Thursday, November 07, 2002
Tuesday, November 05, 2002
Islands=bloat
Geez Aaron, you should try not crashing into so many people. I'm pissed off. My boss told me today that, contrary to what he -promised- me when I joined up, from now on he is not going to be able to guarantee me 40 hours per week. Meaning I could be working 0-25 hours instead. Fuck that. I'm going to have it out with him tomorrow and if it doesn't get resolved, I'm quitting. I have enough (barely) money that if I already had a job, I could finance a move. I really really could use those consistent 40 hours through December, but I'm not going to bend over and take it because my boss finds it inconvenient to honor a promise. Anyway, I figure if I devote that time to job hunting, surely I can find something in the next two months. (Right Eric??) Anybody wanna buy an iBook? I'm very very glad I'm living at home right now. Also, on the upside I'll have a lot more time to dedicate to the Sea Monkeys story and Tony Hawk 4. (Best0r game evar.)
The really annoying thing about the job situation is that a lot of the problem come because this other guy, ah fuck it it's not worth going into.
I am into the sea monkey story, I just don't have an illustrator! I had somebody else in mind but it turns out her illustrations take a very very long time to do each one and I don't think it would be worth it to her. I'll keep my eyes open though. What I'll probably do before too long is just illustrate the fucker myself and then at least have the timing ready so we can get the music done. I agree that the underwater segment could have some kickass music behind it.
Geez Aaron, you should try not crashing into so many people. I'm pissed off. My boss told me today that, contrary to what he -promised- me when I joined up, from now on he is not going to be able to guarantee me 40 hours per week. Meaning I could be working 0-25 hours instead. Fuck that. I'm going to have it out with him tomorrow and if it doesn't get resolved, I'm quitting. I have enough (barely) money that if I already had a job, I could finance a move. I really really could use those consistent 40 hours through December, but I'm not going to bend over and take it because my boss finds it inconvenient to honor a promise. Anyway, I figure if I devote that time to job hunting, surely I can find something in the next two months. (Right Eric??) Anybody wanna buy an iBook? I'm very very glad I'm living at home right now. Also, on the upside I'll have a lot more time to dedicate to the Sea Monkeys story and Tony Hawk 4. (Best0r game evar.)
The really annoying thing about the job situation is that a lot of the problem come because this other guy, ah fuck it it's not worth going into.
I am into the sea monkey story, I just don't have an illustrator! I had somebody else in mind but it turns out her illustrations take a very very long time to do each one and I don't think it would be worth it to her. I'll keep my eyes open though. What I'll probably do before too long is just illustrate the fucker myself and then at least have the timing ready so we can get the music done. I agree that the underwater segment could have some kickass music behind it.
"I live my life a quarter of a mile at a time. Nothing else matters. For those 10 seconds or less, I'm free." Vin Diesel--The Fast and the Furious
Sorry to hear about the accidentes 'ron! Yeah, I've been in a few car wrecks myself (including my 4 month old SUV gettin' T-Boned and totalled- served me right though- damn SUVs!) Glad you're ok and everything. Good luck with insurance fuxors- I guarantee they'll try and fuck you.
Thanks for all the computer tips guys! I think I need a job that provides me with a better income though before I get too serious. Check this out though: Jael, you said its about 1k to build a tight gaming rig. I don't see why it needs to be that expensive. I sure as fuck don't want a $400 geforce4 card- I'd rather spend $400 bucks on a PS2, X-Box, and a couple games. (BTW- I've heard from some friends that GTA:ViceCity is bananas! Goddamn, I wanna play that game!) I was just kinda on my own trying to pick parts from some websites, and - you guys think I could put together a decent rig for say $500-600 total? I don't expect to have some 3ghz m0nstar, but i dunno.
My work schedule has changed again (my job sucks.) I now work Mon-Fri, Noon-8or9pm. I like the time better and the weekends off, but the job is more sucky. Studio- lets do it (before I fucking quit- I am half-assed looking for another gig already.)
