsenal and the Reikland Reavers X in stasis. Yes, I am playing with myself. Along with all that crap I am thinking about all the cool stuff I have in my closet to play: PBI (what a great game!!), DBA, Battlefleet Gothic, Twilight Imperium, Age of Renaissance, History of the World, Squad Leader, Ban-jo-Man Combat, Formula De, Family Business, Chainmail, D&D, Warhammer, Call of Cthulhu, and the list goes on.
I need to be working in the field of gaming. Seriously. Any ideas?
Yeah, as Eric stated a couple of days ago, Super Mario Cart Advance has seen two cycles of warm water wash. I was going to pitch it in the garbage, but I decided to give it a try anyway and low and behold, it worked! God bless Nintendo.
Sorry I don't post as much. My computer sucks and I am using my mom's to do this right now.
I like Halo too.
Sorry I don't post as much. My computer sucks and I am using my mom's to do this right now.
I like Halo too.
Tuesday, December 03, 2002
Punt
Mike is alive and well, well sort of. From the sound of it, he has been having a truly crappy time trying to dance the dance for his supervisors and keep them thinking they are super-cool by writing them 2-3 thousand word weekly installments of bullshit as well as fielding ~60 or so daily emails for some sort of graduate community calendar restructuring. So, he has been a bit busy as they say. He will be back from across the pond on the 14th and remain here until january 8th, which sounds like cool beans! Sounds like a lot more Yay-lo nights! Now if we could only figure out how to get Enron and Jael here as well, everything should be rockin' and rollin'!!
Mike is alive and well, well sort of. From the sound of it, he has been having a truly crappy time trying to dance the dance for his supervisors and keep them thinking they are super-cool by writing them 2-3 thousand word weekly installments of bullshit as well as fielding ~60 or so daily emails for some sort of graduate community calendar restructuring. So, he has been a bit busy as they say. He will be back from across the pond on the 14th and remain here until january 8th, which sounds like cool beans! Sounds like a lot more Yay-lo nights! Now if we could only figure out how to get Enron and Jael here as well, everything should be rockin' and rollin'!!
Monday, December 02, 2002
Thailand Nights
This weekend was awesome, second to none except maybe next to a vacation with Rudy to Thailand with cheap hookers and best VD sex nights!! Bring lots of rubbers! :) That way all we have to worry about is the crabs and the rice. I hear they serve some bad rice.
Good Salsa and Chips, Good Team Flag Halo, Good Dinasaur xbox game, Good Railroad game (tough game) Times.
Traffic back was pretty bad compared to a non-thanksgiving weekend. There was jams all the way up the 405 to the 5 freeway and was a little congested on the 580 on the way back. Not bad though considering we made the trip in 8 hours. Stopped by on the way to in-and-out at one of the local rest villas. Some street engineer must have been sleeping when they designed the streets. Fucking idiots. I guess the entrances slash street lights slash traffic flow couldn't accomodate extremely heavy traffic due to oddly designed entrances, small streets and a slow light T junction. So What ends up happening? There were about 6-10 local sherriffs directing traffic at the in and out, mcdonalds, mobil station. Fucking great way to spend tax payers money. They should get sued. No wonder we need to hire so many useless governement employees, so that they can direct traffic at fast food restaurants. Great.
I can't wait to start making my PBI guys and have aaron over to play some games!! yeah.. I don't know when I'm going to have time to do it. Already all the things I've been procrastinating is starting to creep up on me. It's back to the grinding board.
Coolio
This weekend was awesome, second to none except maybe next to a vacation with Rudy to Thailand with cheap hookers and best VD sex nights!! Bring lots of rubbers! :) That way all we have to worry about is the crabs and the rice. I hear they serve some bad rice.
Good Salsa and Chips, Good Team Flag Halo, Good Dinasaur xbox game, Good Railroad game (tough game) Times.
Traffic back was pretty bad compared to a non-thanksgiving weekend. There was jams all the way up the 405 to the 5 freeway and was a little congested on the 580 on the way back. Not bad though considering we made the trip in 8 hours. Stopped by on the way to in-and-out at one of the local rest villas. Some street engineer must have been sleeping when they designed the streets. Fucking idiots. I guess the entrances slash street lights slash traffic flow couldn't accomodate extremely heavy traffic due to oddly designed entrances, small streets and a slow light T junction. So What ends up happening? There were about 6-10 local sherriffs directing traffic at the in and out, mcdonalds, mobil station. Fucking great way to spend tax payers money. They should get sued. No wonder we need to hire so many useless governement employees, so that they can direct traffic at fast food restaurants. Great.
I can't wait to start making my PBI guys and have aaron over to play some games!! yeah.. I don't know when I'm going to have time to do it. Already all the things I've been procrastinating is starting to creep up on me. It's back to the grinding board.
Coolio
Sunday, December 01, 2002
Humanity Point Lossage/Gainage
Awesome seeing everyone, especially Jael and Enron. Cool driving with you nutz. So, here's to hoping tech industry gets back on its feet, Prosti'stuition is wrong, and Jael could have spent that $150 on 8-10 hot sex (but empty) VD sex nights. :)
See ya guys soon. (YEAH- REAL FUCKING SOON.) ;)
Awesome seeing everyone, especially Jael and Enron. Cool driving with you nutz. So, here's to hoping tech industry gets back on its feet, Prosti'stuition is wrong, and Jael could have spent that $150 on 8-10 hot sex (but empty) VD sex nights. :)
See ya guys soon. (YEAH- REAL FUCKING SOON.) ;)
An Fun Weekend
Good Halo, bad Seranissima, good Brookblurst, bad house fire in Garbage Grove, good LOTR: The Confrontation, bad hair days for me. Overall, good good fun. Kudos to Jael for dropping a cool $150 on PBI stuff.
And as a side note, Ryan, yes, you all remember Ryan, told me that Gameboy Advanced games still work after going through the wash, twice. You know, just incase. Funny shit.
Good Halo, bad Seranissima, good Brookblurst, bad house fire in Garbage Grove, good LOTR: The Confrontation, bad hair days for me. Overall, good good fun. Kudos to Jael for dropping a cool $150 on PBI stuff.
And as a side note, Ryan, yes, you all remember Ryan, told me that Gameboy Advanced games still work after going through the wash, twice. You know, just incase. Funny shit.
Saturday, November 30, 2002
Yay!-lo
That was one awesome game of Halo that we finished the evening up with. And everybody got a chance to play, too! Hooray! Next time we're all around we can always hook up me and Eric's Xboxes with Jon's Folly (provided we come up with more controllers somehow, I guess that's the limit.
Yayy friends!
That was one awesome game of Halo that we finished the evening up with. And everybody got a chance to play, too! Hooray! Next time we're all around we can always hook up me and Eric's Xboxes with Jon's Folly (provided we come up with more controllers somehow, I guess that's the limit.
Yayy friends!
Seranissima
I am just so bad at economic based games. Maybe that is why I always lose and in turn make sure that I try something off the wall at the beginning of the game, just to see if someway, somehow, I can deny the inevitable from happeneing, i.e. me losing. Seranissima again proved that I am again an economic loser. Bring on the tactics! Down with strategy, up with tactics! Blood Bowl for everyone!
By the way, if anyone cares, Mike last posted on October 1rst. What if he died and that Blog is the last thing he ever wrote.... I think I'll email him and find out.
I am just so bad at economic based games. Maybe that is why I always lose and in turn make sure that I try something off the wall at the beginning of the game, just to see if someway, somehow, I can deny the inevitable from happeneing, i.e. me losing. Seranissima again proved that I am again an economic loser. Bring on the tactics! Down with strategy, up with tactics! Blood Bowl for everyone!
By the way, if anyone cares, Mike last posted on October 1rst. What if he died and that Blog is the last thing he ever wrote.... I think I'll email him and find out.
Friday, November 29, 2002
d00d
I'm really considering signing up for DSL before the years out. What do you guys think? This is the site I'm currently looking at trying to get some feedback on which service to get.
DSLReport
Shit- I can *sorta* afford it ($50 bucks a month.) I just wanna make sure I'm picking an isp thats FAST and reliable n shit. Help felatios!
Here's the feedback it sent me: click
thanks guys!
JUST ADDED!
As an added bonus, whoever helps me will win 1000 FREE hours of AOL, courtesy of me. You're welcome in advance. :)
(Earthlink DSL has a deal thats $29.95 for the 1st 6months, then 49.95 for the last 6months. Whatcha all think?)
LATE
I'm really considering signing up for DSL before the years out. What do you guys think? This is the site I'm currently looking at trying to get some feedback on which service to get.
DSLReport
Shit- I can *sorta* afford it ($50 bucks a month.) I just wanna make sure I'm picking an isp thats FAST and reliable n shit. Help felatios!
Here's the feedback it sent me: click
thanks guys!
JUST ADDED!
As an added bonus, whoever helps me will win 1000 FREE hours of AOL, courtesy of me. You're welcome in advance. :)
(Earthlink DSL has a deal thats $29.95 for the 1st 6months, then 49.95 for the last 6months. Whatcha all think?)
