Friday, February 21, 2003

Ahhh yes the Capri salad.

That cheese is fresh mozzarella. often the dish is served with balsmic vinegar, olive oil and fresh basil leaves. Good shi-ite. Definitely a appetizer and and not a dinner salad.

Sore throats are no longer cool.

Review: Goodfellas Restraunt on Melrose

Eric was out in my side of town and in desparate need of some grub, so I told him to meet me at Golden Apple and we'd walk down Melrose and find someplace to eat. Well, we went into "Goodfellas" which is an italian place with a "gangster" feel. I ordered something called a "capri salad" telling Eric "I need to eat more greens. What they brought me was a little plate with a tomato cut-up and some cream-cheese looking shit underneath. :\ That was my salad. D'oh!

Grade: S for Still hungry.

Thursday, February 20, 2003

BBHell

Tried it out- seems cool, although it'd be funner playing against someone!

Review: Gangs of New Yawk
Been watching Gangs of New York- eh, so far its alright- kinda cheesy, but still pretty interesting- I'm only half-way thru, but I think its safe to say its not one of Scorcese's best.
Finished it: was just "ok." Definately an interesting time: new york slums during the civil war and the draft riot. They touch on how there were competing fire depts. - so, when the different fire companys get to a fire they fight each other- cool. This movie just wasn't that great. I didn't have any problem with the acting, its just the story itself was pretty blah- eh. And then at the end there's a sweet 9/11 tribute- touching. Spike Lee's 25th Hour movie is full of images and refrences to 9/11, but it just doesn't feel as tacked on as in this flick. Whatever.

Final Grade: C
Jay Leno Grade: F for Jay Leno is the FUCKING worst.

Next movie I've "collected" is Chicago- hmmmm.
Blodd Bowl JavaBowl Link

Here it is, more on this later....

Wednesday, February 19, 2003

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Oops! I didn't realize someone had already posted it- sry. Man, its only been 1 official day of being work-less and I'm feeling pretty worth-less. I went to work and got my last $800 bucks or so, did my taxes online- expecting somewhere around $400 bucks from that, and I signed up for the unemployment (they said it takes about 10 days to kick in or whatever- do i need to go to some office or something!?!?) Weird times.

But, been having some fun with the Battlefield1942 demo- think Halo crossed with every other WW2 game- well, but with sucky man v man combat. I honestly think Wolfenstein has the sweetest 1st-person ww2 engine going- all the others seem weird and clunky- BUT, man the vehicles in BF42 are SO cool- way cooler than Halos (or at least pretty equal.) The planes rock- real easy to figure out but still enough of a learning curve to keep the complete n00bs away- tanks and jeeps and boats are sweet too. The biggest problem with the game is that its SUPER system intensive- I mean, it takes SOOOOOOOO long to friggin load the one stupid demo map- INSANELY long. Once its loaded its cool - as long as the server you got into is good- if its not, you've got to wait forever to try the next one.

eh- what to do with myself...
Blogger Is RICH!!! $$$$ kerchunk kerchink

I don't think that was me, but I'll kindly take credit for it!

Well Blogger just got bought out by Google, and I guess we were one of the pioneers / suckers to make blogger rich, while we use their services for free. yippeee! =D Capitalism at it's finest.

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-984809.html

jael
Day late and a dollar short...

Johnny posted a link to a very similar version of that image on Blogger a few months back. Funna Shi-ite. Hey there a movie about The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen coming out. One of my coworkers mentioned something to that effect. They said it looked pretty crazy. Okie.. Off to the fun shit:

My Maundry is dirty. Gotta clean it. D'oh!

Gas prices are assinine: Average $2.05 in SF for 87. Chopper suck gas!

I still love sore throats

Bortz
All Time

Okay, now I'm calling the kettle black here by still talking politics, but this is the best quote I have EVAR heard from Bush:

"Leaders can't be bound by public opinion"

He goes on to say that acting on public opinion is like making security decisions "based on a focus group." Or like a court of your peers, right? So I guess despite what the people that "elect" our leaders say, leaders need to act on their own for the good of the people....

This is not okay.
Unwritten Law

Weren't they some so-cal skate punk band or whatever!?!? They're on Carson Daly's show doing a VERY bad "very special acoustic version" of some song of theirs. OMG, this shit is sooooo bad.

Thanks for all the kind words fellas!

Tuesday, February 18, 2003

Good Riddence...

Rude Dog, that sucks about the jobby job. But hey those jerkinines never gave you your props anyway. Fuckum' in the back now.

Elric... Canada Eh? What's that aboot? Shit is expensive there and tax sucks balls. Sales tax does not rule. Yet they do seem to have a better outlook on world politics. Speaking of world politics, I really suggest reading the "Body of Secrets" book. Pretty cool shit. NSA is pretty interesting organization. That little flash bit was pretty nasty little prediction. Fargin Bush Bastage. I say 'F' Florida.

