mandy_Reeves- I’m going to recommend you to the same link I posted for MysteryD8. It’s weird.
Do we have any fans of the Myst franchise on this site? Or is that pretty much dead? I plan on starting Myst Exile either today or tommorrow. It looks like a doozy.
Happy Early Memorial Day!
Oh, and ULTRAMAN- Was that a Rocky Horror Picture Show reference? Rev. might be interested in this video too. Keep in mind, this isn’t for the younger posters… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW9qj1wMTbo
I just got back from the casino where I lost 20 bucks in the slots. Is there anything that doesn’t have a licensed slot? So far I’ve seen slots based on:
Munsters
I Dream of Genie
Wheel of Fortune
Hollywood Squares
Deal or No Deal
Pink Panther
Spider-Man
Kenny Rogers The Gambler
WWE
John Wayne
Survivor
Dean Martin
Clint Eastwood
I’m sure if I looked hard enough I could find a slot machine based on Sesame Street or Spongebob.
Ghosted by KING JLA @ 05/24/2009 4:02 PM EDT
PlantMonster:That was indeed a RHPS reference! You get a cookie. *hands PlantMonster a cookie* enjoy.
Ghosted by ULTRAMAN @ 05/24/2009 4:46 PM EDT
Sad…..I still check everyday…..still nothing…..I miss XE……this should have been a haiku…..dot dot dot
Ghosted by ImissXE @ 05/24/2009 5:23 PM EDT
YAY COOKIE! *nom nom nom*
Ghosted by PlantMonster @ 05/24/2009 7:05 PM EDT
Why dont we make Memorial Day “Flood Matts Email Day” and beg him to come back and give us an update.
Ghosted by Boner Jams 03 @ 05/24/2009 7:30 PM EDT
fulgora77, I know who Robotman is! I used to have a Little Golden Book about him. (I had completely forgotten about it until sometime last year, though.) Those glasses sound like a really great find!
I know it’s Sunday night and I have to teach tomorrow…but a beer and an XE article would be really good right now. Perhaps a little XE Roulette is in order.
Ghosted by Muppet Baby @ 05/24/2009 9:06 PM EDT
I don’t believe fake Matt. The least you could do is try to emulate his writing style, which we’ve read for like seven years.
I’ve trolled here in the past a few times when there were no articles. I honestly didn’t do it to piss off Matt. I hope that didn’t contribute to Matt setting the site aside lately. We miss you Matt!
Ghosted by Anonymous @ 05/24/2009 9:33 PM EDT
You might think sitting under fake plants is my favorite pastime, but joke’s on you…it’s only my second.
Ghosted by Random Matt Quotes @ 05/24/2009 10:04 PM EDT
So…why is Star Wars on MTV of all channels? And…when the fuck did MTV start showing movies in the first place?
Well its better than them airing more of those incredibly stupid reality shows.
Ghosted by Chris @ 05/24/2009 11:06 PM EDT
I know how Matt feels. I work from home doing graphic design for my own clienst and contract work for others, and I’d never trade working at home for going to a 9 – 5 job elsewhere, but really, work can eat you alive, even in a cool profession like this. Sometimes for weeks I’m up until 4am working on all of my client’s projects, even on weekends, and when I do decide to take a tiny break, I end up cleaning the house and then if I have that done, I watch TV or play a video game, even though I have email I could be catching up on with my own website. I feel bad because I feel like I’ve abandoned my own site lately, and I appreciate the site visitors who take time to write. But once I’m in “work mode” I find it hard to get back out, and then by the time I do, a new wave of work has fallen into my lap. I’ve found lately I need stick to my own enforced schedule of doing stuff besides work, or all I’ll do is work.
Anyway, I feel for Matt, because I think he’s in the same situation, and when he does have down time, he probably just wants to veg out a bit.
So. Terminator Salvation. Just got back from it. GOOD MOVIE. I’m still processing it. But I know that it was better than this movie- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070909/ *shiver*
LOL Ford-I laughed forever! I concur with the generic troll name.
I also cannot sit outside because of the across-the-way peeper. Anytime night or day he will be there. We know he knows that we know he’s there. So why does he still hide? creeeeeeeepy. The bums and crackheads are normal in comparison.