Jon- I just reread your Sea Monkeys script, and man, its totally awesome! FUck waiting on someone to do the art- use the Hollywood program I have, and we'll do it that way! ;) Seriously though, I think I wanna do a piece of music based on the story of pod-queen-bitch-slut-cunt-rust-whore tells the dude when he's all stiffed-out.
Movie Review: Blade 2
Just rented it- It was alright. The F-X were better than I thought they'd be, although there were a couple of silly fights that would at times seem to go completely CG- kinda weird. And, eh- I'm sick of the "hero gets super fucked up by the villians 3/4 through the movie, only to "snap out of it" and kick some ass. At least there wasn't a stupid Van-Damme type scene with Blade doing the splits between 2 chairs. Sheesh.
Grade: C+
Coming soon: Reviews for "Frailty" and "Gangster No. 1"
I've been really wanting to check out Bowling for Columbine also E-RicK. Heard nothing but good things about it. You should go to his website and get on his mailing list. He sends out letters every couple of weeks- good stuff. Also, I was lucky enough to go catch him on his book tour for Stupid White Men a few months back. The event was totally free and he spoke for like 3 hours. Very cool (and funny) dude, and it was awesome to "meet" him (I didn't go up to him after the event, but even though there was tons of people there, it still felt very personal.)
Glad you didn't get hurt Aaron, and thanks to all of you for the help!
-Van Diesal
Sorry to hear about the accidentes 'ron! Yeah, I've been in a few car wrecks myself (including my 4 month old SUV gettin' T-Boned and totalled- served me right though- damn SUVs!) Glad you're ok and everything. Good luck with insurance fuxors- I guarantee they'll try and fuck you.
Thanks for all the computer tips guys! I think I need a job that provides me with a better income though before I get too serious. Check this out though: Jael, you said its about 1k to build a tight gaming rig. I don't see why it needs to be that expensive. I sure as fuck don't want a $400 geforce4 card- I'd rather spend $400 bucks on a PS2, X-Box, and a couple games. (BTW- I've heard from some friends that GTA:ViceCity is bananas! Goddamn, I wanna play that game!) I was just kinda on my own trying to pick parts from some websites, and - you guys think I could put together a decent rig for say $500-600 total? I don't expect to have some 3ghz m0nstar, but i dunno.
My work schedule has changed again (my job sucks.) I now work Mon-Fri, Noon-8or9pm. I like the time better and the weekends off, but the job is more sucky. Studio- lets do it (before I fucking quit- I am half-assed looking for another gig already.)
Jon- I just reread your Sea Monkeys script, and man, its totally awesome! FUck waiting on someone to do the art- use the Hollywood program I have, and we'll do it that way! ;) Seriously though, I think I wanna do a piece of music based on the story of pod-queen-bitch-slut-cunt-rust-whore tells the dude when he's all stiffed-out.
Movie Review: Blade 2
Just rented it- It was alright. The F-X were better than I thought they'd be, although there were a couple of silly fights that would at times seem to go completely CG- kinda weird. And, eh- I'm sick of the "hero gets super fucked up by the villians 3/4 through the movie, only to "snap out of it" and kick some ass. At least there wasn't a stupid Van-Damme type scene with Blade doing the splits between 2 chairs. Sheesh.
Grade: C+
Coming soon: Reviews for "Frailty" and "Gangster No. 1"
I've been really wanting to check out Bowling for Columbine also E-RicK. Heard nothing but good things about it. You should go to his website and get on his mailing list. He sends out letters every couple of weeks- good stuff. Also, I was lucky enough to go catch him on his book tour for Stupid White Men a few months back. The event was totally free and he spoke for like 3 hours. Very cool (and funny) dude, and it was awesome to "meet" him (I didn't go up to him after the event, but even though there was tons of people there, it still felt very personal.)
Glad you didn't get hurt Aaron, and thanks to all of you for the help!
-Van Diesal
Bloggin’ by Deaf Mute Take 2
Alright mo’ Fo’s I am going to try this again. I am sorry that I have been so remiss in Blogging. The past week or so has been a bit crazy. It started with Thursday. First I spent three hours scouring the web trying to find a way to open up my router so that I can blubster. Every reference I saw suggested setting it up with features that did not exist in my router’s interface. After digging around I came to find out that you had to be psychic and know that a firmware update would provide these features. Bastards.
