I've been too busy to really get much playing time into it but Top Spin 3 is so far fairly realistic which is a lot better than any other tennis game to date. The graphics are amazing even on my crappy TV that I play on. Also using the right stick to serve is interesting and I really suck at it. This means that its going to take some time before I am any good at it. I really like this aspect in video games. I hate that games that someone can just pick up really really fast and be good at it. I like games that take some background knowledge before being any good at them such as Skate.
I also got a Wii Classic Controller and downloaded two mario games. Super Mario World and Mario 3. Even though I beat Mario World, it took about the whole 1st semester of last year to do so. This game is very entertaining for me to play as well as those around me as it is very frustating when I die. I also die a lot.
Final note here, so far Wall-E has a 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Captain Planet was dumb
Anyone remember Captain Planet and the Planeteers? (Generation of twenty-year-olds are now all going "FUCK yeah!"). Even by the standards of the late 80's and early 90's, it was one of the more dreadful series-s, or whatever the plural of series is.
If you're scratching your head in wonder, let me bring you up to speed. Captain Planet was about five apparently randomly-selected kids from five different countries who are given fantastically powerful energy rings. Now, let's not dwell on how completely irresponsible that is. I suppose what I remember most about the series is how easily the theme song was corrupted for short-lived playground amusement. I can still remember a small legion of ten year olds singing "CAPTAIN PLANET / HE'S AN IDIOT / GONNA TAKE POLLUTION UP TO A MILLION". A million of what was never specified, but hell, we were kids. It was almost as much fun as changing the lyrics of the Lightning Seeds' "Lucky You" to "Mucky Poo".
Getting back to these rings. Each of these rings represented a different element, except one, which represented a muscular organ of the circulatory system. Let's go through them and see what I can remember about them.
Earth - they handed this over to the African bloke, presumably because earth is traditionally brown and so are Africans. This could basically create and control rocks. It was extremely useful when making Japanese gardens, but I wonder... what constitutes 'earth'? Metals are made of ore that come from the Earth, could he control metals as well? Could he create T1000-style stabbing weapons from thin air? Probably not, 'cos no-one was allowed to stab anyone in this sort of cartoon series.
Fire - this was given to Wheeler, the completely irresponsible American git who was a total cunt and I will hear no argument. His is the only name I can remember, as it was also the name of my 'house' at grammar school. As I recall, within five minutes of getting his ring he set fire to something by accident. That should probably have been the time whoever organised this elite band realised the importance of a proper selection process.
Water - There were two girls in the team (natch). One of them had water, and the other had wind. I can't remember which one was which, or their nationalities. There was definitely one from Eastern Europe. For some reason I thought the other was Western Europe, but Sarah assures me the other was from 'Asia'. That was all they gave, 'Asia', so presumably she was Indo-Chino-Japanese-Afghani.
Wind - When we were making up that schoolboy parody of the opening sequence, it was stretching a little bit to pretend that 'earth' referred to poo and 'water' referred to wee, but anyone could see the humour value in 'wind'. The creators of the series must have known that we'd be taking the piss out of it. If they'd called it 'air' we'd've been in trouble, but I guess 'air' isn't as dramatic. Any schoolboy who recites the line "From wherever, whatsername! With the power of WIND!" and does not immediately follow it with a loud raspberry has got something seriously wrong with them.
Heart - They had to take a fairly broad selection of kids from all over the world (the only requirement being that they spoke fluent English, apparently), and with only four rings that wouldn't have been as broad as they liked. So they invented another one to have a greater international appeal. This was some South American kid, and he had the wholly unspecific power of 'heart'. Why stop there? They could have invented a few more. "From Western Europe, Roland! With the power of FISH!" "From Australasia, Barry! With the power of DANCE!" 'Heart' was apparently 'the most special power of all', 'special' I suppose in the same sense as 'special school for special children'.
