Insanely Awe-dical

TV has been great lately. It seems like over and over I enjoy a show, forget how great it is, and when I start seeing more episodes of it, it makes me realize just what made me love it in the first place.

Jason Lee's karma-born-again character Earl was asked the above question at a sort of all-addictions-anonymous meeting, and he responds:

"Hmm, no, I don't have a gambling problem, I'm winning, and winning is not a problem. That's like saying Michael Jordan has a basketball problem, or Def Leppard has an awesomeness problem."

Earlier in that same episode, Earl and his brother Randy showed a fellow friend how to gamble, and are distraught to see he had gambled away all of his possessions and the house is now empty. The camera zooms out to show the large empty living room right before rolling to commercial, and Randy shouts out "RIIIIIIIIIIICOLA" Simple, not-quite-smart, but funny stuff. I hope to see more good episodes of My Name Is Earl.

Signing papers today. I had a dream today that someone ran my credit without me asking them to, and it stressed me out so bad that I woke up.

Oh, nothing is quite as tough as wrapping presents with a hyper puppy, and the stupid discount wrapping paper + stupid discount scotch tape.

Today is the walkthrough of the new house, and while that makes me very excited, I'm slightly nervous that I won't catch all of th edetails I want to catch. There are rules of thumb, but I suppose the best rule would be to "check everything." This time next week, I should have already signed my life away and have added some fresh keys to my chain.

It's nice and chilly in Vegas, and the chilly in Vegas is cold, but just as manageable as chilly in LA. In LA, I could wake up to fog and seeing my outgoing breath is a good indication of "cold." The humidity in Vegas is drastically less, and I don't see fog often, but my coworkers did tell me 2 years ago they did wake up to a couple inches of for-real-that-just-fell snow, so I'm aware of the potential. Getting up in the winter is tough, especially when you have a warm beagle sleeping on your cold semi-exposed feet to keep you warm. Sweaters and sweatpants have become my best friend lately.

I have a huge laundry list of stuff to take care of this weekend, so I'm glad there isn't anyone in town and no social events to attend. Not that I'm a huge socialite; I more of less am part of those outings that Kate attends, not to mention the seemingly biweekly visit to Vegas that someone we know makes.

I renewed bozasm.com for another year at the same stellar rate I got it last couple of years, and I have to remind myself every year to use the login/pw that Edgar gave me, since I never properly transferred control of the domain to a user of my own choosing. It's not a big deal; Gmail's search/archive function saved me the trouble of thinking about the login too long.

It's funny how things like fans become so useless in the winter time; in the summer, they are your best friend. I already bought a ceiling fan for the new house at a great deal, and Kate said that it was probably cheap because it's the winter time right now.

I'm trying to diagnose where the problem lies when I'm burning CDs: the burn works fine (Nero/iTunes), and with no problems. Playing the disk in my car (and in Alex's car) yields problems at about the 3-4th track. I burned another CD on kate's iBook, same issue in my car, but not in her car. I feel like it is these Nexxtech cds that I bought years ago, but I never had a problem then, or when I first bought this dvd-rom. Whatever it is, I have a decent stash of Memorex's available, so I'll live.

I read that BB and Gamestop are sitting on their Wii's until this Sunday for a big sales weekend. *crosses fingers* Wish me luck on Sunday. I'll do what drkoo did and go at 7am on Sunday with my ipod and my DS. Booyah.

me: http://www.screwattack.com/Flash%20HTML/VGV/ChipNDale.html
me: omg this stuff is hilarious
drkoo: omg
drkoo: i used to play this game to death
drkoo: didn't know english back then so i had no idea what i was playing but it was fun

Any time someone enjoys something so much, despite it being in another language, that is awesome. Other instances include when something isn't quite readable of understandable, but is still enjoyed, falls under a similar category of awesome.

