Like Kane from Kung Fu...

My search still continues. I've mentioned that on occasion I've played a game called D.O. Online (now called Martial Heroes). Well when that re-launched I've been unable to download the new client. So much like the title states, I've been searching barefoot looking for a new free MMORPG to play when World of Warcraft gets to be a little tedious to me. I've come up with two of them so far, both through e-games.com. One is called Knight Online and the other is Gate to Heaven. both are kinda the same graphically, but they are pretty fun and really get things back into their proper place when WoW just aggravates the fuck out of me. So if I'm not on WoW, I'll most likely be on one of those. I'll let you know how the experience goes as I get further into each. But if you're on a budget you really can't beat either game...especially since they're free :)

I was Thinking...

Do you all remember back in Sex Ed,m or Family Living, or whatever that friggin class was where you had to carry around that sack of flour for a week and take care of it like it was a baby? This is supposed to teach the importance of responsibility and make them realise that life is much more difficult when you have a child. Well, as stated above, I was thinking yesterday and this lesson is total crap. With a sack of flour you can still go to the mall, still see a concert or a movie, or go on a date. You simply look silly is all. You wanna teach them a real lesson, make them carry around something that screams whenever it doesn't get it's way, something they have to give up social events for or that limits their ability to go to the mall or a concert or a date. Give them something that screams at 2am for no good reason other than the fact that it's awake. Give them something that shits 5 times a day. This doesn't teach them responsibility or make them realise that a child will limit their fun. ALl it teaches them is how to carry home the groceries.

Mahalo

This is Just too Brilliant...

Now, when you consider how much these "Analysts" make per year, and the fact that they have researchers looking into this...doesn't that just make this screen just a little bit ridiculous?

I just had to post this...

Aside from World of Warcraft, there's another MMORPG that I play called D.O Online. It's a Korean game that, through some miracle has been (mostly) translated into english...or should I say engrish. It's often broken or at the best incorrect english, as if it was a direct translation through Babelfish or something. It's kind of a cool martial arts 18th century type of game. Anywho I received an e-mail this morning from the advertising wing of CRSpace, the developers(?) of D.O. Online. I had to post it here, not to make fun of the engrish insofar, but it is kind of humorous:

Dear mike

Today! EMH(the Empire of Martial Heroes ; extended d.o online) is
coming !!

You will be experienced with New functions! Bigger Maps! More Items ,
Quests, Skills! and more Thrills! with the Empire of Martial Heroes(new
name of d.o)

New Functions : Great new functions!
- New relationship systems are added.
You can make brothers relationship and master-student relationship
between players.

New Maps : Bigger world! More satisfaction!
- Brand new maps are added. It will extend the game world more than 60%
!!!!!!
You will see great land and new world.

New Items : Brand new and hot items!
- Over 60 level can change their hats or cloaks.
- Facial changer items are added.
- Up to level 100 items are added more !
- Some items effect are changed.
- More Unique items!

New Quests : New and great quests!
- Over 100 level quests are added.

New Skills : Great and beautiful skills!
- Over 100 level skills are added.

And new Thrills : Open your eyes and watch out!
- Now you will drop items when your hero is killedy by monster. So, you
need to watch out more!
- Now you need to find a right monster, if a monster is higher than
you(+8 level), you will not get full Exp from monsters.

SO there's that letter. But did I mention that the game is free as well :)

Mahalo

I'm back and I'm wireless baby!!

One problem down, one to go. Got the wireless network up and running and got internet back this morning, but Yvonne's computer is down still. Need to pick up a new power supply and that should do the trick...hopefully. So this one's at least back up and running. more to follow i'm sure

Mahalo

Need I say more?

My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Rail Gun of The Short Path.

Get yours.

Old-School Picture Week

At Big Kahuna's  

Hey there. Figured that I'd play a new blog game for this last half of the week. For the next 3 days I'm gonna put up old pics of myself. If you've got the cajones out there, you should do the same ;) That is all

Mahalo

Jesus are these people stalking me?!

