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Now that my Vacation is finally over... I am left sitting here 7:00AM at work... Thursday morning...

LIFE has never been better. Things have went right back to normal without skipping a beat it seems. I drove to work listening to "Give me Straight" remembering Ben, and how fun things were. I'll never forget "You a fuckin dog!! YOU KNOW THAT?!" being shouted out the car window at someones random dog... In regards to our footprint that we left behind? ... I dunno... I really didn't talk to too many people or do anything weird to any stars, so I think that things are pretty much the same as when we got there. Shane Did however make it into the intro of the Mega 64 podcast dancing with shawn!
Also- The Aquabats super show was said to be online... but appearantly only the cartoon part is online. I wish the whole episode was on so I could watch it again. But! for all of you LESS fortunate people who never even got to see it once here is the cartoon part of the supershow. The live action part i'm guessing won't be shown unless their show gets picked up by some random network.

Well it looks like my job interview for level 2 DTV Technician position is this morning at 9:30! Finally! I am really happy that they held the position open an extra week just so that I had an equal opportunity to interview! Even though I might not get the position, i'm looking forward to getting my schedule changed over to nights if I don't. OH YEAH! I also Obtained Soul Calibur 4! And although it is really fun, I wish that there was abit more to it... It seems ... lacking somehow... I've only got around 4-6 hours into it sofar so that might change... One of the only things I didn't like about it is that you can unlock all of the characters in around 15 minutes... All you have to do is beat the story mode once and you can buy and unlock all of the main characters, which I guess is cool, but I love spending hours unlocking them all... it makes me feel like I accomplished something while playing through all of the story modes, which I don't want to play through anymore seeing as I have unlocked all of the characters. My plans for today: Go home: PLAY soul calibur 4... All day...

ALRIGHT!

Labels: Comic Con, DTV, MC Lars, Mega 64, Soul Calibur 4, The Aquabats

Leaving on a jet plane.

I have 13 hours nine minutes until I have to leave on the plane... I am sitting here... at work... and I really just can't even imagine how awesome it's going to be. I really REALLY can't wait. The anticipation is killing me. It feels like I can't sit still and my legs wont stop tapping on the floor(The RedBull I drank this morning doesn't really help much). I am still not even done packing... Trying to approve no lunch so I can get off of work at three instead of four so that I can make it out to the post office to pickup some packages, and run out to Tanya's to drop off the Giant Keroro Gunso that I got off of ebay. Then it's back to my place to throw all of my crap back into the suitcase, and then I will rush over to Shanes to Catch our plane!. hopefully that goes OK... i'll see-----

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EDIT: July 22nd 7:26 mountain time.

Just got off of the first flight. It went alright. Got on at around 11:30 last night, tried watching Survive Style 5+ with Shane... I fell asleep and then my lappy decided to die. Right now i'm sitting at a recharge station at the Denver Airport... I've never seen a shittier place. There is just a bunch of grassland and farm crap... Who wants to come here anyways... the Bronco's arent that cool. ALSO! the airport here looks like an indian reservation. The roofing looks like huge Teepees... I don't even know if I spelled that right... Oh yeah we also got some really bad Quiznos... Quiznos for breakfast isn't delicious at all.. This 2 hour layover isn't really that fun so... i think i'm going to go try for some starbucks. Mint Frappachinoooo.... Anyways... i'll update again if anything happens.

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UPDATE AGAIN!...