When the power of these five rings were brought together, they summoned forth a green-haired demigod by the name of CAPTAIN PLANET, who I think was Wheeler's mentor, as he had an American accent and was the biggest cunt in the universe. This show suffered from the Power Rangers/Sailor Moon problem, that being "Why didn't you do that in the first place" syndrome. There was really no point in doing anything prior to summoning the omnipotent all-powerful superhero, but they did it anyway, presumably for smacktardy reasons.
The villains in Captain Planet never had a fucking clue. They never figured out that if they committed crimes that DIDN'T involve damaging the environment, like extortion or gang rape, then the Planeteers couldn't lift a finger. But no, it was always pollution for pollution's sake. There was one prat who somehow got hold of an oil tanker, and deliberately caused a massive slick just for the sake of malice. Why did no-one point out to him that he could have sold that oil to petrol stations, make a huge profit, be operating entirely within the law and wouldn't have to get punched in the stomach by a wise-cracking twat in his underpants? They could've robbed a bank and used the money to pay for a dolphin sanctuary, that would've confused the fuck out of those pesky meddling kids.
One of these retards was some woman who'd had half her face burnt off, and another who looked an awful lot like The Thing from the Fantastic Four. My theory is it was a dare on the part of the show's writers.
WRITER A: Who shall we have for the villains?
WRITER B: I'm bored. Let's just rip them all off from Marvel and DC comics.
WRITER A: Okay!
WRITER B: Hey, wait, I wasn't serious!
WRITER A: Ooh, chickening out now, are you?WRITER B: I am not!WRITER A: Pussy pussy pussy!
WRITER B: Shut up!
WRITER A: Dares ya.
WRITER B: Don't dare me, 'cos I'll do it.WRITER A: Double dares ya!WRITER B: You're in trouble now, 'cos I'm gonna do it!
WRITER A: Triple dares ya
!WRITER B: OH BOY YOU'RE IN TROUBLE NOW!
I guess I'm done on this subject now. Nighty night, and remember: Save electricity, pick up litter, and never trust people who run oil tankers and big corporations!
From http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/archive/Jul14-19.htm
If you're scratching your head in wonder, let me bring you up to speed. Captain Planet was about five apparently randomly-selected kids from five different countries who are given fantastically powerful energy rings. Now, let's not dwell on how completely irresponsible that is. I suppose what I remember most about the series is how easily the theme song was corrupted for short-lived playground amusement. I can still remember a small legion of ten year olds singing "CAPTAIN PLANET / HE'S AN IDIOT / GONNA TAKE POLLUTION UP TO A MILLION". A million of what was never specified, but hell, we were kids. It was almost as much fun as changing the lyrics of the Lightning Seeds' "Lucky You" to "Mucky Poo".
Getting back to these rings. Each of these rings represented a different element, except one, which represented a muscular organ of the circulatory system. Let's go through them and see what I can remember about them.
Earth - they handed this over to the African bloke, presumably because earth is traditionally brown and so are Africans. This could basically create and control rocks. It was extremely useful when making Japanese gardens, but I wonder... what constitutes 'earth'? Metals are made of ore that come from the Earth, could he control metals as well? Could he create T1000-style stabbing weapons from thin air? Probably not, 'cos no-one was allowed to stab anyone in this sort of cartoon series.
Fire - this was given to Wheeler, the completely irresponsible American git who was a total cunt and I will hear no argument. His is the only name I can remember, as it was also the name of my 'house' at grammar school. As I recall, within five minutes of getting his ring he set fire to something by accident. That should probably have been the time whoever organised this elite band realised the importance of a proper selection process.
Water - There were two girls in the team (natch). One of them had water, and the other had wind. I can't remember which one was which, or their nationalities. There was definitely one from Eastern Europe. For some reason I thought the other was Western Europe, but Sarah assures me the other was from 'Asia'. That was all they gave, 'Asia', so presumably she was Indo-Chino-Japanese-Afghani.