LATE
Thursday, November 28, 2002
I played through Metal Gear Solid 2 again. I don't know what's wrong with me or why I like to play games twice or why I can't get an erection. I just wanted to see how fast I could get through the game once I actually knew everything. I imagined that Eric, Aaron, Johnny, and even Rudy and Ryan and Mike were standing behind me chanting, "Go Jon, you have to defeat Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance one more time, for us, your pals. Then everything will be all right." So I skipped every cutscene and it felt soooo right. I clocked in at just under 6 hours. I rule!
Sorry Sarge but I need you around for these cutscenes man. It's so hard to grow up, so hard to struggle through. Every moment Solid Snake is telling me about the nature of digital technology I think "man this would be better if I were sitting on the blue couch in my apartment and Betty was walking on me with her shit-covered feet and Aaron was sitting by my side saying 'Yee-ha, Jester's dead!'"
Sorry Sarge but I need you around for these cutscenes man. It's so hard to grow up, so hard to struggle through. Every moment Solid Snake is telling me about the nature of digital technology I think "man this would be better if I were sitting on the blue couch in my apartment and Betty was walking on me with her shit-covered feet and Aaron was sitting by my side saying 'Yee-ha, Jester's dead!'"
"Your SUV Supports Terrorism"
Thought those of you that despise the occursed SUV would appriciate that piece of graffitti I saw while driving up to Hanta Barbara for (Non)Turkey-Day. I am into an X-Box fest sometime, we just need another X-Box and a TV and some controllers and we will be a go! We could also play some D&D, or some silly Jon Train game (which was a lot of quick fun), some Lord of the Rings, or just blow all our money on Great Lap Dances. I'll be ready to Rock and/or Roll on friday. Anyhoo, have a nice dinner with your family and friends everyone, and make sure you all remember to be thankful for smallpox, fire-water, boomsticks, genocide and slavery, cause without those things, none of us would be here!
Cheerio!
Thought those of you that despise the occursed SUV would appriciate that piece of graffitti I saw while driving up to Hanta Barbara for (Non)Turkey-Day. I am into an X-Box fest sometime, we just need another X-Box and a TV and some controllers and we will be a go! We could also play some D&D, or some silly Jon Train game (which was a lot of quick fun), some Lord of the Rings, or just blow all our money on Great Lap Dances. I'll be ready to Rock and/or Roll on friday. Anyhoo, have a nice dinner with your family and friends everyone, and make sure you all remember to be thankful for smallpox, fire-water, boomsticks, genocide and slavery, cause without those things, none of us would be here!
Cheerio!
Eating Turkey and Fucking Pilgrims in the Ass
Hey guys! I hope to see the whole gang back together for some X-Box action! Here's the plan- we take a couple of sex-boxes and tvs and hook them up so ALL the gang can play HALO together or whatever. I don't fucking know. I just wanna hang out with you gals! SATURDAY. OR WHENEVER. CALL ME JERKS. PLZ THX.
Arron: But is your roommate hot? I'll fuck her.
Jael: Stay off that leg! And, I ain't seen a Bond flick since this new guy took over.
Joneric: Uh. Yeah. Whats up? Heh. Cool.
PEACE!
Hey guys! I hope to see the whole gang back together for some X-Box action! Here's the plan- we take a couple of sex-boxes and tvs and hook them up so ALL the gang can play HALO together or whatever. I don't fucking know. I just wanna hang out with you gals! SATURDAY. OR WHENEVER. CALL ME JERKS. PLZ THX.
Arron: But is your roommate hot? I'll fuck her.
Jael: Stay off that leg! And, I ain't seen a Bond flick since this new guy took over.
Joneric: Uh. Yeah. Whats up? Heh. Cool.
PEACE!
Wednesday, November 27, 2002
Cutscenes rule
Didnt you know that the only reason that I watched Metal Gear Solid with you was for the cutscenes? I can not beleive you are going to hurt my feelings like that. After all those times you made me seargent for helping you with the boring parts just to get to the meat of the game. What an asshole!
/me sobs falling to the floor in a heap of sadness.
Okay I think I am over it. So did you run into Gaseous Snake this time? How about Plasma Snake?
Elricington: What is up with the action team website? Blogger has not been updating it. I suppose I should email you about it.
Rule, so my car still is not ready. I hope it will be done today. They are still waiting for a package from Honda. I can not believe it. They have had my car for 27 days now. Chopper suck ballz.
It is official. I am living with the worst roommate of my life. Arrrgggg what a fucking cunt. I asked her to turn down her music at 12:00 midnight because it was too damn loud and she said no and that when Aimey moved in that she knew that she was a late bird and then slammed the door in my face. I am so pissed it was all I could do not to go in her room, open the CD drawer to her CD player on her computer and bust kick the cd drawer off her computer. I was seething for about an hour after that listening to her music reverb in my room.
Ja -el: bummer to hear about the ankle. Joint injuries suck.
Fooball: Whats up? Go suck a lime you stupid prat!
Boris
Didnt you know that the only reason that I watched Metal Gear Solid with you was for the cutscenes? I can not beleive you are going to hurt my feelings like that. After all those times you made me seargent for helping you with the boring parts just to get to the meat of the game. What an asshole!
/me sobs falling to the floor in a heap of sadness.
Okay I think I am over it. So did you run into Gaseous Snake this time? How about Plasma Snake?
Elricington: What is up with the action team website? Blogger has not been updating it. I suppose I should email you about it.
Rule, so my car still is not ready. I hope it will be done today. They are still waiting for a package from Honda. I can not believe it. They have had my car for 27 days now. Chopper suck ballz.
It is official. I am living with the worst roommate of my life. Arrrgggg what a fucking cunt. I asked her to turn down her music at 12:00 midnight because it was too damn loud and she said no and that when Aimey moved in that she knew that she was a late bird and then slammed the door in my face. I am so pissed it was all I could do not to go in her room, open the CD drawer to her CD player on her computer and bust kick the cd drawer off her computer. I was seething for about an hour after that listening to her music reverb in my room.
Ja -el: bummer to hear about the ankle. Joint injuries suck.
Fooball: Whats up? Go suck a lime you stupid prat!
Boris
Monday, November 25, 2002
Hey all! Three cheers to your review Aaron. It was quite beefy. Anyway, it looks like many of you Action Team members will be here for the weekend. Hooray! I'm going to be around as well. At first it looked like we would go down to Mexico for Thanksgiving, but it looks like those plans have been cancelled. I guess they might change back again, but the likelihood is that I'll be around. So, rock n' roll.
I finished Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance tonight. I am so proud, I guess. Basically it was even more of a chore than the previous one. The game took me about 3.5 hours longer to complete than MGS1 and I'm convinced that the added time was ALL cutscenes. Jeezus. The end of the game goes like this:
1. Fight some robots.
2. Cutscenes (20 minutes)
3. Press Y a bunch of times to escape torture.
4. Cutscenes (30 minutes)
5. Fight a guy with a sword.
6. Cutscenes (20 minutes)
7. FIN.
I HATE CUTSCENES!!! EVERY cutscene in every game is stupid. Bleah!
Wait. the Thief 1 cutscenes were really really good. But they were only like 2-3 minutes long. Yayy Thief!
I finished Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance tonight. I am so proud, I guess. Basically it was even more of a chore than the previous one. The game took me about 3.5 hours longer to complete than MGS1 and I'm convinced that the added time was ALL cutscenes. Jeezus. The end of the game goes like this:
1. Fight some robots.
2. Cutscenes (20 minutes)
3. Press Y a bunch of times to escape torture.
4. Cutscenes (30 minutes)
5. Fight a guy with a sword.
6. Cutscenes (20 minutes)
7. FIN.
I HATE CUTSCENES!!! EVERY cutscene in every game is stupid. Bleah!
Wait. the Thief 1 cutscenes were really really good. But they were only like 2-3 minutes long. Yayy Thief!
OUCH
My body just doesn't take damage like they used to. I wonder if Dungeons and Dragons accounts for physical ailments when characters get old and they heal at a slower rate. Anyways, last night I was playing tennis and I guess I failed my savings throw. Landed on my right ankle in an awkward position that was unable to support the full 180 pounds of my weight. My ankle caved and there was some nice popping noises. The Doctor won't be available until tomorrow so I just went out and bought a pair of crutches until then. It's amazing how long it takes to see a doctor nowadays. Good doctors are just so swamped with patients that they hardly have time for more appointments. That's pretty sad. In the old days, when people went lame, I guess they just offed them. That's why there wasn't as many patients.
What are you all doing this weekend? My family is planning a vacation and of all the places to go, were going to LA. Having lived there for 12 years, I don't see how it can be called a vacation but that's the plans.
Review: Die another Day ------ B
Overdone and repetitive, James Bond movies have really digressed into two really primitive themes: Plenty of Sex and Plenty of Action. Gone are the days where there was actually some kind of theme and plot developement. Gun fights were followed by car fights, then followed by sex scenes and then more sword fights and gun fights. Just mind numbing action throughout the movie. Sometimes the action seemed so ludicrous that you lost track of why they were fighting in the first place.
But who can argue with success? Surely not the mass audiences who watches the bond films. Sex and fighting is what people wants to see. They want cheesy pickup lines, titty and ass shots, and rolling around in passionate and unquenchable sexual fantasies. Audiences crave well coreographed fighting scenes and random violence that lack a need for reason.
