i am happy blue

South Florida gaming at it's finest.

2010-06-28T22:49:00.004-04:00

This past Saturday I attended the PyroPanda.com Round 2 Tournament featuring Super Street Fighter 4, Super Smash Bros Brawl, and Halo 3. I entered into the SSF4 and SSBB ladder on my own and was guilt tripped into participating in the Halo 3 FFA ladder. There were a handful of MLG gamers for Halo and Smash Bros so it was nice to see a handful of potentials competing. Aglow recognized me from the tournament Dreweyes and I attended June 19th at Zero Ping hosted by ESAM (ranked #4 in MLG SSBB) so it was nice to have other like minded, down to earth competitive gamers to talk to while waiting for our matches. I'm not sure of my final placing in the SSBB tournament, but it was in the top half. It was actually extremely ironic how it happened. Drew and I both entered the Street Fighter and Smash Bros ladder together. We were matched up to face eachother at one point in both ladders. I beat him and eliminated him from the rest of the SSF4 tournament while he beat me and eliminated me from the rest of the SSBB tournament. Karma worked itself into that exchange!

Halo 3 FFA was fun. The only problem was that it was 16 players on maps like High Grounds, Narrows, and Snowbound... all gunning for each other. The first game I attempted to make a dent, but wasn't really that effective. I'm used to 4v4 MLG play, so going against 15 other guys was pretty chaotic. I went positive my first game and then just decided to throw all caution to the wind and have fun with the other 2 rounds remaining.

So overall it was an extremely fun event. I placed 3rd in the Street Fighter tournament (not bad for a Cammy player!) and between 6th and 8th in the Brawl tournament. I've only been playing Brawl competitively for about 3 weeks now and was receiving quite a few compliments from other players on my play style. I'll only get better with it.

I'm probably going to shift my focus from Tekken 6 to Smash Bros and shoot for MLG Dallas to compete. I'll still be going to Raleigh, NC for Tekken, but that will more than likely be my last Tekken event in MLG, unless I win the damn thing. I just don't think Tekken is a game worth putting so much effort into since 1) the SoFla Tekken scene sucks and 2) MLG can't even pull in over 100 competitors to their Tekken event while Brawl went from 180 to 250 in just one event. With 80 MLG Tekken entries, the skill gap goes from "newbie" to "pro", there is no inbetween. You go from facing a local who is just starting out to a world ranked South Korean gamer, so your game had better be 100% on point every match you play.

Just wanted to post a quick little update. I'm also out of ice cream >:(

I almost got arrested for neglecting my blog.

2010-06-19T04:18:00.002-04:00

It's 4 in the morning. I have to be up in 5 hours for a Smash Bros. Brawl tournament. My friend Drew (also known in the MLG scene as Dreweyes) were up pretty late preparing. This is my first Brawl tournament... ever... so I don't really plan to make a huge impact as much as to find out where I need improvement. Next weekend is yet another Brawl tournament as well as a SSF4 (that stands for Super Street Fighter Four for anyone a) reading this wearing an Ed Hardy shirt or b) anyone who isn't a gamer, thus resulting my questioning why the hell you're even still reading this) tournament. My Pikechu and Cammy should be well represented by then. I'm focusing more on local tournaments lately due to the fact I want to really help the Florida gaming scene to get put on the competitive map. If you're a female and are still reading after that, my number is 954-67.... forget it.

Oh yeah, I'm back to updating on a regular basis. I'll give my blog a facelift when I get a chance.

<4 (because I go beyond 3 in love... shyeah!)

Taking it to the stree..... erm... big leagues?

2010-01-23T13:40:00.002-05:00

With the help of a friend, I will be starting a blog at a .com, .net, or a .org... aaaactually just a .com or .org. If I register a .net, I can pretty much shoot it in the head right then and there. So, consider this my Angelfire/ Geocities/ Homestead 'Under Contruction' .gif picture.

Viruses suck.

2009-07-27T13:47:00.003-04:00

My computer has a virus. Not a pop up telling me "Hey you might have a virus" but an actual "Holy shit I can't work like this. Something is wrong" virus. A pop up keeps, well, popping up telling me it has found a virus (differently named every time) and wants me to buy the software to get rid of it. So that means its a virus trying to trick people into buying the "software" and then your credit card information goes out to the cool kids who designed the virus. The thing that pisses me off is it interrupts my typing whenever these pop ups appear. I've had to stop about 4 times already to close them out while I was typing this. Bloody brilliant!

I've been contemplating sending some of my gaming collection to The Angry Video Game Nerd. Only ones I don't actually play or plan on playing in the future. Or rather, games I never want to visit or relive ever again. So I'll push the shittiness of the games over to the AVGN. Problem solved!

I've gone off the deep end.

2009-05-15T03:44:00.002-04:00

Still alive. Nothing good to blog about. Everything good to TWITTERRRRRRRR about though!

I'll blog here when I have something over 140 characters to say... which should be very soon.

GO GATX0RZ!!!!!

2009-01-09T03:04:00.002-05:00

Not even 10 minutes after the Florida Gators won the BCS title, their main page displayed that they were the 2008 national champs.

Almost 70% of their entire student body is on some sort of mind altering substance. Not to mention about 50% of that 70% are out in the streets, 5% of that 50% are probably naked.

Granted I don't have actual data to base these statistics off of, but I'm 65% right.

