This video needs no explanation.

I'm feeling a little less scatter-brained than yesterday, so I think I can make a post without the aid of bullet points? Are you excited? No? Me neither. :-P

It's really weird to realize that it's already December this year has flown by so damn fast. It's brought a few big changes (not the least of which is buying a home) but in a lot of ways it feels like it's kinda rolling into a big ball with the others. Steady job, steady environment, no big changes to really mark the seasons or the passage of time. Guess this is what being an adult is.

Hockey last night was asstastic. For every bit as well as I played last week after getting home from MFF, I played that poorly last night. Something was up with my left skate all night long. I couldn't cut on it, I couldn't push off on it, half the time I felt like it was going to come out from under me while I was just standing there.

I was on D against a (surprisingly) good team, too, which made it especially bad. Several plays that I should have been able to break up or keep from happening just got away from me because of it, including their game winning goal.

To be fair, they skated all over us all game long. We were outshot 30-16. So it wasn't just me. But I feel I could have contributed more under more...favorable circumstances.

But it's a long season and there's a lot of games left to play. We won't be caught off-guard by that team again.

Been playing Borderlands a lot at home, though I think I'm about to give up on it. I think I've passed the point where I'm genuinely interested in the game and I'm playing more out of my completionist mentality at this point. It's not that it's a bad game by any means. It's just not for me. The pacing feels really wonky and it's not keeping my attention. Honestly, though, I think if it had an over-the-shoulder view available, that's all I'd need to keep me in it.

I'll probably move on to Demon's Souls or Brutal Legend next. Or maybe hit Tekken 6 for a while, just for a complete change of pace from Adventures and RPGs.

Lastly, I wanted to post another one of the videos from http://thru-you.com because I think they're amazing and can't stop listening to them. If you haven't gone to the site yet and listened to all 7, do yourself a favor and go there now. Each song is so much different than all the rest. Some funk, some reggae, R&B, DnB, soul...good stuff.

Here's the quick rundown on the last two weeks of the life of Lone. I will elaborate any point upon request.

• Sign off of the work comp for the last time for two weeks
  
• Off to MFF
  
• Party
  
• Sleep
  
• Armenian Breakfast FTW!
  
• Rinse & Repeat x3
  
• Home from MFF
  
• Late game hockey. Sooo tired.
  
• Accumulate 3 assists in the game
  
• Sleep
  
• Make a list of things to do: pay bills, finish sister's photo DVD project w/ wedding pics, clean house, buy and start putting up Christmas decorations, work on updating FSW website, kick-start new gym routine
  
• Be lazy
  
• Contract computer Trojan (from ican?)
  
• Spend most of the day trying to eliminate said Trojan
  
• Wait until Thursday and cross off #2
  
• T-day dinner. So delicious. So full.
  
• Go to the Broncos game and watch them crush the Giants
  
• Cross #1 off the to-do list
  
• Be lazy
  
• Belated B-day dinner at the 'rents place
  
• Return to work

There it is.

So how have you been?

This may just be is without question the most awesome fucking thing I have ever seen in my life. This dude has taken random videos from YouTube, mixed them, chopped them, put 'em back together, and made crazy music. YouTube DJing.

Here's a taste.


More on the site: http://thru-you.com

Seriously.

Best. Cover. Ever.


Also, new iconage. Ain't I adorable?

http://blog.beliefnet.com/crunchycon/2009/10/conservatizing-the-bible.html

I know this is the work of an extremely fringe element, but really? C'mon guys.

8-bit Thriller

So yeah. I haven't been posting here much. Definitely in one of my lulls right now. But things are clipping along and life is, overall, good.

Halloween was fun, but low key again this year. I decided to pass on the local furry shindig again this year as I generally find it's just not worth it. Instead I stayed home and suited up for all the trick-or-treaters. It's the first time in almost a decade I've lived in a place that had them, and the first time ever that I was doing it out of my own home. I'm still trying to decide what was more fun: the little kids that would just stand and stare or the teenage girls that thought I was the coolest thing since sliced bread and wanted hugs and pictures.

Still, being in suit for 2.5 hours while constantly standing, sitting, crouching, and pulling my head on and off took its toll. I was actually kinda wiped by the time we ran out of candy.

I also missed the opportunity to try and get some later evening plans going because I couldn't respond to text messages with my paws on and didn't really have the opportunity to take them off long enough to type one out. Oh well. Ended up watching about half a season of SG1 instead.

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Best Buy is holding a Buy 2 Get 1 Free sale on all console (X360, PS3, Wii) games $59.99 or less starting Sunday (10/25) through Halloween.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=377619

Mix and match platforms looks valid.

"What do you think I fought for in Omaha Beach?"

Reason why I hate outsourcing #224:


I realize English probably isn't your first language, but really...this goes well beyond unprofessional.

I caught this link on the front page of ESPN.com just a bit ago. Kinda buried, granted. I almost didn't see it at all. It caught my eye just as I was closing the tab and I had to go back for it. Definitely something that should have been more prominent.

There's no question that a number of gay athletes play pro sports, but the culture still discourages them from coming out.

At first I thought it was going to be some rehashed op-ed piece about a topic that should seem absurdly obvious. But it actually turned out to be something much more personal.

It also linked to two other stories that there's no way anyone should have not heard about, but they're the types of things that, like this story, get buried under a mountain of prejudice.

Baltimore Ravens LB Brendon Ayanbadejo speaks out in favor of same sex marriages
New Orleans Saints LB Scott Fujita on his support of the National Equality March

I approve of linebackers supporting the GLBT movement. You dun fuck with those guys.

Academically approved "gaymer" survey. Check it out.

http://www.newgaymersurvey.com/

You can read an interview with the author here:

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/08/new-gaymer-survey-explores-sexual-identity-interest-in-games/#continued

Every time I start to lose that I-must-play-this edge just a little bit, they go and put out a new teaser. Damn you BioWare. Damn you!

Very possibly NSFW. At minimum you'll be wanting headphones.

Awesome song. Crazy vid. I can't help thinking I know some of the...er...people in it...

Overall a pretty good weekend. Low-key, but no complaints there. Plus, yesterday was no-pants Sunday. No-pants days are required from time to time to keep life in balance. Too much of anything is bad, even pants.

New R&C awesomeness up on GT this morning. I cannot wait for this game. Only about a month away now...


Also, I ran across a quest the other day in Fable 2 that I found very amusing and thought a number of people on my f-list (most notably Dire) would get a kick out of. The premise is that you end up in a nightmare world and find a treasure chest named Chesty that wants to play a game with you. Sort of a hide-and-seek thing. You "talk" to him, he runs off, you fight something, and then you go find him again. He speaks to you in the form of letters. I have transcribed them, and you can find them ( beneath the cut. ) So awesome. I was laughing the whole way.

I've been on a serious low-key house/trance kick lately. And by "lately" I mean "for the last 6 weeks or so." My personal music collection doesn't have a ton of it (it's kinda hard to come by the good stuff in the States, especially outside of the hotbeds like NYC, Chicago, and LA) so I've been relying a lot on Pandora, DI, and luck.

Here's some of the stuff that's really had my ear recently:














*Yeah this one is DnB. But it's chill. So it counts.