Thanks for the baby-congrats from everybody and CONGRATS TO Terror Claws!
Summer? October?
“A long time have I watched this one. All the the time has he looked away, to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was; what he was doing.”
I have a survey topic but (A) I am kinda digging this formless SNT and (B) my last surveys (which I thought were neat) have kinda bombed.
Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 02/24/2007 10:18 PM
I’m totally done with Winter. As for Summer or October….that’s a toughie. It all depends on where I’m living. When I lived in Florida, summer was disgustingly oppressive….but everywhere else I’ve lived, summer’s been lovely. As for October….it’s got Halloween…and again, depending on region, has changing leaves. I miss the leaves changing. I haven’t seen it since I left RI in 2002. In FLA, no color change (duh), and in Idaho….they kinda just turned brown and fell off over night.
I’m on a 6-9 month roadtrip as of now, so it’ll be interesting to see where I am as the seasons change. I have a pretty good idea of where I SHOULD be, and when, but things change….so you never know.
Chestnuts roasted by MissJess @ 02/24/2007 10:24 PM
I also wish, strangely, for 2004.
Dude, you are not alone.
Chestnuts roasted by Steve E @ 02/24/2007 10:31 PM
Summer or October would be swell. I guess, if given the choice, I’d bypass a humid New York City Summer and go straight for Fall, though.
Jemmy and Bob –
Agreed. I would take 2004, 1999, or 1996. Or all of the above. The past has been sounding pret-ty good lately.
Yikes. The Indie Question. Does “City of God” count?
Chestnuts roasted by ann veal @ 02/24/2007 10:42 PM
Oh yeah, congrats to the Terror and Mrs. Claws!
I never watch SNL, but I will tonight, for the comedy genius that is Rainn Wilson. Too bad there’s no new Office for six freaking weeks.
I watched a Trading Spaces today that was set in Wildwood (or rather, I watched a Trading Spaces today because it was set in Wildwood)…I was hoping to get to see the boardwalk; they went on the ferris wheel and took pictures but that was it. Bit of a disappointment.
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 02/24/2007 10:42 PM
Oh God no, I never do Extra Hard – I just go for normal and I’m ok with that. Crisis Core seems like a waste. I mean, geeze, did they have to make it a freaking cell phone game? Bleh. They could’ve made a really awesome DS game out of that, and I wouldn’t mind a Dirge sequel. Just anything with the FFVII characters, really.
Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 02/24/2007 10:47 PM
Most definitely summer. Aside from the uber-cool Halloween period, the rest of October is usually pretty f*ckin’ depressing.
Chestnuts roasted by Retro Playback @ 02/24/2007 10:48 PM
Before Crisis is the one on cell-phones.
Crisis Core is going to be on PSP.
It’s Zach’s story at the Nibelheim Reactor. It has Cloud, Sephy, and Aerith, for some reason. Tifa would be so much more appreciated. I’m sure she’s in the game, but I’m pretty sure she isn’t playable.
I’d honestly suggest pouring your energies into XII. Endless pleasure. I’m at 139 hours and I’m no-where in the plot yet
Chestnuts roasted by K- @ 02/24/2007 11:02 PM
Considering that tomorrow is my Birthday and summer is the busiest part of the year for me, I think February is just fine….
Chestnuts roasted by Cameron T. @ 02/24/2007 11:05 PM
After this winter’s massive ice storms and last summer’s 100-degree heat waves, I think I’ll say I wish for October…EARLY October, before it starts getting colder, when I can still ride around in a T-shirt and old sneakers and jean culottes. And when we can read Matt’s Halloween Countdown and anticipate all the holidays to come.
Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 02/24/2007 11:09 PM
Crisis Core on PSP?! I had no idea. Sweet! I am so incredibly happy about that.
XII does sound pretty wonderful, but I really gotta finish all these other games I have first. :\ That also reminds me I need to put in for vacation soon, too.
Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 02/24/2007 11:14 PM
We should have a writing contest.
Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 02/24/2007 11:19 PM
K-: yeah, with the “indie cusak” comment, you’re right on that one, im going by high fidelity and being john malcovich, but wasnt he in the fucking bratpack?!
and funny enough, i am on ritalin(and ive never hated anything so much in my life!) but i do tend to get insanely hyper alotta the time!
Squee: you’re absolutly right, none of us will agree on the actual definition of ‘indie’, that was a pretty lame survey topic on my behalf
and whoever mentioned city of god, hot daaamn thats a great movie!!!!!
I’ll take spring, though I also still like fall. I used to be a hardcore fall/winter girl, but it seems to change as I get older.
Wait…a writing contest?
Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 02/24/2007 11:25 PM
He was in 16 Candles if that’s what you mean.
Chestnuts roasted by K- @ 02/24/2007 11:27 PM
I’m not sure why I said that to be honest. Not that I’m now taking back the suggestion. I was trying to think of a way to pull this all together a little a more since I have good vibes about this SNT. It was either writing contest or pillow fight.
Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 02/24/2007 11:28 PM
Sorry, you can only post a new comment once every 15 seconds. Slow down cowboy.
Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 02/24/2007 11:49 PM
i want fall.
Chestnuts roasted by Andrew @ 02/24/2007 11:52 PM
Happy SNT!!
I am definitely going to watch SNL tonight, I might even stay up and watch it instead of just watching it on my TiVo tomorrow. Rainn Wilson is going to be awesome, I just hope the skits suck less than usual.
I just got Twilight Princess for my Wii (yay!!!) While I was waiting for it to come from Amazon.com, I got out my NES and played Legend of Zelda for a week. (And I beat it too! It’s a lot easier to figure things out when you’re 24 rather than 9.)
Possible survey suggestion, if we want one…just because I’m in a Nintendo mood (plus we are talking about summer, which is a great time to play hours of video games)…What was your favorite NES game(s) ? My top 3 are probably Zelda 1 and 2, and Bubble Bobble. There were so many more that I loved though, and fortunately I still have them all.
Also, I’m watching Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I don’t really “get it”…are you supposed to be high in order to watch it, or is it just not supposed to make sense. Or both?
Chestnuts roasted by Lilly @ 02/25/2007 12:00 AM
dohopoki
How about a writing contest in which the story must contain some sort of pillow fight?
Chestnuts roasted by Cameron T. @ 02/25/2007 12:05 AM
Favorite NES game that I always thought was the last great gasp of that system: NORTH AND SOUTH. It’s got history (sorta) and it combines all the “advanced” elements of the latter NES years with the general crappiness of 4 bit technology.
Lilly, I don’t think there is much to get. The best part of that movie (and I am ashamed to admit I have never read any Hunter S. Thompson) is when he is reminiscing on the high water mark of 60′s radicalism. That and the one word reading by Johnny Depp of the word “Madness” when listening to the audio tapes.
Funny that this is being discussed tonight since I just watched the 1981 WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM with Bill Murray and Peter Boyle as Thompson and the lawyer. Now, that one was pointless. At least FEAR AND LOATHING has some entertainment value (“Let’s get down to brass tacks: How much for the ape”)
Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 02/25/2007 12:11 AM
I gotta go with October. Fall is the best season of all, football and leaves changing color. And Halloween is the greatest holiday ever. I loved it long before I discovered X-E, and now I love it even more. And if I had to pick an October, October of ’95 would be a good one to go to. All hail the Halloween Countdown!!
Chestnuts roasted by mike rotch @ 02/25/2007 12:12 AM
We actually warped a “Desert Island Games” thread into our favorite NES games thread, a while back. But, since I am one of the resident gamers, I’ll play along
Final Fantasy, Legend of Zelda, Simon’s Quest
Chestnuts roasted by K- @ 02/25/2007 12:13 AM
October, back to 88 for me….
Summers in Texas are way to HOT
Chestnuts roasted by MJgrass @ 02/25/2007 12:19 AM
A little of both, Lilly, but there’s more to it, too. I think you have to watch it at least twice to really get a handle on it, and I’d never discourage anyone from reading the book, either. Without the background info from the book, it’s somewhat (understatement) disjointed, but if you’ve read the book than it does a great job of bringing the highlights to life, even though it can’t quite bring the more subtle points across. It’s easy to see the movie as this crass pointless mess on the surface, but (and again, this may be my inability to separate the book from the movie) there’s a real poignancy and melancholy hidden underneath all of the clamor (what Manimal touched on above). That’s my $0.02, anyway.
Manimal, you should at least read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas! I mean, I think everyone should, but I can see it not being up everyone’s alley. But you’re missing out!
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 02/25/2007 12:20 AM
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Crisis Core seems like a waste. I mean, geeze, did they have to make it a freaking cell phone game? Bleh. They could’ve made a really awesome DS game out of that, and I wouldn’t mind a Dirge sequel. Just anything with the FFVII characters, really. 
Thanks for the baby-congrats from everybody and CONGRATS TO Terror Claws!
Summer? October?
“A long time have I watched this one. All the the time has he looked away, to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was; what he was doing.”
I have a survey topic but (A) I am kinda digging this formless SNT and (B) my last surveys (which I thought were neat) have kinda bombed.