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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Time flies when you’re fighting the Red Falcon.
Tomorrow I’ll report in with more coverage of our lunar invasion. I think the ExoSquad would have met the challenge more than a bunch of lacrosse players, but did you see who else was in the running?
Ever have one of those life-changing days?
Go to my professional site and click on ‘books’ (or the site URL then /books) to see what I just sent off on the “get an agent, get a publisher” process.
Nervous. Excited. Mostly nervous.
Must watch Jim and Pam’s wedding and drink strawberry milk. A Bagel-ful may enter the picture (“the picture” being “my mouth”).
Not Vichy
I guess some pirates decided to attack a French warship. [insert your own World War II/Jerry Lewis joke]
Not to be outdone, when two seemingly easy targets were picked on, these UK cage fighters unleashed the hurt.
DJ Battle of Epic Proportions
Wii Fit Drum Major aside, I have not bought a rhythm game in a long time (Guitar Hero genre), nor will I anytime soon.
I would get the original Final Fantasy, now on Virtual Console for $5, before I got DJ Hero.
I can still go crazy about the playlist, though, right?
Three DJ battle items you might be interested in:
Vanilla Ice – “Ice Ice Baby” vs. MC Hammer – “U Can’t Touch This”
Marvin Gaye – “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” vs. David Bowie – “Let’s Dance”
Gwen Stefani – “Hollaback Girl” vs. Gorillaz – “Feel Good Inc.”
I think a half hour of that would melt the Wii.
Unintentional Irony
My record is 2-2 in Fantasy Football. I am in the middle of the league standings. The player I cut today (Delhomme) was my primary points earner in a previous season. How did this happen? Is it the Ochocinco factor? The past week’s score?
Punching Bags 181.05 Final
Wolverines 98.01
This is not me bragging by any means. This is me re-writing my team’s background story (because, as everyone knows, football makes for great narrative) into a new direction.
A new direction of middle-ness? A focus on mediocrity?
Meh.
Wii Fit Plus: Mysteries of the Sith
For $20 if you already have the Balance Board, you get a great expansion pack to Wii Fit. The new disc has all of the old stuff on it as well as some great new features.
I built my routine tonight. I set it to 5 minutes with a mix of jackknifes (jackknives?), planks, and the tree stance. We’ll see how it goes tomorrow morning.
You may have seen my message about the drum major simulator. You really do flail around and people join you. The nice thing is that even though you’re flailing you’re burning calories. There are also some fun puzzle games where you’re moving the remote and the balance board in various directions.
There’s actually a pretty cool (ha ha) snowball fight that has a cover system similar to Army of Two, but you duck behind a barricade for real (and there’s not as much swearing).
The same star-based rating system is back, complete with very helpful titles bestowed upon your achievements.
After popping many beach balls and running down a robot mole, I can now be considered a Segway professional (maybe I shouldn’t brag).
The biggest excitement? Besides the workout playlist option, it will now calculate, based on what you’ve played, what you can eat.
I can now eat five saltine crackers but I’m working my way up to three marshmallows.
and what Nintendo exercise game wouldn’t be complete without me in a birdsuit?
Thoughts on last night’s game
Sometimes things catch you off guard:
and make you want to hit yourself in the face:
I love that YouTube has these as related videos.
It reminds me of Street Fighter, when we would have a double knock-out:
A Photo Essay of Recent Events
Some of my days start like this:
Yesterday was this (right before the swivel chair party):
All real things from my circulation desk:
(No joke, the guy from the district that came in and said I needed a T8 Modulator made me wary of a Martian invasion plan.)
I was a little tired while getting ready for the game last night:
This message explains this picture:
Yes, big family. Yes, big shoes. These are not the seats you’re looking for. Move along.
(Resist that joke brewing inside of you about a family living in my shoes.)
When it’s all said and done, I condone my toddler’s choice in tattoo:
Get your head in the game.
If there’s one thing that High School Musical has taught me, it’s to keep my head in the game. It wouldn’t be such a catchy song if it wasn’t true, right? Oh, the Fabulous song? We don’t talk about that.
I hope that the Wolves have watched the following videos as a heads up for not celebrating until the goal is achieved.
Whether it’s on a kick:
or on the long bomb:
It’s cool that the Cowboys have learned to review the play after the Leon Lett legacy.
Mental note: hand the ball, don’t spike it.