As for me, that is probably the last Bond film I'll watch till they change again. Hopefully they will go back to the days where special effects and digital graphics were not so emphasized and go back to when movies were actually made with loveable characters and a well developed plot.
My body just doesn't take damage like they used to. I wonder if Dungeons and Dragons accounts for physical ailments when characters get old and they heal at a slower rate. Anyways, last night I was playing tennis and I guess I failed my savings throw. Landed on my right ankle in an awkward position that was unable to support the full 180 pounds of my weight. My ankle caved and there was some nice popping noises. The Doctor won't be available until tomorrow so I just went out and bought a pair of crutches until then. It's amazing how long it takes to see a doctor nowadays. Good doctors are just so swamped with patients that they hardly have time for more appointments. That's pretty sad. In the old days, when people went lame, I guess they just offed them. That's why there wasn't as many patients.
What are you all doing this weekend? My family is planning a vacation and of all the places to go, were going to LA. Having lived there for 12 years, I don't see how it can be called a vacation but that's the plans.
Review: Die another Day ------ B
Overdone and repetitive, James Bond movies have really digressed into two really primitive themes: Plenty of Sex and Plenty of Action. Gone are the days where there was actually some kind of theme and plot developement. Gun fights were followed by car fights, then followed by sex scenes and then more sword fights and gun fights. Just mind numbing action throughout the movie. Sometimes the action seemed so ludicrous that you lost track of why they were fighting in the first place.
But who can argue with success? Surely not the mass audiences who watches the bond films. Sex and fighting is what people wants to see. They want cheesy pickup lines, titty and ass shots, and rolling around in passionate and unquenchable sexual fantasies. Audiences crave well coreographed fighting scenes and random violence that lack a need for reason.
As for me, that is probably the last Bond film I'll watch till they change again. Hopefully they will go back to the days where special effects and digital graphics were not so emphasized and go back to when movies were actually made with loveable characters and a well developed plot.
Friday, November 22, 2002
Hey girls. How goes it? Well I am pretty damn sure I will make it up for Turkey day weekend, assuming my car is finished. It was supposed to be finished yesterday, but, they think tuesday at the latest now. Yee Ha. 26 days without a car. Its like the days of SD, only I can still get around town fairly painlessly. Man without a car in SD you were stranded.
Rule! I am getting sick. Sore throat, post nasal hell, and body fatigue. Chopper suck balls. Stupid Plague.
Atlas Shrugged, a premature review: Okay I am 1025 pages into a 1075 page book. It is the longest book I have ever read (In word count). The text is so damn dense. Small ass font, smaller line spacing. The story is cool in some ways and totally preposterous in others. Basically it is about a future period (No year is ever given, although one gets the idea that it is many decades, if not hundreds of years shot off from the 1950s) that takes place in the US. For years the global community of the world had been slowly crumbling at the hands of incompetent "humanitarian' politicians and public apathy. The whole process is a self defeating cycle of education and philosophical redevelopment that leads to less and less capable citizens and more idiotic politians. In some ways I can see hints of ideas gained from 1984.
The entire book takes place through the main character Dagny Taggert, a strong willed industrialist that represents all that is 'bad' in this society (I.e. ambition, logic, lack of compassion for your fellowman, self reliance, Passion, love of ones work). The book is full of moronic characters at the helm of a country and a few ultra pragmatic calulating business people that try and save society from itself and these politicans bent on driving self interest out of people. What is really freightening is Ayn Rand actually has a cult following of people that believe in her highly individualistic views, and the total FUD that is spoon fed to them throughout the book. Claiming that those that believe in charity and helping the fellow man are ultimately self-destructive to society, that one should live only for his/herself. In many ways I agree, but not to the disconnected almost cold view they take. These ideas seem likely to be fueled by fear seeded in Ayn Rands mind born of the politics of the time. The seed of the degradation of society, in the form of the 1950's hardline conservative anti-socialism political clime. The book was completed in 1957. Ripe for the influences of the red scare and republican anti-social progam governments. As if the New Deal was some sort of Evil idea that led to a loss of quality of life. Ironic. The whole book does have a some good poinst about strong indiviualism over group concerns. That the will of individuals is the best force, the only force, to drive the strength of world politics and economies. To a certain extent I can agree with some of the ideas, but uninhibited individualism often leads to corruption and unabashed explotation such as was very prevalent in the early industrial revolution period. Something completely ignored in the book while celebrating the industrialist. It is great in theory, but no one is as pragmatic and "fair" as the individualists in this book. People have too many flaws. Worst part about the book... Character monologues. So damn long! Often a charcter will be talking with a another, then go off on a 3-5 page monologue stating the same thing over and over just in different words. If I wanted that, I would ask my Father for a lecture. One Monologue is 60 fucking pages long. What did it say? Not a damn thing more than the collection of monologues that preceeded it in the pages before it. The book probably could have lost about 180 pages in unneceassry character speaches and still conveyed its point. Also, the weakness and sillyness of the antagonists in this book are so irksome and often beyond moronic. The ultra logical and calculating indiviualist is a bit rediculous too. I guess I would have made a lot of changes in this book. Then again that is probably why Ayn Rand was likely fairly wealthy before she died, and I am not. All in all it isnt that bad, but it probably is not worth it, too aggravating at times. I just do not understand how some people get so ga-ga over this book. I could think of quite a few books I would recommend instead. Grade:C
Rudy, I am an iRC brat. One of these days we should converse via iRC for old times sake. I tried several times to see if you were on line, but, you werent.
I am going to sleep.
Rule! I am getting sick. Sore throat, post nasal hell, and body fatigue. Chopper suck balls. Stupid Plague.
Atlas Shrugged, a premature review: Okay I am 1025 pages into a 1075 page book. It is the longest book I have ever read (In word count). The text is so damn dense. Small ass font, smaller line spacing. The story is cool in some ways and totally preposterous in others. Basically it is about a future period (No year is ever given, although one gets the idea that it is many decades, if not hundreds of years shot off from the 1950s) that takes place in the US. For years the global community of the world had been slowly crumbling at the hands of incompetent "humanitarian' politicians and public apathy. The whole process is a self defeating cycle of education and philosophical redevelopment that leads to less and less capable citizens and more idiotic politians. In some ways I can see hints of ideas gained from 1984.
The entire book takes place through the main character Dagny Taggert, a strong willed industrialist that represents all that is 'bad' in this society (I.e. ambition, logic, lack of compassion for your fellowman, self reliance, Passion, love of ones work). The book is full of moronic characters at the helm of a country and a few ultra pragmatic calulating business people that try and save society from itself and these politicans bent on driving self interest out of people. What is really freightening is Ayn Rand actually has a cult following of people that believe in her highly individualistic views, and the total FUD that is spoon fed to them throughout the book. Claiming that those that believe in charity and helping the fellow man are ultimately self-destructive to society, that one should live only for his/herself. In many ways I agree, but not to the disconnected almost cold view they take. These ideas seem likely to be fueled by fear seeded in Ayn Rands mind born of the politics of the time. The seed of the degradation of society, in the form of the 1950's hardline conservative anti-socialism political clime. The book was completed in 1957. Ripe for the influences of the red scare and republican anti-social progam governments. As if the New Deal was some sort of Evil idea that led to a loss of quality of life. Ironic. The whole book does have a some good poinst about strong indiviualism over group concerns. That the will of individuals is the best force, the only force, to drive the strength of world politics and economies. To a certain extent I can agree with some of the ideas, but uninhibited individualism often leads to corruption and unabashed explotation such as was very prevalent in the early industrial revolution period. Something completely ignored in the book while celebrating the industrialist. It is great in theory, but no one is as pragmatic and "fair" as the individualists in this book. People have too many flaws. Worst part about the book... Character monologues. So damn long! Often a charcter will be talking with a another, then go off on a 3-5 page monologue stating the same thing over and over just in different words. If I wanted that, I would ask my Father for a lecture. One Monologue is 60 fucking pages long. What did it say? Not a damn thing more than the collection of monologues that preceeded it in the pages before it. The book probably could have lost about 180 pages in unneceassry character speaches and still conveyed its point. Also, the weakness and sillyness of the antagonists in this book are so irksome and often beyond moronic. The ultra logical and calculating indiviualist is a bit rediculous too. I guess I would have made a lot of changes in this book. Then again that is probably why Ayn Rand was likely fairly wealthy before she died, and I am not. All in all it isnt that bad, but it probably is not worth it, too aggravating at times. I just do not understand how some people get so ga-ga over this book. I could think of quite a few books I would recommend instead. Grade:C
Rudy, I am an iRC brat. One of these days we should converse via iRC for old times sake. I tried several times to see if you were on line, but, you werent.
I am going to sleep.
Thursday, November 21, 2002
Tuesday, November 19, 2002
IFGS IRC
How you been dude? At Jordan's house, eh?
Check it out:
IRC HELP
If youre on a PC, the easiest program to get is mIRC (Some dude named Mirco invented it! He was are best friend, rememebr!?)
