It may just be you and I tonight, MD. Started this one late. And it’s been almost a week since last post. And there’s nothing good on TV.
Ghosted by Matt @ 07/30/2005 11:13 PM EDT
I don’t even know what I’m doing online- I’ve got to study for this exam on Tuesday, but I keep getting sucked in with Launch’s picks for me on "my radio station." Crap. Everything else is boring.
Ghosted by Rainbowfeet @ 07/30/2005 11:17 PM EDT
I might as well take this time to ask whether or not you’re going to take the trip to the west coast for the San Diego Comic-con in the near future, either with Nick or just for the hell of it. By the way what goes in Nick’s east coast division as opposed to their LA/Orlando branch? I ask because the people at the Nick booth where from LA and not from the other divisions and I’m curious as what goes in at each branch.
Ghosted by Combat-Mike @ 07/30/2005 11:18 PM EDT
It’s nice to know I’m not the only one who sits at home on Saturday night.
Ghosted by kb @ 07/30/2005 11:19 PM EDT
I had plans to hit King’s Island in Cincinnati today, but my friends (the ones with whom I was making the trip) decided to scrap the plans earlier today at the last possible moment. So, unable to drum up any additional activities for the evening, I find myself at home…alone… and listening to the neighbors’ cats fight each other outside my bedroom window. So long story short: I hate my friends.
Ummm…koo-koo-ka-choob.
Ghosted by The Yeti @ 07/30/2005 11:42 PM EDT
The san-diego comicon was two weeks ago. Next weekend is the Chicago comicon which I’m going to, I’m super excited to meet jim lee and frank miller. I just finished Hush today, and am enjoying All Star Bats. It should be a crime for jim to draw Vicki Vale that well.
Thought I’d stay in tonight, seeing as I’ve gone out 4 of the last 5 nights.
I get my first paycheck of my first "real" (i.e. post-college) job on Monday, so I’m poking around Amazon.com and such to see if there’s anything I want to blow it on. My job pays monthly instead of bi-weekly, so I’ll basically be going from a poor college student to a well-to-do hundredare overnight. Roast my toast!
Ghosted by Gozer @ 07/30/2005 11:48 PM EDT
Awsome Gozer, I’m moving into my Post-College apartment this coming Saturday, the scary part is I have no job. Everyone around me is saying everything will work itself out, but I gotta hit that pavement hard this first month so I can make rent for the next. Where do you work?
Okay…I’m going through my kitchen looking for beverages that might mix well with Skyy Vodka. My options are as follows:
1. Mountain Dew
2. Iced Tea
3. Slammin’ Strawberry-Kiwi Kool-Aid
4. Sunkist
5. Tap Water
Please post your suggestions. And make it snappy, because I’ll probably just start downing the shit straight in about 20 minutes…
Ghosted by The Yeti @ 07/30/2005 11:53 PM EDT
Chaz: To clarify I was referring to Comic-con 2006 and beyond.
Anyone else who was there find the Lucasfilm pavilion not as impressive as it was last year? Given the milestone the company was reaching with the final star wars movie you think they would have splurged on something a little more decadent like they did last year. If not more so as the event warranted.
Ghosted by Combat-Mike @ 07/30/2005 11:54 PM EDT
I’d say your best bet is between the iced tea and the kool-aid. of course the Sunkist would be good. I call vodka with orange soda an "Electric Screwdriver" not sure if that was a legit name that I stole or I made it up, at any rate it sounds good.
Chaz:
That’s ironic – I finally got my current job like a month after I graduated, but I don’t have an apartment yet after my lease ends on August 14th. My soon-to-be roommates and I are just procrastinating on finding a place.
I work at a healthcare software company ("Epic Systems") here in Madison, WI. I’m basically using like 10% of what I learned in college with my non-software-related nuclear engineering major, but it’s a sweet job anyway. It was originally sort of a back-up job opportunity, but I was getting nervous that’d I’d end up in a similar situation to yours so I took the job and it’s been great so far.
Ghosted by Gozer @ 07/31/2005 12:01 PM EDT
I hear that, my major is in Media Studies. I’m at the point where I’ll work just about anywhere cuz of that nervous apprenesion of being out on the street and as kanye west says, I’d only have my degree to keep me warm.
I’m told this is a pretty standard fear of a college graduate. Especially with this economy.
The Yeti:
My gut tells me that vodka might not go well with Mountain Dew, but I recently had a Mountain Dew Float, and it wasn’t too bad. So it’s versitile. Actually, now that I’m thinking about it, vodka and Code Red Mountain Dew sounds pretty good for some reason (but I’ve never tried it). Sorta like Red Bull and vodka maybe?
Ghosted by Gozer @ 07/31/2005 12:04 PM EDT
Red Bull and Vodka left yours truly resorting to carrying around a garbage bag the remainder of the evening a few years back. It really screws with the system, adding a depressant to a stimulant.
