I keep finding blogs that are way cooler than mine. Sure most of them don't really blog about the creator, mostly they just link to funny pics, videos, articles etc, but still, way cooler.
Any suggestions on how I could make my blog cooler?
either way, check out these 2 awesome blogs
http://www.mypointless.com/
http://blameitonthevoices.blogspot.com/
*warning, the following rant contains Role playing gaming terms, a glossary might be available on the bottom of this post. If not, too bad, look it up on wikipedia.*
I think I've mentioned it before, but I am a geek who plays D&D with my friends. We had a session yesterday, I was running the game, and it seems that we might have some issues. One of the guys who plays with us might be bailing on our weekly sessions due to World of Warcraft (aka WoW) Commitments. Seriously?! He is going to bail on us because of a friggin video game? He already plays at least 20-30 hours a week for crying out loud!!!
One of our other players is also having his D&D gaming time with the group affected by WoW. He has been playing it into the night, not getting his sleep, and then showing up tired and grumpy. When this particular player shows up tired and grumpy, it doesn't take much to have him snapping at you in regards to the rules during combat. Too much arguing and (I've seen this actually happen) can go from playing to quiting the session and threatening to quit the campaign in 20 seconds flat!
The funny thing is that we all aren't the best roleplayers and I am certainly not the best GM. We metagame (although this is getting better), we min/max our characters, and we could probably be called munchkins without us being offended. It's not entirely our fault however.
I still mostly blame the RPG system called Rifts for our poor roleplaying skills. It introduced us to min/maxing, and exploiting game rules.
We also tend to put an emphasis on killing and damage as being the most important thing our characters can do, so then we get super competitive when making characters.
This takes away from any chance that a character with real personality flaws, quarks, or realism might be used when creating characters. Those things don't help in combat, so why bother :)
Also it can give way to the players being bored if combat isn't occurring which means that actual roleplaying between characters and NPCs doesn't occur as often.
Setting the scene or giving descriptions to flesh out the world and make it trigger the imagination might not matter as much, and the players might bypass entire campaign ideas or scenarios just to get back to fighting sooner.
You might think that "isn't being the best in combat is a good thing", or "isn't fighting what these games is all about?". Well combat is a big part of most RPGs, there is a great deal to do with story lines, plot, setting the mood, suspending disbelief etc. It is a game of the imagination, so if it just becomes a numbers game with no substance or interaction with the PCs and the game world other that killing, then why don't we all just multiplayer Halo?
RPGs offer you the freedom to create almost any type of character and have them do whatever you want. Video games tend to be limited by the game itself.
I think I should cultivate some new players, but I have played with these guys for so long, that it would be scary to open the table up to unknown players who could be uber RPG nerds with no social skills, personal hygiene, and are still virgins at age 30.
That is the worst stereotype, but it could happen.
****** glossary of terms ******
RPG - Role playing game. typically played with pencils, graph paper, and funny sided dice. Typically played with 4-5 people. One person being the DM or GM. The other people creating characters to play in the game. We have been incorporating software with our mapping and combat by using Maptools from http://rptools.net/
D&D - Dungeons and Dragons. A RPG that is set in a fantasy/adventure genre that deals with weapons, armor, magic, monsters etc. i.e. Lord of the Rings was the inspiration for the original game back in the 1970s, so read the books by Tolkien, and or watch the movies and you will get the gist of it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_&_Dragons info about
http://www.wizards.com/DnD/ game site
DM/GM - Dungeon Master/Game Master. Typically the referee and architect of the adventure. Typically D&D refers to him as a DM, most other game systems use GM. By habit, I tend to refer to it as GM regardless of the system I am playing.
PC - Player character. The in-game character that the players get to control. They usually have to follow some creation rules, but the character's actions are determined by the player.
NPCs - Non player character. Characters in the game world that is created to assist, give information, fight the player's Characters. Usually the DM/GM plays these characters.
Metagaming - When the player's character acts on information that he/she wouldn't know, but the player knows. ie. if the character has no prior knowledge of Trolls, but then purposely attacks them with acid or fire which the player knows trolls are vulnerable too.
Min/Max - minimizing some stats that aren't considered combat important in order to boost (sometimes ridiculously high) the combat relevant stats. i.e. lowering social stats to boost stat that apply more damage in combat.
Munchkin - a player who min/maxes as well as uses rules/items or anything in the game (sometimes borderline game illegal) to make their character ridiculously powerful, regardless of how impossible or absurd the combination might be. This usually frustrates the DM/GM due to the fact that the DM/GM cannot adequate challenge the players when they can easily overcome any challenge with hardly any effort what-so ever. It can also wreck game balance if one player is a munchkin, and the other one makes a character based on concept.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
almost there
Is it wrong that the more Christmas shopping I get done, the more excited i am about Christmas? It's that some kind of capitalistic mentallity?
I like to get it all done in one big effort, and have everything wrapped and ready to go.
I did about 5 hours of shopping yesterday, however I still have about 1/3 of the people on my list to shop for. One item for my little munchkin, I couldn't find at 3 stores. I will check out costco and maybe one more, but if I cannot find it, then im dooooomed!!
His "Santa" gift is that nerf vulcun mini dart gun. I saw one at superstore last week, but now it seems to be the most popular item as no stores have it now!!
(update) went to costco over lunch and found one! should be a fun time christmas morning, the chain gun shoots 3 darts a second!!!
I saw the end of "Fred Claus". It seemed like a pretty good holiday movie. I might have to watch it from the beginning.
And hey, those who follow my blog, and live in Calgary, how about that snow eh? :P We got about 6 inches on Saturday i believe, and today its gotten pretty darned cold. Just in time for Christmas.
I don't mind the cold and snow, and long as the streets are cleared, and my car doesn't break down and I freeze to death on the highway. I have only ever had car accidents during the icy season. In all cases ice was the main contributing factor. I hate driving on ice!!!
I like to get it all done in one big effort, and have everything wrapped and ready to go.
I did about 5 hours of shopping yesterday, however I still have about 1/3 of the people on my list to shop for. One item for my little munchkin, I couldn't find at 3 stores. I will check out costco and maybe one more, but if I cannot find it, then im dooooomed!!
His "Santa" gift is that nerf vulcun mini dart gun. I saw one at superstore last week, but now it seems to be the most popular item as no stores have it now!!
(update) went to costco over lunch and found one! should be a fun time christmas morning, the chain gun shoots 3 darts a second!!!
I saw the end of "Fred Claus". It seemed like a pretty good holiday movie. I might have to watch it from the beginning.
And hey, those who follow my blog, and live in Calgary, how about that snow eh? :P We got about 6 inches on Saturday i believe, and today its gotten pretty darned cold. Just in time for Christmas.
I don't mind the cold and snow, and long as the streets are cleared, and my car doesn't break down and I freeze to death on the highway. I have only ever had car accidents during the icy season. In all cases ice was the main contributing factor. I hate driving on ice!!!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Vancover 2010 here i come
I played 2 and a half hours of hardcore badminton, basketball and ping pong last night, I am not sure if any of those are winter sports in the upcoming winter Olympics, but g-dammit they should be so I could compete!!!
I felt great afterwards, tired but great. I hope to keep this fitness streak up so that I can fit into my bikini for my trip to Cuba in March.
Oh crap, do you need a passport to travel to Cuba?
So Christmas is now only 23 days away. I haven't bought anything for anybody yet. I might go to sunridge mall and shop there. They have a charity organization wrapping presents for a donation. I hate wrapping presents, I usually try to buy and wrap everything in one fell swoop.
My mom decided to buy a fake tree this year. She said the cats will be less likely to attack and knock it down if it's fake.
I am 95% against it because my tradition since childhood has been the real tree. Having my mom yell at my dad to go buy one and make sure he doesn't pick out a crappy one like last year. She couldn't just go with him, that would make too much sense. Then my dad will eventually come home and the tree will sit in the yard for a week. Eventually my mom will get him to move it into the house, and that's when the real tradition begins.
The tree is usually too tall, and my dad will insist that they cut off the top. My mom will scream bloody murder and get him to cut off the bottom. He will want to cut too much and include the bottom branches. My mom will scream at him that he can't cut those ones off cause they are what makes the bottom of the tree look good. My dad will by then start cursing and screaming and then stomp downstairs. Some years he will have cut the bottom off by then, but other years I have had to do the honors.....
The rest is usually pretty easy. Lights, garland, decorations, tinsel, oh and don't forget to tie the tree up. The stands are usually not to be trusted :)
The fake tree was easy to stand up, however you have to pull down and open up all the branches which was a pain in the arse. The tree itself looks pretty good, my mom spent 400$ or more on it, she said she has been looking for the perfect fake tree for years now.
I guess fake trees are ok, they save a real tree (even though they mostly get cut down from tree farms), but then it doesn't need to be thrown out and go into the landfill or community compost.
I felt great afterwards, tired but great. I hope to keep this fitness streak up so that I can fit into my bikini for my trip to Cuba in March.
Oh crap, do you need a passport to travel to Cuba?
So Christmas is now only 23 days away. I haven't bought anything for anybody yet. I might go to sunridge mall and shop there. They have a charity organization wrapping presents for a donation. I hate wrapping presents, I usually try to buy and wrap everything in one fell swoop.
My mom decided to buy a fake tree this year. She said the cats will be less likely to attack and knock it down if it's fake.
I am 95% against it because my tradition since childhood has been the real tree. Having my mom yell at my dad to go buy one and make sure he doesn't pick out a crappy one like last year. She couldn't just go with him, that would make too much sense. Then my dad will eventually come home and the tree will sit in the yard for a week. Eventually my mom will get him to move it into the house, and that's when the real tradition begins.
The tree is usually too tall, and my dad will insist that they cut off the top. My mom will scream bloody murder and get him to cut off the bottom. He will want to cut too much and include the bottom branches. My mom will scream at him that he can't cut those ones off cause they are what makes the bottom of the tree look good. My dad will by then start cursing and screaming and then stomp downstairs. Some years he will have cut the bottom off by then, but other years I have had to do the honors.....