Examples: Iron Chef, the story of Metal Gear Solid 2 and Princess Mononoke, I Heart Huckabees, Final Fantasy 1 when the cartridge was broken, and other random things I experienced that were so troublesomely odd that it was enjoyable.

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She's crawlin all over me as I try to post. I just played T&C Surf Design today. It was awesome. I'm awesome at the surfing part of it. It was a good old school experience. I realized that I'm better at some games, and way worse at others, like Low-G man, which i used to be awesome at. I played some Tecmo Super Bowl. It was made in 1991, and NY Giants dominated with Phil Simms and Lawrence Taylor, while the Buffalo Bills dominated with "QB Bills" Andre Reed, and Thurman Thomas. Back when I used to actually know football players.

Check out this little excerpt I made about me and Kate trying to get the Wii:

Walmart - 7:15 am. I feel good. I'm ready to get it. I see a line, but am undaunted -- there are plenty for everyone. They are surrounded by a blue-vested Wal-mart attendee. A lady is complaining to him that we followed directions, and they didn't, and they got rewarded. The situation unfolds, and we are informed that raincheck tickets were given to people yesterday. We had all called Wal-mart, and they told us - first come, first serve 8am. We were screwed. Another Wal-mart perhaps.

We go to Wal-mart number 2 - 7:45. The line is small, and I am confident. If there was a similar raincheck mishap, they would have been informed by now, and I make a point to enjoy the moment of victory. With the front of the line in sight, I believe I am about 10th in line. 30 Wiis at the prevoius Walmart, so this should be no different, right? WRONG. Lady comes by and gives us the news -- only 5 available. Kate and I talk about how that sucks, and in fact the price of the pre-order would have been worth the 4-5 trips we've made to various places (BB, Target, Walmart, etc).

Wii -- you are out of reach for now, but soon enough..

So a friend of mine said big N said they'd have 4 million units out soon. The search shouldn't be tough later. I know that my posts have been noticeably lame. It's cuz I'm noticeably tired at the moment. I'm not even sure how to spell noticeably.

http://www.funderazor.com/

Basically it's a guitar hero bar party. Beer + guitar hero sounds great! If only I knew more people who played, and would like to play on a big screen. Too bad this thing is in NY, but it'd be cool to check out! Plus everything there is for charity. awwww...

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About Fünde Razor

Welcome to the official web site of Fünde Razor, an officially-sanctioned fund raising event for Penny Arcade's Child's Play Charity. (It's all so official!)

What: Drinking, Gaming, and Prizes.

• Play Guitar Hero on a giant screen!

• Drink some of New England's finest beers! In cups!

• Play classic stand-up arcade games by the bushel!

• Win one of our dozens of ROFL RAFL prizes, including a... Okay, we're still working on this year's prizes.

When: 8PM, Wednesday, December 6th.

Where: Barcade, Brooklyn's finest over-21 classic gaming and beer drinking establishment.
388 Union Avenue, Brooklyn, New York; Between Powers and Ainslie
L train to Lorimer (Union Ave Exit) or G Train to Metropolitan

How: There ain't no cover change to rock! Show up ready to play games, drink top-quality brews, and buy tickets to win prizes.

Why: We're doing it for the kids. All proceeds from the raffle and competitions go directly, 100%, no overhead to the kids of The Children's Hospital of Montefiore in the Bronx, via the Child's Play Charity.

Last year's FÜNDE RAZOR raised over $1,600. This year we hope to triple that!

Who: Everyone is welcome, as long as you're over 21. It is Barcade, after all.

On the web at FundeRazor.com, ChildsPlayCharity.com, BarcadeBrooklyn.com, and Montekids.org.

FÜNDE RAZOR is an officially recognized event for Child's Play Charity, but wholly the responsibility of Joel Johnson, not Barcade, Montefiore, Child's Play, or any of the sponsors. If something goes sideways, blame him.

RSVP is not necessary, but if you have the time, a quick email to Joel (joeljohnson SHRANG gmail.com) would be appreciated.