Wednesday, December 01, 2004

Good Ole Equity

For Theatre, we were put into groups and assigned a guild to present on with a visual aid. She paired me with Jester and, of course, we had to use the Master Cheifs. We were assigned Actor's Equity so we devised a skit involving members of Equity and one of our classmates. Below is a picture of the cast with the names of their parts, with the exception of the giant Pikachu used for the odd finale. Posted by Hello



And here's the script:

Patrick Quinn: Hello, My name is Patrick Quinn, President of Actor’s Equity. You know, we are rarely in control of our own destinies. Actor’s Equity is here to give its members a united voice in determining basic compensation and working conditions.

Alec Baldwin: That’s right. Hi, I’m Alec Baldwin. Actor’s Equity was founded in New York City in 1913 and its jurisdiction covers actors and stage managers in the professional theatre.

Angela Lansbury: Hello, I’m the lady from “Murder, She Wrote”. Equity’s goals are to secure and protect the rights of members in their business relations with employers. Equity has over 45,000 members in the United States.

Ashley Judd: I’m Ashley Judd. Equity is a member of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations and is a branch of the Associated Actors and Artists of America or the Four A’s. We’re also an affiliate of the Federation Internationale des Actuers, an international organization with members from 43 countries.

Rosie O’Donnell: Bonjour, (my name is Rosie O’Donnell.) in French

Martin Sheen: Hi, I’m Martin Sheen. There are many benefits to joining AE. If you have worked for a minimum of 10 weeks, you qualify for a health plan.

Rosie O’Donnell: Yes!

Martin Sheen: If you are employed under contract, and have participated for a number of years actively you can qualify for the Pension and Retirement Plans.

Angela Lansbury: Yes!

Boy: Ooh, ooh! I want to join Actor’s Equity! My name is Boy and I’m a 16-year old student at Wayne State College.

Alec Baldwin: Whoa, hold on there! First you need $1100 for an initiation fee.

Ashley Judd: Then you need either an Equity Contract, be affiliated with the 4 A’s, or participate in the Equity Membership Candidate Program which allows in-training candidates to earn equity credit. Or there’s the Equity Showcase in which a member from AE and SAG among others showcase their fresh talent in hopes for securing auditions.

Boy: Oh Man! I’m only a college freshman at 16 years old. I have none of that.

Stewie Griffin: Well, I doubt you’d go far in Equity with the name “Boy”. That is my professional name and in Equity, you would have to change yours so that there isn’t 2.

(Boy runs off crying)

Patrick Quinn: Even then, he needs to pay his semi-annual dues of $118, and, of course, Equity will get 2% of you gross earnings until we steal a total earnings of $300,000 from you and that would only happen if you made $150 million.

Angela Lansbury: Ah yes, but if your employer becomes insolvent, you will get all the money and benefits as agreed by the contract through Equity’s bonds.

Martin Sheen: But if you are delinquent in paying dues for two years, your membership is cancelled, and you lose all benefits.

Alec Baldwin: Don’t forget about Equity’s Anti-Discrimination Policy.

Sergeant Johnson: That’s right. Without it I would not be eligible along with anyone else regardless of gender, age, race, and ability. And they also try to expand non-traditional roles for those people.

Rosie O’Donnell: All right! (or some other French expression)

Pikachu: Pikachu!

ACM Meeting Minutes 12/01/2004

ACM Meeting Minutes
12/01/04

Meeting began at 5:03pm.
8 members were present.

Gaming Night will be this upcoming Monday, December 6 from 6-11pm

I figure we'll need only 2 Xboxes for Halo 2, my reasoning is this:
In Halo, the game would only allow matches with 4 boxes, so the LANs were devised to maximize the amount of people in those boxes, 4 boxes x 4 people per box = 16 people. In Halo 2, the game only has a maximum of 16 people in a match, but doesn't limit the number of boxes involved. This has sorta killed the LANs because now people tend to stay in thier rooms.

With 2 boxes, we can connect 8 people to the network to play others on campus. The draw to come will be based on the fact that it will be big screen projected and there will be free food. If demand increases, we will try to find more boxes and games.

Dan and Randy reported that the emulators from last year have been installed. They are emulators for Nintendo 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis, Arcade, GameBoy and GameBoy Advance, Super Nintendo, and Atari 2600.

Pizza Hut vs. Godfather's? Godfathers won out, so it will be served.

Meeting adjourned at 5:09pm
Meeting re-opened at 5:10pm due to food.

We'll try to get posters out on Friday.

Nick's hyping people to go to "Walking in Someone Else's Shoes" at the Library.

This is the last meeting of 2004.

Because of a relatively low turnout, we encourage those who were unable to attend to email any other thoughts they may have about the gaming night.

Meeting adjourned for-real at 5:28pm.
Next Meeting: January 19, 2005

Kevin Rasmussen
ACM Secretary



Jimmy's Random Rants

Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Buy some DVDs!

I ventured out to Norfolk this evening to pick up the Spider-Man 2 DVD. I'm so happy I saw Nick Nord there. I was hoping they had some gift sets and they did.

The nice thing about Midnight shopping is the product is cheaper on it's release night at Walmart. I got Star Wars for $42-45 when it's normally $50. The Spider-Man 2 DVD is $15 when it will be $20 in a few hours and the gift set is $35 when it will be $45-50.

One thing angers me about my procrastination: I decided to buy the first one last semester after getting tired of borrowing it. The DVD was $15 while the gift set was $50. I got the DVD. Then a Deluxe Edition was released weeks after I bought the movie with an extra DVD priced at $20...kicking myself. Then I now see the gift set is now $20 and the Deluxe is $15...kicking myself a little harder. It would've been ice to have some of the extras, but what can you do?

I will most likely be busy tomorrow watching the movie, followed by watching it again with the commentary and pop-up factoids on.

I leave you tonight with a capture from Jester's favorite scene: Posted by Hello

Monday, November 29, 2004

Janet Roney fired?

This seems to be the big news across campus. Here's the lowdown:

NEWS: On Saturday night the Wayne Police Department received two citizen reports of anunderage drinking party in the 200 block of Blaine Street. When officers responded shortly before 11:00 pm they found 31 minors, ranging in age from 15 to 18, drinking at the party. All 31 minors will be formally charged with Minor in Possession/Consumption of Alcohol in the near future. A 21-year-old, Dylan Rohde has been arrested for Procuring Alcohol for Minors, for allegedly providing the keg of beer at the party. Formal charges against Rohde are pending in Wayne County Court.

There is a debate on the WSC Underground forums about if she will be terminated or not. I have put my two cents on there:
I did have her in class today. I don't think she fears much. She was fairly open with us about the incident. She said it was in the last page of the Wayne Herald and she said on the front page of the Norfolk paper. She mentioned that she didn't remember the last time there was an emergency meeting of the school board today, though.

For those saying she goes to class drunk, that's just Janet. She showed up during the class before the one acts without makeup on freaking out about it. Some of her good quotes from that day are here. She just seemed dead tired and stressed out than drunk, but that's just my opinion. I'm not saying she has never gone to class drunk, but this semester, this event was the only thing close, and she may have been drunk, I just don't think so.

It sounded like she left it up to Dylan to use his judgement whether or not to get the keg because she wasn't going to be there. If you think that's bad parenting, that's just Janet with her daughter. That's simply how there are.

I don't think she should fired, she wasn't even there and it's not enough to get her fired. Frankly, I'd hate to see who would want to take her job. It's not like Gwen knows most of the technicals. But, that's just my opinion.

Well, that's all I know on it. If there's any more, check out the thread below:
www.WSCunderground.com :: View topic - Janet Roney fired?

Halo: The Movie?

