Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Logan Darrow Clements is the cheese' newest hero!
Every once in a while the cheese reads something that truly re-instills his faith in humanity. And while the chance of this proposal actually being put into action is somewhere south of *no fucking way in hell* it is nice to see that irony and activism (and, oddly, venture capitalism) can, every so often, come together for a common purpose.
Monday, June 27, 2005
Who knew Laura Bush was so filthy?
The cheese is gonna have to track down a dvd of the after hours
show.
show.
The last weekend
The last weekend for the cheese in the City was an oddly bittersweet affair. Friday night was spent at zeitgeist. Beers all night compliments of mr. halisy, and the cheese is ever grateful that this past friday was pay day.
Saturday was a mostly packing affair. Sunday was the parade.
It's rather fitting that the cheese' last weekend in SF just happened to coincide with Pride weekend. The cheese didn't see nearly as many bare male asses as he had anticipated, which isn't a particularly bad thing.
Tomorrow the cheese gets the moving truck, and Wednesday the drive commences.
Saturday was a mostly packing affair. Sunday was the parade.
It's rather fitting that the cheese' last weekend in SF just happened to coincide with Pride weekend. The cheese didn't see nearly as many bare male asses as he had anticipated, which isn't a particularly bad thing.
Tomorrow the cheese gets the moving truck, and Wednesday the drive commences.
Friday, June 24, 2005
Commence countdown
Time to departure: T-minus...a few days or so (so it's not a terribly "specific" countdown, get over it).
Items packed:
-computer/ps2
-Kitchenware
-assorted living room knick-knacks (or bric-a-brac if you prefer)
-both closets
Items left to pack:
-desk/bed (need to be dismantled)
-all unreasonably heavy items (i.e., the pull out couch)
-turtles
An all inclusive list? No, but even in the three seconds it took the cheese to peruse it, depression has started to set in about coming back to the land of the
anti-christ.
Items packed:
-computer/ps2
-Kitchenware
-assorted living room knick-knacks (or bric-a-brac if you prefer)
-both closets
Items left to pack:
-desk/bed (need to be dismantled)
-all unreasonably heavy items (i.e., the pull out couch)
-turtles
An all inclusive list? No, but even in the three seconds it took the cheese to peruse it, depression has started to set in about coming back to the land of the
anti-christ.
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Pedaphiles ruining it for the rest of us
Apparently the
"Girls 13 And Under For Older Guys" chat room wasn't a big hit with the people over at Yahoo, as the company pulled all of its user created chat rooms.
Now a-holes all over the country won't be able to argue over the current fantasy value of
Chien-Ming Wang or how much of the new Star Wars movie sucked and/or rocked.
Of course, the cheese doesn't partake of the "chat room insanity" that affects so many others, so the recent move by yahoo has done no damage to the world of the cheese.
"Girls 13 And Under For Older Guys" chat room wasn't a big hit with the people over at Yahoo, as the company pulled all of its user created chat rooms.
Now a-holes all over the country won't be able to argue over the current fantasy value of
Chien-Ming Wang or how much of the new Star Wars movie sucked and/or rocked.
Of course, the cheese doesn't partake of the "chat room insanity" that affects so many others, so the recent move by yahoo has done no damage to the world of the cheese.
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Brief look into the future...
Tonight will feature a leisurely hour or two at the Colonial to listen to mr. vargas spin then...
the cheese will try and take apart his massive corner desk (why did he use wood glue to put it together?) and pack up the ol' desktop/ps2/miscellaneous computer parts.
Tomorrow and Friday will consist mostly of wasting time at work/packing before the last weekend in the City *sniffle*
the cheese will try and take apart his massive corner desk (why did he use wood glue to put it together?) and pack up the ol' desktop/ps2/miscellaneous computer parts.
Tomorrow and Friday will consist mostly of wasting time at work/packing before the last weekend in the City *sniffle*
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Games
Here is a list, in order of preference, of the games the cheese would like to play once he is relocated to the OC...
1. Warhammer (at some point the cheese will actually finish painting his army)
2. Discworld RPG (this will mean, of course, that unknown suavo will either have to read some discworld novels, or the cheese will have to GM *shudder*)
3. Warhammer RPG (is it out yet?)
4. Star Wars RPG (doesn't the cheese have like TWO characters for this game)
5. Warhammer Quest (easily played without all the hub-bub of a real RPG)
6. Unnamed Game (the one that suavo made/is making...have you guys played this recently?...if so you can bump this up to numero tres)
7. Shadowrun (it's just not the same without Junkin, though the cheese is willing to substitute D20 Modern and move it up if someone wants to GM)
8. Robotech (the cheese will never have another character like this...and damnit he misses ol' Ian "I can kill you 300 ways with my mind, plus I have a very handy collection of swords. And if that doesn't scare you let me introduce you to my pals Exion and Tengu..." Strife)
Did the cheese miss anything?
