Friday, February 29
Smash Bros. Party Delayed
So my Smash Brother in arms, Matt is going to be here in a week or two and he asked if I would wait until he arrived to play Smash Bros., watch the intro and play the Subspace Emissary together. Of course I said yes, so the party will be delayed a bit. Pretty much we've played both Smash Bros. a ton so we figured we'd keep the tradition going.
Wednesday, February 27
Not A Big Fan and DST
I'm not a fan of very much these days. I don't think its music's fault, I'm just kind of stuck.
I don't know about you all, but my favorite day of the year aside from Christmas, Halloween and my birthday is coming up, Daylight Saving Time! Its on the 9th which corresponds with Super Smash Bros. Brawl's release! So, I'll be there right when it opens (no lie), and I'll get it and everyone can come over. I hope to see you all exactly an hour from when I tell you (because you and I both know you'll forget to change your clocks).
Tuesday, February 26
Speaking of goats...
Are there any huge Mountain Goats fans out there? I have one extra ticket for tonight's (sold out?) show.
This has nothing to do with Mountain Goats.
Saturday, February 23
Un-Band
In order to justify that headline, I give you a robot that can perfect the hardest Guitar Hero 3 song on Expert (which no human has thus far been able to do).
Relatedly, here is a sweet Lego robot that can bowl a perfect game on the Wii.
Here is a link with more info. The former is electronic, which is very cool, and the latter is mechanical, which is debatably cooler.
Unrelatedly, Josh, I suggest a Friday after work or a Saturday afternoon for Gladiators. It seems like a good pregaming activity. I'm in, in any case.
Friday, February 22
Unbanned
So I banned myself from websites at work to make me more productive, but I unbanned this one because it wasn't sucking up too much of my time. Also, I tend to post more at work anyway.
That guitar game should work, and if anything will make your playing cleaner which would be a good thing.
Who wants to see the American Gladiators finale? I want to have people over and drink whenever Hulk Hogan says "Brother" or whenever your picked contestant loses. I've got it taped so I'm just waiting for the opportunity.
Lastly, if you want to see "Be Kind, Rewind" this weekend, I'll probably be going Saturday afternoon.
Wednesday, February 20
Guitar Rising
Link
I have no idea whether or not that will be at all fun or successful. But I am really, really interested in seeing what reactions it will prompt from people.
Wednesday, February 13
For reals?
I hope so. (From here.)
"It's a Washington where decades of trade deals like NAFTA and China have been signed with plenty of protections for corporations and their profits, but none for our environment or our workers who've seen factories shut their doors and millions of jobs disappear; workers whose right to organize and unionize has been under assault for the last eight years...
...
I don't know about a time-out, but I do know this - when I am President, I will not sign another trade agreement unless it has protections for our environment and protections for American workers. And I'll pass the Patriot Employer Act that I've been fighting for ever since I ran for the Senate - we will end the tax breaks for companies who ship our jobs overseas, and we will give those breaks to companies who create good jobs with decent wages right here in America."
From Obama's victory speech last night.
Saturday, February 9
Expression
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/10/22
Do read the beginning of the newspost as well.
Friday, February 8
Feeling like Arthur Dent on that fateful Thursday
OK, it's not a Vogon Contructor Fleet, but I am hungover (good party last night! Between the Columbian vigorously defending his thesis that neoliberal policies of the west are ultimately responsible for the violence in Columbia, to the poli-sci major arguing that Obama can't win 'cause America is racist, to realizing I am no Jack White, or Black for that matter (but closer to Black), a good time was had by all - except that I can never listen to Pearl Jam again, but that's another story), and I do have a vague sense that something's not right. Could be this.
It could also be that my boss has made several brief references, one today, and one yesterday, about some sort of release I'm apparently supposed to be doing today. I'm thinking it's a big one. THE big one, even, maybe. Wish I knew. Should've paid attention in those conference calls, I guess.
Thursday, February 7
Let the Swift-Boating begin
http://hillarythemovie.com/about.html
Not that I'm a huge fan of Hillary, since she voted for the war, and voted recently for the warmongering Iran resolution, but the usual cast of Clinton-haters is in this film. Damnit, why can't I dislike Clinton for being such an establishment moderate without all these misogynistic, lying, ignorant, bloviating assholes staking out that position for totally idiotic and mean-spirited reasons? An enemy of my enemy is ... my enemy? Damnit!