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Tuesday, November 30, 2004

30 Years Of Joy For The Kiddies 

Hey...no time to talk today. I have another paper to do and I should get away from my desk long enough to eat something and then get me a slurpee and then hit the game store so that I can get mike and Erin's presents. Anyway...the paper shouldn't be that hard to do but I'm thinking that there's going to be a lot of me doing my thing...looks like I'll be spending the last two nights that I'll have at my house actually IN my house. This paper is going to take me down to the wire and I need to be there as late as I can be. That and I think it's kind of appropiate that I stay there the last two nights...I'm all kinds of sentimental like that. The bed I spent most of the last 16 years of my life in and the room I spent most of the last 21 years of my life in. It's weird to finally leave for good. Most of the people that I know that have left their houses they kind of did it out of spite and desire to be seperate from their parents. Not me...I'm very close to my parents...my dad cried when I told him that I was moving out for pete's sake! I'm doing this primarily because it needs to be done. I'm 26...and in my book that's pretty fucking old, and also in my book next to that age is the statement "needs to be the FUCK out of his parent's house...especially if he has a girlfriend". Anyway...this is just kinda weird for me. I need to move out but I really don't see the reason other than the NEED. It's very strange. I'm excided, scared and sad all at the same time. We'll see what the future holds...as always...

Game I last played: Half-Life 2

Tommy "last of the halo slurpee cups" Schubert

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Monday, November 29, 2004

Slog-On My Friends...Slog-On! 

ok I'm back! Kelley told me all about the weekend and the totally awsome party that I missed last week. I really feel bad for missing the party, I would have loved to have been there....and thanks to all of you for showing Kelley a good time at the party. She said that it was the most fun she had in a long time. Thanks a lot. With a special thanks to the two Mikes...you know who you are. Anyway...spent a lot of time with my family in atlanta. Believe it or not I actually spent all of friday on the couch. I shit you not...I woke up and just basically moved around the living room and never left the house. I really wish that I was here and spending my much needed down time with my friends, but at least I'm 20 hours closer to beating Ogre Tactics....and I got to see "The Saw" with my sister. Predictable and kinda lame...but much less so than my family. All jokes aside I really enjoyed seeing them and getting to talk to my aunt. I hear from my dad that she doesn't have much time left (Lyme Disease) so it's really good that we get to see her when she's feeling ok. She wanted to know if I wanted to buy her car....can't decide...it's kinda weird thinking about buying someone's car who's about to die. Yup...I think my entire weekend can be nicely sumed up by this: relatives I missed, GBA SP love, saw The saw, no showers, big-woods roaches, and family. yea!

Obviously a lot of shit happened in the news this week...but frankly I just don't have to time to do it all up nice and tight for you. You're just getting the highlights from the last couple of days. Sorry...there's just too much news out there to get everything so here's the interesting shit...

You want bullets? You got 'em!
And that's all the news I have for you guys today. Now I have to start thinking about what I can get all of you for christmas. Man....I have a lot of people to shop for this year. I mean...I get presents from a lot of you almost every year and being in school and unemployed has really kept me from giving back. This year will be different. I intend to once again make an effort to get everyone gifts. I have done this in the past and I intend to do it again. By the way I AM accepting hair donations...oh! and I have a paper due this week AND I'm moving in this week too. Sooooo don't expect my other posts to be as extensive as this one. Sorry...but that's the way it works.

Game I last played: Paper Mario - The Thousand Year Door
Music in my car as we speak: Yes...STILL the same Rancid Album...but it's really good!

Tommy "needs to turn on his crap in the new apartment" Schubert

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Tuesday, November 23, 2004

What's In A Name? 

Hey. I might have mentioned this earlier in the week, but I'm going to Atlanta to be with my grandparents for Thanksgiving. They aren't doing so well so I'm going to take a break from life and make sure and give them their appropiate due. I hope that all of you have a good thanks giving. Really...I do. I want you all to sit around your dinner tables and look at the people that are in your life and be thankful for them. All of them. You never know when they are going to leave you, and you never know what kind of hole they are going to leave in your life when they are absent. Be thankful for all the friends and family in your life that really love you. That would do anything for you, just because you're you. Don't take that for granted...at least for one day.

Turkey Legs!
Yup...not much going on. I really hope that everything goes well this weekend. I'm going to be down to the wire on a paper when I get back so I really hope that this goes well. Anyway...back to work. Oh...and it seems that I'm not going to get fired.......hopefully, and it would seem that there is still a job over at my mom's place. So that's pretty badass and I'm going to get that resumé finished before I leave. So that's good news. I'm officially losing my hair, Dr says so. Pills on the way. Hopefully the hair will come back. I know it loves me.

