First Day of Spring B[ow]log

Because it was just Sam and me bowling last night, we got in quite a few games, and I’m only going to cover the highlights. So:

Bowling Highlights: We were pretty close to tied for the amount of doubles, then Sam bowled a turkey. Our highest game was me: 199, Sam: 189. Sam started that game with 5 strikes in a row. Because he was doing so well, I wasn’t paying attention to my score. Suddenly, I had beat him with a fully closed game. Sam picked up a 5-10 split. I picked up the 2-4-10 split twice.

BBH: We didn’t play it because we were at Sam’s place jamming out to some Guitar Hero. Here’s my assessment of playing that game after quite a few drinks: it’s fucking hard. The songs I’m normally good at, I was terrible at. Yet, the fun factor didn’t die out. Also, the songs seem to go really quickly.

Blind B[ow]log

Bowling: For two weeks in a row, we have won all 3 games and overall pin count. Ciggy, unfortunately, couldn't join us at the Mermaid, but via AAWT (Advanced Amish Wireless Technology) in Pennsylvania, he bowled a consistent blind 146 every single game. What really helped, though, was the fact that the guys we bowled against were all wasted. By the end of the night, one of them was having problems standing. So, we didn't really try to hard and got some 150s, some low games, some average games.

BBH: Sam was "not drinking" because he didn't want to bleed all over the tatto shop today. Apparently, Sam is not very good at BBH unless he has been drinking quite a bit. It was a close game right away. I had two perfect streaks in the first trip, and Sam had a four perfect streak. Somehow, he fell apart and started YsaDing.

PS: I'm not waiting for anybody to buy tickets because they go on sale soon and I don't have the cash to buy them for everybody (they're around $40), especially if someone bails on me and we can't find someone to pick up the tickets and suddenly I'm out $40, but there's a Mitch Hedberg tribute on April 30. I plan on buying mine in about 20 minutes.

Update: I bought two tickets and it cost me $94. Stupid Ticketmaster.

MechaGodzilla?

Here is a cool list of 14 exceptionally memorable movie robots.

Here is a great list of the 25 best vertigo books. I love the Preacher at #3 and Sandman at #1.

Assume the position

Kanye West is doing a movie. The movie will have at least 6 writers and 10 directors "each creating their own separate shorts that will intertwine through new and existing West music to create a portrait of the US....Which may or may not involve the President not giving a shit about black people."

The spanking scene from Secretary has been named the sexiest moment on film by a Lovefilm poll. Niiicce...

Beware the Ides of March

For a damn good reason. Sony's officially pushed the release of the PS3 to November. Analyists talk about how this is a really bad move for Sony and the Xbox360 is going to kill them because they'll have been in the market for a year before the PS3 shows up. I personally can't see buying an Xbox360 simply because I have to wait a bit longer for a better machine. Still, it'd be nice to have that machine sooner rather than much, much later. The only real benefit of this is the fact that I can buy it for myself for my birthday, guilt free.

metallagher...

Oh my god Master P had a gun. Who would have guessed?

If anybody knows of a place that has the new BBH P report the siting to me. It came out last tuesday and I am dying to play it. It's going to be amazing.

The Seattle Times has a pretty good interview/article on Chuck Palahniuk. I doesn't really hint at the next book other than the fact that he is working on it and "He's working on his first science-fiction book, which will be masquerading as a nonfiction biography."

If anyone wants to go see stand up comic Doug Stanhope and Metallagher at the Triple Rock on April first let me know. I am going to buy tickets later this week. Its 10 bucks. Doug is funny go to his site and listen...

I hate/love snow + b[ow]log

So, spending 45 minutes in my shitty car only to travel 2 miles is not my idea of a great way to start the week. So, I called work, gave them the news, and now I'm sitting comfortably in my home, drinking coffee, planning on watching movies. Now I'm really confused about how I feel about snow.

Bowling: Dan = off night. My highest game was in the 150s and I had quite a few low games. Still, I managed to land second place in averages. Now, this would make you think that Sam, who was last place in averages had an even more off night than I did. But, you'd be wrong. Sam actually had the high game of 172, but also the low game of unspeakable nature. He also picked up an amazing 7-6 split. Ciggy bowled average the entire night. He had a few 160 games, and cleaned house for averages.