Wind - When we were making up that schoolboy parody of the opening sequence, it was stretching a little bit to pretend that 'earth' referred to poo and 'water' referred to wee, but anyone could see the humour value in 'wind'. The creators of the series must have known that we'd be taking the piss out of it. If they'd called it 'air' we'd've been in trouble, but I guess 'air' isn't as dramatic. Any schoolboy who recites the line "From wherever, whatsername! With the power of WIND!" and does not immediately follow it with a loud raspberry has got something seriously wrong with them.
Heart - They had to take a fairly broad selection of kids from all over the world (the only requirement being that they spoke fluent English, apparently), and with only four rings that wouldn't have been as broad as they liked. So they invented another one to have a greater international appeal. This was some South American kid, and he had the wholly unspecific power of 'heart'. Why stop there? They could have invented a few more. "From Western Europe, Roland! With the power of FISH!" "From Australasia, Barry! With the power of DANCE!" 'Heart' was apparently 'the most special power of all', 'special' I suppose in the same sense as 'special school for special children'.
When the power of these five rings were brought together, they summoned forth a green-haired demigod by the name of CAPTAIN PLANET, who I think was Wheeler's mentor, as he had an American accent and was the biggest cunt in the universe. This show suffered from the Power Rangers/Sailor Moon problem, that being "Why didn't you do that in the first place" syndrome. There was really no point in doing anything prior to summoning the omnipotent all-powerful superhero, but they did it anyway, presumably for smacktardy reasons.
The villains in Captain Planet never had a fucking clue. They never figured out that if they committed crimes that DIDN'T involve damaging the environment, like extortion or gang rape, then the Planeteers couldn't lift a finger. But no, it was always pollution for pollution's sake. There was one prat who somehow got hold of an oil tanker, and deliberately caused a massive slick just for the sake of malice. Why did no-one point out to him that he could have sold that oil to petrol stations, make a huge profit, be operating entirely within the law and wouldn't have to get punched in the stomach by a wise-cracking twat in his underpants? They could've robbed a bank and used the money to pay for a dolphin sanctuary, that would've confused the fuck out of those pesky meddling kids.
One of these retards was some woman who'd had half her face burnt off, and another who looked an awful lot like The Thing from the Fantastic Four. My theory is it was a dare on the part of the show's writers.
WRITER A: Who shall we have for the villains?
WRITER B: I'm bored. Let's just rip them all off from Marvel and DC comics.
WRITER A: Okay!
WRITER B: Hey, wait, I wasn't serious!
WRITER A: Ooh, chickening out now, are you?WRITER B: I am not!WRITER A: Pussy pussy pussy!
WRITER B: Shut up!
WRITER A: Dares ya.
WRITER B: Don't dare me, 'cos I'll do it.WRITER A: Double dares ya!WRITER B: You're in trouble now, 'cos I'm gonna do it!
WRITER A: Triple dares ya
!WRITER B: OH BOY YOU'RE IN TROUBLE NOW!
I guess I'm done on this subject now. Nighty night, and remember: Save electricity, pick up litter, and never trust people who run oil tankers and big corporations!
From http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/archive/Jul14-19.htm
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
The Good with some bad
Good news from the doctor is that I am clear to go out of town on the 4th of July but the bad news is that I can't go out till the 4th of July weekend. He wants me to wait one more week. This really sucks as I wanted to go to Logan and Lauren's wedding. In other news, I start my tennis league tonight which should be fun and I am picking up a copy on Top Spin 3 tomorrow.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Pure Awesomeness
So yesterday was a great day. On Saturday, I decided to test my body by playing a little bit of tennis and it went great without any ill reprecussions. So yesterday I decided that I was good to go and do whatever I wanted to. I played basketball for about an hour at 1:30 and then went and played some tennis for about another hour. Both times just low key with nothing too intense. Then, last night I played basketball again and this time I went all out full court, with full intensity and I played magnificantly. I was fearful that my five weeks and counting off would have made me play really poorly and run out of energy very quickly. This did not happen and I was very surprised. I played my heart out and today, albeit a little stiff, I feel great and plan on balling again tonight.
