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Holy Crap

If you ever get a chance to hear Killswitch Engage's cover of Holy Diver... don't. If I had to choose one word to describe it, I would say craptacular. It really is extraordinarily bad.

The bad news is....

The replica of Master Chief's helmet that comes in the Legendary Edition of Halo 3 will NOT fit on cats as many had hoped. Sorry Dan. Maybe next time.

Serendipity

I was at the copier next to my cube this morning and overheard a conversation that I thought was hilarious. My co-worker (let's call her Sally) was explaining that her mother had taken in a stray cat recently. Believing this cat to be female, Sally's mom decided to name the cat Lola. It was later discovered that the cat was male and Sally was given the task of renaming the cat.
At this point, I was giggling and had to interject "Don't you dare change the name. Lola is perfect!" Sally did not see the irony. She's younger and wasn't really familiar with the Kinks' song. I had her look up the lyrics and all became clear.
Unfortunately, she still wants to change the cat's name.

Walking dead

I have been up since 9pm so sleep sounds like an excellent idea right now. Unfortunately, I have 8 hours to work first. No regrets though.
I was 24th in line (I was somewhere around 120th for Halo 2) so I had my game and was on my way home by 12:05am. I showed up at just the right time because the first 25 in line got a free Halo 3 inflatable gaming chair with built in speakers (definitely ebay material). I also got a Halo 3 hat, tshirt, and bang stick (not to be confused with boom stick), some weird squishy flashing ball, and a Cox tshirt. Waiting in line for 2 hours wasn't bad because I had some cool people to talk too. The time flew by.
As soon as I got home I ripped open the package, threw in the disk, and ended 3 years of waiting. Sweet satisfaction was finally mine.... right up until my alarm clock went off signifying it was time to go to work.

Halo 'til dawn

Halo 3 launches at midnight tonight. In preparation, I slept all but about 8 hrs (combined) yesterday and I will sleep more when I get home from work today. I will rise at roughly 9pm tonight to go get in line. I have already stocked the fridge with Rockstar. I would not be surprised if I play right up until it's time for me to get ready for work tomorrow.
Here is my preemptive review of Halo 3: Best. Game. Ever.
In the inconceivable event that I am wrong, a retraction will be forthcoming.

Damn the Juice

I have managed rather successfully to hold no opinion whatsoever of OJ. No he has effected me personally and I hope they give him the chair... or set him free... or whatever so long as it is done quickly. All I know is his trial has made my work very difficult and I hate him for it.
A lot of my work occurs at the Regional Justice Center where his trial is being held and sometimes at the jail where he was held until he was released. A seemingly endless number of news vans and reporters line the streets and fill the parking lots that I use on a daily basis. I have been on TV at least twice this week just because I ended up on the wrong side of a camera.
OJ is now in Florida but do you think the news crews went away? NO! THEY ARE STILL THERE! Why? I have no freaking clue but they won't go away! I even saw a news report today about what OJ read/watched on his flight to Florida. WHO CARES?!?!? Maybe we will get live updates on-location when he trims his toenails.
I hate OJ. I hate the news media. I hate anybody who gives a damn about this whole thing. No wonder the terrorists hate us. I can't say I blame them anymore.

Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time tuns, and Ages come and pass....

For those of you who do not know who Robert Jordan is, he is a fantasy writer who has been writing the Wheel of Time series since 1990, which released it's 11th book about a year ago. The story was scheduled to finish in the 12th book. Yes, I have read his other books and it was no easy undertaking. With each book approx 1,200 - 1,400 pages long I have invested alot of time in this story. He died before he could write the final book, but he did share his plot and ideas with his family before he died. If his family decides to hire another writer to finish the series or let the story end unfinished is their decision.

So, needless to say, I will not be taking on any more ridiculously long book series until the final one has been completed.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=18&objectid=10464451

Get yours while you still can

Bacon flavored chocolate. I suppose once bacon made it's way into ice cream, chocolate could not be far behind.

Taking God to court

A Nebraska state senator is suing God. Read the details here. I say we get a class action suit going. The plaintiffs will be all of humanity. We can take him for everything he's got. However, I don't know if we can get much out of him because I keep hearing about people having "more money than God". Then, of course, you have to split the settlement 6.6 billion ways.

Hummers in Heaven

Check out the audio clip here. It's a song I heard somebody singing at karaoke.

Standing in for a rabbit's foot

Niki and I went to Hooters last night for a little gambling. I sat next to a guy at the Pai Gow table who had about $1500 in chips (apparently down from $3000). He was betting $250-500 most of the time and as much as $1000 several times. According to him, he was a professional gambler and bet about $20,000 a day on sports.
I started with $60 and eventually ran out of money. By the time I ran out of money, the guy was up to about $2500. I stood and watched for a few hands while his stack climbed to $3600. When I started to walk away, he asked where I was going and asked me to sit and play a while longer. I guess he thought I was his lucky charm because he gave me a black chip to play with when I told him I was out of money. Score!
I felt kinda bad when he lost $2900 within a short time of me rejoining the game but the feeling passed. I take comfort in the fact that he would have made $1000 if he had taken my advice on a hand. He cashed out with $700 and I took the money and ran as soon as he was out of sight.

Seth Green mocks Chris Crocker

If you have seen the original Chris Crocker video (in defense of Britney Spears), this is pretty funny. If not, well...
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Guitar Hero III Tracks

Here is the latest track list for Guitar Hero III. Only 47 have been revealed but the final total should be over 70. Most of them are performed by the original artist. I would just like to state for the record that I have never heard of many of these bands. The tracks I am most excited about are in bold.

