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Well kids,

I just finished a 8 day work week and boy am I beat.

The good news is that I'm now on my way to enjoying some quality holiday time.

The boys and I are headed off tomorrow morning for some quality camping time. Ryan is coming along and it shall be the first time (except for today) that I've seen the guy outside of work for some months. It shall be good.

Good, slightly homo erotic times will be had by all. I like to sleep in the same tent as trevor, with my arm around him because it feels good and he says he enjoys it because of the sense of security. What...woah. woah.

So I'll be back in bloggersville on Monday with pics, perhaps sooner if we get sick of the heat/get malaria. Or perhaps we'll run into a gang of cannibals and I'll have to hack my way out via the machete I keep close during the nights.

Stay tuned folks.

Raine, hold the fort. What fort you ask?

Exactly

Get that corn out of my face.

Trevor and I just watched Nacho Libre.

It was good, silly fun.

I am not a huge fan of Jack Black, but every film I've seen him in has made me like him more. This one probably the most of all. Seriously, just watching him stare or talk using his facial expressions was funny to me. Perhaps because of my lack of sleep. But it was hilarious. I think Trevor and I laughed at nearly every scene.

I think this film will end up like Napoleon Dynamite, in that it's a great, funny, well done film, but will probably get over quoted and watched by people...And then it will be cool to hate it based on its popularity, which is sad.

Same director and writer, so you know what you're getting into. It's the kind of humour that not all people enjoy. Lots of deadpan, lots of silence and lots of goofy nonsensical shit.

Watching Jack Black basically have fun with the character and not have to worry about anything else is cool though. I like those types of characters and movies.

ya'll like hockey!?

Well,

Most annoying hockey game ever. The Oilers were dominated for two periods before putting in a hell of an effort in the third, but it was not meant to be.

Seriously though, I just sat back and realized how awesome a run my favourite team in the world had. It was incredible and coming back to tie the series was just as awesome. For an 8th seed to make it as far as they did is incredible. Losing their number one goalie and not giving up is also incredible.

The only thing that doesn't sit well with me is that some redneck city gets to have a cup winning team. You know next year none of them will even give a fuck. It eats me up inside when a city with more or less no market for hockey gets the win.

I'm pretty crushed. But what can you do. Well played guys, all of you.

See you next year, bitches!

Nonsense update (with pics!)

Dear women,

Why do you talk so much?

PS. shut up.

I guess "women" could be changed to "humans" but really it seems as though women just really enjoy the sound of their own voice. I don't really need a fucking running commentary on what it is you're doing or thinking. So shut the fuck up.

Note: related to the women I work with. But hey... if the shoe fits!

In other news the Oilers pulled off a overtime win last night and so they force a game six back here in Edmonton on Saturday. Pretty impressive. If they make it to game seven I will extremely happy...And if they win...Well...Shit, bitches.

In other news Version 2.0:



The DS Lite is the greatest invention of all time. Even better than the chainsaw. I should do a little write up for Nintopia, but I am a lazy fucker. Trevor, post Raine's reviews you lazy bastard.

Christ. Two pictures of my bitch ass in one post is enough to last a very, very, very long time. Better balance it out.



Drunken sluts, I salute you.

Goodbye for now. I've been D.

Hope rides alone.

So we all know bands doing video game music covers aren’t exactly new anymore, but how about a band that creates original music based on a game?

A few days ago I got a CD by The Protomen.

What these guys wrote is a “rock opera” focused on Megaman and characters from the series. An opera because it’s written like a story and characters have speaking parts, which are of course, sung by the band. The story spans 8 songs, and It’s awesome. Kind of hard to figure out who’s speaking to whom sometimes, but a look at the booklet lets you know and expands on the story even more.

Now, you’re either intrigued by that description, or you’re laughing. Thing is, it’s not a joke, it all carries an incredibly serious tone and the world they create through these songs is almost like a George Orwellian type deal. It’s dark and awesome and most importantly, IT ROCKS.

Seriously. I’m a Megaman nut, so I love it, but I think even people who don’t care, and are looking for something different could also like it. It’s like a concept album of sorts.

They also recorded and printed everything themselves and sell it from their website, which is another thing you gotta admire. Nerds who know how to rock out are my heros.

Check it out.

In other game related news I purchased both Half Life 2: Episode one and Sin Episodes: Emergence a few days ago.

Episode one picks up directly after the end of Half Life 2 and continues the story, and so far it’s as awesome as one might expect. The new Graphical touches are fucking nice looking, too. It’s like a continuation to one of the best games ever. Man those developers are brilliant.

Sin took me by surprise because it got some average reviews, but I’m really loving it as well. Lots of good shootouts with humans and mutants. Less problem solving than, say, Half Life, but it's still tons of fun.

These games are the first part of the series which are going to be released in “episodes” so they are around 5-6 hours supposedly, and for $20 each, it’s not a bad deal. It’s quality entertainment and I’m starting to warm up to the idea of more games being released like this.

So that’s what’s new in “shit you don’t need, but is totally awesome” news.

I've seen the dark side.

