Open houses are awesome. Seriously. Free food man, what could be better? Nothing, that's what.

Anyone who actually cares about Maddog had better say your goodbyes, because his life is running short. J/K (That means Just / Kidding) Maddog, I know you're just bitter. ;)

P.S. I saw it again last night!

HOLY FREAKING CRAP!!
I just got back from Attack Of The Clones, and that's almost all I can say. Yes, I know it's three in the morning, but I'm giddy for goodness sakes! I had the shakes coming out of the theater. Seriously, my hands were freaking shaking! Now that I've beaten Resident Evil, and seen Episode 2, all in one week, I can die a happy man. You could walk up to me and shoot me in the face, and I'd be like "Oh well, I can die a happy man". When you see this movie, you will be blown away, whether you like it or not. Go see it. Over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. I'm going to bed now, and I'm going to sleep like a child on Christmas Eve.

Want to know what I did today? I stood in line, for like an 1 hour and 45 minutes, talking to strangers. It's all worth it though, because at 12:01 am central standard time, I, Peter W. Smith, will be seeing Star Wars Episode 2: Attack Of The Clones! Even though it has one of the dumbest names ever, it could very well be one of the best movies ever. Anyway, I'll be sure to report more tomorrow.

Well, it's been a long 27 hours in the car this weekend, but it was a good time. I saw Ghoti Hook in Watertown on Rock Thursday. I couldn't convince them to not break up though, all for the best I suppose. I then went home, went to bed, got up the next day, and got ready to go to Watertown again. We went to Watertown, and then ate some absurdly good mexican food, I was almost offended by how good the chips and salsa were. The next day we got up, and got in the car again, and went to Sioux Falls. There we enjoyed some Lance's house, some Gigglebees, some Culvers, and some Savers. On the way back to WT we also had some Perkins. We went home and went to bed. Then we woke up and went to church, went back, packed, and came home. Now don't get me wrong, I had a great time on WT trip #2, but considering we spent 15 hours in the car on the trip, and only did like 4 hours of stuff we couldn't do here, it seems kinda silly. Wait, I'm and idiot, I just realised that I've gone on trips that long for a 2 hour concert... Oh well, either way, it is kinda silly. Oh, and by the way, are you trying to tell me something Maddog?

Spiderman!
Yep, I saw it. Yep, it ruled. I went with the family, which is nice to do sometimes (especially when mom pays for the tickets and snacks). It was exactly what I hoped it would be, it was cast just right, it got the feel of the comic down, it was action packed, it was just awesome! So, if you haven't seen it, go see it. If you have seen it, go see it again. Either way, take me with you! Now, I'm going to go see Ghoti Hook and try to convince them not to break up. Wish me luck!

The world is a dishonest place
The moral sweater that keeps the world all warm and toasty is being taken apart, thread by thread, and soon it will be nothing more then a big mess of cotton/poly blend. Whenever I use any sort of communication tools on the "internet", be it MSN Messenger, the CGR boards, or any online game, I'm assaulted by fabrications of the truth! People say things like "LOL", and "ROFL", which mean lauging out loud, and rolling on the floor lauging... or so I'm told. Sadly, these statements are probably only true .0000001% of the time, because people say "LOL" when something is not even funny, and seriously, if even it were, it's probably not so funny that you're sitting alone at your computer laughing out loud. And if you're rolling on the floor laughing, how did you manage to type "ROFL" to let people know what you're doing? Ok, I'm going to be brutally honest here, and it might be hard for some people to take, so if you want to keep on deceiving yourself, I suggest you stop reading now. For those of you with a hunger for truth only surpassed by your hunger for... food... Here it comes... When someone says "LOL", or "ROFL" they might be... LYING!!! There, I said it! I hope it wasn't to shocking for you. Anyway, thanks for reading, and remember, "the spin stops here".

I just read an article about video games, and it's good, so you should all read it if you know what's good for you.

If you're like me, and can't get enough of Destroyer saying "Just me, Spike", then drop by his blog for the time of your life.

In reply to Maddog
You're an idiot. ;-) < That means that I'm just joking around with you. I know, I'm not funny.

I just put up a message board if anybody cares to talk about my amazing blogs. The link is all the way at the bottom.

I don't see why people say North Dakota is boring. Why, just yesterday I was maxin' and relaxin' in my hammock, enjoying the beautiful sunshine and 70 degree weather, and now today, I could go sledding! How can people possibly say that's boring?

Oh, I just remembered, It's my brothers birthday today. Happy birthday Corey!

Well, here I am, sitting at the computer at seven in the morning, putting up a blog, which, wouldn't be that bad if it weren't for the fact that I fell asleep four-and-a-half hours ago... All I can say is, I better get a good freaking nap today.

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.

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!

I got Resident Evil...

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.

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.

Oh, also, there's alot more stuff at Penny Arcade about this whole thing.

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.