Current Mood: Chill

Sorry, I’ve been letting my laziness get the best of me. Figured I should make at least one post before I disappear for a month.

God this trip is gonna suck. We are planning to hit up Vegas though so that’s a plus. Gonna try to go see Cirque De Soleil and Penn & Teller. Maybe Cheech & Chong, not positive yet. Other than that I plan to stay holed up in my room the entire time. Biggest problem will be trying convince people I actually like being alone. It’s not JUST a “fuck family” mentality. People in general just aren’t big on my list of things I like. Oh I have a list. Number one on the list…Me being left the fuck alone a good portion of every day. Of course that doesn’t work too well now that we have she who shall not be named’s kids. My weekends are shot, but I’m getting used to the idea…I guess. Anywho, I digress…this trip is gonna suuuuck.

Been watching some TV…shocking! Mostly The Cleaner on A&E. Really decent show starring Benjamin Bratt. About an ex-drug addict who made a deal with God and now is doing “god’s work”. Whatever the hell that means. Well for his character, it means, helping other’s kick whatever addiction they have. No matter what, when, how, or why. I’m enjoying it.

****FMA Spoiler Alert for Allen****
Also, Tre and I finished up Fullmetal Alchemist. Really good fricken’ anime. Ended about as good as it could. Pussed out on some deaths. Mustang should have died. I think it would’ve been fitting. I generally hate overly sappy, nice, perfect endings to shows and whatnot but I would’ve really liked to have seen FMA end that way. With Ed & Al getting their bodies back, retiring from the military and moving back home. Just would have been a nice way to end it after all the shit they went through. And they went through a lot of shit. My 3rd favorite anime behind Cowboy Bebop and Trigun. We’re watching Outlaw Star now. Having a had time getting into it. The English voice acting is atrocious. Way too childish sounding.
****End FMA Spoilers for Allen****
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Hmm, what else? Went to my cousins football game last Friday. They won huge, 45-0 or something like that. Drew’s the kicker, punter, Wide Receiver, and Free Safety I believe. He’s pretty good. Their best Wide Receiver easily imo, yet they rarely pass it to him. We’re going to his game Friday the 26th as well. Sally(my Aunt) is gonna take the kids then to give my mom a chance to get everything together for our long, shitty trip. Hope things go okay. They(the kids) get discipline here, but we’re pretty lax. They don’t really have to do much. As long as they’re good, they get to pretty much do whatever…within reason. Sally on the other hand is very strict. I mean, maximum security prison strict. Should be an interesting first couple weeks, what with Tay’s epic stubborn streak. Not too worried with Tre. He’s a pretty good kid.

Hmmm, haven’t been doing much reading since getting Rock Band 2. I’m still a vocal God.

That’s really about it. She who shall not be named already “quit” her job. We think she was fired. The job was too hard for her…that job…stocking shelves…*le sigh*. Of course no visitation this week. Wish this would all just end so the kids(and us) could move on with our lives. Well, I’m out. Hope to have kept mildly entertained with this long, pointless, meandering, unfocused, boring post.

PS: My worst fears realized…The Chiefs are worse than the Raiders…The RAIDERS!

Somewhat of a follow up to me being a Rock Band God, my cuz Allen will be excited to hear Rush’s album Moving Pictures will soon be coming to Rock Band. Me, not so excited. The song YYZ will be frustratingly boring to me and I’m just not a huge Rush fan to begin with. In bad news, my mic has a short in it…noooooooo!

Breathe Jamaal, breathe. Ok, moving on. Been watching a lot of Olympics coverage and Usain Bolt of Jamaica is ridiculously fast. That fucker can fly. Won gold easily in the 100 and 200m and broke the world record in both. He won the 200 by like 5 body lengths. It was crazy to see. I’d be embarrassed to come in 2nd.

I watched the woman’s soccer gold medal match this morning and Marta of Brazil has got to be the best woman’s soccer player by far. She was beating double and triple teams consistently all game. So talented. Of course all that talent goes for naught as the U.S. women won in overtime to defend their gold medal from the 2004 games.

That’s really it as far as standout performances. The “Redeem Team” is looking very good but I’ll hold judgment until it’s all over.