I like sore throats! Rule!

I like green.
Sidenote

This is the best and most enjoyable reason for not going into Iraq.

Also, I think we could avoid the Iraq problem if we would never be involved with such shitty foreign policy. The US does not always need to be number one. It is not our job and duty to force our way of life on other countries that are completely of a different mindset, both religiously, politically, economically, etc. It is also a terrible idea to let corporate financial needs dictate what our government does politically and militarily, worldwide. To answer your question Johnny, I don't think we should have ever been in this situation in the first place. Ponder this: Who gave the Middle-East much of their weapons to fight the Soviets (when they were there), and are inturn, being used against us now?

I am seriously considering moving to Canada in the future. They have their internal problems, but their economy is no worse than ours and they are also not hated by the entire planet for being arrogant bullies who feel they have a right to run the planet.

Also, if the US doesn't steal all the hockey teams in Canada, I can watch hockey there too.

Okay seriously guys, quit spouting off about your political views... seriously.

I like Blood Bowl. And Jon's new game Scarab Lords. It was lots of fun! I want to play it again!
Good Luck Bro!

Suxors being laid off. It's not so much the job, or the money, it just feels like you put time into it and it's sorta gone. But definitely use the time to do the shit you want to do man! A co-worker and I were just talking about the things we can do and how being at the job isn't taking us anywhere. Probably a good time to think of other things.
Shit, chances are, If I get canned at the end of the month (which looks very feasible), I say we take off to Thailand! At least that will take away the monotony and headaches, till we get back! yeuH boy! Thai hoookers 20 dollas hollas!

gotta go, my boss is here to whip me.
...

Yeah, the jammy jam you me and ryry did is on my buddies harddrive, so once I get myself a drive I'll be able to snag it (and I got that protools shit at my house now.)

It's totally for the better, but being jobless all of the sudden is still supar-bumm0rz. Goddammit, I'd make the same amount of money working at friggin' in-n-out though- time to find a real job.

Yeah, my buddy is still gonna do that little manufacturing business, but until a few units are sold, there isn't going to be any money- so hopefully I can get something in the meantime- wish me luck! :) :\

Bonus:

Shit, thanks a lot Jon! I hadn't even thought of that-
Unemployment

That fuckin sucks Rude. Give the unemployment office a call, pronto. Make sure you do it soon because it takes about a week for benefits to kick in. The people you want to talk to are the Economic Development Department, and as long as you were laid-off (as opposed to terminated for shooting your boss or something), you're eligible. The good news is that since you didn't make much money, you probably won't be making much less on unemployment!

Anyway the number is (800) 300-5616. They'll want to know the address of your former employer and they'll ask you a few other questions, but nothing too big. You get benefits every other week along with a job search form to fill out (it's just a few checkboxes, nothing intrusive).

But I wouldn't be too bummed out. Yeah losing a job sux0rs, but you haven't seemed happy at that job for the last, oh, three years or so. This should be an opportunity for you to find something better.

Unemployment is OK, for a little while. I liked it for about two months, then started going crazy. You definitely get a chance to learn more about Tecate.

Oh, look, the dog just threw up on the floor.
Crap

Crap. Looks like it time to put the full-court press on your buddy and his garage recording bit. And of course, it sucks you got laid-off, but you weren't going anywhere in that company anyway. Time to start fresh somewhere else!

Did you manage to snake the recordings that we made and were still on the computer? Did you snake some exclusive duet tracks featuring Marilyn Manson and Britney Spears to sell on ebay?

Crap x2.
Bonus

I just got layed-off from my job! SWEET. :\
Adaptation

Just saw that movie- it was really good- I've heard lots of good stuff about it but I just haven't been motivated to go sit in a theater in a long time- anyways, just d/led it tonight and watched it- it was good. Liked it WAY better than Being John Malcovitch. Its pretty wierd- well, its really cool how its all set-up and flows (don't wanna give nothin' away.) Anyways, although I know it won't be everyones cup 'o tea, I recommend it.