Next I spent two and half hours cleaning and waxing my fine automobile and prepping for the crazy All Hallow’s Eve debauchery. Around 10PM we left our friend’s house to head down to the Castro district for the craziest street party action I have seen. In fact it took about an hour just to walk from the closest point public transportation would take us (Van Ness and Market) to Castro Street. I have never seen so many great costumes before. The Gir (In dog guise) was great. Bender ruled! The free mammory exam booth was pure genius. All in all some 100,000 people showed up for a surprisingly good time. That place was off the hook. Finally we rocked out of there and we got back to my car at 2am.
On the way home... YeeeHaaaa! I T-boned some other person’s car. Air bags and all fired off, although Aimey and I never touched the bags during the crash. Must have been the absolute minimum speed to set them off. Broke the front right axle of the other car. Both cars had to be towed. So much for the wax job, I should have just given myself a hand job instead. As far as I can tell it was the other drivers’ fault, but who knows? Insurance may see it differently. I got home at 4am, was up at 6am and off to work, on little to no sleep and jittery as hell. Suck balls Chopper.
Saturday I did get to go out and hang with Ja –el (After an incident where the police shut down 2 BART stations that brought the system to its knees) and explored the gaming store action of San Jose. Cool store, but it was no BrookBlurst. Speaking of which, it turns out that BrookBlurst holds a corner on the Peter Pig market in the US. According to the store we went to, BrookBlurst is supposed to play nice with other retailers and act as a distributor in the US, but apparently it doesn’t. Fuckers Jerks.
Watched the Sting Ring of Fire. Pretty freaky, but the ending was a bit of a let down. One scene in particular really got me to jump. It was the first real scary shot and it was rather unexpected. I think the movie is worth a go see.
Happy Birthday to you, Tbone! I was presented the present of T-bone v.2. So I am chillin’ on a commuter bus chock full of people standing and.. SLAM the breaks lock on the bus and BOOM, it hits a car on its left hand side. I could not see the crash, but then I head the squeal of spinning tire and saw the car fly by and go headfirst into the corner of a concrete building. Not pretty. The accelerator must have been stuck. The passengers had to be dragged out of the window after some pedestrians broke out the side window to recover them from the smoking remains of the car. D’oh! After no involvement in a single accident for 9 years, I get the thrill of being involved in 2 crashes within a 100-hour period. Car crashes suck!
Hopefully I will have photos of the Castro craziness next time I see you.
Rudy, get an Intel board only if you get an Intel processor and like getting reamed. Intel boards are great for servers andcorporate environments but not gaming enthusists. Besides Intel is just to expensive of bang for your buck, although they are getting better. The only problem is they will not put out a good chipset with anything other than RamBu$ ram. Shit is twice as expensive as DDR. Go AMD (VIA Chipset) with Asus, Soyo, or Abit MoBo. All three are very good manufactures. Go with Nvidia for video. ATI has some good hardware (They actually have the fastest card out Radeon 9700 series) but their drivers are not so good. Ask Jon, he will give you an ear full. Consult mix master Eric, he knows his shit too, so drill his colon for info or for mud.. Take your pick. One thing that Eric said is totally true without fail. In all my years of experience of computers I have discovered there is no such thing as a good cheap computer, Deals are usually not deals unless you compare apples to apples, and making your own computer is often rewarding but can be frustrating sometimes. You get what you pay for! Finally here is a rule I live by, there are three options with a computer, Cheap, Fast, and Reliable. PICK TWO. No such thing as all three in one box.
Want suggestions.. check out this article. I trust these guys' opinions on hardware. They have three levels of machines.. Mix and match crap from the Budget Box and the Hot Rod... http://arstechnica.com/guide/system/index.html
Vicious Kanid
Alright mo’ Fo’s I am going to try this again. I am sorry that I have been so remiss in Blogging. The past week or so has been a bit crazy. It started with Thursday. First I spent three hours scouring the web trying to find a way to open up my router so that I can blubster. Every reference I saw suggested setting it up with features that did not exist in my router’s interface. After digging around I came to find out that you had to be psychic and know that a firmware update would provide these features. Bastards.