I also was shocked to see WALKING is a fuckin’ Olympic sport. Fuckin’ Walking. They was talking about the “competitors” last night and one of the announcers actually said, and I’m paraphrasing “The Russians look really strong. They’ve been walking very well this year.” Are you fuckin’ kidding me!? Really, they’ve been walking well this year? Ridiculous.

In positive news, Tre’ is a fan of Fullmetal Alchemist(my 3rd favorite anime). Which shocked me as there isn’t a whole lot of action. Though it deals a lot with death and morality issues and trying to explain a lot of the things going on to a 5 year old is damn near impossible.

In vacation news, I’m still not looking forward to it. Though it got a little better as we’ll probably take a day trip to Vegas. Little over a 2 hour drive from where we’re staying. Likely check out a couple shows. I’m thinking Blue Man Group. Not big into gambling. Seems like a huge waste of money and time to me.

One last small note.  R.I.P. to Julius Carry III better known to most as Sho Nuff from the movie The Last Dragon.  One of my favorite/fun movies of all time.  Now bow down and kiss his converse!  Rough week for us black folk.  First Bernie Mac, then Isaac Hayes, now Julius Carry III.

And I’m out!

Current Mood: Surprised

Finally seen Dark Knight and wow.  I had waited cuz I wanted to see it in an Imax theater and due to unfortunate circumstances I wasn’t able to get out to see it until yesterday.  So me, mom, my two cousins and a friend made the 2 hour trip to Olathe to watch it.  And it was so worth it.

Imax is possibly the greatest invention ever.  The screen was massive.  Even better, the screen was gorgeous.  When it had the shots from above the city, it felt like you were above the city.  I imagine anyone with Vertigo would freak the fuck out.  Anyway I love me some Imax

Another piece of awesomeness…The Watchmen trailer.  Color me impressed.  Doctor Manhattan looked great which was my biggest fear…well besides the total anal raping of the incredible story which is still up for debate.  It looks really good.  Gonna have to read it again before the movie comes out.

Now onto the movie.  In the famous words of Joey from Blossom…”Woah”.  It was what I expected and more.  The Joker was incredible, and they will almost certainly catch hell if they try to bring him back.  Heath Ledger owned that role.  He should at least be considered for an Oscar.  And I’m somewhat surprised at how well Harvey Dent/Two Face was done.  Batman has the best villains of any character by far.

Now on the opposite side of things “Batman’s” voice irritated me this movie.  Just about half of what he said in the movie, sounded forced, cheesy or both.  Which bothers me somewhat as I really liked the way it sounded in Batman Begins.  Though I think Bale did a better job in this movie as Bruce than he did in the first one.  All in all, a great movie.  My favorite super-hero movie but Iron Man is close.  I’ll have to watch ‘em both again, see how they hold up.

Great fricken movie.

Also did a little shopping. Got Tre a bunch of clothes for school. Bought a few used, cheap games for him…and me. Including the awesomeness of Shaq Fu…oh yes Shaq fuckin’ Fu! As for me, I bought a few shirts, a nice Jordan jacket, and 3 more hats. A second Kangol, a Chiefs hat, and a Hurley hat. They’re sweet! Thats a total of 14 hats now. All in all, a good loooong day. We left the house at about 9:45AM and got home around 11:00PM. We had a good time though.

Until next time my oh so faithful readers…I’m out.

Current Mood: Indifferent

This post is to get all 3 of you who read my blog up to speed with the goings on in between my drama filled life.

Firstly, and most importantly, I am a Rock Band GOD! We bought the game a little over a month ago and I rock the vocals. I’ve spent about 80 bucks on songs with The Who pack easily being my best purchase. I love singing all those songs. The worst purchase easily being David Bowie’s “Heroes”. As a quadriplegic with very little if any diaphragm control, this song kills me. I literally damn near passed out. I had to lay down in the middle of the song while singing it. I haven’t sang it since. Hate that fricken song.

Only other songs I don’t really enjoy singing is “Epic” by Faith No More and “Sabotage” by the Beastie Boys. Then there’s the songs…well song I can’t sing while anybody(Cody) is in the room cuz he laughs his ass off while I sing it which in effect causes me to laugh thus ruining any chance of a good score. It really is quite comical. Oh the song is Jukebox Hero by Foreigner.