Your Birthdate: March 15

With a birthday on the 15th of any month, you are apt to have really strong attachments to home, family and domestic scene. The 1 and 5 equaling 6, provide the sort of energy that makes you an excellent parent or teacher. You are very responsible and capable. This is an attractive and an attracting influence. You like harmony in your environment and strive to maintain it. You tend to learn by observation rather than study and research. You may like to cook, but you probably don't follow recipes. This number shows artistic leanings and would certainly support an talents that may be otherwise in your makeup. You're a very generous and giving person, but perhaps a bit stubborn in ways.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

I'm SURE the devil cried...

So, I picked up Devil May Cry 3 the other day. I must say that the reported difficulty was right on. Even on easy it about has me wanting to go cry to my mom. Though the game is incredibly cool, especially if you're into the HK movies like I am. Gunslinger style is right up my alley. Along with some of the new acrobatic type moves like slinging around a pole and nailing someone with the shotgun or slicing em in half with my sword. It's far too cool. The combos are a lot easier to string together as I can chain em with a few shots with the pistols. Capcom really made up for that abomination of a game, which shall not be named. The camera is still a little twitchy in it's conrol, but it stays close enough so that you don't miss any of the action. It's returned to the same type of style that the first game had. The reasons for being where you are are clearly defined instead of "hey i'm on an island this mission in the middle of nowhere and then...I'm in a city infested by demons that's nowhere on said island" with no reason for being anywhere. Caocom outdid themselves on this one in just the fun factor that I enjoyed in the first one. The second one tried to implement some cool additions but the camera was so screwy that you didn't even notice them or you were so irritated by the "story" that you didn't really care. DMC 2 was the Highlander 2 of the series...it should have just never been made.

Mahalo

I finally broke down...

I decided that after all these many months that I would finally break down and Google myself. And I've discovered that there must be something in the name. For some odd reason all of the entries for me revolve around Fan Fiction (which I don't write per se, but i do write RPG's so i guess it fits), comic books and creativity/drawing/poetry. It's really pretty unnerving. It all kinda ties into my theory of Infinite Selfs. I know I've tried to explain all of this to most of you before but I'll try to give the short short version for those of you who haven't listened to the litany before. I, as a 28 year old male exist in 2005. with me so far? Now my theory, which can not, and probably will not be proven or disproven in my lifetime, states that I not only exist in 2005, but simultaneously I exist in say, 3005, 1642, and 3000 BC. Now you may all say "isn't that just past lives bullshit". No but close. What I feel is that all times, past and future exist at the same time. If you follow August Ferdinand Moebius' theories than you know that he says that all points in time and space can be reached through out any other point. That's the point behind the Moebius Strip. but anywho, it comes out in the wash as that my consciousness is "stretched" across all of time and space, separated only by brief moments in time when I'm "dead". and just think...that was the short form. But so to make my point is for some reason all the other people with my name on Google share the exact same interests and habit, and talents as I do...it's just kinda creepy.

Mahalo

*sigh*

It's been an interesting week. Work aside I've been fighting off a case of bronchitis, rather unsuccessfully I might add. I signed into City of Heroes today off and on. It's not so much that I have no love for the game anymore. Far from it. I still would enjoy the game...except for the feeling of isolation. I've been out of the game for a while thanks to World of Warcraft. Where once I'd have people coming at me left and right, now the broadcast chat and my own PM's are silent. There's no one that i used to play with on anymore. It's just not as fun without people. I think this is one reason I've stuck with WoW. I need the human interaction. As much as my characters are theyre not as fun by themselves. kind of a spot to be in.

Just when things were going good...

I just received an e-mail from pensacola. Most of you probably don't know him, but i talked of him a lot in my old blog and some in this one. Stacey died tuesday morning sometime. It's one of those things where you were pretty sure it would happen, but he was one of the few good ones out there and did it all right and still got screwed in the end. He was someone who I always likened to Dilbert's trashman in the cartoon. someone who who a lot about a lot, including our conversations on Quantum theory and advanced mathematics. Though I haven't seen him in almost a year, he will be missed greatly by me and a lot of people. some people just don't deserve to die young like he did.