Next I spent two and half hours cleaning and waxing my fine automobile and prepping for the crazy All Hallow’s Eve debauchery. Around 10PM we left our friend’s house to head down to the Castro district for the craziest street party action I have seen. In fact it took about an hour just to walk from the closest point public transportation would take us (Van Ness and Market) to Castro Street. I have never seen so many great costumes before. The Gir (In dog guise) was great. Bender ruled! The free mammory exam booth was pure genius. All in all some 100,000 people showed up for a surprisingly good time. That place was off the hook. Finally we rocked out of there and we got back to my car at 2am.
On the way home... YeeeHaaaa! I T-boned some other person’s car. Air bags and all fired off, although Aimey and I never touched the bags during the crash. Must have been the absolute minimum speed to set them off. Broke the front right axle of the other car. Both cars had to be towed. So much for the wax job, I should have just given myself a hand job instead. As far as I can tell it was the other drivers’ fault, but who knows? Insurance may see it differently. I got home at 4am, was up at 6am and off to work, on little to no sleep and jittery as hell. Suck balls Chopper.
Saturday I did get to go out and hang with Ja –el (After an incident where the police shut down 2 BART stations that brought the system to its knees) and explored the gaming store action of San Jose. Cool store, but it was no BrookBlurst. Speaking of which, it turns out that BrookBlurst holds a corner on the Peter Pig market in the US. According to the store we went to, BrookBlurst is supposed to play nice with other retailers and act as a distributor in the US, but apparently it doesn’t. Fuckers Jerks.
Watched the Sting Ring of Fire. Pretty freaky, but the ending was a bit of a let down. One scene in particular really got me to jump. It was the first real scary shot and it was rather unexpected. I think the movie is worth a go see.
Happy Birthday to you, Tbone! I was presented the present of T-bone v.2. So I am chillin’ on a commuter bus chock full of people standing and.. SLAM the breaks lock on the bus and BOOM, it hits a car on its left hand side. I could not see the crash, but then I head the squeal of spinning tire and saw the car fly by and go headfirst into the corner of a concrete building. Not pretty. The accelerator must have been stuck. The passengers had to be dragged out of the window after some pedestrians broke out the side window to recover them from the smoking remains of the car. D’oh! After no involvement in a single accident for 9 years, I get the thrill of being involved in 2 crashes within a 100-hour period. Car crashes suck!
Hopefully I will have photos of the Castro craziness next time I see you.
Rudy, get an Intel board only if you get an Intel processor and like getting reamed. Intel boards are great for servers andcorporate environments but not gaming enthusists. Besides Intel is just to expensive of bang for your buck, although they are getting better. The only problem is they will not put out a good chipset with anything other than RamBu$ ram. Shit is twice as expensive as DDR. Go AMD (VIA Chipset) with Asus, Soyo, or Abit MoBo. All three are very good manufactures. Go with Nvidia for video. ATI has some good hardware (They actually have the fastest card out Radeon 9700 series) but their drivers are not so good. Ask Jon, he will give you an ear full. Consult mix master Eric, he knows his shit too, so drill his colon for info or for mud.. Take your pick. One thing that Eric said is totally true without fail. In all my years of experience of computers I have discovered there is no such thing as a good cheap computer, Deals are usually not deals unless you compare apples to apples, and making your own computer is often rewarding but can be frustrating sometimes. You get what you pay for! Finally here is a rule I live by, there are three options with a computer, Cheap, Fast, and Reliable. PICK TWO. No such thing as all three in one box.
Want suggestions.. check out this article. I trust these guys' opinions on hardware. They have three levels of machines.. Mix and match crap from the Budget Box and the Hot Rod... http://arstechnica.com/guide/system/index.html
Vicious Kanid
Monday, November 04, 2002
Mo Hasheesh
Yeeha boyz, the premise of this email? Nothin.
