I'm somewhat bored around here. I really want to go to Norfolk. I want to go to Hastings in Norfolk and load up on retro Miniatures. The problem is that I'm not in a position to just up and go 1 and a half hours away for that. So somebody give me a reason to visit...
I'm so lazy I don't update. On Friday I went into Omaha to trade in my duplicate fringe Miniatures for the Anakin they had. I got rid of all but 4 and they are playing the game. Granted there was a bunch of like 10 year olds, it's still fun. I may have to come back because they game Miniatures every Friday night. I then went to Best Buy and got the Franz Ferdinand CD which is awesome. Then I went to Matt's to play DnD. I'm a ranger named Jolan who was beat to pieces. Fun. It was Dan, Andie, Matt, Me, Will, and the other guy whose name I have forgotten. I'm looking forward to seeing how that progresses. They left and Matt and I played a few rounds of Miniatures and I think he liked it. I was trying to download one of the Episode III games for my cell but my phone doesn't support it. Oh well, I hope they are still up when I get a new phone sometime.
Speaking of my phone, I think I found a way to make it ring at home. When I plug it in, it actually gets calls. If not, I've turned on text messaging through MSN and I get those when I have a signal. Sorry there hasn't been much to blog. There's just nothing interesting going on a work that I'm allowed to post onto the Internet.
Anyways, when you see Episode III, here's a list of the Easter eggs to catch in it.
I've got a cell now. It took me a while. I'm not posting the number here because that's just stupid. If you want it, email, comment, or IM me sometime. I decided on Cingular because they're the only ones that work here and Wayne that's not Alltel. Alltel sucks.
Words of advice: We get little coverage in the hole that is my house, but everywhere works fine. If you call not during work hours (8-5) and it doesn't go through, I'm at home, call my home number. Sometimes my phone is on at 3 because that's when I'm allowed to have it on, and I might have it on for lunch from 1-2. I might activate text messaging, we'll see how much minutes I use up.
OK, the wind moved our Internet antenna. It's down. So here's a recap:
Star Wars, good
Star Wars on Saturday night, good
Bought more Miniatures, got a Dooku
Got a cell phone, email or comment for number.
I think that's all. I'll try to Audio Blog sometime if something is good.
Yippie! We got to Oakview at around 6:30-7:00pm after loading up at HyVee and got in a line. There were so many people there it was unreal. There was a Toys R Us Geoffrey dressed as Vader there among the nerds. The nerds were using lightsabers and dressed up so I laughed. I also noticed people have much more money than me. There was a bunch of PSPs and iPods around it made me depressed. Anyways, we found out we were in the wrong line and got into our correct, shorter line. The staff told the geeks that they couldn't bring their lightsabers and lawn chairs inside so they lost their spots I assume. A guy dressed as Master Chief showed up though. They let us in at about 9:00pm and then the nerds ran into the theater to wiat for 3 more hours.
We had bought tickets at different times so we had to smuggle some people into our showing. We had a couple Jedi and a Padme in our showing so I laughed. The were cheering the preshow countdown, the trailers, and then the logos. They also had $1 pop and popcorn which was nice. The movie was great. I think it was the best of the prequels and maybe knock down an original, maybe. I got back around 4:00am and had to go to work. Now I hope that we can start the DnD Fridays.
Darth Geoffrey loses his Frisbee 
The Mass of Sub-humanity that is Star Wars Nerds 
The Green Guy is Master Chief 
The Nerd Vader approaches the Nerd Master Chief (a clash of the franchises!) 
Dude, The Killers, August 10, Sokol Auditorium, likely to sell out soon, anyone want to go?
Well now that I'm actually in customer service among other jobs, my days are becoming less enjoyable. I'm so excited and a little stressed about Wednesday but that's ok. So yeah, if you actually call the bank with an account question, you might be unlucky enough to get me. Right now I'm doing three people's worth of work for this week only until the new person gets in. People got new offices today. Nick Vrba was one stuck behind Jill and he always looked like he was working on the printer over there. I laugh to myself. Also, because my lunch is at 1:00, I must watch As The World Turns, as if I had a choice. It's funny to see people's reactions to those cheesy soaps.
I admit it, I'm an impulse shopper. I saw only one Miniatures booster left at Walmart so I got it. And I'm glad I did! It had many repeats, but had General Grevious, Jedi Hunter. This is the 4-lightsaber version that gets Quadruple Attack but is weaker and loses the commander effect. The plot thickens.