Tommy "done" Schubert


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Monday, November 22, 2004

Harnessing the Best of Childhood to Obtain Maximum Adulthood 

Hey everyone. I think the title for today really sums up my goal in life. Yup...so don't be suprised if you see that as the new catch phrase of the website sometime soon. All in all it's been a freaking horrible day. I mean...I handle horrible days pretty damn well by nature but this one is just the pits. Ok...just to clarify my underlying situation: my job is naturally stressful and overall "bad" therefore intrinsically my days are bad. Today however is worse. Check this out. So...I was working on my car all weekend right? right. Basically rebuilt the entire left rear brake system and them mostly rebuild the right rear. So...finishing up the two-day job, I finger tight all the nuts on the last wheel and lower it to the ground...well...I never went back and tightened all the nuts. So on my way to kelley's house I notice that "something" is feeling a little weird back there. Get to her house and find that I'm now MISSING a nut and all the others are about to fall off. Basically if I had taken the highway I would have died because my fucking wheel would have fallen off...in the rain. So...lesson? I'm an idiot. So after driving around the rest of the evening I find out that my wheel just isn't going to stay on for any length of time. So I bust out all the shit that I had already put away and then put it in my passanger seat. Tighten my nuts at every stop. Fuck.

Moving on to this morning: I woke up specifically so that I could get to the Nissan store (the nuts for my wheels are very expensive and unique to my car) and buy a new nut. Not a problem. I go out to the car and start to put the nut on. It gets really tight WAY before it should so I try and get it off....it won't come off. Awsome. So I try a little harder knowing full well what's about to happen and sure enough: it does. My stud sheers right off stud tip stuck in nut. Six dollar nut useless 5 minutes after buying it. More work on my car in my near future AND it starts to rain on me...hard. I pack all my shit up jack my car down and head to work. Yup...not even at work yet. Well...it only gets marginally worse. When I get to work I manage to lock my keys in my car with the radio on. Awsome....did I mention that it was still raining?? yeah...and that was just the beginning of my day.

Bullets...
Ok...I gotta get back to work. Nothing new on the gaming or the music side. I'm still playing HL2 and I'm still listening to the same rancid CD.

Tommy "the end of it all" Schubert

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Sunday, November 21, 2004

Take Five Everybody! 

Hey...I'm taking a break from Half-Life 2 to write this short weekend update. Nothing really in the news department for this weekend...oh WAIT! That's right...the Nintendo DS came out today! HOOOOOWW could I have forgotten abou that??!! Ok...I'm not good at getting people to understand that I'm being sarcastic over the internet....sorry. Yup! The DS came out today and just like the launch titles of the GBA there really aren't any that really shine too much. That's kinda sad really. The best game that the reviewers seem to like at this time is Super Mario 64 DS. This is also the one that I want so it's really not that big of a suprise. Basically...I'm not going to give you any real suggestions for what to buy. The reviews are all over the place for all the games. Some really slanted opinions are floating around and you best bet for picking a game to ask for this christmas is once again to his GameRankings. They remain the best place to get a good over view of what's out there and what all the reviewers think of it. All-in-All I'm really excited and I'm not very happy about waiting the MONTH to get my hands on my own. Ugh.

Most of the weekend was sadly devoted to my car. I had a lot of work to do on the rear brakes. But it's all done now. It took two days BUT I have to say one thing: you guys remember the incessant clacking from my back brakes? yeah...gone. It's really weird considering that they have been clacking for 6 years now. Weird. Anyway...my hands are raw and my muscles hurt. We had a lot of work to do. And then it rained on us yesterday so we had to stop for the day. Joy. I hate it when entire weekends are taken up by working on the car.

Kelley and I got out of the house on friday and hung out at mockingbird station downtown. I'll be god damned if that place isn't totally cool to hang out at! Nothing really to say about that other than we had a really good time and will be going back. Then last night we went out and saw Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason. It was about as good as the origional. If you liked the first, see the second.

Then today I was working on Ed's computer and playing HL2 in between load times. But all in all boring day. Want to see the Sponge Bob movie...yeah...

Tommy "Tech Guy" Schubert

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Friday, November 19, 2004

What Are You Doing To Change That? 

Well...I'm going to be very busy this weekend doing "me" stuff so you aren't going to get very hefty updates. Enjoy the relative silence and the over-abundance of news.

Sawblade!
yup that's all I've got for this evening. Expect something similar tomorrow. Basically I didn't get any time to myself last weekend and I'm taking that time to myself this weekend. I have a lot of work to do on my car and I have to play some more Half-Life 2. Catch you guys later!

