Top ten things to do instead of prom.
10. Eat some food.
9. Take a nap.
8. Post a blog.
7. Save your money and buy something worth while.
6. Invest in some stock options.
5. Have a bon fire.
4. Watch Joe Dirt.
3. Play video games.
2. Play rock music.
1. Sit around and do nothing.
These things are all far better then wasting time and money because some girl wants an excuse to dress up.
Sometimes I feel like writing about things in a non-musical fashion. This is where those things end up.
Saturday, May 04, 2002
Friday, May 03, 2002
Too much rock.
Well, after playing Resident Evil all week I took a break to go and enjoy some rock music courtesy of AM Radio, Pete Yorn, and weezer! I was able to do this because Adam wasn't able to go, so he gave me his ticket. I'd just like to take a moment and state for the record that he rules. Thanks again Adam. Anyway, aside from the second hand just about everything, I had an awesome time! Weezer definetly brought the rock. And speaking of Weezer, that brings me to my mp3 pick of the week! Weezer has some rock music available on their website that you should listen to. Yes! I remembered this week! Woohoo!
Well, after playing Resident Evil all week I took a break to go and enjoy some rock music courtesy of AM Radio, Pete Yorn, and weezer! I was able to do this because Adam wasn't able to go, so he gave me his ticket. I'd just like to take a moment and state for the record that he rules. Thanks again Adam. Anyway, aside from the second hand just about everything, I had an awesome time! Weezer definetly brought the rock. And speaking of Weezer, that brings me to my mp3 pick of the week! Weezer has some rock music available on their website that you should listen to. Yes! I remembered this week! Woohoo!
Monday, April 29, 2002
The internet is NOT a well oiled machine.
I wish people would get this, just because you have a fast modem does not mean the internet will work perfectly. Sometimes pages just load slow, and it has nothing to with the fancy shmancy cable modems. We all seemed to live with it just fine when we had 56k modems and whatnot, why can't we deal with it now? Because we're a bunch of whiney babies, that's why, and I'm just as guilty as the rest. Sure it's annoying, but not annoying enough to make someone mad enough to call someone else an idiot for no reason for goodness sakes! However, the things I just mentioned are only the tip of the iceberg my friends. The worst thing of all is when you're trying to enjoy a nice game of Counter Strike, and some guy in dorm somewhere is playing on his precious T3, and all of a sudden his ping skyrockets all the way up to 80, and he procedes to yell at anyone with a ping over 100 for ruining his playing experience, and just when you think it can't get any worse, he gets shot in the head, and then starts yelling that the he either died because of some magical lag, or whoever killed him is a cheater, even though the server has like 2 different cheat protection programs, or maybe even both. People like these need to be screened out of on-line games completely. Maybe we can use some sort of personality test, or have them play a trial game, and hit them with occasional lag spikes, or head shots, and if they throw a fit, the game automatically uninstalls itself or something like that. They need to be stopped.
I wish people would get this, just because you have a fast modem does not mean the internet will work perfectly. Sometimes pages just load slow, and it has nothing to with the fancy shmancy cable modems. We all seemed to live with it just fine when we had 56k modems and whatnot, why can't we deal with it now? Because we're a bunch of whiney babies, that's why, and I'm just as guilty as the rest. Sure it's annoying, but not annoying enough to make someone mad enough to call someone else an idiot for no reason for goodness sakes! However, the things I just mentioned are only the tip of the iceberg my friends. The worst thing of all is when you're trying to enjoy a nice game of Counter Strike, and some guy in dorm somewhere is playing on his precious T3, and all of a sudden his ping skyrockets all the way up to 80, and he procedes to yell at anyone with a ping over 100 for ruining his playing experience, and just when you think it can't get any worse, he gets shot in the head, and then starts yelling that the he either died because of some magical lag, or whoever killed him is a cheater, even though the server has like 2 different cheat protection programs, or maybe even both. People like these need to be screened out of on-line games completely. Maybe we can use some sort of personality test, or have them play a trial game, and hit them with occasional lag spikes, or head shots, and if they throw a fit, the game automatically uninstalls itself or something like that. They need to be stopped.
Sunday, April 28, 2002
My theory is correct!
