Someone fairly intelligent once noted, "packing sucks, unpacking isn't so bad," and I'd have to agree. I'm just starting to go through all my shit, deciding what to keep, what to discard, and what to burn in effigy. Records and magazines are proving to be major stumbling blocks (as are the stubling blocks I keep stumbling over), but I'm assuming that gee to the oh-deezy will intervene with one of his so-called "acts" and save the day.
A few things I've noticed about myself in this process:
1. Need to dust more.
2. After four years dealing with a half-ass, corner-cutting landlord, I have a strong desire to leave unflushed number twos in both of the toilets when I leave.
3. I have too much stuff.
4. Nobody will take my gaming chair. The thing costs $1800 (I didn't buy it, but it does), and I literally can't give it away.
5. I was about to rent Miguel's old room to a 21 year-old Swiss soon-to-be supermodel, but she got sick and is going back to Switzerland. Not even kidding.
6. Bulgogi fucks me up. Is there MSG in that action?
Went to Apple today, which was relatively uneventful, aside from something that happened on the drive down to Cupertino (which took an hour and an effing half, by the way). So I'm driving along, just leaving the city, and I realize I need to get over a couple of lanes to get on the 101 South. We're in stop-and-go traffic, and I signal to get over, with plenty of space between myself and the car behind me. As I'm changing lanes, the woman behind me, driving a gold Pontiac and chatting her balls off into her cellphone--for a reason beyond my comprehension--speeds up and tries to prevent me from getting in, nearly smacking into me in the process (keep in mind that traffic barely moving at this point.) So I hand signal to her, "Yo, what the fuck, beyotch?" And in a return hand signal she's all, "I'm an evil cunt! Fuck you!"
Summary up until this point: this lady came within inches of hitting me, it pissed me off.
So a few minutes later, we finally start moving again. It's raining fairly hard at this point; a few more minutes pass, and I've lost track of the Pontiac that had been the focus of my scorn. As I'm driving along I see a car just ahead in the lane next to me slam violently into the car in front of it, totaling half of each vehicle in the process. And as I'm driving by, I notice that the car that got rear-ended was, in fact, the same damn gold Pontiac. And in what felt like slow motion, I drove right past the driver's window -- through which I could see the Evil Lady of Death sitting there, cackling away. Freaking karma chameleons and shit, dog.
Point of the story? I want this.
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
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Thursday, February 23, 2006
good article
on the speech given by david jaffe at the recent DICE videogame conference: gamasutra
i can identify with this:
“I have days where I feel that games really can be something else," says Jaffe. "I have moments in games where I generally feel that these things can be the next great entertainment medium, and then other days I say you know what, it is like the porn business.â€
i can identify with this:
“I have days where I feel that games really can be something else," says Jaffe. "I have moments in games where I generally feel that these things can be the next great entertainment medium, and then other days I say you know what, it is like the porn business.â€
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
some scary shit
for your domepiece:
By Nadav Shragai
A Hamas Web site recently published the videotape wills of two suicide bombers, with two main messages: One is directed to the Jews whose blood Hamas pledges to drink until they flee from the land of the Muslims, and the other is devoted to a mother who helps her son plan a suicide attack, according to Palestinian Media Watch, which presents the video shown on the Hamas site after its victory in the Palestinian parliamentary elections.
The video shows Idham Ahmed Majila and Maumin Rajab Rajab, who blew themselves up at the Karni crossing at the end of 2004. "My message to the hated Jews: There is no God but Allah," Majala says. "We will hunt you everywhere, when you wake and when you sleep. We are a blood-drinking people and we know that there is no better blood than Jewish blood.
"We will not leave you alone until we quench ourselves with your blood and we will quench the thirst of our children with your blood. We will not rest until you leave the lands of the Muslims."
Rajab, the second terrorist, says: "By the life of Allah, we will destroy you. We will blow you up. We will take our revenge on you. We will purify our land of you, pigs, who have defiled our land. By the life of Allah, we will take our vengeance. We are carrying out this operation as harsh revenge against the sons of monkeys and pigs."
The video also shows a good-bye scene between mother and son as he gets ready to leave for the attack, with the mother helping him put on the explosive vest. In the background is a song, "O beloved mother, my mother. Don't cry for us."
thanks mark
By Nadav Shragai
A Hamas Web site recently published the videotape wills of two suicide bombers, with two main messages: One is directed to the Jews whose blood Hamas pledges to drink until they flee from the land of the Muslims, and the other is devoted to a mother who helps her son plan a suicide attack, according to Palestinian Media Watch, which presents the video shown on the Hamas site after its victory in the Palestinian parliamentary elections.
The video shows Idham Ahmed Majila and Maumin Rajab Rajab, who blew themselves up at the Karni crossing at the end of 2004. "My message to the hated Jews: There is no God but Allah," Majala says. "We will hunt you everywhere, when you wake and when you sleep. We are a blood-drinking people and we know that there is no better blood than Jewish blood.
"We will not leave you alone until we quench ourselves with your blood and we will quench the thirst of our children with your blood. We will not rest until you leave the lands of the Muslims."