Tommy "time for MYself not YOURself" Schubert

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Thursday, November 18, 2004

Just Like 12 Years Ago 

So anyway...I went to Gamestop yesterday and played the DS. I have several comments but not all of them are good. The damn thing "handles" like a dream. The touch screen is VERY responsive. I played a little Metroid : Hunters - First Hunt, and let me tell you. The control was sensitive enough and intuitive enough to say that if Nintendo plays their cards right they have one hell of a First Person Shooter machine on their hands. It was really easy to control the aim and really easy to move around. It really was like I was playing on my computer. Except for one thing. The graphics are definately below "top-notch"...this is not a good thing. I haven't quite decided if it's going to be a bad thing or not though. Considering that Metroid hunters is just a demo I really want to get my hands on a final game at this point. I am keeping my fingers crossed that the demo was just the beginning and that developers can push much more out of that hardware. Here's me keeping my fingers crossed. The graphics aside it was much lighter than I thought it would be and on top of that the construction felt sturdy, which I didn't expect. All in all I'm severely impressed. And on that note there should be a demo of the system in every game store and in every store that sells electronics. You owe it to yourself to go and check it out and post your impressions in the comments section.

As to Half-Life 2. I am enjoying it beyond measure. The level design is akin to nothing I have seen before. The beauty inherent in the game is something impossible to take for granted. It basically performs, looks and sounds just like you would think the real world would in a game. It's not perfect...but it's about the closest I have ever seen. I realize that these words are very big. I don't know what else to say other than: It's the truth...check it out for yourself. And on that note the game itself runs flawlessly on even Dx7 cards. Basically if you have a video card from 4 years ago still...it will probably run just fine. There's a DirectX comparison over at IGN.

I'm on new medication. This time he has me on the generic of some other medication that I just can't seem to spell right. I think that the brand name starts with an A. No promises. I'll let you know what I think of the medication later this week.

"They're Shelling Us!" -guy about to be eaten my headcrab
That's enough news for today. I'm sure there's going to be some more tomorrow so keep your pants on. Thank god tomorrow is friday. I'm just fucking tired of this week....more on that tomorrow.

Tommy "I miss job security...not that I ever had it..." Schubert

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Wednesday, November 17, 2004

There is Shit That Doesn't Stink... 

Hey...this is a quickie. Nothing particularly of interest coming down the pipe so the news is gonna continue to collect until tomorrow. Tonight however I need to get my ass to sleep. I'm still really tired from the other night. I played a lot of Half-Life 2 tonight and if he doesn't mind I'm going to approximate a quote from Moen: (I stress approximate) "Yeah...I got to play it. It's amazing. It's going to be the game that gamers look to for comparison in the future. It's the new benchmark for gaming interactivity." Well...that's pretty close to what he said. And accurate to the letter or not, I agree completely. I feel no other reason to mention anything else about it tonight. Maybe I'll expound tomorrow if I get a lunch break.

Oh! I got to play with a DS today!! I'll have impressions about that tomorrow. And now that I think about it I have meetings all through lunch time tomorrow so I'll be updating after I get home...I'll try and do it before I hut the HL2...but no promises...

Music in my car as we speak: Rancid - Out Come the Wolves
Game I last played: Half-Life 2

Tommy "out" Schubert


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Tuesday, November 16, 2004

The Elite Gamers Make Better Pies 

Hey everyone. Paper completed and in about an hour will be turned in! With any luck I'll then be on my way home to fire up Half-Life 2 (again...don't tell kelley!). Last night I played through a couple of sections basically with my mouth wide open. Within about 15-20 minutes of game time I just couldn't believe what I was seeing. It really felt like a real world. Anyway...if you want to see it and you didn't get it for yourself or you computer just can't hack it, just gimme a call...I'd be glad to show off what Twenty Black can do. Anyway...this is a news only day. I'm too far behind and I just don't have that much time left before class starts. Here you go.

Crowbar! (not a gun or in any way associated with firearms but...ya know...It's Half-Life 2 day!)
That's all I got. I don't have time to expound and I'm really sorry I had to cut out so much news. I hope you all hit the gaming sites on the sidebar every once in a while anyway so it shouldn't matter. I'm back to my duties tomorrow. I promise. But I think the update will probably be after work because I have another Dr appointment tomorrow morning. Laters!

Tommy "running his paper out the door as we speak!" Schubert

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Bloodshot 

Hey. Paper done. Half-Life 2 Unlocked.

Teen Titans...GO!