Coming Soon! has reported a rumor that the producer of the Alien franchise has approached Bungie about adapting Halo into a movie. One of the persons involved has confirmed hat the talked to director Ridley Scott about a possible film. The article says that Bungie will only license the rights if both Scott and the Alien guy is on board.

Chech out the full article here:
Coming Soon! - Latest News

Saturday, November 27, 2004

taf
You're taffy!! You're a clever and kind person,
but you tend to hold grudges. You are not big
on dishing out forgiveness.


Which kind of candy are you?
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What Video Game Character Are You? I am a Pacman Ghost.I am a Pacman Ghost.


I like to hang around with friends, chatting, dancing, all that sort of thing. We don't appreciate outsiders, and do our best to discourage others approaching us. I enjoy occasionally wandering around randomly, and often find that when I do so, I get to where I wanted to be. What Video Game Character Are You?

Friday, November 26, 2004

Spider-Man 2: The Game for PS2 for $22

If you were one of the smart ones, you may have went to Best Buy this morning. One of their amazing deals was Spider-Man 2: The Game for $20. I at first thought that one of my relatives was going to need a cheap copy rather than pay $50 for a present. Unfortunately, the parents already picked up one and braved the lines for 2 hours. I now have an extra, unopened copy of the game.

I am willing to part with Spider-Man 2 for PS2, unopened, for $22 ($20+tax) because the sale is, of course, over.

I am limiting this deal to WSC students or anyone else who knows where I live because I am a lazy college student and I don't want to have to deal with shipping and crap...unless a better offer arises. Sorry to make this kinda a fast post but I will probably be returning it tomorrow night or Sunday morning so I will wait for an overambitious WSC student to find my blog and let me know, i.e. Jester if he liked it that much. I want to return or sell it before I go back up to Wayne so I don't still have it over Christmas break. I'd rather have my money than a profit.

Thursday, November 25, 2004

Opening Day Review of "Alexander"

OK, the movie was good, but long. You come into movies with certain expectations and sometimes you get things you didn't expect. You expect a movie called "Alexander" would talk talk about the Great's conquests when really it speaks more of his personal life. As many historians know, Alexander the Great was a famed bisexual: he had 3 wives, his long-time male lover Hephastion, and has enjoyed eunuchs. This was subtle when alluded to in several parts.

Alexander was portrayed as a great visionary. He wanted to keep going but his army wanted to go home. He was just a dreamer in a wrong time. The Greeks were willing to accept the Persian's defeat and go home while Alexander was not willing to accept the boundaries of the known world. This quest prolonged the movie to its 3 hour running time. The movie's end feels tragic and felt annoying to me because of the Greek's attitude.

There was another annoyance: the subtitling. Many times in the film the location is subtitled in the bottom-left corner, and I mean many, many, many times. Some are implicit and not necessary, whereas other scenes may have needed it.

I have to give credit to several actors: Angelina Jolie looked great as a Greek queen. Colin Farrell was good in his role, but had some awkward scenes. Also the kid who played young Alexander really looked like a young Colin Farrell.

This movie would get more points with me if it had a solid soundtrack. (I've decided to make this the topic of my next Composition paper) The movie was good but needed to be accented with an emotional score. There were no themes or musical motifs and it was lacking at scenes. This reminds me of Terminator 3 when they didn't include the T2 soundtrack in any way (probably due to copyright). A better, more apparent soundtrack would boost this movies score with me.

Aside from this, it is an enjoyable movie to see, just make sure you have the time to see it, because it is 3 hours.

My rating: 7 out of 10
DVD-worthy: Not for $20; $15, maybe

Wednesday, November 24, 2004

Opening Day Movies

There is nothing like an opening day movie. If you have never been to one I suggest you do. I have never been to a Lord of the Rings opening showing because of the masses.

Here are the movies I have been to on opening day:
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Austin Powers in: Goldmember
Die Another Day
Star Trek: Nemesis
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
X2: X-Men United
Spider-Man 2 (midnight showing)
Alexander

Even though there are several lines and they may be sold out and packed, it is well worth it. All the jokes are fresh and usually no one is behind you saying "Oh this is a good part" or "I hate this part" because if they are, they are very sad.

By the way, I did AudioBlog my comments on Alexander today right after I got out, so if it doesn't show up, I'll type in a more detailed review tomorrow or whenever. Until then, have a Happy Thanksgiving.

Tuesday, November 23, 2004

Adware, adware, everywhere!

I'm off for Thanksgiving break now so I decided to visit my favorite cousins! After recieving several popups on their computer (even from Blogger!) I decided to install and run Ad-Aware to get rid of it.

After a nice, surprisingly quick scan, the final total was: 2581!

"2581 objects found" is largest Ad-Aware count I have ever personally seen. For that, I must award them the use of this page.

Monday, November 22, 2004

Knock 'em out the box, Luke

It's not the East or the West Side...
No, it's not.
It's not the North or the South Side...
No, it's not.
It's the Dark Side!
You are correct.
You can't front in the Empire.
To all you Vader haters out there:
We'll blow your planet up!

What is thy bidding, my master?
It's a disaster--Skywalker, we're after.
What if he can be turned to the Dark Side?
Yes, he'd be a powerful ally. Another Dark Jedi...
He will join us or die!

We got Death Star...Death Star!
We got Death Star...Death Star!
We got Death Star...Death Star!
We got Death Star...Death Star!
We got Death Star...Death Star!
We got Death Star...Death Star!
We got Death Star...Death Star!
We got Death Star...Death Star!
And you know that we got it...Death Star!
And you know that we got it...Death Star!

Luke, get your ass over here right now,
and quit monkeying with that damn landspeeder.
Where are them two droids I asked you to clean, boy?
Did you clean your room?
Uncle Owen, I know I'm on probation;
I cleaned the droids,
Can I go to the Toche Station?
I got a layaway on a power converter,
but now you're treating me like a scruffy nerf herder

Luke...use the Force, and run
Run to Dagobah,
Run to Dagobah
Luke...use the Force, and run
Run to Dagobah,
Run to Dagobah

I'm Yoda, I'm a soldja.
I'll mold ya, then fold ya,
I thought I told ya--
Don't be unwise, judge me not by my size.
You won't believe your eyes.
Watch the X-wing rise.

Yoda, why you bein' a player-hater?
You know that I still must confront Lord Vader.
But, Luke, not ready are you!
But there's a city in the clouds where they're keeping my crew.
A Jedi's gotta do what a Jedi's gotta do.
So, now, Vader, I'm comin' for you.

That's right, R-2; I just set a new course.
We're going to Cloud City.
Hmm, that's some mighty good gin n' tonic.
Would you mix me up another?

Impressive. Now, release your anger!
You must have sensed your friends were in danger.
Oww! Why'd you slice off my hand?
It's imperative that you understand.
Obi Wan would never bother
Telling you about your father.
He told me enough--he told me you killed him!
Then there's something I must reveal, then.

I'm your father...I'm your father...
I'm your father...I'm your father...
I'm your father...I'm your father...
I'm your father...I'm your father...
Knock 'em out the box, Luke, knock him out...
Knock 'em out the box, Luke, knock him out...
Knock 'em out the box, Luke, knock him out...
Knock 'em out the box, Luke, knock him out...
Knock 'em out the box, Luke

Saturday, November 20, 2004

Doctor Doom in Entertainment Weekly

Coming Soon! has posted a picture from Entertainment Weekly of Dr. Doom in full armor. Looks sweet!
Fantastic Four Hype! - The latest Fantastic Four news and rumors

More Sux City

Today was fun. Amie, Patti, Rhea, Nicole and I went to Sioux City because I wanted a hat from Aeropostale and some stuff from Hot Topic. After trying to figure out how to fit 5 people in my Sunfire we we off. I picked up a couple wristbands and a couple pins from Hot Topic and got my hat, with Rhea's wonderful fashion sense. After FYE, we realized we were running out of time and we still had to go to the game store in the mall to see if there are any suitable replacements for Trivial Pursuit. We decided not to go and head over to the castle-shaped toy store I forgot the name of across from the mall.