Rajab, the second terrorist, says: "By the life of Allah, we will destroy you. We will blow you up. We will take our revenge on you. We will purify our land of you, pigs, who have defiled our land. By the life of Allah, we will take our vengeance. We are carrying out this operation as harsh revenge against the sons of monkeys and pigs."
The video also shows a good-bye scene between mother and son as he gets ready to leave for the attack, with the mother helping him put on the explosive vest. In the background is a song, "O beloved mother, my mother. Don't cry for us."
thanks mark
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
from the most recent issue of XLR8R
good quote from UK rapper Ricochet Klashnekoff:
"Society promotes unattainable wealth. They pump it in our face, 24/7. It breeds frustration, desperation, and misguided values."
i agree.
"Society promotes unattainable wealth. They pump it in our face, 24/7. It breeds frustration, desperation, and misguided values."
i agree.
Monday, February 20, 2006
Sunday, February 19, 2006
harold hunter dead at 31
NEW YORK, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- A skateboarder from the 1995 movie "Kids" has died in New York from what was believed to have been a cocaine overdose.
Harold Hunter was found dead in his apartment Friday with cocaine "on and around" his body, police told Saturday's New York Post.
Hunter, 31, skated in Larry Clark's movie about an HIV-positive skateboarder.
His sister, Rebecca Atkins, told the Post: "He was saying stuff like, 'When I die I'm going to be famous.'
"He used to have this saying, 'Legends never die,'" she added.
Friday, February 17, 2006
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From Gizmodo:
Interesting tidbits coming out today about potential partnerships between Sony and Microsoft later this year and the sales forecast for the PS3.
SCE’s managing director, Tetsuhiko Yasuda, says that Sony will sell 100 million PS3s and that they might work together with the XBox team to port or collaborate on games on the new platform. This means one of two things—XBox is getting too expensive for Microsoft to subsidize and that they want to branch out with their game software AND/OR Sony is hella worried.
"Sony does not regard Xbox as a competitor. Rather, the company may even consider working with Microsoft to develop games together," Yasuda noted.
Yep.
Interesting tidbits coming out today about potential partnerships between Sony and Microsoft later this year and the sales forecast for the PS3.
SCE’s managing director, Tetsuhiko Yasuda, says that Sony will sell 100 million PS3s and that they might work together with the XBox team to port or collaborate on games on the new platform. This means one of two things—XBox is getting too expensive for Microsoft to subsidize and that they want to branch out with their game software AND/OR Sony is hella worried.
"Sony does not regard Xbox as a competitor. Rather, the company may even consider working with Microsoft to develop games together," Yasuda noted.
Yep.
Thursday, February 16, 2006
those who know my sitch
will find this gizmodo.com post funny:
INTERNET CAFES HAVE FILTHY MICE
And not always of the rodent variety. A new Korean study found that below shopping cart handles, internet cafe mice had the second-largest concentration of bacteria out of a list of commonly touched communal objects. Of the 20 mice tested from 4 cafes, they found an average of 690 Colony Forming Units (CFUs) — compared to 380 CFUs on bus hand straps. Makes you want to just play WoW at home, doesn’t it?
here's the link
INTERNET CAFES HAVE FILTHY MICE
And not always of the rodent variety. A new Korean study found that below shopping cart handles, internet cafe mice had the second-largest concentration of bacteria out of a list of commonly touched communal objects. Of the 20 mice tested from 4 cafes, they found an average of 690 Colony Forming Units (CFUs) — compared to 380 CFUs on bus hand straps. Makes you want to just play WoW at home, doesn’t it?
here's the link
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Monday, February 13, 2006
Sunday, February 12, 2006
Saturday, February 11, 2006
it's official
most depressing place on earth: the bingo room at the radisson fort mcdowell resort & casino in scottsdale, arizona. at 3 a.m.
words cannot even begin to describe, people.
words cannot even begin to describe, people.
Friday, February 10, 2006
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Monday, February 6, 2006
virtual music assistant
this thing actually tells you what music you like: pandora. i need a similar decision-making device for other things in my life.
Sunday, February 5, 2006
for my west coast nizzles
find me an apartment in LA please, ideally one with a soundproof music studio in the basement and hardwood floors. winner gets free videogames for life. thanks in advance.
Saturday, February 4, 2006
Thursday, February 2, 2006
katamari lyrics translated
a sample:
Nobue: I hate wide places
I like the narrow ones
So come on, baby,
Ahhh, that sweet, painful katamari
Ooooh! Swallow it up!
Aaaah! Sticky STICK IT TO ME!
Ah ya ya, we'll spend the night in
That kind of behavior where two stars lay bound up together
wtf?
Nobue: I hate wide places
I like the narrow ones
So come on, baby,
Ahhh, that sweet, painful katamari
Ooooh! Swallow it up!
Aaaah! Sticky STICK IT TO ME!
Ah ya ya, we'll spend the night in
That kind of behavior where two stars lay bound up together
wtf?
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