I also know its officially “summer” in Vegas when the hefty older man who lives across the street emerges, after a long hibernation, in what I can only describe as his tiny little cloth bootyshorts and gardening clogs to roam the streets, man-gina and all. I can’t decide if it’s better when he wears the long t-shirt so it looks like he has no pants on, or when he wears the bootyshorts…and NOTHING else.
This is the 3rd year in a row for all this. I love my wacky neighborhood.
I would never fall for the “fake matt”. I thank my naturally cynical personality. ;o)
And in conclusion, chips and salsa are yummy!( Come on 2,000!)
Only up there ^^^^^^ I was saying spandau ballet should have a revival! hahaaha
funny XD
Ghosted by Steffanio @ 05/25/2009 4:09 AM EDT
Hey
Ghosted by The Manimal @ 05/25/2009 9:27 AM EDT
WOOOOOO!!!
Ghosted by Steffanio @ 05/25/2009 11:02 AM EDT
I’ve gotten a few e-mails from readers wondering if I was slowly abandoning the site. Well, duh, I thought not posting for weeks on end would make that pretty obvious. ALL KIDDING ASIDE, this will be my last post ever. ALL KIDDING ASIDE AGAIN, no, not abandoning, probably will never abandon, even when I’m in my sixties. Unless I’m dead, though I admit to finding some secret joy in the notion of being the first to blog from the grave. I don’t know if the site’s best days are behind it or still ahead, but I don’t particularly care either way. After doing this ten years and evolving past the point of it being a personal necessity, I enjoy knowing that I will not be empty inside if I’m not on here for a week here and a week there.
But no, not stopping. Why would I? In a strange way, I actually enjoy writing for the site more now than I ever have. I always did this because I wanted to, but I definitely don’t “need” to now. And not “needing” to means that I can write garbage about my socks and not have to worry about it being Digg-worthy. Right now, it’s just for kicks, and that’s the way I want it to be.
Ah-ha! It’s the popularity which makes Matt uncomfortable. The more people are drawn to him, the more he feels caged and needs to back away. Totally know the feeling, Matt. I’m not saying that’s entirely why, I can’t make any assured assumptions, but if so, that’s understandable and respectable. Be good to yourself because if you’re not, it makes it hard to be good to others. In our journey to please others, we mustn’t forget that the self is an other.
Ghosted by Anonymous @ 05/25/2009 12:17 PM EDT
Matt has Michael Jackson Syndrome.
a fun sit to read is 1000awesomethings.com
Really interesting views on small stuff that are awesome. He’s counting down from 1000 and is at 700something now. I’m enjoying it since he updates every day (no offense Matt).
Ghosted by Mama's Boy @ 05/25/2009 12:33 PM EDT
Yay! Thanks for the reply Annette, I was starting to wonder if me and KFC were the only ones who knew about Robotman (and friends!).
Ghosted by fulgora77 @ 05/25/2009 12:59 PM EDT
Do your socks have cartoon characters in them?
Ghosted by KING JLA @ 05/25/2009 4:13 PM EDT
I think I will celebrate Memorial Day by reading some past Summer Megaparties.
Ghosted by Jon @ 05/25/2009 4:25 PM EDT
So… have any of the more intrepid X-Eers tried out the new, Summer Movie Blockbuster tie-in candies yet? I know I’ve specifically seen 2 for Transformers 2 – “Bumblebee Yellow Nougat Snickers” and “Strawberry Peanut Butter M&Ms.” What the second one has to do with Transformers, I’ll never know.
I haven’t picked them up for 2 very good reasons: 1) I’m on a diet, and 2) I’m terrified by the thought of Snickers with too much Yellow #5 dye and PB&J M&Ms. BUT I’m hoping some poor, brave and/or stupid souls out there will try them, and allow me to live through vicariously through them through the Internet.
Anyone wanna help a brother out?
Ghosted by Class3KillStorm @ 05/25/2009 6:42 PM EDT
Man, my last post has about 2 too many 2’s.
This one too… 2.
Dammit.
Ghosted by Class3KillStorm @ 05/25/2009 6:56 PM EDT
Land of the Lost Marathon. This is great.
Ghosted by SilentJay @ 05/25/2009 7:32 PM EDT
I miss Matt! Hope he is well and that nothing tragic has happened. Matt, if you read these, please give us something.
Ghosted by tigerfan @ 05/25/2009 10:56 PM EDT
Class3KillStor- If I can find a Snickers with yellow nougat, I am damn well going to eat it!
dam its hot in here….>_>I gotta put in the ac this week.