You see, I had this theory that it would be easier to take a nap and get rested if you don't have to worry about wanting to kill someone when you wake up. Today I got to put that theory to the test, because nobody was at my house except for my dad, and I'm happy to report that my theory is right on! It is in fact much, much easier to fall asleep when you're not thinking about how to get away with murdering your younger brother.
You see, I had this theory that it would be easier to take a nap and get rested if you don't have to worry about wanting to kill someone when you wake up. Today I got to put that theory to the test, because nobody was at my house except for my dad, and I'm happy to report that my theory is right on! It is in fact much, much easier to fall asleep when you're not thinking about how to get away with murdering your younger brother.
Friday, April 26, 2002
Video games have "no conveyance of ideas, expression, or anything else that could possibly amount to speech"
This is according to Judge Stephen Limbaugh, who yesterday reviewed a whopping FOUR (!) games, and decided that video games have "no conveyance of ideas, expression, or anything else that could possibly amount to speech. The court finds that video games have more in common with board games and sports than they do with motion pictures." That's crap. This guy doesn't know what he's talking about. Last I checked, games like (here comes the list!) Mortal Kombat, (Oh! That's a new one!) Fear Effect, (using that game as an example is like taking the most sexually explicit movie that's out, and assuming that all movies are just like it.) Doom, (Whoa! Looks like they worked hard to get the latest games, huh.) and finaly The Resident Of Evil Creek (Funny, last I checked, that one doesn't exsist), aren't at the fore-front of the video game industry and it's pathetic that this judge could even think to make a decision based on just four games. So games like Metal Gear Solid (complete with it's anti-nuke diatribes), and all the RPGs ever made are nothing more then fancy board games. That's absurd. you can't possibly compare games like Final Fantasy 7 (with almost more FMV then game play) to Backgammon (does anyone actually know how to play that game??).
Also brought up during the hearing was the school shooting stuff and how the kids involved in those were also involved with video games. Here's a news flash, the video game industry is bigger then the movie industry revenue wise, so the chances that these kids WOULDN'T be involved with video games are slim. That's like blaming football because some kid who liked football got in a fight or something.
Video games cannot influence normal people to shoot other people. If there are people who can be influenced by video games they obviously can't tell the difference between fantasy and reality, and should probably but put somewhere where they can't hurt anyone, because video games or not, if you're that unstable, you're going to hurt someone, with or without video games. In my opinion, video games probably stop more violence then they cause, I know that for me, they're great for relieving stress. Mad at someone? Instead of beating them up, play them in some good multi-player action!
Well that's it, I'm done. I need to go cool off with some video games.
This is according to Judge Stephen Limbaugh, who yesterday reviewed a whopping FOUR (!) games, and decided that video games have "no conveyance of ideas, expression, or anything else that could possibly amount to speech. The court finds that video games have more in common with board games and sports than they do with motion pictures." That's crap. This guy doesn't know what he's talking about. Last I checked, games like (here comes the list!) Mortal Kombat, (Oh! That's a new one!) Fear Effect, (using that game as an example is like taking the most sexually explicit movie that's out, and assuming that all movies are just like it.) Doom, (Whoa! Looks like they worked hard to get the latest games, huh.) and finaly The Resident Of Evil Creek (Funny, last I checked, that one doesn't exsist), aren't at the fore-front of the video game industry and it's pathetic that this judge could even think to make a decision based on just four games. So games like Metal Gear Solid (complete with it's anti-nuke diatribes), and all the RPGs ever made are nothing more then fancy board games. That's absurd. you can't possibly compare games like Final Fantasy 7 (with almost more FMV then game play) to Backgammon (does anyone actually know how to play that game??).
Also brought up during the hearing was the school shooting stuff and how the kids involved in those were also involved with video games. Here's a news flash, the video game industry is bigger then the movie industry revenue wise, so the chances that these kids WOULDN'T be involved with video games are slim. That's like blaming football because some kid who liked football got in a fight or something.
Video games cannot influence normal people to shoot other people. If there are people who can be influenced by video games they obviously can't tell the difference between fantasy and reality, and should probably but put somewhere where they can't hurt anyone, because video games or not, if you're that unstable, you're going to hurt someone, with or without video games. In my opinion, video games probably stop more violence then they cause, I know that for me, they're great for relieving stress. Mad at someone? Instead of beating them up, play them in some good multi-player action!
Well that's it, I'm done. I need to go cool off with some video games.