I got invited by David Walsh (AKA Walshy) to Michigan at the end of February for a 300 man LAN. I am already registered and ready to go. Hotel arrangements are the only thing that need to be finalized. I'm pretty damn excited. There will be a live broadcast of the LAN. When more details are given to me I'll be sure to post them.

Mama-Mia will always be a Mario reference to me.

2009-01-04T02:01:00.002-05:00

I wanted to write about a few things before I headed to bed tonight.

1) I will never watch the movie "Mama Mia". I have heard it being watched by other people which technically does not count due to the fact I've heard Abba before. But I will never watch this movie.

Actually, lets back track.

1) Rum and Coke is an amazing drink.

2) I will never watch the movie "Mama Mia". I have heard it being watched by other people which technically does not count due to the fact I've heard Abba before. But I will never watch this movie.

3) My girlfriend is seemingly addicted to two things as of tonight. Downloading new furniture for our Sims characters and Super Stardust for the PS3/ PSP. I do not mind either of these addictions what-so-ever.

I bought a book dedicated solely to Zelda and Philosophy. Awesome. I also bought Porn and Pong: a look on how sex and video games have influenced our culture.

I'm not writing too much tonight. My attention span is extremely slim right now and I have no more Rum and Coke to drink.

'Tis sad. =(

Happy 2009.

2009-01-02T03:02:00.000-05:00

As the new year dawns on us, many people like to reflect back on 2008. I did something more. I managed to figure out that my PlayStation 3 does more than just play BluRay movies.

It plays games as well.

Not only does it play games, but there is something called the PlayStation Store where you can download games directly to the hard drive. I KNOW! THATS WHAT I SAID!!

My XBox 360 has mainly become my source for practicing Halo for MLG. Aside from that my PS3 has become a new toy that I've always had, just never used. I'm loving it. I'm re-dicovering all of the old games I loved to play. Its like going to visit your grandparents after not seeing them for a few years, only to discover they had massive amount of plastic surgery done and look great in 1080p.

Wait, what?

Home is still kind of a let down. The only reason I would continue to use Home is to show off my trophies. Sony has not implemented that yet which is a big let down so far.

Its like after seeing your grandparents with their brand new plastic surgery only to find out they passed on the opportunity to get a face lift for free but passed it up until a later, unspecified date.

I just hope Sony can get out of this rut they are in. I love my 360, I just am getting tired of playing the same damn games over and over again. PS3 at least has fresh new titles that are breaking the boundaries of gaming with originality. And if it isn't completely original, its at least showing everyone that it is attempting to be original.

I also hope that Sony gets with the times and offers more of their games in 1080p. Fallout 3 only going up to 720p when the 360 version gets the full 1080?

Thats like seeing your grandparents with their new plastic surgery only to find out it was your grandfather that got the boob job.

PSN= DudeStorm. Add me if you feel the need for some social Wipeout, Tekken, or Crash Commandos.

God help us, everyone.

2008-12-24T13:55:00.000-05:00

For the first time in my holiday shopping experience I feel that this year wasn't so bad. I go into a store, find exactly what I'm looking for, and then I'm out. Even if I have to wait in line, no one is complaining, telling you to move forward if you take an extra millisecond to breathe, or racing around the parking lot for parking spaces. Its actually been a relief. I am about to brave the mall one final time before the holidays are over. I also have to stop by Wine and Spirits for last minute alcohol for tomorrow. Will 7-11 be open tomorrow? Wal-Mart? (Excuse me... Wal*Mart)

Hopefully all goes well for you and you families.

Its like drugs... only... no its like drugs.

2008-12-18T23:46:00.000-05:00

I hate the internet. I love it... but I hate it. Or at least I want to hate it. Everything is accessible to you 24/7. Sometimes a good thing and in most cases usually a good thing. In terms of gaming online with friends then YES to the internet. In terms of gaming online with strangers then MEH to the internet. (Don't try to spell check me internet, "meh" is an official word now... or it will be. One or the other. Tiger Woods said so.)

People seem to have an automatic mask they put on while using the internet. If the internet was a physical being and was right next to me, I probably wouldn't be blogging about him/ her right now, given he/ she was looking at what I was typing and if he/ she was next born then I/ me would not be able to publish post/ save now to the internet.

*breath back in*

I bought a book called "Ultimate Blogs" tonight. So if the internet ever breaks, I have some of it downloaded onto paper!

DJ I-Dee

2008-12-18T14:19:00.001-05:00

I was on the front page of Joystiq and noticed a post called "The Best Thing You'll See Today: DJ I-Dee's 8-bit music video". The name 'DJ I-Dee' seemed familiar to me, but I didn't know where from. After checking out his MySpace I realized that he used to frequent Roxanne's, a bar/ club that I used to frequent as well. He's pretty game oriented with his music now. I downloaded his album 'Solitude' off the Zune Marketplace just now, and it is not bad at all, especially from a gamer's standpoint.

Change... not an Obama reference.

2008-11-17T00:46:00.000-05:00

So I got moved around in my job title at work again. Before I was the SEBS coordinator. I just checked my email and I was upped (yet again) to computer set up/ troubleshooter. This isn't all that good. I enjoy them constantly moving me up in the company, but this means I will have to show up earlier and stay later. I am not too keen on staying later due to the fact that there is never an assigned time the later staff stays at the pier until.

I'll be re-doing my blog to make it... better? I have to clear a lot of the junk out.