Hey Rainbow feet….I know the feeling I shouldn’t be here either but I am….I have a major final project for my class due Tuesday as well as my final exam on Thursday that I should be studying for…..Yo Matt I still love that Spiderman Crayon review….."Then how do you explain this tan"? LOL
Ghosted by Mike The Great @ 07/31/2005 12:26 PM EDT
don’t drink myself, but I am pretty good at the web, check out this site for what to do with your ingredients. http://www.idrink.com/ might even notice a few things you wouldn’t normally include.
Ghosted by RAS @ 07/31/2005 12:35 PM EDT
With the wife working late tonight, I decided to treat myself to double dose of ninja flicks: "Revenge of the Ninja" and "Blind Fury." I had no idea that Sho Kosugi actually appeared in BOTH, so that was a nice surprise…
Ghosted by Commander Awesome @ 07/31/2005 12:41 PM EDT
tonight I watched the movie Punchline, an eighties movie with tom hanks and sally field about stand up comedy. It got pretty powerful at the end, shows the duality in the life of a comic. Very Enjoyable.
And it just keeps getting later and later, doesn’t it, Mike? I know I’ve done nothing since my last post.
Ghosted by Rainbowfeet @ 07/31/2005 12:43 PM EDT
You…you didn’t even give us a goddamned SUBJECT.
Is the subject to complain about the lack of subject? Because, if it is, I’m doing good, real good.
Ghosted by Crocodile Feelin' @ 07/31/2005 1:05 AM EDT
I recently dumped a packet of Invisible Raspberry into a glass of milk. Bad move. It was like drinking a sour warhead. Now granted it seemed cool, but I got all worried about what it would do to my insides. Young enough to still experiment with drinks, old enough to worry over the consequences. sigh.
Tonight, I attended a poor excuse for a carnival. Just made me sad and left me wishing for a real one.
So, will I be watching Constantine or Grosse Pointe Blank now? input please.
Ghosted by Knegative @ 07/31/2005 1:07 AM EDT
Well, the other day I cut my thumb at work and had to get stitches.
So tonight, I attempted to play Super Smash Bros Melee with my brother and his friends and not use my right thumb. I managed to come in 2nd twice and 3rd once (with four people playing). That was better than I anticipated. Woo.
"you can never go home again Oatman…but I guess you can shop there"
Ghosted by Knegative @ 07/31/2005 1:24 AM EDT
I’ve been into playing the cheapassgamer.com arcades section. Nothing real spectacular, but playing some of the classic games such as Astroids and Arkanoid have been fun.
Ghosted by Heathtown @ 07/31/2005 1:37 AM EDT
Guys, if I ever seen any of you go into a Hardee’s, I will do bad things to your body/pet. Uh oh, Patriot Act.
You know those little cards that fall out of magazines that advertise things? Well, I just got my Wizard and there was a card for Universal Studios Monster Villages and train. Also got one about New Line’s slasher figures (Freddy, Jason, Leatherface). Cool but expensive.
Matt, another Saved By The Bell episode review would be great!
Ghosted by SBTB Fan @ 07/31/2005 2:08 AM EDT
Just caught the most recent ep of Cathouse, and I’m shocked. Also a little sad that there’s only one episode left. Did anyone else watch Late Nights at the DL on Comedy Central last night and see the silliness with the Delta tickets?
I took the afternoon and evening off of packing to watch LOTR. Now my head hurts very badly and I’m jittery from sitting still for so long, but it was still great fun.