SLeeP zzZzz
Winenfstein 98

Agreed. Politics = Anti-love-propogandhism. =D I am on the same page as you rudy. I agree. I am not a war supporter, nor do I like bushy-bombs but (question to everyone, whoever has an answer) What alternative solution to this nuclear crisis does non-war supporters offer besides witty mockery and jokes? Someone give me a convincing argument (send me a link or something).

speaking of links, here's a link, good for the "ladies". Dunno if it applies to English ladies as rules of combat differ, but I suppose this applies to American and british women alike.

http://www.sosuave.com



Monday, February 17, 2003

Three cheers to Rudy for supplying me with XP and other cool shite. I think I am ready to shed 98se. I am tired of its antics of late. DSL in the house. YeaH! I rule. 1225kbs! XP running. XP with the SP1 patch is a shit load better than the first version. Ohh I got a new email address when I set up my DSL acct. It is BobbyOilMcBaron@sbcglobal.net

I almost went to the rally here on sunday, but decided to go to John Muir Woods. Some damn cool shit! Crazy ass trees. Too bad at 2.5 miles into a round trip hike of 4.5 miles I started with a headache. I have been pretty headache free for the past year, but that was the worst son of a bitch I have had in years. The kind where you do not get to pain killers in time. The kind where it is all you can do not to throw up from the pain and nausea. Yeah what ever. Better now though. Anyway I have to go grocery choppin' with florence.

Bobby Oil McBaron (Alias Enron, Alias L Ron Butterflyington, Alias Billy the Kid, you are to hang hang from your neck until you are dead, dead, dead!)
OMG my polotics = r teh BEST!

Just kidding! I agree with Eric- I'll leave politics out of it I guess - I was under the wrong impression that we were all on similar pages. All good! :) Drop Bush Not Bombs! :p

Anyways, the march was cool. The only other big protest/march I've been to was when the DNC was held here in LA, and that was a lot more intense- the cops were pretty scary at that event- Here, I had no fear as long as I kept my eye on Rob Reiner and Martin Sheen- Ran into some friends down there which was cool - got a nice little 3 mile hike out of it also! Overall, a very cool day! Some funny signs I saw people with:
"Don't Bomb it if you Can't Spell It"
"Asses of Evil" (with pics of bush, rumsfeld, etc)
"Who Would Jesus Bomb?"
And one of my faves was a picture of Bush morphed to look like Alfred E. Newman wearing a button that said "Worry." Heh- I think it was a magazine cover or something.

Man, did you guys see England!?!?! Like a million friggin' people - WOW.

There was a pretty cool SNL skit a couple of weeks ago- its an anti-war rally, and this 'Nam vet is on the stage trying to speak:

Nam Vet: We're here to say no to this immoral war...
Guy in Crowd: Gay Rights!
Vet: Uh, ok, but we're here in solidarity to
ANother Person: Save the whales!
Vet: No, we're here talking about...
Another Person: Feed the Children!!
Vet: WHa..
Person: Feed the children to the whales!
Vet: We gotta stand together here people...
Guy: Legalize porn!
Vet: But, porn IS legal...
Guy: Not the porn I like!

Heh- it was pretty funny.

Sunday, February 16, 2003

I vote we stay away from discussing politics on the Action Team Site

It's obvious that we are not going to agree and probably totally disagree with each other about Bush, Iraq, foreign policy, education, etc. "Discussions" about politics can only lead to arguements, anger, and hurt feelings (between ourselves anyway). So I vote we focus our energies on this site around our lives, good times, bad times and the like, and keep out thoughts on war, and whomever we each feel the real enemy is in this whole mess.

Or not, I just thought I would try.

I like Blood Bowl.

I also finally purchased the Union side of the miniatures version of Battle Cry.... now, I only need to base them, paint them, buy the Confederates, base them, paint them, buy the board, add terrain to it, and I am finished....
One article I disagree upon

Hey rudy, I support your endeavors because I think war is ugly and if we can avoid it so be it. But I don't agree against hard-liners that oppose war because it's war. There's a difference. For example that link you provided with this article:

--"The Bush administration is intent on plunging America into a war that will only increase danger for Americans and the world. At the same time education, healthcare, and the economy are being neglected."--

Increasing healthcare, education and our economy is a solution for our internal problems but doesn't address the problems around the world. Focusing and isolating ourselves doesn't decrease the danger for America and the world by leaving tyrant dictators such as Saddam Hussein impose his will in the Middle East. Furthermore, eduation, healthcare and the economy may still be neglected even if we weren't focusing on war... We've had these problems since the beginning of the 60's, ie social security, healthcare, unemployement, welfare, and there hasn't been any answers since.

Now while the Bush administration may be strong advocates of war, I don't agree it will increase danger any more than the danger that we have looming over us right now. We must limit and enforce the nuclear arms sanctions by any means. If UN inspectors and negotiators work then that's great, but if it doesn't then I feel deposing Saddam is our only salvation. There will be more saddams, kim jongs, except in a few years they will probably be armed with nuclear arsenals. Anyhow, support the war if it helps, and oppose the war if it does not!

jael


Hey Rudy, how's about a report on the protest? I didn't really learn about the Santa Monica protest until it was almost on, or I probably would have gone. Wish I'd gone, but oh well. Sounds like people really came out! Good for them. Bush has handled this whole thing like a real asshole. You heard me, I just called the president an asshole! This is because I am a real firebrand.