1. Warhammer (at some point the cheese will actually finish painting his army)
2. Discworld RPG (this will mean, of course, that unknown suavo will either have to read some discworld novels, or the cheese will have to GM *shudder*)
3. Warhammer RPG (is it out yet?)
4. Star Wars RPG (doesn't the cheese have like TWO characters for this game)
5. Warhammer Quest (easily played without all the hub-bub of a real RPG)
6. Unnamed Game (the one that suavo made/is making...have you guys played this recently?...if so you can bump this up to numero tres)
7. Shadowrun (it's just not the same without Junkin, though the cheese is willing to substitute D20 Modern and move it up if someone wants to GM)
8. Robotech (the cheese will never have another character like this...and damnit he misses ol' Ian "I can kill you 300 ways with my mind, plus I have a very handy collection of swords. And if that doesn't scare you let me introduce you to my pals Exion and Tengu..." Strife)
Did the cheese miss anything?
The Greatest
The Indy 500 might be the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, and Wrestlmania might be the Greatest Spectacle in Wrestling (but who cares about that, really?). But the Greatest Spectacle in the World has to be
the Beckhams. Yes, TomKat (as a sidenote, just because we had one inane celebrity coupling that went by one inane name doesn't mean they all should...just like every stupid political stumble in this country shouldn't have the word "gate" as a suffix, but the cheese digresses) may be sucking up a serious amount of headlines around the world right now (and scientology converts are up!), but no other couple in the history of the world could be considered they're own brand like ol' Posh and Goldenballs.
If you ever find yourself in a horrible depression, just think about their three sons; Brooklyn, Romeo, and Cruz. Does it get any better than that?!
Yes, Becks is probably the most famous man on the planet (sure plenty of people in this country still don't know who he is, or if they do, they don't know what it is that he actually does for a living, but little kids in third world villages all over Africa and Asia DO know who he is, take that Tom Cruise!), and certainaly rich beyond anything the cheese could imagine. But these are people so divorced from reality that they got married on thrones and cut their wedding cake with a sword for christ's sake! Even Charles and Camilla didn't get married on thrones and he's an honest to god, no shit, prince!
the Beckhams. Yes, TomKat (as a sidenote, just because we had one inane celebrity coupling that went by one inane name doesn't mean they all should...just like every stupid political stumble in this country shouldn't have the word "gate" as a suffix, but the cheese digresses) may be sucking up a serious amount of headlines around the world right now (and scientology converts are up!), but no other couple in the history of the world could be considered they're own brand like ol' Posh and Goldenballs.
If you ever find yourself in a horrible depression, just think about their three sons; Brooklyn, Romeo, and Cruz. Does it get any better than that?!
Yes, Becks is probably the most famous man on the planet (sure plenty of people in this country still don't know who he is, or if they do, they don't know what it is that he actually does for a living, but little kids in third world villages all over Africa and Asia DO know who he is, take that Tom Cruise!), and certainaly rich beyond anything the cheese could imagine. But these are people so divorced from reality that they got married on thrones and cut their wedding cake with a sword for christ's sake! Even Charles and Camilla didn't get married on thrones and he's an honest to god, no shit, prince!
You probably shouldn't say things like...
It's not rocket science. If someone were looking for me, and then that person said he knew where I was, I'd go somewhere else.
Monday, June 20, 2005
WH Quest
If tengu really wants the witch hunter, then the cheese can always take the Bretonnian Knight. Take that exsulis!
Thursday, May 26, 2005
GREATEST GAME, EVER!!!
Waking up with a serious bout of "nausea," the cheese was forced to call out "sick" from work yesterday. Coincidently, yesterday just happened to be the champions league final featuring the greatest club on the planet, Liverpool Football Club. Around 11 AM the cheese was starting to feel better, so he headed up to the local sausage eatery to get some sustenance before kick off.
52 seconds into the match and the sausage was tasting mighty bitter as AC Milan captain Maldini opened the score sheet early. Hernan Crespo then added insult to injury, netting goals in both the 39th and 43rd minutes, leaving LFC trailing 3-0 at half time.