HAVEN't had a chance to update since the airport!!! ... it's been an amazing trip sofar. Usually when I do things like this something bad happens... like I lose my luggage or worse. As soon as we got in from the airport Shanes sister Megan picked us up. We hung out with Marcus her new husband and Megan for a few hours and hitup the mall in LA. When I was there I was originally looking for some nice new sunglasses and shorts, but in the end only found the shorts and ignored the sunglasses. I got the Volcom Stone shorts that the Aquabats wear! it sucks because shane was unable to get them as the biggest size they had was 32's which is my size... Guess I lucked out on that one!. After that we went to this really cool store called puzzel world I believe... puzzle house? I dunno... Puzzle something... It had really amazing anime figurines and such inside. I found Sonic and Shadow Fully poseable figures! So I had to buy them... as they were 15 bucks each. After that I was calling my good friend Ben (From an earlier post you can watch one of his music videos) Finally getting ahold of him he was hanging out with a bunch of his Korean Friends and wanted us to meet him at Amoeba Records in Hollywood. Megan being the -AWESOME- Person she is not only drove us down to hollywood. when we got there she followed them all the way to one of his korean friends houses in Korea town so that they could drop her off... as the car seats 5... and there were 7 of us. (I tried to ride in the trunk but everyone was against that) I know shane was really nervous as he was the only white dude there and he kept telling me not to ride in the trunk as it would be REALLY awkward. It ended up with Fang, the drummer from Benzene and his girlfriend having to sit on eachother... while me and shane had our own seat. I felt kind of bad... but they didn't seem to care too much. We then headed over to his friends house to hang out for awhile. There I met some awesome people and we sat around and talked about people, places, and life... it was really amazing... One of the guys was a freestyle rap artist that calls himself Dumbfounded, and we got an album out of him. He was set to go on tour, and although I haven't heard his album as of yet... I have been getting into the nerdcore rap music ALOT so i'm sure its awesome. It was a great experience to hang out with them, they were amazing artists. After that was done we dropped off Fang, His girlfriend, and her friend off to their small room that they were renting, and Ben, Shane, and I went to this place called "The Lockout" ... The Lockout was basically one of about 20 different storage containers transformed into recording studios. Even though it was around 4am, there was still a guy in the container next to him mixing some music. Ben talked with him for abit and we got to peek inside and he had SO much mixing equipment that my jaw dropped... he said he was certified in using protools which is pretty cool... He started refining a benzene album as we went back into Ben's container to hang out and watch his favorite movie "Dead Alive" which i'll say is one of the funniest movies i've seen in awhile. (I know it's old but I never watched it). I also got a chance to buy 2 Benzene albums! That next morning Fang went to Disney world with his girl and her friend... while we went over to get showers at his small room place... We ended up at a gas station with Fang and Ben just hanging out and talking for around an hour and then Ben took us out to San Diego!. The drive was fun we cruised to some Beachboys music which was really the perfect california crusing music... also jammed out to some Shonen knife, and a punk album called short songs for short people which I really liked. Finally getting checked into the hotel, we went to go eat some mexican food with Matt and Dylan from another band called SkullFUCK and I had a California Burrito for the first time. It was good! It had frenchfries and such inside... so it was different... but delicous none the less. That was fun! But they had to go as they had work the next morning... so we went over to their friends house Jessica and Kevin. They were really REALLy cool too! we hung out and I got to see Ben try his hand at Guitar hero... which was really funny.. After that was all over with we ran back to the hotel and got some sleep. Ben had to leave that morning to take Fang to the Airport... It's reall sad because he has to go back to Korea to be with his girl and to finish school, so he will no longer be drumming for Benzene... That Next morning we suited up for comic con... bought some stuff... Saw Robert Rodregaz and his panel on his new movie "Red Sonja" which looks like is going to be awesome!!!... I got The Rin and Saber Revoltech figurines... as well as the Starscream one. I also picked up the chibi L figure that I was wanting FOREVER.. We then made our way to the MEGA 64 SCREENING! We got to chill with Rocko, Garret, Derek, and Shawn... it was so amazing! And their new episode was so funny! I'm not supposed to say anything about that so i'll leave it at that . ... So we went back home to get some sleep for the next day... the best day... THE day we get to go to the AQUABATS!... We slept in until like 1, but we still went out to go buy stuff.... We picked up some anime... saw the guys from Alien Homind and got them to sign a game... I finally got Vampire Toast, and MC Chris Figurine!! The Jonny Depp figure was sold out.... which sucks... We need to go back on Sunday to try to get it.... We got back to the hotel to take a really quick swim, and then!! we suited up and hopped the train to the BATS!!!.... We must have looked amazing running through town in our costumes. Getting there was so AMAZING... we had to check our cameras and bag upstairs in the store. ... after that DJ Lance was already playing!! ... He actually! had a really fun show!! Brobee and Flex were there too! and the Yo Gabba Gabbaness ensued!! after DJ Lance was done it was time for MC LARS to come out!. He busted his rhymes while wearing a Blue Aquabats Rashguard, an Anti Negitivity Helmet, AND a gangsta hat... it was awesome. After his EPIC show I did something really dumb... I went back and hung out with him and bought a bunch of stuff... like shirts, and CD's... I Had him sign them! And he gave us free stuff for coming from Alaska!! ... After that I met his homie YTCRACKER .. and got his album and stuff. Then I realized I had a huge bag of awesome... and had the aquabats show coming. I talked to MC Lars and he TOTALLY! Let us store our stuff we bought behind his vendor table!! .... SO AMAZING... So then... the AQUABATS. We waited and waited with anticipation... and FINALLY! They came out to premiere the AQUABATS SUPER SHOW!!!... IT was more amazing than words can describe.. One of my favorite lines is when Ricky Fitness runs off "WHERES HE GOING!?!? ... I dunno son... but I miss him already.... " I'll post a link to the show later, as they now have the Pilot Episode online now after last night!. Then they came out!! and rocked harder than EVER... the Giant Tortilla came out which was played by one of the guys in Bad Credit. I got to throw my waterbottle at his head before the bat commander began beating him down. The Crowd was crazy! It was so hot... I could barely breathe... We were as close to the front as possible and the moshpit was insane. Especially During Super Rad and the finale song Pool Party!!! ... But after the show after we got our bag back... we waited around an hour and one by one!! The bats came out! First came CRASH MCLARSEN!!! we got a blurry picture (woman must have been drunk or something) then came Ricky Fitness! who was probably the coolest... As a drunk black dude that had nothing to do with anything.. walked by singing.... Ricky ran up to beatbox for him... It was way AWESOME! ... Then Jimmy the Robot, and THE BAT COMMANDER!! Finally Eaglebones Falcon hawk came out and we had ALL of the signatures!! Shane got his belt signed... and I got my limited edition of charge signed!! ... It was perhaps the greatest night of my life...