Also, I've been shopping for a cell phone now. We hate Alltel, so I've looked into Cingular and going to look at Nextel. Cingular might work where I live and will at the end of the year when the tower is done and works at Wayne, so they're the best bet. I just don't want to be stuck out here with ½ bars until college. Nextel works here, but might not in Wayne, we have to find out. They are expensive though and I know I won't use the walkie talkie feature. So many decisions. If any of you Omaha metro-areans use a company other than Alltel and it works well in Wayne, let me know...
This is awesome. The Star Wars promotions are in full swing. There's one thing I don't understand. If this movie is for kids, why are there kids shoes with Episode III branding on them? Along with Darth Tater for ages 3+. Anyways, I was in Walmart and picked up some more Miniatures including Wat Tambor, leader of the TechnoUnion. He allows you to repair droids and have someone else draw fire. He also allows you to bring in 20 more reinforcements after seeing the Republic's army letting you have up to 120 points of people on your side. Oh well. I was browsing through the many toys and I got around to one circular display of action figures and something stood out. Not kidding, I was like "Oh my God! The Red Guy!" and grabbed in within 2 seconds and walked off. I finally have one of the hard-to-find Emperor's Royal Guard to match my blue guard. So I'm happy, how are you?
It's not often I review video games so this may be fun. The game is very fun to play. You basically have complete control of Jedi lightsaber combat. Force powers almost seem random to use. I'm also not sure how to gain additional experience once you've beat the game. It also seems that blocking can be not enough. The enemies can always hit you in sets but you're lucky to get two combos out without getting damaged. It's somewhat hard to do combos because you never know when it works and you have have to wait for the whole sh-bang before you can do another. Somehow General Grevious can block Force powers despite not being Force-sensitive and not just MagnaGuard battlestaffs are the only thing that block lightsabers. Seriously, near the end the Neimoidian brutes will swing back their axes, while blocking you somehow, and swing and hit you. I swear I was just hacking away at them with a lightsaber. Seriously, way too many things can deflect a lightsaber. Anyways, they don't really tell you how to fight Jedi effectively so I had to cheat to keep going.
The thing that saves this game is the multiplayer stuff. It has a Tekken-esque versus mode where you pick from between Anakin, Obi-Wan, Mace Windu, two game Jedi, Count Dooku, General Grevious, Darth Vader, and old Obi-Wan. I would've included Luke and Maul just because they're the only others left and that would be fun. I'm not looking for continuity with saber hits, because this is just fun. I'm not sure though why Grevious's 4-arm mode has a time limit. That's like losing control of a leg for a while. There's also some bonus missions that let you play as a MagnaGuard or Yoda, etc. That's fun along with the final bonus mission of replaying the Episode IV battle on the Death Star. Let's just say that makes that saber battle much more climactic.
On the whole it's a fun game and a good rental. I would probably purchase it when it goes below $30 just because of the annoying non-lightsaber blocking, but the Tekken is awesome.
I went over to my cousin's house for a party yesterday and he said his PlayStation was acting up and he had a new backup. Well, we wanted to play Episode III and it was acting up so he broke it out. It was one of the little things. It is so small. The disc goes in a popup door on the top and not a drawer like before. It's pretty nice except for one thing: the multitap doesn't fit. The old PS2's has the memory card slots and controller ports at the same level, but now the controller ports are recessed in comparison to the memory card slots. So when you plug in a multitap, the memory card works, but the controllers don't. What moron at Sony thought of that? I was amazed by how the PS1 and PS2 were interchangeable with their cables, except now the power cable is different. Why would they mess with that? Anyways, if anyone know where I can find a multitap for him that fits a slim PS2, let me know...
I went to Walmart on Friday. That was fun. I picked up the Episode III soundtrack. That's cool because the movie starts off with a battle and instead of the main title fading away into peacefulness, it just screams action after the crawl. Fun! They also had Revenge of the Sith Miniatures fo $10! I'm surprised they have them and for cheap. By the way Rachel and Jodie, Walmart only has gay PEZ dispensers such as Pumbaa or Donald Duck. Where are the Star Wars ones? I also rented the Episode III video game. It's not bad. I'll review it further later.
