w00t! I got a job interview for next week! ^^

Customer service here. Could be fun. ^^

*drool*

New Line Rocks!!!

/begin cut and paste:

Leading up to the December 17 release of The Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King, the final film Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy, New Line Cinema will bring moviegoers an exclusive, ONE-time-only in-theater event:
The Lord of the Rings Special Extended Edition Screening Engagement.

The schedule for this special theatrical screening series is as follows:

December 5-11
Special Extended Edition The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

December 12-15
Special Extended Edition The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Tuesday, December 16
One-time-only marathon of both the Extended Edition prints followed by the first
screenings of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

/end cut and paste.

*continues drooling...

Hmmmm? Shit...nothin as far as I know. I just made the bad mistake of installing Freedom Force again a couple hours ago after installing Fallout Tactics: BHOS last week. I anticipate I shall be just a huge twitching mass at the end of the week.

What does Liz's cat have to do with anything?

El Diablo!!! :D

Thanks for the support guys.

Turns out I'm still just a fucking idiot. *shrug*

We all have to ask those questions sometime. Better to ask them to ignore them. "If you're not confused, you're not thinking clearly. If you're confused, you're thinking clearly."

We believe in you, E.

Have faith in you, E. Even if you don't, we do.

Why am I such a fucking idiot?

No, don't answer that. Too many of you have wisecracks that have been waiting in the deep recesses of your minds that will only emerge when *I* ask that specific question.

We'll just leave it as a rhetorical question, and hope I'll answer myself, or that the thing that I've done that has illicited this question of myself will resolve in such a way that it will turn out that I am not, in fact, a fucking idiot, but rather a fucking genius. Or at least brighter than your average lightbulb.

I'm going to shut up now. The wall looks so inviting...

Oh yeah, Liz? Well, grabass BAD!

So you wanna know what I REALLY think of You?

Go read my review over at My Site and you'll get an earful.

JOKE OF THE DAY:

One evening last week, my wife and I were getting into bed. Well, the passion starts to heat up, and she eventually says "I don't feel like it, I just want you to hold me." I said, "WHAT??" So she says the words that I and every husband on the planet dreads. She explains that I must not be in tune with her "emotional needs as a Woman." I'm thinking, "What was her first clue?" I finally realize that nothing is going to happen that night, so I went to sleep.

The very next day we went shopping at a big unnamed department store. I walked around while she tried on three very expensive outfits. She couldn't decide which one to take, so I told her to take all three of them. She then tells me that she wants matching shoes worth $200 each to which I say OK. And then we go to the Jewelry Dept. where she gets a set of diamond earrings. Let me tell you ...she was so excited.

She must have thought that I was one wave short of a shipwreck, but I don't think she cared. I think she was testing me when she asked for a tennis bracelet because she doesn't even play tennis. I threw her for a loop when I told her that it was OK.

She was almost sexually excited from all of this when she said, "I'm ready to go; let's go to the cash register."I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, "No, honey. I don't feel like buying all this stuff now." You should have seen her face ... it went completely blank. I then said, "Really honey! I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a while."

And just when she had this look like she was going to kill me, I added,"You must not be in tune with my financial needs as a Man."I figure that I should be having sex again sometime during the spring thaw of 2007.

General, they're all just fucktards. Yes, fucktards. Not retards, but fucktards.

I'm thinking it's like some kind of Westwood curse, man. It's like, "You helped make shitty games, now you will PAY"... :D

Seriously though, you've got the other lead, and it seems to be going well. Don't sweat this other stuff.

So you wanna know what I REALLY think of Savage?

Go read my review over at Gamer's Depot and you'll get an earful.

What does it take to get work in this town? LucasArts has filled their PR Specialist without even interviewing me. IGN filled both of their Associate Editor positions internally, and didn't interview me. I'm starting to wonder how I got fucking blacklisted...

It never fails.

I take a big trip somewhere, looong flights, big vacation, I fly home, I swear off flying, and within a month, I'm flying somewhere again.

Last year, it was returning from China, then 3 weeks later flying to San Antonio, this year, I've returned from Switzerland, and now I'm flying to Seattle in 2 weeks.

I'm beginning to hate flying...

Now I need to actualy find this so I can know what thell is goin on...lol...