So this is where I am right now.... At the hotel... Saturday morning... my legs hurt from moshing all night... it was worth every minute! .. I'll update this one ... one last time with Pictures and about the last 2 days...

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EDIT AGAIN....

So... Sunday was alright... I ended up buying a bunch more stuff... and then we hung out with Ben for the rest of the night. and packed up. then we had the long drive back over to LA to stay with Shanes sister again... Everything was going ok until we got into the airport. Our plane was supposed to leave at 6:10 but ended up leaving at around 7:00 .... why ... they say because of the weather (Sunshine!? WTF) but from what I saw... they had to have maitenence come aboard and fix the damn thing... even though there were open seats that the guy could have just moved to... ANYWAYS... we missed the ONLY flight to anchorage. SO we now had to buy a hotel room (Even though it is discounted... it should be free... ) And they said that it was out of their control... It wasn't even cloudy or anything. It is so stupid.... all they did was give us an address that we could send complaints to. .... So we went and grabbed some food (another 30 dollars) and had to book an extra room (65 dollars) ... AND we won't get back home until 9:30 tomorrow night... To top it off... our luggage will probably be lost/stolen or a combonation of both. Anyways... I'm done typing about how much I dislike United Airlines for tonight... Hope everyone else is having more fun than I am at this point in time... Lata--

Labels: Amoeba Records, Benzene, Comic Con, Denver, Guitar Hero, MC Chris, Mega 64, Red Bull, Shane, Sonic, The Aquabats, United Airlines, Volcom, Yo Gabba Gabba

Sitting here... at work again... slowly ticking down the hours left in my shift. I currently have 12 hours and 38 minutes of total worktime between today and tomorrow until I am FREE- for a week long vacation in San Diego. It is 100% CONFIRMED that the Aquabats show that i'm going to at the house of blues next saturday will be showing the PREMIERE PILOT EPISODE OF THE AQUABATS SUPERSHOW!... I am so... excited... Here's the intro video:

And here's the first clip!


Hah! I love it sofar... Can't wait to see them live! I want to have all my stuff signed by the MC Bat commander and Bones Eagle Falconhawk... SO awesome!

Anyways... In regards to my blog... i'll be trying to take pictures and update daily. Hopefully that will be good. as I'd like to remember this trip forever.
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I'm actually taking a look at some new games coming out... and one for the PSP that I am now waiting for (now that I have just learned of its existence) Valhalla Knights 2! Supposedly one of the longest RPG's in a long time... and You can connect wirelessly and play coop from what I understand. Sounds good to me! I'll probably end up getting Tanya a PSP and we will try beating it (If it is real coop instead of like.... battling or something which would be LAME)




OH YEAH SOUL CALIBUR 4... RELEASE TICKER

Soulcalibur 4 at IGN


I still need to fix my media center... still working on that one! I NEED AN IR SENSOR!! why can't they be easier to find!!... I finally got one for my xbox 360! so ... only need one more.

I have been doing some research as to which one to get and I found a really REALLY amazing one. It's called the Gyration Media Center Remote! and it not only functions as the remote, you can use it as a mouse... The way it works, is it has a gyroscope on the inside of the remote that reads hand movements. So instead of having a mouse, keyboard, and a remote... you can get away with just the remote if you're already in the media center. OR the keyboard, and the remote if you have to use the internet or quickly access a program... Only downside... it's a bit pricy... On Ebay ittl run me around 70 dollars. Retail ... not sure...