I am also hoping that this brings about my ability to travel and not worry about any issues with my injury. I go to the doctor tomorrow and I will ask him about it (I already know his answer will be yes, since he said I am able to swim now which is a very dirty activity for an open wound). If he, in fact, does say yes then I will have him right me a not so I can prove to my parents that I am good to go.
I am also hoping that this brings about my ability to travel and not worry about any issues with my injury. I go to the doctor tomorrow and I will ask him about it (I already know his answer will be yes, since he said I am able to swim now which is a very dirty activity for an open wound). If he, in fact, does say yes then I will have him right me a not so I can prove to my parents that I am good to go.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Wii Fit
I bought Wii Fit today and another Wii for a friend. Wii Fit was for my mom but I've put in a lot of time breaking it in. I played for almost an hour and already know that I love it. I really like the idea of the top scores and I love being #1 for all the games just to torque the rest of my family off. Funny thing is though is that I set everything up for it and then after I played for an hour I rechecked everything and it said I already lost 1.9 pounds and that my age went from 19 to 25. Which struck me as odd but then I realized that it isnt perfect especially on the carpet. Thanks Logan for letting me know this. Well its off to bed
My and my XBox
I have noticed that since I started working 3 full weeks ago I have played my XBox a total of 0 minutes. I haven't decided if it is just because I have been too tired to play or if it is because I am not interested in any of the games I have right now. I know for sure that I will get some good playing time next week after I purchase Top Spin 3 which is suppost to be a great new tennis game. I really hope it is because so far the tennis games I have played remind me too much of pong but insted of just getting to the spot you have to also hit a button
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Haze Yatzee
Quick post right now.
Check out Yatzee 's review of Haze with no sound. Trust me its probably not as funny but still funny without the sound. (My work computer does not have speakers so I really had no choice)
Also very tired after staying up late watching the Celtics beat some high school team last night. (actually the LA Lakers but I really didnt see much difference.) On a side not, Kobe < MJ forever. no more comparing the two please. Kobe sucked it up in these finals and I don't see him winning another championship at the helm of his team without a big man. See Shaq and LA from early 2000s. Another note MJ never lost a finals that he played in and was the Finals MVP six times. so suck it Kobe
Check out Yatzee 's review of Haze with no sound. Trust me its probably not as funny but still funny without the sound. (My work computer does not have speakers so I really had no choice)
Also very tired after staying up late watching the Celtics beat some high school team last night. (actually the LA Lakers but I really didnt see much difference.) On a side not, Kobe < MJ forever. no more comparing the two please. Kobe sucked it up in these finals and I don't see him winning another championship at the helm of his team without a big man. See Shaq and LA from early 2000s. Another note MJ never lost a finals that he played in and was the Finals MVP six times. so suck it Kobe
Monday, June 16, 2008
Major Changes
I've decided that I have no interest in forming the minds of young children, making almost no money, and getting little respect. I have decided that I would much rather pursue a career in business. I'm not exactly sure what area of business I would pursue. This was not that easy of a task to change my major being the fact that I was four hours away and revamped my schedule while talking to someone I had never talked to before. This means that I will not be taking any more humanities or history classes which for some reason makes me very happy.
Speaking of next school year, I realized how crazy busy I will be. I am an Intramural Supervisor and secretary of Rider Hall senate. I also need to find time to study and I have to go to class. Sunday evenings through Friday afternoon or going to be very busy for me next year. I have senate meetings every Sunday evening. Class everyday during the week then in middle afternoon, I have Supervisor duties, and then I should study at night but probably will not which sucks. So it looks as though I'm gonna have to hunker down and make myself study.
Speaking of next school year, I realized how crazy busy I will be. I am an Intramural Supervisor and secretary of Rider Hall senate. I also need to find time to study and I have to go to class. Sunday evenings through Friday afternoon or going to be very busy for me next year. I have senate meetings every Sunday evening. Class everyday during the week then in middle afternoon, I have Supervisor duties, and then I should study at night but probably will not which sucks. So it looks as though I'm gonna have to hunker down and make myself study.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Kobe Blows
I am so pumped about how last night NBA Finals game went. I don't even care that it was rigged to get the Lakers-Celtics matchup. It was awesome to see the LA Kobes piss the game down their legs. This from ESPN about sums up why I am so happy about it...