Next up is some celebreality TV. I won’t bore you with details, but right now I’m watching I Love Money and The Two Coreys.

Watched some anime. In particular Captain Herlock(crap), and the first 3 discs of Noir. Herlock was garbage. No redeeming qualities. The jury is still out on Noir. It’s not bad, but the story is taking a loooong time to develop. But it’s interesting enough to keep me…well interested.

In almost anime news, the Avatar wrapped up, and it was sweet! The final fight between Zuko and Azula was fantabulous. Oh I said fantabulous. The music made it even better, epic even. And Azula’s quick descent into madness was great to watch. Very believable. Possibly the greatest character development in an animated series ever. Easily the greatest thing to come out of Nickelodeon.

In related news, I fear for the live action version being directed by M. Night Shyamalamdingdong. Apparently it’s gonna be a trilogy with each movie based on the 3 “books” of Avatar. I hope he(M. Night) can regain his touch from his first few movies. Most would say “what touch?”. Well I personally enjoyed Unbreakable and Signs. Since then, things have gone downhill fast for him.

In semi-related anime news…fuck Keanu Reaves…that is all.

This is already a big post, so I’ll finish it on my next post.

One last note. Thanks to all who sent their prayers, thoughts, and condolences. It really meant a lot. More than you’ll ever know. Again, thank you.

Current Mood: Tired

Today I watched the final 3 episodes of Miss Rap Supreme. I’m glad Reece won, but man do I have a serious attraction to Byata. I can’t explain the attraction, but I find her extremely sexy. So feeling her.

But anyway, I love Reece’s fire, and flow. I could easily see her with Busta Rhymes crew when they’re doing their grimier more street songs. She’s just so raw. Unfortunately I see Byata going the way of Fergie and Gwen Stefani(as Ms. Cherry pointed out). Never liked Fergie, just horrible. And I liked Gwen when she was with No Doubt, but her solo stuff is garbage. I doubt we see Ms Cherry again, and pray we don’t see Chiba’s fake ass. Enough of that.

To continue my lazy day, I watched 2 episodes of Ghost Hunter on Sci-Fi. Unimpressed. I just don’t believe in ghosts and that show did nothing to change things. Boooooring. Moving on…

Next up is more reality schlock with Celebrity Circus. Meh. Didn’t finish it due to the station fucking up. I’m sure I’m not missing much. I can’t believe how incredibly hot Stacey Dash still is. In her 40’s and looks exactly the same as she did in Clueless. Hell, going back even further, she looks the same as she did in Moving w/ Richard Pryor. Unreal.

To finish off my exciting fun-filled day, I finished up disc 2 of Captain Herlock. An anime recommended to me…Unimpressed. I’m gonna finish it up quickly so I can send it back and never think about it again.

Oh, also kicked Drew’s ass in NBA2k8 a couple times and played about 3 hours or so of Lost Odyssey.

And that is my exciting day. Now I’m off so I can play a quick game of NBA2k8 with Tre so he can go to bed.

Current Mood: Bad

Damn what a lazy ass fuckin’ day. I don’t even know what I did today. I know I played some Mass Effect, but other than that I’m at a loss. Had our(me & Tre) first day of dueling 360’s. Ran into one small problem. He’s so use to playing my 360 when he went to change games, he turned mine off instead of his. Right in the middle of Mass Effect. I called him a butthead and we moved on lol.

Also Tre isn’t nearly as cool as I thought. He likes The Batman, over Batman: The Animated Series. Poor diluted little bastard.

That’s all I got for today. The day sucked that much.

Current Mood: Indifferent & Sick

Finally feeling normal. Got some minor phlegm still, but no choking/gagging. So really just a minor annoyance. So good to feel semi-normal once again.

Got some TV watching in I had been neglecting. And not the Trainwreck TV I had mentioned earlier. But real, honest to goodness TV. That TV…House. Man it was great to watch a show without wanting to scrub yourself with steel wool and turpentine afterwards. I had 2 episodes on my trusty DVR and it was time well spent. I like the dynamic with his new staff. Especially Kal Penn. A number of laugh out loud moments, and a couple genuine sentimental ones as well. It always walks a fine thin line between humor and drama and does so perfectly.

