Either I have been bitten by the dreaded Aptos tse tse fly, or the last few days of overeating and mayhem are catching up with me, because I am worn the hell out.
However, I had a fun Turkey day. Thanks for hosting Enron. I have not been that overstuffed ever, that I can remember. Also great to see your place Aeryk. Can't wait to come back sometime! Aptos definitely reminds me of circa 1985 South Bay. Nice feeling to the place.
If any of you guys are interested in picking up a couple of games, Fantasy Flight is having an overstock fire sale and some of the card games and board games are in there. I picked up Kingdoms and the Lord of the Rings expansions for $5 each.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Hey Eric didn't you or one of these guys say you had that game SKATE for the 360? I was just watching a bunch of vids and it looks really awesome and everyones all saying its better than Tony Hawk. Oh yeah, so I joined SA Forums recently (man, i pay 10 bucks for drinks when Im out whining and dyning the ladies, so fuck it) and they got a site called GoonSkate which has a bunch of their vids. LOOKS rad game!
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Two bits of lovely goodness for the 20th of November:
Frigging AMAZING Images (wait for it, the first page sometimes loads slow)
Binocular Soccer (LOLZ)
Frigging AMAZING Images (wait for it, the first page sometimes loads slow)
Binocular Soccer (LOLZ)
Monday, November 19, 2007
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Sunday, November 18, 2007
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read books and play games
How do you find time?
Maybe it's the Saturday workday thing, but I'm pretty much busy most of the times, after I get home I hardly have enough time to cook a good dinner before shipping off to anchors.
But good stuff.
My dad visited me this weekend from California, so we went to Tagaytay mountain, which is famous for a small volcano that last erupted in 1964, since then it's dormant. The view is great as it looks down the oceanside. My dad went to this place when he was a kid, so it was quite nastalgic for him and it was cool that he took me there to continue the tradition, I thought. Then we went to the casino across the street! I won 4000 pesos, in about 5 minutes. I doubled down twice, I figured I try my luck in a row in Baccharat (such a lovely gentlemans game)
Sunday, I didn't do much except grocery shop and excercise.
Maybe it's the Saturday workday thing, but I'm pretty much busy most of the times, after I get home I hardly have enough time to cook a good dinner before shipping off to anchors.
But good stuff.
My dad visited me this weekend from California, so we went to Tagaytay mountain, which is famous for a small volcano that last erupted in 1964, since then it's dormant. The view is great as it looks down the oceanside. My dad went to this place when he was a kid, so it was quite nastalgic for him and it was cool that he took me there to continue the tradition, I thought. Then we went to the casino across the street! I won 4000 pesos, in about 5 minutes. I doubled down twice, I figured I try my luck in a row in Baccharat (such a lovely gentlemans game)
Sunday, I didn't do much except grocery shop and excercise.
Glad to hear No Country for Old Dudes is good! I wanna see it, but I def wasn't into some of their movies. I'll try to catch that one soon. I'm actually looking forward to Beowulf. Neil Gaiman baby! Haa, I'm a fucking fanboy. The reviews have been pretty positive (people say the story is pretty good) but the stop-motion looks WEIRD to me, so i dunno... but fuck it.
Tell me what to read! I'm almost done with the re-read of Storm of Swords and I kinda don't wanna go right into the 4th book afterward. I need to give it some space or its gonna read just as so-so as it did when it first came out (think I was going through burn-out at the time also.)
I might re-read Maus. Just looking at some websites about it and I got all watery-eyed. That shit was sad (but good.)
Oh I got the Sega Genesis Game Collection for the PSP - pretty rad... SOME of it! Oh my god, how awful was Altered Beast!? CRAP! But Sonic 1 & 2 are tops, Vector-Man is actually cool, Comixzone is surprisngly decent, and then theres all the Phantasy Star games (but I dunno if I'll ever give them an honest go... I have Final Fantasy Star Tactics taking up my RPG Mojo right now.) Oh god, Golden Axe 1-3 are pretty darn bad (wish they woulda put Streets of Rage on there! That was an awesome game!) There's a bunch of other random ones on there. 3 Ecco games (tried 1, it seemed cool - never really played it b4)
It's funny, there's a bunch of "unlockables" on the game, like interviews, some other arcade games, etc.. but the interviews!!! They're with the various game designers... Japanese dudes... speaking Japanese... with NO subtitles... Gee, thanks for those sweet unlockables! :(
Tell me what to read! I'm almost done with the re-read of Storm of Swords and I kinda don't wanna go right into the 4th book afterward. I need to give it some space or its gonna read just as so-so as it did when it first came out (think I was going through burn-out at the time also.)
I might re-read Maus. Just looking at some websites about it and I got all watery-eyed. That shit was sad (but good.)