The rest is usually pretty easy. Lights, garland, decorations, tinsel, oh and don't forget to tie the tree up. The stands are usually not to be trusted :)
The fake tree was easy to stand up, however you have to pull down and open up all the branches which was a pain in the arse. The tree itself looks pretty good, my mom spent 400$ or more on it, she said she has been looking for the perfect fake tree for years now.
I guess fake trees are ok, they save a real tree (even though they mostly get cut down from tree farms), but then it doesn't need to be thrown out and go into the landfill or community compost.
Monday, December 1, 2008
fine!
So I was told to blog by 2 out of my 4 loyal followers to blog soon... so I will g.damit.
Um... it's been pretty busy but good. I got a month pass at the Cardel Place up in Coventry, its a fitness/recreation center that has lots of fun things to do.
Mostly I've been playing badminton and ping pong. Oh, how I rock at Ping Pong!! I also have been in the pool, they have a "Lazy river" which basically swirl ls you around with the current of the water. It's super fun! If I win the lottery I am going to build one in my house but it will be twice as fun and ten times as fast.
I am trying to eat better and exercise a bit more. I still need to work on getting more sleep (as I write this at 1:00am).
My dad had to go in for some extensive tests on his heart, and they found that his arteries were pretty blocked up. He had to go in for an angioplasty which is were they put a balloon in your arteries (though your groin to your heart), and when it gets to the blocked part, they inflate it, and put a metal shint in to hold back the blockage. Needless to say the family was a bit uneasy, but I am happy to say that my dad is back home and seems to be doing well. He is trying to quit smoking and I think he realizes that some dietary changes are now required.
I have also been catching up with Season 3 of Dexter. It's still pretty good, but I think the first 2 Seasons were better. I still think it's a great show even though it is taking some heat because of that fanboy freak in Edmonton (i think) who worshipped the show and premise and lured another man to his house to kill and video tape. They caught the guy as far I know, but I don't think they found the body. Remember kids, things on TV shouldn't always be imitated!
I saw"Bolt" the new animated movie. It was pretty good, it took me half the movie to determine that it was John Travolta's voice that was being used for the dog. The movie was funny and pretty touching. The hamster and the poofy evil cat were horribly cute. Totally had an "awwww" factor off the charts.
I finished Fallout 3, it was a bit anticlimatic. I probably could have played the game for another week doing all the side quests, but after I got to the highest possible level (20), I found it a little boring. I did finish the game 3 different was, and part of the cinimatic is different at the end, but the end fight itself was too damn easy. I should have done it without armor and with a NailBoard that the Super mutants drop....
I might still play the game, make another charater, and try going a different path. Maybe I will be evil this time and kill everyone and everything in my path. I might even detonate the bomb in Megaton city and see how that pans out. I don't know how far in the game you can go if you blow up the starting city.
Left 4 Dead is out soon (or now) and it looks promising. I might try that out next. I also saw a trailer for Dead Space, that also looks good as a Scifi Space horror game.
Um... it's been pretty busy but good. I got a month pass at the Cardel Place up in Coventry, its a fitness/recreation center that has lots of fun things to do.
Mostly I've been playing badminton and ping pong. Oh, how I rock at Ping Pong!! I also have been in the pool, they have a "Lazy river" which basically swirl ls you around with the current of the water. It's super fun! If I win the lottery I am going to build one in my house but it will be twice as fun and ten times as fast.
I am trying to eat better and exercise a bit more. I still need to work on getting more sleep (as I write this at 1:00am).
My dad had to go in for some extensive tests on his heart, and they found that his arteries were pretty blocked up. He had to go in for an angioplasty which is were they put a balloon in your arteries (though your groin to your heart), and when it gets to the blocked part, they inflate it, and put a metal shint in to hold back the blockage. Needless to say the family was a bit uneasy, but I am happy to say that my dad is back home and seems to be doing well. He is trying to quit smoking and I think he realizes that some dietary changes are now required.
I have also been catching up with Season 3 of Dexter. It's still pretty good, but I think the first 2 Seasons were better. I still think it's a great show even though it is taking some heat because of that fanboy freak in Edmonton (i think) who worshipped the show and premise and lured another man to his house to kill and video tape. They caught the guy as far I know, but I don't think they found the body. Remember kids, things on TV shouldn't always be imitated!
I saw"Bolt" the new animated movie. It was pretty good, it took me half the movie to determine that it was John Travolta's voice that was being used for the dog. The movie was funny and pretty touching. The hamster and the poofy evil cat were horribly cute. Totally had an "awwww" factor off the charts.
I finished Fallout 3, it was a bit anticlimatic. I probably could have played the game for another week doing all the side quests, but after I got to the highest possible level (20), I found it a little boring. I did finish the game 3 different was, and part of the cinimatic is different at the end, but the end fight itself was too damn easy. I should have done it without armor and with a NailBoard that the Super mutants drop....
I might still play the game, make another charater, and try going a different path. Maybe I will be evil this time and kill everyone and everything in my path. I might even detonate the bomb in Megaton city and see how that pans out. I don't know how far in the game you can go if you blow up the starting city.
Left 4 Dead is out soon (or now) and it looks promising. I might try that out next. I also saw a trailer for Dead Space, that also looks good as a Scifi Space horror game.
Monday, November 17, 2008
weeeeeeeekend
So i had a busy weekend, I had my kiddo over, and it seemed that we weren't going to be up too much. I got him to get his homework done, and we pretty much just chilled for most of friday/saturday..... Saturday night we decided to go see a movie, Madagascar 2. It was pretty good, lots of funny things in it that made it enjoyable. Sometimes these kid movies are strictly kids only and most adults dread sitting threw them. This one was all right :)
So then sunday we had made plans to meet up with Nikki and her niece and nephew and car pool it down to Shakers. I wish I was 10 again, because this would be the place I would want to live.
It was snowing, so we didn't get to do the mini golf or go carts, but the indoor activities were pretty great. There was climbing wall, laser tag (albeit not as good as laser quest, but still fun), and a climbing/play ground area. You basically purchase and all day pass, and can go as many times as you want. They also had a zillion games there including skee ball, air hockey, and basket ball.
So they also had a ton of flashy exciting games of chance, aka gambling games, that kids play with tokens to win tickets. If they earn enough tickets, they can cash them out for cheap toys or candy. Basically it equates that you spend 5-10 bucks to win an item that would cost you maybe a buck or less at a dollar store.....
I also think that the casino industry must have some kind of investment, as they really were teaching the kids how to pump coins into machines. Some kids would win a great deal of tickets right away which probably just fuels the budding addiction further.... I know that's how they get you as an adult....
Anyways, it was fun to see and play some of the games. If your going into it just for a good fun time, and don't think about the money or prizes, it's not that bad. But of course I am cheap and I look at the cost of everything and gripe about it :)
I think Evan (aka the kiddo) did the laser Tag 15 times in total, climbed the rock wall at least 5 times. Needless to say, today his legs were killing him. The other kids we went with also had a blast, so defiantly would think about heading back there someday. Preferably when the mini gold and go karts are open....
So sunday night I caught "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" with Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher. It was funnier than I thought it would be. It definitely would have been worth renting ;) hehe
It has some pretty funny pranks, and funny dialogue.
I might be signing up for a month pass at the Cardel place, its a fitness/activity center up in Coventry. Hopefully I can get into some fun sports and get into shape before the new year. If I plan on going to Cuba in March, I need to get into Bikini shape.
Oh crap, guess I will need a passport as well :P
So then sunday we had made plans to meet up with Nikki and her niece and nephew and car pool it down to Shakers. I wish I was 10 again, because this would be the place I would want to live.
It was snowing, so we didn't get to do the mini golf or go carts, but the indoor activities were pretty great. There was climbing wall, laser tag (albeit not as good as laser quest, but still fun), and a climbing/play ground area. You basically purchase and all day pass, and can go as many times as you want. They also had a zillion games there including skee ball, air hockey, and basket ball.
So they also had a ton of flashy exciting games of chance, aka gambling games, that kids play with tokens to win tickets. If they earn enough tickets, they can cash them out for cheap toys or candy. Basically it equates that you spend 5-10 bucks to win an item that would cost you maybe a buck or less at a dollar store.....
I also think that the casino industry must have some kind of investment, as they really were teaching the kids how to pump coins into machines. Some kids would win a great deal of tickets right away which probably just fuels the budding addiction further.... I know that's how they get you as an adult....
Anyways, it was fun to see and play some of the games. If your going into it just for a good fun time, and don't think about the money or prizes, it's not that bad. But of course I am cheap and I look at the cost of everything and gripe about it :)
I think Evan (aka the kiddo) did the laser Tag 15 times in total, climbed the rock wall at least 5 times. Needless to say, today his legs were killing him. The other kids we went with also had a blast, so defiantly would think about heading back there someday. Preferably when the mini gold and go karts are open....
So sunday night I caught "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" with Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher. It was funnier than I thought it would be. It definitely would have been worth renting ;) hehe
It has some pretty funny pranks, and funny dialogue.
I might be signing up for a month pass at the Cardel place, its a fitness/activity center up in Coventry. Hopefully I can get into some fun sports and get into shape before the new year. If I plan on going to Cuba in March, I need to get into Bikini shape.
Oh crap, guess I will need a passport as well :P
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
meh
So I might be getting sick again, it seems just as I get better, another cold comes along to kick my arse. It is still just in my throat as a sore funny scratching, but usually that's just the precursor to achy kidneys and then a full blown cold.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention, but I managed to watch "The Foot Fist Way" a small film that Will Ferrel and Adam Mackey helped produce about a unbalanced Tae Kwon do instructor who teaches kids and adults.
It was pretty funny at times, and pretty horrible at other times, and I swear that his wife in the movie was an ex porn star, but wikipedia suggests otherwise.....
I had a dream the other night about playing Fallout 3, I dreamt I kept picking up stuff, but couldn't carry it all, so I had to choose from the items I carried, which ones to ditch.
This could be a sign that I am playing it too much, but I think maybe my brain is telling me to just stop picking up everything to try to sell.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention, but I managed to watch "The Foot Fist Way" a small film that Will Ferrel and Adam Mackey helped produce about a unbalanced Tae Kwon do instructor who teaches kids and adults.
