Goodbye, hello

So much to say these days and no time to type it. Sadly, this trend will have to continue for at least another week.

Goodbye Seattle, hello Denver. Hope to see some of the cool kids while I'm home!

Aeon Flux

Æon Flux is going to be made into an Xbox game! Come on old schoolers, I know you remember that show from Liquid Television. Æon Flux has to be one of my all time favorite shows. I loved it sober, but this one time, I watched it on acid...oh...my...god. What a great show! Cue John Stewart...Ever seen the back of a twenty dollar bill? Ever seen the back of a twenty dollar bill...on WEED? And the little fly on the eyeball thing was always cool. Looking for links for this bit I also found out that they are making it into a movie, staring Charlize Theron (IMHO this is the best she's ever looked...I'm not a big fan). I'm not sure what I think of the movie thing, hopefully it's better than that dreadful Tomb Raider crap. Either way, it'll probably suck, but I'm going to have to see it on principal anyway. The trailer doesn't look too bad, I think I'm going to have to be excited! Frances McDormand is also in the film and at the end of the trailer I swear I see Kevin Spacey, but he's not listed in the credits.

Oh by the way, drugs are bad kids. I only tried them in college so you wouldn't have to. Think of me as your Jesus.

Okay, that's not a very good metaphor, but whatever. Or is it a simile? See, that right there proves my point. That C₂₀H₂₅N_3O incident was probably the night before an apparently important English lesson. And I was probably hungover the day we discussed comma and semi-colon usage too. Bah!

$399

Xbox 360 ba-bay! Not bad for everything you get: console, faceplate, hard drive, wireless controller, wireless headset, HD AV cables, Eternet cable, Media Remote Control and Xbox Live. I'm definitely going to have to buy one, just not quite sure when. I probably won't be in line the first day though.

A few things to note in the gaming industry:

I think Xbox has a bigger budget for one convention than my company makes in a year. Check out this video of their "booth" at the Gaming Convention in Leipzig Germany. Seriously, you call that a booth? Jeebus! Anyway, that's just a grotesque amount of money being spent there. Pretty damn sweet, but still grotesque.

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moving this to it's own post because it's so frickin' rad
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Go Blogger, Go Blogger...

I just noticed a sweet new feature that Blogger has added to their navbar.


Finally, a way to get rid of those stupid spam sites that post 100 times every day about where I can buy a new alarm clock! Of course, the flag feature really doesn't do much good since you can specify in your settings to not include the Blogger Bar on your site. Can't flag a site if the option's not there. But maybe the spammers aren't smart enough to figure that out. I figure the average spammers brain to be less functional than that of my 2 year old. Dicks.

Fancy-prop Senior Photos are Lame

I know that probably goes without saying, but for some reason people still seem compelled to pose with their new car, favorite book, Top Gun shades, tigers, etc...

Wait, nobody would actually pose for a senior photo with a tiger would they? Sadly, yes, they would. Let this be a lesson to you soon to be seniors out there. When the time comes this year to get your photo taken, go to a normal studio, with a normal backdrop and take your damn picture.

Quarters from Hell

I don't know about you, but I'm damn glad I didn't go to college with this guy. I'd probably be dead now.

Check out the crazy ass video.

Batter's still up

Safeco Field
Originally uploaded by That Will Guy.

There's a lot I could say about baseball, but it's late and I just don't have the energy right now. I guess the game wasn't all that bad, and I didn't even have any of the $8(!!!) beers. However in true baseball form, it just won't freaking end. We left after the 6th inning. They're on 14 now and still going. That's one of my biggest beefs about baseball, it just goes on and on and on and on. Play till somebody wins is cool in like say hockey playoffs, but regular season baseball? *yawn*

One thing I must mention before moving on to playing some Doom III (I'm so mad at myself for installing that game the other night!), if you're ever at Safeco Field, and you think it might be cool to eat at the Hit It Here Cafe...think again. Sure, the view is pretty sweet, but the food S U C K S. I wasn't really expecting much, but even for staidum food it was way on the low end of sub par.


Update: Looks like the Twins went up 4 runs in the top of the 14th, so I'm guessing that it will mercifully all be over soon.

Batter Up

Tonight I'm going to my first real sporting event outside of Colorado since I moved. However, for several reasons, I don't really quite know how to feel about it:

1. I am going to a baseball game—I dislike baseball
2. The Mariners are playing—I don't care about them
3. The Twins are playing—I don't care about them either
4. Beer is ridiculously expensive here

Best I can hope for is that I can find some good food and a beer stand that doesn't break the bank. Although, even having a beer isn't going to be that great. It really figures, the weather has been absolutly gorgeous bright and sunny here for the past three weeks. What's it like today, the one day I'm going to an outdoor sporting event? Overcast and chilly.

Stupid nature.
Stupid baseball.

