You Passed 8th Grade Math

Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct!

Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?

Frankie says a lot of things

Well, I'm back and my costume is done. I'm excited. I toured the haunted house and I don't think I'm going to be a good tour guide because I can't see a thing in there. I'll probably guide people for the first few hours while you can still see light through the roof and then I'll have to stop. I also am not going to the house tonight. I'm very tired and a little irate at the moment and I need some time to relax. I know, I was just on break but boredom doesn't equal relaxation. I'm going to chill out for a while and take it easy.

Frigid Fall Break

Well, I think my parents took the conservation request a little too far. It is so old in here. It's got to be about 40 in here! For once, I'm glad my room at college is hot. Anyways, I tried to play Red Alert on my laptop today and it wouldn't install. I'm using Windows 5.1 and not Windows 95. How dare I? I picked up the new Franz Ferdinand and the newest Bright Eyes CDs too with my Best Buy bucks. The cheap punks only allow $3 at a time on CDs and video games (and I suspect DVDs). Thanks so much. It was still a good deal anyways. Well that's all I know now. I'll try to make it back up by 6 or so but no promises.

Hooray for completed canes!

Spike gets Star Wars

Spike has purchased rights to carry all six Star Wars movies in April 2008. Looks like it cost between 65 and 70 million dollars to do so. Ouch but cool! Well, they'll probably play the crap out of it like they do Star Trek

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=11625

Banging

Last night I woke up at 4am to the sound of a very loud banging on a door. I didn't mind until it was so loud it made me wonder whether it was my door. I couldn't see any foot shadows but I took a look. Here's a drunk DSAX in the hall with Stu and Danza banging on his door trying to wake up his roommate who is passed out on the inside and he's locked out. Then Stu takes notice to the fact that DSAX is wearing his keys on a lanyard around his neck... He tries to open the door to find out that he can't because he has broken the door. He uses a credit card to jimmy the door open and gets in. I sleep. I wake up to see what he did to the door. The lock is busted and there's a crack down the middle. Nice. You know, the RA has all the keys...

Midnight Run Begins

Well last night was the midnight run to go get Batman Begins. I took Dan, Andie, Megan, and Roger along. I found the movie, then later discarded it for the 2-disc. We looked at fun stuff also. Today I was really freaking tired also because it was no-caffeine/no-sugar day. Well what can you do.

On another note, the DVD has a trailer for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the beginning.

Survey Time

Time you started: 1:30am
Birthdate: never disclose
Age: 20, I think
School: Wayne State Colelge
Grade: Junior
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Reddish/Blondish
Height: 5'11
Weight: 150 lbs.
Religion: Christian-Baptist
Nationality: Danish, German, Swedish, Irish
Sex: Male
What town were you born in?: Fremont, NE
What town do you live in now?: Wayne and Mead, NE
Best friend(s): I wouldn't want to offend anyone
Close friends: Ironically, the close friends don't really live near me
Most trustworthy: Megan or Nick
Nicest: Rhea
Craziest: Rich
Best smile: Amie
Best eyes: Don't know
Who have you known the longest?: Family members
Which of your friends do you talk on the phone with?: Rachel or Jodie
Who do you talk on the phone with the most?: Wow, redundancy
Do you have a girlfriend?: not as of yet


Favorites:
Color: Blue, I guess
Food: Not sure, I'm around the Gag too much
Music Genre: Alternative/Indie Rock
Solo Artist: I listen to bands mainly
Number: 42
Movie: Star Wars series
Actor: Johnny Depp
Letter: not C
State: Colorado
Country: United Kingdom
Time of day: afternoon
Day of week: Friday, stuff tends to happen
Month of the year: December
Season: Winter
Shape: d20
Ice Cream: Pecan Praline, f yeah
Reality Show: Amazing Race
Show: The 4400, South Park, Family Guy
Celebrity: Beats me
This or That: That
Milk/Water: Water
Chocolate/Vanilla: Chocolate
Rap/RnB: RnB
Punk Rock/Emo: Punk Rock
Jessica/Ashlee: Jessica, she had to earn her "talent", not inherit it
Day/Night: Night
Pink/Baby-blue: Baby-blue
Red/Blue: Blue
AIM/MSN: MSN
Home/School: School, being Wayne not Podunk
Batman/Superman: Batman

Have You Ever:
Drank Alcohol?: nope
Gotten drunk?: No
Smoked a Cigarette?: No, I hate cancer
Gotten High: No
Dyed your Hair: Not yet
Had sex: No
Given Head: No
Given a handjob: No
Fingered anybody: No
Eaten somebody out: No
Touched the opposite sex body part?: No
Thought about suicide?: Thought, but never explored
Hated yourself?: Yes
Liked someone older than you: Yep
Liked someone younger than you: Yep
Had surgery: Nope
Danced in public: DDR!
Sang in public: Yes
Worn a dress: Nope
Worn a suit: Yes
Gotten in a physical fight: No
Made somebody cry: Yeah
Said you loved someone and meant it?: Yes
Said you hated somebody and meant it?: Yes
Talked to stuffed animals: Yes
Talked to yourself: Half of my life
Driven a Car: Yes
Gotten in a car accident: Yes, twice
Been in the hospital: Yes

Last 24 hours:
Have you cried?: Nope
Eaten: yes
Showered: Twice, don't ask
Hung out with friends: Yes
Listened to music: Am now
Done something you haven't done in awhile: I had the TV off for most of the day
Made someone cry: Nope
Hurt somebody physically: No
Hurt somebody emotionally: No
Driven: No
Talked to your best friend: No
Time Finished: 1:42am

The Borrowing

Well for the past week or so I let DSAX borrow my Star Wars: Battlefront for when I went home. He also borrowed Revenge of the Sith from Comte, which I had in turn borrowed at least twice. DSAX also borrowed Clone Wars from me and the other day borrowed Alexander from someone. I borrowed out The 4400 Season 1 to Curt to see if he likes it. Matt wanted to borrow the Untold Story from Stu but he had already borrowed it out to Sarah, so he borrowed my copy. Matt let me borrow his Rilo Kiley and Interpol CDs because they're good. Keith stopped by a couple days ago to borrow a DVD and went for Episode I. Today he returned that and borrowed Episode II. I have to retrieve my borrowed out ACM Secretary notebook because I wasn't at the last meeting and I may waste 3 hours of my existence to borrow Alexander because it is a Director's Cut and I'd like to know if it was improved slightly. Also, if anyone wants to play Risk, I could borrow out one of my thematic versions...