"Why!?!...STOP..STOP!!"
- #3 Kenai


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I know I don't usually do this... but I have been recieving SO many good jokes that I have some instock for the next few days. Also, since we have some parents reading this now... I figured I should clean up some of my jokes as well. This doesn't mean that they will all be good. Most of them will be just as explicit as before.. but I have some good clean ones too. So now onto:

JOKE OF THE DAY:

A local business was looking for office help. They put a sign in the window saying: "HELP WANTED. Must be able to type, must be good with a computer and must be bilingual. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer."

A short time afterwards, a golden retriever dog trotted up to the window, saw the sign and went inside. He looked at the receptionist and wagged his tail, then walked over to the sign, looked at it and whined. Getting the idea, the receptionist got the office manager. The office manager looked at the dog and was surprised, to say the least.However, the dog looked determined, so he led him into the office. Inside, the dog jumped up on the chair and stared at the manager.

The manager said, "I can't hire you. The sign says you have to be able to type." The dog jumped down, went to the typewriter and proceeded to type out a perfect letter.He took out the page and trotted over to the manager and gave it to him, then jumped back on the chair. The manager was stunned, but then told the dog, "The sign says you have to be good with a computer." The dog jumped down again and went to the computer. The dog proceeded to demonstrate his expertise with various programs and produced a sample spreadsheet and database and presented them to the manager. By this time the manager was totally dumbfounded!

He looked at the dog and said, "I realize that you are a very intelligent dog and have some interesting abilities. However, I still can't give you the job." The dog jumped down and went to a copy of the sign and put his paw on the part about being an Equal Opportunity Employer. The manager said, "Yes, but the sign also says that you have to be bilingual." The dog looked at him straight in the face and said, "Meow."

"RUN!"
-#15 Nanahara Shuya


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"I'm a survior, of this f*cking game."
- #5 Kawada


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Yep.

You know, generally I hate these things, but as I was out searching for info on the Battle Royale Manga, i stumbled across this gem: Which Battle Royale Character are You? I figured since you guys seem to love these things, this would fit in nicely here.

Mog-Fucking-Wai

That's all I have to say about that.

JOKE OF THE DAY:

Four people were bragging about how smart their cats are. The first was an Engineer, the second an Accountant, the third was a Chemist, the fourth was a Government Worker.
To show off, the Engineer called to his cat, "T-square, do your stuff." T-square pranced over to a desk, took out some paper (made from wood, of course) and a pen and promptly drew a circle, a square, and a triangle.

Everyone agreed that was pretty smart, but the Accountant said his cat could do better. He called his cat and said, "Spreadsheet, do your stuff." Spreadsheet went out into the kitchen and returned with a dozen cookies. He divided them into 4 equal piles of 3 cookies each. Everyone agreed that was good, but the Chemist said his cat could do better.

He called his cat and said, "Measure, do your stuff." Measure got up, walked over to the fridge, took out a quart of milk, got a 10 ounce glass from the cupboard and poured exactly 8 ounces without spilling a drop. Everyone agreed that was good. Then the three men turned to the Government Worker and said,"What can your cat do?".

The Government Worker called to his cat and said, "Coffee Break, do your stuff." Coffee Break jumped to his feet, ate the cookies, drank the milk, pooped on the paper, screwed the other three cats, claimed he injured his back while doing so, filed a grievance report for unsafe working conditions, put in for Workers Compensation and went home for the rest of the day on sick leave.

MOG-WAI!

Great show. They even played "May Nothing But Happiness Come Through Your Door." Stuart said "We haven't played this in a while" before they played it, so maybe they heard me talking about it before the show. YUM. It was a fan-fucking-tastic show...

Ever in need of an honest opinion? You have a few options.

1) Ask Cliff. Even if you don't like the answer, he'll tell you.

2) Go for the untarnished opinion, like this.

Happy birthday Christy!

0 days until my birthday!

Cliff! I told you that you shouldn't talk about that to them. A little decorum, please.

Get ready to start stuffing dollar bills into my G-string, ladies...

"I knew I should have listened to my mom and gone into porn..."

No, this other thing that I did today, it went well. And I have to do it again on Monday. Yeah. That.

So that male dancer audition went well for you? That's nice to know. ^^

That went well...

Hot damn and I thought the Silent Hill movie was usual BS.