Tommy "mommy it hurts" Schubert

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Sunday, November 14, 2004

Royal Palace Afterburners 

Hate to tell you guys this, but I have a paper that's due on Tuesday. It's not going well...to say the least. So this is a post to tell you that there's not going to be any posting until this paper is done, however I promise a post by at the latest Wednesday night. There are distinct possibilities that I'll have a post up tomorrow at work...but I don't know and I can't promise. This paper is really screwing up my schedule...even my work schedule. And I might have to skip off to school during my lunch hour to get a library card. Anyway...rambling aside. Get ready for Half-Life 2 to unlock on the 16th and there should be a Nintendo DS display at a Best Buy near you as we speak. If you get your hand on a DS in the next couple of days I would really appreciate it if you would post your impressions in the comments section of this post. Thanks guys....I'm typing this paper as fast as I can...I promise.

Music in my car as we speak: Sloppy Seconds - Destroyed
Game I last played: World of Warcraft (which is hella fun by the way!)

Tommy "fucking stinks!" Schubert

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Friday, November 12, 2004

Cultural Diversity 

I'm back. Sorry for missing the post yesterday. I'm sure none of you noticed. I just had a really busy day and just couldn't make this a priority. I tried...but some days people are more important. But anyway, just thought I would pop in here and do this real quick. I have a hand full of news and a couple of interesting things happened to me lately. Hummm...let's see...what are the most important things that I need to tell you all? How about this: I think that I am going to be a Reality Therapist. I know that sounds pretty odd to those of you who don't know what it means but I'll give you a quick overview. The theory basically holds that all people make decissions and that these choices determine their mood and their situation. On the surface this theory seems really mundane and obvious and maybe a little flawed. Well...it is a LITTLE flawed but I still like it, and since we're going to be expected to us integrated therapy in our actual practice it's really expected that you would pick a main theory and then build off of that with parts from other theories. I know it's really confusing but it's really exciting to me. It would seem that I have been using reality theory in my own life for a really long time. Then to find out that it's an actual theory and I didn't make it up like I thought I did was a real shocker and at the same time really invigorating. Anyway...boring Psych stuff...now on to personal drama!

I told my mother that I was moving out last night. The discussion that followed that announcement was the main reason why I didn't post yesterday. She's not very happy with me. She's kinda mad that I didn't want to move in with my sister but I kinda understand that. But she just doesn't understand that in the long run this is better for me. Anyway...she's still kinda miffed so I'm sure I 'll have to deal with that when I get home tonight. It's my dad's birthday today! He turns 54...so if you want to call him and wish him a happy birthday that would be cool and I'm sure he would appreciate it. Anyway...enough of this self-absorbed crap now it's time for the news! (Though some of it is old)

Bullets!
Ok...and now it's time for me to address some rumors that I have been circulating. Don't think I didn't notice them because I didn't put them in the news. As far as I'm concerned rumors are not news. But I will mention them here when I can. It would seem that when a SINGLE site posts that they heard that the Xbox Next is going to have 3 versions everyone thought it was news. I'm sorry. That wasn't a press release so I'm not going to put it in my news section nor am I going to post a link. You can find that information anywhere because everyone is all buzzing about it just like Microsoft wants. Just so you don't think I'm being hard on the Xbox there is also a rumor going around that Half-Life 2 and the Nintendo DS are both going to be released early. It's a rumor. There: I've perpetuated it. Does it really matter if either are released early? Not to me. I have a paper to write this weekend. Anyway...rumor mill out of business!

No games and no music. It was a sad day yesterday.

Tommy "the self-perpetuating myth" Schubert

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Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Refusing To Be Considered Immature 

Hey everyone...as you might be able to tell from the title I'm not having a good day. Well...I take that back...I was actually having a good day despite staying at work late and everything. My mood was really up. But then...well...have you every had those days where everything was great when they should have been bad (namely work) and then when you get home to relax where everything should have been great the day just goes to shit. Yeah...having one of those. It's really not a big deal. I'll figure it out on my own. Just...aaaarrrrgh! Anyway...I appologize that you doing get any details. And this really isn't something that's going to matter by the time you read this so don't bother calling. I just needed to start the post this way.

Here are your bullets...no...no flare today:
That's prettymuch everything for today. Sorry I was just too busy at work to post for lunch and sorry for the letdown at the beginning of the post. Such is life. Anyway. Just so you know I took Mike's advice and made all the links pop into a new window. Let me know if this is annoying or anything. Thanks guys!

Music in my car as we speak: still sick...
Game I last played: Mario Sunshine (64 shines now! WooHoo!)