Oh yeah, I need my borrowed Willy Wonka action figure back from Rachel when she's done.

Hover!

I totally forgot about this fun game that was on the Windows 95 CD. Try it if you still remember it: http://www.duke.edu/~mfc5/HOVER.htm

You Should Get a JD (Juris Doctor)

You're logical, driven, and ruthless. You'd make a mighty fine lawyer.

What Advanced Degree Should You Get?

Miniatures in 2006

Hey! They're not done! Wizards of the Coast released what we are to expect for 2006. It' doesn't really start up for a while so these huge Universe packs will probably be around for some time still.

Attack on Endor (due February 2006)
What? I'm not sure what they're up to with this one. They released the "Rebel Hero" Endor versions of Chewie, Han, Leia, and Lando in Universe. Nien Nunb and Ackbar were in there also along the the Dresselian Commando seen in the breifing scene of VI. What more can they make up? They can always add more stormtroopers and rebel troopers but what's the point? Perhaps more and more Ewoks or even Wicket? I'm hoping they include a good Luke unlike the last one. Seriously, this guy couldn't even take on the first Vader, much less the newest Vader. Give his some Hit Points and Attack modifiers similar to the super New Republic Luke who can't be used here beacuse he's not Rebel.

Champions of the Force (due May 2006)
I'm not sure what they're planning here. Are they going to reissue every Jedi and Sith they have made? I have to give them credit, the Republic expansions created a ton of Jedi to use and Revenge of the Sith duplicated the best ones. Please, not another Mace Windu, Yoda, Obi-Wan, and Anakin. I can't take it. I can see them doing this for those who started at Revenge of the Sith and could find any Clone Strike but got the Rebel Storm reissue and are short on Clone Wars Jedi like Qui-Gon and Darth Maul (irony there). I hope they use this to expand on the New Jedi Order they started in Universe and not waste time on duplicating the Republic. The New Republic is filled with a horde of undone Jedi.

Bounty Hunters (due September 2006)
Again, what? They already did the bounty hunters in the first set. The only, and I mean only one they left out was Zuckuss and who really cares about that loser. They better go Expanded Universe on this set.

Galactic Conquest (due November 2006)
I don't know why, but to me this seems like a troop-builder set, which isn't bad. It would be fun to see what a squad on non-Unique characters can do on a massive scale. This could also be a code name for the New Jedi Order also as the Yuuzhan Vong are trying to conquer the galaxy...

I'm not mad or anything, I just don't like having duplicate characters like they did in Universe. I'd be really surprised if they didn't reach further into the New Jedi Order more. There are so many new characters that haven't been miniaturized in that set and it would be fun. I guess we'll have to see.

Got a little Captain in him 

Finding the "Nooo!" in VI

Last night I was on Wikipedia looking up Star Wars and it said that 3 lines were repeated through all Star Wars: "May the Force be with you." "I have a bad feeling about this." and "Nooo!" This made me think, where are all the "no"s? I figured out:
Episode I = Obi-Wan Kenobi
Episode II = Qui-Gon Jinn
Episode III = Darth Vader
Episode IV = Luke Skywalker
Episode V = Luke Skywalker
Episode VI = ? the droid whose feet is being burnt

It took me a class of Tekken Society to figure it out but I did. Can you? (By the way, those who I have told, if you stumble upon this, don't blab!)

Jackson Wins 'Halo' Franchise

from IMDb.com:

Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson is turning his favorite video game Halo into a feature-length film. The Lord Of The Rings movie-maker grew addicted to Halo while shooting his latest film King Kong - so he jumped at the chance to snap up the movie rights and take it to the big screen. Jackson will produce the sci-fi film in his native New Zealand. A cast has yet to be announced and it's unknown if he will direct as well. Halo follows hot on the heels of a string of computer games which have been adapted for the big screen, including Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Resident Evil and Doom. The game has sold over five million copies around the world and charts the adventures of futuristic super-soldier Master Chief in his quest to save mankind from aliens. Bungie, the Microsoft-owned business which developed Halo, says, "We're delighted to have someone who's as committed to the Halo universe as Peter Jackson was to Tolkien's Middle-Earth".

Darts of Pleasure

ComingSoon.net has posted a good number of articles from the Episode III DVD press junket recently:
In the Future: Star Wars & Indiana Jones 4
Jim Ward on the Episode III DVD
Frank Oz & Rob Coleman on Star Wars
Rick McCallum on Star Wars & More
Ian McDiarmid on Star Wars
Hayden Christensen on Star Wars

Risk and Revenge

Well, last night Dan, Andie, Chris, and Michael came over and played Risk followed by Star Wars Risk while watching(?) the DnD movie on Sci-fi. We then watched Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story and some select South Park episodes until about midnight. Here is Chris's wall of Africa:


As I was escorting them out of Morey I heard the familiar sounds of the Episode III video game. Dsax had borrowed the game from Comte. I watched him play until 4am. That was fun/funny. I borrowed it from him after he beat it and playeed through it. I relieved several elements of the fun and anger I had posted about eariler when I first played it. Oh well.

Later a group came back to play regular Risk. I won that one. I was green.

Widescreen vs. Fullscreen

OK, this is for those of you, including my own brother, who think that fullscreen is so much better than widescreen. Here is a comparison of fullscreen and widescreen from Star Wars. As you can see you get so much more picture with widescreen. They don't add black bars to the top and bottom, they zoom out and add more picture to the sides. C'mon people!

Save the Seals!

Well, I went home this weekend to pick up my glasses and today I went in to Omaha. Outside Red Lobster there was a protest to save the seals. They told me to boycott Canadian seafood. I'm not entirely sure how the seals fit in to this but they had a mascot and I tried to take a picture:


I'm sorry Rhea, Red Lobster might be under fire for a while.

Shopping

Look at all these products for the inner psychopath in me and all of us:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/

117 Kills, 0 Deaths: Yeah, I was in a vehicle. So what?

Nothing like a power surge

Today we had a mild thunderstorm. It wasn't all that bad. In the middle of it it starting downpouring and we had a power surge. Suddenly, the Halo stops and there's a group of Moreyans out in the hall conversing. It was wierd. It was kinda nice. I've never seen such comradery since the good ol days on Morey 3rd North two years ago. It was reassuring and exactly what I needed.