And on a twisted kind of funny side the Polish aparently created a Nazi Concentration Camp lego-set. Funny shit I say.

The guy who directed Brotherhood of the Wolf is gonna be directing the Silent Hill movie! Hot damn!

JOKE OF THE DAY:

After three weeks in the Garden of Eden, God came to visit Eve. "So, how is everything going?" inquired God. "It is all so beautiful, God," she replied. "The sunrises and sunsets are breathtaking; the smells, the sights - - everything is wonderful. But I have just one problem. It is these three breasts that you have given me. The middle one pushes the other two out, and I am constantly knocking them with my arms, catching them on branches, and snagging them on bushes. They are a real pain," reported Eve.

Eve went on to tell God that many other parts of her body (such as her limbs, eyes, and ears) came in pairs, and she felt that having only two breasts might leave her body more "symmetrically balanced", as she put it." "That is a fair point, "replied God. "But it was my first shot at this, you know. I gave the animals six breasts, so I figured that you needed
only half of those. But I see that you are right. I will fix it up right away." God reached down, removed the middle breast, and tossed it into the bushes.

Three weeks passed, and God once again visited Eve in the garden. "Well, Eve, how is my favorite creation now?" "Just fantastic," she replied, "but for one oversight on your part. You see all the animals are paired off. The ewe has a ram and the cow has her bull. All the animals have a mate except me. I feel so alone. "God thought for a moment and said, "You know, Eve, you are right. How could I have overlooked this? You do need a mate and I will immediately create a man from a part of you. Now let's see... Where did I put that useless boob?" Now, doesn't THAT make more sense than that business about the rib?

Whoo!!! My main PC lives!!! Got my mobo on Thursday and was short 1 power supply which was remedied by Cliff, (plus the whole moving everything from the old busted up case to the new case when I got back) but anyways it partially lives though. Just noticed when it booted how cluttered my system is and full of junk drivers & such that I'd spend more time fixing than just gutting with a good ol fashion fdiskin. After all...over half of one of my 19" monitors is covered with icons I don't remember putting there but they seem like crap I'd put there.

So, um, Savage... ahem... Savage could quite possibly be a game I'm going to get addicted to.

*remembers that scene from Animanics and falls off the bed laughing*

Wouldyouliketoparticipateinthelightninground?Wouldyouliketotakeasurvey?Doyoulikebeans?DoyoulikeGeorgeWednt?WouldyouliketoseeamoviewithGeorgeWednteatingbeans?

Oh boy! LIGHTNING ROUND!

Well, I did well enough to move on to Round 2. Let's see if I can get past the Lightning Round, where the questions come fast and the prizes double... or something.

JOKE OF THE DAY:

A group of 3rd, 4th and 5th graders, accompanied by two female teachers, went on a field trip to the local racetrack (Churchill Downs) to learn about thoroughbred horses and the supporting industry (Bourbon), but mostly to see the horses. When it was time to take the children to the bathroom it was decided that the girls would go with one teacher and the boys would go with the other. The teacher assigned to the boys was waiting outside the men's room when one of the boys came out and told her that none of them could reach the urinal. Having no choice, she went inside, helped the boys with their pants, and began hoisting the little boys up one by one holding onto their "wee wees" to direct the flow away from their clothes. As she lifted one, she couldn't help but notice that he was unusually well endowed. Trying not to show that she was staring the teacher said, "You must be in the 5th grade."
"No, ma'am, " he replied. "I'm the jockey riding Silver Arrow in the 4th, but thanks for the lift."

1. Only in America......can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
2. Only in America......are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink.
3. Only in America......do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
4. Only in America......do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke.
5. Only in America......do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.
6. Only in America......do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.
7. Only in America......do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place.
8. Only in America......do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.
9. Only in America......do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: 'Poli' in Latin meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'.
10. Only in America......do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.

Phone interview tomor...er, today, actually.

If it goes well, I'll tell ya all about it.

Sheeeayeiiiit.

I managed to create one hell of an e-commerce system. AND ONE LITTLE FUCKING BUG IS STILL...uhm...bugging me. Uhm. I just figured out why that bug is occuring. Cool.