Rudy, if youre building your own computer, I think for a decent game machine, youre looking at spending around 1 grand. which is not that much for a computer. You can pretty much get everything top of the line for that price (not including monitor). 2~ ghz cpu, 512k ram, good size hard drive, you need a good video card, I'd recommend the nvidia chipset cards, geforce 128mb, and decent sound card. You'll be rockin! Name brand systems aren't really that much more, especially if you buy Dell. They are pretty competitive to retail. If you don't want to spend that extra 100 -200 or so, buying grey market stuff, obviously will be cheaper, but also lacks in warranty and service.
All I can say is, buy an intel motherboard, (will save you some trouble), and the rest of the components, like Eric said, you get what you pay for.
when you have time, check out www.howstuffworks.com.
Judge Marilyn Muliani IS AWESOME!!! she is soooo hot. well maybe like 10 years ago, but man, I'd rock her silly. I like that whole power trip thingy and then she has the brains to go with her beauty. I'll bet you she's wearing a wig though. Her hair looks too good. drool. Actually, the show is great. It brings back memories dating all the way back to Judge wapner drudging my way through highschool. I remember Wapner was on at 4:30 - 5:00. Then came a series of judges, some flops some not, but Marilyn is the shitsa.
Jael
Yeeha boyz, the premise of this email? Nothin.
Rudy, if youre building your own computer, I think for a decent game machine, youre looking at spending around 1 grand. which is not that much for a computer. You can pretty much get everything top of the line for that price (not including monitor). 2~ ghz cpu, 512k ram, good size hard drive, you need a good video card, I'd recommend the nvidia chipset cards, geforce 128mb, and decent sound card. You'll be rockin! Name brand systems aren't really that much more, especially if you buy Dell. They are pretty competitive to retail. If you don't want to spend that extra 100 -200 or so, buying grey market stuff, obviously will be cheaper, but also lacks in warranty and service.
All I can say is, buy an intel motherboard, (will save you some trouble), and the rest of the components, like Eric said, you get what you pay for.
when you have time, check out www.howstuffworks.com.
Judge Marilyn Muliani IS AWESOME!!! she is soooo hot. well maybe like 10 years ago, but man, I'd rock her silly. I like that whole power trip thingy and then she has the brains to go with her beauty. I'll bet you she's wearing a wig though. Her hair looks too good. drool. Actually, the show is great. It brings back memories dating all the way back to Judge wapner drudging my way through highschool. I remember Wapner was on at 4:30 - 5:00. Then came a series of judges, some flops some not, but Marilyn is the shitsa.
Jael
Computers, Shmomputers
1) Hey Rudy, give me a call and we can chat about what to get (if anything at all) and where to start. I must say this, for the most part with PC's and their ilk, you get what you pay for. Sure you might be spending less, but you will feel the ill effects down the line. Ex. integrated video cards, poor quality RAM, crappy ass motherboards with no more than two expansion slots, etc. So yeah, give me a call!
2) I want to get my Linux box to print, however, Win98 doesn't support print servers with Unix, so I went out and purchased a small print server. Of course the connections are all wrong (36 Centronics on server, 25 Pin DB on the Printer) so I had to get some converters, etc, and I don't even know if it works yet, but if it does, I think I can configure it to accept internet printing if I set up a Win2000 box somewhere... i don't know if telling the Action Team about an internet printer is a good idea however...
3) Go see Bowling For Columbine right now! This movie is another Michael Moore classic and should be mandatory viewing for the entire planet. Amazing stuff about gun control, white fear of everything, media bias in their "news" coverage, and a funny-ass cartoon by Trey and Matt about the history of white fear in America. Some of it was just awful to sit through (a split screen of the security camera tapes of the Columbine shootings with the 911 recordings in audio montage format playing in the background), and some of it downright funny (the opening scene, which I won't ruin here). Yeah, it's mostly covering the shit that those of us who are somewhat enlightened and educated are aware of, but its great to see it put on the big screen -- of course the audience that really needs to see it, never will, and it will continue preaching to the choir, but bottom line, go see it, and take someone with you. Better yet, take 10 people with you.
1) Hey Rudy, give me a call and we can chat about what to get (if anything at all) and where to start. I must say this, for the most part with PC's and their ilk, you get what you pay for. Sure you might be spending less, but you will feel the ill effects down the line. Ex. integrated video cards, poor quality RAM, crappy ass motherboards with no more than two expansion slots, etc. So yeah, give me a call!