Review of "Serenity"

Well, this movie was awesome and I'm a relative Firefly newbie in the sense that I only saw 2 episodes. The action was all there and of course it was funny. The plot was solid and engaging. It's really hard to think of things bad about this movie, really. It's not perfect but it's very fun to watch. This is the result of another of Fox's blunders second to canceling Family Guy. Seriously, I know why they release every show now on DVD because they don't know what they screwed up on.

There are some artsy scenes that are visually stunning but may confuse the viewer because they break non-linear time. One of the benefits about not being a TV show is they can really screw with the plot in the sense that, without spoiling, there's a point where it seems like every character is going to die. It's not just suspense, they really may die. Other then that, the visuals are stunning and the universe that is created to really awesome. The characters that are created are easy to relate to and believable.

My Rating: 8-9 out of 10
DVD-worthy: Yeah, I'll get it. Sci-Fi will probably do a midnight run.

Norfolk Adventures

Well today Jodie, Sarah, and I went off to Norfolk to get my wig cut. It looks good, now we just have to figure out how to color it because they sent me the wrong one. We went to Dollar Tree and they got crap. Then was Walmart where I got candy for the movie and Play-Doh. Jodie bought a bag of dinosaurs for the movie also. After that we were off to see Serenity (review to follow) and then we went to Sonic. I got my classic Toaster and a Route 44 Cherry Limeade and then we left.

The hair dresser seemed so depressed about what to use to color it but it's not really hair, it's thin pieces of plastic and it needs to be treated as such. I love how Rachel is always the optimist!

Your iPod Is

iPod Mini Green

What iPod Are You?

Homecoming

Well, I went to my high school's homecoming game. What a bust. There was only one person from my class there. I did talk to some seniors and other remaining graduates. The school added cheerleaders, oh wait...Yell Squad because the school won't cover their flips. But one thing didn't change, they lost.

On to the candidates, I am glad my cousin Trisha won queen. Not just because I know her but because she had to earn her way to the top. My cousin Adam was up for king as well, but he basically inherited his place by having 3 sibling that were popular. So good for her.

Busy Weekend Perhaps

Well, after writing a paper for an hour, I'm off. I need to go home momentarily to pick out new frames. Then there might be a birthday but I think it's Homecoming. I also need to get some new printer cartridges.

Sunday I'm off to Madison to get some hairs cut, not my own. Weird! And I'd like to study for a test and get an article done.

Year One

Well, It's official. I've been blogging for my first year now. Let's take a moment to think back at all the non-sensical ramblings... OK, moment's over.

A year ago, I was confronted by Snugglebuns who said that he had a Xanga. He said that I shoudl make a Xanga of my own. I wasn't sure about Xanga and I was looking into Blogger and TypePad after watching the Screen Savers all summer. TypePad charges you, enough of that. I went with Blogger because of the amazing amount of complete control you have over the look and operation of your site. Plus, I hate Xanga. Eventually, Snugglebuns went to Blogger to post pictures without separate web space using a program called Hello. Now they do it directly anyways. You can view his old Xanga here.

Let's see, what did I have a year ago... (ignoring category pages dated 09/29/2004)
Holy crap, my first post ever has a misspelling that I finally got around to correcting a year later.
Tales from Theatre Class: that was fun. I was also insane in those days
They should do more retro Halo LANs.
I wonder how Spaceballs 2 is going...
That was also the time when I posted minutes. Yeah, I don't do that anymore.

Holy balls! 4 posts in my first day! Now it's hard to come up with anything for every day. I will now try to become more insane and non-sensical in honor of my one year. If that was possible.

No, I'm not.

Haha, just kidding. I wasn't promoting anything or trying anything really new. Just trying to harken memories of when Sweet 98 was dead at post prom, I think. Anyways, if you checked my site hourly to see if any new developments had arised, Congratulations! I have a special award for you. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, so sad. I had this replace my blog for a day. Anyways, don't panic. Face the peril. It's OK.

You Are French Food

Snobby yet ubiquitous. People act like they understand you more than they actually do.

What Kind of Food Are You?

Star Trek Nemesis: The Movie That Never Was

(I strongly urge you to ignore this post like any other if you absolutely have no interest in the subject. It will bore and cornfuse you.)
You know, I don't typically review movies from 3 years ago that I've seen a billion times but after tonight's viewing I had some thoughts. The movie tries, really tries to have the excitement of First Contact but I have decided that it's not desperate enough. Shinzon's ship is supposed to be so unstoppable but it almost seems that it suffers Lucas's backwards-thinking "tell don't show" policy. There's supposed to be this fleet on the other side of the super-bad danger zone that we must fly into but I think they should've played it out. It would make the Scimitar much more deadly and the situation much more perilous if the fleet had arrived and become decimated by the awesome power that is 20-something disrupter banks and a kagillion photon torpedo tubes. This would've also corrected another tacky aspect.

After the Enterprise gets the crap kicked out of it, it seems like the crew completely runs out of ideas until some anonymous ensign in the back says, "Hey...what about smashing our ship into his? That might work, right?" Now if a fleet of ships and Romulan assistance could not stop this thing, it would justify crashing into it and attempting the self-destruct. Because now they really are the last thing between this behemoth and the deaths of everyone living on Planet Earth.

Anyways, if you haven't seen this entry into the 24th Century, it's not a bad watch at all. It has one of the neatest space battles seen on screen. Not kidding, it's really cool and fun it just seems that Picard et al have become more impulsive in this movie. The Borg are essentially unstoppable and ships are blowing up all over the place and he doesn't consider ramming the ship in First Contact. Thanks to Star Trek V, there can never be a crappier movie! Thanks for lowering the bar so low.

Spider-Man 3 Villians

Well, It's semi-official. Kirsten Dunst says that the villians are Thomas Haden Church as Sandman and Topher Grace as Venom. I was hoping they wouldn't do Venom but if they feel they can pull it off without making it seem like a stretch for the mainstream to believe I'm all in favor. Oh well. Now I just wonder how long we have to wait.

Hey, what are they doing with Harry?

Facebook

OK, after a week of waiting, my confirmation email arrived. I am now on Facebook.

Facebook me!

Join up too, you need your campus email. It's kinda neat and let me know if you're out there...

Where have I been?

I'll tell you. Well, I went home to get my glasses re-fixed and found out that they wanted to send them in again. I'm not sure why, it only needs a screw. In the process of transferring my lenses to a loaner pair they managed to scratch up my lenses so I said screw it, we're getting a new, un-broken, un-scratched pair.