On a Mac, get either IRCle or MIRKO'S BRAIN!!!1
Yeah- its pretty easy to figure out. Once you got a program installed, you pick a "SERVER" to connect to from a list- for us, its MAGICSTAR.NET, and then it gives a list of channels that all start with # . Type in #theactionteam and it will connect you to it and its like we're all in teh same wordl!
2001- still reading it. Fuckin' awesome! All the pre-Hal shit was really good- the Hal portions are eh- I wasn't too into HAL in the movie either- cool shit!
How you been dude? At Jordan's house, eh?
Check it out:
IRC HELP
If youre on a PC, the easiest program to get is mIRC (Some dude named Mirco invented it! He was are best friend, rememebr!?)
On a Mac, get either IRCle or MIRKO'S BRAIN!!!1
Yeah- its pretty easy to figure out. Once you got a program installed, you pick a "SERVER" to connect to from a list- for us, its MAGICSTAR.NET, and then it gives a list of channels that all start with # . Type in #theactionteam and it will connect you to it and its like we're all in teh same wordl!
2001- still reading it. Fuckin' awesome! All the pre-Hal shit was really good- the Hal portions are eh- I wasn't too into HAL in the movie either- cool shit!
GURPS IRC
How do you use IRC? I have no idea.
What the fuck is with Mike? And Ryan? Do those pricks even like us anymore? Jesus Christ. Seriously, it's pretty asinine to not even let us know that you're ALIVE, dickfaces. Fucking well blog you cunts!
Simpsons stills pulls one off once in a while. That's a pretty sweet reference right there.
Just remember the words of Dave: Don't cross the Nazis!
How do you use IRC? I have no idea.
What the fuck is with Mike? And Ryan? Do those pricks even like us anymore? Jesus Christ. Seriously, it's pretty asinine to not even let us know that you're ALIVE, dickfaces. Fucking well blog you cunts!
Simpsons stills pulls one off once in a while. That's a pretty sweet reference right there.
Just remember the words of Dave: Don't cross the Nazis!
Monday, November 18, 2002
The Simpsons
Say what you will about their rise, decline, apex, or your apathetic outlook on the show altogether, but this sunday's episode featured a memorial wall that was erected in rememberance of all the lost students on field trips. The was was reminiscent of the Vietnam Memorial, and Willie was told to add Bart and Lisa's names to the wall due to episodic craziness. But anyway, the scene where Willie is infont of the memorial taking a hit from his boot-flask before chiseling two more names to the enormous wall, we get to see some of the names on the wall -- two of those names were El Jefe and Fat Mike....
Say what you will about their rise, decline, apex, or your apathetic outlook on the show altogether, but this sunday's episode featured a memorial wall that was erected in rememberance of all the lost students on field trips. The was was reminiscent of the Vietnam Memorial, and Willie was told to add Bart and Lisa's names to the wall due to episodic craziness. But anyway, the scene where Willie is infont of the memorial taking a hit from his boot-flask before chiseling two more names to the enormous wall, we get to see some of the names on the wall -- two of those names were El Jefe and Fat Mike....
Sunday, November 17, 2002
I'm Always Game
- Hangin' out on the weekends is good for me! We can play lots of NHL 2002 on the Gamecube while listening excitedly to both Strung Out and the Descendents! You know where youc an reach me! But anyway, yeah, I'm always game for some weekend fun, just give me a ring!
- Yeah, I hear that the Xbox Live! is neat too. I saw it at Fry's today and I'm just not sure I want to drop another $50 bucks, and then more for a game that works with it, you know? Time will tell. And I totally agree with the chatty headset, though there MUST be a mute option somewhere on the thing...
- Mon - Fri post 8pm works for me as far as rockin' out, I know Ryan is good after about 8.30pm, no idea about Jon and his crazy drinkin', Janice, Jordan, JP, Work, jackass watchin' schedule though. Of course, I have no new material, but can dredge up and re-work some more of the old stuff Ryan, Wayne and I have done. Always good for a quick song fix.
- I know I am really preaching to the choir here, but never, ever buy a game called G.I. Combat. This is the next game by one of the Close Combat geniuses and it is no better than the moisture shot forth by Vanessa's rear-end.
- Hangin' out on the weekends is good for me! We can play lots of NHL 2002 on the Gamecube while listening excitedly to both Strung Out and the Descendents! You know where youc an reach me! But anyway, yeah, I'm always game for some weekend fun, just give me a ring!
- Yeah, I hear that the Xbox Live! is neat too. I saw it at Fry's today and I'm just not sure I want to drop another $50 bucks, and then more for a game that works with it, you know? Time will tell. And I totally agree with the chatty headset, though there MUST be a mute option somewhere on the thing...
- Mon - Fri post 8pm works for me as far as rockin' out, I know Ryan is good after about 8.30pm, no idea about Jon and his crazy drinkin', Janice, Jordan, JP, Work, jackass watchin' schedule though. Of course, I have no new material, but can dredge up and re-work some more of the old stuff Ryan, Wayne and I have done. Always good for a quick song fix.
- I know I am really preaching to the choir here, but never, ever buy a game called G.I. Combat. This is the next game by one of the Close Combat geniuses and it is no better than the moisture shot forth by Vanessa's rear-end.
X-Box Live
Any of you guys try it out yet? Talked to a dude who has it, and he says so far its pretty sweet. For the MechOlympics and for Unreal Championship, theres tons of dedicated servers, so you can basically find a nice ping. The main thing that sounds lame to me is the voice chat shit- I REALLY don't want to hear these peoples voices.
Anyways, I work Monday-Friday for the time being, so I'm free on weekends if you guys wanna try hangin out soon- I call you Jon, but you are always at Jordan's House (down the street from Van Damme's House.) WSEET!
-3/4 Past Dead
Any of you guys try it out yet? Talked to a dude who has it, and he says so far its pretty sweet. For the MechOlympics and for Unreal Championship, theres tons of dedicated servers, so you can basically find a nice ping. The main thing that sounds lame to me is the voice chat shit- I REALLY don't want to hear these peoples voices.
Anyways, I work Monday-Friday for the time being, so I'm free on weekends if you guys wanna try hangin out soon- I call you Jon, but you are always at Jordan's House (down the street from Van Damme's House.) WSEET!
-3/4 Past Dead
Thursday, November 14, 2002
Go Go Gadget DVD player.
I watched the Lord of the Rings Extended version and most of the scenes are pretty descent. Yeah the opening shire portion got longer, but it still is not out of whack with the length of the shire section in the books. They could have done with more between Bree and Rivendell. Ehh.. What are you going to do? The added hobbit fart part... Lame. Could have done without it.
I ran amok at Oracle World for a day. Ehhh.. Nothing too exciting. I guess Database and Database support systems did not tickle my fancy. I did get to see AMD's new processor, the Opteron, in action. Got a few little trinkets. Got me a squeezeble linux penguin. Speaking of which how is Red Hat treating you Elric? I have been using it more and more lately. Still the usual shit bugs me about it. If you want a program, chances are you find that it works only on another distro or you need to download five other dependencies from other sources, only to find a bad link or that it will not run on your distro. The market it is too fragmented yet. Out of the box capabilities for non desktop use is pretty good though.
Car damage? $7800 is the current estimate. D'oh! Stupid crash. This is one of those rare opertunities to actually enjoy insurance. SO far my company has been reasonable. ETA for completion? 11/21. Suck balls. Three cheers for SF public transportation.
Getting up early is pretty good isnt it? I used to hate it, but I have become quite used to it. Gotta get up go to work at 6am. Yeeha...
Saw Taxi Driver for the first time just a few days ago and Vertigo too. Yeah go ahead and tell me I am dumb. Whatever. At least I am trying to get out of the hole or rock I was hiding in. Fuckers. Vertigo was interesting, but, it was more of a showcase of new technology, ideas, and camera work. I can see where a lot of movies made use of ideas. As far as plot or characters... well it was interesting but that is definately not why the movie is considered a great. At least in my opinion. Taxi Driver... That was pretty cool. Chalk up another crazy psychotic DeNiro character, but I guess this was one of his first. Very cool setup and the development of his disconnection from humanity. I really like the subtle music and narrative used throughout the movie. DiNero had some good lines. What was really creepy is that later on I learned that the attemtped assination of Ronald Reagen was very likely inspired by the movie. The man who attempted the assination even had a bad case of obsession for Jodie Foster. Also this seems to be one of those rare movies that really draws a lot of its strength from its prophetic views of society in the future.
Rented Evil Dead recently. Another movie I have not seen... Shut it! I had the damn movie for 7 days and I still managed not to see it. Stupid. I always seemed to find something I had to do until I had no time in the evening left. Returned it out of frustration. Will try later.
My hands smell like garlic.
I watched the Lord of the Rings Extended version and most of the scenes are pretty descent. Yeah the opening shire portion got longer, but it still is not out of whack with the length of the shire section in the books. They could have done with more between Bree and Rivendell. Ehh.. What are you going to do? The added hobbit fart part... Lame. Could have done without it.
I ran amok at Oracle World for a day. Ehhh.. Nothing too exciting. I guess Database and Database support systems did not tickle my fancy. I did get to see AMD's new processor, the Opteron, in action. Got a few little trinkets. Got me a squeezeble linux penguin. Speaking of which how is Red Hat treating you Elric? I have been using it more and more lately. Still the usual shit bugs me about it. If you want a program, chances are you find that it works only on another distro or you need to download five other dependencies from other sources, only to find a bad link or that it will not run on your distro. The market it is too fragmented yet. Out of the box capabilities for non desktop use is pretty good though.