Here's a pic

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Starting to go insane... around 3 more hours of work today... not sure whatelse I can say. I'm going to get back to giving some more people call backs as I haven't today yet... (Not like there are too many left) ANYWAYS! Until nexttime! Peace hombre's

Labels: Aquabats, Media Center, PSP, Soul Calibur 4, Valhalla Knights 2

So! I was chillin, grillin, spillin, and fillin while listening to MC Chris a ridiculous rap artist that i've liked and heard of from a popular Star Wars Boba Fette rap called Fette's Vette. It's a pretty amazing song... so I pulled up the lyrics and read them and found that there is a reference to Richard Pryor lighting himself on fire... Remembering that I pulled up his wiki and come to find out On June 9 (MY BIRTHDAY), 1980, Pryor set himself on fire while freebasing cocaine.... Hah so I dunno what that really has to do with anything... I just thought it was funny. Anyways. If you Haven't seen/heard the song and you want to. Here's a link.

Oh yeah! At Comic con they have an exclusive Zombie MC Chris Statue at Comic con which i'll probably pick up as well!!

MC CHRISSSSSSSSS FTW
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Just chillin at work still... Patiently awaiting my interview for my Level 2 Tech spot... I honestly have no idea what is going on with that, but!! I got my Comptia Network + Cert yesterday! I am excited to start studying for my CCNA again... when I get back from San Diego I really -REALLY- want to get it done. I think my CCNA Cert is the single most important cert, and would be considered a huge achievement for me. I didn't take a 4 semester class for nothing. I have a pass4sure, and a really REALLY awesome TestKing Study guide that I've been reading through that gives really detailed explanations as to why the right answer is the right one. If you are looking to study for the CCNA send me a MSG and I can hook you up!
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I have been working on my media center PC for the past few days of my life... It has been such a hassel. I installed my TV Tuner card... and with my Windows XP/Media center mod.... Didn't go so well. I couldn't even get the drivers to work, NOR could I get my xbox 360 to sync up with it! ... I don't even know what the heck is up with that.... SO I just burned a Vista Ultimate ISO and ran media Center on it (Even though it ate up 20 gb that I didn't want to use on the 80gb harddrive) Speaking of the harddrive.... For whatever reason the SATA slots on it don't work... so I have to use the old PATA IDE drives... In which the largest of those that I have is that 80 gb one.... Not much space to record shows... but whatever! I'll see how it works out I guess... SO After installing Vista Ultimate, The Media center is working great! It runs with my xbox flawlessly, My TV Tuner card installs and gets a TV Signal... and then I get to a screen: CAN NOT DETECT IR REMOTE... .... ... And for whatever reasons I CAN'T CONTINUE!... Why? I don't know... I could just use the mouse? right? ... WRONG! I need an IR Remote.... I ran out to Wal*Mart lastnight at 1am trying to find an IR remote for my PC and/or a media center remote for my Xbox 360 NEITHER of which are carried at Walmart.... SO I got some 99 cent Chicken nuggets from Mc Donalds... and went home... -IT- Was a tradgedy... ANYWAYS... I need to hit up Radio Shack and Fred Meyers today at lunch (In one hour) ... God... Can't wait...

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In other news? who really knows... I guess my GANG is going ok? there are currently 2 of us....

Our gang color is GREEN.... and our Gang name is currently the GREEN JESUS SATANS...
We wanted to make the name OFFENSIVE... and Contradicting... I think we hit it right on the head right? As more develops with this (Currently working on a gang logo and other gangsta stuff) WURD UP TO MY HOMIE B-B-B-BETHANY ... Thuggin fo real.

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XBox News! Umm! ROCKBAND! ... NUMBER 2!!! ... Here is the official Tracklist for the game(Without Download Content!!) WOW so much content!!! Most Notible tracks for me... :Offspring- Come out and play, and System of a Down- Chop Suey!! ... I dunno ... Just some old songs that I appreciate (I'd have been happy with ANY and ALL System of a down tracks as well as the Offspring!) .... ONLY THING THAT IS MISSING IS SOME GREENDAY... oh how I would kill for some Greenday tracks... We got Blink 182 as DLC for the first one... Where is my greenday!You can actually listen to all of the songs w/ Video at this site: http://www.rockband2tracklist.com/.... Anyways heres the actual list.