Now time to get back to my Japanese class, which is in progress right now. (I looooove wireless)

Well I'm now screwing around at the Oakland Airport waiting for boarding to go back to Vegas *sob* on an access point that they have in quite a few airports. I can hoop my laptop up to for FREE and get a nice T1 line. Pretty sweet I say. Hell they even provide a computer if you don't got a laptop. Almost makes me wish I'd come sooner =P

We're out of Pepsi.


*dies*

I am coming to you from... The Beast.

The new PC actually has a grand total of TEN fans... eight 80mm fans, one CPU fan and one card blower. Of the fans, the side one is a red LED fan, the top one is a red cold cathode fan, the back two are orange LED fans, and the front four are not lit. The CPU fan is bluish (but not lit) nor is the card blower lit. All in all, however, my PC is running very cool and growing and a nice sort of tequila sunrise color to it. I'm going to eventually try and find a darker red LED to add a bit more deep red to it, but right now I'm not having any luck with that. Still, I'll keep looking. And there are three custom fangrills on it -- a dragon on the side, a whirlwind on the top and a fireball inside on the back. This case will make you wet yourself.

The new PC runs at 2.8 Ghz, has 1 GB of RAM and a 160 GB HD. It is, for all consideration, one bad muthafucka. Respect it. Fear it. Worship it.

On top of all of that, the apartment is a mess, so as I'm snagging all the things off my old HD, I'll probably be cleaning later today.

As for the "business meeting," I'm throwing some freelance work my friends' way, since I need to get some things done and I'd rather have them done by people I know and can trust (and can call if they're running late) and in exchange I can some quality work to give to the people I'm freelancing for. It's win-win for everyone.

I've also obtained a copy of FF:Tactics Advance for my GBA, and Tuesday I will be getting Jedi Academy to give The Beast something to run... unless of course Savage arrives here first... spent way too much time with the beta and am impatiently awaiting my copy...

Kettle chips can be obtained from Albertsons.

Ah. Now I get it.

And kettle chips are important. Those sound downright tasty... where'd you get 'em? ^^

Take two.

Cliff threw money at Dave to get a new computer. Something about needing to have the better comp in our relationship (i.e. computer envy, I recently purchased a laptop 2.66 P4, 80MB Hard drive, 512 memory, or something). So Dave found a PC Case with a plexiglas window on one side that Cliff took as a challenge to put cool stuff in. So many fan grills, cathode and LED lights and the promise of a cool video card to go with the AMD 2800+ processor, an obsession was born.

Fast forward through the phone calls about next day shipping and whatnot to last Thursday, when Cliff did he happy dance because the comp was here.

Anyway, under the guise of a "work meeting" he manages to get Dave to fly in from Vegas Friday at the butt crack of dawn. Dave spends some time installing components, takes a three hour nap and then it's off to Fry's. After much debate over what fan was needed to cool the system that would not only do the job and look cool, a coin was flipped, a decision was made, and Dave spent most of the late night/early morning hours making it look cool. And operate. Oooh, and I finally bought an external mouse for my laptop. And a bag of honey dijon Kettle chips, because that's important.

Somewhere in there we all slept. Around 3 we went out for supplies and lunch. So we're in CompUSA looking at fans, cold cathodes and the like when I turn around and say "isn't that case cool?" This inspired the boys to buy case #2 (which then I tried to get case #1 allocated to my brother, but that didn't work, sorry Tim) Case #1 was then given to Dave for his years of faithful service to the company... er Cliff. So the errands ensued, and nothing really interesting happened, except we learned that Radio Shack sells a super glue so strong that when one of the managers glued a RC car to the counter they couldn't get the wheels detached until they used a chisel. That's important too.

So Dave and Cliff were in the midst of taking apart everything from Case #1 when PDAC showed up, also under the guise of a "work meeting". (actually I think he was invited down in case Dave collapsed or went crazy to finish the PC) PDAC also offered to take Case #1, but was denied. Mongolian BBQ was sought and consumed (Dave was a Mongolian BBQ virgin, so this DEFINITELY important). A second trip to Fry's was thwarted because the difference between the actual hours of Fry's and my opinion of what they should be were different.

We got back, and I think there was a "work meeting" but I was painting tables. All I know is PDAC left, and Dave wanted Bacon and potato wedges to keep him sustained until Case #2 is completed.