Then came a 2nd half reorganization by Rafael Benetiz. LFC captain Steven Gerrard converted a header in the 54th minute to see Liverpool get on the board. This was quickly followed a Vladi Smicer goal in the 56th, and Xabi Alonso effort in the 60th. No team in the history of the European competition has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit to win, but 15 minutes into the second half Liverpool had tied it up.
This would be the end of the goals, as Milan and LFC would play out regulation and both extra time periods without scoring; special praise must go to Jerzy Dudek for making two great saves in the span of 2 seconds to stop Shevchenko from finishing off the reds in the 118th minute).
So to penalties it went, and Dudek, summoning the spirit of former red's keeper Grobbelar, made two impressive saves to secure the fifth European triumph in Liverpool history.
And to think, the cheese nearly stopped watching the game at halftime. It was, without a doubt, the best football game the cheese has ever seen, and will doubtless be counted as one of the classic Champions League finals in years to come.
52 seconds into the match and the sausage was tasting mighty bitter as AC Milan captain Maldini opened the score sheet early. Hernan Crespo then added insult to injury, netting goals in both the 39th and 43rd minutes, leaving LFC trailing 3-0 at half time.
Then came a 2nd half reorganization by Rafael Benetiz. LFC captain Steven Gerrard converted a header in the 54th minute to see Liverpool get on the board. This was quickly followed a Vladi Smicer goal in the 56th, and Xabi Alonso effort in the 60th. No team in the history of the European competition has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit to win, but 15 minutes into the second half Liverpool had tied it up.
This would be the end of the goals, as Milan and LFC would play out regulation and both extra time periods without scoring; special praise must go to Jerzy Dudek for making two great saves in the span of 2 seconds to stop Shevchenko from finishing off the reds in the 118th minute).
So to penalties it went, and Dudek, summoning the spirit of former red's keeper Grobbelar, made two impressive saves to secure the fifth European triumph in Liverpool history.
And to think, the cheese nearly stopped watching the game at halftime. It was, without a doubt, the best football game the cheese has ever seen, and will doubtless be counted as one of the classic Champions League finals in years to come.
Friday, May 20, 2005
Star Wars: Episode III, Initial Thoughts
Trying to form an opinionon a Star Wars movie after just one viewing is a bit like asking the first person you have a crush on to be your wife. It may make you feel good right now, but you haven't invested enough time to really get to know that person.
Case in point, Episode I. After waiting in line for 12 hours playing Star Wars trivia, there was no chance in hell the cheese wasn't going to love that first showing of Phantom Menace. Having seen the film nearly two dozen times now, the cheese is willing to admit it did not live up to those first few feelings of elation after a 20 year drought of zero new Star Wars on the big screen (although the cheese is still convinced it was better than A New Hope...disagree?...then let the cheese remind you of one little line "But I was going to Toschi to get some power converters!"...whiny Luke beats whiny little kid at the annoyance game hands down).
As for Episode III, it certainly had the most emotional moments of the new three, especially since Vader's first words with the mask on were to ask about Padme. And knowing all those little kids got jacked...damn that was harsh. Also, you feel a great deal of sympathy for Anakin. Yes, he was blinded by his own skill, arrogance, and fear, but he was also handily manipulated by Palpatine (but then again, who the hell wasn't?). And the one thing he most wanted to avoid,(Padme's death) he actually caused. So we see a more complete character in Anakin than we ever have.
And while some of the dialogue in this film suffers from the Lucas curse of not ever doing a 2nd draft, the scenes between Anakin and Padme were actually much better this time around. It was nice to see Bail Organa (and the C-3PO memory wipe line was beautiful), and the wookies. The action scenes were great, obviously, and the Windu/Palpatine and Yoda/Palpatine fights were amazing.
As for things that didn't seem right...would Obi-Wan really leave Anakin to burn to death like that? It's understandable he couldn't just cut his head off, but that was pretty cold to leave him like that. Also, the cheese assumes that we have to believe when Leia speaks about her mom in Jedi, she's referring to her adopted mom (since at that point she doesn't know she's Luke's sister).
Overall, Jedi is still, in the cheese's opinion, the best of the series. Sith may be equivalent to Empire, but judgement will be reserved for after a few more viewings.
Case in point, Episode I. After waiting in line for 12 hours playing Star Wars trivia, there was no chance in hell the cheese wasn't going to love that first showing of Phantom Menace. Having seen the film nearly two dozen times now, the cheese is willing to admit it did not live up to those first few feelings of elation after a 20 year drought of zero new Star Wars on the big screen (although the cheese is still convinced it was better than A New Hope...disagree?...then let the cheese remind you of one little line "But I was going to Toschi to get some power converters!"...whiny Luke beats whiny little kid at the annoyance game hands down).