It was pretty funny at times, and pretty horrible at other times, and I swear that his wife in the movie was an ex porn star, but wikipedia suggests otherwise.....
I had a dream the other night about playing Fallout 3, I dreamt I kept picking up stuff, but couldn't carry it all, so I had to choose from the items I carried, which ones to ditch.
This could be a sign that I am playing it too much, but I think maybe my brain is telling me to just stop picking up everything to try to sell.
Monday, November 10, 2008
saving a fortune
So I ate breakfast at home, and I brought a lunch today. I should do this all the time in order to eat healthy and save money, but I am pretty darned lazy and I so I don't know if I will be able to repeat this process again tomorrow.
The breakfast was leftover Vietnamese soup, or Pho as it is also known, and the lunch was generously donated by a friend and is leftover Butter Chicken.
Maybe I just need to organize all my friends so that they all make me lunches and take turns each day.
I just wont get my vegan or veggie friends to help out, cause I can't stand tofu!
I haven't blogged for awhile, but I am sure there is tons to talk about.
I bought Fallout 3 for the PC, and it is amazing. It is so immersive that I have played 3 hours straight without even realizing it on more than one occasion.
It is a First (or third) person RPG. It takes place in a post apocalyptic world that has survived a nuclear war (barely).
They have old and new weapons that can be used, plus they have mutant people and animals to fight. Their is also an underlining theme that sort of feels like it comes from the 50's, but it provides humor and additional atmosphere to the game. If you have ever played Bioshock it is similar to that.
I gave blood last Wednesday. It was fun, but I was really worried I would pass out due to lack of sleep. Unfortunately they are very good at scamming you into signing up for future sessions, so I have a date with the Canadian blood services in January and March :)
I saw the movie "Role Models" with Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd, and Christopher Mintz- Plasse (thanks IMDB). It is a movie about two guys who get into trouble with the law and have to spend 150 hours mentoring kids as part of their community service. It was pretty funny all around. I would definately recoomend seeing it. Something about little kids swearing makes me laugh :) plus there is a great deal of humor in the world of live action roleplaying which is fun to watch.
As a RPGer, I do think it's a little too geeky for even me.
I spent an hour at Marlborough mall on Sunday looking at all the different Cell phones. I need one, but I don't know which one to get and whom to get it from. I haven't owned a cell phone in 7+ years, and I don't know exactly what I will really use it for.
I was just blown away at the amount of stores and kiosks that that mall had.
I still need to browse the providers web sites again to compare them and see which one has the best prices for the service I might utilize.
I should just blow a wad of dough on the iPhone and get it over with, but I really don't want too for some reason. Maybe it's the hype around it, I tend to have an aversion to jumping on the bandwagon :)
The breakfast was leftover Vietnamese soup, or Pho as it is also known, and the lunch was generously donated by a friend and is leftover Butter Chicken.
Maybe I just need to organize all my friends so that they all make me lunches and take turns each day.
I just wont get my vegan or veggie friends to help out, cause I can't stand tofu!
I haven't blogged for awhile, but I am sure there is tons to talk about.
I bought Fallout 3 for the PC, and it is amazing. It is so immersive that I have played 3 hours straight without even realizing it on more than one occasion.
It is a First (or third) person RPG. It takes place in a post apocalyptic world that has survived a nuclear war (barely).
They have old and new weapons that can be used, plus they have mutant people and animals to fight. Their is also an underlining theme that sort of feels like it comes from the 50's, but it provides humor and additional atmosphere to the game. If you have ever played Bioshock it is similar to that.
I gave blood last Wednesday. It was fun, but I was really worried I would pass out due to lack of sleep. Unfortunately they are very good at scamming you into signing up for future sessions, so I have a date with the Canadian blood services in January and March :)
I saw the movie "Role Models" with Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd, and Christopher Mintz- Plasse (thanks IMDB). It is a movie about two guys who get into trouble with the law and have to spend 150 hours mentoring kids as part of their community service. It was pretty funny all around. I would definately recoomend seeing it. Something about little kids swearing makes me laugh :) plus there is a great deal of humor in the world of live action roleplaying which is fun to watch.
As a RPGer, I do think it's a little too geeky for even me.
I spent an hour at Marlborough mall on Sunday looking at all the different Cell phones. I need one, but I don't know which one to get and whom to get it from. I haven't owned a cell phone in 7+ years, and I don't know exactly what I will really use it for.
I was just blown away at the amount of stores and kiosks that that mall had.
I still need to browse the providers web sites again to compare them and see which one has the best prices for the service I might utilize.
I should just blow a wad of dough on the iPhone and get it over with, but I really don't want too for some reason. Maybe it's the hype around it, I tend to have an aversion to jumping on the bandwagon :)
Monday, November 3, 2008
Funvember
So Halloween came and went. It was a pretty good one. The warmest Halloween I have ever witnessed. Usually it is super cold and there is usually snow on the ground. It was pretty great! Warm weather means the kiddo and his brother were able to go out extra long. I think we went for 2 to 3 hours. We started in Airdrie, then came to Calgary so that the Grand, an great Grand parents could check out the costumes. I think we were the last group of Trick or Treaters on the Street. Some of the houses where letting them grab as much candy as they wanted. By the end of the night, they both had 11lbs of candy each!!
The funny thing is, neither kid has a big sugar tooth. I think one year we ended up throwing the remaining candy out because it was almost a year old.
I am not sure if Candy goes bad.... but why take the risk :P
I didn't catch any of my childhood Halloween cartoon shows, Garfield's Halloween Special, and It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. Both have a nostalgic place in my heart. Garfield made me feel as a child very alone when they were both stuck on the island with no way off. Plus add the elements of ghost pirates, you got yourself a childhood trauma waiting to happen.
Also, the Great Pumpkin with Charlie Brown was always suereal to watch. The scenes with Snoppy as a downed WWI fighter pilot navigating his way alone in the war torn french country side was very disturbing. Also I would get super enraged with Linus, having wasted his Halloween sitting in a GD pumpkin patch waiting for the Great Pumpkin. Athough now I think that if I were waiting alone in the dark in a pumpkin patch on Halloween night, I would probably pee my pants :)
And who the hell gives out Rocks to little kids?! They should be stoned to death with those rocks!
The good news is because of the modern age of the internet and media sharing, I was able to find all the episodes on YouTube.
I will link them here enjoy! I need to ask Agent Double EE how to link with the video embedded in the blog itself.
Garfield Pt1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh9jjjbTt_8
Pt2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-WggLrCASs
Pt3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRj1NpEllQk
Charlie Brown Pt1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecN9mLpM2mM
Pt2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSbIrR3cjMQ
Pt3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgFdCsFXoWA
The funny thing is, neither kid has a big sugar tooth. I think one year we ended up throwing the remaining candy out because it was almost a year old.
I am not sure if Candy goes bad.... but why take the risk :P
I didn't catch any of my childhood Halloween cartoon shows, Garfield's Halloween Special, and It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. Both have a nostalgic place in my heart. Garfield made me feel as a child very alone when they were both stuck on the island with no way off. Plus add the elements of ghost pirates, you got yourself a childhood trauma waiting to happen.
Also, the Great Pumpkin with Charlie Brown was always suereal to watch. The scenes with Snoppy as a downed WWI fighter pilot navigating his way alone in the war torn french country side was very disturbing. Also I would get super enraged with Linus, having wasted his Halloween sitting in a GD pumpkin patch waiting for the Great Pumpkin. Athough now I think that if I were waiting alone in the dark in a pumpkin patch on Halloween night, I would probably pee my pants :)
And who the hell gives out Rocks to little kids?! They should be stoned to death with those rocks!
The good news is because of the modern age of the internet and media sharing, I was able to find all the episodes on YouTube.
I will link them here enjoy! I need to ask Agent Double EE how to link with the video embedded in the blog itself.
Garfield Pt1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh9jjjbTt_8
Pt2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-WggLrCASs
Pt3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRj1NpEllQk
Charlie Brown Pt1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecN9mLpM2mM
Pt2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSbIrR3cjMQ
Pt3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgFdCsFXoWA
Friday, October 31, 2008
happy halloween!!
So it's Halloween! I couldn't think of anything to dress up as at work. There were a lot of people that did. I think the best costume so far was a lady who dressed up as Mimi Bobek from the Drew Carey show. She had the clown makeup, the garish clothing, and the hair that looks like a wig (in this case it was a wig).
I watched Saw V last night, it was ok. It had some twists and turns and gore as per usual, but nothing that shocked or 'wowed' me as much as the first one did. When the first Saw came out, there hadn't been that type of movie out before as far as I know. It was fresh, scary, and had so many twists. The ending blew your mind!!
There is something wrong with my eye. Well not my eye exactly, the side of the nose that is right beside my eye has either been bitten by a bug, or decided to become a Stye. Either way it is achy, and it is causing my eye to swell up and look funny a bit.
Hopefully it doesn't get any worse. I am going to try a hot tea bag tonight, see if that works. My coworker told me to keep an eye on it. She isn't a professional comedian surprise surprise :P
Anyways, I've been told we can head out early for Halloween. I am going to go home and set up my fog machine and strobe light. I am taking the kiddo out tonight, so I will have to instruct my sister on how to use it.
I watched Saw V last night, it was ok. It had some twists and turns and gore as per usual, but nothing that shocked or 'wowed' me as much as the first one did. When the first Saw came out, there hadn't been that type of movie out before as far as I know. It was fresh, scary, and had so many twists. The ending blew your mind!!
There is something wrong with my eye. Well not my eye exactly, the side of the nose that is right beside my eye has either been bitten by a bug, or decided to become a Stye. Either way it is achy, and it is causing my eye to swell up and look funny a bit.
Hopefully it doesn't get any worse. I am going to try a hot tea bag tonight, see if that works. My coworker told me to keep an eye on it. She isn't a professional comedian surprise surprise :P
Anyways, I've been told we can head out early for Halloween. I am going to go home and set up my fog machine and strobe light. I am taking the kiddo out tonight, so I will have to instruct my sister on how to use it.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
candy mountain Charlie, candy mountain!