None of you actaully read all that. So tell me what I thought was important, and I may send you a gold star or something. Hope this clarifies.

Right. I am now sooooo confused as to what case is which, and whose, and is turning into a bouncing, glowing item of super processing power... O_o

I'll stick to the laptop, and the formatted, gently glowing tower that will eventually be turned into a spare computer...

So the inside of Cliff's new computer looks like a sunrise. Which makes it cool.

Riiight, so thanks to my big mouth (I think the line was: Hey! isn't that case cool?) the old case has been given to Dave. Dave is currently taking the new old PC apart (I think it lasted maybe 14 hours as an operable lighted unit - maybe less) to make the new new PC which has an acrylic top and side. The acrylic side has a fan in the center that is getting a grill with a dragon on it and the fan is lit with red LEDs. Oh, and it's one of eight fans. EIGHT. As in the number after seven.

And the sad part is, I brought this all on myself. Sorry Dave.

And now for the spelling lesson of the day for Dave: H-Y-D-R-A-U-L-I-C-S. He's a good lad, and he did point out to me that nowhere on Cliff's computer is there a program that has spell check. Yet.

Off to finish the tables I started days ago.

Haza...a few minuets to finally think again. I just got up to visitin with Cliff today on a crack decision yesterday. Short story even shorter though is that I'm up here over some design stuff and just barely got Cliffs new PC presentable as a moded PC. Up next? Hydrolics!!! =P

JOKE OF THE DAY:
An attractive woman from New York was driving through a remote part of Texas when her car broke down. An American Indian on horseback came along and offered her a ride to a nearby town. She climbed up behind him on the horse and they rode off. The ride was uneventful, except that every few minutes the Indian would let out a "Ye-e-e-e ha-a-a-a" so loud that it echoed from the surrounding hills. When they arrived in town, he let her off at the local service station, yelled one final "Ye-e-e-e ha-a-a-a!" and rode off.
"What did you do to get that Indian so excited?" asked the service-station attendant.
"Nothing. I merely sat behind him on the horse, put my arms around his waist, and held onto the saddle horn so I wouldn't fall off," the woman answered
"Lady," the attendant said, "Indians ride bareback."

This is definately not a good year to be a celebrity. Johnny Cash AND John Ritter both died yesterday. How creepy is that.

Someone needs to do a body count... it's insane how many celebs have died this year.

Another great one gone...

We're gonna miss ya, Johnny Cash... But you'll always be remembered with a ring of fire...

Dammit, it's been two days since I could play Savage and the full review copy I'm getting sent to me isn't here yet, but the new PC is... DAMMIT!

As usual, this day is a dual day for me, with feelings on both sides of the line. But I think I'll focus on the happier events of the day, and just keep the others in mind, never forgotten. So in that spirit:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SEAN!!!!!!!

My brother is 27 today. We're having sushi. I don't think that many candles can fit in sushi, but dammit, I'll make the attempt. ^^

I am listening to NEW music from Kevin Shields! KEVIN FUCKING SHIELDS! You know? The main man of My Bloody Valentine who released the mindbogglingly good Loveless back in 1991 and then basically vanished off the face of the earth.

Actually, what ended up happening was that MBV went into the studio to record a followup to Loveless, spent a couple years trying to get something they liked, broke up and called it quits, with nothing to show for it. After a few years, Kevin Shields emerged and did a remix for Primal Scream. Then another. Then he went on tour with them as a touring guitarist. Now, he's released 4 new tracks on the "Lost In Translation" soundtrack. I've only heard the first one thusfar, but it is GLORIOUS. Actually, the whole soundtrack's been amazing thusfar, and I'm really looking forward to seeing the movie. It's Sofia Coppola's newest movie and it's about being an American in Japan, and the sort of surreal jetlag experience you get.

NEW. KEVIN. SHIELDS!

I'm a bit more likely to believe the rumor that MBV have reformed now. It seems like Kevin has finally figured out how to make the sounds he wants. It only took the blighter over a decade....

Glad you're back Erin.

My DSL has finally returned to me. Sometime during the night, the router I had decided to go kaput. Died. It has is bereft of life. It has gone to meet its maker. It's run up the curtain and joined the choir invisible.

Ok, it's dead. Enough of that.

Mogwai soon...so very soon...mwehehehe.