Car damage? $7800 is the current estimate. D'oh! Stupid crash. This is one of those rare opertunities to actually enjoy insurance. SO far my company has been reasonable. ETA for completion? 11/21. Suck balls. Three cheers for SF public transportation.
Getting up early is pretty good isnt it? I used to hate it, but I have become quite used to it. Gotta get up go to work at 6am. Yeeha...
Saw Taxi Driver for the first time just a few days ago and Vertigo too. Yeah go ahead and tell me I am dumb. Whatever. At least I am trying to get out of the hole or rock I was hiding in. Fuckers. Vertigo was interesting, but, it was more of a showcase of new technology, ideas, and camera work. I can see where a lot of movies made use of ideas. As far as plot or characters... well it was interesting but that is definately not why the movie is considered a great. At least in my opinion. Taxi Driver... That was pretty cool. Chalk up another crazy psychotic DeNiro character, but I guess this was one of his first. Very cool setup and the development of his disconnection from humanity. I really like the subtle music and narrative used throughout the movie. DiNero had some good lines. What was really creepy is that later on I learned that the attemtped assination of Ronald Reagen was very likely inspired by the movie. The man who attempted the assination even had a bad case of obsession for Jodie Foster. Also this seems to be one of those rare movies that really draws a lot of its strength from its prophetic views of society in the future.
Rented Evil Dead recently. Another movie I have not seen... Shut it! I had the damn movie for 7 days and I still managed not to see it. Stupid. I always seemed to find something I had to do until I had no time in the evening left. Returned it out of frustration. Will try later.
My hands smell like garlic.
The Stone on the Hill
Brilliant was the person that wrote the story on Sysihpus. Everyday, we toil, pushing that rock up the hill, only to see the rock roll back down. It all depends on the interpretation. Sometimes I feel great, I've got a steady job, decent place to stay, no girlfriend, but interpreted differently most of the time, I feel I am getting nowhere. I have to put in my time at the job, but the looming question is how much time till I get a real opportunity? Or will I be forever cursed in a low paid grunt work for the rest of my life? And that's pretty much what I think about everday. I mean, for how much they pay me, I don't mind the lame shit I do. But eventually that won't work anymore and personal growth outweighs mediocrity.
Have any of you ever heard of the play monachio? or Horoun of the sea stories? They are playing up in berkeley and I want to take a date but I don't want to be stuck watching a horrible play for 80 bucks. Any info, please let me know ASAP.
jael
Brilliant was the person that wrote the story on Sysihpus. Everyday, we toil, pushing that rock up the hill, only to see the rock roll back down. It all depends on the interpretation. Sometimes I feel great, I've got a steady job, decent place to stay, no girlfriend, but interpreted differently most of the time, I feel I am getting nowhere. I have to put in my time at the job, but the looming question is how much time till I get a real opportunity? Or will I be forever cursed in a low paid grunt work for the rest of my life? And that's pretty much what I think about everday. I mean, for how much they pay me, I don't mind the lame shit I do. But eventually that won't work anymore and personal growth outweighs mediocrity.
Have any of you ever heard of the play monachio? or Horoun of the sea stories? They are playing up in berkeley and I want to take a date but I don't want to be stuck watching a horrible play for 80 bucks. Any info, please let me know ASAP.
jael
Itemized Stream of Consciousness
- I am striking a much needed balance between both feeling like a parasite on the earth's oxygen supply for not having a job, and enjoying the hell out of waking up at 6.30 every morning and making the most of my day before 11am. I surf, and by the way had one of THE BEST sessions EVER today, I eat, I take care of bills (ugh...), I apply for grad school, I apply for jobs, I read a little, I go to the vet, I poop.... and then have the rest of the day to sit and ponder my doom.
- I agree with Jon's brief, yet uninspired, take on Jackass. It is a force of nature, not a movie -- and more than that, it is a TV show inside a movie theatre. As far as getting the most laughing bang for your buck, this movie is the way to go. Virtually non-stop laughter from the beginning, for 9 bucks. Other movies provide laughter, but I think you would be hard-pressed to find another that has the same percentage of time spent on laughter as this one. And I'm not just being lame Eric on this one, I was with Jon when he saw it and he laughed almost all the way through. True, there is somewhat of a hollow feeling in your soul after watching it, but man, seeing a guy getting a papercut across the corners of his mouth is just funny. (Note to Aaron: there are VERY few skits that mess with the public, and even those are rather light-hearted-- most of the flick is them hurting themselves... good stuff, see it.)
- So far the Extended Version of LOTR is good. The Fellowship just escaped Moria. Neat. The reason Aragorn doesn't have Anduril is explained, he doesn't want it. Boo.
- How's the mix of the songs coming Rudy? We are anxious to hear how much we r0x0r'd as a band and how much of teh a$$ you kicked producing us!
- I picked up D20 Modern and it made me want to play some fun role-playing games with you gents again... alas, that ain't gonna happen though.... boo.
- Godzilla: Destroy all Monsters is fun!
- Rudy: You should pick up Greyboy: Mastered the Art, on Ubiquity records. Some of the stuff on that old beats CD of yours sounds a lot like some of this guys stuff. Check it out, its really good!
- I am striking a much needed balance between both feeling like a parasite on the earth's oxygen supply for not having a job, and enjoying the hell out of waking up at 6.30 every morning and making the most of my day before 11am. I surf, and by the way had one of THE BEST sessions EVER today, I eat, I take care of bills (ugh...), I apply for grad school, I apply for jobs, I read a little, I go to the vet, I poop.... and then have the rest of the day to sit and ponder my doom.
- I agree with Jon's brief, yet uninspired, take on Jackass. It is a force of nature, not a movie -- and more than that, it is a TV show inside a movie theatre. As far as getting the most laughing bang for your buck, this movie is the way to go. Virtually non-stop laughter from the beginning, for 9 bucks. Other movies provide laughter, but I think you would be hard-pressed to find another that has the same percentage of time spent on laughter as this one. And I'm not just being lame Eric on this one, I was with Jon when he saw it and he laughed almost all the way through. True, there is somewhat of a hollow feeling in your soul after watching it, but man, seeing a guy getting a papercut across the corners of his mouth is just funny. (Note to Aaron: there are VERY few skits that mess with the public, and even those are rather light-hearted-- most of the flick is them hurting themselves... good stuff, see it.)
- So far the Extended Version of LOTR is good. The Fellowship just escaped Moria. Neat. The reason Aragorn doesn't have Anduril is explained, he doesn't want it. Boo.
- How's the mix of the songs coming Rudy? We are anxious to hear how much we r0x0r'd as a band and how much of teh a$$ you kicked producing us!
- I picked up D20 Modern and it made me want to play some fun role-playing games with you gents again... alas, that ain't gonna happen though.... boo.
- Godzilla: Destroy all Monsters is fun!
- Rudy: You should pick up Greyboy: Mastered the Art, on Ubiquity records. Some of the stuff on that old beats CD of yours sounds a lot like some of this guys stuff. Check it out, its really good!
Wednesday, November 13, 2002
Emotion Review: Extreme Work-Related Anger
Cheers: On the plus side, you get to work on your angry smolder, which is a key part of the "attitude" which is so crucial to your "rep." You also get to avoid speaking to all people at work, at all times, guilt-free. You can also base angry reactions to such triggers as seeing people, hearing people, etc., on all the deeply irrational stereotypes you can think up: "I don't like that person because she's a bisexual and bisexuals like skiing and I really hate people who ski," etc..
Jeers: Can be hard on the old pocketbook.
Final Grade: R+
Cheers: On the plus side, you get to work on your angry smolder, which is a key part of the "attitude" which is so crucial to your "rep." You also get to avoid speaking to all people at work, at all times, guilt-free. You can also base angry reactions to such triggers as seeing people, hearing people, etc., on all the deeply irrational stereotypes you can think up: "I don't like that person because she's a bisexual and bisexuals like skiing and I really hate people who ski," etc..
Jeers: Can be hard on the old pocketbook.
Final Grade: R+
Movie Review: Second Sight
This movie was not great, but okay. The special effects seem to do alright. But Bronson Pinchot as the psychic Bobby, does a serious amount of over acting thats not even funny. The way he does it, he looks like he did over a dozen takes. And Stuart Pankin's character Preston who is Bobby's care taker, is such an idiot, you were waiting for somebody to smack him upside his head. Seems it is John Larroquette is the only one who is funny as the uptight and cynical detective Wills. His funny performance saves the movie from extermination. Bess Armstrong seems to hold her own, has the nun who is helping them on the case. An alright film. Blood.Cum.Rust. lololololoool
Quickie Reviews:
The Others: Eh. Was alright I suppose. Grade: C.