Halloween Horror Nights 18

2008-10-27T13:23:00.001-04:00

I've been to several other Halloween Horror Nights at Universal before and I must say that this years event was personally my favorite. Most of the haunted houses were a lot of fun to walk through. Usually you have such high hopes for them and they fall short. This year, all of the houses I thought would be the best were the worst and vice versa. The main house, Reflections of Fear, was extremely bad. It was based off of the urban legend of Bloody Mary... but had nothing to do with it at all. When you first walk in you see a mirror that flashes the face of Bloody Mary a few times.... but after that she was nowhere to be seen. You walk into a hospital with doctors and nurses killing people and eventually coming up to you screaming "Bloody Mary". I had no idea what it had to do with the actual Bloody Mary, if they were trying to give her a back story relating to surgery. It wasn't really that good.

The rest of the houses were extremely fun though. We went on Doomsday afterwards which I thought had something to do with Zombies. I never saw the movie, so I was clueless. They were showing clips of the movies before you enter the house, so I could gather that there was an outbreak of a virus in Scotland, and they put a huge wall up around the island to keep the infected in. The survivors left inside went insane and started this apocalyptic cult gang that killed anyone to survive. Doesn't sound as scary as zombies or Bloody Mary, but she was already a disappointment. This house wasn't really as much scary as it was just flat out fun. Speed metal was playing throughout the house with the gang banging on broken down cars and jumping out of the walls. It stayed pretty true to the clips we saw before entering. I liked this house the best based off of how fun it was.

We went on Interstellar Terror next which was o kay. The best part of it was the blue spiraling room that totally threw you off balance as you tried to cross the bridge. The fact that we had all been drinking certainly didn't help. Dead Exposure sounded cheesy but it was the house that scared me the most. There was one point where there were no walls to guide you, only people dressed up scaring you. There were about 20 of them, 10 on each side, lined up forming a narrow path you had to walk between. Definitely the most creative part of the house. The Fairy Tale house was pretty good too. Goldylocks and the 3 bears scared the hell out of me. You walk into the cabin, see 2 be-headed bears on the table to the left, and then a man dressed as a huge bear runs out from the right while the audio track of growling is played. Once again, sounds cheesy but if you see it though you'll think otherwise.

It feels as if Universal has stopped trying to be over the top scary and has mixed having fun scaring people with a little bit of fear. It worked out great. We got to go on all of the houses except for "Creatures" which sounded like it would have been pretty good. All in all, I suggest anyone who hasn't gone to try and make it up this week or next weekend.

Indie gaming

2008-09-24T15:44:00.000-04:00

Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom.

I began the Vampire Hunter D series last week. So far its really good. I'm also going to be watching Starship Troopers 3 tonight with Ally... finally!!

Some great news.

2008-06-07T03:01:00.000-04:00

Starship Troopers is free On Demand! Tony, Dan, and I sat down and watched it earlier in our day. Afterwards we went to Blockbuster to rent the sequal to Starship Troopers so cleverly titled "Starship Troopers 2", or more commonly known as "Policías montados de cohete dos". Now, The first Starship... excuse me... Policías montados de cohete was a great movie. Paul Verhoeven is an awesome director that made Robocop and Total Recall cult classics as well. The second Policías montados de cohete doesn't even deserve my effort of IMDB.com-ing his career. It was a waste of $7,000,000. BUT... Policías montados de cohete 3 has been confirmed WITH Casper Van Dien... I'm tired so that spelling of his name will have to do. Casper (not the friendly ghost) played Rico in the first Policías montados de cohete. (On a side note, I am so tired I spelled Robocop "Rabocop" up above. I fixed it). But how awesome is that? Plus they have a $20,000,000 budget. It still isn't anywhere near the first Policías montados de cohete's $100,000,000, but hey, better than a measly $7,000,000.

The Hand Thing.

2008-06-05T10:21:00.000-04:00

This gets me in tune with my phyche that would otherwise stay hidden.

"The Woman with Honest Eyes"

2008-06-03T02:30:00.000-04:00

La Dame des Yeux Honnêtes
Brought to you by Fade To Pink.

Miami Film Race 2008 complete.

2008-06-02T11:48:00.000-04:00

It was a stressful 24 hours, but we managed to film an amazing movie and have it submitted in Miami by 10PM the next day. It is premiering this Thursday in Miami at $9 a ticket. We might go out celebrating afterwards. Come hang out with Fade To Pink, we'd love to have you.

I <3 Stickam.

2008-05-30T06:14:00.000-04:00

I love the people who leave their cams on when they sleep. You get to see all the stupid faces they make.

Worst Series Finales Ever.

2008-05-27T23:38:00.000-04:00

Remember the first episode of "M*A*S*H"? You know, when the 4077th holds a raffle to send Korean houseboy Ho Jon to Hawkeye's alma mater? Of course you don't, and if it weren't for the Internet, neither would we. That's because when it comes to great television, it's not how a series starts, but how it's finished. A great finale trumps a terrific debut every time; if you don't believe that, then perhaps you were one of the few who missed the beloved (if a bit overwrought) "M*A*S*H" finale, which is still the most watched episode of a television series ever.
However, all too often, great shows fumble at the one-yard line, scarring otherwise stellar franchises with lousy, unsatisfying finales. Although no long-running series will take a final bow this season, planned finales for surgical residents "ER" and "Scrubs" have been put off until next season, giving us a golden opportunity to school overzealous TV execs on the ins and outs of crummy endings. How does one appropriately finish a great television series without ticking off viewers or compromising artistic vision? Start by avoiding these four finale sinkholes.