I had a fun time and I think everyone else did. I leave you all with a quote from last night's DDR:
Bri: "Oh, it's kinda like Tetris!"

Friday, November 19, 2004

"I never leave the house without my makeup on"

Janet comes late to our class, without shoes and makeup staring off into space. She had several great quotes:

"I look like hell."
"You can look at me, I'm not dying."
"Who knows how to tap a keg? That seems to be the big question."
"See this...makeup...NO!"
"Shit, man...I haven't been to bed in 3 days."
"Have you ever seen me like this? This tired?"
"You trust a 16-year old, that's what you get."
"Do you see that at the end of movies? CSA? LOOK FOR IT, It's there...Jesus!"
"Shut up!" (Janet proceeds to hit Sarah) "Leave me alone!"
(about Boy) "No offense, no offense, he's fucked!"
"I'm sorry, I look like shit. I'm sorry I never leave the house looking like this."
(to Adam Nathan) "Help me back up. What was I talking about?"
"Turn your damn phone off! Biatch!"
"Go: 'YES WE KNOW YOU'RE NOT CRAZY!'"
"You're wondering why I left the house without my makeup on."
"When Mark decides to be a professional actor, he's going to want to talk to a franchise agent."
"You never say a damn thing."
"I never leave the house without my makeup on."
"You are so quiet, you are so quiet. I don't think I've heard you say 4 words."
"I never leave the house without my makeup on."
"I'm waiting for someone to pick me up."
"I don't intimidate, really." (to Adam Nathan) "Wait a minute!"
"I made a football player cry once. I almost got fired."

Thursday, November 18, 2004


Striving to achieve a higher plane of existence... Posted by Hello

Rock 'N Roll, Cleveland!

After Anchorman, I got an IM from Rhea saying there will be Trivial Pursuit at 9:30.

After waiting for the play people to get done, we played. I stole 2 pies during the first round. Nicole decided to sit this one out because of studying. I won with all pies and the final question, Amie got 2nd with a rockin' 4 pies, followed by Patti and then Rhea with none. :(

I do have some good videos (right-click, save target as...):
Amie's question was: Who was Dick Clark's partner in the world of Bloopers and Practical Jokes? She knew it was Ed McMahon, but couldn't think of the name. Here is her reaction when she was told the answer.

After I got my final pie, here is Patti's reaction as she takes it out on my Atari 2600 Controller token.

Amie was asked by Patti: What city is 8 Mile set in? She didn't know and Patti was freaking out because she knows everything about Eminem. After that, I was trying to get a crayon to write the question down and stumbled over my own legs and fell over and this orgy of mass laughter ensued.

Disclaimer: The movies may not work at first because the files are somewhat big and GeoCities is not known for it's huge bandwidth. If the links don't work, wait a few hours for the buffer to reset or email me for them.
You will need QuickTime to see the movies:

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Attention: All WSC Bloggers/Journals

Rhea at the Wayne Stater will be doing an article about blogs/online journals. She said it on her's, but I'll repeat it...

Ok, so I know you all love your livejournals, or blogs... would you like the addresses published in the Stater? It can be anonymous-with no name-just as long as I know you're from Wayne State. Just e-mail me, thanx.


You can let her know by emailing her or emailing the Stater.

Rhea's Journal Post

Boy, that escalated quickly... I mean, that really got out of hand fast!

I went to go see Anchorman tonight with SB. It was good. I call it a combination of the news, 70s movies, and Superfriends.

I love the not-quite swearing such as: Great Odin's raven! Son of a bee-sting! Knights of Columbus, that hurt! and By the beard of Zeus! Very tasteful.

The cameos were nice with Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Fred Armisen, Jack Black, and Ben Stiller. The best scene has to be when Jack Black's character punts Ron Burgundy's dog off a bridge. Nice. But then, it's always the animals that save the day.

He THREW a CHILD!! --> He PUNTED a DOG!!

DVD Worthy = good, but I'll probably wait until it's cheap.

Who says the darndest things?

Amie was feeling down about her roommate leaving so I decided to go over and pay a visit and play some Trivial Pursuit DVD Pop Culture. And Nicole and Patti found out so they played too.

Best questions unknown to Nicole:
Who says the darndest things? Kids!
What country is Alanis Morisette from? not Britain! Canada

We determined that we have to watch A Christmas Story, The Money Pit, and Joe's Apartment from questions and conversation. I technically one with 5 pies, but I'll give props to Patti with her 4 and answering the final question and to Amie with 3 and Nicole with...um...1. But anyways, now they think I'm bipolar but I was not the one throwing cheese, Rhea!

When we checked ut we got crap from f-in Luke because it was late. Amie went into her squeaky voice when he gave her a warning. The kid turned down cash, sexual favors, and the promise of breasts for bribes. Now I feel bad for making her get the warning. :(

Well, to end this post on a happy note, here is video (right-click, save as):
Nicole finding out that kids say the darndest things
Patti making noises on a giant ball

You will need QuickTime to see the movies:

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

Which Halo Weapon Are You?

This quiz result was just slightly too big for my blog:
Which Halo Weapon Are You?

Monday, November 15, 2004

Audio Commentary, Part II

OK, I finally got around to seeing Star Wars IV-VI with the commentaries. They're mainly not bad. George Lucas seems very monotone and doesn't really present any new information. I did like how he described the drafting process, such as the whole Jabba's Palace scenes were included because there was nothing else to Return of the Jedi.

The best commentary is, by far, The Empire Strikes Back with the director, Irvin Kershner. He adds some life to the stories by mentioning certain facts, he even voices the guide track for Vader in one part.

There is one scene that gets me every time and I have to comment on it. It's in The Empire Strikes Back when Obi-Wan says "That boy was our only hope" and Yoda says "No, there is another." This tells me that Yoda is the one that knows about the twins, not Obi-Wan. One would assume that being in an astral form, you'd have access to a lot of information and I doubt that Obi-Wan simply forgot such a fact. I could see Padmé talking to Yoda about the twins in order to have maximum dark side protection.

There is a scene in ROTJ when Vader becomes aware of sister and says "Obi-Wan was wise to hide her from me" OK, this is coming from the guy who found out not too long ago that Obi-Wan was still alive. He didn't even know he had a son until the Emperor told him in ESB.

Anyways, Yes the commentaries are liveable. If you ever have some free time with the Trilogy, turn them on and you may discover something new.





You Are a Link Blogger!



Your blog is more about cool links than thoughtful posts.
Better to be entertaining and brief than longwinded and boring!


Sunday, November 14, 2004

My Mall of America Experience

OK, all this talk of the people who went to Mall of America last weekend is starting to make me jealous and, as a retrospective, I have decided to tell my Mall of America story. I have watched our trip's DVD because I miss this place a lot.

I came from a graduating class of 20 from a small school called Mead High School. Every year, the senior class gets to use its profits for a trip somewhere. We decided to go to the Mall of America. Before we even left the school, two girls, Megan and Angela were fighting about the fate of a mutual friend, Ashley. I ended up sitting next to Angela and Ashley on the ride up. I was not on good terms with Ashley at the time, but I decided early on that to make this trip as fun as possible, I would bury the hatchet and we never quarreled and really enjoyed each other's company. We stopped at Adair, IA for gas and Megan and Angela were at it again, except this time it was on video. After a 9 hour van ride up to Bloomington we got to our hotel, the Country Inns and Suites directly across from the mall.

