http://cloud9.blogdrive.com/ Cloud 9 Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:05:00 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2005. http://cloud9.blogdrive.com/archive/623.html Thu, 27 Oct 2005 19:55:41 GMT I'm moving. Ok, so not like literally, but more in a cyberspacial sense. Yes, after getting frustrated with blogdrive for a while, and some hefty prodding from Olivia, I've decided to move my blog. Sadness? I think not. Not yet, anyway. There will still be my rantings posted somewhat often, just in a different place with a different layout. So, boys and girls, pay attention closely and update your links and bookmarks, because I'm only telling you once: the new place is http://www.livejournal.com/users/darthnader/. Happy landings! http://cloud9.blogdrive.com/comments?id=623 http://cloud9.blogdrive.com/archive/622.html Thu, 27 Oct 2005 07:36:58 GMT Well, another year of baseball is in the books. After last year saw the Red Sox breaking 86 years of frustration, this year saw the White Sox breaking 88 years of frustration. Can the Giants break 52 years next year? I don't know. I have hope, and it think it's realistically possible, but you can't call next years World Series when this one hasn't been done for not ever 3 hours yet. I was rooting for the Astros the whole series. We spent last night's marathon mostly at the sports bar, just yakking it up as the game went on and on and on. As a bit of foreshadowing, I was actually a... (more) http://cloud9.blogdrive.com/comments?id=622 http://cloud9.blogdrive.com/archive/621.html Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:07:26 GMT Cover songs can rock. Cover songs can suck. How do you figure out which is which? How do you figure out which are the best? Well, first, there are rules: 1. The original has to be a well known song. Sure, I'd get excited if I heard some random band cover an h&s song, but virtually no one outside the MFR community would know what the hell was going on. 2. The cover has to be done in the spirit of the original. As much as I liked Sheryl Crow strumming her guitar to "Sweet Child O' Mine," I'm sure the guys of Guns 'n Roses were rolling around in their collective graves. Or... (more) http://cloud9.blogdrive.com/comments?id=621 http://cloud9.blogdrive.com/archive/620.html Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:02:52 GMT When Franz Ferdinand came out with "Take Me Out" last year, I was confused. Well, more like indecisive. I liked the song, but there was something that always bothered me about it. Up until recently, that was the only Franz Ferdinand song I'd heard, but thanks to their new single, I've heard another. In the process of listening to "Do You Want To" today, I figured out what it was that bothered me about "Take Me Out" (as it does in "Do You Want To"). Put simply, the songs don't go anywhere. They grab you and shake you fairly well, and it's easy to get into them. After a listen, you want... (more) http://cloud9.blogdrive.com/comments?id=620 http://cloud9.blogdrive.com/archive/619.html Tue, 25 Oct 2005 18:55:49 GMT Sign number 128 you've geared up for Christmas way too fucking early: To the horror of your neighbors, you place an inflatable Santa Homer Simpson on your lawn on the morning of October 25th, six days from Halloween, 31 days from Thanksgiving, and a whole 61 days before Christmas. http://cloud9.blogdrive.com/comments?id=619 http://cloud9.blogdrive.com/archive/618.html Tue, 25 Oct 2005 07:20:12 GMT When it comes to multiplayer video games, you can have your Smash Bros. or Halo (two very excellent games); I'll take Yoshii's Cookie for the NES. When it comes to sheer intensity, on-the-fly strategy, instant gratification, and awesome repetitive music, I'm hard pressed to find something that beats it. It's just that good. I first played Yoshii's Cookie with Sheridan, since it was his game. I borrowed it for a fairly long time, and I got a lot better, to the point where the only person who could consistently make a game of it, let alone beat me, was Sheridan. But then he wanted it back,... (more) http://cloud9.blogdrive.com/comments?id=618 http://cloud9.blogdrive.com/archive/617.html Sun, 23 Oct 2005 00:52:34 GMT The moment I decided to root for the Astros in the World Series: in Chicago, while inroducing the teams, the organist decided to play the Star Wars theme during the introduction for the White Sox. I could see using a recording (or, better yet, a live orchestra), but I'm not down with the disrepect from a stadium organ. http://cloud9.blogdrive.com/comments?id=617 http://cloud9.blogdrive.com/archive/616.html Wed, 19 Oct 2005 03:14:54 GMT I finished reading a great book tonight. I'm not saying it was worthy of sitting at the same table as an entry from Shakespeare. But then, Shakespeare was never a Red Sox fan. In college, I stumbled across a column on ESPN.com, written by The Sports Guy. It was pretty funny. I was entertained. I don't know if I've missed one since. The Sports Guy (otherwise known as Bill Simmons) was born in the Boston sports culture, and thrived in it quite well. Of course, his teams reside in Boston, so I always found it funny that i liked reading his stuff so much. I think it was his excellent... (more) http://cloud9.blogdrive.com/comments?id=616 http://cloud9.blogdrive.com/archive/615.html Tue, 18 Oct 2005 02:33:23 GMT I've been meaning to post this for a couple of days, but since I've worked overtime for the last three days (including over eleven hours each yesterday and today), I haven't really had a chance yet. Any road trip is not complete unless there is music. Since I was the one driving to Ogallala and back, I put myself in charge of the music. I made 3 CDs of my own mix, resulting in about four hours of music. It picked up a good chuck of the trip, with trivia/radio ruling the rest. So here's what I made, in the order of which they're on the CDs. Disc One The Cure- Just Like Heaven Michael... (more) http://cloud9.blogdrive.com/comments?id=615 http://cloud9.blogdrive.com/archive/614.html Fri, 14 Oct 2005 03:06:30 GMT "Randomly crazy" was the phrase of the day, as we went to Nebraska. For pizza. It started a few days ago when I was explaining dessert pizza to Kelse. Who has dessert pizza? Well, Valentino's, of course. Tragically, the closest Val's is in Ogallala, so we figured that was a no-go. But then, why not? It's only a three hour drive (or less...) to Ogallala, and we both had the day off, so why not go for it? Then we thought of North Platte, and how it has a Val's and is also conveniently located halfway between Greeley and Doane. So why not get other people to meet us there? Well, it... (more) http://cloud9.blogdrive.com/comments?id=614