The Skulls Since it was directed by the same guy who did Fast And Teh Furipus and xXx (Triple-X), I had high hopes for this movie, but, sadly, it sucked the dog pretty good. I like the idea of crazy Yale secret-societys (is Harris or whatever-the-fuck friend of yours guyses who went to Yale in a secret society? If he is, ask him- if he walks out of the room without answering, he is! HAHA BUSTED! This movie kinda sucked. Grade: B-
xXx
This movie was not great, but okay. The special effects seem to do alright. But Bronson Pinchot as the psychic Bobby, does a serious amount of over acting thats not even funny. The way he does it, he looks like he did over a dozen takes. And Stuart Pankin's character Preston who is Bobby's care taker, is such an idiot, you were waiting for somebody to smack him upside his head. Seems it is John Larroquette is the only one who is funny as the uptight and cynical detective Wills. His funny performance saves the movie from extermination. Bess Armstrong seems to hold her own, has the nun who is helping them on the case. An alright film. Blood.Cum.Rust. lololololoool
Quickie Reviews:
The Others: Eh. Was alright I suppose. Grade: C.
The Skulls Since it was directed by the same guy who did Fast And Teh Furipus and xXx (Triple-X), I had high hopes for this movie, but, sadly, it sucked the dog pretty good. I like the idea of crazy Yale secret-societys (is Harris or whatever-the-fuck friend of yours guyses who went to Yale in a secret society? If he is, ask him- if he walks out of the room without answering, he is! HAHA BUSTED! This movie kinda sucked. Grade: B-
xXx
Movie Jon-A-Thon
Ahh yes the Jon/Johnny dynamic continues. This is nothing to be feared it is just part of the continuum of existence. Do be careful of spoilers though Johnny my good man. Not everybody has seen this fine film, "The Sting Ring of Fireington."
Lord of the Rings Extended Edition While Really Tired
there are a lot of added scenes in this edition like in the beginning when they talk more about hobbits and they zzzz
all manner of scenes get tweaks and extensions, even some small scenes help add to the general vibe of the zzz
already-exciting sequences like the battle at balin's tomb in moria zzzzz
lothlorien
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Jackass: the Gathering
This was some pretty funny shit. Really it's more of a force of nature than a movie. Some of the skits are kinda sad and depressing, most of them are amusing, some are side-splittingly hilarious. All in all a good movie to see when zzzzz
Ahh yes the Jon/Johnny dynamic continues. This is nothing to be feared it is just part of the continuum of existence. Do be careful of spoilers though Johnny my good man. Not everybody has seen this fine film, "The Sting Ring of Fireington."
Lord of the Rings Extended Edition While Really Tired
there are a lot of added scenes in this edition like in the beginning when they talk more about hobbits and they zzzz
all manner of scenes get tweaks and extensions, even some small scenes help add to the general vibe of the zzz
already-exciting sequences like the battle at balin's tomb in moria zzzzz
lothlorien
zzz
Jackass: the Gathering
This was some pretty funny shit. Really it's more of a force of nature than a movie. Some of the skits are kinda sad and depressing, most of them are amusing, some are side-splittingly hilarious. All in all a good movie to see when zzzzz
Monday, November 11, 2002
The Curse Grows...
The Bore Ring - Jon and I, historically has not seen eye to eye in many of movies. In fact, I think our views have always been at opposite spectrums. And this case, the curse continues. First, my concession, the Ring is probably one of the better movies out there right now, compared to 8 miles or pathetic teeny boppy movies like that. Also I think the special effects, however limited, was quite vivid, wasn't nearly enough. But when it comes down to scariness scale, the ring does not measure up to the time. Great was the media hype, great was not of the movie. The plot of the movie was not scary at all. Video tapes?? Pleez. Did they have video tapes when they were thrown into the well? Perhaps she had a camcorder with her as she plummeted into the depths of oblivion? Supposedly this mysterious video tape came crawling out in a pile of old movies that no one ever watched. Beats me. Maybe I'll run into something like that at blockbusters. maybe. So I should be really scared next time I go to the cabins up in the mountain, and probably should stay away from the rental racks, or just not watch tapes without labels on them.
Second, perhaps my age has wisened me a little, but freakish makeup, just does not cut it anymore. Gone are the days of Freddy Krueger, Return of the living dead, which would have caused many sleepless and tormenting nights. Psychologically, this movie was pathetic. There was no antipation of looming death, as we knew she was safe until 7 days later. Even Freddy could kill you at any moment or turn of a corner. Review grade C-
Shallow Hal: I like. Situational comedy like Aaron said earlier, but lots of good laughs, ronchee male pickup gags, and lots of good sarcastic comeback jokes. May have made me realize how shallow I am, but I guess I'm choosing path 1. Don't know your paths? Well perhaps watch the movie and you'll find out. Of course I just got rejected this weekend. But bounce right back and into the saddle!! YEEEHAA! Eventually, she'll get tired of my antics and submit to my control. Review Grade A-
Eric & Jon, when are you guys planning to visit? I need you guys to make a brookhurst run for me on some PBI equipment.
Mike U-La is probably getting laid.
Nothing new in this email, I'll try to write a better one next time.
Jael
The Bore Ring - Jon and I, historically has not seen eye to eye in many of movies. In fact, I think our views have always been at opposite spectrums. And this case, the curse continues. First, my concession, the Ring is probably one of the better movies out there right now, compared to 8 miles or pathetic teeny boppy movies like that. Also I think the special effects, however limited, was quite vivid, wasn't nearly enough. But when it comes down to scariness scale, the ring does not measure up to the time. Great was the media hype, great was not of the movie. The plot of the movie was not scary at all. Video tapes?? Pleez. Did they have video tapes when they were thrown into the well? Perhaps she had a camcorder with her as she plummeted into the depths of oblivion? Supposedly this mysterious video tape came crawling out in a pile of old movies that no one ever watched. Beats me. Maybe I'll run into something like that at blockbusters. maybe. So I should be really scared next time I go to the cabins up in the mountain, and probably should stay away from the rental racks, or just not watch tapes without labels on them.
Second, perhaps my age has wisened me a little, but freakish makeup, just does not cut it anymore. Gone are the days of Freddy Krueger, Return of the living dead, which would have caused many sleepless and tormenting nights. Psychologically, this movie was pathetic. There was no antipation of looming death, as we knew she was safe until 7 days later. Even Freddy could kill you at any moment or turn of a corner. Review grade C-
Shallow Hal: I like. Situational comedy like Aaron said earlier, but lots of good laughs, ronchee male pickup gags, and lots of good sarcastic comeback jokes. May have made me realize how shallow I am, but I guess I'm choosing path 1. Don't know your paths? Well perhaps watch the movie and you'll find out. Of course I just got rejected this weekend. But bounce right back and into the saddle!! YEEEHAA! Eventually, she'll get tired of my antics and submit to my control. Review Grade A-
Eric & Jon, when are you guys planning to visit? I need you guys to make a brookhurst run for me on some PBI equipment.
Mike U-La is probably getting laid.
Nothing new in this email, I'll try to write a better one next time.
Jael
Sunday, November 10, 2002
Jo Momma love me long time... She give me sucky sucky.
Eric: Yeah that 99.9 is looking more like 98 or some shit like that. I have found 10d6 and Studio 9 one 2 down a few other times here and there too. Fargin bastages. I like clowns. Maybe I will swing by for the funhouse. Three cheers to the "fog" machine.
Spent a fun evening of movie watching and screwing around with Johnny Khan & Company yesterday. My reveiws are as follows:
Supertroopers: Ummmm.. Yeah I trusted several people I normally have common opinions with for comedy. I was let down. This movie was not funny at all. I think I chuckled maybe two or three times, and my cohorts Aimey and Johnny agreed. This movies SUCKS! I thought it was stupid when I saw the trailers, but I was convinced otherwise. The hypnotic spell only lasted about 2 minutes before I was aghast at its lack of humor. Grade: F
Shallow Hal: Yeah I am on a roll here. Both Johnny and Aimey convinced me that we needed to rent this movie. Well I say it is not as bad as I had suspected it to be, I still was not a fan. Probably the biggest factor in my lack of interest in the movie is that the whole situational crap. As Jon is so fond of pointing out, Enron does not like uncomfortable situations in movies (ie Rushmore or Election Day). If anything, the movie does have one redeeming quality... Jason Alexander (George Castanza) has a sweet toupe. Grade: C-
Naan n' Curry: Okay one thing I do not like about SF is the price of food. Going out eat is not exactly cheap, so good cheap eats are a hard to find. Indian food has been no exception. If you thought it was bad in LA you were mistaken when compared to the level acheived here. The last place I went to was something like 11.95 for a Chicken Tikka, that was small and not so tender. I felt pretty cheated by the time I walked out of that place. So I went back on the hunt and found this Naan n' Curry hole in the wall joint with Aimey. We got a Chicken Tikka Masala, Saag Paneer, Shish Ka Bob (Which looked like human shit on a platter with garnish), Two orders of Rice, Two orders of Garlic Naan (Each about the size of a Bobboli), and a Mango Lassi. Pretty tasty shit. The Tikka Masala was good but maybe a bit buttery flavored, everything else was great. All said and told, we paid $20.00 total out the door and I was stuffed. The odd part about the place is that we sat in an area that used to be kitchen at one point but was converted to dining area with a partition from the kitchen cleaning area that did not go floor to ceiling. Thus we could here the hispanic crew in the back washing dishes and listening to Salsa shark & Techno music. In the front kitchen area was your typical Indian music. The resulting clash of music genres was quite a sound to behold. Great fun.
