Megatokyo

As much good stuff as there is in that article regarding PA and PVP, I can't help but notice that they nailed how I feel about Megatokyo. I wish I could still hit that page and have a good chuckle.

Postscript

Learn to work with the market changes, be creative, and deal with it. You don't have a voice in the matter.

Mark Rein can eat a bag of shit

I don't know who all is following this twisted tale of consumer fucker-over-ism, but boy does it make me not want to give Epic anymore of my money. Their concern is that because used games are cheaper, people will be less likely to buy the newer copies (used copies generate no revenue for the game maker). Best Buy's concern is that they want money and people will happily pay that double digit profit margin. My concern is that in both cases, I'm paying too much for what will most likely be a pile of crap I'll only play once. Hence the reason I stick with Nintendo rather than these corporate cock stroke games that are packing so many retail shelves today.

Just an FYI to anyone looking to sell something some day... consumers can smell your bullshit from a mile away, they are smarter than you, and in the end *they* control your profit margin. Stop trying to screw us out of a buck, make things that are worth our investment, and when things don't go your way, stfu about it. No one cares if you can't afford that lamborghini you'd like to have.

Hail satan.

My Name is Earl

Gotta admit. It's funny. Jason Lee is the shit.

Layer Cake

Not so bad. Not so bad.

Surname

So here's something cool. Whilest at the Highland Games on Saturday, we came across a booth to look up Coat of Arms and such for surnames. I did a quick look to see if mine was in the book and then left. Upon a trip to my mom's place, I mentioned this to her with the reply of, "Oh yeah, you've got a huge Scottish background on your name", where my "name" is actually my grandpa's first name (which in turn is his great-grandfather's surname, very fucked up yes but it boils down in the end). Apparently Muir (the surname in question) comes directly from Scottland (this is 4 generations away from me and has been supplanted by Hahn, a very distinctly German name) and with a little research I came upon these excellent links:

http://www.houseofnames.com/coatofarms_details.asp?sId=&s=Muir
http://www.houseofnames.com/coatofarms_details.asp?sId=&s=Hahn
http://www.houseofnames.com/coatofarms_details.asp?sId=&s=Lillie

I don't believe the Coat of Arms for any of those are correct.

http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=muir&nmd=n&gender=both&operator=or

So apparently I've learned some things I didn't know before about myself and my relation to Scottland. w00t.

I hate american tv so much

So I finally got around to watching the second season opener of the american "the office". Boy. Unbelievable. Apparently Steve Carell still has no idea what his role is. It also appears as though they're trying to copy the slow downslide of David Brent that worked so well in the british version. It's not working at all. Even worse is their attempt to not leave us feeling that he's as pathetic as we should. Are american's really that sad that we need protection from something so trivial?

Point is, they broke continuity by dropping the new girl from the end of the last season and they're still missing what made the british version so funny. Excellent.

All worries pass away

That article pretty much erases whatever fears I may have had. It's safe to say I'm on board for this one.

Rain and junk

So it's raining pretty good now. And I guess the patio above my patio has a bunch of holes in it because I stepped out the door and got soaked. It's nice though. I like the rain. I feel sorry for the people wanting a nice weekend in Hyde Park. Heh.

More to the point, I watched Kagemusha and it kicked ass. Then I watched Cabin Fever (got it during the HBO special) and boy-oh. It sucked. I mean... it sucked the royal ass. I don't know why they even bothered to make it. It's like some rich kid had some extra money and gave it to a buddy and was like "here, put two hot chicks in a movie... but make sure they die real early and only do side boob shots... and then have everyone die in poorly effected sequences that serve no real horror purpose". It was that bad. For real. But Kagemusha was way good. I totally recommend it. That and Ran. Cuz Kurosawa is the best.

Hrmph

So the revolution controller is known now. I don't really know what to think about it. Part of me wants to say ghey, but the other part thinks about playing metroid nunchaku style and while stilly ghey, it might kinda be fun. I dunno.... we'll see I guess. Maybe this will really be the time to move to sony.

You watch this now

A Scanner Darkly trailer. Holy kick ass batman.

Data recovery...

...sucks. And reiserfs doesn't do much to make it easier. Bleh.

It's just too easy

This was the title of a /. story today:

"Ohio Cracker Confesses to Attacks For Hire"

I must admit, I had a good laugh at that one.