Track Listing:

• 1. AC/DC “Let There Be Rock” 1970s
• 2. AFI “Girl’s Gone Grey” 2000’s
• 3. Alanis Morissette “You Oughta Know” 1990’s
• 4. Alice in Chains “Man in the Box” 1990’s
• 5. Allman Brothers “Ramblin’ Man” 1970’s
• 6. Avenged Sevenfold “Almost Easy” 2000’s
• 7. Bad Company “Shooting Star” 1970’s
• 8. Beastie Boys “So Whatcha Want” 1990’s
• 9. Beck “E-Pro” 2000’s
• 10. Bikini Kill “Rebel Girl” 1990’s
• 11. Billy Idol “White Wedding Pt. I” 1980’s
• 12. Blondie “One Way or Another” 1970’s
• 13. Bob Dylan “Tangled Up in Blue” 1970’s
• 14. Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer” 1980’s
• 15. Cheap Trick “Hello There” 1970’s
• 16. Devo “Uncontrollable Urge” 1980’s
• 17. Dinosaur Jr. “Feel the Pain” 1990’s
• 18. Disturbed “Down with the Sickness” 2000’s
• 19. Dream Theater “Panic Attack” 2000’s
• 20. Duran Duran “Hungry Like the Wolf” 1980’s
• 21. Elvis Costello “Pump It Up” 1970’s
• 22. Fleetwood Mac “Go Your Own Way” 1970’s
• 23. Foo Fighters “Everlong” 1990’s
• 24. Guns N’ Roses “Shackler’s Revenge” 2000’s
• 25. Interpol “PDA” 2000’s
• 26. Jane’s Addiction “Mountain Song” 1980’s
• 27. Jethro Tull “Aqualung” 1970’s
• 28. Jimmy Eat World “The Middle” 2000’s
• 29. Joan Jett “Bad Reputation” 1980’s
• 30. Journey “Anyway You Want It” 1970’s
• 31. Judas Priest “Painkiller” 1990’s
• 32. Kansas “Carry On Wayward Son” 1970’s
• 33. L7 “Pretend We’re Dead” 1990’s
• 34. Lacuna Coil “Our Truth” 2000’s
• 35. Linkin Park “One Step Closer” 2000’s
• 36. Lit “My Own Worst Enemy” 1990’s
• 37. Lush “De-Luxe” 1990’s
• 38. Mastodon “Colony of Birchmen” 2000’s
• 39. Megadeth “Peace Sells” 1980’s
• 40. Metallica “Battery” 1980’s
• 41. Mighty Mighty Bosstones “Where’d You Go” 1990’s
• 42. Modest Mouse “Float On” 2000’s
• 43. Motorhead “Ace of Spades” 1980’s
• 44. Nirvana “Drain You” 1990’s
• 45. Norman Greenbaum “Spirit in the Sky” 1960’s
• 46. Panic at the Disco “Nine in the Afternoon” 2000’s
• 47. Paramore “That’s What You Get” 2000’s
• 48. Pearl Jam “Alive” 1990’s
• 49. Presidents of the USA “Lump” 1990’s
• 50. Rage Against the Machine “Testify” 1990’s
• 51. Ratt “Round & Round” 1980’s
• 52. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Give it Away” 1990’s
• 53. Rise Against “Give it All” 2000’s
• 54. Rush “The Trees” 1970’s
• 55. Silversun Pickups “Lazy Eye” 2000’s
• 56. Smashing Pumpkins “Today” 1990’s
• 57. Social Distortion “I Was Wrong” 1990’s
• 58. Sonic Youth “Teenage Riot” 1980’s
• 59. Soundgarden “Spoonman” 1990’s
• 60. Squeeze “Cool for Cats” 1970’s
• 61. Steely Dan “Bodhitsattva” 1970’s
• 62. Steve Miller Band “Rock’n Me” 1970’s
• 63. Survivor “Eye of the Tiger” 1980’s
• 64. System of a Down “Chop Suey” 2000’s
• 65. Talking Heads “Psycho Killer” 1970’s
• 66. Tenacious D “Master Exploder” 2000’s
• 67. Testament “Souls of Black” 1990’s
• 68. The Donnas “New Kid in School” 2000’s
• 69. The Go-Go’s “We Got the Beat” 1980’s
• 70. The Grateful Dead “Alabama Getaway” 1980’s
• 71. The Guess Who “American Woman” 1970’s
• 72. The Muffs “Kids in America” 1990’s
• 73. The Offspring “Come Out & Play (Keep ‘em Separated)” 1990’s
• 74. The Replacements “Alex Chilton” 1980’s
• 75. The Who “Pinball Wizard” 1960’s
• 76. Abnormality “Visions” 2000’s
• 77. Anarchy Club “Get Clean” 2000’s
• 78. Bang Camaro “Night Lies” 2000’s
• 79. Breaking Wheel “Shoulder to the Plow” 2000’s
• 80. The Libyans “Neighborhood” 2000’s
• 81. The Main Drag “A Jagged Gorgeous Winter” 2000’s
• 82. Speck “Conventional Lover” 2000’s
• 83. The Sterns “Supreme Girl” 2000’s
• 84. That Handsome Devil “Rob the Prez-O-Dent” 2000’s