BBH: Dear god was this fun. Right away, the game was tight. Every round, the positions changed. People dropping from first to last by shooting one doe. People rising from last to first by nailing perfect sites. In the end, it all came down to the bonus round of the last trip. The round before, I rose from last place to first place by shooting two bucks (yes, it was that close). I thought I had it in the bag. Ciggy had just shot a perfect bonus round, and I just needed to do the same to keep ahead of him. It was an easy round, but by some force of fate that refused to allow me victory in anything last night, I missed one shot and failed to retain first place.

Saturday Horror News

At first, I wasn't sure what to do with this news. Eli Roth (who is fast becoming one of my favorites after two intelligent yet disgustingly gory horror films) is set to direct a film version of Stephen King's Cell. So, this sounds lame to me until I read the synopsis:

...a throwback to (King's) early apocalyptic horror novels. In a single moment, a pulse sent out through cell phones around the world turns every phone user into a crazed, murderous zombie.

Sounds fantastic. The only problem I have with the entire article is when they quote Bob Weinstein as saying, "And Eli will make it right after he finishes Hostel 2." Lame man, lame. That movie doesn't need a sequel; I'm pretty sure the only reason that Roth is making it is because they would go ahead and do it without him, and then it would be terrible.

Open Links

Wired.com has a fun interview with the creator of the "videogame" Shadow of the Colossus.

I would also recommend going to Neil Gaiman's blog (see sidebar) if you want some information about upcoming movies he's involved with.

B[ow]log

We kicked some definite ass last night. Sure, none of the players from the other team showed up, and we were playing against a blind team (the computer just automatically inserts their averages), but, knowing the vagaries of our success, we could have lost. But, we didn’t. Our first game was fantastic. I finished with the high of the night with a 191, Cigs got a 158, and Sam, a 155. After this, Sam and I both dropped a lot of pins. I dropped to his previous score of 155 and he dropped to the 120s. Ciggy kept his average through the night, pulling a 170 in the second game. Third game, I dropped even more pins to a 129, Sam pulled ahead a bit, and Ciggy decided he would just keep it up and throw a 166.

Disappointments: The team that we were supposed to play against is the most fun team to play in the league. None of us scored turkeys. The guy running the place on Thursdays is a total douche. He was behind the lanes for ten minutes, simply attempting to get our balls unstuck. He always gives up and then moves people to different lanes. Idiot.

BBH: In a total upset, I won the first game. We all pulled over 10,000. In the second game, in another upset, Sam won. Rightfully so too. He shot 10 bucks in the fourth round. 10! That’s insane.

Highlights: We don’t even have to ask for beer anymore. Our bartender just serves them up for us when he sees us. Damn is he cool.

don't get "the bug"

Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary are working on the script for "Black Hole". It sounds like its going to be awesome. Black Hole "follows a group of high school students whose lives are altered drastically when they come in contact with a sexually transmitted disease called the 'teen plague' or 'the bug.' While some exhibit only a rash or a few bumps, others turn into horribly disfigured monsters or grow hideous new body parts." Ha Ha. Awesome

Here is a list of the all-time top movie deaths. Pretty damn cool.

New OC tonight. Watch it.

out of control!

Yeah, yeah, yeah. The video thing maybe getting out of control, that or it just seems that way because we are dealing with it for the first time. But I had to put this Daily Show clip up, I have never seen these two act this way, its nice to know they are human.



- The Daily Show gets the Bananas

Shaft Creator Shafted Out of Life

You really ought to click this link and see the ugliest and least tasty looking lobster I have ever seen. It has fur on its claws. Apparently, the creature was so strange that they had to develop a new family class name for it. They said, “The family was named Kiwaida, from Kiwa, the goddess of crustaceans in Polynesian mythology.” I want to be part of a religion that has a crustacean goddess.

Also, in entertainment news, Gordon Parks, director of the original Shaft, has died.

WoW: TA

Oh geek humor. Lore Sjöberg has a rendition of World of Warcraft: The Text Adventure on wired.com. I have fond memories of playing old school text games like Zork on my uncle's old Apple computer when I was in grade school. It was too late by the time I found out about MUDs, using TelNet to launch yourself into a textual fantasy world. Instead of being compelling online interactive novels, they were usually more like chat rooms for socially deprived, acne ridden teenagers. Anyone who has ever attempted to play these will relate to this quote from Sjöberg:

> Shout "Where are the Kobolds?"