Jon: Tell me if that book is anygood. I actually wanted to check it out after seeing the movie, but I had forgotten about it until I read your post. I have been on a reading kick lately. With all the public transportation time and the extra time at work I have been getting a lot of reading done. Hell I am even half way through Atlas Shrugged. Three Cheers to The Fountain of Poo story and the Zues comment. Yeah wasnt Sting Ring creepy. Grim shit. Aimey tried to leave in the middle of the movie she was so freaked out. I really want to see the Japanese version. I do suggest you see Dark Water if you can find it. That was the one made by the same director who created the original Sting Ring.
Elron
Eric: Yeah that 99.9 is looking more like 98 or some shit like that. I have found 10d6 and Studio 9 one 2 down a few other times here and there too. Fargin bastages. I like clowns. Maybe I will swing by for the funhouse. Three cheers to the "fog" machine.
Spent a fun evening of movie watching and screwing around with Johnny Khan & Company yesterday. My reveiws are as follows:
Supertroopers: Ummmm.. Yeah I trusted several people I normally have common opinions with for comedy. I was let down. This movie was not funny at all. I think I chuckled maybe two or three times, and my cohorts Aimey and Johnny agreed. This movies SUCKS! I thought it was stupid when I saw the trailers, but I was convinced otherwise. The hypnotic spell only lasted about 2 minutes before I was aghast at its lack of humor. Grade: F
Shallow Hal: Yeah I am on a roll here. Both Johnny and Aimey convinced me that we needed to rent this movie. Well I say it is not as bad as I had suspected it to be, I still was not a fan. Probably the biggest factor in my lack of interest in the movie is that the whole situational crap. As Jon is so fond of pointing out, Enron does not like uncomfortable situations in movies (ie Rushmore or Election Day). If anything, the movie does have one redeeming quality... Jason Alexander (George Castanza) has a sweet toupe. Grade: C-
Naan n' Curry: Okay one thing I do not like about SF is the price of food. Going out eat is not exactly cheap, so good cheap eats are a hard to find. Indian food has been no exception. If you thought it was bad in LA you were mistaken when compared to the level acheived here. The last place I went to was something like 11.95 for a Chicken Tikka, that was small and not so tender. I felt pretty cheated by the time I walked out of that place. So I went back on the hunt and found this Naan n' Curry hole in the wall joint with Aimey. We got a Chicken Tikka Masala, Saag Paneer, Shish Ka Bob (Which looked like human shit on a platter with garnish), Two orders of Rice, Two orders of Garlic Naan (Each about the size of a Bobboli), and a Mango Lassi. Pretty tasty shit. The Tikka Masala was good but maybe a bit buttery flavored, everything else was great. All said and told, we paid $20.00 total out the door and I was stuffed. The odd part about the place is that we sat in an area that used to be kitchen at one point but was converted to dining area with a partition from the kitchen cleaning area that did not go floor to ceiling. Thus we could here the hispanic crew in the back washing dishes and listening to Salsa shark & Techno music. In the front kitchen area was your typical Indian music. The resulting clash of music genres was quite a sound to behold. Great fun.
Jon: Tell me if that book is anygood. I actually wanted to check it out after seeing the movie, but I had forgotten about it until I read your post. I have been on a reading kick lately. With all the public transportation time and the extra time at work I have been getting a lot of reading done. Hell I am even half way through Atlas Shrugged. Three Cheers to The Fountain of Poo story and the Zues comment. Yeah wasnt Sting Ring creepy. Grim shit. Aimey tried to leave in the middle of the movie she was so freaked out. I really want to see the Japanese version. I do suggest you see Dark Water if you can find it. That was the one made by the same director who created the original Sting Ring.
Elron
TEST TEST TEST IS THIS WEBSITE WORKING???
Nah- no crazy art orgy (pretty much all the chicks there were MILFS, and the few who weren't were RUFFS.) JP led half the party through the mud into his neigbors TeePee where a bizzare drum-circle erupted for a few minutes (it was pretty funny.) Lots and lots of beer and wine. I told everyone there that my friend had a story in a ZOMBIES book- don't prove me wrong! Anyways, that big painting he was working on was done and it was pretty sweet.
What the fuck ever happened to Count Mike-U-La ???
Nah- no crazy art orgy (pretty much all the chicks there were MILFS, and the few who weren't were RUFFS.) JP led half the party through the mud into his neigbors TeePee where a bizzare drum-circle erupted for a few minutes (it was pretty funny.) Lots and lots of beer and wine. I told everyone there that my friend had a story in a ZOMBIES book- don't prove me wrong! Anyways, that big painting he was working on was done and it was pretty sweet.
What the fuck ever happened to Count Mike-U-La ???
The Sting Ring is the Last Thing You Will See
Yeah, I wanted to go to JP's BYOEA fiesta (bring your own easels and alcohol) but four-thirty came and the weather was shit and I just didn't feel like getting on the freeway. So instead I bought a shitload of books (Seven Pillars of Wisdom T.E. Lawrence, which inspired Lawrence of Arabia, a book of rules on Go whose first edition was written in 1934 and in which the author writes, vis a vis Japan, that "any nation which plays this game is one to watch out for, an Elmore Leonard book just 'cause I've never read him, a swimsuit magazine, and a copy of Official Xbox Magazine), then I went to Bed, Bath, and Beyond, then I went and had a daiquiri, then I saw the Ring and got the willies scared out of me.
The last time I got that panicky at a movie was at In the Mouth of Madness. I'm not saying this is either better or worse than that movie, but it is good and there are a couple of images in the Ring that are right up there with "kid on bike."
Although I did think that probably there was some weird art orgy going on at the party, did I miss out on that?
Yeah, I wanted to go to JP's BYOEA fiesta (bring your own easels and alcohol) but four-thirty came and the weather was shit and I just didn't feel like getting on the freeway. So instead I bought a shitload of books (Seven Pillars of Wisdom T.E. Lawrence, which inspired Lawrence of Arabia, a book of rules on Go whose first edition was written in 1934 and in which the author writes, vis a vis Japan, that "any nation which plays this game is one to watch out for, an Elmore Leonard book just 'cause I've never read him, a swimsuit magazine, and a copy of Official Xbox Magazine), then I went to Bed, Bath, and Beyond, then I went and had a daiquiri, then I saw the Ring and got the willies scared out of me.
The last time I got that panicky at a movie was at In the Mouth of Madness. I'm not saying this is either better or worse than that movie, but it is good and there are a couple of images in the Ring that are right up there with "kid on bike."
Although I did think that probably there was some weird art orgy going on at the party, did I miss out on that?
Friday, November 08, 2002
The Disappearing Websites
So yesterday both the Action Team and the Studio 9 one 2 site (which both reside on the same server) were out of order the past day. I called the jackass' at Nexpoint and they said theye were upgrading the software on the server, and then found out that there were severe security issues with the new release, so when i called they were in the process of backing up the files from the tapes. It took them a REALLY long time to do so, I don't think it was finished until sometime this morning. The FTP access and everything was gone. Interesting. So much for their 99.9% uptime guarantee, of course I'm not going to take em to court over it either.
Also, in the spirit of Halloween, Leslie and I have turned our house into a circus themed funhouse for everyone to enjoy! It will be running for the duration of the weekend and will be taken down monday morning sometime. There will be clowns, a "fog" machine, refreshments and prizes for everyone in attendance, so hope to see you there! Oh yeah, if Leslie and I are not there to greet you at the opening to the whimsical tent we have covering the house, just come on in, have a seat, take a nap, and we'll be there to meet you real soon... we probably just stepped out for something, and we'll be right back....or you can try and contact me on my cell phone over the weekend if you need to reach me....
My Likes and Dislikes:I like the Tweenkie Zombie Story! I don't like 100 hours of accidents! I didn't really like Metal Gear Solid for the same reasons you don't either, Ragnar! I don't like ass excretions from animals either!
So yesterday both the Action Team and the Studio 9 one 2 site (which both reside on the same server) were out of order the past day. I called the jackass' at Nexpoint and they said theye were upgrading the software on the server, and then found out that there were severe security issues with the new release, so when i called they were in the process of backing up the files from the tapes. It took them a REALLY long time to do so, I don't think it was finished until sometime this morning. The FTP access and everything was gone. Interesting. So much for their 99.9% uptime guarantee, of course I'm not going to take em to court over it either.
Also, in the spirit of Halloween, Leslie and I have turned our house into a circus themed funhouse for everyone to enjoy! It will be running for the duration of the weekend and will be taken down monday morning sometime. There will be clowns, a "fog" machine, refreshments and prizes for everyone in attendance, so hope to see you there! Oh yeah, if Leslie and I are not there to greet you at the opening to the whimsical tent we have covering the house, just come on in, have a seat, take a nap, and we'll be there to meet you real soon... we probably just stepped out for something, and we'll be right back....or you can try and contact me on my cell phone over the weekend if you need to reach me....
My Likes and Dislikes:I like the Tweenkie Zombie Story! I don't like 100 hours of accidents! I didn't really like Metal Gear Solid for the same reasons you don't either, Ragnar! I don't like ass excretions from animals either!