Anyways, yesterday I went with Josh Dahl into Omaha because yesterday was Free Comic Book Day. I found the Star Wars one and picked up a booster of Miniatures. It came with Zam Wesell for fringe. Her card says:
Kouhoun Infestation (Replaces turn: 60 damage to 1 enemy within 12 squares regardless of line of sight, save 11)Holy crap! That changes the game. Later I got him to play Miniatures and he didn't mind it. We then played Episode III and Battlefront. That was fun.
I'm almost done! I have to take my Sped final which shouldn't be too hard. Then I pack up the computer, take out the trash, take photos of my empty, echoing room, get checked out, and I'm gone. I have my Sunfire filled to the brim with stuff to take home (photos to follow soon) That will be a fun 1½ hour drive.
Well next week I'll be working from like morning until 5. I'll have time from 6-6:30 on and I'll have weekends off. If anyone wants to get a hold of me for some reason, here's when I'll be available. I'll try to keep blogging so you all can keep wasting time with Jimmy. I might be getting a cell this summer, not sure yet so we'll see.
Hope everyone has an awesome summer and go see Star Wars starting May 19. (If anyone is in the Omaha area and wants to go to the midnight showing at Oakview, let me know sometime, I may be able to hook you up)
My clock fell down a few minutes ago. It totally shattered which was cool to watch. The neon tube burst. It kinda angers me because it gave me no warning signs, it just went. Oh well, I just really liked that clock. I may have to get a hold of a new one if they're cheap or if anyone knows where I can get neon tubes because the clock part still works. The insanely bright blue light is gone!
And for future reference: If anyone knows how to hang a clock on a concrete wall (no nails) by some other way than two pieces of curled duct tape on the back with two pieces of duct tape going down the sides, let me know!
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Nintendo Themes A Capella (outrageous)
Here's my finals schedule:
T 10:30am - Family and Personal Relationships
W 8:00am - American Experience II
W 10:30am - Government
R 8:00am - Psychology
R 3:30pm - Special Education
I plan on moving my nonessentials out tomorrow as well as studying for the two tests on Wednesday. Wednesday I'll pack more and give back my books and Thursday my mom will come up and take home some stuff for me. If I think I can get all my stuff in by Wednesday, she won't need to come up though. I plan on being outta here on Thursday after my last final. If anyone wants a lunch, dinner, or to hang out with Jimmy before summer, give me a holler by phone, email, or comment.
Today I had one class today. It was History. We had a small turnout on Friday so she said she give us our test question on Monday. Well I get there and there's a cancellation sign on the door. The only time I don't want a class cancelled is when I want a good grade on a final. I hope that someone finds out what is on the final. So I went back to my room and "watched" TV (slept through) and then later watched Star Wars Episode II. Oh well...
For no other reason: the Death of the Nord Chair 
In the days before the Clone Wars, it was decided that battle droids suck. They suck more than any other kind of army in existence. They hit nothing and had warning labels that say "Fragile." So then, to one-up the battle droids, clone troopers are created. Now they don't look like they suck, considering their enemies, but they do.
There is only one movie that gives them credit, the original. Sure, they're weak minded and such, but they can survive walking into a starship single-file against several Rebel troopers aiming at the door. When the Jawas are slaughtered, Obi-Wan notices that Tusken Raiders could not have killed them and rather stormtroopers "are so precise." Ironic considering Tusken Raiders can pick off podracers going at around 300mph. I think he meant frequent, or he may be remembering how efficient they were in killing the Jedi off. I don't blame them for bad targeting since they can't see a thing in their helmets. Who was the brainchild Kaminoan designer who thought of that? Whatever saving grace they had is now gone after Obi-Wan bites the dust and a squadron of troopers can't hit Luke standing still not too far away from them.
They are able to conquer Hoth, but they were supported by walkers and Vader. Here's an idea: instead of setting up a larger gun to shoot the non-moving starship before it leaves, find a way to open the door! It's worth a try. I also love the great protection their armor gives them. Leia gets shot and "it's not bad" but when a bolt hits a trooper, it burns through the armor and he falls over backwards. I know they can't see a thing, but smoke is also the thing that completely screws with their vision.
It's only in the last movie do we see their crowning moment. Hey, Endor is green, get down their with your white as snow armor. The scout trooper isn't much of a scout considering he stands out from a half mile away. They are supposed to convey this aura of fearlessness, and "we don't need to hide ourselves" mentality. Well that only works when your troops are actually good. Oh yes, it is nice how the Emperor sends his best troops to eliminate the Rebel task force only to have their forces destroyed by teddy bears. Sticks and stones my break my armor but we'll never fire a shot. Seriously, who was the brainchild Kaminoan designer who thought of their armor? Can't see, can't move, no protection from rocks much less blasters, and no camouflage.