You left? :D

Looks like a saturated salmon color to me. ^^

In other news, I'm home, and consciousness has returned to me. I got home yesterday, but after 11 hours on a plane, the world is kind of a blur, especially considering I didn't get any sleep the night before I left, and by the time I actually went to bed, I'd been about 29 hours without real sleep.

But I have remedied that, and can now be considered among the living again.

And my first act as a returned citizen of the United States will be: buying a hamburger and a Jamba juice.

You don't appreciated the things you have until you don't have them for awhile. ^^ And if you're lucky enough to be able to get them back, they just become more wonderful. ^^

I missed you guys. ^^

Wow...I never thought there was a more putrid looking carpet than my parents carpet. Looks like an anorexic with their stomach bleeding threw up o_0

OK, so against a black background it looks darker, but with your white walls, it's pink. Let it go Greg.

Yaaaaay! Our DSL is back!

And my first official task with our DSL returned to us is to post THIS PICTURE :

I want to point out that this picture is COMPLETELY unedited, and displays the color of our carpet in it's full glory. Take THAT!

Looks like our commenting system is back....

Big side project in the world of Hicks is in the works. Can't say more about it now, but it's gonna rip out your eyes and shove loving goodness directly into your brain.

More when I can say more.

OK, I gained a few more geek points today. I installed my very first component into a PC. And it worked. On the first try. And I did it by myself. Only problem was that my mother threw out anything remotely resembling a security code, so I spent the past hour on the phone with tech support reconfiguring everything.

But I didn't have to play the helpless female and call Cliff.

I rock.

Yes, I went to Montreux, but I didn't get to ride the train. I only stopped there for an hour or so, so I took a short walk around the town. Very pretty.

Tell you more when I get home. ^^

Have no fear! Liz is here!

"Channels the spirit of Liz" ...
SHUT THE HELL UP

"ends the channel of Liz"

Maybe it's because deep down inside, you know the carpet's pink and have invented a ruse that you "can't talk about" to get everyone else off the scent. But it is too late Dean, we all know and will tell everyone! Mwa ha ha.

Sorry, evil villan moment. But yeah, be man enough to deal with pink carpet.

Maybe it's due to the game that I can't tell you about due to a little thing called a Non-Disclosure Agreement. Yeah...that would probably be it. No time to take pictures, while playing this game. You know. The one I can't tell you about. That's the one. The REALLY FREAKING COOL one that I can't tell you about. *grins maniacally*

To make Greg and Liz feel better...

"Fine, but no Photoshopping it before you post it..."

What I'm wanting to know is Cliff saying Greg can't photoshop the image of his imaginary mucles he is "flexing," the picture of the carpet, or both? =P

Hmmm... interesting how Greg became mysteriously absent when we challenged him to post a pic of the carpet.

The mind boggles.

Congrats Sherrie! I hope the job goes well.

Erin, have you made it to Montreaux yet? Well? Have you?!

*Grins*

And...uhm...my image kinda disappeared. (But now it's back.)

w00t! Firefly is soooo worth making into a movie. I'm doing the happy dance in Switzerland. It's scaring the neighbors.

Tim: Happy Birthday! Or in German, Happy Birthday in German!

Christy: You are not old. You can't be old. None of us are old. Except Tim. He's old. Haha!

Sherrie: Congrats!!! Better than Sears, that's for damn sure. ^^

Keith: Haha, you're still in school, and I'm gradumacated! But I have to find a real job, and I think that'll be impossible, so youre still one up on me...

Greg: Pink. Pink pink pink pink pink. ^^

Liz: Yay! A house!!! When's the party? ^^

Cliff: Firefly!!!

Dave: Get a dictionary. ^^

Did I miss anyone? ^^

FIREFLY LIVES!

Three things:
Happy Birthday Tim. I miss you.

September 19 Is talk like a pirate day. Visit www.talklikeapirate.com to find out more.

Oh and last thing, I GOT A JOB! I am now an employee of Macy's.

Happy Birthday Tim. It's not really that old, and I hope this year is a good one for you.

In other news, I have completed my first week of classes. I am no longer gainfully employed. I have some of the best friends anyone could have. I need to play some poker. I need my dvd's back from Greg once he has viewed them. I would like to see Greg and Liz's new house. I can't wait to see Mogwai with Cliff. I have lots of homework, but I don't mind. I am finally doing what I want to be doing: working towards my goals in life, rather than languishing about in a good imitation of sloth.