On the family front…who the fuck knows? Not I. We hadn’t heard from Shell in over 3 days. Tre’s missed two days of school, and I’m sure she didn’t call the school. She finally called today and claimed she’d been calling to check in. Lie number 4,096,452,042. I never leave home, she never fuckin called. Doesn’t matter, it’s expected nowadays. There’s a problem when she’s actually fuckin’ honest. Anywaaaay…

Did anybody else wanna see Eli look dead in the camera during one of the many after game appearances and just give a giant(pun intended) “fuck you” to Tiki? He would’ve gotten a free pass from me for life, and that’s a big thing lol. The Super Bowl commercials were hit and miss…mostly miss. Love the Thriller lizards except I can’t recall what the ad was for. And of course the geeky, nerdy, child in me loved the Prince Caspian preview. “You Don‘t Mess with the Zohan” looks sooooooooo bad. I mean Epic Scary Date Movie bad. Which guarantees it’ll do huge box office numbers. Humanity makes me weep for our future. Oh! And the fat dude dancing to jump start the car was pretty fuckin’ funny as well. Again, no idea what it was advertising.

Super Bowl commercial’s

Finally played some games as well. Fuckin’ lost to the Washington Huskies in the Championship game in College Hoops ‘08. I was semi-sad. Only semi, because I was gonna start over anyway what with new patch and all. Also started Mass Effect back up. It still r0×0rs my s0×0rs!

In closing not a bad day considering. Now tomorrow is another matter completely. I expect it to be anything but good.

Current Mood: Sick

I did nothing today. I laid down all day and listened to the TV. Not watch TV but listen. I listened to Seinfeld, That 70’s Show, King of Queens, Yes Dear, and Everybody Loves Raymond. It wasn’t completely horrible.

Feeling better, but still meh. Got my 360 Tuesday and hadn’t played it in two days. Bought NBA2k8 and yet to play it. Being sick sucks.

That is all

Current Mood: Indifferent

I’ve still yet to receive my 360 coffin so I can send the sumbitch in to be fixed…again. Sometime this week, I’m gonna go out and get me a new 360 with the new “falcon” chip. Hopefully it’ll last longer than 6 months at a time.

In the meanwhile I decided to install Battle For Middle Earth II on my laptop. I’ve had it awhile but for some reason or another it wouldn’t work. Now it works like a charm. Fun little RTS. I suck at it but I’m having fun and that’s good enough for me. I had played it on the 360 when it came out and didn’t realize until the last level that I could build walls. The whole game I was thinking, what RTS doesn’t let you build a fuckin’ wall!? Doh! Anywho, I’m having a blast with it.

Also been playing alot of Xenogears. Great fuckin’ game. I missed it it’s first go around. I was all about Suikoden and Wild Arms around that time. The story in Xenogears is awesome. How did this game not get the politico’s up in arms or did I just miss it. I don’t think it would make it in this day and age and that’s a damn shame. Hell, Mass Effect was getting blasted by some stupid bitch on Fox News(yeah I know) for a 15 second PG-13 “sex scene”. For the record, I’m only calling her a stupid bitch because she was part of a round table discussion as an “expert” on the subject. And not only did she NOT play the game, but she didn’t even see the scene in question before spouting her garbage. There’s worse shit every night on prime time TV. Bitch…don’t be fuckin with my games!

Where was I? Oh yeah, Xenogears is rockin’ my fuckin’ socks off.

That is all.

Current Mood: Angry

Well, my 360 has died on me again. In the middle of Mass Effect there were suddenly black lines all over the screen. I turn it off, back on and get one red light with a system error message on screen. Do the trouble shooting I found from searching online, nada. It’s a goner. Time to send in my 3rd 360 and get another refurb that’ll die on me within’ a year.

If the PS3’s lineup wasn’t such crap I’d just say fuck the 360, but it’s just so much fun. Maybe it’s time to go for the newer 360’s with the cooler “falcon” chip.

To top all that off, my Lacie external hard drive will not power on. 90+ gigs of comics…gone. Gonna be impossible to find all those again especially with demonoid.com out of commission.

All this after my Alienware laptop saga. Chronicled Here, and Here

And here is the error screen…