Grrrr
Ok, the internet has it all now. How many five year olds could you take in a fight? I know they’re annoying, but who really needs to know how many of the little buggers they could kill? I don’t even think I could take 20. Kids that age have those little hands with death grips and sharp fingernails. This number may come in handy for teachers during 1st grade uprisings though; they happen all the time in public school.
Today, I passed someone walking down the street carrying a ghettoblaster playing Snoop Dogg. Not only is this unusual because it’s not 1983, but it’s strange to see a black person on the west side of Los Angeles.
Anyway, that brings me to my rant. Attention all people that think we, for some reason, want to hear the music you like. We don’t want to hear it. Don’t walk down the street with a boombox, don’t play grainy mp3s off your cellphone in public places, and don’t drive down the street with your radio blasting and your windows down. There’s a reason headphones were invented. And to those of you that use earphones? Turning them up so loud that everyone within half a block can still hear your music isn’t helping. I really can’t wait for five years from now when you’re legally deaf.
The topper to this music rant is that my damn headphones broke today, after only two months! That was not worth my $20.
I’m tired and a little uninspired today, so instead of doing a real blog post, here’s another Half-Life 2 video about 100 different ways to die in Garry’s Mod. I especially like any method with numerous explosions for no apparent reason. Watch out for attacking melons!
So according to Google, today is the 50th anniversary of the Lego Brick. Legos used to be my favorite toy; my parents once bought me one of those 2000 brick sets, and whenever we went to Toys ‘R’ Us or Pic ‘n’ Save, I would always get a small vehicle kit to fool around with. For a while my favorite PC game was actually Lego Island. I don’t know what it was about that shitty game, but I spent hours and hours driving my pizza scooter around. If I recall correctly, I did everything that could possibly be done probably five times over. I even almost named my dog after the main character. Perhaps my old love for Legos is what made me get into Perler Beads and Pixel Blocks. Building something big out of a lot of small things is just fun, no matter how old you are.
Ok, so The Simpsons hasn’t been as funny the past few years. But you have to admit, that made you chuckle a little. Frankly, I’m surprised they even added Amy to that picture, she’s not exactly well known. I can almost hear the frantic typing of Sonic x Rouge/Sally/Cream/Tails/Shadow fangirls angrily yelling on message boards about how wrong that picture is. Be careful Matt Groening…you just angered an internetload of furries.
You know, sometimes you can really find masterpieces on Youtube. I bet the 9 year old that wrote this Half-Life fanfic really was proud of himself. Well, he better be 9…or suffering from Down Syndrome.
So Advance Wars: Days of Ruin came out this week and I cannot say I’m satisfied. The series now has a new grittier look (which in gaming terms means everything is brown), a completely new cast, and a darker storyline. Some people have embraced the new change but I don’t really like it. One of the things I liked about the older Advance Wars games is that it didn’t take itself that seriously. Sure it was war, but it was still fun at the same time. Days of Ruin has entirely too much talking and drama than I really care to read, mostly because it just isn’t interesting. Blah blah blah meteors blah blah blah we have to have hope blah blah girl with amnesia. How cliche. Luckily the gameplay is still the same (minus the old CO Power system) but is it too much to ask for a little Nell action?
So I went into Starbucks on my way to work this morning to grab something warm to drink and a donut. As I’m waiting for my order to be called, I see a row of Ethos water. Plastered on a big sign on front of them are two African kids and the company slogan, “Helping Children Get Clean Water.” The sign explained further that buying a bottle of this water would help provided African tribes with clean drinking water.
Excuse me, but this is bullshit. If this company really wanted to get these kids clean drinking water, why are they selling it in America? Why can’t they just ship all these bottles over there instead? According to the company website they only donate a whopping .05 for every bottle sold, so I’m sure they make a whopping profit off the preppy, pretentious idiots that frequent Starbucks, and pick up a bottle while waiting for their double shot non-fat latte with soy milk. I hate these companies that pretend they’re doing good when it’s all just a front to trick customers into buying their products.
Aaah, Link’s Logbook. Wind Waker Link is my favorite Link, and this manga is hilarious. Instead of making Link talk in this manga, the artists mimic the game creators and make him speak through his facial expressions. All of the Zelda mangas are quite good actually. The Four Swords one is probably the most entertaining as you get to see the four Link personalities interact with each other instead of just you interacting with your three asshat friends. I wish more game series would delve into the art and literature realm, besides just fan works. And not just some freaking first person shooter series either, I want a fucking novelized RPG.
You can get Link’s Logbook from AnCo, and the other Zelda mangas from Zelda Legends.
Ah! This world without anime to watch has left me in despair! I can’t find anything new in this Winter 2008 season worth watching. Minami-ke Owakari got picked up by someone finally, but I keep hearing bad things about it. I haven’t even felt like watching Bleach. All I have to fall back on is the Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, season two of the Shaft series. Shaft is probably my favorite studio now; I love Pani Poni Dash, Negima!?, and Mahoromatic. But old series don’t help me when I’m jonesing for something new! Haruhi season 2 can’t come fast enough.
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