I am supposed to make up a song for a friend, but it's hard. The songs I have made up in the past were just randomly thrown together, and now that I have to make one up...... it's not as easy as I thought it would be.
I made a road trip out to Red Deer last night to cheer up my friend whom I made that top ten list for. We went to her weekly name that tune with her coworkers, and low and behold, we actually won!! Usually the people I am with don't like to do any of the bonus stuff, but our table got up and did every single thing asked for bonus points.
It was pretty fun :)
So today I am bagged, I even slept in a bit, but that didn't help at all. Tonight I am going to see "Saw V", hopefully it's better than #2 and #3. I thought #4 was ok, but the other two were lacking.
I really really really want to quarantine, but I promised my Vancouver buddy vegan.vwvixen (aka Laura) that we would rent it when she comes down for Christmas. She was my running and scary movie buddy. I miss her lots, she made me get my ass in shape :P
I got up to 10km, and one time she dragged me out to glenmore reservoir for a 12km run, turns out the glenmore loop is more like 21km. I couldn't walk really well afterwards, but I was proud of that accomplishment. Now I am back to square one.
*sigh*
I made a road trip out to Red Deer last night to cheer up my friend whom I made that top ten list for. We went to her weekly name that tune with her coworkers, and low and behold, we actually won!! Usually the people I am with don't like to do any of the bonus stuff, but our table got up and did every single thing asked for bonus points.
It was pretty fun :)
So today I am bagged, I even slept in a bit, but that didn't help at all. Tonight I am going to see "Saw V", hopefully it's better than #2 and #3. I thought #4 was ok, but the other two were lacking.
I really really really want to quarantine, but I promised my Vancouver buddy vegan.vwvixen (aka Laura) that we would rent it when she comes down for Christmas. She was my running and scary movie buddy. I miss her lots, she made me get my ass in shape :P
I got up to 10km, and one time she dragged me out to glenmore reservoir for a 12km run, turns out the glenmore loop is more like 21km. I couldn't walk really well afterwards, but I was proud of that accomplishment. Now I am back to square one.
*sigh*
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
zombies and friendship
So I am going to talk about zombies in WoW, but first I have to write about my friend Agent EE.
She has had an extremely rough couple of days, but things will always get better :)
I came up with the top ten reason Agent EE is super awesome!
Not that any proof is required, but I just needed to get it off my chest.
#1 Super cute!
#2 Super sense of funky fashion!
#3 Her Love of Cephalopods!
#4 Her passion about everything!!
#5 Best ideas of fun things to do!
#6 Creative in so many ways!
#7 Has experienced life in ways that a lot of people would never even think to try!
#8 Inspires others to seek out passion and fun in life!
#9 Gives hope to those who had very little!
#10 She is the most giving, honest, life filled person that I have ever met! No matter what happens in my life, she will have always profoundly affected me!
Ok, now that that mush is over..... I swear I am turning into a girl :P
So, I have 3+ friends who play the evil and addicting World of Warcraft. I guess for an upcoming expansion that they are releasing, and probably also because Halloween is almost here, they had started introducing Zombies to the game.
I guess there are tainted boxes and cockroaches in the game, if you click on them you get infected. At first the infection would take 10 mins to kill you, and then you become a zombie.
After that, you gain Zombie powers and lose health over time. To gain health you must.... take a guess, attack other players and computer controlled characters in the game. Doing so causes them to become infected, and eventually turns them into zombies. Eventually you can create a small army of zombies who then can roam the land spreading their unique style of culture :)
My friends who first encountered it said it was just like being in a zombie movie. Before they were killed and turned, they said that there were so many zombies coming from all over, that they were frantic and scared.
Now, days later, it only takes 2 mins or less to become infected. So it makes playing the actual game really hard as there are so many zombies running around raiding the towns and quest areas.
I wish I was still playing the game, and could have experienced the initial invasion, it would have been awesome!
Just in case the infection spreads to the real world, some required reading would be "World War Z" and "The Zombie Survival Guide" both full of stories and tips to help you survive in a zombie filled world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_Survival_Guide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_Z
Oh, and he does have one about robots, but robots aren't that scary are they?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Survive_a_Robot_Uprising
And yes, I google, or Wikipedia everything! It's like a joke I heard, there is no more wondering about stuff anymore like when you were a kid, just google it!
Oh, and I have to give props to my buddy to told me that all she blogs about are top ten lists. Thanks, jodiisallaboutjodi
She has had an extremely rough couple of days, but things will always get better :)
I came up with the top ten reason Agent EE is super awesome!
Not that any proof is required, but I just needed to get it off my chest.
#1 Super cute!
#2 Super sense of funky fashion!
#3 Her Love of Cephalopods!
#4 Her passion about everything!!
#5 Best ideas of fun things to do!
#6 Creative in so many ways!
#7 Has experienced life in ways that a lot of people would never even think to try!
#8 Inspires others to seek out passion and fun in life!
#9 Gives hope to those who had very little!
#10 She is the most giving, honest, life filled person that I have ever met! No matter what happens in my life, she will have always profoundly affected me!
Ok, now that that mush is over..... I swear I am turning into a girl :P
So, I have 3+ friends who play the evil and addicting World of Warcraft. I guess for an upcoming expansion that they are releasing, and probably also because Halloween is almost here, they had started introducing Zombies to the game.
I guess there are tainted boxes and cockroaches in the game, if you click on them you get infected. At first the infection would take 10 mins to kill you, and then you become a zombie.
After that, you gain Zombie powers and lose health over time. To gain health you must.... take a guess, attack other players and computer controlled characters in the game. Doing so causes them to become infected, and eventually turns them into zombies. Eventually you can create a small army of zombies who then can roam the land spreading their unique style of culture :)
My friends who first encountered it said it was just like being in a zombie movie. Before they were killed and turned, they said that there were so many zombies coming from all over, that they were frantic and scared.
Now, days later, it only takes 2 mins or less to become infected. So it makes playing the actual game really hard as there are so many zombies running around raiding the towns and quest areas.
I wish I was still playing the game, and could have experienced the initial invasion, it would have been awesome!
Just in case the infection spreads to the real world, some required reading would be "World War Z" and "The Zombie Survival Guide" both full of stories and tips to help you survive in a zombie filled world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_Survival_Guide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_Z
Oh, and he does have one about robots, but robots aren't that scary are they?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Survive_a_Robot_Uprising
And yes, I google, or Wikipedia everything! It's like a joke I heard, there is no more wondering about stuff anymore like when you were a kid, just google it!
Oh, and I have to give props to my buddy to told me that all she blogs about are top ten lists. Thanks, jodiisallaboutjodi
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
nothing to see here, move along
I haven't wrote anything in while. I noticed I had 8 unique visitors one day, and some might have been from the US. I don't know anybody from there, so hopefully it was just a random person, and not some US stalker.
I watched the new Indiana Jones movie, and I was kind of disappointed. It was watchable, however it doesn't come close to equaling the awesomeness of the old ones. Harrison Ford is what? 66 years old? I don't really buy him jumping and running and swinging and fighting. I think if a 66 year old fell or was punched in the face, they would break multiple bones. Also I don't like the direction the went with the plot. I wont ruin it for you, but lets just say that it fails to suspend my disbelief, and this coming from a guy who watches zombies movies and plays D&D.
Speaking of D&D, we got together and played for 10 hours on Saturday. It was a pretty intense and awesome session, except when we got to the final boss, and our party got wiped out. It was just one of those chain reaction/domino effect type things. One bad decision (not by me thank god), and then things just spiralled out of control from there.
I went to Hot Yoga (aka Bikram Yoga) last night for the first time in a couple of months. It was pretty brutal, buy it was good. I strongly suggest that everybody try it a couple of times. The first time you will feel like your going to throw up. Especially if you eat too soon. I suggest hydrating all day, and having a very light light supper 3 hours before you go. One time I had pizza 3 hours before, and I almost lost it.
As far as the benefits of Hot Yoga, and what it is all about, it is like regular Yoga, but they put you in a room that is heated and humid. Sometimes up to 35 degrees.
It's pretty relaxing and good for cleansing and self reflection. I've been told that the stretching accomplished during doesn't really transfer to outside of the heated room because when your muscles are cold, they don't tend to stretch as easily. So don't try to be a super ninja after a few hot yoga sessions or you might pull something.
I bought an awesome new shirt for work, so be on the look out :P
Fallout 3 is out, I might pick that up for the PC, it's supposed to be awesome.
Oh, and I will do a separate blog out the World of Warcraft (WoW) zombie infestation later when I have time. I don't play WoW but a lot of my friends are trapped playing the evil and addicting game, and told me all about it. It sounds wild, but not enough to make me tempted to play the evil WoW game again. I have to go home now, I was blogging at work again :)
I watched the new Indiana Jones movie, and I was kind of disappointed. It was watchable, however it doesn't come close to equaling the awesomeness of the old ones. Harrison Ford is what? 66 years old? I don't really buy him jumping and running and swinging and fighting. I think if a 66 year old fell or was punched in the face, they would break multiple bones. Also I don't like the direction the went with the plot. I wont ruin it for you, but lets just say that it fails to suspend my disbelief, and this coming from a guy who watches zombies movies and plays D&D.
Speaking of D&D, we got together and played for 10 hours on Saturday. It was a pretty intense and awesome session, except when we got to the final boss, and our party got wiped out. It was just one of those chain reaction/domino effect type things. One bad decision (not by me thank god), and then things just spiralled out of control from there.
I went to Hot Yoga (aka Bikram Yoga) last night for the first time in a couple of months. It was pretty brutal, buy it was good. I strongly suggest that everybody try it a couple of times. The first time you will feel like your going to throw up. Especially if you eat too soon. I suggest hydrating all day, and having a very light light supper 3 hours before you go. One time I had pizza 3 hours before, and I almost lost it.
As far as the benefits of Hot Yoga, and what it is all about, it is like regular Yoga, but they put you in a room that is heated and humid. Sometimes up to 35 degrees.
It's pretty relaxing and good for cleansing and self reflection. I've been told that the stretching accomplished during doesn't really transfer to outside of the heated room because when your muscles are cold, they don't tend to stretch as easily. So don't try to be a super ninja after a few hot yoga sessions or you might pull something.