4 million people can't be wrong

The best part of that article is the end:

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"It may continue to grow in China," Mr. Pachter added, "but not in Europe or the U.S. We don't need the imaginary outlet to feel a sense of accomplishment here. It just doesn't work in the U.S. It just doesn't make any sense."
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I don't know what the fuck place that dude's living in, but in the america I live in, I need all the help I can get to feel accomplished. You can't even get a college degree and feel like you've done something useful here.

Flogging Molly and some other stuff

Just got back from Flogging Molly (no, not that molly!), boy oh what a show. They really know how to get the crowd going. I wish it wasn't an all ages show though. Well, except for the kid they brought up on stage, that was cool. And that other little kid that was beyond hardcore, kicking it with the big kids in the middle. He was cool. But them other kids, they can fuck off.

But yeah, it was a good show. I hope they come back and play a bigger venue some day. But the other thing is that season passes go on sale this weekend for the holiday. Part of me wants to get one, but the other part knows it'd be a waste of money. I guess to tide me over I'll have to take my three 10% off coupons to best buy and have a nerd shopping extravaganza.

So lost and so confused

I had a good friend once tell me that I didn't deserve to be with another human being. I took this statement to heart as best I could. I looked at myself and what I was doing and asked myself if he was right every day of the last several months. I knew what I was doing was wrong and I knew that I needed to fix it. I did the best I could to do so and will continue to do what I can until I feel he should change his mind.

Tonight I watched one of the closest friends I've had in a long time treat one of the coolest girls I've met like absolute garbage. He did to her what someone would do to something they felt had betrayed them, even though she had done absolutely nothing wrong. I haven't felt this sad for another human being in some time. I wish so much to help him not be this way, because I know she really loves him and wants to have fun with him and love him. They are the two people that I feel really belong together.

I look at this and I think of myself. I see myself in his position and I wonder if I would do different. Could I really be a better person than that? I know I've been jealous and spiteful, but could I really sink as low as he did tonight? I look back at what my friend said to me... and I can only hope that what I've done to make myself better has at least put me above this rotten behavior in his mind. Perhaps not to the point that I deserve human companionship, but at least enough to deserve respect beyond what I witnessed tonight. I can only at best tear for this girl and hope that she'll understand that she doesn't deserve this kind of treament.

Sorry for being emo and all. It was just the wrong night to see this happen. But I'm excited for Flogging Molly tomorrow, I'm excited to see my friends that came over and played Magic with me, and I'm excited to see the Hollow Points on Monday. I'm also excited to be with my friends from BSU, but that's a whole other story for another time.

P.S. I love my dog. She's the best thing that's happened to me in as long as I can think of.

Of course they would

And wouldn't you know it, here come the holiest of musicians with their obligatory concert to encourage people to donate money. I'm gonna go out on a limb with an idea here, so stick with me. Let's suppose that instead of wasting people's time with a concert, we take just 1% of every album sold, just pennies out of every record sold in this country and we donate that to the Red Cross. How about if we take just 1% of every concert ticket sold and donate that as well? Could these so called "humanitarian's" survive without that small chunk? I guarantee that would end with a far more positive result than holding a free concert ever could.

What the hell?

Saw this in the news (regarding the hurricane mess):

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Some in Mississippi and Louisiana were frustrated with relief efforts.

"Many people didn't have the financial means to get out," said Alan LeBreton, 41, an apartment superintendent who lived on Biloxi, Mississippi's seaside road, now in ruins. "That's a crime and people are angry about it."
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Are people really that disillusioned in this country? They're given warning that a hurricane is coming to an area that we all know is below sea level and they choose not to leave, losing their homes because of it. People rally together to try and help them while they loot, pillage, and burn what remains of the city. If it weren't for the people who are truly suffering, I might feel bad about giving something to the Red Cross. It's absolutely disgusting to check the news and see things like this:

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"The mob could begin to rule in a few days if these people do not get more food and water," said August Pillsbury, who was in charge of the canteen.
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Or the President of the United States having to issue warnings such as:

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"I think there ought to be zero tolerance of people breaking the law during an emergency such as this, whether it be looting, or price-gouging at the gasoline pump or taking advantage of charitable giving, or insurance fraud," Bush said in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America."
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Seriously people. Settle the fuck down. Get in line. Wait your turn. If you would just act like sane, decent human beings then maybe, just maybe you'll get the food, water, and evacuation that you need. It's either that or we can consider New Orleans lost to the ocean and let you rot in the filth you've decided to lay for yourselves.