Ghosted by Kieran ALexis @ 07/31/2005 3:11 AM EDT
For those of you from Detroit..here is some nostalgia from 1983 on WDIV…a tv schedule of shows on then
Channel 4 Schedule: 1983-84 Season
Weekdays:
6:00 a.m. – Sonya
7:00 a.m. – Today (hosted by Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley)
9:00 a.m. – Family
10:00 a.m. – Facts of Life
10:30 a.m. – Sale of the Century
11:00 a.m. – Wheel of Fortune
11:30 a.m. – Tic Tac Dough
12:00 p.m. News 4 Detroit (with Bob Pisor, Nerissa Williams, Doug Hill and El Zaret)
1:00 p.m. – Days of Our Lives
2:00 p.m. – Another World
3:00 p.m. – More Real People
3:30 p.m. – Good Times
4:00 p.m. – Jeffersons
4:30 p.m. – All in the Family
5:00 p.m. – Barney Miller
5:30 p.m. – News 4 (with Mort Crim, Carmen Harlan, Mal Sillars and Eli Zaret)
6:00 p.m. – News 4 (with Mort Crim, Jennifer Moore, Mal Sillars and Al Ackerman)
6:30 p.m. – NBC News
7:00 p.m. – Jokers Wild
7:30 p.m. – Wheel of Fortune
8:00 p.m. – NBC programming
11:00 p.m. – News 4 (with Mort Crim, Carmen Harlan, Mal Sillars and Al Ackerman)
11:30 p.m. – Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
12:30 a.m. Entertainment Tonight
1:00 a.m. – Thicke of the Night (with Alan Thicke)
2:30 a.m. – Movie
4:30 a.m. – Lone Ranger
5:00 a.m. – News 4 (repeat)
5:30 a.m. – Morning Stretch
Ghosted by Detroit Kid @ 07/31/2005 3:31 AM EDT
Here is one from 1988
Weekdays:
6:00 a.m. – NBC News
6:30 a.m. – News 4 Today (with Roger Weber)
7:00 a.m. – Today (hosted by Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley)
9:00 a.m. – Geraldo
10:00 a.m. – Sale of the Century
10:30 a.m. – Concentration
11:00 a.m. – Wheel of Fortune
11:30 a.m. – Win, Lose or Draw
12:00 p.m. – News 4 at Noon (with Rich Mayk and Katherine Adams)
12:30 p.m. – Scrabble
1:00 p.m. – Days of Our Lives
2:00 p.m. – Another World
3:00 p.m. – Santa Barbara
4:00 p.m. – Cosby Show
4:30 p.m. – A Current Affair
5:00 p.m. – News 4 at 5 (with Mort Crim, Carmen Harlan, Chuck Gaidica and Bernie Smilovitz)
5:30 p.m. – News 4 at 5:30 (with Rich Mayk, Margie Reedy, Mal Sillars and Bernie Smilovitz)
6:00 p.m. – News 4 at 6 (with Mort Crim, Carmen Harlan, Chuck Gaidica and Al Ackerman)
6:30 p.m. – NBC News
7:00 p.m. – Jeopardy!
7:30 p.m. – Wheel of Fortune
8:00 p.m. – NBC programming
11:00 p.m. – News 4 NightBeat (with Mort Crim, Carmen Harlan, Chuck Gaidica and Bernie Smilovitz)
11:30 p.m. – Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
12:30 a.m. – Barney Miller
1:05 a.m. – Late Night with David Letterman
2:05 a.m. – Later with Bob Costas
2:35 a.m. – On Trial
3:05 a.m. – Improv Tonite
3:35 a.m. – Guns of Will Sonnett
4:00 a.m. – Branded
4:30 a.m. – NightBeat (repeat)
5:00 a.m. – Cisco Kid
5:30 a.m. – Group One Medical
NBC shows on 4 included:
Amen (Sat. 8:30 p.m.), Golden Girls (Sat. 9 p.m.), Saturday Night Live (Sat. 11:30 p.m.), Family Ties (Sun. 8 p.m.), ALF (Mon. 8 p.m.), Matlock (Tues. 8 p.m.), Unsolved Mysteries (Wed. 8 p.m.), Night Court (Wed. 9 p.m.), Cosby Show (Thurs. 8 p.m.), Cheers (Thurs. 9 p.m.), L.A. Law (Thurs. 10 p.m.), Miami Vice (Fri. 10 p.m.)
Other shows on 4:
Smurfs (Sat. 9 a.m.), Saturday Night’s Main Event (Sat. 11:30 p.m.), Meet the Press (Sun. 12 p.m.), Friday Night Videos (Fri. 2:35 a.m.), Tigers ‘88/Tigers ‘89
Ghosted by Detroit Kid @ 07/31/2005 3:32 AM EDT
I guess this is obvious Kieran, but I’ve done that with The Matrix Trilogy, exactly once. I mean it was made tolerable by the fact that Revolutions is my fav (of the trilogy and movie period). And ending on a high point never hurts. But I agree, my head hurt and less enjoyment was garnered than you would think given philosophies like ‘things are greater than the sum of their parts’.
Ghosted by Knegative @ 07/31/2005 3:56 AM EDT
Gosh Bob Pisor? What a terrible name!
As for "Joker’s Wild", I remember many mornings waking up with a hangover in some cheap seedy motel watching that crap on the TV. Ahh.. good memories
Interesting, Detroit Kid. I’m surprised to see that so many news anchors are still going strong. Thanks.
Ghosted by Rainbowfeet @ 07/31/2005 4:20 AM EDT
"I mean it was made tolerable by the fact that Revolutions is my fav (of the trilogy and movie period). And ending on a high point never hurts."
Dear. Gord.
Ghosted by DarkPrimus @ 07/31/2005 4:57 AM EDT
My friend came over yesterday and spent the night. We played Star Wars: Battlefront far longer than I would care to admit (that is one helluva fun game, can’t wait for the sequel).
Went and bought some old-as-hell used games that are new to me today: Fable (fucking excellent), Wild ARMs 3 (really nice old school RPG action) and The Thing (has not aged well, but I’m a huge survival/horror fan and I love the movie so I think I’ll get into it as I play… and anyway I got it free).
