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!
(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.

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
Gettin' Copies

Done deal Jael, I just need to find some time, and they are yours! No Battle Cry? Sure about that? You can re-live the fond memories of GenCon #1 and the joy BC brought to us all.... think about it, but I'll pick up 2 Acquires next time I am there, fo' sure.

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
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?

Monday, December 09, 2002

Work v2.0

I worked an 11 hour, part-time, day today. 8:30am to 7:30pm. Goodnight, moon.
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.
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
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.

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