The Cliff-hanger

If you're going to wrap it up, just go ahead and wrap it up. Cliff-hangers work fine for season-enders -- they've kept viewers glued to "Lost" for four years despite a plot with more holes than the hull of Oceanic 815 -- but they make for terribly frustrating finales.
Take the controversial cut that signaled the end of "The Sopranos." Did Tony get whacked? Who took over New York after Phil ate pavement? Will Sil pull through? So many questions and so little answers turned the ballyhooed finale of HBO's hit-man hitmaker into a crisis of faith. Once viewers realized their suddenly black TV screens weren't the result of a downed cable line, legions of distraught fans took to the Internet with passionate complaints and vicious diatribes, only to be met with a "bada bing, bada boo-hoo" grunt from creator David Chase.
Five years earlier, "The X-Files" writer Chris Carter confounded his fans with a confusing two-hour finale that included ghosts, a murder trial, plenty of shooting and precious little explanation for exactly what the hell Mulder and Scully had spent eight years trying to unravel. To top it off, the Cigarette Smoking Man dies, but not before blurting out the date of the upcoming alien invasion: Dec. 22, 2012. Huh? We smell a conspiracy. Or at least a movie sequel: "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" comes out in theaters July 25.

The Twister

We know you think you're being clever, Mr. and Ms. Grumpy Underpaid Television Script Writer, but sometimes the best way to say goodbye is to just blurt it out. You don't need to blow our minds by pulling a perplexing plot twist out of your keyboard. Trust us: Finding out that six seasons of a touching, dependable medical drama were really just the random neuron firings of an autistic kid staring blankly into a snow globe doesn't make us like your show more.Of course we're referring to the infamous last episode of "St. Elsewhere," the M. Night Shyamalan of finales (the crappy "Lady in the Water" version, not the creepy "Sixth Sense" one). Discovering that every character, conversation and cardiac arrest of St. Eligius was little more than an autistic's obsession with a plastic bubble of water and white flakes stunk like yesterday's cafeteria chow, nailing the door shut on this once-proud hospital.A similar act of script-wronging befell "Roseanne." No subject was too touchy and no joke too raunchy for the Connor clan, who enjoyed a decade-long run as television's foremost dysfunctional family. However, nothing could have prepared viewers for the show's ninth season dip into surreal situations and tired gags, culminating in an absurd finale that revealed that most of what's come before has been part of a book penned by the potty-mouthed matriarch, who apparently found enough time in the back to jot down 15 minutes worth of inspirational thoughts on life, gender roles and spiritual salvation. Heaven help us all.

The Whoopsie Daisy

Life as a hit show is, at best, unpredictable. One season it's Emmy nominations and Nielsen-rating supremacy, the next it's disgruntled stars and six time-slot shifts. The fickle winds of network change can change direction in a heartbeat. Producers would be wise to embrace the trite Boy Scout motto: Be prepared for anything, including the off chance your ace in the hole ain't getting renewed.Sherwood Schwartz, for instance, never saw it coming. Having just wrapped the third season of "Gilligan's Island," the legendary producer received word in the summer of '67 that his tropical paradise was scheduled to be wiped off the map in favor of a new season of "Gunsmoke," turning the last aired episode into an impromptu series finale. Unfortunately, the final act was a far cry from the rescue operation that fans clamored for. Instead, it was just another goofball plot in which Gilligan gets caught up in some awkward shenanigans with hitherto unknown natives and a cheap wig. Forced to slurp coconut soup indefinitely, the castaways stuck it out in prime-time limbo until sailing into mediocrity with the made-for-TV movie "Rescue From Gilligan's Island." Go ahead and pity the shipwrecked seven, but don't bother saving any pity for the deranged minds behind the time-bending sci-fi drama "Quantum Leap." Hoping to avoid cancellation, the producers ended the show's fifth season with a cliffhanger. The network didn't bite, but the frantically edited finale sure did. In the biggest space-time-continuum gaffe since Marty McFly made out with his mom in "Back to the Future," the finale stunned fans by signing off with the tragic line, "Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home," leaving the intrepid time-traveler lost in space and earning his otherwise great show a spot on this list.

The Going Nowhere

So you've leapt over the cliff-hanger, unraveled the twister and outworked the whoopsie daisy, but you're not out of the woods yet. A great finale brings closure to a series, leaving its fans full with the knowledge that, truly, there was no story left to tell. Anything short of that feels like a just another episode, forever miring the show in neutral.That's how Jerry Seinfeld planned it when he underwhelmed us all in 1998's overpromoted "Seinfeld" finale. Putting its kooky quartet through a brutal trial for their general crimes against decency sure seemed clever on paper (particularly the bit where we get to have one last fling with memorable characters such as the Soup Nazi and the Low Talker), but it ultimately turned the lovable no-goodniks into unlikable caricatures of themselves. The show about nothing strained to make a point about something. Seemingly disinterested in the fact that they're about to spend the next year in prison, the foursome simply prattles on about inconsequential minutiae, leading us to believe they'll remain locked in neurotic purgatory forever. No soup for them, and no fun for us.

White Trash Bash

2008-05-26T17:52:00.000-04:00

We're gonna need a bigger screen.

2008-05-17T17:21:00.000-04:00

I saw Speed Racer last night at the normal theater. It was really good. I personally enjoyed it more than IronMan. But the only problem I had with the movie was that I wasn't watching it in IMAX.

... which is why I am going to see it again tomorrow in IMAX. I can has bigger scren? plzkthnx.

I've been playing over at GameTap.com alot as of late. At 3 in the morning P.O.W. is not a bad thing to have. Not at all.