"The Kobe-MJ thing ... done. Over. Jordan never would have let that happen in the Finals. Ever. Under any circumstances. Nobody is ever allowed to bring this up again."
A huge game for the Celtics who are making it look that maybe the West is not as strong as everybody thought it was in comparison to the East.
If you didn't watch the game don't worry, its gonna be on ESPN Classic for the next 4 months until next season starts.
"The Kobe-MJ thing ... done. Over. Jordan never would have let that happen in the Finals. Ever. Under any circumstances. Nobody is ever allowed to bring this up again."
A huge game for the Celtics who are making it look that maybe the West is not as strong as everybody thought it was in comparison to the East.
If you didn't watch the game don't worry, its gonna be on ESPN Classic for the next 4 months until next season starts.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Summer Movies
As we approach the 13 of June, I have come to a great realization that there are a bunch of movies coming out this summer that I feel that I must see. I will give some remarks on what I expect out of the movies that I want to see.
Prince Caspian - awesome movie that I already saw of course it makes me have an even greater respect for the Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull - seeing this one in a couple of hours; I had a high expectation for this movie orignally but after hearing some people say it wasn't very good I am a little worried about it
Kung Fu Panda - being the Jack Black fan that I am, I am expecting this one to be full of physical humor in animated form and also look really sweet at the same time
Incredible Hulk - I expect this to be more of Edward Norton as Bruce Banner trying to figure out what to do with is issue and then learning to use the Hulk to his advantage. I expect this to fairly good with some sweet effects as well
The Happening - M. Night Shyamalan's first rated R flick. I'm ready for Marky Mark to have another great acting performance and to have the piss scared out of me
The Love Guru - Michael Myers as Austin Powers never failed in making me laugh so I expect this movie to do the same. Jessica Alba in the movie doesn't hurt this flicks watchability eiher
Wall-E - Disney/Pixar thats all that needs to be said. Gonna be a good one
Hancock - Will Smith as a drunk homeless superhero has great humor potential
The Dark Knight - the most anticipated movie of the year for me. I can't wait to see it. It will also be the first full length movie I will watch in IMAX. I expect it to be the biggest money maker of the year especially after Heath Ledger's death and the fact that it looks badass
Midnight Meat Train - I will not see this movie in theaters its just the fact that it sounds like a bad porn movie makes me want to see what type of advertisement will go out before its release
Tropic Thunder - Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey Jr. as a black man makes this movie funny already and I have no doubt that it will be
Quantum of Solace - okay not a summer movie but I want to see it badly and its James Bond with Daniel Craig so its gonna be good
Harry Potter 6 - again a fall movie but still anticipating it to fill my HP void since all the books have already come out and besides this one has to come out before Spielberg (rumored) does the 7th movie
That about sums up my summer movie list
Prince Caspian - awesome movie that I already saw of course it makes me have an even greater respect for the Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull - seeing this one in a couple of hours; I had a high expectation for this movie orignally but after hearing some people say it wasn't very good I am a little worried about it
Kung Fu Panda - being the Jack Black fan that I am, I am expecting this one to be full of physical humor in animated form and also look really sweet at the same time
Incredible Hulk - I expect this to be more of Edward Norton as Bruce Banner trying to figure out what to do with is issue and then learning to use the Hulk to his advantage. I expect this to fairly good with some sweet effects as well
The Happening - M. Night Shyamalan's first rated R flick. I'm ready for Marky Mark to have another great acting performance and to have the piss scared out of me
The Love Guru - Michael Myers as Austin Powers never failed in making me laugh so I expect this movie to do the same. Jessica Alba in the movie doesn't hurt this flicks watchability eiher
Wall-E - Disney/Pixar thats all that needs to be said. Gonna be a good one
Hancock - Will Smith as a drunk homeless superhero has great humor potential
The Dark Knight - the most anticipated movie of the year for me. I can't wait to see it. It will also be the first full length movie I will watch in IMAX. I expect it to be the biggest money maker of the year especially after Heath Ledger's death and the fact that it looks badass