I also found out my eBay packages have been going to the home address. I have my cool-y brooch and my hair. Unfortunately, it's black so Rachel and I are going to come up with various ways to color it including spray paint, markers, Kool-Aid, and food coloring. Guess what Nobbies had? Black! Anyways, I got my laminating done to find out they doubled the price and I thought they overcharged me. I could've sworn she said it was $3/sq. yd but it was feet so it was the right price. Oh well, there isn't a lot of room left on my walls for posters anyways. I also didn't get the Clockwork Orange one laminated because the attendant was cute and I didn't want her to think I was a total freak and perv. Not that it would matter but I don't know what happens when I leave that town.

I've been listening to Bright Eyes for most of the weekend and the $10 CD was tempting and I'll get it eventually. I have to return momentarily on Friday to pick out a new frame and to pick up my other package that will be delivered home by PayPal. Ooh! Best Buy also exchanged my Franz Ferdinand CD with the warped disc for a new one. That made me happy, plus the shiny metal pin. Ooh...shiny metal pin...

More in the mail

I am no longer mad at my glasses. My 5ft package came! It's my twin 5ft sections of clear PVC pipe. And the lettering doesn't go down the edge, but it's more of a raised lettering. I'll try to remove it but if not, I really don't care because it's hardly noticeable and won't be once it's filled. Now where's my other stuff?

On another note, I am mad at myself for forgetting that currently eBay and PayPal has a 10% off thingy until September 28 if you type in "celebrate" into the offer code in PayPal. It's for eBay's 10th year and I'm upset that I paid full price for something not too long ago. Oh well.

I am getting angry

After the ACM speaker that didn't show a group of us went back to my room and played Star Wars Risk and Tina played DDR. That wasn't making me angry. After they left I kept playing DDR until my lens popped out. I got my glasses back today and the place in Fremont didn't even send the right screw for my glasses. The tape I held initally held better. The loaner pair that had my lenses in "by a breath of air" held better. But when I get them back from the place that's supposed to fix them, they break in a matter of hours. Thanks. I'm going back to my tape.

Another Benefit of the Midnight Run

It seems that Walmart will include a Bonus DVD with the Episode III DVD. Always nifty:
Click here

eBay Has Redeemed Itself

I was getting upset at eBay so much but today it was so nice. I got an email that one of the items I wanted but gave up on had finished, but I had a second chance for my highest outbid. That was nice. I guess the winner retracted his bid. So now I'm happy. But I still have to wait 2 days to get outbid on something else! The suspense is killing me, I hope it lasts.

On another note, I got a copy of the Violent Femmes CD from Jodie which I have to hear and she says she's working on the Bright Eyes mix of hers. I also got a gift from the Littlest One of a Chewbacca sucker thingy. They gave me sugar in the form of Star Wars. Bad idea.

Battlefront on Hard

You know what really grinds my gears...Battlefront on Hard. The Medium difficulty is too easy to win but Hard is impossible. Even though you are on a team of like 30, you have to play babysitter for all of your command posts because no one stays behind to guard it and some prick gets a free steal. And of course, your team isn't smart enough to capture command posts on your own so there's no way to win. But what I really hate is when you don't die, lose all command posts but yet still lose. I never died so they obviously didn't kill everyone. Yet somehow we lose. I'm not sure why I keep playing it but it drives me nuts!

Poster Sale

Hooray! The poster sale is back! And it's a day early! I'm not sure why I like this so much but I do. I am a little upset that most of the posters I wanted are European one-sheet replicas that cost $16. They're all ther: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Batman Begins, Star Wars, Episode III, and others that I was too upset to continue looking. Also "the Kramer" is $15. That sucks. I did pick up posters of The Killers, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and A Clockwork Orange.

Also, I think I'm actually going to get that Willy Wonka one at Hot Topic that Sci-fi club keeps looking at. It's about time.

You Are an Emo Rocker!

Expressive and deep, lyrics are really your thing. That doesn't mean you don't rock out... You just rock out with meaning. For you, rock is more about connecting than grandstanding.

What Kind of Rocker Are You?

Why do you hate me, eBay?

I am starting to get frustrated with eBay and the whole concept of online auctions. I like the ability to see a price and just buy it. But, no, someone has to come in and bid higher and not just higher, a lot higher! My item started with just me at $10 and now it's still me, but at $37. I'm a little hoping I won't win but I know I can't get this for this price. I just hate money right now. I always find the right thing that is 6 days away from ownership. In that time, someone always finds my item. There's a similar item I watching that expires in about a day and is currently cheaper, but because I'm winning the other that's now 4 days away, I'm hesitant about bidding until I'm outbid so I don't end up with two. Stupid impulsive personality!

Andie's a Star!

Yesterday I went into Sioux City with Jodie to go to the Dowry. I had to order my shoes and picked up a hat but they didn't have a wig. We then went to Walmart because she needed stuff and I needed a knife. I came out with a Darth Vader Halloween pail, candy, chips, dip, bread, and Ramen. We then went to Long John Silvers because I never go there. After that, we went to the mall. Hot Topic had Jodie's pants! She also bought me a couple of pins as my fare for bringing her. We then went to Spencer's to laugh at the crappy Wonka costume. Barnes and Noble had some Worst Case Scenario books to occupy us. We studied the College, Dating and Sex, and Weddings editions. No reason. The circus isn't here yet. On the ride back, we discussed the intricate meanings of songs by The Killers and had to listen to Wonka's Welcome Song again.


Jodie's chicken looks like fish!

Today, I found out from the horse's mouth (well, Bri's) that the children's play this year is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. So I'm a little excited for that. I bought my pipe and a wig and I found a couple of better hats on eBay. I'm so excited for my costume!

This campus is too small

After eating, I went over to Niehardt to talk to Rhea and Amie but they weren't there/conscious so I left at the same time as a girl distributing flyers for a barn dance next Thursday. She was headed to Pile and I was off to Morey. She asked me where I was from and I said Mead and she freaked out. She said that her aunt was probably my former principal, Angela Leifeld. Yes, she was. The girl also dated at one point Jason Larsen and Brad Schutt from Mead. Eventually she asked me the inevitable, "So what did you think of my aunt?" I'm trying to be honest, yet nice so I said that she was a nice person, which she was, but a bad administrator, which she was. I said she'd be a better teacher but as an admin, she has made bad policies. I think she expected that.