I have no idea who to vote for this year. I definitley don't want Hilary, McCain wants more war, and everyone keeps telling me bad things about Obama. I have to do more research on him. I suspect everyone who is telling me bad things about Obama to be racist. Why can't we just adopt a simplistic view on life? Why do elections have to be so complicated. I wish we still had presidents like good ol' George Dubya.... not Bush. Washington.

Fade To Pink Productions presents...

2008-05-13T03:04:00.000-04:00

AIDS JUICE! via youtube.

Forgetting about Flikr.

2008-04-17T17:49:00.000-04:00

I have completely neglected my Flikr account. I need to upgrade it to a pro account so I can make it a little bit more personalized. I'll be taking quite a few pictures tonight and will try to have them up on Flikr before the weekend is up.
I'm also re-addicted to Smash Bros. I finally got to sit down and play Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii. It is a lot of fun. I heard some of the hardcore Smash Bros. fans say that Melee is faster and Brawl isn't what it should have been, but doesn't everyone say that at first and then a year down the road claim to be one of the few that stuck with it in the beginning?
I also stumbled upong KillerChichuahua.net. Rufio is at the vet right now and is missing out on Cyndi, his potential chihuahua internet girlfriend. Go watch these webisodes.
I'm also beginning to think my friend Tony is never going to finish editing the videos we shot. I'm just going to start making some on my own for a little, just until we get things organized and under way. I don't have a time frame when I will get around to actually filming, but hopefully before or in the beginning of the summer.
P.S.- American Idol..... I hate you.

2008-04-09T06:24:00.001-04:00

I really have to work on my sleeping schedule. I've been going to bed by midnight and waking up again at 5 AM. I'm finsing this to be not fun at all.
I'm hitting so many walls when trying to write new scripts for FTP. I have a lot of ideas written down but I won't know if they are funny until we actually shoot them. On paper is sounds completely ridiculous. I feel like I'm reading a poorly written book. Scripts have always seemed that way to me. I'm in more of a mode to write dramatically than comedically. Coffee might help. I am going to be running off of that fake energy all day today. I think we are all going bowling tonight in Boca. Quarter bowling might wear me out to the point I can sleep past 5 in the morning.
N8 redesigned his blog. Looks better in my opinion. But I am completely biased on more of a simplistic style for sites. I suck like that.
Radio X is also on the air tonight. I am not sure if I will be able to make it to the chat, but everyone else should definitley listen.

Filming Update.

2008-04-02T19:14:00.000-04:00

I've been working on writing several short comedic pieces for the past few weeks. Hopefully we can get them shot and edited within the next month. I have so much on my plate for the next couple of months. I am in the process of editing my YouTube account to make it a bit easier on the eyes. Once that is done we are finishing up some editing with shorts we have already filmed. I'll post the links to them when they are completed.

I just got done watching The Solomon Brothers. It was much funnier than I expected it to be. The dialog was the best part.

I love my friends.

2008-04-02T06:55:00.000-04:00

I was so happy to not have to put up with any April Fool jokes this year. In the past I have had some of the worst April Fools pulled on my. Worst not as in "Oh man! You got me good!". Worst as in "Really? That is all you could think up?". I carried normal conversations with everybody I talked to today. I was originally going to fill a friend's room up completely with balloons, but she would have literally hated me and paid to have me killed.

Bungie had a funny little treat for anyone playing Halo last night. I noticed a strange pattern to the lights near Africa. I didn't even notice it was Master Chief until Mr. Dependable pointed it out. I took a photo from my cell... click here to see Bungie's April Fool Joke 2008.

Tampa Bay Tattoo Convention.

2008-03-27T01:24:00.000-04:00

I will be streaming the Tampa Bay Tattoo Convention this Thursday - Saturday. I am also getting tattooed either Thursday or Friday and will be streaming it live on MySpace. I also have a crappy positioning of the camera all the way at the bottom of IAHB. Just scroll down and you'll see it. Keep refreshing it to check on a live stream. Once the stream is open, no need to refresh it.

If anyone else in Tampa is going let me know. I'll buy you a drink.

St Patty's Day.... eve.

2008-03-16T10:46:00.000-04:00

I've been waking up unusually early the past few days. By 7:30AM yesterday, I was wide awake attempting to throw myself off by getting more sleep. It didn't work. I decided to go outside and read since while the rest of the world woke up. While I was reading, I heard these golfers in the distance teeing off. They were talking, but it was inaudible. That didn't matter though, because every time one of them teed off, they would all bust out with remarks I could hear. It was dead silent, then you'd hear a "ping", followed by "BRAVO!", "WONDERFUL!", "I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT!" like they were the two old muppets sitting up in the theater. That was my morning entertainment.
At night I went out to O'malley's. I love the amount of short white guys that think they are tall black guys in South Florida. They would go up to all these random girls and try to dance with them. But as soon as the girl snaps out of it and thinks "He can't dance... and he's shorter than me." the guy is on the move again. We live in such an awesome world.

My apologies to Mr. Ale.

2008-03-13T08:10:00.001-04:00

I was unable to be a part of the Radio X chat last night. A group of friends and I were filming some pretty amazing movies that I will upload to IAHB when they are done being edited. Such movies will include an infomercial for AIDS Juice, Rock Band Breakup, Gloot the German, and Carlos and Clay dancing to our favorite ragtime oldies song. I'll post the links to the MySpace/ Youtube page once they are uploaded.

I found out N8's real name.