Tommy "is who he is" Schubert

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Tuesday, November 09, 2004

Verification of Employment 

Hey everyone. How are you all? I'm fine. Finished Blue Shift yesterday. It was pretty cool but suprisingly short. But that's actually a good thing in this situation. It's the first game that I've had the time to go through from beginning to end since I started working here. That's nice. Well...I take that back. I think I finished off Painkiller since I started working here. That was a pleasant experience as well. So basically I've been going around trying to finish off the games that have been causing me trouble lately. Namely Metroid Prime. I'm determined to finish that fucking game before the new one comes out next week. I have basically all of the pick ups, I'm just kinda stuck at the last boss. Not really stuck so much as frustrated beyond my ability to complete the game. I tried twice to beat her last night. Basically I just didn't have the extra patience to try more than that. Those marathon bosses really just piss me off, and the fact that the nearest save point ISN'T on her doorstep really doesn't help my frustration level either. It's not like she's hard...really...I'm just incredeble rusty with the control scheme and I don't think I have enough spare frustration points to spend on beating her at this time. Especially during the week. Maybe this weekend. On top of that I don't have a copy of Metroid:Fusion anymore so I'm not going to be able to get the fusion suit when I beat it. Oh well...I'll still have Mario Sunshine to play. Oh...and just so you know I'm in the party that feels that sunshine is a very good and well done game. It just gets hard and frustrating a little too often for me to go through and beat it all in one shot. Though because of my frustration with Prime I went in and got past a level(in Sunshine) that was causing real trouble. That cleared the way for a couple more shines. That's nice. Maybe that game will hold some more interest for me yet. It does still blow my mind how fun and good looking the games on my Cube are. Ah that felt good...!

Sorry about the topic for today. If you remember I really haven't talked about games in a really long time so I would say that it's ok for today :) I just need to dork out every once in a while and I figure I can do it here just as well as anyplace else.

Incoming!
I would say that was enough good news for one day! I really hope that some of you check out firefox, steam and WoW. These are all really cool bits of news and I hope I'm not the only one excited about getting home and downloading some of that shit. But then again...maybe I am...such is the life of the über-dork. Later guys! Dork-out for me sometime this week...do it to know you're alive!

Music in my car as we speak: Still NPR...I don't listen to music when I'm sick.
Game I last played: Mario Sunshine. With 55 shines, how can I stop now??

Tommy "über-dork extraordinaire!" Schubert

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Monday, November 08, 2004

"It's Not You I'm Worried About..." 

It's been a weird day. I didn't wake up on time. I really felt like crap and didn't even want to go to work today. I just really felt sick to my stomach but I knew that it was just drainage and I needed to get my shit together and get to work...so...'round about 9:15 I decided to get outta bed and do my thing. It's kinda funny the way that worked. I was basically sick and shouldn't have come in...but I did. I got to work an hour and forty-five minutes late and no one cared. Yup...no one even noticed. I didn't do any work this morning. I was just much too tired and not feeling well. I guess that's good for you guys because I was right on top of the news, but honestly there really isn't anything to report today of much importance. I'm dealing with day two of my decision to move out. We'll see how that goes over with my mom here in a couple of days.

Oh! I would like to personally thank a good friend of mine, Karin. You can find the link to her Blog on the sidebar. In one of her recent posts she mentioned the problems I have been having and made me realize that I'm really not the only one experiencing it. And then she put another spin on it that I didn't think about and it really helped me get the situation into perspective. Just wanted to thank her. Thanks Karin!

Other than that I've been hacking all day and not having a very good day. I'm really glad that I have a scheduled appointment this afternoon and don't really have to worry about my bench today. Anyway...let's get on with the news so I can get the hell outta here and end my fucking day at work! oi!

Fuel-Cell Launcher!
Ok...like I said I've been boring today so that's really all I have. Take it easy.

Music in my car as we speak: Ditto
Game I last played: BlueShift (Though Jared has convinced me that I need to replay Metroid Prime again. Expect to see that here soon.)

Tommy " Thanks again Karin!" Schubert

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Sunday, November 07, 2004

Deposit THIS Bitches! 

Hey everyone...just thought I woulf jump in here throw you some personal news and then hit you with some dork news. But first the personal news...as always. Well...it looks like I'm finally getting the fuck outta my house. Yup! I signed a lease with Dan earlier this afternoon and we move into some camden apartments on the first of December. It should be really nice. There are about 6 apartments at the same street corner but we picked the one that doesn't look like there's going to be a drug dealer living next door. That should be nice. The apartment is pretty close to kelley. Pretty close to a 7/11 and pretty close to putt-putt but more importantly pretty close to the arcade INSIDE putt-putt! The rent is doable and all that so I'm really not worried. Actually I see my parent's reaction a little more troubling than anything else. I really think that my dad took it pretty hard. I don't think he was expecting me to move out so soon and god knows I haven't told my mom...who knows how she'll take it and I'm really not ready to tell her. Oi! Anyway..going to be a very strained week I have a feeling. But I'll feel a lot better when my parent's get behind me on this one. I'll really need their support to make this a smooth transition without any bitterness. So yeah...that's what happened today with me and I really hope my parents come around quickly...I just don't want to deal with their negativity. Anyway...I suppose that you are all getting your official house warming invite now. We should be doing something very soon after our finals. So be ready!