Midnight Meat Train - I will not see this movie in theaters its just the fact that it sounds like a bad porn movie makes me want to see what type of advertisement will go out before its release
Tropic Thunder - Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey Jr. as a black man makes this movie funny already and I have no doubt that it will be
Quantum of Solace - okay not a summer movie but I want to see it badly and its James Bond with Daniel Craig so its gonna be good
Harry Potter 6 - again a fall movie but still anticipating it to fill my HP void since all the books have already come out and besides this one has to come out before Spielberg (rumored) does the 7th movie
That about sums up my summer movie list
Monday, June 9, 2008
Butt Words
Over the last year I school, I noticed and got upset over the fact that girls wear clothing with words written on the butt. What bothers me most about this is the fact that most girls do not like to have their hind ends stared at. But with words written upon their derrieres, it is just natural for people to want to know what the word or words say. It gets more difficult to read the words if the person is moving and there tush is moving as well causing the words to bounce around. Also, it is very embarassing when the person notices you staring at their rump and all you were honestly trying to do was read what it said there. If women don't want other people staring at their butts they shouldn't put words there.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
My Surgery
Its been almost three weeks since my surgery and it does not show many signs of a super fast healing which really sucks. I have two weddings that I wanted to go to this summer and its looking as though I won't be able to attend either one which really sucks. Also, I am unable to do any sports which was my plan to play tennis and basketball all summer and thats pretty much out the window. The healing process usually takes about 8 weeks to be completed and I am hoping for a quick recovery which does not seem to be happenning.
Friday, June 6, 2008
2 Wii's in 6 days
The ever elusive Wii that has been hunted and wanted by many since they
came out. I personally have found two of these hard to find devices in less
than a week (one for a church auction and one for my dad for Father's Day)at Gamestop and Toys R Us and both of them being the last one they had in stock. My mom wants to get Wii Fit and I haven't decided yet if I will enjoy
it as much as she will. I find it amusing that my parents enjoy the Wii more than I do. I would much rather play the XBox 360 myself because it fits my playing interests more. The only reason I enjoyed the Wii so much was because of Super Mario World in the downloadable games area. My roommate from last year Logan, and his soon to be wife have good memories of my struggles through this game.
came out. I personally have found two of these hard to find devices in less
than a week (one for a church auction and one for my dad for Father's Day)at Gamestop and Toys R Us and both of them being the last one they had in stock. My mom wants to get Wii Fit and I haven't decided yet if I will enjoy
it as much as she will. I find it amusing that my parents enjoy the Wii more than I do. I would much rather play the XBox 360 myself because it fits my playing interests more. The only reason I enjoyed the Wii so much was because of Super Mario World in the downloadable games area. My roommate from last year Logan, and his soon to be wife have good memories of my struggles through this game.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Word Verification
Almost everytime you set up something new, such as new email or a new blog, they require word verification. You know the stupid word that is nearly impossible to read in its crazy font with weird colors and to make matters even worse, they sometimes have lines going through the word to make it even tougher to read. One would think that with all the advances in technology we have today they would be able to come up with a way to not have to use those Verifications. Its almost as though sites that use these are trying to weed out some of the people who are unable to read them and that just does not seem right.
First Post
Hey everybody,
First post today while I am at work. I had a little downtime so I thought I'd see what this was all about. My roommate from last year, Logan Vander Wiel, introduced me to this blogging stuff during the past school year with his incessant typing at night. Anyways, I plan on using this to complain about everyday crap that angers me and just to ramble.
Have a hot day
First post today while I am at work. I had a little downtime so I thought I'd see what this was all about. My roommate from last year, Logan Vander Wiel, introduced me to this blogging stuff during the past school year with his incessant typing at night. Anyways, I plan on using this to complain about everyday crap that angers me and just to ramble.
Have a hot day
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