Of course, we hit it right away. I love that place. They have a store for everything and they have everything. The first thing we saw was the LEGO store! I went over to Old Navy and picked up some clothes and then we wandered around for a while. The next day we hit the mall hard. We went to Camp Snoopy for a while and then the stores. Everyone wanted to make their own cereal at the Cereal Adventure place, but never got around to it. On the ferris wheel Megan would spit on people below her and later, another classmate, Eric would win one of those mallet strength tester games. He got an inflatable mallet which he would use to pound on people throughout the trip.

The most popular stores our class hit, because Omaha didn't have any of these at the time, were Hollister, Zumiez, and Forever 21. Everyone had a shopping bag from at least one of these stores. We had walkie talkies and I was usually called upon if someone was lost because I have an amazing sense of direction. I bought a Simpsons stein for one of my friends who couldn't come and a 3D puzzle of the Tower of Orthanc from the Lord of the Rings. I also bought a LEGO Imperial Shuttle. I probably bought more and forgot about it. I spent most of the day with Megan and Angela (who reconciled fast) and Ashley and Claire, but we ran into others. Our class would find several opportunities to take group pictures along the way like on the giant LEGOs and on the hotel steps. I found most of the Star Wars characters, such as the LEGO Jango Fett, the Darth Vader near Spencer's, the Stormtrooper at Wizards of the Coast, and the Yoda at the Sharper Image.

We then went over to T.G.I.Friday's as a class for dinner and the waiters tied balloons onto Megan for her birthday last week. We went back to the mall for Camp Snoopy as a class with the exception of future WSC student Nikki Simon and her at-the-time boyfriend Shawn who just simply wandered off. The log ride was awesome and I ended up holding eveyone's stuff, which I didn't mind. When we got back to the hotel, we all attempted to watch Red Dragon on a 13" laptop computer screen (This was before A/V cables and RF Modulators would be understood) while crammed in a hotel room. Our cameraman, Chris, found out his camera had night vision and he started filming more crap. We left the next day and our class was never more united. To this day I still revere the Mall of America for being one of the best social experiences with my graduating class ever.

Saturday, November 13, 2004

Sux City

I lost my virginity today...that is, my Sioux City virginity. I had never been there until today. Kate, Mark, and Mr. Green and I went over to the mall for Cinnabon and then went over to the costume shop for the director's showcase. I was happy, and felt like a kid in a candy sotre with all the costume props. We then went back to the mall and I bought a couple wrist cuffs from Hot Topic and then we found Kate's mom so us guys went to Software, Etc. They have my Battle-Damaged Green Halo action figure that I want purely for the plasma rifle. Mark played Donkey Konga there, too. Then we went to Spencer's a found nothing so went over to the food court and met up with Kate. I also had my first Orange Julius, it was a tripleberry. Then we went to FYE and found nothing and then to Barnes and Noble and once again, found interesting calenders but overall, nothing. After still not going to Toys 'R Us we returned to the good life.

OK, now that I know where the mall is, I will totally be going back there in the future. It's right off the highway so I won't get lost. I'm so happy!

Friday, November 12, 2004

Red vs. Blue vs. Halo 2

Red vs. Blue released Episode 43 which was amazing how fast they got it done because it incorporates scenes from the Halo sequel. I was wondering how long it would take for them to move from Blood Gulch in Halo to Coagulation in Halo 2.

Watch it now:
Red Vs Blue � Video Archive

Adventures in Niehardt

I went over to Bri's room not too long ago and watched some Millionaire, then when Amie got there we played Trivial Pursuit from like the 70s. I was on a roll for a while but then the questions began to suck, especially brown. Brown is evil. G Drive and I won after we stopped playing with 3 wedges. Then Rhea, Patti, and Nicole came back from Casino Night with some cookie dough. I have a picture of Rhea eating the dough, but I won't post it unless she says it's ok. Then we tried to figure out how to smuggle me out because it was like 1:30-ish. I'm not entirely sure what happened during all of it but it was fun. I did learn something though, Bri actually watches MadTV so she understands anything that has to do with Stuart, Lorraine, or Ms. Swan. God, that's cute. Ok, sleep.

She just said I could post it so here's Rhea: Posted by Hello


Thursday, November 11, 2004

Halo 2 LAN Results

The first Halo 2 LAN went well. There was a great turnout with more TVs ever. We did learn that you can only have 16 people in a match, but it doesn't matter which box they're on. On a side note, I love the ghost! I killed so many people using the boost and weapons. They probably hat me by now but as I see it, every tends to hide with the rockets or a sniper anyway, I'm simply a fast-moving target. Posted by Hello

In this pic Jimmy and Nord owned all others...


This one was just fun and I got 3rd on the team.

Wednesday, November 10, 2004

ACM Meeting Minutes 11/10/2004

ACM Meeting Minutes
11/10/04

Meeting began at 5:02 pm in Gardner Hall 115
12 members were present.

Does anyone have any good fundraising ideas?
Lori has suggested a split-the-pot
We do have a DVD burner
We could also fix student's computers, provide a free diagnosis and then ask if they are willing to pay to fix it.
Or we could do a bake sale.

Website updates have been sent, they are not up yet.
I need pictures for the picture page as well.

Speaker Time Change
Dr. Garvin was orignally slated to speak on November 17, he is too busy.
We are looking into a time early in next semester, preferably after break.

No one wants to change the meeting time for next semester.

Gaming Night:
Monday, December 6; first day of study week. 6pm-11?, we'll try for later
We will have emulators and/or Halo/Halo 2 LAN through all of Gardner using the Proximas.

Gaming Night committee:
Nick - flyers, Xbox donations for LAN use
Dan F - install emulators on computers
Randy
Kevin - talk to Halo LAN
Roger - food

Elevators are dangerous

Meeting adjourned at 5:27pm
NO Meeting on November 24 due to Thanksgiving Break
Next Meeting: December 1, Gardner 115, 5:00pm

Kevin Rasmussen
ACM Secretary



Jimmy's Random Rants

Heidi Klum and Lord Vader

TheForce.Net has released a video of an upcoming ad campaign for Target featuring Heidi Klum and Darth Vader. Quite funny, let's try it out.

Heidi Klum and Lord Vader (right-click, save as...)

Tuesday, November 09, 2004

Halo 2: First Thoughts

I am happy about many things in Halo 2. The story seems very interesting and exciting. One thing I noticed is that the Special Collector's Edition has the manual written from the Covenant's perspective, whereas the regular game has it written from the human's perspective. Kinda neat to see what the Grunts and Elites and so forth are called in their native tongue. The one grievance I had was how Bungie was promoting the game, it made it seem like there was not going to be a Halo ring in this game and it was going to be primarily the resistance of the Covenant on Earth; something odd for a game called "Halo 2" to not have a Halo in it. This may be considered a spoiler, but since it doesn't take too long into the game to find it out, but there are scenes on the first Halo and on another Halo, so sorry if I ratted this out, but if you were playing the game, you'd know it by now.

The multiplayer has huge advancements. The things that bothered me were the fact that there are no Default names and that changing players seems clunky. I love the fact that you can join a game already in progress and on any team color you wish. There are a lot more weapons so there becomes a huge orgy of weapon fire on smaller maps. I also love that if you started the game, you can leave it and someone else will take over rather than crashing the system. I was a little disappointed that there are no more pistols, but the dual automatic weapons make up for it. Jester and Mr. Beavers are trying to set up a "Star Wars" match with just energy swords. It is fun, but I told them you need to have the ability to parry. Lightsaber battles wouldn't last very long if the Jedi were killed based on who struck first. Another thing, there are so many customization attributes for your character. And they don't have salmon! Jimmy is salmon! I have to go with purple which looks more like a pale pink as my color now. It also uses icons for the characters, which is nice, especially Jester's kiss and heart icon. Because of this extreme customization, it feels like it may be unnecessary to go and create this character cause it takes a while to get it to look right. But considering you can back out, make a new character, and join the game everyone else is in, it makes up for it. By the way, the Xbox Live Communicator is frickin' sweet for Halo 2. Now you can finally tell people how to set p a map or diss them in-game...or just allow your ADD to run rampant.