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Anyways... no software to review/talk about today... About to get outa here for lunch by now... still no interview? ... hmm maybe tomorrow... Ehh whatever. Anyways! Until next-time---->

Labels: ccna, Comic Con, gang, gangsta, MC Chris, N+, Network, thugz

Back again... Thinking about somehow figuring out exactly how to make different pages and such... I wanted to make a music page. of Music I obtained, Listened to, and need to download... I'm guessing I'll need like a Last.fm page or something. I dunno! I'll figure that out soon. (Not like anyone really cares or anything). It's a pretty slow day in the office... I stayed up pretty late last night studying for my N+ exam which I scheduled for Wednesday... Hopefully I can pass that... nothing like wasting 230 dollars on a test and fail it... It's already ridiculous enough that you have to pay that much to walk into a room, take a test, and then get a paper printoff.... I just don't even really understand that at all. Been looking into places to move into... My friend Carlos (of Neoentronyx) supposedly has a friend Leasing two 2 bedroom places near the same place for 700 a month! So on the 18th we'll be checking those out.
Oh yeah Visit www.neogentronyx.com (To the Left one of his Mecha) He makes Mechs and all sorts of other crazy cool stuff... We were going to start work on a bumblebee real live transformer that would be made out of an old VW Beetle that we have, but it is uncertain as to when or if that will ever take place. Perhaps if we move that close together something cool may happen with that... who knows.

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Xbox 360 is getting a new Dashboard per E3 convention... Looks like that will be pretty awesome... seems like they're going to start ripping off the mii's from the Wii ... so your gamer pic will be a customizable character... Don't really know what to think of that ... I'll have to see. I would also like to see the product of the whole XBOX + Netflix Partnership!! ... hopefully it won't be solely for mainstream new releases, but for everything including Anime, and Foreign films, which I am a pretty big fan of. Who knows! Hopefully that is coming soon... Oh yeah, Last night I got to play the new Red Hot Chille Peppers Songs on Rockband that just came out. I completely Approve! The bass is totally the funnest and the vocals for RHCP are always fun. Best buy since the Weezer pack or that French song by Pleymo called "New Wave" ...

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The software I want to talk about this blog is Windows XP Black edition... It's pretty much just a pirated edition of windows, with pirated software on it. I've used it to "Evaluate" some of the free software on a few of my computers and it is actually working just as good as windows does, and it comes with all the Vista sidebars/bells and whistles of Linux like cube view... I really like how it comes fully loaded with BT software, Photoshop, Offices 07, Winrar, ISO Virtual Drive software and pretty much any software you'd need for pirating or general use. On install you can choose which software to install and can choose to uncheck any unwanted apps. It's not faster or anything... especially if you have EVERYTHING installed with it, so I'd recommend having a halfway decent PC to install it on... otherwise try not to weigh it down so much... People also question how safe the operating system is. I'd say it's just fine... if you scan with an antivirus it WILL DETECT VIRUS'S/TROJANS... what it is detecting is different Key Generators for the software, and it flags them as malware... I have used it for a couple of years, and unless you get a bad torrent that someone has tampered with it is 100% safe. Getting the actual Windows XP Black disk is pretty easy to find with a google search and BT... but if you need any more info leave me a message and we can discuss whatever about it.

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Music? ... Umm nothing too new. I got some new Jrock... well not anything new new... but I did get some more Unrsaw so I could keep up with themmm... They're sort of goofy looking so i'm currently seeing if they have any new PV's available,(here's one I already have)


but nothing new on that. Aside from that I just got Pleymo's Discography... only lame thing is the 2 albums I actually wanted to listen to are in .ogg format... which pisses me off because I have to convert them!... But yeah.. Aside from listening to some Mindless Self Indulgence on my way to work(Hence the Journal Title) My musical collection hasn't really grown at all in the past 2 years... Lameeee--

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Labels: jrock, mechs, neogentronyx, pleymo, robot, unsraw, windows xp black, xbox

Got to trade shifts with a co-worker so I work the 5pm-1am shift tonight... It's actually kind of nice. OH how I love working the night shift... I actually just got an email back from the boss Letting me know that a L2 DTV position has opened. I am really -REALLY- hoping that I can get it... The job posting closes on Wednesday of this week. So I am scheduling my N+ exam for Tuesday. The real test I need to be studying for is my CCNA. If I could pass that one I would be much more employable I think.... 8 more days until I depart to Cali... Forgot to mention a shoutout to my friend Ben, who made it to California a few months ago from Korea. His band Benzene is pretty awesome- check his site http://www.bzn.co.kr/ or you can get CD's and such from www.interpunk.com


Anyways... No links to software today... Don't feel like talking about it today. I have however tried modding a PSP Slim as of recent... Didn't work so well... not sure what I was doing wrong, but I'll keep trying to get that working.