2008-03-02T17:42:00.001-05:00

CHOOOOOKE
Originally uploaded by incrimin8

Our good friend "N8" has hidden behind his clever alias for years now. I am about to reveal his real name.

.......N8 "Eight" Eighterson.

.............sorry.

Take her on a date to Ravenholm.

2008-03-02T16:02:00.000-05:00

Half Life 2 is my sworn enemy. Ever since the game came out I have been trying to play through it's entirety. The fact that Episode one and two came out just make my journey that much longer. Now you may be thinking, "I beat that game years ago, what is taking you so long?"
The game hates me.
Every time I get further and further into the game, my save file becomes corrupted. This isn't a technical glitch, this isn't a computer bug, this doesn't even have anything to do with the game disc itself. The game was coded to know who I am, where I am, and to make sure I never get through this game. Thankfully I could leave my devil machine to plot against me in other ways when the game was released for the original XBox. Well apparently they perfectly transfered the code to the original XBox version, because I kept losing my save file there as well. I couldn't believe it at first, but the curse was still around to haunt me, even though it was on an entirely different machine!
Ok, so some time passes and I hear they are releasing it yet again for XBox360. Not only is this better news seeing as how maybe this time I can run through the game, but it is (once again) released on an entirely separate system.
That is... until the whole "your saves are linked to your gamer profile" deal they came up with.
My original account was suspended due to payment options. I had it on a credit card that I no longer use and forgot to transfer my payment options to the credit card I do use. Why not just go into payment options and switch? You have to remember, this is Half Life 2. If I could actually access my payment options without my 360 loading up the menu over and over again, then it would be easy. The Half Life poltergeist has found its way into my 360 ACCOUNT. How it managed to do this, I don't question. I just accept it.
So I created a newer account that I can (yet again) start Half Life 2 over with. I am not jinxing it by saying anything.... but I just did.

I WOULDN'T KNOW! THANKS GMAN!

Pour us a road, we'll both drink and drive.

2008-03-02T04:38:00.001-05:00

Don't you love coming home from a party where you aren't really drunk, but you definitely aren't tired OR sober. You're sitting at your computer bored out of your mind because FaceBook has no new ~~drama~~ updates and MySpace just flat out sucks now. Then you realize, "Hey! I have a blog! WTF?". You then can post whatever your heart desires, and to top it all off, blogger's posting template has spell check so you don't look sloppy at all!!!

I've come to realize that I am horrible at beer pong. I used to be good, but I really stopped doing that..... "that" referring to "being good". I make a crucial play every now and then, but against my friend and his girlfriend, we get wrecked. I do have Shorty as my beer pong partner though, so regardless of what the final outcome is, DayWalker and Shoty reign over all.... and you know its true.

I am going to dedicate an entire section of this post to John Ale. John, I miss our Elimination Online days. Do you realize I don't even remember being a judge for EO2. EO1 was more memorable for me. EO2 was good, but I don't remember it that well. Thats back when I had BitterSweetRegrets.com. Man, was I emo as hell or what? I allow you to call me out on that any time you feel like it. I also had Bobomb.net. Were you around when I had X-PH.com? Dr. T hated me. Its ok though, I didn't look like Kevin Smith, so all was A-OK!!!!!

Random enough for you? I sure hope so. Later kids.

I've been ready!

2008-02-29T04:14:00.001-05:00

RiffTrax

2008-02-25T15:29:00.000-05:00

I just found out about it and I am very excited to see this. I used to be a fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and I am glad that some of them are still doing something. I am looking forward to checking some of these out. They have free samples on their site.

http://www.rifftrax.com

Kanye for your Zune.

2008-02-18T19:49:00.000-05:00

Lupe Fiasco- "The Cool"

2008-02-18T05:33:00.000-05:00

I just downloaded Lupe Fiasco's new album. I strongly urge you to at least check it out and give it a fair listen. I have had it on loop for a full 3 plays so far, occasionally going back and replaying a song or two.

I set up an account with Flikr so I can upload and share photos for anyone interested. I am really growing tired of FaceBook and MySpace. I want to eventually transition a majority of my posting to this blog. I really don't see any trouble doing so.

I just wanted to post a short update. I've been messing around with settings for too long now. Attempt to fall asleep #2, GO!

Testing out the photos from my Flikr.

2008-02-18T05:25:00.001-05:00

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I am just messing around with Flikr.com's ability to upload pictures to your blog. I am sorry that you have to put up with this as an update. But what an update it is! Now you can stalk me visually as well.

Flickr

2008-02-18T05:23:00.001-05:00

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Your eyes will thank you.

2008-02-18T03:58:00.003-05:00

Valentine's Day

2008-02-14T10:28:00.001-05:00

is lame.

oh yeah.....I am Adam by the way and I will be posting things here once in a while.

Time Travel... for an hour.

2008-02-12T23:05:00.000-05:00

Adam and I have a ridiculous question. Is there an exact point where there is a time change? Kind of like "I'm in Florida, but if I take two steps I'm in Georgia." Several states have two different time zones in them, but where is the exact line?

I'm on the phone with Adam... we might have an answer.

Chatahoochie... and Sneeds. 5.2 miles difference. Both in different time zones. The river in between divides the time zone. About 8 minutes apart. That is what we were looking for. If one us moves to one town, and the other to the second town, we could have the most amazing Time Zone Party.

My dad and Abraham Lincoln share the same birthday.

Ef Florida, Oh Ohio!!