Another note, the first Halo 2 LAN will be tomorrow in Morey Lobby at 6:30 pm. There is room for up to 32 people, sure you'll probably be in the whole time.
Other than all that, check out Rhea's article in the Stater tomorrow. She says we will like it.
Read Rhea's article here

Monday, November 08, 2004

First Look at General Grievous

Hehe, StarWars.com slipped this picture into their databank today. This is the first time we've seen Grievous and his bodyguards from ROTS. Check it out:
Coming Soon! - Latest News

It all came unglued...

You-Know-What or It or sometimes Vilma

Nickname:
"Suzie"
"Sweetie"
"Sourpuss"
"Old Faithful"
"the Black Box"
"Itchy"

Tree:
a sapling
a barkless Oak
a noble Fir
a Succulent
a petrified Maple
a prickly cactus

Animal:
a hairless Shar Pei
a fruit bat
a hedgehog
a miniature Schnauzer
a ferret
a long-haired terrier

Natural Disaster:
a monsoon
a drought
acid rain
a mudslide
an ice storm
a sinkhole

Grab It!

Sunday, November 07, 2004

Episode III Game Trailer contains spoilers

You can watch the trailer here:
Episode III - The Video Game

Looks like a fun game...many of the scenes seem to take plac in the same set. Many of these scenes may not be duplicated in the movie but it's nice to know a rundown of the spoilers can be seen here:
Coming Soon! - Latest News

It's nice to have an Xbox

LucasArts will release a Jabba's Palace map for Battlefront for PC and Xbox after November 19. Sounds cool.

By the way, the new trailer is frickin' sweet and will be online tomorrow on StarWars.com.

TheForce.Net | Your Daily Dose of Games

Friday, November 05, 2004

Episode III Trailer

I'm glad I'm going home today...

The trailer will be showing on E! News Live at 6:00pm and we don't get E! on campus. From the descriptions it sounds really powerful! I'm excited.

TheForce.Net | Episode III | News

Thursday, November 04, 2004

Something Cool Is Going Down

TrekToday has a preview of an upcoming episode of Enterprise. Season 4 seems to be all about the 3 episode story arcs and this one sounds good. The first part is about the Andorians and the Tellarites on their way to forming the Federation, but this episode deals with the Romulans.

The Romulans sabotaged an Andorian ship in part I. They have to keep themselves hidden because they don't want Enterprise to find out that they are related to Vulcans. They better keep themselves hidden! We're not supposed to see a Romulan face until Kirk's time. There is some nice continuity with Star Trek: Nemesis with the Reman guards and Captain Valdore. Sounds like a good episode and a nice prelude to the inevitable Earth-Romulan War before the formation of the Federation.

TrekToday - Romulans Take Centre Stage In 'United'

Halo LAN Results

I would have to say that the Niehardt LAN had huge numbers second only to the first LAN. It was great, there were a lot of newbies and returning people from the different LANs which was fun. Jimmy didn't play much by choice and didn't do too well, due to not being good and butt matches. My favorite was: for Jester's birthday (today, now) it was him vs. 15 others. He still won but it's all good. It is sad that this is the last Halo LAN, but I'm sure there will be nostalgia matches in the future. I leave you tonight with a pic of the LAN itself... Posted by Hello

Wednesday, November 03, 2004

Reminders...

OK, Time for another Halo LAN! Go on over to Niehardt Lobby Tonight at 9:00pm. Don't feel bad, there may be a large amount of newbies there so be nice.

Also, a new episode of South Park is on tonight at 9:00pm on Comedy Central. This one has to do with Wal-Mart so it should be interesting. I'll watch this then head over to Niehardt.

Tuesday, November 02, 2004

Halo Speak

I witnessed the funniest thing in Jester's room. After a bunch of butt matches, the Spartan guys, who we guess are the guys who do the Wayne Halo Coalition, start talking in "Halo":Posted by Hello



The entire transcript and translation reads (Pink is Jester for obvious reasons, anything incomplete was understood before it was completed):
L WED ? = "Is there a Halo LAN on Wednesday?"
Yes = "Why, Yes! There is."
WHER = "Where is the Halo LAN on Wednesday?"
NIEHA = "It's in Niehardt Lobby, where rubberducky reigns supreme."
TIME = "What time is the Halo LAN on Wednesday in Neihardt Lobby?"
9:= It's at 9 (colon spelled with a rocket)!"
9:30 = "The Halo LAN is at 9:30" for those guys
PM = "The Halo LAN is at 9:30, PM"
GET 1 MORE = unholy demand
? = "What the hell are you talking about?"
GUY = "This sucks! Get Jimmy on your box so we can rape him in a series of team games!"

Has instant messenging reached a new low? Authorities say no, but my producer says yes.

Monday, November 01, 2004

Eeeww, DDRMax2 on Heavy

Check out this video of somone playing "Dream a Dream" on Heavy on DDR with a picture-in-picture view of the feet. Makes you feel really crappy and useless.
http://www.smashsworld.com/ddrmax2/

Saturday, October 30, 2004

Hotmail vs. Gmail

I have been angry at Hotmail for some time now, so I've decided to try Gmail, Google's version of email. This big negative about Hotmail is the small storage size. What is it? Oh yeah, 2 MB compared to Yahoo!'s 100 MB and Gmail's 1000 MB. I'm not ready to release the address until I'm confident I can live with it. I'll then create an MSN Passport so I can use the Gmail for MSN Messenger, thus ignoring Hotmail. We'll see how it goes...

Friday, October 29, 2004

Nickname Generator

As many of you know, Jimmy is not my real name; however, I have been called Jimmy by many people and I like my nickname. If you want an insane nickname, try these generators:

You are Red Hat Linux. You're tops among your peers, but still get no respect from them.  It's all right with you.  You have your sights set higher.
Which OS are You?

You are .swf	 You are flashy, but lack substance.  You like playing, but often you are annoying. Grow up.
Which File Extension are You?

Thursday, October 28, 2004

Episode III Teaser Poster

Click here to see the freaky ROTS teaser poster:
Star Wars: Episode III Episode III Teaser Poster Revealed

I'm Warped

I was walking out of Comp over to the Gag and Janet was coming out of FA and she saw me and came over and told me: "You're Warped!" I was laughing all the way over to the Gag. I have made an impression.

On a second note, I had no Internet for about 8 hours today because only MSN and my P2P was working and actually downloading something large and I didn't want to lose my place. This was both wierd and frustrating.

Halo LAN Results

OK this first one was Jimmy's finest moment. I got a Killtacular on this King of the Hill match. This does not usually happen. Plus, Jimmy's in 2nd! Posted by Hello


This second one isn't overly great, but 3rd in a team match makes Jimmy happy. Posted by Hello


I think I may have angered Jester and rubberducky in the very last match because for some reason they were really easy to pick off from long distances. That's the price you pay when you spend time yesterday practicing sniping.

Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Episode III Pics online

Click to checkout 3 new Revenge of the Sith Pics featuring Anakin and Obi-Wan:
Coming Soon! - Latest News

And That Is How You Eat a Turkey

Wow, Blogger was offline for a while. OK in Theatre, we needed to bring in a comedy clip. I brought my laptop and A/V cables because we don't have a DVD player and I wanted to show a clip from Futurama. We went to Humanities anyways so it didn't matter. Jester connected the computer anyway to play his Stuart "He pooped in the pool" clip from MadTV. I then remembered that I have South Park on my laptop. I decided to show a scene from "Red Hot Catholic Love" in which Martha Stewart jams a Thanksgiving turkey up her butt...Janet created a new category of comedy to describe it.Posted by Hello



Oh well, in case you don't know and see this in the next 3 hours:
Tonight - 9pm - New Episodes of South Park
Tonight - 9pm - Halo LAN in Morey basement, bring a Toy get snacks.

