david sirlin puts his book "playing to win" online for free(at the moment)

good, good, stuff...

transformers rocked, and i am glad i saw it in theaters at the cupertino square with brian. i don't usually go out to watch movies in theaters unless i think it's really worth it.

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my right arm got so tense yesterday after practicing the drums. too many upbeat songs + too much emphasis upon the right hand for fills = X_X

maybe i should learn to also lead with my left arm like ringo starr. or play 1/4 notes now more often.

pearl jam - alive

good grudge rock... i like this live sound better than the same song on their "ten" album. the solo's not the same though, which is a shame. my bro could play the lead guitar part of that entire song easily.

i must say, this must be the funniest thread i've read in srk.com for a long, long, time.

hehehehehe

this game's too funny.

playing the drums feels a lot like playing the rhythm guitar; your right wrist is the hand counting the tempo, hence the wrist getting tired. only difference is, there is no upstroke, so you can only count with the downstroke. so in analogy to the rhythm guitar, you feel like you're playing punk music, ykno, power chords, palm muted downstrokes all the time.

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concerning comics, i find i've been reading a lot more "get fuzzy" lately, hence the new link on the side. and i've added tmnt to the mix as well.

i never understood why i used to like "garfield" so much as a kid; come to think of it it's not really funny. i loved how "pearls before swine" gave like a sharp dig at garfield in one of the comic books(think it was nighthogs), where rat threatens the author by saying if his demands aren't met, he's going to read more and more lines from garfield. cracked me up.

one more entry for today.

fighting game players are an odd bunch, especially the tourney types, but the low down is that they're a LOT different from the japanese anime types. one of the big differences is that the former actually DON'T cosplay. often. yes, i know, you're shocked. but it's true.

but i came across this on the srk.com boards yesterday and i'd thought i'd share it. i downloaded the original file, but here's a youtube video of the same thing:
guy shows up to small japanese sfa2 tournament wearing a spiderman costume

anyways, i don't read japanese, so here's what a dedicated guy named "nohoho" on the boards translated(try reading it as you're watching):

"Mikado
3rd Zero 2 Tourney
2007.8
Nazo no Otoko [Mystery Man] Appears!!!

Mystery Man Signing Up for the Tournament

MM: What should I do here?

Staff: Please write your name and your character selection.
MM: Well, my name would be awkward...
Staff: You can use a nickname instead of your real name.
MM: Ah, is that right, I got it.

Mystery Man running recon on the players.

0:33 - Mystery Man checks his next opponent.

MM: When am I up?
Staff: Umm, you're over here.
MM: (Kita, the 2nd place finisher from last time, huh...)
MM: (No problemo.)

0:50 At last, Mystery Man's first match.

MM: (I'm using my sweet Sakura-chan.)

1:31 - (I got the throw! Lucky!)

2:03 - Gotcha!

2:09 - Mystery Man safely makes it past the 1st round.

2:12 (That's what I'm talking about. No sweat.)
Staff: Could I get a word?
MM: I'm taking the next one, too.

2:25 Mystery Man checks his next opponent.
MM: (Who's my next opponent?)
MM: Gak, the winner from last time, Ojiki*, huh?
[* - AKA Komoda Blanka!]
MM: Can't this bracket be changed?
Staff: Ha? (What's with this dude?)
Staff: No way.

2:39
MM: (Piece of shit refused my handshake.)
(No way I'm losing.)
2:45[can't read this one]

3:23 - That's weird.
I didn't do that -- stupid joystick.

3:36 - Ack!

4:09 - What? That's cheap!
F**************K!

4:14 - Mystery Man Loses
MM: What's up with this **** game?
MM: Quit filming me!

MM: [uh]
MM: God dammit!

MM: Oops! My precious glove!

Having not learned his lesson, the Mystery Man -- true identity unknown -- may surface again..."

[strangely enough, while street fighter alpha 2(street fighter zero 2 in japan) is one of the better street fighter games in terms of gameplay, it's not played a lot compared to other fighting games in japan. it's a lot like mvc2; an american game.]

i told a couple of the others, like norman, sarah and justin about this on sunday

bathing in ramen soup can't be good for your body. i mean, people bathe in weird stuff all the time(why do i keep thinking somebody's bathed in chocolate pudding in their home bathtub before?), but the high sodium content of the broth is akin to swimming in the ocean(like getting shriveled up?). except now you're also getting marinated with soy sauce and beef broth. and miso. they might as well throw in some eggs, romaine lettuce, carrots, garnish with chopped green onions and make it a meal. and chopped seaweed.

mmm... cannibalistic ramen... (starts drooling like homer, glazed eyes, tongue out side, spasming).

so if they do this for a jacuzzi, where's the vid of the guy lap swimming in a pool of coke slurpee on a summer's day?

i'd say how messed up this is, but then again, look at the japanese english learning program i posted yesterday.

o_0

that was a japanese TEXTBOOK?!??!?!?

no wonder japanese anime can be so er perverted sometimes.

i never realized how much easier it was for me to jog when i'm chewing gum.

maybe it's just cause i don't open my mouth at all when i'm eating/chewing, and so i ended up breathing through my nose the entire time, taking away the usual feeling of windiness from my throat.