2008-02-07T00:45:00.000-05:00

I'll be flying into Ohio for the weekend so more than likely I will not update until Monday. Maybe I will sneak one in tomorrow, but until then you can be happy that I won't be updating until then. Blog about it.

And if you have a blog that is worth reading I will link you. Mind you, I only link you so I don't have to bookmark your page. It is easier for me to read your site through my own navigation. Let me know though.

My last post was pissing me off.

2008-02-06T13:31:00.000-05:00

I can't look at that picture of Tom Petty anymore. It was really getting on my nerves. Tom Petty, get a facelift plzkthnx.

So I needed filler to push Tom Pety down, so what other than amazingly awesome YouTube videos?

Sukura loves Neji

Who you gonna call?

Girls are sexy when they dance.

Fritids Kor?

Take a shower and your friends will die.

Beep when you see me.

U HAV NO CHNCEZ 2 SERVIV!!!

Man oh Manning!

2008-02-04T13:54:00.000-05:00

The Super Bowl half time show was kind of unsettling. Tom Petty looked like he was being held up by strings. He is turning into another Rod Stewart where you look at him and ask your friends "How old is he.... really?" But, he did suceed in keeping all of us entertained for 4 songs. As I sat on the couch and screamed "One more song!" quickly followed by "One more beer!", I contemplated actually going out and getting tickets to his concert when he comes to Florida. They went on sale today. Did I wake up early and get them? Nope. Stupid me I guess.

The cameras kept flashing to Peyton Manning watching his brother win the big game last night... and I was almost sad for him. Did anyone else notice how he was all alone in the skybox? Jim Carrey has Jenny McCarthy, poor Peyton... poor poor poor poor poor poor poor Peyton .

GO GNATS!!!!!!

2008-02-03T16:34:00.000-05:00

Who is going to win the Super Bowl tonight? I'm personally hoping the Parrots win just so I don't have to hear about how close they were to being undefeated if they lose. But I can't help but cheer for the Gnats. The Gnats are a great team that has a fighting chance against the Parrots. I am anticipating the half time show with Richard Petty though. The commercials are said to be good too... but that means they are most likely going to suck. Anybody that builds up commercials is just asking to be proven wrong. But then again, me cutting them down just opens up the door for me to be proven wrong as well.

I forgot a subject, so here it is.

2008-02-03T02:51:00.000-05:00

I need help. Who am I going to vote for? Every single person running for office either A) sucks or B) sucks less than everyone else. I am a registered Democrat, but if John McCain gets the nomination, I will be throwing my vote his way. He's the only one that has me so far. I need to do more research on Obama. I don't know why, but every time he opens his mouth to speak, I don't pay attention. Now, I don't mean that in an "I'm not listening" way, and it isn't even remotely close to being a race issue. I just don't trust him. He scares me. I am afraid of Obama. He looks like a mean neighbor that kicks my car on the way to his mailbox. Please Obama, teach me otherwise!!

Just a sidenote before I continue. I am extremely tired and should be sleeping, especially since I took NyQuil and hour ago.

So New York is pretty much the epicenter for all sorts of attacks. From Terrorists to monsters (I'm pointing at you Cloverfield). Why doesn't everyone just move to Kansas or something? North Dakota. Yeah... remember that state? The one above South Dakota. I forgot those were even states too! You don't have to worry about giant monsters attacking since there is nothing to attack. Sure there would be your house, but do you think they would even bother?

I look like a real boy, er, website!

2008-02-02T15:00:00.001-05:00

IAHB now is easier on the eyes. It actually looks like a blog now! I want to raise a huge thanks to Ali for helping me.

I have my blog in decent working order. I just need to get my mp3 player the same way. I have too many gigs thats are unused. Not cool.

I saw Sunshine for the first time a few nights ago... I'm usually not a fan of the whole "Earth is about to die so a crew is sent on one last effort to save mankind" genre of movies such as Armageddon, Deep Impact, The Core, or Solaris. But Sunshine was a movie that is going to make me go back and watch these movies with a new perspective in mind... except for Armageddon which was directed by Michael Bay. I can't stand Michael Bay. Michael Bay please stop making movies.... Michael Bay.
So we have a crew of (give or take) 8 members, all specializing in different areas that will help along their mission of re-igniting the sun. Apparently in the year 2037 global warming goes into effect and causes the world to become a winter wonderland. If Al Gore is still alive in this year, he would even agree "Well, that was a little faster than I had thought!". But don't worry. We won't be in this kind of catastrophic state come 30 something years. But, just incase we are, we now know what to do. Send a thermonuclear bomb the size of Manhattan up into space and trust 8 people to make sure it detonates in the sun. Hot!
After seeing the previews for this movie about a year ago, I was set on seeing it. Danny Boyle, Alex Garland, and Cilian Murphy worked last time, why not a second? I thought this would be an action styled movie that just had explosions coming at you in every way. It did, but not in a "forced down your throat" way. The suspense in this movie is high as hell! Danny Boyle captured the feel of what its like to be in space on this suicide mission perfectly. You can tell how it is going to end, but the way it was directed made it all so worth it. You are just taken in by the ending and left with a sense of satifaction when the credits come up. As odd as it sounds, it reminded me a lot of Neon Genesis Evangelion. Action packed in the beginning, and almost phylosophical towards the end. Except Danny Boyle pulled it off. Yoshiyuki Sadamoto could not... in my opinion.
Also, Underworld composed a huge majority of the film. The last moments of the film are made that much better because of that.
SEE THIS MOVIE!