"Well, unfortunately there's no more room on the schedule. We've just got to accept the fact that Fox has to make room for terrific shows like Dark Angel, Titus, Undeclared, Action, That 80's Show, Wonder Falls, Fastlane, Andy Richer Controls the Universe, Skin, Girls Club, Cracking Up, The Pitts, Firefly, Get Real, Freaky Links, Wanda At Large, Costello, The Lone Gunmen, A Minute With Stan Hooper, Normal Ohio, Pasedena, Harsh Realm, Keen Eddie, The Street, American Embassy, Cedric the Entertainer, The Tick, Louie, and Greg the Bunny." - Peter Griffin
"Well I suppose if all those shows go down the tubes, we might have a shot." - Peter Griffin
"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey...hey...stop it...stop it...OK...All right." - Peter Griffin as Jesus Christ
"...Oh here are the coffee mugs." - Peter Griffin
"What good is mining nose gold if you can't share it with the townspeople?" - Chris Griffin
"How does it smell, Dog? Does it smell like servitude? Hahaha! Aft torpedoes, fire!" - Stewie Griffin
"Hehehehe, gross!" - Peter Griffin
"Peter, what the hell is wrong with you? I fall asleep for 10 minutes and you plow the car into a tree! Oh my God, you gotta pay attention to the road! We could've been killed! I mean, look at the front of our car! It's totaled, it's completely totaled, Peter! Oh this is teriffic! How are we gonna get...oh my God! I knew I should've driven! I should always drive! I cannot trust you Peter Griffin!" - Lois Griffin
"Stand perfectly still, Lois. They're vision is based on movement." "Where'd you go?" - Peter Griffin and a hooker
"That show only furthers the stereotype that George Lopez is funny." - Chris Griffin
"Wear it now!" - Chris Griffin
"I don't have to listen to you. You're a dog, you don't have a soul!" - Chris Griffin
"Diane, I'm standing outside Park Barrington Hotel because they don't allow Asians inside." - Tricia Takinawa
"You don't want to hurt yourself dancing. Make sure you stretch out those creamy hamstrings." - Creepy Old Guy
"Yes, I've put on a few pounds for my next role. I play Peter Griffin, a heroic warrior who defied the English to free England from the English." - Peter Griffin as Mel Gibson
"Almost...almost...almost...there we are." "Well done." - High-class British porn
"You know, Margaret, we could have sexual intercourse right now." "Yes, yes we could." "But let's not." - High-class British porn
"Well what are we supposed to do, Lois, just admit that there's no excitement left in our marriage, go home, and spend the rest of our lives looking at each other across the breakfast table talking about how much we each like Total?" - Peter Griffin
"Ooh, actually so do I. And it's healthy for us, too--Oh God! It's starting already!" - Peter Griffin
"Peter, are you crazy? Look, stealing Mel Gibson's towels, bathrobes, and Nazi paraphenelia is one thing, but this is a multi-million dollar film and he's a very powerful man." - Lois Griffin
"This is even more intense than that time I forgot how to sit down." - Peter Griffin
"Mr. Tucker, it seems your son, Jake, had some vodka at the school dance, and, uh, Chris got blamed for it. This, uh, this whole situation has just really turned his whole life upside-down face." - Brian Griffin
"Yeah, look at this! Oh yeah, you don't like this! Yeah, this is what Benji would do! Oh yeah, that feels so good! That feels so good!" - Brian Griffin
"Well that may be, but what were all forgeting is: Anyone who doesn't want to go to war is gay." - Peter Griffin
"Don't worry, Lois. There's a dog turd in there. By the time he finds out, we'll be long gone--" "There's a dog turd in here." - Peter Griffin and Mel Gibson
"I know this is the wrong time to be star-struck but, Mel Gibson is shooting at us!" - Peter Griffin
"Hey Lois, look. I'm a booger!" - Peter Griffin
"Of course he did. Christians don't believe in gravity." - Peter Griffin
"Hey, hey, Jefferson. Check it out. Chick getting nailed on my head." - George Washington
"He gon' get it!" - Ollie Williams
"Don't let it get the best of you. I used to be a lawyer. See ya next week! Glad to be back, America!" - Greased-up deaf guy
