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I’d write a blog here but I’m dead and I wouldn’t want to ruin the effect.
-Matt
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Ever get that feeling that you should try new things? Sometimes “new” things can be surprisingly awesome and other times it can be a terrible, terrible idea. I’m more of the mentality that new things should be experienced, to help you learn and grow. These experiences help you to make decisions in life, like when not to run after that ball in the street during heavy traffic time or when not to throw eggs at houses when your neighbor is outside watering their lawn (unless you run much faster). If its an experience that probably won’t threaten your life, you’ll probably be safe trying it at least once (I’m not talkin’ about anal, but if you were thinkin’ it…). Go out of your comfort zone at least once in all aspects of your life, but in moderation. “Moderation” is the key, even if it was a “bad” experience just a little bit of the challenge/situation probably won’t have an extreme impact that would send you to the hospital.
Try the exotic food, but don’t swallow everything (unless you’re into that… I haven’t tasted it but I’m pretty sure its sweet like the candy I eat). Go watch a hockey game, you may find something almost as exciting/interesting as a football game (not soccer, you janky brits). Listen to some Rap or Country, or even the oldies, it may make your ears bleed but you can honestly say you don’t like that kind of genre. Take a dance class or try yoga, even if you’re totally beat I’m pretty sure there will be something worth the effort. Ripping one in any of the classes during the silent moments could be embarrassing, but if you’re only gonna be there once anyway then who cares. I got a good chuckle after getting a good whiff of that deadly cloud and the look on people’s faces as it diffused through the class. (I haven’t been back, but the memory of their faces… priceless).
Good luck on trying new things. If you haven’t tried anything new, what kinds of experiences would you like to try if you weren’t set on not trying anything new? If you have gone out and been adventurous, what was it and what was your experience like?
Miley Cyrus’ little sister seems to be standing up for the rights of pedophiles everywhere. That’s right, lingerie for tweens. And I thought it was creepy when people would start talking about when Marie Kate and Ashley were turning 18. Not much more to say about this, other than: man the Disney Channel is crap these days. I remember when they used to show the Gummy Bears. That is all.
After rereading this and reviewing how crabby it sounds, I’d also like to remind you to get off my lawn.
Who wants a goblin omelette?
Those of you that have been reading for awhile know I love me some board games. Everytime I think I have a nice rotation of board games someone brings over something new. This weekend I played Ghost Stories. There were no flash lights, no smores and no campfire. What we did have on our hands, was ghostbusting ninjas. And as the immortal Ray Parker Jr. tells us, busting makes one feel good. This is a players versus the everchanging board and ghosts, coming at the group with the mercilessness of space invaders. Assuming we were playing entirely correctly (the booklet’s instructions were one of the worst written we’ve delt with in our gaming group) this is a rough little pve game. We did not win, which as an avid gamer of course makes me want to play again all that much more. Go out and get a copy now, you know you want to ninja some ghosts to death (probably yours). However I recommend getting some supplemental rules from boardgamegeek.com they are awesome at this.
Are you glad this blog space isn’t about Conan and the NBC debacle? I am.
In other news, Apple officially announced their new product the iPad! Horray for people who don’t already have an iPhone or an iTouch and horray for anyone not interested in using a tablet for drawing or painting. This “new” gadget brings everything together from the iPhone/iTouch and makes it better on a larger screen! CHA-CHING! Thats the sound of innovation falling flat on its face. Yes, innovation has a bag of coins for a face.
In all fairness, its much cheaper than a “real” tablet pc and you can touch the screen for all the fun you get out of doing that. This new toy is basically for the general public, its key features being websurfing, reading ebooks, playing games, listening to music, watching movies and a touch screen. If you touch it too much, you may wear it out, be sure to wear goggles for extended periods of time you may go blind. I’m pretty sure thats in the fine print somewhere.
If Apple comes out with something close to a Wacom CintiQ 21UX for much cheaper than 2 grand, I’d be all over that. As it stands, I’m enjoying my reliable Intuos3 and some occasions I use my lenovo x200 tablet pc when traveling. In more cases I kick it oldschool with these classic tools – paper and pencil.
