Family

So I got to spend some time with my family this holiday. Now, my family and I are close.. but not in the traditional manner. We get along, just don't see each other that often. But it has been nice to spend some time with them, and my nephews whom I rarely see. Hopefully I can make more of an effort to get out here.

Heading down South tomorrow and going to spend the week hanging out and seeing old friends. I'm going to do my best to see everyone while I'm there... but I won't have a car so I make no promises. But I'll make and effort.. no worries. Definitely won't be long enough with most people. I know that much.

Anyways, everyone who reads this who I'm not going to see this coming week, have a safe new years.

-Later

that time of year

For the five or so people who still read this blog... hope everyone has a safe and happy holidays. I'll be seeing most of you in the next week or so. Suffice it to say, I'm quite excited.

Take care and best wishes in the coming year.

-Later

I want

If you are curious what to get me for Christmas... I could totally go for a WRX.

Below you'll see the sole reason why I want to own one of these cars.



What? I can't deny the fact that I'm a guy and shit like this is awesome.

-Later

Cold

I can't wait to leave this freaking place of the country. -19 degrees this morning? Bull shit. Can't even get my car to turn over. It wants to, but it can't.

Stupid country, why would anyone live in a place where it is so freaking cold.

-Later

Put on your tin foil hats...

Sometimes I get curious where movie writers come up with their plot lines. But then I read articles like this... and I realize that real life provides more than enough facts to make the best movies.

Oh, if you get the chance.. go watch Slumdog Millionare. Fantastic movie.

Hope everyone is doing well heading into this week. Good luck with traveling, etc.

-Later

Genius

Can't resist posting this. Encompasses my feelings about the season so perfectly.



-Later

Left 4 Dead and Fallout 3

So I've finally been putting some time in on my xBox. I suppose it was sort of over due but having given up WoW and it being much to cold to spend more than a few minutes outside... now I have to fill my time with other activities. Sure I still go to the gym most everyday and Aikido is a lot of fun.. but I still have time to kill.

Anyways, I recently picked up Fallout 3. I was a decent enough fan of the first two ittirations of this game and was excited when a third chapter was coming out. Of course they were going to change much of the gameplay since well, computers and consoles are a tad bit better than in '97 when you needed a blazing fast pentium 90 to play Fallout 1.

The game is good, they handle the FPS qualities well and I have few complaints in the game thus far. It is very deep and you really don't have to follow any specific route (well you can if you want to finish the game) but I've just been running around, killing things, collecting weapons, getting rich, etc. I plan to play through the game at least once more, going to try to play a more evil character, or someone who excells at hand to hand combat. I don't know, there are many options available.

Geoff got me Left 4 Dead for x-mas. I put the game in last night and was completley floored by the intro. It was pretty amazing. I know the game wasn't going to look anywhere near that good when I was playing... but well.. it hardly looks bad. The dynamic of the game is a bit different from other FPSs that I've played in the past and I still am not in the correct mindset yet I believe. I need to get over the "clear ever area" idea and just get into the idea of "run like shit to the safe point". You have limited ammo, zombies run freaking fast (still trying to figure out if I like this concept or not) and you just have to keep moving. Stopping and resting isn't always an option. I'm really looking forward to playing this online.

Ok, I'm going to go. If I don't post much in the next few weeks it is because I'm either busy.. or visiting most of you in the coming weeks.

-Later

Action Figures!

Short of strapping M-80s to Barbie dolls, this seems like the most awesome thing to do to an old Barbie doll.

Of course I never actually got to strap any sort of explosive device to a Barbie doll... but I'm sure the results would have been very similar to the following.



-Later

Ice

So this might mean more to people who have been to my apartment.. or seen pictures.. or that I've described it to.

Anyways, it was raining much of the day.. and during Aikido practice the temperature started to drop. By the time I got home there was a good layer of ice pretty much everywhere. As I started to drive down the ramp to my parking lot I found out that my brakes decided to not really work anymore. I started out by sliding, then twisting sideways.. then sliding sideways. My back end bounced off the guard on the right side.. then slide the rest of the way down. Luckily I stopped a few feet away from from some of the parked cars.

So yeah.. it was sort of exciting. Also not that much fun.

have I mentioned that I hate this weather?

-Later

Meaningless Title

So, I would post videos of this thing, but they are sort of long and I'm pretty sure only Joey would get any sort of entertainment from it. And I have a feeling that Joey has already experienced said videos but even he was too ashamed to post them on his blog.

Anyways, I present Angry Video Game Nerd. He has quite satirical reviews of a lot of games from my childhood, and before. But it is quite well done despite his vulgar language.. which is about 50% of each review.

I've been watching them at work with Geoff and well... it is a good source of entertainment.

Not much else has been going on. I've been getting back into Aikido lately and am really enjoying it. Despite the fact that I feel destroyed after some classes... it is well worth it. Nice to be tossing people around again. There is a seminar this weekend which I'll be attending. I'm really looking forward to it, though our mat space is limited and I've heard rumors that we'll have close to 30 people there. I'm a little concerned that someone will get tossed on someone else, actually.. not so much concerned and knowing that it'll happen. Hopefully no one will be seriously injured.

Ok, I'm going to go eat some dinner.

Also, funny little movie (thanks to Lacy).

-Later

Hmmm...

I'm sure this idea has been around for awhile, specifically in the more southern areas of the country. It, of course, was popularized with Gears of War.. but someone went and did it.

Attaching a chainsaw to a shotgun. (with excellent video goodness)

Some might say that this would be perfect for the coming zombie infestations.

But expert sources would disagree.

-Later

More Annoying Video Goodness

I thought this was sort of interesting.



I know, I have too much time on my hands.

-Later