Anyways I walk from Pile to Morey and I see Andie, she's off to Gardner. I then see Roger who's off to come up with a proposal for ACM/Sci-fi allocations with Sam and Dan. I've got nothing until 3:30 so I tag along. He says that Megan was out at the haunted house and noticed that a major beam had collapsed and she thinks it may be unusable. That's not good. We see Dan and Andie in Gardner off to eat because the allocations meeting isn't actually until 3 so, since I ate, I returned to the dorm to blog this.

Star Wars Risk

We had an ACM social tonight (which turned into more of a Sci-fi social) in I finally got to play my Star Wars Risk game. There are certain variants such as building ships that change the rules slightly. One of these changes is Order 66. In the game, a Darth Sidious pawn moves down a track that represents the amount of successful d8 amounts to convert a Republic planet into a Separatist/Sith/Imperial planet and Sidious moves to a planet that the Republic can instantly win if captured. It goes to 11 rounds and it moves every Separatist player round. In a game there is usually 2 of each faction so it would move twice. We decided that would be too fast and too killer for the Republic so we decided every round it would move. Unfortunately the Republic does have its advantages while it lasts. There are tokens the Separatist player places each round that grants card bonuses. These are removed by Order 66 but until then it gives the Republic player a goal that is too easy to get to. We decided halfway through the second round that we would adjust for every turn. Of course, near death, Roger the Separatist executed Order 66. He wasn't able to take the big forces away from Dan and I. We were in position to attempt to take the Darth Sidious planet. Then Gardner kicked us out.

I have a package!

I am so excited that my paisley is in. It looks so near perfect it's unreal! I'm going to try the small Wayne-y places just in case there is anything more perfect (doubtful). Now I want my gloves which may come tomorrow.

Speaking of packages, on Saturday I broke my glasses. Sad. A screw snapped in half shearing one end embedded in the frame. No one here services Oakleys so I had to put my lenses in a loner and send the frame to Fremont. I hated the loner, but when my parents sent my old pair in the mail, I didn't really like how they felt so I'm still weraing the loner until I break it or, better yet, they fall out.

Speaking of packages again, I feel sorry for the Morey deskworkers. So far I've got my R2-D2 miniature, paisley, and my glasses and I'm stille expecting my gloves, brooch, and 2 5ft sections of PVC pipe! Wow, that's a sentence I've never thought I'd say. And that's just all I've planned. I love Amazon and eBay, my checking account doesn't.

Your IQ Is 100

Your Logical Intelligence is Below Average Your Verbal Intelligence is Above Average Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your General Knowledge is Average

A Quick and Dirty IQ Test

Nebraska weather just got more frightening

Last night I was up for some reason until 2am. I guess I wanted to be tired. I went to sleep and was awakened by the weiredest thing: Weather! That storm was the loudest, closest, and most freak-alicious storm that ever passed by. I tried ignoring it but then there was one blast that actually freaked me out. There were a couple that felt like they hit nearby. Apparently Stuart and DSax were screaming in the halls but I didn't hear that. Oh well, just amazed by the thunderstorms right now.

Your Fortune Is

7/5th of all people do not understand fractions.

The Wacky Fortune Cookie Generator

You know what really grinds my gears

I figured since these are my random rants, I should rant once in a while. What is up with people in Morey (and maybe beyond the dorm) who have decided that flushing is not good. I hate walking into the frickin' bathroom and finding toilets full. I would understand perhaps if the flusher was on the other side of the room, that requires walking. But it's not. It's right there! Do it! It's sick! I guess people like to see how concentrated they can get the piss in the urinal. Sorry to gross you all out but it must be said. We're college students. The world looks up to us, apparently. Can't we at least give a courtesy flush?

My Midnight Runs

OK, I found out when I'll need gas in my car for these midnight runs:
October 18: Batman Begins (October 17)
November 1: Star Wars: Episode III (October 31)
November 8: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (November 7)
December 7: Star Wars: Clone Wars Volume 2 (December 6)

Because of the fact of being midnight runs, the dates in parentheses are obviously the days before when I'll actually be making the runs. The release dates is when I'll be tired.

Clone Wars Volume 2 Coming to DVD

I read this story and actually said aloud: "Finally!" I am excited for this release too. This will be my second known Midnight run of the 4 I expect to be doing this year:
Star Wars: Clone Wars | Star Wars: Clone Wars Volume 2 Coming to DVD

I'm Really Wierd!

You Are 40% Weird

Normal enough to know that you're weird... But too damn weird to do anything about it!

How Weird Are You?

You Passed the US Citizenship Test

Congratulations - you got 10 out of 10 correct!

Could You Pass the US Citizenship Test?

George Lucas Announces Latest Star Wars Legality

Hehe, funny:
BBspot - George Lucas Announces Latest Star Wars Legality

I didn't know a human could do this

This is so cool it's disgusting:
Finger Finger Revolution

☺ Golden hours are coming to you ☺

They told me to bring my minis to the Sci-Fi meeting so I did. Jodie made a Wookiee chorus line. Chris tryed on my goggles (not googles). After the meeting Jodie and I went to Bomgaars to find some PVC pipe. No, they didn't have any but I know where I can get some online. We then went to Magic Wok where I haven't been in like 2 years. We then got some groceries and I got some actually healthy food. I even resisted the caffeine.

I am so excited for Halloween! I'm going to love freaking people out at with my costume. Anyways, for no other reason, look Rachel:

A Life Interrupted

Today I journeyed up to Sioux City with Rachel, Jodie, Sarah, and Steve to get stuff. We went to ACME and looked at the stuffs. They had DnD Clue! I picked up a box of Minis and got an Acklay and Luke on Tauntaun. We then went to Michael's to pick up crap. Then, the mall. I got my Clone Strike Ultimate Missions and found the goggles. Hehe! We went to Jo-Ann and got fabrics for my costume and found a pasley. We then went to Walmart and found another pasley. I also got a bunch of other crap.

By the way, gas prices in Sioux City were 2.39 per gallon. That kicks Nebraska's prices of about 2.54 across the river. I know there's other places that are worse but how did they get such good prices? Oh well, buy gas. Time to watch the 4400.

(Holy crap! That last five minutes of that episode is a mind orgy! They crammed so much stuff in those few moments! It's awesome!)