Ready for THIS!?
Yeah...I know...Kind of a boring weekend. And it went by REALLY fast. Oh well...at least I got to have a little fun and stayed up most of last night talking with kelley. We haven't done that in a really long time and it felt really good. I highly recommend that you spend an entire night talking to someone soon. It really makes you feel better when you're down.

Music in my car as we speak: The Riverdales - Storm The Streets
Game I last played: BlueShift

Tommy "in the gethoooo" Schubert

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Saturday, November 06, 2004

Contraband 

Ok...today is going to be a pretty standard saturday update. Moderate news left over from yesterday mixed in with a little opinion. Be ready though...this time I brought pictures. Click the Pictures to see the origional size.
This is a picture of Cait's Link outfit from halloween. It was pretty badass.






This is the top of my now crazy Gamecube. You can see the signatures of Wil Wheaton(along the right side), Scott Kurtz (middle bottom), and the two Penny-Arcade guys Gabe and Tycho. I'm very proud so please don't laugh.




Obviously this is Skull and Brent from PVP, drawn by the artist himself.






And finally Cole and Francis. They were also drawn by the artist himself. (Just so you guys know I can only spend so long fucking with the layout of a post. Therefore instead of trying to get this text to align to the right side I have just typed a bunch of bullshit and MADE it go to the right side...thank you...)



I'm really not trying to show off I just really thought that I would share. That's really all I had. It took me a really long time to figure out what I was doing and how to get the file sizes down and formatting and all that crap. I'll give you all the news and other updates tomorrow. Oh..and I don't seem to have any pictures of my Luigi costume available. I'm really sorry. Later gators!

Music in my car as we speak: Screeching Weasel - Beat is on the Brat
Game I last played: Katamari Damacey (beat it! Totally awsome!)

Tommy "yup lost 'em" Schubert

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Friday, November 05, 2004

Shocking and Influential 

Just a quickie before the weekend starts and I get to leave work. If you didn't notice my activity on the net today has been pretty extensive this afternoon. Both my afternoon appointments canceled. Soooo....I took the time to read my new GameInformer that came last week and had the chance to update my links on the side bar. Please welcome Shacknews an offshoot of Fileshack that really seems to have a good handle on gaming news and updates frequently throughout the day. Give them a click! Say hello as well to the infamous Slashdot. I was pretty sure that you had all heard of it before so I hadn't put it up but then I realized that there was a very good chance that some of you hadn't heard of it at all. Slashdot is really good for news all around. The shit that slips through the cracks. There's a branch of Slashdot for everyone: Politics, Science, Gaming, Apple, Books and, believe it or not, many more! You should really check them out. Anyway...time to leave early. You can expect pictures of my gamecube this weekend and hopefully my luigi costume as well. Oh and don't forget the one on the chamber!
I'm off....and just so you know: I think I'm done feeling down about myself. I don't have a solution yet...but I have some ideas...

Tommy "You can touch me...Down There..." Schubert

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I Think The Queers Say It Best in Track 2 

Hey everyone. I know it's been a really weird week and I'm really sorry. Just having a little crisis over here but I think it's in its last day or so. I hope. I have just been feeling really nostalgic lately and a multitude of things caused it. Too many to get into right now. But to sum it all up I hung out with a couple of 16 year olds the other day. Yup! Basically I slipped back into highschool mode for about 2 hours. It was really nice. I actually had the more fun talking to them than I've had in a really long time. But then later on that evening and for the last couple of days I realized that all the things I said to them were true. All the things that I talked passionately about I'm actually passionate about. And basically seeing my passion reflected in their passion for the same subjects made me realize that my life is seriously missing something that I didn't know it was missing....Shared Passion. Now now...I'm not talking about sweaty bodies here...I'm just talking about passion. Getting the chance to talk for 2 hours in a complete state of excitement with another person or persons. Feeding off the people you are talking to and vice versa. Forgetting the time becuase of the topics of conversation. not caring about work or homework just so you can keep the conversation going. I...I haven't had a conversation like that in a really long time. Hell...before the other night I really can't remember the last time. I was just down about all that. And my inability to think of a solution to the situation. All my über-dork friends moved away and I just kind of felt like I was losing touch with myself. I wanted to have those conversations again. I wanted to get to talk with people that have the same passions that I do. But all the people around me just don't seem to have the same level of passion that I do about the same subjects. People are moving on. Getting caught up in work and school and significant others...frankly...becoming "adults". And I spent the week wrestling with my position on the situation. Was I an adult? Did I want to be an adult? What does it really mean to be an adult? I mean...I don't like the things that people consider "adult interests". I don't "party" or anything that implies. I'm not trying to build my empire through the stock market. I don't want to start a family. My whole life isn't caught up in the newspaper. I don't care about status quo. Shit...I'm just REALLY confused about my life and my future. Sorry...I'm really trying to get my thoughts out here so I can sit back and look at them and try and get a better idea of what the hell the solution might be. Are any of you being faced with this problem? I mean the "new friends" solution is basically out of the question. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to find huge dorks that are also punk rockers? Easy? Ok...now try finding a huge dork who's a punk rocker AND doesn't drink or smoke....yeah...exactly. Do you see the problem yet? I haven't seen completely eye to eye with another person in a really long time....since college I guess...maybe before that. I don't remember. Anyway...basically I was missing all the fun that my life used to be full of. Now it's just full of work and school and pretending I'm someone I'm not. It's just no fun at all. I wish...nah...I have a thousand wishes and they aren't worth talking about. I'm not really depressed today so don't think I am. I'm actually in solution mode so my mind has been wandering all over the place trying to think of something that might be a solution to this. It's good to get this kinda shit out. And I really appreciate you all, I'm just being weird this week. That's all. Pay me no mind.