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Idiots on eBay

Oh my...someone is actually fronting $117.50 for an Episode III General Grevious action figure. Hate to tell ya, but if you wait a few months for it to be released, it will cost around $6-8. Is it worth it to get it now? This is worse than the results you'll get searching eBay for "Crystal Pepsi"!

eBay item 5929854604 (Ends Oct-30-04 20:15:00 PDT) - STAR WARS 2005 EP3 General Grievous......Rare....

Election Fun

Hey, the election's in a week...VOTE!
In order to keep this fair...VOTE!
I have posted several political parodies...VOTE!
This Land...VOTE!
Good to be in DC!...VOTE!
MadTV Presidential Debate...VOTE!
Hope this helps you make an informed decision...Are you voting yet?

Monday, October 25, 2004

I Want This!


It's the PC Magic Box! This thing lets you connect a Saturn, Dreamcast, or PS2 DualShock controller into your computer via USB port and play emulators or any other PC game!

This is up there with the Xbox adapter and the Atari 2600 to USB adapter.

Check it out:
ZTNet Store

People switch partners faster than MSN accounts

From Mess.be:
Research involving nearly 23,000 Hotmail users in 13 countries has proven that people switch partners more often than they change Hotmail accounts. The study, called "Hotmail for Life", showed that for example 81.7 per cent of the Dutch participating Hotmail users had NEVER changed their Hotmail address, while 77.3% moved homes, 46.9% changed their haircolor and 44.9% bought a new car!

The same goes for other countries: the survey found that 74 per cent of Canadian respondents have NEVER changed their MSN Hotmail address, but a mere 11% have never changed job. Indians top the list of Hotmail loyalists: 92.3 per cent Indians have retained their original Hotmail addresses. India was followed by Italy (86.8 per cent), Germany (85.8 per cent) and Spain (85.3 per cent) in the list of Hotmail loyalists

A Hotmail address, also linked to other MSN services like MSN Messenger, appears to be one of the most stable factors in the life of the Hotmail user. Of all respondents 66% owned their account for over three years already.

I have to note that the study was finalized before the recent Gmail hype. Perhaps the new breed of "Super Inbox" services has made some of the Hotmail loyalists change their minds... or accounts.

Mess with MSN Messenger: msn emoticons nicknames skins download addons bots

Sunday, October 24, 2004

Fun with Doctored Photos

This is funny. It all started when Jester took my stormtrooper and posed him in a position from the Star Wars Gangsta Rap and then Nick was here and saw it and Spidey and thought of this picture, doctored of course. Enjoy! Posted by Hello

Saturday, October 23, 2004

Is this the end of Master Chief??? Posted by Hello

Friday, October 22, 2004

Free iPods

Yes, it actually works, though it takes some time. Go to Free iPods.com, Participate in 1 free offer such as Blockbuster's version of Netflix or the Columbia House Music/DVD Club, Refer friends to do the same, and they'll send you a free 20GB iPod, iPod Mini, or a $250 Gift certificate for iTunes Music Store.

I witnessed this on The Screen Savers and one of the hosts, Kevin Rose, has a refferal post on his blog. Use of those links to do the deal, than post the link they give you up there. Hopefully in time, enough people will have done your referral to have them send you an iPod!

Check it out:
kevin rose dot com

Thursday, October 21, 2004

Adventures in Omaha

Today was fun. I was looking for 3 action figures: Doc Ock, Super Posebale Spider-Man, and something from South Park or Halo.

I knew Spider-Man was cheap at Wal-mart. I went to Oakview area and went to Toys 'R' Us to find a Doc Ock and there was none, there wasn't even a good Star Wars one. I went into Best Buy out of boredom and saw Chris and Boldra from my graduating class. Chris said that he doesn't want to play Halo because he knows he'll get addicted to it and would therefore have to buy an Xbox. I also went to GameStop and they had nothing at all, but they did have a Master Chief statue from Halo 2 and I did notice a box that said "Halo 2...November 9...blah blah" but I noticed it said by the opening "Free, Take One" I couldn't see anything but hooks. Maybe something for the midnight party?

I then went to Crossroads. There were some action figures at Sam Goody and nothing at Suncoast. I went over to that Toys 'R' Us and found my Doc Ock. Frickin' sweet.

I went over to Westroads and Suncoast reaggranged itself. They had some Towelies and some grunts but no Master Chiefs. GameStop did. They had a lot of Battle-damaged Master Chiefs and 2 Halo 2 Master Chiefs. Sweet.

I went to Walmart and bought the Spidey then. When I got home, my Futurama I ordered from Amazon using the deal arrived so I was still happy. I will probaby post pics soon once I find some unflaterring poses for them. Until then,. ASIA!

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Tommy Lee goes from Crüe to Cornhusker

WOW! Tommy Lee is filming a reality TV show at UNL. Apparently he's been there since 10/7.

OK, people I know at UNL: Todd, Scott, Sarah, Brendan, Eric, Katie, Amy, Joslyn, Sara, among others I can't think of at the moment...Totally, let me know if you see him or the crew hanging around. Then, find $100 and buy this so you can easily take a concealed picture and then send it to me.

USATODAY.com - Tommy Lee goes from Crüe to Cornhusker

Break

Break, Break, Break, Break, Break, Break, Break, Break, Asia, Break, Break, Break, Break, Break, Break, Break, Break, Asia, Break, Break, Break, Break, Break, Break, Break, Break, Break, Break, Break, Break, Break, Break, Asia, Break, Break!
BONUS!

Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Day Wanna Wonga

Today was fun in a way. My Blogging Paper was workshopped today (keep posting, it's not due for another week). Then I went to the gag, noticed that I forgot my ID, went to my room, then went back to the gag.

I saw an episode of Star Trek: TNG that was funny. Troi wanted to go into a room where someone was murdered and Worf said he could open the door, but only for a short time. It reminded me of something out of the 10th Kingdom or Monty Python where you can't do anything with out a catch; for example, "I will give you my axe, but only if you can guess my name" or some other crap. I laughed.

I went to History and found out I got a Frickin' A on the test. I then went to my room, then to Jester's and played and thoroughly glitched the game. I went to Sci-Fi club and got a picture of me hugging Star Wars when it came out. I went back to Jester's and watched Army of Darkness. Nothing's happening. Nothing's happening.

Mr. Beavers then put in The Empire Strikes Back. I learned something. Saying "E Chu Taa" or "Day Wonna Wanga" makes Goose laugh hysterically. The same happens when deploying the long-distance tickle. I thought that was drug addicts only.

Oh God, I'm coming down!

ROTS Trailer: When and Where

Coming Soon! reports that the Episode III trailer will be shown with "The Incredibles" when it's released on 11/5. It may not be at all theatres or they could be outright lying.

Coming Soon! - Latest News

Monday, October 18, 2004

Dr. Doom picture online

I'll be honest...There's not too much to get excited about with this picture from Fantastic Four but the site does reissue a picture of the four if you haven't seen it.

Fantastic Four Hype! - The latest Fantastic Four news and rumors

Sunday, October 17, 2004

Blogging Paper Rough Draft

I am currently writing a paper for Comp on Cyberculture and I chose blogging and, more specifically, why people should blog. I need about 5-6 pages and I have 3 and I've sorta hit a wall. I know there are more ideas, but my brain shrunk. I will put the paper in the comments: feel free to comment any ideas or suggestions whether or not you actually read it.