Sugar and Caffeine Rushes

Last night I played a game of poker. That's been a while. I was the third to last out but I went out on a straight but the full house got me. I woke up today and found a 4400 marathon in progress. That was nice. I then went with Rachel, Sam, Sarah, and Jodie down to Wisner for Natalie's goodbye party. That was hyperactive. Everyone was wet by the end of the night. She also ran off. That was great. I brought my action figs for the rides and we discovered the fun of bending things. Well, that's all for the moment. Tomorrow I'm off to Sioux City to find ACME, and go to JoAnn's, Hancock, and probably the mall among other places for the costume.

Megan after "the fall"

How we say goodbye to people

Morey is Falling Apart!

When I moved up, I had the fun of noticing that my cable is out. I realized later that my phone was out too. My closet light also would not turn on. I got rid of the bulb and asked for a new one. I got my new bulb and realized that it takes several clicks to turn on. Later, my sink light went out. I fished out the old probably-non-broken bulb and fixed that. They put in batteries in the smoke detectors and tested them. Then a couple of days ago the alarm would go off for no reason until I removed the battery. I noticed that 3 other rooms had the same problem. I don't mind if the smoke detector isn't working I guess but I want my cable!!!

Another DDR

Every year there has been a new DDR for me to enjoy:
Freshman = DDRMAX2
Sophomore = DDR Extreme
Junior = DDR Extreme 2

Halo Targeted for Summer 2007

20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures have closed the deal on making Halo into a movie. Universal will take care of it over in the US while Fox is taking the international market.

Click here for more: Coming Soon! - Latest News: "Halo Targeted for Summer 2007"

The End of a Morey Era

Well, I am back in Morey this year, but down a floor. I have found out that there is really no one from third floor still living there. Out of Nick, Josh, Alex, Matt, Gabe, Luke, Jordan, Aaron, Eric, Dave, Nino, Curt, Sean, Panama, Kyle, Jase, Heath, Brandon, and Tony only Curt remains. I really like Morey 316 as a room. It has a great position in the hall and a great view, but when I decided where to live I knew that if I put there it would not be the same. I have moved down a floor and I don't fell like I'm starting over necessarily, but I am enjoying it. College can be one of the most depressing times ever. It has so much change. You meet friends but you neglect to realize you've got at least 3 years of still seeing them at best. Even less when their older and even less when they move out. And then a surge of freshmen come in. Next year is going to be wierd.

On to College

Well, today was fun. They didn't want me in. They said I wasn't on the list. I am. All of my stuff is in here now and my room is awesome. My cable doesn't work yet so to pass time while I unpacked I watched The Empire Strikes Back. Infortunately, once I started I had to finish. I went over to Rachel's to see the rest of the Princess Bride and then watched the first part of Harry Potter. I showed them my goodies! Too many kinds of high. Water and gravity are now evil only when combined.

I shall call him...Mini-Wonka 

I am the Rulemaster!

(Those who don't really give a crap can go ahead and ignore this post like you've been ignoring the rest of this blog. Hehe!)
Last night at Dragon's Lair there was a Star Wars Miniature dispute that I was able to mediate. They were wondering if Sly Moore's Dominate ability works on enemy players and General Grievous.

Dominate (Replaces turn: Target non-Droid character takes an immediate turn, which does not count as one of your 2 activations this phase, even if it has already been activated this round; save 11. The target character cannot move this turn.)

OK, now it doesn't say anything about enemy players or anything but the rulebook contains additional information they couldn't list on a card. It says:

Dominate: Instead of taking its normal turn, this character can take control of a target non-Droid character, even one who has already been activated this round. (This does not count as an activation.) The target character takes a turn as though it were on the acting player’s squad but cannot move. It can resist this effect with a save of 11. Determine legal targets normally for enemy characters; any allied character in line of sight is a legal target.

Ah ha! "For enemy characters!" So that was settled. Now General Grievous, he counts as a Cyborg with both Droid and non-Droid attributes. Does this mean having droid attributes would not allow him to be targeted? Well, we go back to the trusty rulebook:

Cyborg: A Cyborg character counts as both a Droid and a non-Droid. This means it benefits from effects that target Droids (such as Repair) in addition to other kinds of effects (such as Heal). However, a Cyborg character is also vulnerable to harmful effects that don‚’t normally affect Droids (such as critical hits) as well as those that specify Droids only (such as Ion Gun 20). Cyborgs can be affected by commander effects.

Not a whole lot there but something caught my eye...Heal works. So I whip out the Polis Massa Medic card with Heal and it says:

Heal 10 (Replaces attacks: touch; remove 10 damage from a non-Droid character)

So if Heal works on Grievous becuase of his non-Droid attributes, therefore Dominate must work because of that same non-Droid status. Boo ya, nerds! Basically the point of Cyborg is to take advantage of both attributes and not be hindered by one or the other.

Chris Miller Funday 2005

Yesterday, the Class of 2003 went down to Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun. OK, let me see if I can get everybody: Me, Chris, Max, Kyle, Brandon, Zach, Eric, Ashley, Megan, Angie, Kayla, Steph, Kelly, and Sara B. were going. It started off well. Zach showed up with a hangover so that was fun to watch. Kyle drove the Millers' van, Brandon drove himself because he had to get to Des Moines afterwards, Steph drove her car, and Chris drove his car. I rode in the van with Kyle, Zach, Ashley, Megan, and Angie. We didn't get far into Iowa when Zach had to puke. He puked again in Missouri, then again outside the park. Good thing he was going on rides. In Missouri, we were going about 100 mph and suddenly a cop pulled out behind us. We're all thinking seatbelts when the cop passes us and goes for the car inbetween us and Steph. We were freaked. But it was fun.

We got outside the park and we decided to eat, I think, beforehand so we turned around and went to Wendy's. Our van couldn't find everyone else because Zach was puking. We called and found out they went in anyways. We got our tickets after selling a few extras to some people. They said "Chris Miller Funday" hence the title of the post (and probably future gatherings). They went on the Boomerang while a few of us waited. Most of the group went to Oceans of Fun while Ashley, Megan, Angela, Eric, and I went to more rides. They went on the Mamba because I'm not too keen on rides overall. They make me yak. But I love being there. We then went on the Monsoon, one of the rides I actually go on. They then went on the Detonator and then we wondered around for a while until we got to the Spinning Dragons. The line was long so I took off toward the sugar. They had Wonka bars! You don't find those anywhere. We then went on the Viking Voyager, another I like, and then we chilled out. We got bored and went to Oceans of Fun. Megan and I didn't have suits so we just waited in the oppressive heat.