I am, to put it simply, happy.

Thank you my friends.

Oh, and by the by, it's my little brother's birthday today. So if you have AIM, harass him by typing to M0nk3y23. He told me not to tell anyone, so I thought would make a post about it. He's 23. That makes me old.

I miss Liz, she fully embraces the pinkness that is your carpet.

Fine, but no Photoshopping it before you post it...

That's it. I'm taking a picture of the damned carpet when I get home tonight. We'll settle this once and for all, mano-a-mano, man to carpet. You will see the burgundy-ish wonder that is our carpet. *flexes*

Greg, what color IS the sky in your universe?

I'm thinking of making you guys some curtains. Would a pink and red and yellow paisley floral pattern be OK?

Greg: No bitch, I'll show you. This is the color we use on the site. It's a nice dark red. THIS is the color of your carpeting. It's PINK!

Get over thyself.

Yes...I reaaaaallllllllyyyyyyyy feel bad for them.

After all...what could hurt your bottom line worse than piracy? Oh yes...that’s it...suing your core demographic and trieing to scare them somehow. Now if only they could come up with a legitimate excuse as to why cheaply pressed CDs cost more to buy than expensive to manufacture tapes I might be on their side for half a second.

ARRRRRRR!!!!!

mmmm....

Carpety goodness....

Inhale....*cough*hack*wheeze*

Actually, it now occurs to me that the color of our carpet is almost exactly the same color as the font used on this site. Coincidence? I THINK NOT.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it before you deign to make fun of our carpety goodness again.

I realize many of you are wondering where our commenting system is. Well, according to YACCS (who provide us with free commenting) they should be back on Sept. 8th. He's got to get a new server as the old one, for lack of a better term, is fuxx0red.

I want to know what color the sky is in Greg's universe if rose and pink aren't the same color.

And who's with me for making the bunny the mascot of The Touched? I would suggest a cat, but that would lead to a debate about whose cat is best suited for it. And between Greg and Liz's two, Cliff's one, Erin's parent's two, my stupid cat, Dave's six million cats, and the fact that some of this group has allergies to cats, I don't think it would be the best of ideas.

Maybe we should also think about having the overclocked hamster. Hmm...

Pink?

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PINK?!

Yea yea...the shit I start =P

I hate to be the bubble popper (god knows, it's my turn though) but Rose *is* pink.

Sorry Greg. Your carpet is pink. I'm in Switzerland, and I know this.

*pat pat*

Hey, fuck you, it's ROSE.

*Channeling the mighty Liz, so take it as if she were typing this*

Maybe Dave meant to say "Cliff Hicks is (insert finger quotes here)da bomb."

*End random Liz impersonation that doesn't come out well typed anyways*

I like the bunny. We should keep it as a mascot and call it Bunny, after Liz and Greg's bunny, whose real name, I have been informed was, "Hermione, or something."

I would also like to overstate the fact that I metioned Liz before Greg. Nothing against Greg, but his name usually comes first when they're mentioned as a duo. Time to switch it up a bit.

And the carpet in their new place is pink. Tee Hee.

We'd like to urge all of those who read The Touched not to take Kermit007's spelling as representative of what we do here. Most of us can spell. We even give time to think out coherent thoughts before we run to write them down. We don't use words like "bumb" or "necicarily" because we prefer to come across as educated, rather than backwoods small town hillbillies who can't be bothered to actually READ what they're writing...

And you leave the bunny out of this, goddamnit, he's never done anything to you. He's just... so damn happy to be a bunny.

This is a public service announcement. Cliff Hicks is a bum. This has been a public service announcement. This announcement is not necessarily the thoughts of the poster, a basis for thier sanity, the sanity of the other posters, the readers, or BUNNIES that are reading this. Once again...this has been a public service announcement.

Hot shit, man! Something Corporate will be playing The Fillmore again, and MAE will be one of the opening bands! It's November, but I'm sooooooooooo buying a ticket as soon as they go on sale. Anyone wanna go with me? I wanna yell "FUCK YOU JORDAN!" at the top of my lungs again like I did last time! Hehehehehehe....