Storm Front

OK, I decided if I was going to do any review of the new Enterprise season, I would do the opeining two-parter as one story. It wasn't bad. There were a LOT of unanswered questions that seemed to be whisked away at the end. There is one thing that did really get to me...

(spoilers: highlight to read)
At the end they showed a huge fleet of Earth, Vulcan and other ships escorting Enterprise back to Earth in the correct time. My annoyance is: Where were all those ships when a weapon was in orbit trying to destroy the planet? All Archer had was a peon Insectoid ship he was given and Shran's Andorian vessel. Go back to even "The Expanse" when Enterprise was under attack by Duras in the Sol sector, there were 3 Earth vessels that came out of nowhere. Drove me nuts! (end spoilers)

Other than that, it wasn't a bad two hours of my life. I'll probably Torrent them when I get home next weekend where it isn't blocked. I couldn't help thinking that with this whole alternate timeline thing that someone wouldn't appear and say, "Ziggy says you can't leap out until you stop the Nazis." Oh well, I ranted. And this was also a flimsy pretext for testing out my ability to post spoilers.

Saturday, October 16, 2004

Audio Commentary

I was so bored today that I decided to watch Star Wars Episodes I and II with the commentaries on. Not bad. I'll get sround to the other ones later. I do like how Lucas gives reference to Jay and Silent Bob, though. Oh well, he didn't throw a child.

Friday, October 15, 2004

New Spider-Man Action Figure

I can't believe this.

It's the new Fire Rescue Peter Parker with Child Throwing Action!
Press a button on his back and he throws the included child over his head to safety.

Check it out:
New Spider-Man Action Figure

Thursday, October 14, 2004

Spider-Man 2

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Tonight in Gardner Auditorium is the SAB movie "Spider-Man 2"
Freakin' awesome!

Go see it at 7:00pm and 9:30pm! You have no excuse!

Halo LAN Results

Here are the results from the Halo LAN in Berry. It was nice, but I have to admit. I pissed off everyone when I walked in and accidentally unplugged everything. Luckily, It happened 4 more times by others, so I don't feel so bad. Posted by Hello

The first pic is the much promised, Halo cake.


The second is Biskuit getting first. Although there was no Jester, Bruce, Weber, (or Jimmy) I have to give him props.


The third is Jimmy's best: 3rd. Leading my team and almost in 2nd.


Wednesday, October 13, 2004

ACM Meeting Minutes 10/13/04

ACM Meeting Minutes
10/13/04

Meeting began at 5:05pm in Gardner Hall 115.
7 Members were present.

Lori brought cookies, they were awesome.
Nick handed out schedules from now until January.

PR (i.e., me) needs to go talk to the Wayne Stater, TV station, and Radio station. Something like:
- ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, meets every other Wednesday at 5:00pm in Gardner Hall 115. Everyone is welcome to attend. Next meeting is...
- Cable flyer

Upcoming Events:
- Coming soon - Hazing the President Day
- October 27 - ACM Meeting
- End of October - Meteorologist Dan predicts snow
- November 7 - Sunbeam Activity, 6:00pm, BankFirst
- November 10 - ACM Meeting
- November 17 - Speaker? Dr. Garvin on Virus Protection
- November 24 - NO Meeting
- December 1 - ACM Meeting
- December 6 - Gaming Night during Study Week, 6:00pm, pizza and pop will be served
- January 19 - First ACM Meeting of 2005

Dan broke his pen, but fixed it.

Meeting adjourned at 5:22pm
Next Meeting: October 27, Gardner Hall 115, 5:00pm

Kevin Rasmussen
ACM Secretary


Jimmy's Random Rants




Rock, jazz, country, soul & more. Find the music you love on MSN Music!

Red Vs Blue Season 3

Episode 39 is up (been up for a while, but I'm slow) and it's pretty good, better than Season 2 so far.

It's called Best Laid Plans and what seems to be a Halo LAN Red and Blue teams based on the way they talk. There's a lot of good moments, so check it out. You may want to see Season 2 first to figure out what's going on.

Another note, still no news from the Strangerhood...
Red Vs Blue � Video Archive

Halo LAN Tonight

Anyone who's interested...There's yet another Halo LAN tonight in Berry at 9:00pm. Be there.

Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Sci-Fi Fundraiser

Hey, If you haven't noticed, the Sci-Fi Club is doing a fundraiser where you donate change to a specific professor to dress as a wizard for a day.

The candidates are:
Dr. Randy Bertolas
Dr. Susan Ellis
Dr. Richard Keenan
Dr. Ronald Lofgren
Dr. David "Max" McElwain
Lisa Sandlin
Ron Vick

If you don't help us, we'll sick Vader on you! Posted by Hello

ACM Meeting tomorrow

Anyone who's interested can come to the ACM meeting tommorrow, 10/13.
It's in Gardner Hall Room 115 at 5:00pm.

Select Fox TV DVD Sets up to 75% Off

Holy Balls!

Amazon.com is selling select Fox Box Sets for $14.99!

Included are:
24
Roswell
Angel
Futurama
Millennium
The Simpsons
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
King of the Hill
In Living Color

Once again, Holy Balls!
Amazon.com : Select Fox TV DVD Sets up to 75% Off

Have you told your parents you're straight?

Jester has posted some of the funnier things that were on the sidewalks yesterday for National Coming Out Day.

Check them out:
Snugglebuns and You: Have you told your parents your straight?

Episode III Trailer News

Yay! Internet's back!

TheForce.Net has posted possible trailer details including dialogue and descriptions. The link contains spoilers.

TheForce.Net | Episode III | News

Sunday, October 10, 2004

10,000 Days of Star Wars

This is when you know you have way too much time on your hands.

Today, Sunday, October 10, 2004, is the 10,000th day since the first showing of Star Wars on May 25, 1977.

TheForce.net | Your Daily Dose of Star Wars

Getting close to 100!

Yay! I finally have a random quote generator that I like and actually works. I have to give props to these guys for writing the code. I have at the moment 94 quotes to cycle between and will probably get more. I now know that I can never put a hit counter on my blog because so many people will be clicking Refresh (F5) so many times that it would be horribly inaccurate.

It does tend to repeat some, but there should be enough to make sure that something is new everytime. If there isn't something new, you have obviously wasted too much time with Jimmy. Seek help.

Saturday, October 09, 2004

Top 5 "SW: Episode III" Rumors

The Screen Savers have posted up the Top 5 ROTS rumors from theForce.Net. Check them out.
G4techTV - Feature - Top 5 "SW: Episode III" Rumors

Star Wars at Hot Topic

Hot Topic now some some Star Wars crap. Check it out!
Hot Topic Product Categories

Super Mario Mania

Wow, last night, after more Battlefront, we watched Super Mario Bros. the crappy movie. I found the video of some Japanese kid beating Super Mario Bros. 3 in 11 minutes. We then whipped out the Nintendo 64 and played Battle Tanks and Mario Kart. The new systems have spoiled us all. I forgot how bad the older systems really were when split-screened. I'm not sure I want to see how I do at GoldenEye now.

Friday, October 08, 2004

Enterprise Season 4 Tomorrow

A new reason to stay up in Wayne for a couple weeks. "Storm Front, Part I" will be debuting on KMEG Channel 14 tomorrow at 11:30 pm, not 10:30 like last year. It actually premieres tonight on UPN, but we don't get that. After all the fun of the Xindi arc it's time to figure out what exactly happened at the end of it.

Chris, that's a terrible word...

You know it's a good day on Morey 3rd South when all 4 toilets are stalled. So bad it even got the urinal. It is so nice to have to walk down the hall just to take a dump.

There is literally crappy toilet water everywhere! It's in my raccoon wounds!