"3's and 7's" – Queens of the Stone Age
"Avalancha" - Héroes del Silencio
"Barracuda" – Heart
"Black Magic Woman" – Artist Unknown
"Bulls on Parade" – Rage Against the Machine
"Cherub Rock" – The Smashing Pumpkins
"Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll" – Blue Öyster Cult
"Closer" - Lacuna Coil
"Cult of Personality" – Living Colour
"Even Flow" – Pearl Jam
"Generation Rock" – revolverheld
"Go That Far" – Bret Michaels Band
"Helicopter" – Bloc Party
"Hier Kommt Alex" - Die Toten Hosen
"Hit Me with Your Best Shot" – Pat Benatar
"I'm in the Band" - The Hellacopters
"In the Belly of a Shark" - Gallows
"Knights of Cydonia" – Muse
"La Grange" – ZZ Top
"Lay Down" – Priestess
"Mauvais Garçon" - NAAST
"The Metal" – Tenacious D
"Minus Celsius" - Backyard Babies
"Miss Murder" – AFI
"Mississippi Queen" – Mountain
"My Name Is Jonas" – Weezer
"The Number of the Beast" – Iron Maiden
"One" – Metallica
"Paint It, Black" – The Rolling Stones
"Paranoid" – Black Sabbath
"Radio Song" - Superbus
"Raining Blood" – Slayer
"Reptilia" – The Strokes
"Rock and Roll All Nite" – Kiss
"Rock You Like a Hurricane" – Scorpions
"Ruby" - Kaiser Chiefs
"Sabotage" – Beastie Boys
"School's Out" – Alice Cooper
"She Bangs the Drums" – The Stone Roses
"She Builds Quick Machines" – Velvet Revolver
"Slow Ride" – Foghat
"Suck My Kiss" – Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Take This Life" - In Flames
"Talk Dirty to Me" - Poison
"Through the Fire and Flames" – DragonForce
"Welcome to the Jungle" – Guns N' Roses
"When You Were Young" – The Killers

Another new hero for Aaron

I have never really liked Kathy Griffin but I'm a fan now. Here is an excerpt from her Emmy acceptance speech:

"a lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one had less to do with this award than Jesus. Suck it Jesus. This award is my god now!"

Of course it will be censored when it airs. I think I love her.

Beer Pong Hero

I played beer pong for the first time this weekend and I kicked some ass. My teammate and I played five straight games (winner plays next team) which was about half of the games played. My teammate contributed very little to the effort but drank his half of the beer so it worked out.
There is a price to be paid for success in beer pong. The losing team drinks more in a match but they get to stop when they lose. The winner gets to keep drinking. I got pretty hammered and was actually glad when we finally lost. By the beginning of the 4th match, I was tempted to throw the game. Unfortunately, my competitive side took over once the beer was racked.
Niki picked me up at about midnight and took me to Boulder Station where she had been laying to smack down at karaoke. It wasn't until about 4am that I started puking. Overall, I'd say I like beer pong very much.

My neck and me

I have spent the past 2 weeks high as a kite on drugs. I sleep like a lion (20 out of 24 hours in a day). Today, or someday soon I will find out what the heck is wrong with my neck! I have an MRI in about an hour and its about freaking time. It's only taken 10 years for someone to figure out that there may be something wrong and not just throw pills at me. But, I'm not bitter or anything. No, not me........10 FREAKING YEARS!!!!! Sheesh.....

Aaron's new hero?

Adam Savage of popular MythBusters fame is trying to tackle a new myth:

"My goal this year is to prove natural selection on the show. It's going take a while, it's going be very hard to make it fascinating on film in the context of our narrative structure, but I figure screw it. The sky's the limit. Let's do natural selection. I'm sick of fifty percent of this country thinking creationism is reasonable. It's appalling. And I have the unique ability, maybe, to sell this idea to Discovery, and they'll, they might allow me to do it, and I'm going to try as hard as I can."

The Silver State > The Lonestar State

It's official. My company has stopped offering transfer jobs to Dallas. Plan B has moved to Plan A. I talk with our real estate agent tomorrow and go look at home sites and builders next month in Vegas. I think this will work out better since I won't have to gobble up so much vacation time for my Vegas trips. In fact, that's pretty much all I use my vacation time for anyway.

No more reading just before bedtime

As you all know, I am quite good at sleeping... not so good at waking up. I already have tremendous difficulty waking up to my alarm and would probably be late to work every day if it weren't for Niki rolling over and hitting me. Throw in dreams about time travel and things get ugly.
I am currently reading part of the Hitchhiker's Guide that deals with a lot of time travel. When my alarm went off yesterday morning, I hit the snooze button firmly believing that it would send me back in time so I could sleep some more. I fumbled with the buttons a bit trying to figure out how to set the amount of time I would go back but eventually left it to chance when it didn't cooperate. I attempted time travel (with little success) several times before Niki smacked me and told me I was late.
I hate mornings.

Snack food gone bad

A DesMoines man has been charged with assault after attacking his father with a bag of Cheetos. The best part of the article: "Michael's T-shirt was also covered in Cheeto dust."

New Avenged Sevenfold song

For those interested, Critical Acclaim is available for your listening enjoyment on A7X's myspace page. It's the first single off their upcoming self-titled album (available 10/30).

It's about time

The Church of Scientology may face fraud and extortion charges along with being labeled a "criminal organization" in Belgium. Why has it taken so long for these con men to be held accountable for bilking the credulous out of their money? We can only hope Belgium is the first of many. What do you think of that Tom Cruise?
See here for details.

Your moment of zen...

Tiny Kiss currently perfoming at Beacher's Madhouse in Vegas