Also I have been looking into Phones and have been throwing around the idea of getting an Iphone...

I really want the HTC Touch Diamond or pro... but those aren't due until september...and if I get the L2 DTV position then I will definitely need a new phone.

The HTC Raphael is going to be one of the first phones to have the Android OS on it... so as soon as that comes out i'll be needing to obtain...

I was looking at the HTC Tilt, and the Nokia N95... The Tilt is really cool seeing as it has the keyboard and windows mobile 6, is really affordable, and the touch screen features I need... as opposed to the Nokia N95 which has every feature under the sun EXCEPT for the touch screen that I need... not to mention it is like 9 million dollars...

I don't know... right now it's pretty much between the Tilt, and the new iphone.

I was actually looking at iphone mods and apps, and I found one that works with xbox media center... which I mistakingly got confused with the xbox 360's ability to link with media center.

Actually I found http://xbmc.org/wiki/?title=Installation_Requirements

It is actually really cool, and I might try and softmod my regular xbox into doing that... seeing as well... it just sits in my room with no cables attached to it.

Oh Yeah, on Friday I made it out to A1 Cards and Comics in the Northway mall in Anchorage. I obtained 2 new PVC anime figurines... When I saw that they had Fate/Stay night PVC's I HAD to buy them... despite the fact i'm going to comic con and will have more than enough figures to buy.... here's some pics to prove that it DID happen.



















I was also browsing around some tech blogs... One popular one I frequent:Engadget has a place to preorder the Rockband 2 Premium Drumkit! ... it looks so amazing! Metal Kick Pedal and everything. Appearantly for now you'll be able to hit either the tom or the symbol for rockband 1 and for rockband 2 i'm guessing(Hoping) there will be 2 extra buttons to worry about. This Kit runs about 300 dollars and also FINALLY has a metal kick pedal... I just might end up buying this kit so that I can play DTX Mania As well... Gotta play DIR EN GREY on the drums!
Hmm yeah... anyways Yesterday was my pal andrew's birthday... we got some yu gi oh cards and played a few rounds of that after work... went pretty good... maybe i'll try to start playing that? ... who knows! ... that really reminds me that I have to put yu gi oh back on my DS for the trip.

Other than that... right now I can't think of anything more to talk about right this second... I think that there is an outage developing right now, so I should get on that... I should also be studying for N+...

Peace-

Labels: Benzene, Fate/Stay Night, HTC Touch, Iphone, N+, PSP, Rin, Rockband, Rockband drums, Saber

First off... Quick question for anyone who might stumble upon my boring lonely blog... Anyone know any substitute software for the Zune? ... I am getting increasingly more and more frustrated with it daily... I almost like ITUNES more... (don't quote me on that though) .. God Adding music has never been such a pain. Anyways... Been Listening to some Blood Stain Child "Be in for Killing myself" ... as that is really honestly how I feel right now. DTV helpdesk has never been cooler. I've been working weekend shift since I started and now it's pretty much just me for DTV... Today gets even better as the Level 2 technician is actually not here today so I really am the -only- DTV tech... BUT WAIT! thank god that any DTV calls roll over to the other Level 1 DSL techs.... Too bad that none of them have had any sort of DTV training and none of them have been working here for more than 2 months... Needless to say I get almost all of the calls as callbacks today too. AWESOME.

Anyways. I've downgraded 5 PSP's now it's not bad... Been trying out different homebrew apps on the PSP... Currently have the Genesis Emu working. busting out some Kid Chameleon... God I loved that game.

I dunno I don't have any apps to reccommend or review today... So I guess I can think of something...









I guess I can do Audacity... I dunno Pretty much everyone in the world probably knows/uses it but whatever... The main reasons that I use it is for 1: making Ringtones... It makes it so simple to Chop/Combine any sound or song ... 2: Stealing music from myspace... Now that I think about it... have you ever just wanted a song from a local band but they're bastards and won't let you download it? Using Firefox (If you don't use firefox then you shouldn't even be living right now) Download the firebug plugin which is AMAZING: Download firebug Oh yeah... heres a link to audacity while i'm at it: Download Audacity. Anyways basically firebug dissects any webpage include flash and everything... and you can dig through all of the code and find links.

Rather than steal someone elses tutorial heres A really good tutorial for downloading undownloadable myspace music: Tutorial
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Going to Sandiego on the 22nd for the Aquabats show. It's going to be way good... Got the tickets and everything. Alls I need is the Volcom shorts and I have the entire costume... Can't wait to talk to the M.C.Bat Commander he's the coolest person ever probably. I am also going to stop in Comic-Con during the Weekend ... Thinking of picking up ANYTHING J-rock I can find there as well as some of the exclusives such as: The 2 Starawars KUSTOMZ figures















I can't forget about the Vampire Mr. Toast Plush ... theres only 1000 of them made!! ... so .. umm it's obvious I need one:













ANYWAYS... yeah I might also Pick up a bunch more Transformers... (Like I need anymore of those...)