Are you more interested in an affordable tool like Wacom products or are you more interested in a toy such as the iPad/iTouch/iPhone? The alternative as the comic depicts, classic toys can be found at the local Goodwill or your closest pack rat.
Tried to save this one for shark week, but who can wait all year for shark week? Anyway here’s another Conan Blog.
I watched the last episode of Conan I wished he would have broken from the format a little more, done something a little crazy. When the day before he said, ‘We’re going to have some fun on television,’ my expectations were high. I don’t think that much would have met my expactations, Peewee Herman explaining the lawsuit on Thursday night was magical, and Conan rocking out with ZZ Top and Beck was pretty awesome. Conan’s final words, and his plea to for people to not be cynical, did surprise me. He’s a guy that tasted his dream for 7 months and had it taken away, primarily I’d have to guess by folks that don’t have dreams, certainly not creative aspirations. And here Conan is telling us to not be cynical. Well here’s to Conan who lived the dream for 7 months and put down some of the best Tonight Show’s we’ll ever see.
I don’t think NBC deserves the money, but I’d really like a best of Dvd including the last two weeks of episodes and as many of Conan’s best sketches (from Late Night and The Tonight Show) 10 Dvds can hold.
I don’t really have much in the way of explaining this strip, Mortimer the Brontosaurus explained things far better than I could.
Instead I’ll talk some more about Conan. As someone who writes comedically twice a week it’s hard watching one of your idols getting screwed. Not the majority of people I talk to, but some have said he just doesn’t fit at that time slot, that he was “better at 12:30.” I don’t really think those people were watching at 12:30. Fun facts for the Conan uninitiated: Conan wrote for SNL during it’s last great cast period, during the Sandler, Farley, Hartman Era. He wrote The Simpsons when they were in there golden age up to and including the Monorail episode. He was on his little Late Night show for 17 years. I think the guy’s paid his dues. If you haven’t been watching Conan these last couple of weeks you’ve been missing out. The last two weeks when looked back in tonight show history will probably be looked back upon as the best shows in Tonight Show History. Also you missed Sandler dropping the C bomb on national television last night and the Bugatti Veyron Mouse. NBC’s taking the Tonight Show from Conan. I wish someone would take the Tonight Show away from NBC.
This brings an end to our Matt is Pregnant series if you missed it, it started here.
I played a new board game this weekend. Those of you that have been reading for awhile know how much I love things that roll dice and end friendships. Board games allow for an oppurtunity to do both, it’s so nice when I get to play a new “fuck your neighbor” board game. The game is called Playing Gods, it was delightfully sacreligious. The minatures/the art won me over before I started playing. Whether you play as Chaingun Wielding Buddah, Scimitar and Bomb wielding Allah, or Cross to Bear Down on Your Skull Jesus, this game is a good time to be had by all but grandma. It plays pretty fast pace, as Jesus I was smote quite quickly. Then Moses revived me by bringing more christians back into the world, Moses also had a card that allowed him to remove 3 Christian Sects as well, so when I came back into play, I was Moses’ hostage/mercenary. I was able to steal the Christian smiting card from Moses, bring Chaingun Buddah back into play as my hostage, but it was all for not in the end Allah beat us all by converting our respective flocks. My friend Travis, upon his victory, was gracious enough to remind us to bone up on our Quran as we would be praying five times a day from here on out.
Don wrapped up this comic in 5 minutes while driving Matt to the ER. Nothing says dedication than delivering a baby and doing it in a timely fashion.
If Matt gets bit by a vampire while in labor, does the baby become blade or does Matt become blade?
If missed Matt Getting knocked up, you can jump back to here.
A non-teen vampire flick is in our midst. I kind of want to see Day Breakers. I guess it may be a catch em all want, I mean I’ve seen Queen of the Damned for Christ Sakes. I’ll even watch New Moon when the Riff Trax come out for it (I hope they play vampire baseball again.) Day Breakers seems like so good a premiss it couldn’t possibly be carried out well. It seems to me that they’ll be hard pressed to set up the vampire society to leave the time for a blood shortage/hunting the humans. I think it’s the old fashioned ‘What If?’ sci fi angle of it all that really gets me. I love ‘What If’ some of the best Star Trek episodes were ‘What If.’ I’ll probably go see it, besides that Ethan Hawke is kind of a dream boat.