As for Episode III, it certainly had the most emotional moments of the new three, especially since Vader's first words with the mask on were to ask about Padme. And knowing all those little kids got jacked...damn that was harsh. Also, you feel a great deal of sympathy for Anakin. Yes, he was blinded by his own skill, arrogance, and fear, but he was also handily manipulated by Palpatine (but then again, who the hell wasn't?). And the one thing he most wanted to avoid,(Padme's death) he actually caused. So we see a more complete character in Anakin than we ever have.
And while some of the dialogue in this film suffers from the Lucas curse of not ever doing a 2nd draft, the scenes between Anakin and Padme were actually much better this time around. It was nice to see Bail Organa (and the C-3PO memory wipe line was beautiful), and the wookies. The action scenes were great, obviously, and the Windu/Palpatine and Yoda/Palpatine fights were amazing.
As for things that didn't seem right...would Obi-Wan really leave Anakin to burn to death like that? It's understandable he couldn't just cut his head off, but that was pretty cold to leave him like that. Also, the cheese assumes that we have to believe when Leia speaks about her mom in Jedi, she's referring to her adopted mom (since at that point she doesn't know she's Luke's sister).
Overall, Jedi is still, in the cheese's opinion, the best of the series. Sith may be equivalent to Empire, but judgement will be reserved for after a few more viewings.
Friday, May 06, 2005
Bacon, is there anything it can't do?
The cheese is currently in the middle of devouring his sixth BLT of the week. No doubt there are some out there who do not believe in the power of bacon, and to those the cheese says, "Take your head out of your ass!"
On to other news, the season finale of Veronica Mars is on this coming Tuesday. To all there out in cheese land who haven't yet watched the show...don't! Lily Kane's murderer is going to be revealed, so don't ruin it for yourself by watching. Wait until the show comes out on DVD and borrow it from the cheese, it'll be worth it.
On to other news, the season finale of Veronica Mars is on this coming Tuesday. To all there out in cheese land who haven't yet watched the show...don't! Lily Kane's murderer is going to be revealed, so don't ruin it for yourself by watching. Wait until the show comes out on DVD and borrow it from the cheese, it'll be worth it.
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Big News from the Land of the Cheese
The cheese has finally received word that, yes, he was accepted into a graduate program. This fall the cheese will be starting a dual M.A. in English/M.F.A. in Creative Writing program at Chapman University. It's two degrees for the price of one! Of course, this means the cheese will be moving back to So. Cal. with...
1. No money
2. No job, and
3. No place to live
It's the trifecta of being a graduate student!
1. No money
2. No job, and
3. No place to live
It's the trifecta of being a graduate student!
Thursday, April 07, 2005
April 7th, the dawn of a new era.
The cheese has spent the better part of six hours staring at XML and was barely able to stave off the clinical depression that usually accompanies doing such a thing.
In an attempt to pro-actively counter the invariable sadness that accompanies the cheese's normal work day he has decided to start reading the Garfield comic strip and and catalogue the various...no, wait that's someone else. The cheese has decided to share the misery with all the loyal follower's of the cheese.
Today, the cheese was informed that the Insurance Master Spec Bundle is causing improper spacing of mdashes within the core:desig tag at the tr:secsub1 (or lower) level.
You're all jealous of the cheese's job now, aren't you?
In an attempt to pro-actively counter the invariable sadness that accompanies the cheese's normal work day he has decided to start reading the Garfield comic strip and and catalogue the various...no, wait that's someone else. The cheese has decided to share the misery with all the loyal follower's of the cheese.
Today, the cheese was informed that the Insurance Master Spec Bundle is causing improper spacing of mdashes within the core:desig tag at the tr:secsub1 (or lower) level.
You're all jealous of the cheese's job now, aren't you?
Thursday, March 10, 2005
Open letter of complaint
Dear Mr. Josh "Grant 2000" Grant,
I am sending you this e-mail to request that you cease and desist in the blatant exhibition of my home (http://www.jodag.net/Photography/2005/219/CRW_8652.jpg) on your website jodag.net. I have not given permission for photos of my domicile to be used, nor have a received any monetary compensation. If you do not immediately remove the image from said website I will be forced to pursue legal action.
Sincerely,
James "Hat" Pyle
Thursday, January 13, 2005
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
300 Pages.
The Chronicles have now reached 300 pages as Part 2 nears completion. I know that everyone out in the world of cheese is anxiously awaiting the second installment and you won't have to wait long.
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