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I've been searching for an appartment or place to move out and stay as of Recent. My good Friend Carlos has a friend who is renting 2 two bedroom places (Assuming it's a duplex) for 700 dollars a month each... I was thinking that me and noob Randall could perhaps afford to live there. Dunno yet though. I'll have to see.

As of now.. I think I should get back on the phones as I have a bunch of people to call back. Until next time.--

Labels: audacity, Comic Con, Itunes, myspace, PSP, SDCC 2008, Transformers, Zune

So this is it eh... A blog. Something I never really liked, nor enjoyed in the past. I figured i'd give it a shot. I really don't like my writing style and I tend to have way to many run on sentences. Today's program that i'm going to talk about is Portable Apps. I've been using it for around a year now to install programs and to keep my email/firefox bookmarks with me wherever I go. You can get the program from:http://portableapps.com/ I have it currently installed on my 250gb WD Passport harddrive. It is EXTREMELY handy to use it to carry around Photoshop and Dreamweaver to create websites or layouts on any PC. It is almost like carrying around a portable operating system. (Or in the past games on a work computer). Anyways, Check it out if you haven't... Do it DO IT NOW.
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I've also been working on loading Custom Firmware on my PSP. After enjoying my Nintendo DS with the R4 card. (R4ds is a DS Cartridge that supports a micro SD card in which you can load any DS game as well as Emulators and homebrew)The first thing that everyone asks about is... M3 Simply or R4. I went with the R4 as they produce new firmware before m3 does... So in short i'd just get which ever you can find for cheaper. Here's where I got mine http://www.dealextreme.com/

ANYWAYS. With The PSP you can downgrade the firmware to version 1.5 (Back when it was easy to install custom firmware before sony started blocking it) and then you will be able to download Games, Emulators, and Homebrew. What I did was used Lumines to upgrade My PSP firmware version 2.43 to 3.50, and then in turn downgrade it back down to version 1.5.

If your PSP is below version 3.5 if you purchase lumines you can downgrade really easily. Otherwise you will need to use a pandoras battery which you can make or buy.

Lumines Exploit: http://www.noobz.eu/joomla/news/downgrader-for-psp-v3.50-firmware.html

For the Pandoras Battery Creation www.noobz.eu is the main site for the pandoras battery.

After your PSP gets to Firmware version 1.5 I used http://www.krizka.net/2007/08/24/upgrade-your-psp-from-oe-firmware-to-352-m33/
To get 3.52 custom firmware which is needed to upgrade further... After this you start to get the hang of how the general format of how updates and such works..... so any updates after here is pretty self explanitory.

I'll probably write abit more when I get into how well the Emulators run... i'll probably try and get the Genesis emulator and the GBA emulator working first.

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In other news, Comic Con is just around the corner as well and I'll need to start saving all of my cash for that... Eating out costs a fortune and I tend to buy games that I will never finish/play...(As Team Fortress 2, GTA4 and a bunch of other good games sit in my corner)...I think I am getting pretty bored with Age of Conan. I have a Conqueror and an Assassin to level 25 on the Server Tyranny... People come by and kill me over and over, and I refuse to roll PVE as it makes things really even more boring. I dunno. I'm imagining I can sell it off for around 100 dollars as I have the limited edition box as well as the preorder Rhino. (Which is cool but I need to be level 40 to ride it.) I just don't have the time to play much especially since I am working on my Media Center PC box that for whatever reasons won't read my SATA drives... I think I need a new mobo. I also Got Bad Company for Xbox 360 as well... and Soul Calibur is coming out! Soul Calibur is probably one of my favorite games of all times...

Anyways... No good links today... but I did just get An Cafe's 2 newer albums (I know i'm kind of behind but Whatever) I love Nyappy in World versions 2 and 3... they are all amazing and I love An Cafe even without Bou... I also just picked up all of LM.C's stuff except for the newest single JOHN... so if anyone has it... feel free to send it over as I'm sort of looking for it (hardly) ... I could probably find it but i'm at work now and half of the internet is blocked including live journal... Which is what i'd normally be using but ... Blogger will have to do I suppose. Anyways... until next time... have fun doin what you do

Labels: An Cafe, Comic Con, Deathgaze, jrock, LM.C, M3simply, NDS, Portable Apps, PSP, R4ds, SDCC 2008