Thursday, April 25, 2002
My mp3 pick of the week
Well, here it is, I'm going to try to post an mp3 site that I have enjoyed every week... My bet says I'll only last two weeks, but we'll see. Anyway, this week the award goes to The Fine Print. The best song on there is English, or Strawberry Jam, or Gravity Well... Hmm, looks like I'm a little unsure of which is my favorite... Anyway, the band isn't really that amazing, but they do some cool guitar stuff, and it's pretty catchy, even though the quality could be better. On a related topic, the lead singer of this band is "Tycho" from Penny Arcade which is a funny site about video games. There, that's my blog, I'm going to go finish talking to Destroyer on messenger now. Have a nice day.
Well, here it is, I'm going to try to post an mp3 site that I have enjoyed every week... My bet says I'll only last two weeks, but we'll see. Anyway, this week the award goes to The Fine Print. The best song on there is English, or Strawberry Jam, or Gravity Well... Hmm, looks like I'm a little unsure of which is my favorite... Anyway, the band isn't really that amazing, but they do some cool guitar stuff, and it's pretty catchy, even though the quality could be better. On a related topic, the lead singer of this band is "Tycho" from Penny Arcade which is a funny site about video games. There, that's my blog, I'm going to go finish talking to Destroyer on messenger now. Have a nice day.
Tuesday, April 23, 2002
Bloody Tears
I tell you what, video game music freaking rules, I mean, with names like "Bloody Tears", "The Tragic Prince", and "Boss Theme", how can you go wrong? But seriously, if they weren't so darned expensive, I'd be knee deep in video game soundtracks! I wish there were more bands like The Mini Bosses that covered video game songs, in fact I wish I was one of those bands. What games have the best soundtracks you ask? Why the Castlevania games of course! Also pretty much any game by Square has an excellent soundtrack. Well, I'm off to go look at over priced import soundtracks. Bye all.
I tell you what, video game music freaking rules, I mean, with names like "Bloody Tears", "The Tragic Prince", and "Boss Theme", how can you go wrong? But seriously, if they weren't so darned expensive, I'd be knee deep in video game soundtracks! I wish there were more bands like The Mini Bosses that covered video game songs, in fact I wish I was one of those bands. What games have the best soundtracks you ask? Why the Castlevania games of course! Also pretty much any game by Square has an excellent soundtrack. Well, I'm off to go look at over priced import soundtracks. Bye all.
Monday, April 22, 2002
Last night I saw the show called Space Ghost Coast To Coast, and it did not suck. If you're a fan of things like old cartoon super heroes interviewing celebrities like Ben Stiller, and all the awkward silence you can handle, tune in my friend! It's on The Cartoon Network at 10:30 central standard time on sunday, so do yourself a favor and be there.
Sunday, April 21, 2002
I tell you what, there's nothing like a nice sunday afternoon nap. You just find a nice recliner, lay back, and take a ride to nap city... Yeah... It rules. Especially when you get to wake up an hour later with a headache amd your younger brother making vomiting sounds. I mean seriously, he didn't even have the courtesy to come within my reach so I could kill him! That's just not proper manners. I think there should be a federal law that says you can't be loud on sunday afternoons. You hear that President Bush? If you want to clinch the next election, you better push the nap law!
Friday, April 12, 2002
I just got back from a good time of music at The Light Club, and I tell you what, I really liked the band known as Memory Work! I say that you should all ought to do yourselves a favor and check them out if you get a chance.
Wednesday, April 10, 2002
"The master of unlocking"
Well, I saw the movie "Resident Evil" last night because I have a love for the games by the same name that words cannot express. Anyway, the movie was much better then I expected, even though the above quote wasn't included. It did a good job of getting the feel of the games down, I'd recommend it if you like zombies and such. On that note, I also pre-ordered Resident Evil for the Game Cube, and just thinking about it bring tears to my eyes, so I'll be going, I have to go cry now.
Well, I saw the movie "Resident Evil" last night because I have a love for the games by the same name that words cannot express. Anyway, the movie was much better then I expected, even though the above quote wasn't included. It did a good job of getting the feel of the games down, I'd recommend it if you like zombies and such. On that note, I also pre-ordered Resident Evil for the Game Cube, and just thinking about it bring tears to my eyes, so I'll be going, I have to go cry now.
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