I would post a pic to accompany this event, but...Come On!

Thursday, October 07, 2004

While You Were Out...

This is what I get for leaving. While I was at the Halo LAN, Nick Nord stopped by and saw my Master Chief. He thought it would be funny to have him hump my water bottle. And yes, that is Silly Putty genitalia. Posted by Hello

Halo LAN Results

The Halo LAN turned out well. I think there was a better turnout. Here are some pics of the results: In this one, All vs. them and Jimmy lead his team to victory.Posted by Hello


In this shot of King of the Hill: Jester's got first with no kills, Jimmy's got 2nd leading my team, and Bruce has 104 kills. Posted by Hello



Wednesday, October 06, 2004

Another Star Wars Roundup

Coming Soon! has yet another Star Wars Roundup with 4 possible spoiler scenes and a roll call from rumored and confirmed sources.

Coming Soon! - Latest News

DDR Extreme and Battlefront

OK, just got done playing the new DDR Extreme thanks to Erik w/a K. It's really fun with a lot of new modes. I have to practice the Party Mode mini-games better and Mission Mode is just evil. We unlocked a good amount of stuff today, but still no Endless Mode. Even though it sounds ridiculous, I want to at least try it once with the EyeToy. I do feel that the DDR games are getting progressively easier, but Extreme doesn't tell you when you've unlocked everything so it may yet have some challenging songs.

On another note, I finally got around to playing the Battlefront Xbox demo on my 4th Star Wars Trilogy disc. It's not bad, but they siad it's nothing like the real game. The controls were wierd but I fairly got the hang of it. This is why I'm still on Legacy on Halo. I really, really want to rent it for PlayStation 2 so I can figure out if it is as awesome as it was on the demo. I love killing Ewoks and want to kill some Gungans!

Top 11 Ways George Lucas Could Ruin Episode III

11. Show Amidala being artificially inseminated by C-3P0.
10. Have Greedo's father shoot Han's father.
9. Have the Empire invade the planet of Erak on the pretext that they have weapons of mass destruction.
8. Anakin shouting at the end, "I'll get you, Obi-Wan, if it's the last thing I do!"
7. Forgetting the whole plot and killing Anakin and Yoda.
6. Tell the actors and actresses that they were over-emoting during the last two movies, and they should act with less excitement.
5. End the movie with the Sith holding a large celebratory barbecue in the woods, with fireworks bursting overhead.
4. Cast John Stamos and Dave Coulier as Luke and Leia's Uncle Jesse and Uncle Joey
3. Have the actors make lightsaber and blaster sound effects themselves
2. Have the incident that finally pushes Anakin over to the dark side, be the Jedi Council making fun of his new haircut
1. Entitle it Revenge of the Sith, and continue to write and direct it on his own.

BBspot - Top 11 Ways George Lucas Could Ruin Episode III

Tuesday, October 05, 2004

Halo LAN Tonight

There will be another Halo LAN tonight in Terrace basement, not the lobby this time at 9:00 p.m. We will have a big screen!

Be there and remember...KEEP KILLING JESTER!

Jeopardy category: Blogs

The category "Blogs" was on Jeopardy sometime. Interesting...
Thousand Robots: Jeopardy category: Blogs + [now with audio]

Snugglebuns and You: Halo Boy Band

Head on over here to get a glimpse of the craziness that is the mixture of my insanity and Jester's ADD:
Snugglebuns and You: Halo Boy Band

Yesterday

Wow, the weeks have been going by so fast, except for yesterday.
I never made my Counseling class and Theatre was minimal due to the play tonight. I overheard a story involving a squirrel. Jester and I watched some Futurama and then I ate and then saw Jester on a campus tour and took that until Rice and went to Web Design, she wasn't there. I listened to some crazy music of my roommate's and then went to Geography...I have no idea what he said, he just rambles on and on and on. The I went to the Library to have my paper due today workshopped, forgetting to sign in/sign out for theatre hours. Went back to the room...Witnessed some DDR with one on pad, one on controller down on 2nd. Played that for a while. Went to eat. Went over to Niehardt to go over then to Ramsey to see the play. Jester could've spit on me. Went over to Mr. Beavers room. Watched 15 minutes of Enterprise until Halo started up. After that, I helped Jester get falling Halos similar to the falling leaves on my page. They still don't work without doing a wax on/wax off thing to text. Went back to the room, finished editing my paper, due in 20 minutes and printed it and then slept.

Monday, October 04, 2004

'The Simpsons: The Movie' Taking Shape

Ooh, ooh! Found another one...IMDb reports:

After promising a theatrical feature version of The Simpsons for years, the TV show's creator, Matt Groening, has indicated that plans for the movie are at last approaching fruition. In an interview with Britain's Guardian newspaper, Groening remarked, "We're trying to tell a story that we wouldn't do on television and take advantage of a longer process and a more ambitious process for animation." However, he added, the movie "will either kill the [TV] show or completely reinvigorate it." Admitting that he regards himself as a liberal, Groening also said that he has been given unprecedented freedom by the conservative-oriented Fox TV network. He told the newspaper: "We've poked fun at Rupert Murdoch a number of times and some of the executives are worried about it, although Rupert himself seems to be very good natured. He played himself as 'evil billionaire tyrant Rupert Murdoch' and good for him."

I'm not so sure about a movie version of the Simpsons. Are there any more ideas left?

Movie & TV News @ IMDb.com - Studio Briefing

Coming Soon! - Star Wars Roundup

ComingSoon.Net has another roundup of information including:

Who will get lose a limb in this Star Wars?
What's the deal with Kashyyyk?
and, of course...
John Di Maggio, the voice of Bender on Futurama, was also the voice of what Star Wars character?

Click below for more information:
Coming Soon! - Latest News

Sunday, October 03, 2004

Fun with Toys


"So which of these buttons calls your parents to pick you up?"

Haha, I bought some action figures yesterday so I thought I would have some fun.Posted by Hello

Saturday, October 02, 2004

Leaving the closet on the Simpsons

IMDb reports:
Marge Simpson's sister Patty will come out as a lesbian and marry a woman that she met in a bar in a forthcoming episode of The Simpsons, several gay-oriented websites are reporting. The episode is almost certain to touch off controversy, not only because of the significant number of children the series continues to attract but also because it comes at a time when many states are seeking to ban same-sex wedding ceremonies. It is due to air early next year.

I guess that will finally expain a lot about her, or they're really running out of ideas.

Movie & TV News @ IMDb.com - Studio Briefing

Friday, October 01, 2004

The Strangerhood

Wow...the guys who made Red vs. Blue have now moved onto "the Strangerhood" made out of footage from the Sims 2. I'm not quite sure about this because you have a lot more control over the actions of the Sims where in Halo, it required a lot more strategy to create. Oh well, should be funny!

The Strangerhood

Family Guy Season 4 Episodes

The first 13 episode names of Family Guy Season 4 have been published at the FOX Family Guy website. They are:

#4ACX01 - North by North Quahog
#4ACX02 - Fast Times at Buddy Cianci High
#4ACX03 - Don't Make Me Over
#4ACX04 - Blind Ambition
#4ACX05 - Stewie B. Goode (Part I)
#4ACX06 - Bango Was His Name Oh (Part II)
#4ACX07 - Stu & Stewie's Excellent Adventure (Part III)
#4ACX08 - The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire
#4ACX09 - Petarded
#4ACX010 - Brian the Bachelor
#4ACX011 - 8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter
#4ACX012 - Breaking Out Is Hard to Do
#4ACX013 - Model Misbehavior

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Family Guy :: Fox Broadcasting Company
Planet Family Guy :: the ultimate source of Family Guy news and information

WSC Math Problem

Cold, wet, crappy weather + Bowen wind tunnel = EVIL!!!