Nail gun!
Music in my car as we speak: The Queers - Don't Back Down
Game I last played: No dice...it was a gameless day yesterday...sadly :(

The Incredibles opens today. I'm going to see it no matter how much less like an adult I'm going to feel doing it. Shoot me a line if you want to go too.

Tommy "Oh...oh I won't" Schubert


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Thursday, November 04, 2004

I'm a Wart, a Big Fat Wart...of Worry... 

Well...kelley finally calmed down. So you can all stop worrying. It would seem that her mom had a little (read big) freak out. Now...all I have to do is stop worrying about Cait. I can talk about it because I'm pretty sure she doesn't read this. She's left at home with her mom right in the middle of a big freak out. I really hope that she's doesn't get the brunt of that. But I'm pretty sure she will so I'll just sit here and worry until I hear that she's doing better :(

Music in my car as we speak: The Queers - Move Back Home

Tommy "worried...don't worry about it" Schubert

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I Can't Believe She Said That To You... 

Hey everyone. I have to make this quick. I have a lot of news to give out and I really need to be at Kelley's five minutes ago for some damage control. Not good stuff people, but at least it's not my mess this time. Anyway...straight to the bullets. No nonsense.
That's it...I have GOT to run. Kelley needs me right now. I haven't played any games and I've moved on to listening to the Queers. Rejoice!

Tommy "FUCK!!!" Schubert


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Wednesday, November 03, 2004

Personal Anthems 

Hey everyone. Ya know how I was kinda down the other day about something I really couldn't mention? Yeah...I'm down again. It's been an ok day though...but I have a lot of work to do and they have started firing people around here. Awsome. I don't really expect to be here much longer actually. I really think that I'm on their hit list and they are going to come by any minute now and let me go. So that really doesn't help my feelings at the moment. And my hands and feet are perpetually cold again. Awsome...I love you winter. I guess I'm just in a bad mood. Doesn't really help anything going on right now. Though I do have this uncanny ability to cheer up when other people are down, it really doesn't last forever. So I'm sure I'll feel like life is peachy keen as soon as I get over to kelley's. She's been throwing tantrums every afternoon because she can't stand to even be in her house. And frankly I'm just not really fit enough to deal with it completely. She wants me to be all missing her and stuff but man...when she has that attitude of just outright anger for seemingly NO reason...it's really hard to miss her. But that's just another thing that has me feeling bad...not the main one. Being incapable of missing your girlfriend considering the situation really is just the icing on the cake. Ugh...needless to say I have been using my dashboard as a confessional this afternoon and every evening home from kelley's house. Pooring my heart out to my stearing wheel and then just beltin' out Everclear songs over and over again. It's working a little but I don't think that they made enough good albums to get rid of what I'm dealing with. Watching Lost in Translation seemed to help...maybe I can rent it or buy it and try that one on for size. Oh! and I still have to watch Fifth Element. So there's hope yet I guess. Crap...I wish I could talk about it here...but I just can't no matter how I slice it. I kinda wish kelley read my blog...but no matter how hard I try and get her to read it she just doesn't seem to want to. She thinks it's stupid I guess. I don't know. But after this slightly bitter post I'm sure she would ask a lot of questions that I really didn't want her to ask...so I'll wait till this post gets a little further down the page before I try and talk her into reading again.