Thursday, November 07, 2002
The Inaction Team!
My day:
1. After a late night brewing beer with Matt, wake up with a horrible headache and a gnawing sense of anger. Headache: due to considerable amount of beer drunk while brewing. Anger: due to the previously-mentioned employment fuckover I received earlier this week.
2. Spent day editing this one story ("Cannibals of West LA," for those who may have seen it) for resubmission. I edited the story and submitted it for an anthology of zombie short stories. The editor wrote back that although he didn't want it for that anthology, if I tightened it up he'd consider it for the NEXT zombie short story anthology. For a while I wavered back and forth on whether to do it (1. Not sure I wanted to edit it; 2. Not sure I wanted to devote the time to edit it, thus diverting time away from other projects like masturbation and beer brewing; 3. Can't remember third reason), but finally I decided to go ahead and do it. So, I took my notes, edited the story, resubmitted it as an rtf. Maybe it'll sell, probably it won't, that's how these things go.
3. Oh yeah, third reason was that I'm not crazy about the story anyway. But hey, some people liked it a lot, so I think it's at least decent.
3. Got ready to go to my exciting new "shift lite" at work, from 12-4. (We call in on a daily basis to see what the work schedule is like the next day.) Left the house at 11:15. Decided to stop by the Galleria first because I heard MGS2 for Xbox was out, thought I'd pick it up. Also: luncheon.
4. At mall, decided that there was no way in hell I wanted to go to work. So, didn't go.
5. Got the game and some luncheon.
6. Came home. Let the dogs in out of the rain. After being in for approximately one minute, Vanessa (who is pretty old, almost 13) is walking down the downstairs hall when I hear a horrible squirting sound emerging from her direction. I am horrified to discover that in the space of 1 second, she has released a seven-foot-long spray of highly viscous diarrhea along the entire length of the downstairs hallway. Said diarrhea is the foulest-smelling example of animal waste I have come across in many moons.
7. Spent the next 45 minutes utilizing 409, Febreze, paper towels, a dustpan, and a steam cleaner in an effort to remove the waste from the carpet. When finished, there is nothing left but a mild stain on the carpet which seemingly nothing but Zeus Himself can destroy.
8. Got some coffee and dinner. Did some writing.
9. Played Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance for many hours while crying.
10. Wrote this while listening to sleeping dog's stomach rumble dangerously. Having gone through a bout of food poisoning not too long ago, I am sympathetic to all those with intestinal discomfort, man and beast alike, but I must say that the shit fountain, amazing a display as it was, is not something that I am keen on seeing again.
Mini-Review: Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (Xbox version)
In this game, you play a man named Solid Snake who is some kind of warrior who is cloned from a man named Big Boss and also you have a brother named Liquid Snake who you killed in the last game, but he is still alive because his arm is attached to a man named Revolver Ocelot. You are on a tanker. You have a flechette gun which induces paralysis but you can also break the guards' necks. You have a camera and you can take pictures of the Japanese women in bikinis who are on posters around the ship and then Solid Snake says "Good." Also you can hold up the terrorists and steal their dogtags. You talk to a lot of people on the radio and you get to bungee-jump, rappel, jump around explosions, however you do not get to actually do these things with the controller, you do them with your imagination while watching cinematic cutscenes.
Then after you play for two hours, and you have the game mechanics pretty well in hand, you switch to another character who looks and talks like any bishonen (pretty-boy) anime character you can imagine, who is a rookie, and for some reason the game designers confused the character with you, the player, so they find it necessary to re-explain all of the controls and mechanics to you, over and over, in loooong conversations on the radio. This is why I don't have a cell phone. I am afraid Eric will call me and say, "Jon, I see that you have secured some rations in a yellow box. If you put some of those rations into a bowl and then pour milk into them, and then ready the spoon and use the action button, you will enjoy the rations and regain some health." Then I'll be going to the bank and Rudy will call and say, "Jon, dollars are the monetary unit of the United States of America. You can either save them, or you can spend them on lap-dances."
Comparitive Grade: (That is, compared to cleaning diarrhea off the carpet.): A+
My day:
1. After a late night brewing beer with Matt, wake up with a horrible headache and a gnawing sense of anger. Headache: due to considerable amount of beer drunk while brewing. Anger: due to the previously-mentioned employment fuckover I received earlier this week.
2. Spent day editing this one story ("Cannibals of West LA," for those who may have seen it) for resubmission. I edited the story and submitted it for an anthology of zombie short stories. The editor wrote back that although he didn't want it for that anthology, if I tightened it up he'd consider it for the NEXT zombie short story anthology. For a while I wavered back and forth on whether to do it (1. Not sure I wanted to edit it; 2. Not sure I wanted to devote the time to edit it, thus diverting time away from other projects like masturbation and beer brewing; 3. Can't remember third reason), but finally I decided to go ahead and do it. So, I took my notes, edited the story, resubmitted it as an rtf. Maybe it'll sell, probably it won't, that's how these things go.
3. Oh yeah, third reason was that I'm not crazy about the story anyway. But hey, some people liked it a lot, so I think it's at least decent.
3. Got ready to go to my exciting new "shift lite" at work, from 12-4. (We call in on a daily basis to see what the work schedule is like the next day.) Left the house at 11:15. Decided to stop by the Galleria first because I heard MGS2 for Xbox was out, thought I'd pick it up. Also: luncheon.
4. At mall, decided that there was no way in hell I wanted to go to work. So, didn't go.
5. Got the game and some luncheon.
6. Came home. Let the dogs in out of the rain. After being in for approximately one minute, Vanessa (who is pretty old, almost 13) is walking down the downstairs hall when I hear a horrible squirting sound emerging from her direction. I am horrified to discover that in the space of 1 second, she has released a seven-foot-long spray of highly viscous diarrhea along the entire length of the downstairs hallway. Said diarrhea is the foulest-smelling example of animal waste I have come across in many moons.
7. Spent the next 45 minutes utilizing 409, Febreze, paper towels, a dustpan, and a steam cleaner in an effort to remove the waste from the carpet. When finished, there is nothing left but a mild stain on the carpet which seemingly nothing but Zeus Himself can destroy.
8. Got some coffee and dinner. Did some writing.
9. Played Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance for many hours while crying.
10. Wrote this while listening to sleeping dog's stomach rumble dangerously. Having gone through a bout of food poisoning not too long ago, I am sympathetic to all those with intestinal discomfort, man and beast alike, but I must say that the shit fountain, amazing a display as it was, is not something that I am keen on seeing again.
Mini-Review: Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (Xbox version)
In this game, you play a man named Solid Snake who is some kind of warrior who is cloned from a man named Big Boss and also you have a brother named Liquid Snake who you killed in the last game, but he is still alive because his arm is attached to a man named Revolver Ocelot. You are on a tanker. You have a flechette gun which induces paralysis but you can also break the guards' necks. You have a camera and you can take pictures of the Japanese women in bikinis who are on posters around the ship and then Solid Snake says "Good." Also you can hold up the terrorists and steal their dogtags. You talk to a lot of people on the radio and you get to bungee-jump, rappel, jump around explosions, however you do not get to actually do these things with the controller, you do them with your imagination while watching cinematic cutscenes.
Then after you play for two hours, and you have the game mechanics pretty well in hand, you switch to another character who looks and talks like any bishonen (pretty-boy) anime character you can imagine, who is a rookie, and for some reason the game designers confused the character with you, the player, so they find it necessary to re-explain all of the controls and mechanics to you, over and over, in loooong conversations on the radio. This is why I don't have a cell phone. I am afraid Eric will call me and say, "Jon, I see that you have secured some rations in a yellow box. If you put some of those rations into a bowl and then pour milk into them, and then ready the spoon and use the action button, you will enjoy the rations and regain some health." Then I'll be going to the bank and Rudy will call and say, "Jon, dollars are the monetary unit of the United States of America. You can either save them, or you can spend them on lap-dances."
Comparitive Grade: (That is, compared to cleaning diarrhea off the carpet.): A+
YO YO wud up Web Master E?
I be trying to look at der website ere an it ain't, I said ain't Funk-tionin'! Yo u gotta jive it up! Can't be no sleepin on no jobby job...
We can be the Web E Clan!! sucka! Hey um... ok, back to reality. Saw on TV, if you have time check out Unclaimedmoney.com and find out if you have some money due to you. I don't really know how it works yet, the website is down.
I'm also looking for the nude female chef that's up in San francisco. I heard she serves a mean dish. Sushi anyone? But Haironovich, if you happen to find out, let me know. I'd be interested to see how much she charges and to take a look at her website.
jael
I be trying to look at der website ere an it ain't, I said ain't Funk-tionin'! Yo u gotta jive it up! Can't be no sleepin on no jobby job...
We can be the Web E Clan!! sucka! Hey um... ok, back to reality. Saw on TV, if you have time check out Unclaimedmoney.com and find out if you have some money due to you. I don't really know how it works yet, the website is down.
I'm also looking for the nude female chef that's up in San francisco. I heard she serves a mean dish. Sushi anyone? But Haironovich, if you happen to find out, let me know. I'd be interested to see how much she charges and to take a look at her website.
jael
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