After a while, the whole group was ready to try Worlds of Fun. They wanted to go on Mamba but it was broke. They went on Detonator while I had my own thrill ride. I visited the Detonator gift shop and was looking at the glassware when one of the glass shelves above me broke shattering crap everywhere. I was so embarrassed. Luckily, they said it was OK as I said that I think I will leave the store now. Not my best moment. They then went on the ThunderHawk and hated it while I found a DDR Extreme game. They really wanted me to go on it so I played some chick from the park. That was fun and exhausting. It's been a while! They went on Spinning Dragons again and most of the group got tired. Some headed back to the cars while the others went on Boomerang again. We cranked the A/C and waited and navigated the most poorly designed lot ever. We then left and went to eat. They wanted Perkins but we brought them down to CiCi's. Brandon left for the army and we were off. Unfortunately, Kayla's car was off in the wrong direction. Glad I wasn't.

The drive back was fun and reminiscent. Zach was going about 80 mph and the group wanted to stop constantly but we kept going. They wanted us to stop for 30 minutes to catch up but we didn't. Almost into Nebraska, Zach has the great idea of passing a guy in a disappearing lane and then suddenly having to slow up to not hit a truck. In Omaha, Kyle wanted Zach to take I-680 North and cut the median to get to Center faster. He wasn't going to do that in the Millers' van so we took that to Pacific and got back to Center. We tried to get gas at Fantasy's but they were closed. The other called us at about the Platte River saying that they were at 160th and Center. No way. We went to Cubby's for gas and then headed back to Mead. We left gas money I had to get gas in may car. Christ showed up not too long after wanting to know how long we've been back. They must've totally sped bad. Oh well, that's the whole of it! I can't wait for the next one.

www.flickr.com swfanatic_2000's Worlds of Fun 2005 photoset

My iPod Experience

I thought it would be fun to get an iPod mini for this weekend and finally give in to one of my sever urges. I picked up a green 4GB iPod Mini from Best Buy and was somewhat happy due to the fact that I don't like shelling out $200. I got it home and installed it and the installer crapped out during the connection part. It gave me an error reporting alert. So I tried again, same thing. Error 1628! It was driving me nuts. I took it back yesterday and exchanged it for a new one. I opened it up and tried again. Same frickin' thing! I was getting angry. I installed it on the main computer and it went. It was all formatted so I installed the software only and tried to get it to run. Nope! It hate my computer. So I took it back to Best Buy all defeated and so now I'm up $200 and down one iPod urge.

If anyone knows how to solve this, let me know. Or if anyone knows how to install an iPod and then have it simply work with iTunes with little installation, please let me know...cough...cough...Oliva...

A Look at Windows Vista aka Longhorn

Check out this preview of the new Windows: http://www.pcnx.com/reviews/review.asp?reviewid=2005070003

Help Wanted

I'm looking for someone who can make me something out of metal. It doesn't have to be fancy metal but if I give them a small shape, I want them to make it for not a whole lot of money. Cools if it was in the Fremont/Omaha/Wayne/Norfolk/Sioux City area. I thought I knew someone in college who knew someone that make stuff out of metal. Does anyone know anyone?

Revenge of the Sith: Abridged

Hehehe: http://ter.air0day.com/?script=revengeofthesith

Time to Freak Out!

I'm so excited for many things! My high school class is going to hit Worlds of Fun at the beginning of August! I also found out that WSC is putting in a Starbucks in Conn. Oh yeah, there goes my meal plan. I was telling Nikki in my freshman year that they should put in a Starbucks here. My non-sensical ramblings have come to pass.

By the way, I miss you guys. I miss you guys so much. I really, really miss you guys. Seriously, you guys...miss ya!

Sorry about the brainfart, time to get some caffeine!

Review of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"

I saw this movie a few hours ago and I thought it was fun. The crazy thing is, it felt like one big scary Michael Jackson fun time. It makes no reference at all, but it makes you feel like it. Anyways, I enjoyed this movie. The humor was odd and off the wall like Wonka and Johnny Depp served the part well. It's a nice departure from the 1971 musical. The Oompa Loompa songs are kinda funky but with a sense of Danny Elfman. This movie is enjoyable to all ages, but expect kids to be there. They will also from now on be frightened of squirrels. Never go to Wayne. This is short and simple, but I may add more.

My rating: 8 out of 10, not too shabby
DVD-worthy: yeah, not a bad buy

Peer Pressure Point

Yesterday I went to Dragon's Lair and was happy. The Rebel Storm reissue is here. I was pissed that people were pulling Vaders and Fetts while I kept getting duplicates. I bought a Grevious and Mara Jade with two boosters. I pulled Leia and IG-88, duplicates. I got rid of IG and got an Aerial Clone Trooper. I then was tempted into buying another booster. I pulled a probe droid. I have 3 now. I realized that they were super rare and worth the purchase of another booster. I already traded the other. In that booster I got a Sandtrooper on a Dewback. Not bad, not Vader/Fett/Obi-Wan. I traded in my Leia, a couple Royal Guards I got a while ago and my duplicate Typho for a discount on another booster. This one got me Chewbacca. I was happy I guess. One kid tried to trade my Jabba and IG for his Palpatine. I don't think so. He bought a booster by trading in Palpy and got Jabba anyways. I hope that remains there a while. I found out where I can get a Luke and Han if my luck holds out. I'm also hoping other places got those reissues because I'm going to want more.

I then went to Dave and Busters and hit the Jackpot on one of those spinning light things. I was waiting for 2 minutes for the machine to spew out all of my 650ish winnings. I got 974 total for like 1200 on my card. I think I'm going to save for something cool for my dorm room. I then went to Matt's and played some Episode III and watched Star Wars bloopers. All in all, mo money, still fun. Still tired of duplicates.

State of Total Fun-ness

Last night I ventured on to my comic book runs. I picked up a few Jedi and some peons during all that jazz. One of the games was willing to trade my Darth Vader for his Kit Fisto, Mace Windu, and Asajj Ventress. I really wanted to but the collector in me said no. I know there is another Vader a few weeks ago in LaVista I might be able to aqcuire for the trade. Let's see... Anyways, they close at 9 so I decided to pop over to Dave & Busters!!! Hehe, they carded me on the way in. I got my new card and had fun. I played Need for Speed Underground for a while. I wanted to play the DDR knockoff and Galaga but people were using them. So I decided to win some tickets. I got a shot glass and left some tickets on the card for a shirt or some fun stuff for my room eventually. You can win power tools starting at 13,000 tickets. Outrageous. Well they close at 1am but I wanted to see other things. I went to Barnes and Noble and found no more boosters but I picked up 3 books including Paradise Lost. Always wanted to read that.