SeaFair 2005

Sasquatch
Originally uploaded by That Will Guy.

I went to SeaFair 2005 and all I got was this lousy sunburn.

SeaFair was pretty cool this year, but then I haven't been to any previous years so I guess I don't really have a point of comparison. However, it was better than NOT going, how about that?

The original plan was to go on Saturday, but we wound up there on Sunday instead. It really didn't matter which, both days were hot, hot, HOT.

The Blue Angels were really cool (how could you say any different) but honestly, I think I enjoyed the little aerobatic biplanes more. Those guys are 100% crazy in the head. The pictures don't do their acts any justice, not by a long shot. All I can say is that they were very impressive to watch.

The hydroplanes were pretty sweet to see as well, they were a new experience to me. I just can't imagine going upwards of 150 MPH in a boat on a choppy lake. How'd that be for wakeboarding Jimmy? :P

You can see all the pictures here. Well, not all, I took over 500!

Friday

1. Do you play any sports?
No. Used to be a big swimmer though.

2. Do you exercise on a regular basis?
Well, if typing and moving a mouse is considered excercise then yes, almost constantly.

3. Name one person that raises your blood pressure:
My mutant-butt neighbor.

4. You need to go up two floors in a building: do you use the stairs or the elevator?
Two floors, elevator. One floor, stairs. I hate it when people take the elevator for one floor. Especially when they are going down. However it does give me a good chuckle when they wait twice as long for the elevator than it would have taken them to just hop down the flight of stairs. Lazy fucks.

5. One thing that makes you go "Hmmmmm"?
Questions that make me think.

Ninjas for Christ

Got some time on your hands? Haven't excercised your neck today? Well I've got a real head shaker for you that will fix that up right quick: Ninjas For Christ.

Every time I think he's not being serious, he says something else that makes me think he is indeed dead serious.

I don't have a problem with religious folk, but people like this kind of weird me out.

You know it's going to be expensive when...

I tried out a new hair salon not too far from my office today that got voted as the best in the area. When I arrived, there was a spanking new, deep blue Lamborghini Gallardo parked out front. I had heard that the salon's prices were pretty reasonable, but upon seeing that their clientele drove $165,000 cars I was a little skeptical. Actually, truth be told, I'm pretty used to seeing super expensive cars around here now, Ferrari's are definitely not in short supply around campus, but this was the first Lamborghini I think I've ever seen in person. And it was absolutely the nicest car I've ever seen somebody drive to get their hair cut.

But my worries were unfounded as the cut only cost me $35. I know, for you Supercuts people this sounds absurd, but I'm used to paying a lot more than that for a rather average cut. My stylist, Chloé, did a superb job (reminiscent of the cuts my good pal Phil at The Parlour back in Denver used to do) and was quite easy on the eyes to boot. And, as an extra bonus, she had some sweet fingernails going on that felt oh so good doing the shampoo thing. So for me it was more than well worth it.

Since I know you're interested, the owner of the Lamborghini was probably in his late 20's early 30's and was there with one of his friends. They were totally the type of people you'd imagine in a car like that around here, way laid back and well dressed in saggy shorts, baggy button-up shirts and flip flops. They didn't have that prim snobby air about them, but they totally had that rich kid thing going on. I'm sure you know what I mean. I didn't interact with the owner at all, but the friend was pretty down to earth. He noticed that a car that was parked 2 spaces over from them had recently left and was going to have some serious issues getting home. Somehow the thing lost it's oil plug and it, along with the entire contents of the pan, was now happily pooled up in the parking lot. Ouch.

Anyway, that's all I have to say about that. Definitely top on my list of interesting hair salon visits.

Contrary to popular belief, I'm a winner

The Xbox 360 Faceplate Contest winners have finally been announced. Lowly 'ole me grabbed an Honorable Mention with my first rendition of a traffic light design. It's kind of funny, that was probably my least favorite out of all the ones I did...and also the one I spent the least amount of time on. I guess I win a special "Major Nelson" edition Xbox Live headset. Not all that whippy because I already have two pairs that I got direct from the manufacturer at a product fair here on campus last year. I'd have rather won the T-Shirt, but I guess I can't complain. I'm a weiner either way, not bad for being one of >1200 entries. Yay me.

PS- A huge congrats to qbix for his winning entry. I knew that was the clear winner the minute I saw it uploaded.

She Frickin' Blocked Me

I love Albino Black Sheep.

Admit it, you're going to be singing it on your way to work tomorrow. Trust.

Banana Hippie Chick

There's a little shopping community out here called Country Village. It's essentially just a place full of little shops, a few places to eat and a pond with ducks. There is a candle shop there called the Trimmed Wick. According to the sign they had out front, their scent of the month is Bananna Hippie Chick. I didn't go smell it, but I imagine it smells like you dropped your bannanna on the ground in the woods and then stepped on it.