I bought an awesome new shirt for work, so be on the look out :P
Fallout 3 is out, I might pick that up for the PC, it's supposed to be awesome.
Oh, and I will do a separate blog out the World of Warcraft (WoW) zombie infestation later when I have time. I don't play WoW but a lot of my friends are trapped playing the evil and addicting game, and told me all about it. It sounds wild, but not enough to make me tempted to play the evil WoW game again. I have to go home now, I was blogging at work again :)
Saturday, October 25, 2008
BUI: Blogging under the influence
I don't think I have ever really drunk dialed, or drunk facedbooked before, so this is a first for me.
Hopefully I can keep my "dont say anything really stupid" filter on while I do this....
Anyways, I went to the Scarefest 2008 at Canada Olympic Park. It cost 18 bucks, and we only went through 3 of the 5 scary areas.... the lines were massive.... I guess every pre teen and teenager that got out of school this Friday afternoon went down there tonight :P
The ones we went in were ok. Some had cheap scares that were fun. Some had cool ambiance to them that others didn't.
Also the people who work there who randomly walk around and scare the crowd were pretty good. they had a lot of dark figures lining the road.... most of them were just staked into the ground, but a few were alive and lunged at us as we walked by.....
They also had a girl on stilts walking quickly around and sneaking up on people. She had a mask and black cowel, she looked sort of like the took fairy from "Darkness Falls", and I think thats sort of what she was going for.
It looked pretty awesome.
My friends who I went with, one T-man, and one Cliona, had fun. It was probably more fun laughing at Cliona who was terrified of everything the whole time.
Afterwards we picked up Cliona's BF who bussed in from some far away place up north. Then we went to the Kilkenny pub in Brentwood for some drinks and food.
Hence the BUI your faced with at the moment :P
I am pretty tired now, after only getting 5 hours sleep last night... not sure what else to blog about atm.... maybe I will add more tomorrow on another page :)
Hopefully I can keep my "dont say anything really stupid" filter on while I do this....
Anyways, I went to the Scarefest 2008 at Canada Olympic Park. It cost 18 bucks, and we only went through 3 of the 5 scary areas.... the lines were massive.... I guess every pre teen and teenager that got out of school this Friday afternoon went down there tonight :P
The ones we went in were ok. Some had cheap scares that were fun. Some had cool ambiance to them that others didn't.
Also the people who work there who randomly walk around and scare the crowd were pretty good. they had a lot of dark figures lining the road.... most of them were just staked into the ground, but a few were alive and lunged at us as we walked by.....
They also had a girl on stilts walking quickly around and sneaking up on people. She had a mask and black cowel, she looked sort of like the took fairy from "Darkness Falls", and I think thats sort of what she was going for.
It looked pretty awesome.
My friends who I went with, one T-man, and one Cliona, had fun. It was probably more fun laughing at Cliona who was terrified of everything the whole time.
Afterwards we picked up Cliona's BF who bussed in from some far away place up north. Then we went to the Kilkenny pub in Brentwood for some drinks and food.
Hence the BUI your faced with at the moment :P
I am pretty tired now, after only getting 5 hours sleep last night... not sure what else to blog about atm.... maybe I will add more tomorrow on another page :)
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Insert Title here Later
So ya... watched another scarrrieee movie last night. "The Strangers" with Liv Tyler and Scott Spedman. I was supposed to be in it, but I was busy working full time.
It was based on true events, but I always take that with a grain of salt after doing some research into the "true events" that the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (TCM) was based on. Basically the real life guy killed 2 people, and used to dig up bodies and make stuff out of them. Whoopee frigging doo. The TCM movies were wayyy worse and creepy and gory....
Anways, "The Strangers" was pretty good, the built the tension well, and there were some jumpy scenes and creepy stuff....
I also am heading to Screamfest 2008 at Canada Olympic Park. It's usually pretty good :) pretty scary stuff.
For some weird reason, Wenesday and Thursday felt like Friday... so I wonder what Friday is going to feel like... I hope it doesn't feel like Monday.
Also, everyone who reads this should go to the following link, your life might depend on it!!!!!
http://www.kwanzoo.com/social-trivia/the-horror-movie-survival-handbook.shtml
It was based on true events, but I always take that with a grain of salt after doing some research into the "true events" that the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (TCM) was based on. Basically the real life guy killed 2 people, and used to dig up bodies and make stuff out of them. Whoopee frigging doo. The TCM movies were wayyy worse and creepy and gory....
Anways, "The Strangers" was pretty good, the built the tension well, and there were some jumpy scenes and creepy stuff....
I also am heading to Screamfest 2008 at Canada Olympic Park. It's usually pretty good :) pretty scary stuff.
For some weird reason, Wenesday and Thursday felt like Friday... so I wonder what Friday is going to feel like... I hope it doesn't feel like Monday.
Also, everyone who reads this should go to the following link, your life might depend on it!!!!!
http://www.kwanzoo.com/social-trivia/the-horror-movie-survival-handbook.shtml
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
my brains are safe, for now
CRAP!! I forgot and completely missed the 2008 zombie walk!
I usually don't participate, but I took my kid last year to see if he would be scared or how he would react to a mob of zombies walking towards him.
Zombie walk is a global phenomenon where people spontaneously organize (yes i know oxy moron), and wander around the city attempting to freak people out and eat there brains.
Last year, me and my son went down to 17th were their zombie walk route was supposed to take them, and grabbed some food as we waited. He almost missed them because he does get focused and distracted on things, but I happened to point out the zombies. He took a pause, didn't act scared, and said something like, "what are they doing?". I tried to play along and convince him that they were real zombies, but he wasn't buying it. Either way we had fun watching the crowd walk by, and even though he knew they weren't real, some of the scarier and gorier costumes did make him get a bit scared.
Hopefully I will remember for next year, and take him again to see if he will fall for it. After two years, maybe he would have forgotten. A word to the wise, it's never a bad time to try to permanently traumatize your children.
Links to zombie walk information and pics.
http://calgaryzombie.com/blog/2008/10/10/24-hours-later/
PICS
http://www.zombiewalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39
I usually don't participate, but I took my kid last year to see if he would be scared or how he would react to a mob of zombies walking towards him.
Zombie walk is a global phenomenon where people spontaneously organize (yes i know oxy moron), and wander around the city attempting to freak people out and eat there brains.
Last year, me and my son went down to 17th were their zombie walk route was supposed to take them, and grabbed some food as we waited. He almost missed them because he does get focused and distracted on things, but I happened to point out the zombies. He took a pause, didn't act scared, and said something like, "what are they doing?". I tried to play along and convince him that they were real zombies, but he wasn't buying it. Either way we had fun watching the crowd walk by, and even though he knew they weren't real, some of the scarier and gorier costumes did make him get a bit scared.
Hopefully I will remember for next year, and take him again to see if he will fall for it. After two years, maybe he would have forgotten. A word to the wise, it's never a bad time to try to permanently traumatize your children.
Links to zombie walk information and pics.
http://calgaryzombie.com/blog/2008/10/10/24-hours-later/
PICS
http://www.zombiewalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
PBJ time
I went to work, even though I wasn't feeling 100%, and I did mange to survive. I am still at work surprise surprise, but as soon as I get home I think I need to lay down.
Sad thing is, I think the flu thing I had ran me down so much, that I might be catching my cold again that I had 2 weeks ago. WTF!!!
Guess I will get lots of sleep, drink lots of fluids and load up on Vitamin C. Hopefully that will be enough.
Saw this online, its somebody's house with a screen in the windows showing super rad halloween stuff.....
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1884965
Sad thing is, I think the flu thing I had ran me down so much, that I might be catching my cold again that I had 2 weeks ago. WTF!!!
Guess I will get lots of sleep, drink lots of fluids and load up on Vitamin C. Hopefully that will be enough.
Saw this online, its somebody's house with a screen in the windows showing super rad halloween stuff.....
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1884965
Monday, October 20, 2008
Killer plants!!
So I am getting over my sudden illness. Last night I got really sick with flu like symptoms, slept 14 hours, and im feeling a bit better now. I watched the rest of the Sara Conner Chronicles, so far its pretty good.
I stayed home from work, and I think I should go in tomorrow, as I have a meeting in the morning that might be important.
I also watched "The Happening" by that M. Night guy. It was weird, but I think I liked it. In a way it was pretty depressing.
I still have to make up a song for Agent EE. I made up one based off an Adam Sandler audio skit, but I couldn't lie and say it was completely mine :(
I also played a little counter strike source, I love the zombie maps. Although they can get annoying after awhile. Basically one person spawns as a zombie and runs around infecting everybody else on the map. The uninfected have to hide or barricade themselves in areas.
Some of the maps are pretty sweet, and the zombie skins (what they look like) are also pretty creepy and cool. Be warned, some are pretty gruesome :P
http://www.phatdc21.com/sixfeetunder/skins.html
I stayed home from work, and I think I should go in tomorrow, as I have a meeting in the morning that might be important.
I also watched "The Happening" by that M. Night guy. It was weird, but I think I liked it. In a way it was pretty depressing.
I still have to make up a song for Agent EE. I made up one based off an Adam Sandler audio skit, but I couldn't lie and say it was completely mine :(
I also played a little counter strike source, I love the zombie maps. Although they can get annoying after awhile. Basically one person spawns as a zombie and runs around infecting everybody else on the map. The uninfected have to hide or barricade themselves in areas.
Some of the maps are pretty sweet, and the zombie skins (what they look like) are also pretty creepy and cool. Be warned, some are pretty gruesome :P
http://www.phatdc21.com/sixfeetunder/skins.html
Sunday, October 19, 2008
road trip
As some of you may or may not know, I have a 10 year old son whom I get every other weekend. I never no what to do with him, and getting him away from the computer or TV is like pulling teeth, so today my strategy was to not tell him where we were going, but make him come with me.
So we drove to the Sentry Box, which is a geek's utopia of card games, miniature battle games, role playing games, and they even have an awesome board game selection and anime selection. They also have events and tournements there, today in the upper section, they had at least 30 people playing various games.