So no, I’m not out there getting smashed and fucking women I don’t know, but life is pretty good.
Kieran: Wow… were those the extended versions (still haven’t seen any of those) or the theatrical releases? That’s quite a while to sit in front of your television, regardless… and you have very good taste.
FYI: as a fan of the LotR movies, you should probably stay away from the IMDb forums.
Actually, everybody should stay away from the IMDb forums. I don’t know why I keep going there.
Knegative: haven’t watched the Matrix Trilogy all the way through, but about a month ago I decided I needed to see several movies I had for whatever reason never seen…beginning early in the moring (I’m talking 2:00 AM) after a night of no sleep. I watched Collateral once, then again with commentary, then I watched Mystic River (which had no commentary so I couldn’t watch that), THEN watched Way of the Samurai (yes, a double dose of Cruise), watched it again with commentary and played around with the special features. I passed out after that.
The moral of the story? Twofold:
1) Don’t do what I did
2) I have too much free time on my hands
Ghosted by Night_Trekker @ 07/31/2005 5:12 AM EDT
Alright, we need a topic. Uh…
Who’s been to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? I’ve heard some good things…
Yeah, I got nothing.
Ghosted by Night_Trekker @ 07/31/2005 5:20 AM EDT
way late. . . . CATCF was awesome. I am not a huge fan of johnny depps, but he was SO good. I really thought at first that redoing such a classic was a pointless waste of a movie, but I think it was better than the original. I took my nearly 4-year old and he loved it too. Although we laughed at completely different jokes. The kids were all amazing too, Mike Teevee was my favorite. His and johnny depps interactions were hilarious.
Ghosted by kb @ 07/31/2005 9:29 AM EDT
wooo WA 3 and The Thing are high on my list of favorite PS2 titles I’ve had the former for a couple years and still haven’t actually finished the damn game tho. Mostly due to the fact that when your character croak their max HP is shaved and capped till you sleep at an Inn and I’m currently right before a major boss fight that no matter how hard I try I can’t survive >_< . I did beat The Thing but I haven't played it at all since because by the time I did finish it I realized several of the game play mechanics were far more shallow than they want you to believe I won't get too detailed but I'm sure you'll notice sooner or later.
Oh yea since you’re survival horror fan have you played either of the Fatal Frame games? If not I HIGHLY reccomend them especially the second one as its one of the few games that startled me bad enough to cause me to fling the controller across the room but then again playing on a 61 inch TV with a dolby 5.1 surround sound set up probably helped make it happen
Ghosted by The Krypt Angel @ 07/31/2005 9:46 AM EDT
I ended up going out last night to see my friend’s band. They opened up for a band called Metallagher. You are probably correct in your thinking, a Metallica cover band (earlier years, most recent song covered was One), with a Gallagher look-alike as lead singer. It was pretty amazing, with the other band members dressing up like Cliff, Dave, Lars, etc. It was full of fruit smashing, water gun shooting, crowd participating madness.
I enjoyed it thoroughly, and I was designated driver (i.e. sober). Click my name to find the band’s My Space page and you’ll get a good idea. Just had to share the weirdness, and if you are ever in the Mpls area, you need to check this out, you won’t regret it.
Speaking of movies, I watched the Director’s Cut of Donnie Darko (my current favorite movie) last night with commentary. It was pretty good commentary, especially since Kevin Smith was the other commentator (other than the writer/director) even though he had nothing to do with the movie. I thought that was pretty funny.
Ghosted by Gozer @ 07/31/2005 10:14 AM EDT
Sky High was awesome! It’d ROCK to have superpowers. Maybe for your next poll, Matt: "What would your superpower be? "
Ghosted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 07/31/2005 10:32 AM EDT
Even on Sunday morning, I love the Saturday Night Thread.
Ghosted by Matt @ 07/31/2005 11:42 AM EDT
Has anyone ever tried the quizzes at http://liquidgeneration.com ?
I did The movie monster one and it said I was most like Freddy Krueger. Pretty good.
Ghosted by JLAJRC @ 07/31/2005 1:34 PM EDT
I need to start remembering to visit this on Saturday nights. All I usually do is sit home and watch anime and talk to a friend online, anyhow.
Mike the Great – I will always hold the Spiderman Crayon Review close to my heart, too. It’s the first article I read here on X-E. I can’t say how happy I was that there were 3 parts.
When I think of that, the Worst Gameroom of All Time article comes to mind, too. I laughed FOREVER over the one line – "Feeling Winded? Have an imaginary seat!" or something like that. I get slap happy and certain things will make me laugh for hours. That was definitely one of ‘em.
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Posted by Matt. 
And it’s been almost a week since last post. And there’s nothing good on TV.
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Y’mean, like "say first?"