2) I want to get my Linux box to print, however, Win98 doesn't support print servers with Unix, so I went out and purchased a small print server. Of course the connections are all wrong (36 Centronics on server, 25 Pin DB on the Printer) so I had to get some converters, etc, and I don't even know if it works yet, but if it does, I think I can configure it to accept internet printing if I set up a Win2000 box somewhere... i don't know if telling the Action Team about an internet printer is a good idea however...
3) Go see Bowling For Columbine right now! This movie is another Michael Moore classic and should be mandatory viewing for the entire planet. Amazing stuff about gun control, white fear of everything, media bias in their "news" coverage, and a funny-ass cartoon by Trey and Matt about the history of white fear in America. Some of it was just awful to sit through (a split screen of the security camera tapes of the Columbine shootings with the 911 recordings in audio montage format playing in the background), and some of it downright funny (the opening scene, which I won't ruin here). Yeah, it's mostly covering the shit that those of us who are somewhat enlightened and educated are aware of, but its great to see it put on the big screen -- of course the audience that really needs to see it, never will, and it will continue preaching to the choir, but bottom line, go see it, and take someone with you. Better yet, take 10 people with you.
Saturday, November 02, 2002
what you need to do is call him up and live your information
Jonaleelee, you don't know what your missing. It was a great flick- live me alone!
I also rented Panic Room and something else (can't remember- Scorpion King maybe?) Anyways, I'll live my thoughts on those flicks after I've seen them. Hollywood Video has these kick ass 99 cent per movie rental coupons out- I couldn't belive the savings! Talk you to guys later!
Review: Panic Room
I want my 99 cents back.
I want my 2 hours back.
Swear to god, you'll enjoy the Michelle Phifer Indian Jones movie What Lies Beneath 100 times more than this.
Not scary. Not suspensfull. What a waste. :(
Grade: Big-Fat F- (Could have been a bad 30 minute episode of The New Twilight Zone.)
Editor's Note: omg, hax! JON you really really reallt really neeed to finish that flash movie. I really wanna do the music. wtf?
Jonaleelee, you don't know what your missing. It was a great flick- live me alone!
I also rented Panic Room and something else (can't remember- Scorpion King maybe?) Anyways, I'll live my thoughts on those flicks after I've seen them. Hollywood Video has these kick ass 99 cent per movie rental coupons out- I couldn't belive the savings! Talk you to guys later!
Review: Panic Room
I want my 99 cents back.
I want my 2 hours back.
Swear to god, you'll enjoy the Michelle Phifer Indian Jones movie What Lies Beneath 100 times more than this.
Not scary. Not suspensfull. What a waste. :(
Grade: Big-Fat F- (Could have been a bad 30 minute episode of The New Twilight Zone.)
Editor's Note: omg, hax! JON you really really reallt really neeed to finish that flash movie. I really wanna do the music. wtf?
Yo Aaron!
I called up Flanders yesterday and he said that he hadn't mailed the deposit checks because we hadn't left forwarding addresses. Er, right. Anyway, what you need to do is call him up and live your information. The number is ***-****. I'd just email you but I'm not sure what your address is anymore.
Right after I left Panasonic (the first time) we had to do the special edition of Fast and the Furious in about ten different versions (domestic, Australian, Scandanavian, Japanese, Turkish, etc.). I still haven't seen the movie yet but I'm glad I dodged that bullet.
Don't you love when people send you huge attachment and you're on dialup? Yeah, I think that's great too.
EDITORS NOTE: Sorry for the amendment to the email, but we really should not print anyone's phone number on the site. It's just not good practice and bad things can happen. Email Aaron at: nyarlathotep@10d6.com
I called up Flanders yesterday and he said that he hadn't mailed the deposit checks because we hadn't left forwarding addresses. Er, right. Anyway, what you need to do is call him up and live your information. The number is ***-****. I'd just email you but I'm not sure what your address is anymore.