It's basically a store where a geek could spend 2 hours in without spending a dime and just gawk at everything in there.
If I wasn't so cheap I'd have probably spent at least 200-300 dollars for sure :P
http://www.sentrybox.com/
I think he had a pretty good time, even though we didn't buy anything, it was cool looking at everything with him.
After that, we drove to a different Canadian Tire and found a fog machine. I bought two jugs of fog fluid, and tried it out at home. It works ok, but I think I need to buy a timer for it. Otherwise you have to sit there and press the on button every once and awhile :(
I should buy another one though, then I could have two going and really make a foggy Halloween night :)
I don't know what we are going to do tomorrow. Maybe take him to the bar and teach him how to drink. I think your liver is fully developed at 10 right?? hehehe
After we got back and were done playing with the fog machine, we watched a really crummy horror movie called "Buried Alive". It wasn't released in theaters and it wasn't even lame in a good way. My kiddo was scared, so he wanted me to put something not as scary on after, so we watched a nightmare before Christmas, which for some reason creeped me out a lot this time.
It was way creepier than the stupid lame horror movie he was scared of.
Maybe tomorrow we can go shopping for a cell phone. I was told surprisingly enough that Marlborough mall has a lot of good cell phone kiosks to check phones out at.
Oh yea, here is an awesome blog, if I were cool, this would be my blog for sure.
http://blameitonthevoices.blogspot.com/
So we drove to the Sentry Box, which is a geek's utopia of card games, miniature battle games, role playing games, and they even have an awesome board game selection and anime selection. They also have events and tournements there, today in the upper section, they had at least 30 people playing various games.
It's basically a store where a geek could spend 2 hours in without spending a dime and just gawk at everything in there.
If I wasn't so cheap I'd have probably spent at least 200-300 dollars for sure :P
http://www.sentrybox.com/
I think he had a pretty good time, even though we didn't buy anything, it was cool looking at everything with him.
After that, we drove to a different Canadian Tire and found a fog machine. I bought two jugs of fog fluid, and tried it out at home. It works ok, but I think I need to buy a timer for it. Otherwise you have to sit there and press the on button every once and awhile :(
I should buy another one though, then I could have two going and really make a foggy Halloween night :)
I don't know what we are going to do tomorrow. Maybe take him to the bar and teach him how to drink. I think your liver is fully developed at 10 right?? hehehe
After we got back and were done playing with the fog machine, we watched a really crummy horror movie called "Buried Alive". It wasn't released in theaters and it wasn't even lame in a good way. My kiddo was scared, so he wanted me to put something not as scary on after, so we watched a nightmare before Christmas, which for some reason creeped me out a lot this time.
It was way creepier than the stupid lame horror movie he was scared of.
Maybe tomorrow we can go shopping for a cell phone. I was told surprisingly enough that Marlborough mall has a lot of good cell phone kiosks to check phones out at.
Oh yea, here is an awesome blog, if I were cool, this would be my blog for sure.
http://blameitonthevoices.blogspot.com/
Thursday, October 16, 2008
cleanliness is next to godliness
So I had to use some bar soap today that had microbeads in it. You know, the same stuff they put in certain facial cleaners? Basically its like adding sand to your soap. I hate the stuff. It's ridiculous. I am sure some people (mostly girls) swear by the stuff, but I just can't help feeling less clean when scrubbing with sand and soap. I also worry that the sand will cause skin cancer as it irritates the surface :P
http://www.colgate.com/app/IrishSpring/US/EN/BarSoap.cvsp Microclean
My running buddy who moved away to Vancouver is comming down for Christmas, so I am pretty excited about that. I was going to visit her before Winter, but I just got busy all the time and didn't make it out there.
We also used to be scary movie buddies, and one movie that looks like it has the potential of scaring the crap out of me is Quarantine. I think it's just in the theaters now, so I don't think it will stay until December so that we can both watch it.
Scary movies Rock BTW.
I will add some pics later when I am not at work. I still cannot add images to my blog at work.
My running buddy who moved away to Vancouver is comming down for Christmas, so I am pretty excited about that. I was going to visit her before Winter, but I just got busy all the time and didn't make it out there.
We also used to be scary movie buddies, and one movie that looks like it has the potential of scaring the crap out of me is Quarantine. I think it's just in the theaters now, so I don't think it will stay until December so that we can both watch it.
Scary movies Rock BTW.
I will add some pics later when I am not at work. I still cannot add images to my blog at work.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
sup ya'll tiger woods ya'll
Hey, did I mention that I am a media junkie?
Either way, I have to thank Agent EE for sending me links to cool new music that I would otherwise not be exposed too.
Ween, MGMT, mother mother, Chicane, Tegan and Sara, Small Sins, um, probably a few more that I can't recall :)
The music is mostly indie, I think Tegan and Sara are the closest thing to mainstream in that list.
I usually am only exposed to mainstream sadly, mostly because I am not cool enough to know about indie artists. I don't really listen to the radio (CJSW) or watch the indie shows on Much Music or MTV.
I downloaded the Sara Conner Chronicles, so I will probably watch that all night :( stupid media junkie.
Hopefully consuming all this media will one day pay off. Maybe I'll come up with a 'get rich quick' scheme that involves media and the Internet :P
If anybody has an idea for me to get rich, let me know. If it works I will give you half.
I really want to buy a fog machine for Halloween. I went to 2 Canadian tires and they were sold out. Wal-mart might have one, but Wal-mart is evil. Will I be tempted, and support the big blue box? I saw a documentary on people who live in small towns that try to keep wall mart out of there towns. It's funny though, about half of the town wants it, the other half doesn't.
I was thinking if they were cheap enough, I would surround my house with them, that way the zombies wont find me ;)
Either way, I have to thank Agent EE for sending me links to cool new music that I would otherwise not be exposed too.
Ween, MGMT, mother mother, Chicane, Tegan and Sara, Small Sins, um, probably a few more that I can't recall :)
The music is mostly indie, I think Tegan and Sara are the closest thing to mainstream in that list.
I usually am only exposed to mainstream sadly, mostly because I am not cool enough to know about indie artists. I don't really listen to the radio (CJSW) or watch the indie shows on Much Music or MTV.
I downloaded the Sara Conner Chronicles, so I will probably watch that all night :( stupid media junkie.
Hopefully consuming all this media will one day pay off. Maybe I'll come up with a 'get rich quick' scheme that involves media and the Internet :P
If anybody has an idea for me to get rich, let me know. If it works I will give you half.
I really want to buy a fog machine for Halloween. I went to 2 Canadian tires and they were sold out. Wal-mart might have one, but Wal-mart is evil. Will I be tempted, and support the big blue box? I saw a documentary on people who live in small towns that try to keep wall mart out of there towns. It's funny though, about half of the town wants it, the other half doesn't.
I was thinking if they were cheap enough, I would surround my house with them, that way the zombies wont find me ;)
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Unknown Moments
So half life 2 had a bunch of mods created like half life 1 did.
Some of them were pretty darned awesome, like counterstrike, Day of Defeat, etc.
Apparently theres a mod called Garry's Mod that lets you play with the environment and characters from Half life 2. Its pretty sweet from what I can tell.
However, some guys decided to put together some videos to music and quotes from movies n'stuff, and this is what they made.
Some of it is a bit violent, but hey, I'm decensitized, shouldn't you be by now?
Unknown Moments pt1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VucYWhRBrOc
Unknown Moments pt2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y8Fa5vv-6o
Unknown Moments pt3 (party boy scene almost made me pee my pants)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GApTwZvGaEQ
Some of them were pretty darned awesome, like counterstrike, Day of Defeat, etc.
Apparently theres a mod called Garry's Mod that lets you play with the environment and characters from Half life 2. Its pretty sweet from what I can tell.
However, some guys decided to put together some videos to music and quotes from movies n'stuff, and this is what they made.
Some of it is a bit violent, but hey, I'm decensitized, shouldn't you be by now?
Unknown Moments pt1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VucYWhRBrOc
Unknown Moments pt2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y8Fa5vv-6o
Unknown Moments pt3 (party boy scene almost made me pee my pants)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GApTwZvGaEQ
get paid to blog (blog at work!)
Just some things that are on my mind.
Why does time seem to be going faster and faster the older I get?
Why do I care less and less about having sex or companionship the more unfit I get? Or if I am feeling ill?
Where did my sense of smell go?! It's not completely gone, but I am definitely smelling impaired (olfactory challenged).
When will I find my penguin?
Why did they cancel Firefly!? It was a awesome show!
When will the Need of all outweigh the Greed of the few?
Can I leave work now?
Oh wait, yes I guess so :)
Plus: the websites I waste the most time on when I am at home. I am not going to link them, you can google them if you really want. I am lazy and at work......
TMCM - web comic
College humor - funny pics and vids. Some content is created exclusively for the site
ebaulmsworld - random vids, pics jokes etc site.
wwtdd - celeberty gossip/stalker site
funnyordie - funny indie comic short videos... mostly run by the Will Farrell and his bunch of clown friends.
OOTS - I read with my kid, a D&D humor online comic
Why does time seem to be going faster and faster the older I get?
Why do I care less and less about having sex or companionship the more unfit I get? Or if I am feeling ill?
Where did my sense of smell go?! It's not completely gone, but I am definitely smelling impaired (olfactory challenged).
When will I find my penguin?
Why did they cancel Firefly!? It was a awesome show!
When will the Need of all outweigh the Greed of the few?
Can I leave work now?
Oh wait, yes I guess so :)
Plus: the websites I waste the most time on when I am at home. I am not going to link them, you can google them if you really want. I am lazy and at work......
TMCM - web comic
College humor - funny pics and vids. Some content is created exclusively for the site
ebaulmsworld - random vids, pics jokes etc site.
wwtdd - celeberty gossip/stalker site
funnyordie - funny indie comic short videos... mostly run by the Will Farrell and his bunch of clown friends.
OOTS - I read with my kid, a D&D humor online comic
"turkey for you, turkey for me"
Well another Thanksgiving came and gone, it went pretty good. Lots of good food, family wasn't too rambunctious. I didn't stuff myself like I usually do, probably a good thing.
