But it does seem that the 730’s recent issues with winged rodents seems to inspire me to write up posts. Don’t know why, as other things have happened, some far more interesting. Never, the less, here you are, another Bat-Related entry, this one entitled: “OH SHIT! STEVEN GET DOWN!!” (more…)
In the vast entity that is the internet, sometimes one comes across “cool stuff”. After stumbling upon a cool custom-action figure blog, I found this site. Now when I was a kid, I just used the power of my imagination to make my War Machine figure and Iron Man figure. I’m pretty ashamed of my childhood imaginative self after seeing this stuff. Be sure to check out the Victorian Avengers and the Gaslight Justice League. Oh, Venture Bros too. And Daredevil. A NERDS DREAM!
Also, custom taxidermy must make for a cool, if grim art project. It would appear that the Borg have added this poor lil’ deer’s biological and technological distinctiveness to their own. Make of that what you will.
Further, Mpls folk, what’s your spring break looking like out of curiosity? DO YOU GET ONE? WE DO.
There is SOMETHING living in the walls of 730 Jefferson, home of most of the Iowan Contingency of the Shambot! Grand Council.
It’s been almost over a month and half since my last post.
Weird.
I’ve been boppin’ around, leavin’ responses and makin’ facebook graffiti here and there, but writing up a good ol’ fashioned post? NOT FOR THIS FELLOW.
But I’m gonna do better. In fact I’m gonna do awesome. How about a fancy pants valentine’s day post? Would you like that Shambot? Well, ALL RIGHT.
Ok. This is it. The holiday festivities are over. Christmas crashed down, Chanukah’s gotten the hell out of Dodge, and Kwanzaa gave me a kiss goodbye. I’ve completed every gluttonous goal I had, and had WAY WAY TOO MANY CHRISTMAS COOKIES and AMISH CANDY (they may or may not believe in buttons, but golly me, can they make a fine chocolate covered peanut). So what’s left to discuss? WHAT KIND OF SWAG DID YOU GET?!
Me? I got cash and gift cards. And a bird house. And a sweet set of Rocky and Back to the Future Minimates from Kate. Just the way I likez it. But what do you want come that holiday morning? Do you want cold remorseless cash, signifying their emotionless intent in the gift giving process, or the gift card, which lets be real here, is just as intentless. Or what if they actually got you something, like a deluxe popcorn maker, knowing full well your braces don’t come off for at LEAST another 4 months. I mean, at this point you can’t even have “Buttered Popcorn” JellyBellys, much less the real deal.
So yeah. What do you want under your tree? Further, what’s the worst gift you’ve ever received? I wish to know, as to catalog and laugh at the misfortune that is everywhere. Here’s mine.
God.
(REVISED NOT TEN MINUTES LATER) Holy crap. Benazir Bhutto’s dead.
So I know my last two posts about porn and peripherals were riveting, but this one’s a quickie. Watch these videos! One Steve found, and the other I stumbled upon. SCIENCE RULES!
SCAWWY SQUISH. ->http://www.fazed.org/video/view/?id=769
OOH SUN FLARE. ->http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0711/ar9906_trace.mpg
I had nightmares about the first one last night, and I’ve already had a daymare about the second.
We’ve all had a grand time with Guitar Hero and it’s groovy sequel, but when I had heard that the third Guitar Hero was being produced by a different company, I had to know what the original creators were up to. Rock Band then became an obsession of mine for several weeks leading up to its release (as many in Iowa City will attest). Why? While Guitar Hero was fun, the music just wasn’t really me. Sure I loved playing Franz Ferdinand on the first one, and Iggy Pop on the second, but I really only enjoyed 3-6 songs per game. The rest of the time, I simply made do, rocking out to bands I would NEVER really rock out to at all. Rock Band on the other hand, offered me a SLOUGH of bands of I not only quasi-liked, but flat out LOVE (The Hives, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, New Pornographers, Bowie, Beastie Boys, etc, etc.). So I did the reasonable thing, put down the deposit at the Gamestop, and waited ever so patiently. Then it game, and all was grand, all was great! There hasn’t been a week where at least on one night a few people have enjoyed a proper rocking. It’s already lived up to the investment, and I’m still making my way through the single player. I even started downloading more content! MO BOWIE, MORE MONEYS!
But then the guitar broke. Lame. I was scared too, until I saw that 30% of all people who bought the game at launch are dealing with the same issues. Hoorah. Thankfully, EA got me a new one in fast order (I still have to send the other one back!). I thought all was finally cool, and I could enjoy long lasting rock until last night, ever so randomly the drum pedal broke. Double Lame. Another e-mail off to EA, and another 125 dollar deposit held on my credit card. I’m just now concerned that in a year, they won’t be supporting the hardware anymore, and stuff like this will actually cost me dollars, and make me a sad panda. I realize that this stuff is going to suffer a bit from all the play it’s getting, but even still. I haven’t had the game for a month, and I’ve broken two of the components through COMPLETELY NORMAL use. It’s hard not to feel a bit fussy.
It’s a VERY weird question, I know. But I’m serious. The Bijou in Iowa City is going to show “Italian Stallion” AKA “Party at Stud and Kitties” the erotic film that was Sylvester Stallone’s “breakthrough” role in the mid-sixties. Many of us had a great deal of fun with “Beach Babes 2: Prehistoric Paradise”, and I’m sure that this will be just as fun, and JUST AS AWKWARD. Apparently, he’s not quite the “stallion” legend has made him out to be, but in any case, it’s showing the 7 and 8th at midnight. For 5 dollars, I can see a famous man’s dong! Hooray!
Or if you must, you can watch it the privacy of home, you dirty perverts.
It seems like just yesterday that I was working in a Gamestop (then Software Etc.) saying how stupid it was the Microsoft was going to make its costumers that had just shilled out more than $300 for what was basically a PC to now pay another $60 a year to play games online that they had already paid $50 dollars for. In my face huh? Why am I boring you with talking about this?
Well, I have an idea. A CRAZY FUN IDEA.
I wanna do a Shambot! Live night. I’m not sure what games you all would like to play (I know B/B/J, Steve and I all have .Skate, and I’m assuming we all have H-LOW3, Gearz O’ Warz?, PUZZLE FIGHTER!?!?), but I think it’d be awesome for all of us to get online together and have some fun shenanigans. We could be teammates fighting the valiant fight, or we could just go crazy killing one another and cursing one another’s mother. What do you guys think? I thought Thanksgiving break during the week would be a good time.
Shit, we could even play UNO. The possibilities are endless! Let me know what you guys think.