Peanut Butter and KY Jelly.

2008-01-21T16:33:00.000-05:00

There are so many commercials for KY Jelly on TV due to the fact that either
A) Valentines Day is coming up
or
B) American Idol has a new season.

I am just disturbed by how suggestive these commercials are. It is just one huge tease. You are sitting there drinking some chocolate milk just waiting for them to say what it is actually for. Personal massage lubricant?? I'm sorry, but if the girl I was with whipped out some high class KY Jelly and started rubbing me down while saying "Get ready for the most personal massage you've ever received.", I'd have to call Soldja Boy in on her to show her some new 80s movie references... only not how she remembers them.

To top it all off, KY Jelly ends their commercials in "Happy Valentines Night." WHAT?! THANKS!

http://www.gamerhero.org/forums

Mike Tyson's Punch Me.

2007-12-07T21:13:00.000-05:00

I'm a nut.

2007-11-26T13:27:00.000-05:00

Acorns keep falling from the trees and hitting my car at dangerous speeds. I am scared for Malik.

Its not the turkey that makes you sleepy.

2007-11-20T14:30:00.000-05:00

I'm sure most (if not all) of you will be eating Turkey this Thanksgiving. So when you call up your friends to wish them a Happy Thanksgiving and they start to talk about how they are so tired from whatever that thing in the turkey is, please remind them that it is not that at all. It is consuming a large amount of food in a small amount of time that makes them sleepy.

A friend and I are going to the mall today to both stock up on old PS2 games for when we go home. I am not lugging my 360 to my parents house to play on an SD TV. It will give me a chance to play through some older games I never got a chance to either play or finish. Today I am finishing up Kane and Lynch and then re-starting Lost Planet. I KNOW that both Rock Band and Mass Effect are out, but I am saving Rock band for when I go back home to play with friends that have it there. I am not giving myself blue gamer balls by playing Mass Effect for one day and then leave it to go home for Thanksgiving. I will pick it up upon my return.

Old schoolin' it up for the holidays.

Edit: Final Fantasy XII, Metal Gear Solid 3: Substinence, Fatal Fury Collection Vol. 1. Now, I am going out to drink before going home for the weekend.

Maybe I do have a long lost brother.

2007-11-19T03:56:00.000-05:00

Coca Cola or Bud Light? I chose the Coke.

2007-11-19T02:50:00.000-05:00

So I am in for a night of XBox Live which really only means I will be playing Uno until 6 in the morning. How sad is it that Uno is holding my current interest over Halo?

There is a game you all need to check out. The object is to draw shapes that will get the red circle over the yellow star. Here is the video explaining exactly what to do. This is only a 7 level demo. I am not sure when the full version is coming out since I failed to read anything past "download now" on the website.

I also joined a new forum that I will be frequenting.

XBL= DudeStorm

Never order 3 California Rolls unless you are Godzilla.

2007-10-29T20:09:00.000-04:00

2007-10-23T21:03:00.000-04:00

I am currently in the middle of a 2 hour long game of E4. This game is like a drug. I have been pausing it every 20 minutes to give my eyes a rest. I just want to beat my friend's high score... thats all. I also hope that nobody find this blog... because there goes my game.

University of diversity.

2007-10-18T21:37:00.001-04:00

We went out to dinner tonight. There were a lot of people protesting the war with orange and white balloons. I got tacos. I told the waitress to lock the doors so we don't get balloon people coming in. She laughed and kept touching my arm. I didn't like it. No tip for her.

Somebody put vodka in my orange juice.

2007-10-09T09:50:00.000-04:00

It tastes like McDonalds spiked my orange juice with vodka. Normally I enjoy my McDonalds orange juice. But not this morning. This morning I feel like a depressed alcoholic that has already begun his daily downward spiral of vodka intake at 9 in the morning. I had breakfeast at Fox Sports Bar in the Orlando International Airport yesterday and they certainly didn't give me vodka induced orange juice. It did have ice in it though, so they should have put vodka in it, but they didn't. However, McDonalds did put vodka into my orange juice. The lasy at the window sounded foreign, but I detected no Russian in her accent. She just sounded clueless. Maybe she thought that the Vodka was water and since they were running out or orange juice she used it to make the cup seem full or real orange juice. All I know is, the vodka is kicking in and I am not liking it. What if I had an important meeting to go to? I'd be drunk as a skunk. What if I sliced my thumb off because I was cutting a potato and had to drive myself to the hospital because my cell was dead from all the drunk dialing. I'd not only be drunk and phoneless... but my driving would be impaired due to me not having a thumb on one of my hands. A policeman would pull me over and ask if he knows why I was pulled over. I'd respond "No. Look at my thumb, can you tell me why I was driving like that?" but since I would be drunk it would sound more like "OIJERRRR I KNUUUW SIIOOOO POLLLL OVARRRR!" Thanks McDonald... I am SO not loving this.

HoverCat

2007-10-07T13:24:00.000-04:00

Clays thoughts have a new home.

2007-10-05T11:02:00.001-04:00

I am still messing around with templates, trying to get a specific look and feel down for my blog. I finally hopped on board and joined blogspot. I was sick of every other site out there. Hopefully BlogSpot makes me feel more... artsy fartsy, seeing as how every other artistic mind has a blogspot. Might as well hop the bandwagon right? Now I just need to go out, buy a Mac, and sit in StarBucks while I blog! WEE!

I just want to get a couple of bullshit posts going so I can mess around with the template some more. I hope the bitch didn't forget to take her pills.