Brothers and sisters, I did the unthinkable. I purchased an Uwe Boll film.

Hear me out!

I know what a douchebag the guy is, but I've heard so many awful thinks about Bloodrayne that I had to see it. I'm a movie fanatic, and to me, bad films are like driving past a horrific accident on a highway. You slow down and you look, even though you know you shouldn't.

I had to see how bad it was. And let me tell you, it's pretty fucking bad. One thing the man does right is that he keeps the blood flowing. Nothin' wrong with that, but the acting is atrocious as is the editing and the whole thing just has the production value of a television show.

So I watched Kristanna Loken run around in her tight top and low pants for an hour and half slicing and dicing people with her fake looking arm blades and biting people (hawt). Oh, he threw in a pointless sex scene too. So in other words, something was done right.

another reason I got it is because it comes with a complete version of Bloodrayne 2 for the PC, which is actually a solid game. I guess they had to toss that in the sweeten the deal.

If anyone wants to witness the horror I just did, don't buy this movie, don't even rent it. Just ask me and I shall give it to you. Or if you can't stand owning it, I'll just lend it to you.

It's fun watching every possible thing done wrong in a movie. At least for me it is. Just terrible, I'll never understand how he got these people to star in this crapfest.

I guess money does talk.

Hey, at least it's better than house of the dead.

barely

The first annual (plz send more) Gum Review.

I love gum and consider myself a gum connoisseur so I an going to review some strange and interesting gums I tasted for the first time in my life.

The scale is 1 = something real gross. Like chewing on puke if it were possible, and 10 = THRILLS, the motherfucking soap gum... AKA the king of gum.

Here goes.

Skittles Xtreme fruit bubble gum:
This gum starts off very soft but has that trademark hard shell that a regular skittle has. The flavours are good but seem a little weak tasting, so it's best to take a bunch at once. The flavour does not last that long, but the consistency of the gum even when the flavour is gone is nice.

7/10

Bubble toons Ninja turtle gum:
comes in little pellets like juicy fruit. The real kick here is that the pellets have pictures of your favourite ninja turtles on them! and they are edible!
sort of, anyway. It's like a little stuck on piece of plastic. When you chew the gum it comes off in pieces and remains in your mouth as it seperates from the actual gum. It's pretty gross and I found myself spitting out chunks of white shit that looked like rubber. I'm sure they would have all dissolved, but it seemed WRONG. The gum itself is a delightful strawberry flavour which is good and the consistency is nice. But still.

4/10

Juicy fruit sours tropikiwi kick:
nice and hard at first but quickly becomes soft. The flavour is nice but not really that sour. Kind of tangy I guess. I don't eat kiwi so I have no idea if this is accurate, but it tastes like any "green" flavoured gum I've ever had.

6/10

fresh blast super energizing gum:
"formulated to support an actice lifestyle" it is "powered" by guarana and taurine and as such, it fucking smells. Like redbull but a little worse. Oh, hey, look at that it tastes like redbull too!
flavour runs out VERY quickly and you're left with a tasteless piece of rubber in your mouth, but it is a decent chew.

6/10

Angry Scotsman chewing gum:
"SO MINTY FRESH IT'LL PUT THE STARCH BACK IN YER KILT!"
fuck, william Wallace, that is an outrageous claim to make.
The first few bites down release a torrent of minty goodness, so minty you want to spit it out, but then, miraculously it becomes sweet and delicious. A perfect balance you could call it, and the minty flavour stays with you (as most minty gum does). the consistency is a little lacking, too soft for me, but this is a quality gum

8/10

wrigley's Orbit:
Again, a delicious mix of minty and sweet in stick form (!) it does indeed give you the fresh feeling it claims to do. A quality gum, my friends.

8/10

So there you have it. You just wasted a few moments of your life and you'll never get them back! haha.

Thanks to Stephanie for sending the strange and exotic gums from a far off land where gum grows on trees and the people are also made of gum, and also their underpants. And their dogs.

I like to call it GUM ISLE.

Twofold

Well I recently purchased season four of Home Movies on DVD. The final season.

It made me realize what a shame it is that well written and HILARIOUS shows are cancelled far too often. I'm not sure why this one ended exactly, but I'm sure it could be another incident where nobody watched the show.

Unfortunately I learned about it a little too late in its life to really say I supported it, but goddamn it's fucking brilliant. Even the simplest of conversations between two characters can make me laugh my ass off. Brilliant writing and timing.

I'd rank this incredibly close to, or above Arrested Development as probably my favourite show of all time.

Also, I just watched a little of Batman and Robin while I was flipping channels and It made me remember...Dear god that movie is fucking awful. How the fuck could it have ever been made?

Christ, compare that to Batman Begins and it's beyond sad.

Although Uma Thurman looked fucking HOT as poison Ivy. But that's it. Terrible film.

Hell, even Burton's films are a bit on the goofy side compared to Batman Begins. The more I watch it the more I realize how awesome it is, how it is exactly what the series needed to stop sucking. It's real and dark and gritty.

Oh, how I crave more.