Oh I got the Sega Genesis Game Collection for the PSP - pretty rad... SOME of it! Oh my god, how awful was Altered Beast!? CRAP! But Sonic 1 & 2 are tops, Vector-Man is actually cool, Comixzone is surprisngly decent, and then theres all the Phantasy Star games (but I dunno if I'll ever give them an honest go... I have Final Fantasy Star Tactics taking up my RPG Mojo right now.) Oh god, Golden Axe 1-3 are pretty darn bad (wish they woulda put Streets of Rage on there! That was an awesome game!) There's a bunch of other random ones on there. 3 Ecco games (tried 1, it seemed cool - never really played it b4)
It's funny, there's a bunch of "unlockables" on the game, like interviews, some other arcade games, etc.. but the interviews!!! They're with the various game designers... Japanese dudes... speaking Japanese... with NO subtitles... Gee, thanks for those sweet unlockables! :(
That was hilarious. I couldn't bear to watch the video, but I listened to the whole thing....
I saw No Country For Old Men, the Coen Brothers' new movie, today. Daaaaamn. It's really brutal, and very good. There were some really strange choices about the storytelling in it (well, one, really -- but it's a doozy) but they really make it work. Definitely up there with their best stuff, even if I won't see it a billion times like Big Lebowski or Raising Arizona.
Also saw American Gangster recently -- another really good one.
I also, and this will make Eric proud I think, picked up the DVD set of Flight of the Conchords. Holy shit, this show is HILARIOUS. Even more bizarre than the music clips make it seem like (although they're always the highlight). I especially liked the one where Jemaine keeps insisting Bret is bulimic. And that putting a wig on him while he was asleep, and spooning with him, wasn't gay, because he was pretending he was a woman.
I saw No Country For Old Men, the Coen Brothers' new movie, today. Daaaaamn. It's really brutal, and very good. There were some really strange choices about the storytelling in it (well, one, really -- but it's a doozy) but they really make it work. Definitely up there with their best stuff, even if I won't see it a billion times like Big Lebowski or Raising Arizona.
Also saw American Gangster recently -- another really good one.
I also, and this will make Eric proud I think, picked up the DVD set of Flight of the Conchords. Holy shit, this show is HILARIOUS. Even more bizarre than the music clips make it seem like (although they're always the highlight). I especially liked the one where Jemaine keeps insisting Bret is bulimic. And that putting a wig on him while he was asleep, and spooning with him, wasn't gay, because he was pretending he was a woman.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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FUMBBL Night?
d00d! When should we start FUMBBL night? Lemme know when you have a lazy weeknight. Wednesdays I go to gayme night in SC, but any other night I am good! The Marienburg Rivermen shall ride again!
Also, now is a great time to get into Warmaster again! There are some sellers on ebay selling HUGE lots of armies for cheap. like 6$ a unit-ish. Do it! I also have a pretty sizeable Orc army I picked up along the way in blisters, so if anyone is interested, they can have them IF they make an attempt to paint and play with me...
I busted out my paints last night, and started on a unit of halberdiers! I am back on the wagon!
Also, now is a great time to get into Warmaster again! There are some sellers on ebay selling HUGE lots of armies for cheap. like 6$ a unit-ish. Do it! I also have a pretty sizeable Orc army I picked up along the way in blisters, so if anyone is interested, they can have them IF they make an attempt to paint and play with me...
I busted out my paints last night, and started on a unit of halberdiers! I am back on the wagon!
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
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Recap of Kings Comeback
From a 4 goal deficit in the 3rd (of 3) periods, the Kings scored 5 goals in like 5 minutes, took the lead, then the Stars tied it, pushed it to overtime, and the Kings won. Someone on Letsgokings.com made this storybook ending into a visual recap. I laughed, your results may vary.
Monday, November 12, 2007
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OMG, a battery?!?!?
Sheesh. These tech nerd have no limits. I mean, okay, exploiting unpatched versions of games to allow for emu's is fine. Even people writing their own firmware, supar techie, but still fine. Using a fucking BATTERY as an exploit to get around Sorny control of their PSP's?!?!?! These guys are double bacon genius burgers, fo sho.
- To Mike, and anyone else who wants to play around with ASL online, or other Vassal modules, go here and follow the instructions. Then after installing, get skype or some other chat tool (the phone works too) and hit me up so I can walk you through getting it up and running. Then, we play! There is no ASL rulebook online, so you will either need to believe all the shit I lie about while I 'teach' you the game (just ask Rudy), or pick up a copy of Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit #1, 2, or 3. Get em here!
- Ryan and I, aka the two worst coaches in fantasy hockey, are facing off this week. As are two of the not so greatest coaches, Johnny and Enron. Let's see here, last week I went 0 - 8 - 1, and I think the week before I went 0-9, so as my favorite singer of all time, Howard Jones, sang, "Things can only get better". We shall see my pop singing friend, we shall see.