Right after I left Panasonic (the first time) we had to do the special edition of Fast and the Furious in about ten different versions (domestic, Australian, Scandanavian, Japanese, Turkish, etc.). I still haven't seen the movie yet but I'm glad I dodged that bullet.
Don't you love when people send you huge attachment and you're on dialup? Yeah, I think that's great too.
EDITORS NOTE: Sorry for the amendment to the email, but we really should not print anyone's phone number on the site. It's just not good practice and bad things can happen. Email Aaron at: nyarlathotep@10d6.com
Rudy Da Troll
You gotta be shittin me! You're waaaay to generous buddy. That movie was the worst next to second sight. Besides the sluts n Hos and the muscle cars, that movie had ta be one of the worst. I couldn't even bear to watch the entire movie. Fast and the furious? Fast out the door trying furiously to run away maybe.
Re-Review grade: F+ (plus for the skanky hos and the titty grabbin)
You gotta be shittin me! You're waaaay to generous buddy. That movie was the worst next to second sight. Besides the sluts n Hos and the muscle cars, that movie had ta be one of the worst. I couldn't even bear to watch the entire movie. Fast and the furious? Fast out the door trying furiously to run away maybe.
Re-Review grade: F+ (plus for the skanky hos and the titty grabbin)
Friday, November 01, 2002
Movie Review: The Fast And The Furious!
Yeah- its basically a remake of Point Break, expect the surfing has been replaced with street racing. The cars: awesome. Swear to god, made me want to be a street racer (and Point Break made me want to be a Patrick Swayzee.) The action: pretty good. I had read in reviews that the racing scenes were really good and made you "feel the speed", as Pennywise the clown says, BUT they weren't really THAT impressive. You could tell that there was LOTS of post-production and lots of green-screen. The acting: oh, not so good. This is one of those movies where the first 15 minutes is SO bad. The acting and the music are just garbage. And then, either:
1. You get used to it
or
2 It gets better
but it doesn't seem so bad after those initial 15 minutes. Overall: I liked it! It was pretty corny and dumb, BUT like Point Break, there's something appealing about it.
Overall Grade: B
Yeah- its basically a remake of Point Break, expect the surfing has been replaced with street racing. The cars: awesome. Swear to god, made me want to be a street racer (and Point Break made me want to be a Patrick Swayzee.) The action: pretty good. I had read in reviews that the racing scenes were really good and made you "feel the speed", as Pennywise the clown says, BUT they weren't really THAT impressive. You could tell that there was LOTS of post-production and lots of green-screen. The acting: oh, not so good. This is one of those movies where the first 15 minutes is SO bad. The acting and the music are just garbage. And then, either:
1. You get used to it
or
2 It gets better
but it doesn't seem so bad after those initial 15 minutes. Overall: I liked it! It was pretty corny and dumb, BUT like Point Break, there's something appealing about it.
Overall Grade: B
Thursday, October 31, 2002
Death (aka Teh Big SuX0r)
Yeah, that's a bummer about the Jammer. As I discussed with Eric earlier today I can't believe that guy was only 37. That means he started rapping when he was like 17 or 18! That's pretty aweomse.
I wore my Beastie Boys "Alessandro Allegre as THE CHIEF" costume to work and discovered only one other guy in my department dressed up. Oops! Oh well, at least I got to wear a fake mustache all day. I like teh moosetaches.
Work is turbo boring lately. It's also about the time when they start telling people, "Sorry, you don't get to come in today." This has happened a lot and I am endlessly grateful that when I went from Mattel to Panasonic I had the presence of mind to make being guaranteed the chance to work 40 hours a condition of coming back. Otherwise I would either be very very angry, back at Mattel, or most likely both.
I watched "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" today, it's an good movie but come on, that's ridiculous. Maybe the fact that I was wearing a mustache made it better? I do not know.
Remember when we had that one friend named Mike, and that other friend named Ryan? That was aweomse.
Yeah, that's a bummer about the Jammer. As I discussed with Eric earlier today I can't believe that guy was only 37. That means he started rapping when he was like 17 or 18! That's pretty aweomse.