Went to Chinook Mall today with a cool friend. We walked around and looked at a lot of stuff. I didn't really buy anything other than a coffee. It was fun to just talk and discuss things, lots of people to watch. I guess when people have a Monday off they would rather go to a mall, and blow lots of money on stuff they don't really need.
Oh ya, my cousin sent me a link to a crazy movie called Zeitgeist Addendum about how the monetary system actually works. Very interesting stuff, its kind of like Bowling for columbine trippy. http://video.google.ca/videosearch?hl=en&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=yCe&resnum=0&q=zeitgeist&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv#q=Zeitgeist%20Addendum&hl=en&emb=0, its 2 hours long, but if some of what they talk about is true then its pretty mind blowing stuff. I am pretty skeptical, but they way the world is going, it makes sense that the systems in place today, wont be able to last forever.
I should start focusing on what is right with the world, at least once a day :) Today I saw a coin purse that said something to the effect of, "Just because I love Rainbows, doesn't mean I'm gay".
Went to Chinook Mall today with a cool friend. We walked around and looked at a lot of stuff. I didn't really buy anything other than a coffee. It was fun to just talk and discuss things, lots of people to watch. I guess when people have a Monday off they would rather go to a mall, and blow lots of money on stuff they don't really need.
Oh ya, my cousin sent me a link to a crazy movie called Zeitgeist Addendum about how the monetary system actually works. Very interesting stuff, its kind of like Bowling for columbine trippy. http://video.google.ca/videosearch?hl=en&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=yCe&resnum=0&q=zeitgeist&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv#q=Zeitgeist%20Addendum&hl=en&emb=0, its 2 hours long, but if some of what they talk about is true then its pretty mind blowing stuff. I am pretty skeptical, but they way the world is going, it makes sense that the systems in place today, wont be able to last forever.
I should start focusing on what is right with the world, at least once a day :) Today I saw a coin purse that said something to the effect of, "Just because I love Rainbows, doesn't mean I'm gay".
It was pretty cute.
I am also adding lots of tags to my blogs now, I hear that's how people search and find them via google and other search engines.... see if it works :)
I am also adding lots of tags to my blogs now, I hear that's how people search and find them via google and other search engines.... see if it works :)
Friday, October 10, 2008
TGIF or TGFT thank god for turkey!
It's turkey weekend! I am still on the mend from my cold. It isn't as bad as it was, but I still feel whiney so I must still be sick.
I have been playing D&D 4th Edition with some buddies, and we had to start remaking our characters again. This is the third time since we stared playing the new edition. It's getting rather annoying to have to switch guys all the time. I have no idea what I am going to be. The last guy I had was pretty good at taking names and kicking arse.
I finished reading the World War Hulk saga, and now I am waiting for a torrent to download which has 12GB's worth of marvel comics in it. It's supposed to be every major event series starting with FF and Galactis.
It's fun to read all the comics, but its annoying because for some god awful reason they are all in a .cbr format which a comic book format file extension, and so you have to change it to a rar, and then open it up with some archiving software like bitzipper, or WinRar.
Then you have to extract each one into a folder. It doesn't seem that bad, but when you have dozens or hundreds of .cbrs to do this for, it gets annoying :(
Also, I don't know why they are zipped in the first place. Each one zipped only saves maybe 1% space! Maybe there is a .cbr reader that I could download that would make this easier, but I haven't bothered looking.
Oh ya, guess what, there might be some sweet games that I might actually be excited about playing coming out soon.
A Halo Real Time Strategy game. Looks pretty neat from what I can tell.
Dead Space, a horror game set in a future outer space setting. Fallout 3, a modern version of an old post apocalyptic game that I never knew existed, but I probably would have loved.
Supposedly StarCraft 2 and Diablo 3 will be out sometime soon, but I can't say I'm terribly looking forward to them. Looks like the same games, but better background graphics and some new powers and options n'suff. Nothing super spectacular. Hopefully the game play will be the thing that makes them great, just as the previous versions.
Left 4 Dead, a Half life 2 zombie mod that seems like it has the potential to be pretty awesome.
Oh, and F.E.A.R 2 will be out next year, I can't wait to pee my pants again. That one was pretty darned freaky!!
Oh, and for some G-damn reason I cannot add images to my Blog from work!! What the hell!
I have been playing D&D 4th Edition with some buddies, and we had to start remaking our characters again. This is the third time since we stared playing the new edition. It's getting rather annoying to have to switch guys all the time. I have no idea what I am going to be. The last guy I had was pretty good at taking names and kicking arse.
I finished reading the World War Hulk saga, and now I am waiting for a torrent to download which has 12GB's worth of marvel comics in it. It's supposed to be every major event series starting with FF and Galactis.
It's fun to read all the comics, but its annoying because for some god awful reason they are all in a .cbr format which a comic book format file extension, and so you have to change it to a rar, and then open it up with some archiving software like bitzipper, or WinRar.
Then you have to extract each one into a folder. It doesn't seem that bad, but when you have dozens or hundreds of .cbrs to do this for, it gets annoying :(
Also, I don't know why they are zipped in the first place. Each one zipped only saves maybe 1% space! Maybe there is a .cbr reader that I could download that would make this easier, but I haven't bothered looking.
Oh ya, guess what, there might be some sweet games that I might actually be excited about playing coming out soon.
A Halo Real Time Strategy game. Looks pretty neat from what I can tell.
Dead Space, a horror game set in a future outer space setting. Fallout 3, a modern version of an old post apocalyptic game that I never knew existed, but I probably would have loved.
Supposedly StarCraft 2 and Diablo 3 will be out sometime soon, but I can't say I'm terribly looking forward to them. Looks like the same games, but better background graphics and some new powers and options n'suff. Nothing super spectacular. Hopefully the game play will be the thing that makes them great, just as the previous versions.
Left 4 Dead, a Half life 2 zombie mod that seems like it has the potential to be pretty awesome.
Oh, and F.E.A.R 2 will be out next year, I can't wait to pee my pants again. That one was pretty darned freaky!!
Oh, and for some G-damn reason I cannot add images to my Blog from work!! What the hell!
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
yep, im sick
So I actually have a cold. I can always tell when one is one the way. It always starts as a sore throat, and then goes from there. I was trying to get my sleep, and fight it off. However, it didn't seem to help.
*sigh*
Anyways, aside from being sick and grumpy, I rediscovered the joys of downloading comic book torrents. I did it before awhile back for some obscure stuff, but then the thought occurred to me, "Hey, I could probably get almost any comic that I have ever wanted to read!".
I did some researching on Wikipedia to find out which series I might want to grab first, and I discovered that there was a Marvel Zombie series put out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Zombies
It also included crossover with the infamous Ash from the Evil dead/Army of Darkness universe.
I wont give much away, however it was a soso read. Some of it was funny, but very morbid at times and gory. So reader beware :P
Also a few of the events erked me, especially some of the deaths that occured, and the characters that were zombified.
I am not much of a comic book geek, I don't collect, but I do like to follow the story lines of the major characters in the Comic Book Universes.
I wonder if comic books are eligible as possible book club materials.....
*sigh*
Anyways, aside from being sick and grumpy, I rediscovered the joys of downloading comic book torrents. I did it before awhile back for some obscure stuff, but then the thought occurred to me, "Hey, I could probably get almost any comic that I have ever wanted to read!".
I did some researching on Wikipedia to find out which series I might want to grab first, and I discovered that there was a Marvel Zombie series put out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Zombies
It also included crossover with the infamous Ash from the Evil dead/Army of Darkness universe.
I wont give much away, however it was a soso read. Some of it was funny, but very morbid at times and gory. So reader beware :P
Also a few of the events erked me, especially some of the deaths that occured, and the characters that were zombified.
I am not much of a comic book geek, I don't collect, but I do like to follow the story lines of the major characters in the Comic Book Universes.
I wonder if comic books are eligible as possible book club materials.....
Sunday, October 5, 2008
lots to say
Well I think I am getting sick. I am tired, my throat is really scratchy, and I am grumpy.
Other than the last day, I had a good week. I worked out a few times, got to spend Thursday and Friday on Course which I got paid for and included free snacks, lunch, and coffee.
Also we got to make bookmarks to commemorate our class.... If anybody has the chance to take a "Keeping Spirit in Life and the Workplace" workshop, I strongly suggest you take it :)
Also I finished Doom 3 again. Hopefully I will stop playing it in lieu of more worthwhile pursuits.... maybe I will play F.E.A.R. again :P
Raked some leaves, even though I'll probably have to rake them again once the rest of the neighborhoods trees leaves fall....
Oh, and I saw "The Incredible Hulk" the 2008 with Edward Norton in it. It was actually pretty good. The previous "Hulk" released in 2003 with Eric Bana was so so, it wasn't completely crap, but it definitely could have been much better.
The scene with the dogs pissed me off, sure they were evil and angry and "Hulked out", but he didn't have to beat them up, should have just sprayed them with a "Hulk Hose".
Other than the last day, I had a good week. I worked out a few times, got to spend Thursday and Friday on Course which I got paid for and included free snacks, lunch, and coffee.
Also we got to make bookmarks to commemorate our class.... If anybody has the chance to take a "Keeping Spirit in Life and the Workplace" workshop, I strongly suggest you take it :)
Also I finished Doom 3 again. Hopefully I will stop playing it in lieu of more worthwhile pursuits.... maybe I will play F.E.A.R. again :P
Raked some leaves, even though I'll probably have to rake them again once the rest of the neighborhoods trees leaves fall....
Oh, and I saw "The Incredible Hulk" the 2008 with Edward Norton in it. It was actually pretty good. The previous "Hulk" released in 2003 with Eric Bana was so so, it wasn't completely crap, but it definitely could have been much better.
The scene with the dogs pissed me off, sure they were evil and angry and "Hulked out", but he didn't have to beat them up, should have just sprayed them with a "Hulk Hose".
Thursday, October 2, 2008
blog hog
Was in a work sponsored course today. I don't have to pay, I still get payed my wage for the day. I got a free lunch and coffee and cookies and muffins. Plus, the course is two days..... so I get to do the same thing tomorrow!!!! :) pretty sweet.