You hear a voice in the distance. "NE of stream, near lake." You hear another voice in the distance. "Right near lake." You hear another voice in the distance. "LF1M! Need priest!"

the squid and the black whale

Noah Baumbach's new film is going to star Jack Black. Both of these people are great and I have no doubt this movie will kick ass.

Here is an interview of what some official people are allready saying about next years Razzies.

Today Jarhead and Howl's Moving Castle come out on DVD. Good movies. I say buy, but I'm sure some will say rent.

Video of the week

Look on the right. Over there --->

Tom Waits- Hold On

Quote of the Day & Maybe a Video

I am going to try putting up a new quote everyday (week days), so if for some reason that sounds really exciting to you you should swing by everyday and check it out. Also I think at some point sammy is going to put up a video that you won't want to miss. Also does anyone know where todays quote comes from? I don't think I have a prize to give away, but you can have bragging rights until monday if you get it.

FWW or Finally We Win

So last night marked the dawn of a new age. We will no longer curl-up and die in the face of bowling foes, we will stand our ground and kick some ass. . . sort of. At least two of us will. You see there is this thing that has been hanging over us from the very beginning of league bowling, we can't all three bowl well the same night. So last night Dan and I bowled really well, me for the first time in quite awhile. But once again two of us bowling well meant one of us was way off the map. Sam, I don't think, was even there last night, and we will just leave it at that. We did win last night though, so lets get to that part. Dan pulled off a very respectable 164 average and I would be impressed had I not pulled off a 175 average. The first game we couldn't keep up with the other team, Sam's gal (yeah, she was a she) had a 60 handicap and it kind of crushed us with Sam not bowling well. The second game the other team didn't bowl as hot and I bowled a 198 to give us a victory there. So after two games its 1-1 and we are only 2 pins down in total pin count. Game three I end up dropping 48 pins, but Dan and Sam combine for 48 more pins then they had in game two, we end up with the same score and win game three. The total pin race was a little to close for my taste, but it did make for an exciting finish, we took it by 4 pins, 4 pins made up over 3 games, yeah that is cutting it really close.

highlights: I bowled a turkey in game 2 and we ended up having 2 team turkeys. I think this was the first night in awhile that I also lead in TO's or Turkey opportunities. We didn't feel like pizza last night so Sam and I got some really good wings, they were a bitch to eat, but damn were they tasty.

I must have been way more gone then I thought I was because I can't really remember BBH 06 C of the W. I know I won. I know we talked to a guy in our league that we thought was a douche but turned out to be kind of cool. And I know we stayed after and drank at the bar for a little bit. But all the little details are gone. Oh well.

highlights: I do remember talking to that guy about failing drug tests. It turned out him and his dad failed at the same time, his dad worse then him. I think that must be one cool dad. (also spell check just told me I only spelled two words wrong, there is no way that is right.)

T-shirts for dyslexics

Because of vcmc, I have discovered the joy of purchasing T-shirts on the internet from Threadless.com. They’re all rather cheap, and most of them have pretty cool design (if you can find them in stock). I purchased the God & doG shirt the other day. I’m not sure what it means, but I’m pretty sure that if I run into someone with dyslexia, it’ll be funny. They’ll say something like, “Why is Dog walking that god?” And I’ll just walk away, laughing and shaking my head. Oh, Dyslexia: I don’t understand you, so I make fun of you.

Scrubs vs. Grey's Anatomy

Due to the atrocity that is American Idol, House was not on last night. The benefit of this is that I watched an hour of new Scrubs. Both episodes were fantastic, each in their own right. The first episode was more absurd and funnier than the second, more serious, but still hilarious episode. In a typical Scrubs fashion, there were a lot of plot lines that all converged at the end. My favorite was Dorian’s (Braff) vendetta for an intern named Keith Dudemeister. He refused to give him a nickname, despite his last name, but called the others Cabbage and Wolfman (even though Wolfman’s real last name was Cabbage). Elliot was having an elongated booty call with Keith, which meant Dorian saw him every morning in his (Dorian’s) pink bathrobe. Also fantastic was Dr. Cox and The Janitor becoming friends at the bar while The Janitor refused to talk to him at work. At one point, they were drinking, broke into Dorian’s apartment, stripped him naked and woke him up with an ambulance in front of the hospital.

The best line in the entire two episodes was this: Dorian speaking about the show Grey’s Anatomy: “I love that show. It’s like they’re watching our lives and put it on television.”

PS: I just reread this; god this is scattered.