I wore my Beastie Boys "Alessandro Allegre as THE CHIEF" costume to work and discovered only one other guy in my department dressed up. Oops! Oh well, at least I got to wear a fake mustache all day. I like teh moosetaches.
Work is turbo boring lately. It's also about the time when they start telling people, "Sorry, you don't get to come in today." This has happened a lot and I am endlessly grateful that when I went from Mattel to Panasonic I had the presence of mind to make being guaranteed the chance to work 40 hours a condition of coming back. Otherwise I would either be very very angry, back at Mattel, or most likely both.
I watched "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" today, it's an good movie but come on, that's ridiculous. Maybe the fact that I was wearing a mustache made it better? I do not know.
Remember when we had that one friend named Mike, and that other friend named Ryan? That was aweomse.
JMJ
(moment of silence)
Anyways, Happy Halloween guys! Any exciting plans? Regardless, it's been a joyous day for me. Work was good, social life feels like something brewing, and it's great that I can share it with good friends. Jon, does your parents have email addresses? If they do, please give it to me. On occasions, I could send them an email greetings card or something.
Inaneness. All my blogs are pretty inane, mostly responses, movies and games. It doesn't bother me at all though. I think It's really occupational. It doesn't bother me because my job doesn't require me to be colorful. On the other hand, as a writer, you can't be inane because then no one would care to read your books. Afterall who wants to read a boring book? I could write one myself. That's deep eh?
PBI: rule admendments
Eric, do a query search "PBI2 AND NEW RULES". You'll find a YAHOO Group that's hosted by one of the PBI2 designers. It has a file bin that has rules clarifications, new company sheets, and some other good stuff. Plus people post questions that I had eg. why are the mortars so dam powerful etc etc. Its a cool forum.
anyways, some things we were playing wrong:
1. On the first turn, the attacker can fire at anyone within 1 or 2 squares away from them and not the way we were playing where the attacker can only attack the 1st 2 rows. This deters the defense from lining up at the starting choke points, or they can, but as soon as they are discovered, the offense can lay down fire...
2. clustering is 4 or more (giving additional dice)
while overstacking is more than 7 (hit's on a 5 or 6). Think we were playing 7 or more.
3. The American garand rifles gets one extra dice per shot.
4. The americans smokes lots of herbs and therefore gets 1 more action point and lessens the morale check. They also are poorer than their german counterparts for buying so much grass...
Hairon, want to go to D&J's hobby shack this saturday? I want to invest in some PBI miniatures. You can paint them for me!
(moment of silence)
Anyways, Happy Halloween guys! Any exciting plans? Regardless, it's been a joyous day for me. Work was good, social life feels like something brewing, and it's great that I can share it with good friends. Jon, does your parents have email addresses? If they do, please give it to me. On occasions, I could send them an email greetings card or something.
Inaneness. All my blogs are pretty inane, mostly responses, movies and games. It doesn't bother me at all though. I think It's really occupational. It doesn't bother me because my job doesn't require me to be colorful. On the other hand, as a writer, you can't be inane because then no one would care to read your books. Afterall who wants to read a boring book? I could write one myself. That's deep eh?
PBI: rule admendments
Eric, do a query search "PBI2 AND NEW RULES". You'll find a YAHOO Group that's hosted by one of the PBI2 designers. It has a file bin that has rules clarifications, new company sheets, and some other good stuff. Plus people post questions that I had eg. why are the mortars so dam powerful etc etc. Its a cool forum.
anyways, some things we were playing wrong:
1. On the first turn, the attacker can fire at anyone within 1 or 2 squares away from them and not the way we were playing where the attacker can only attack the 1st 2 rows. This deters the defense from lining up at the starting choke points, or they can, but as soon as they are discovered, the offense can lay down fire...
2. clustering is 4 or more (giving additional dice)
while overstacking is more than 7 (hit's on a 5 or 6). Think we were playing 7 or more.
3. The American garand rifles gets one extra dice per shot.
4. The americans smokes lots of herbs and therefore gets 1 more action point and lessens the morale check. They also are poorer than their german counterparts for buying so much grass...
Hairon, want to go to D&J's hobby shack this saturday? I want to invest in some PBI miniatures. You can paint them for me!
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