Oooo there might be a recession soon, which means I might be able to buy a super cheap house if everybody who barely got into got in there overpriced 40 year mortgages walk out of them.
If it happens I will feel sorry for all those people who desperately needed a house, and are barely getting by now paying for it.
Also, I might be starting a group that will protest (in a friendly comical way) againt the online MMORPG, World of Warcraft or aka WOW.
I will call the group, People Against World of Warcraft, or PAWOW!
The amount of lives, relationships and even death that have occurred because of this game is pretty astounding..... I don't have any actual statistics, but I'm sure I will find some on Google.
Also I have been told that WOW takes has 10 million suscribers, which they charge the users approx. $15 a month to play. So that means they rake in 150 million a month, or 1.8 billion dollars a year! Also, they occasionally release an expansion pack every year or so, which retails around $50 each, so thats another 500 million every year! WTF its a video game people!!!!
2.3 billion dollars are being spent on a video game! No wonder were still trying to cure cancer, or Aids, or poverty.
Oooo there might be a recession soon, which means I might be able to buy a super cheap house if everybody who barely got into got in there overpriced 40 year mortgages walk out of them.
If it happens I will feel sorry for all those people who desperately needed a house, and are barely getting by now paying for it.
Also, I might be starting a group that will protest (in a friendly comical way) againt the online MMORPG, World of Warcraft or aka WOW.
I will call the group, People Against World of Warcraft, or PAWOW!
The amount of lives, relationships and even death that have occurred because of this game is pretty astounding..... I don't have any actual statistics, but I'm sure I will find some on Google.
Also I have been told that WOW takes has 10 million suscribers, which they charge the users approx. $15 a month to play. So that means they rake in 150 million a month, or 1.8 billion dollars a year! Also, they occasionally release an expansion pack every year or so, which retails around $50 each, so thats another 500 million every year! WTF its a video game people!!!!
2.3 billion dollars are being spent on a video game! No wonder were still trying to cure cancer, or Aids, or poverty.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
ouchy
I had a pretty good day yesterday. My buddy Travis is back from working up north for the Forestry Dept, and he is now going to be around more as he got a job in Calgary.
He is a pretty awesome guy, pretty much the nicest guy I have even known.
He is also super fit, and motivational. He made me work out after supper for an hour.
I don't feel super sore either, but its probably been 8+ months since I've done any weight lifting.
I also was happy with myself. I played doom until 11:30, then was in bed at 12:08. I still 'accidentally' slept in, so I did in fact get 8hours sleep last night!! woo hoo!
I don't feel that much better, but I don't feel like a complete zombie today... so that's good....
I might try to go for a job after work tonight, but jogging is the hardest thing for me to do.
Oh ya, me and Travis also watched a movie last night called "In Bruges" with Collen Farrel, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes. It was freakin hilarious. There are some scenes that were so ridiculously funny that we had to rewind them to watch again. I am usually against rewinding a movie to watch a scene again, but holy crap we just had too!
I have to start thinking up some ideas for cool halloween costumes for work.... only 30 days til halloween!!
He is a pretty awesome guy, pretty much the nicest guy I have even known.
He is also super fit, and motivational. He made me work out after supper for an hour.
I don't feel super sore either, but its probably been 8+ months since I've done any weight lifting.
I also was happy with myself. I played doom until 11:30, then was in bed at 12:08. I still 'accidentally' slept in, so I did in fact get 8hours sleep last night!! woo hoo!
I don't feel that much better, but I don't feel like a complete zombie today... so that's good....
I might try to go for a job after work tonight, but jogging is the hardest thing for me to do.
Oh ya, me and Travis also watched a movie last night called "In Bruges" with Collen Farrel, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes. It was freakin hilarious. There are some scenes that were so ridiculously funny that we had to rewind them to watch again. I am usually against rewinding a movie to watch a scene again, but holy crap we just had too!
I have to start thinking up some ideas for cool halloween costumes for work.... only 30 days til halloween!!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Damn Doom
Crap, I didn't get to bed until 2am last night, and I blame that stupid PC game Doom3.
It's probably one of the top 3 scariest games to play on a computer, and for some reason I started playing it again.
It has such a eerie atmosphere. Your pretty much alone and trapped on a isolated base on mars, and all sorts of creepy things are lurking around trying to kill you.
The worst part is that they have lots of dark areas that you have to walk though, and they do give you a flash light to use. The bad news is that while your flashlight is out, you cannot use any of your weapons... so if a scary demon jumps out at you, you have to quickly change to a weapons and blindly shoot it before it eats you.
RAWR!!!!!
It's probably one of the top 3 scariest games to play on a computer, and for some reason I started playing it again.
It has such a eerie atmosphere. Your pretty much alone and trapped on a isolated base on mars, and all sorts of creepy things are lurking around trying to kill you.
The worst part is that they have lots of dark areas that you have to walk though, and they do give you a flash light to use. The bad news is that while your flashlight is out, you cannot use any of your weapons... so if a scary demon jumps out at you, you have to quickly change to a weapons and blindly shoot it before it eats you.
RAWR!!!!!
Monday, September 29, 2008
Happy monday!
So I survived the Wedding, and the day after.... It was pretty nice as far as Weddings go. I think I've been to over 10 weddings, and during each one a little voice inside my head screams, "Like hell I am paying 20K+ for one bloody day!!!".
It's not that I am against the idea of finding a soul mate and bonding for life and all that jazz, it's just I don't feel like one day of anything justifies spending enough money to buy a new car, or a down payment on a house...
The ceremony was held out in Kananaskis Village, over looking the valley. It was pretty awesome. Unfortunately it being almost October once the sun decided to hide behind a cloud for the whole thing, it got freakin' cold. I am a pretty hearty guy, and I was wearing a long sleeve shirt, and I started to get super cold. I feel bad for the bride and the bridesmaids who were all wearing sleeveless.
They did look quite lovely, and the bride was stunning.
And no I'm not gay, I just think they were amazing looking.
I didn't have much cash (like $10), it was supposed to be a Twoonie bar so I thought I'd be set for the evening. As it turns out the drinks were around 3:5o, so I ended up drinking the not so crappy tasting wine. I usually don't like wine, but this stuff wasn't too bad at all. And it was FREE!!!!
It kind of bugged me more that I didn't have that much cash on me. Even though I have debit, and a credit card, there is something about having a good chunk of cash on hand that makes me feel secure. Some places don't take plastic, and I am sure the bar at the reception would have been one of them... some other notible places that don't take plastic are drug dealers, prostitutes, and the Tim Horton's at the Airport.
It's not that I am against the idea of finding a soul mate and bonding for life and all that jazz, it's just I don't feel like one day of anything justifies spending enough money to buy a new car, or a down payment on a house...
The ceremony was held out in Kananaskis Village, over looking the valley. It was pretty awesome. Unfortunately it being almost October once the sun decided to hide behind a cloud for the whole thing, it got freakin' cold. I am a pretty hearty guy, and I was wearing a long sleeve shirt, and I started to get super cold. I feel bad for the bride and the bridesmaids who were all wearing sleeveless.
They did look quite lovely, and the bride was stunning.
And no I'm not gay, I just think they were amazing looking.
I didn't have much cash (like $10), it was supposed to be a Twoonie bar so I thought I'd be set for the evening. As it turns out the drinks were around 3:5o, so I ended up drinking the not so crappy tasting wine. I usually don't like wine, but this stuff wasn't too bad at all. And it was FREE!!!!
It kind of bugged me more that I didn't have that much cash on me. Even though I have debit, and a credit card, there is something about having a good chunk of cash on hand that makes me feel secure. Some places don't take plastic, and I am sure the bar at the reception would have been one of them... some other notible places that don't take plastic are drug dealers, prostitutes, and the Tim Horton's at the Airport.
Friday, September 26, 2008
no..... more.... food...
I had a potluck at work today. I made chocolate rice krispie squares which seemed to be pretty popular. I ate too much food, and then my mom told me that I had to come out for supper.....
I normally love to go out and eat supper, but not when I'm already stuffed.
Anyways, other than being full and tired (went to bed late again), my legs started to ache.... i think its because I didn't get enough sleep.
I have a wedding to go to tomorrow. The ceremony is in Kananaskis somewhere (I have got directions somewhere....), and the reception is in Calgary, so it should be a fun and busy day of driving.
I still have to get a gift, which will probably be cash seeing as I have no idea what to get them....
I normally love to go out and eat supper, but not when I'm already stuffed.
Anyways, other than being full and tired (went to bed late again), my legs started to ache.... i think its because I didn't get enough sleep.
I have a wedding to go to tomorrow. The ceremony is in Kananaskis somewhere (I have got directions somewhere....), and the reception is in Calgary, so it should be a fun and busy day of driving.
I still have to get a gift, which will probably be cash seeing as I have no idea what to get them....
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
12 click program plz
One thing I thought I'd write about is my not so secret addiction. I seem to be addicted to staying up late and consuming media (no, not porn). It includes, but is not limited to, interesting blogs, news stories, funny/stupid videos. Sometimes I will watch a movie on my PC knowing full well that I am going to feel like shit the next day.
I will wake up tired as hell the next day, cursing myself, but doomed to repeat the cycle the next night.
It's not that I can't sleep, I just feel the urge to stay up and consume media. I feel like if I go to bed I will be missing out on something. Its like I am cheating time, but I know all that I am doing is ruining my health.
It is probably affecting my work, as I tend to feel like crap all day. I have trouble staying motivated and awake.
I will wake up tired as hell the next day, cursing myself, but doomed to repeat the cycle the next night.
It's not that I can't sleep, I just feel the urge to stay up and consume media. I feel like if I go to bed I will be missing out on something. Its like I am cheating time, but I know all that I am doing is ruining my health.
It is probably affecting my work, as I tend to feel like crap all day. I have trouble staying motivated and awake.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
wtf does that mean?
I finally decided to start my own blog. I can't promise it will be good, or accurate, or interesting, but I can gaurantee that it will be typed, and spellchecked, and in English.
Hope you enjoy it.
Hope you enjoy it.
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