It comes equipped with On-Star too

It seems that just about everything i post in this thing lately is related to World of Warcraft. There's probably a good reason for that. Mainly because it's my main off-time hobby. Well that being said. I've been the proud owner of a guild for a little while now. We now have about 20 people in it. Of those we probably have about 16 actual individuals. Things are going pretty good. I got my mount the other day. I got myself a striped Frostsaber. very cute. very fast. and as mentioned before he even comes with On-Star ;).

Other than that things have been pretty normal. I've been kicking around MORE ideas for my RPG. That thing is never going to be finished as long as I have one second of free time. I swear i worked out all sorts of new systems for it the other day driving up to Bethel. For those of you who don't know the logistics involved in driving to Bethel from Portland just mapquest it. trust me, you won't be disappointed. I can't really say that World of Warcraft has influenced me in some small way to revise things a little. I can say however that it has in a large part influenced me to revise things. who knows, maybe if i stick with this thing long enough it may even get published one of these days. *snicker*

Anyway that's my monthly check it. since that seems to be the way things are going.

Mahalo

He Lives...kinda

Well I thought I'd check in and let everybody know that I was alive. We just had Jon up for 8 days and it was a total blast. Just basically hung out for a week and played the hell outta some Burnout 3. I order you to go get that game...NOW!!

In other news I've started up a little guild in World of Warcraft, but I imagine everybody who actually reads this either knows about it or is in it so I was just kinda saying to to get it out. So far so good. no mutiny yet so that's gotta be a good thing.

Anywho just wanted to say i was alive, or and hi to those I haven't talked to in months...

Mahalo

I would have to say that yesterday was total crap...

I think yesterday was the worst day of my life. This must have been my pre-emptive karma that I'm always talking of, which is to say that bad things happen to me before i do bad things, or something along those lines. I'm not going to go into the gory details as I've told the story so many times I'm pretty tired of it. so I'll present the major downfalls in a list form.

1. Had to shovel the driveway out 3 times because teh plow plowed me in just as I was about done

2. Spilled my coffee trying to roll down teh passenger side window. it spilled all over teh front of the truck

3. The oxygen regulator in my torch set died, leading to #4

4. Got into an accident when someone slide through a stop sign. (interesting side note, a) This was the first time I'd gone through Westbrook to get to Johnstone. b) Johnstone ended up not even having my regulator so I came out of it with $2800 in damages and no regulator. c) there was a place across the street from teh shop I could have bought one from but it would have been 3x as much as the one from johnstone.

5. Ended up having to do the legwork myself after my own accident, in the smashed up van.

I'm positive there was more, but I've probably blocked it from my memory so I won't be writing it down here. So that was my day....wanna trade places?

Mahalo

Was there no communication in this car?

I'm sure all of you have read, or been made aware of teh fact that Hunter S. Thompson is dead. I really didn't want to make any comments on the fact yesterday because everybody "in the know" would have been posting at great length, linking to articles, and coming up with obscure quotes, and those less "in the know" would have just been spouting Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas quotes.

But the truth of the matter is that we lost a great voice that represented us, even though the vast majority of his exploits took place in teh 60's and 70's, he wasn't afraid to speak up against the fascists. While juast about everybody has seen the movie, most of you haven't read the book, or the others that he wrote. He really was a voice of reason and logic and he had "been there" for a good deal of modern history in one state of mind or another. His "Gonzo Journalism" could probably be considered the founding basis on which the modern blogger "reporters" such as Atrios and Attaturk made their comparison. Much like Nicola Tesla was the father of modern telecommunications, Hunter S. Thompson was the founder of modern journalism. He will be sorely missed by me at least...

Mahalo

Can't sleep...dwarves will steal my ore...