Today I couldn't sleep for some reason so I had an early morning. This afternoon I attended Nick Vrba's wedding in Columbus which was nice. Tomorrow I may go to John C. Fremont Days or head into Omaha for more fun. We'll see.

Everyone take on the Medical Droid!

Well first I drove up to Hastings in Norfolk and looked for Nick to find out he left a few minutes ago. I called him for directions and bought 5 packs of Rebel Storm Miniatures. Nick showed up and we went to his unfurnished new apartment. That place was cool. It had an upstairs which had 3 more rooms. I found out later that he worked from 9pm to 9am but he let me stay overnight. I played KotOR and watched Ren & Stimpy and Clerks before sleeping. He came back and we watched Futurama and talked before I left for Wayne.

Rachel was waiting for me and I brought my Miniatures along to go to Sioux City. We picked up Jodie and Sam and along the way Jodie would some Miniatures on the dash. Here are some examples of a totally random battle against a Medical Droid and a Wookiee chorus line. We got to Target and got distracted by toys, school supplies, and Monty Python. We then went to Toys 'R' Us and got more distracted by toys. Sam got Star Wars Monopoly. We then went to Jo Ann's for fabric for conventions and I got some fleece for a blanket...a blanket...in summer...oh well. We then went to Walmart and got distracted again. Jodie was about to buy a little kid version of Luke and R2-D2. I love how the description is Ages 3-8 because at 8 it will be no more fun. We then went to Sam's Club and Rachel got a crap-load of water that took more than 10 minutes but we did see the Red Bull truck.

We went back to Rachel's after dropping Jodie off for Norfolk and watched Enterprise and made the blanket. Sam was passing out. After a while I returned to Norfolk to my huge hotel room. It was at Norfolk Lodges and Suites and we had a suite. It had a main room and a separate bedroom with a full kitchen and another room upstairs. Well, I suppose that's it until I got see Batman Begins again with Jodie before heading home.

Review of "Batman Begins"

I finally got to see this movie! I had to settle on seeing it in Fremont, but now I want to go to Omaha and see it. This movie was absolutely awesome. I had doubts way at first when they were talking about doing the Scarecrow and Ra's Al-Ghul because tehy are not the villians you think ofwhen it comes to Batman. Now I understand why they were chosen. They best tackle this part of Batman's story and they are so real in the best sense of the word. There was a paranoid message boarder I foud the other day that said people are going to start believeing that there could be a real Batman because of how this movie plays it. I like the subtle and not so subtle cues at a sequel and the possiblity for returning characters.

On another note, I really like how they did the Scarecrow. He's freaky and as Nick put it, "You wouldn't want to meet him in a dark alley." Mr. Nick did say he say this with comic book freak Heath and said that Heath loved it. This coming from the guy who has a list of critiques about the new Superman outfit.

Oh well, if you love movies go see this
My Rating: 9 out of 10, seriously, that good
DVD-worthy: Midnight pickup

Dave & Busters

I was reading the Omaha World-Herald at lunch today and noticed that a Dave & Busters is opening soon at 132nd and Center. If you've never heard of this place they have food and tons of video games for adults. No, not adult games, it's jest themed for adults. Anyways, I went to one in Chicago back in 1999 and I looked around and found my old card to play the games. I was excited until it said it would only work at the issuing store at Clark Street @ Oak in Chicago. Oh well, I was the 7,870,706th person to get a card there. So, I'll put this back into storage for another 6 years and see if it still works then! Until then, I can't wait to see what it's going to be like in Omaha.

Comic Book Store Run

Yesterday I ventured into the deep sections of Omaha to find some unique Miniatures. I went to Coliseum Gaming & Collectibles in La Vista and they really had nothing I was looking for. I then went to Ground Zero Comics at 50th and L and found some great but few Miniatures. I got a Princess Leia, 4-LOM, IG-88, and some fringe for a scenario I'm planning. I went up to Krypton Comics and bought my super-articulated Darth Vader figure from their huge wall of Star Wars. I saw Jen there and we talked about many things including how comic book stores really don't want business. You can look over the same product behind glass for an hour and they don't perceive it. Anyways, I went to Dragon's Lair and got another destroyer and some extra fringe and a booster. The booster had 3 of the ones I just bought. That's OK though, I guess.

Anyways, next weekend I'm heading up to Norfolk and Wayne. If anyone wants to do anything, let me know soon or I may call some people. I do want to go to Hastings and maybe a comic store there, but I'm up for anything including Felicity marathons to do during that weekend.

At the River

Last night, we went to Rick's Cafe Boatyard place-thing down by the Missouri and that was cool. I don't get to bring my spycam around too much due to security at work so I went a little nuts that night.

The Missouri from the restaurant:


Downtown O:


ConAgra geyser:


Almost news backdrop-worthy:

Top 11 Rejected Star Wars TV Shows

11.	The Fresh Princess of Na-Boo
10.	Two Guys, a Girl and a Wookiee
9.	Darth Trump's "The Padawan"
8.	Touched by a Sith Lord
7.	Star Wars: The Next Generation
6.	Extreme Makeover: Death Star Edition
5.	Survivor: Hoth
4.	Emperor Palpatine Controls the Universe
3.	Everybody Hates Anakin
2.	That Long Long Time Ago's Show
1.	Queer Eye for the Jedi

Why I don't want to be connected

I consistently get these emails from people wanting me to join some online community thing at hi5.com and it scanned my Hotmail and found emails. It sent an invitation email to everyone on that list. If you got one of those emails, disregard it or join it or whatever. I didn't mean to send it. If it had said, "We will invite your friends via email" or something to that effect, I would not have sent it. I don't work that way. If you want to be connected with me, bookmark this page. I don't need another login to some crap I won't use.

Give me a reason

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...

Friday Night Fun

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.

My cell

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.

Lack of updating explained

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.

Midnight Star Wars Showing

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!)

Killers Concert

Dude, The Killers, August 10, Sokol Auditorium, likely to sell out soon, anyone want to go?

Busy Days

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...

One of the Best Times of the Year

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?

Review of Episode III the Video Game

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.

Bad Slim PS2!

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...

Weekend Fun

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.