- I REALLY want to get back into Warmaster. I dug up my remaining units (one unit of halberdiers, xbows, knights, and a hero) as well as a bunch of unopened blisters and the rulebook (including 2002 and 2003 annuals!) and really want to play it again! I loved that game and was sad to see it go so soon before I ever beat Enron and his stupid 4 hit dwarfs... So, is anyone with me? *tumbleweeds* Anyone still have their army kicking around and want to give it a go, and maybe even pick up some new units which are still available on GW.com as well as ebay? *crickets* Warmaster armies LOOK SO COOL and the system rawks!
- So Art (I think, my memory fails me) had these dwarfs for Warhammer that he painted in rather bright, diverse colors that became known as the Rainbow Squad. He took some shit, especially from JP, about them and I don't think ever played with them out of shame. Fast forward to 1999, and George RR Martin steals the idea from Art and puts it right into his brand new book, Clash of Kings, as the Rainbow Guard! I think you should sue, Art.
- FUMBBL anyone? Wanna start that up again?
- WoW anyone? Doc Norvell dropped leatherworking and is now a lvl 189 Miner and 200 Engineer, and is currently trying to mine enough Mithril to get his membership with the Gnome Engineers Guild. Good times.
- I also found my D&D minis, so Enron if you find your dwarfs and play me, I will in turn play you with my old school D&D warbands. Not before. Do it! Can I use my Gargantuan Black Dragon that Denis gave me?
- Thanks Jon and Janice for letting me sleep on your floor! i woke up at 6.30 and hit the road. I also Upper Decked both your toilets before I left. Fortunately you don't need to manually pull the chain in the tank anymore, otherwise you would have to scoop my poop out. Instead, you can just leave it there for the next tenants whenever you move.
- When are you moving up here Ryan? The surf out front has been gangbusters for bodysurfing! Also, James is moving back before June, and Mark Sterner lives I think across the blvd from me in Aptos. Go figure.
- To Mike, and anyone else who wants to play around with ASL online, or other Vassal modules, go here and follow the instructions. Then after installing, get skype or some other chat tool (the phone works too) and hit me up so I can walk you through getting it up and running. Then, we play! There is no ASL rulebook online, so you will either need to believe all the shit I lie about while I 'teach' you the game (just ask Rudy), or pick up a copy of Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit #1, 2, or 3. Get em here!
- Ryan and I, aka the two worst coaches in fantasy hockey, are facing off this week. As are two of the not so greatest coaches, Johnny and Enron. Let's see here, last week I went 0 - 8 - 1, and I think the week before I went 0-9, so as my favorite singer of all time, Howard Jones, sang, "Things can only get better". We shall see my pop singing friend, we shall see.
- I REALLY want to get back into Warmaster. I dug up my remaining units (one unit of halberdiers, xbows, knights, and a hero) as well as a bunch of unopened blisters and the rulebook (including 2002 and 2003 annuals!) and really want to play it again! I loved that game and was sad to see it go so soon before I ever beat Enron and his stupid 4 hit dwarfs... So, is anyone with me? *tumbleweeds* Anyone still have their army kicking around and want to give it a go, and maybe even pick up some new units which are still available on GW.com as well as ebay? *crickets* Warmaster armies LOOK SO COOL and the system rawks!
- So Art (I think, my memory fails me) had these dwarfs for Warhammer that he painted in rather bright, diverse colors that became known as the Rainbow Squad. He took some shit, especially from JP, about them and I don't think ever played with them out of shame. Fast forward to 1999, and George RR Martin steals the idea from Art and puts it right into his brand new book, Clash of Kings, as the Rainbow Guard! I think you should sue, Art.
- FUMBBL anyone? Wanna start that up again?
- WoW anyone? Doc Norvell dropped leatherworking and is now a lvl 189 Miner and 200 Engineer, and is currently trying to mine enough Mithril to get his membership with the Gnome Engineers Guild. Good times.
- I also found my D&D minis, so Enron if you find your dwarfs and play me, I will in turn play you with my old school D&D warbands. Not before. Do it! Can I use my Gargantuan Black Dragon that Denis gave me?
- Thanks Jon and Janice for letting me sleep on your floor! i woke up at 6.30 and hit the road. I also Upper Decked both your toilets before I left. Fortunately you don't need to manually pull the chain in the tank anymore, otherwise you would have to scoop my poop out. Instead, you can just leave it there for the next tenants whenever you move.
- When are you moving up here Ryan? The surf out front has been gangbusters for bodysurfing! Also, James is moving back before June, and Mark Sterner lives I think across the blvd from me in Aptos. Go figure.
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This guy is friggin amazing
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2610964813918301633&q=beat+box&total=37767&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=4
I could almost swear, this guy is singing one melody, 1 drum, and 1 base beat at the same time...
There's some other human beat boxes on the google, but by far this guy is the best.
Been watching Gattaca repeatedly... great stuff. Uma thurman was hot in this one. She didn't age well though in Kill bill
I could almost swear, this guy is singing one melody, 1 drum, and 1 base beat at the same time...
There's some other human beat boxes on the google, but by far this guy is the best.
Been watching Gattaca repeatedly... great stuff. Uma thurman was hot in this one. She didn't age well though in Kill bill
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