I've become pretty well entrenched in World of Warcraft. Enough so to have officially had "hijinks" now. There's a long story behind that catchy title. My character's chosen profession was blacksmith. seemed economical. Class = Warrior, why not craft my own equipment. So following in the spirit of economy I decided to take mining as my gathering profession. And why not, if i'm gonna craft epic weaons and fantastic suits of armor, wouldn't it be best if i could supply my own materials as well? Well he dwarves have other ideas. For about a week or so now virtually every mineral vein that I find already comes equipped with a dwarf looting it. I'm not going crazy thinking this is the "Short Menace" or something...chad's seen this in action and had it happen to him on several occasions. It wouldn't be so bad if there were other races thrown in there, but it's always dwarves. So my Night Elf Warrior/Miner/Blacksmith/Nurse is now lvl 19, making his own shit and fighting with(against) the dwarf menace whenever I can

Huzzah!

Wow, has it been that long?

OK, so I have some confessions to make. Sorry if this saddens or angers anyone, but I'm still doing this My Life thing. Well first off, I killed 7 sea gulls with my van yesterday. THey were kinda huddled down in teh parking lot...the snow covered parking lot, and I didn't see them and they didn't move until i was right on top of them...literally. Sooooo that was my personal day of death. Also I've decided to give up City of Heroes, at least for a while. Reason: I've picked up World of Warcraft and it satisfies my gaming needs. As much as I love CoH and the people I play it with, World of Warcraft is much more enjoyable. So to those who I play CoH with, if you feel the need, come on over to WOrld of Warcraft, I promise you won't be disappointed.

In other news I almost had to pistol whip an accountant last week. It's been notoriously cold the last few weeks with highs ranging from 6 to 16. well I go to do this accounting firms winter maintenance and find one of their units is in COOLING and has since turned into a huge block of ice seen only in nature shows. It was 6 degrees out. if You need cooling OPEN A FREAKIN WINDOW!!

Well that's about all I can think of to say in this post. So if anyone out there decides to swing over to World of Warcraft, feel free to shoot me an email and lemme know you're on and I'd be happy to travel with you.

that is all.

The Toothman Cometh...

Aside from all the other craziness that is happening I'm going to the dentist today to get my last "wisdom" tooth yanked out of my skull. Sounds like a good time doesn't it...well maybe about as fun as getting a tooth pul...shit I've got nothing to compare it to now. Couple of new purchases of late that have kept me from a lot of stuff. Vampire: Bloodlines, awesome game if a bit buggy. No multiplayer so that kinda sours it a bit. I feel I've ranted anough about the vampire: Redemption MP community so you understand why lack up multiplay here is a little disappointing. Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal hasn't been played yet ironically enough. I hear it's a phenomenal game, but just haven't had the time to crack into it much. And for the last one...Suikoden 4. It's definitely a different take on the series. While it has a lot of the same material, it takes place on a series of islands so there's a lot of sailing and buckles being swashed or something like that. It just came out yesterday so I'm not too sure about how it all comes together yet so i'll let you know I'm sure.

Recent movie purchases have been equally as entertaining. The most notable one was Shaun of the Dead. Two words for you guys. Holy. Shit. My god that movie was hilarious. A must see. Also picked up 21 Grams. I couldn't tell you if it was a good or a bad movie or not because I don't understand a freakin thing that happened in it. It's shot in the style of Pulp Fiction, where the story jumps around and tells itself from different places. Unfortunately instead of jumping around in clearly defined chapters and THEN seeing how it all comes together at the end, like Pulp Fiction, this movie jumps between the stories of 3 different and unrelated people. So one minute Sean Penn is dying of heart failure in his bedroom and the next he's being rushed to the hospital for a gunshot wound to the chest, and then it shows benicio Del Toro Preaching to this hood rat in some uber cultist type church and then he's in prison. it's so convoluted and hard to follow I obviously was in teh wrong state of mind to fully appreciate the movie. So to cleanse our pallets of that one we picked up Austin Powers. I don't think i need to run down that miovie for you guys.

Well I'm gonna play a little CoH before I go to meet the torturer.

That is all.

just a quick post...

yeah yeah yeah, i know it's been a while since i posted, but to tell the truth i've been a little busy. things get hectic ya know. Fopr instance i worked from 8am till 830pm yesterday. not to fun eh? i'll tell more about it when i get back tonight, because, suffice to say, i've gotta go into work early today. fun fun fun.

and I don't want to hear about being a slacker unless A) you have a child, or B) you're working 3 jobs.

that is all