Ghosted by mandy_Reeves @ 05/25/2009 11:34 PM EDT
I tried the new Cherry Dr. Pepper Dessert Topping tonite on some vanilla ice cream. It wasn’t bad. The cherry was subtle, but the Dr. Pepper flavor was strong. The syrup was also VERY thick. You could probably put it in some soda water and make some real Dr. Pepper with it.
Ghosted by KING JLA @ 05/25/2009 11:52 PM EDT
Well, after a look back at the past few blog entries, I saw that Matt made two updates in February (13th and 19th) and two in March (6th and 7th). Then there wasn’t another new post until Aptil 6 (a month later), and finally the one we’re in now, April 28th. Granted, it has been over a month since the last update, BUT-
“I’m alive and unchanged. Seriously, I’ve just been working. A lot. It’s been a less-than-ideal grind and I very much look forward to the current wave passing so I can get back to doing what I love to do best: Nothing, with a side of you.”
This was what he had written on April 6. I would bet $1,000 that that is the reason he has been away. I know quite a few people have mentioned his work was keeping him away, but if we look at the facts, it seems obvious to me that that’s right. He isn’t screwing w/ us. He isn’t going out of his way to piss us off. He hasn’t left us for a younger, blonder site. He’s just busy w/ work. The evidence is right here in the blog. So you people need to chill out on the “Matt’s abandoned us” crap. Let the guy work, and he’ll be back when he has the time.
Ghosted by trajeal @ 05/26/2009 12:22 AM EDT
Ricky – So far the show airs ONLY in Northern Kentucky. I recently got my Ohio broadcast license so I am working on getting it on the air in more KY counties and in Cincinnati. But with all the changes Insight is making in broadcasting I honestly can’t tell you which counties air it at any given moment. We’ll see how it goes.
Chris: I may be able to throw in a few pieces but due to my school schedule can’t commit to contributing regularly (but I do want to give something!). I’ll send anything I do get done and you can post it up as a bonus for that day if you thinks it is worth posting.
Ghosted by drew do @ 05/26/2009 11:21 AM EDT
Just got an email from Matt. He is doing well and is very busy with work. He has not forgotten us. He says he hopes to get back to XE soon!
Ghosted by Tigerfan @ 05/26/2009 6:57 PM EDT
If ya’ll are really willing to throw a Summer Megaparty of your own, then go for it. I can’t wait to see what you come up with .
Ghosted by ULTRAMAN @ 05/26/2009 6:58 PM EDT
Damn it! I just found your website today… google-ing for Saved by the Bell ‘the soundtrack’ free downloads. Your website is amazing! As a product of the 80s/90s, I say… more website, less work! I’ll send you all my 1st, 2nd AND 3rd COMPLETE series of Garbage Pail Kids I painstakingly bought off ebay after my mom confessed she threw out all my old toys when they sold their house. Thanks for calling mom, I would have picked that shit up! P.S.: More website kind sir!
I’m backing it up and love the logo except for the women in bikinis. Ok, maybe that doesn’t sound right, I mean I love women in bikinis just not as part of the summer megaparty.
AM I BEING CLEAR HERE!??? Any questions please ask. I would just like to say again, I like women in bikinis. Thank you.
Ghosted by Mama's Boy @ 05/26/2009 7:26 PM EDT
I’m backing it up and love the logo except for the women in bikinis. Ok, maybe that doesn’t sound right, I mean I love women in bikinis just not as part of the summer megaparty logo.
AM I BEING CLEAR HERE!??? Any questions please ask. I would just like to say again, I like women in bikinis. Thank you.
Ghosted by Mama's Boy @ 05/26/2009 7:27 PM EDT
Matt, we fully understand if you don’t want us doing our own Megaparty, but could you please tell us that directly instead of just deleting our posts without comment?
Hi guys, no personal offense was meant but despite my ludicrously long absence, I’d still like to maintain the basic rule of the comments section not being used for that sorta purpose.
As soon as I fix the MySQL errors that I see all over the place, I’m posting.
No problem, and again, sorry about that. To be truthful I saw a name I didn’t recognize plugging something and started mass deleting, and by the time I saw what was actually happening, it was too late to stop.
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oh shit!
You guys think he’s in prison?
That would make sense…He freed one too many lobsters!
Don’t drop the soap Matt! HAHA!