What I want to know today is this: what do you guys do as a ritual when you are feeling depressed? And album you listen to, a place you go, a person you talk to, a movie you watch? Anything? I would really like to know. I'm bustin' out the big guns for this one and I might need more help than Bruce Willis, Milla Jovavich and Everclear(the band...duh) can give me. I really do feel like I connect with that movie and those two albums. Something about surviving, risking it all for love, and going against the grain and doing what's right. Internal insperational monologues are all over Sparkle and Fade and So Much for The Afterflow. Let me give you two of my favorite examples of this: "You're posessed with a power bigger than the pain" and "Don't fall down now, you will never get up". Now I'm sure there are some fans out there that know the songs that these are from and KNOW that they can't possibly pertain to me and my life. Since the first is about sticking with who you love even though she's black, and the second is about the artist's struggle with addiction, you would probably be right. They don't pertain directly to my life. But those words and the conviction that he says them with are really just inspiring for me. I just sit there in the car listening to those songs over and over again. Hearing the stories of all those people that didn't make it in the real world and knowing that someone made it out alive (the artist) really makes me a little more humble about my situation. I don't know again...I didn't get much sleep last night either so I'm sure there's some kind of influence on my post for today by my lack of sleep. On that note...sorry guys...I'll stop...

Here are your bullets! Save one for yourself. (sorry...just being morbid)
Ok...I'm done talking for today...thanks for listening folks.I like to think that it helps me just to get it out in the open. I know most of you are going to quit reading after this. I understand. I wouldn't want to read some guy's bullshit about his life either. Who would? Anyway...enough complete crap from me. Eat this:

Music in my car as we speak:Everclear - Sparkle and Fade
Game I last played: Blue Shift

Thomas "man...I love Bill Murray" Schubert

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Tuesday, November 02, 2004

Diamond in the *RUFF!* 

Hey everyone...hope you had the chance to vote. I know I have been slacking the last couple of days with the content of my posts. But I'm going to take what little time I have left in my day to welcome any newcomers from over seas! and for ANYONE who might be logging in right now from over on the WEST SIDE of town. Please don't laugh at my weblog...I know it looks pathetic. Any suggestions would be appreciated. anyway...I have been missing bullets for a couple of days. Got a little backed up. Please ignore this post if you are visiting for the first time...its usually not this disjointed and I promise tomorrow will be more interesting...so don't forget to come back!

BULLETS!
And for those of you who have never tuned into our show before that was the news. It usually comes with every daily post but lately I have been slacking off. that's really yesterday's news but I just didn't have to time to get it out. Anyway. I really need to get to bed. I'll catch you guys later.

Music in my car as we speak: Blümchen still...I don't know...I just don't feel like changing it. Why would I when I can sing at the top of my lungs and feel like a real German techno-pop star? Exactly.
Game I last played: Blue Shift

Tommy "wishes he had a mattress like that" Schubert

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What to Do in Case of an Emergency 

Vote!

And if you don't know where to Vote then hit these links and look up the places in your area to get the deed done.

Poll Operation times by state: Here

Find your polling place by state. Be aware that most of these sites are getting KILLED right now so they will either be slow or unresponsive. Go Anyway.

Tommy "for god's sake...stop reading and go vote!" Schubert

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Monday, November 01, 2004

Coin Flip, Acid Trip 

Hey...believe it or not the post is going to be more important than the news today and since I don't have that much time to talk you can probably expect the news to come either later today or tomorrow. On with the show.

Have you ever wanted something so bad you could actually taste it? Feel it in your heart? Feel it in your hand? Have you ever wanted something that bad? I'm not just talking about objects. I'm talking about dream jobs, dream locations to live, dream friends, anything. Well did you get it? Good for you...but let's say you didn't get it. Let's say that it would be impossible to get without throwing away everything that makes you happy and taking a giant leap of faith. No way to insure if you're going to get what it is that you're leaping for. As a matter of fact before hand you KNOW that it's actually extremely unlikely to get what it is you want. But you can still taste it. You can still see it in your mind. You can imagine what it would be like if you had it and having it is the best you have ever felt in your life. Think about that for a minute. Feel what it is that you want. Know you can never have it. Try that. It kinda hurts inside doesn't it. Hurts right in the center of your chest. Or maybe puts a lump in your throat. That's what I want you all to think about today. Think about the potential for ultimate happiness and then think about the greatest cost for that happiness. Would you do it? Would you throw your life off your sholders like an old jacket and run for that cliff? Would you? Could you? I don't know the answer myself. I just wanted to talk about it.

What put this into my head? I'm not quite sure...but I think it was Lost in Translation. I have seen it a couple of times and I really like it. I think it's just about the loneliest movie I have ever seen in my life. I was in a contemplative state when I caught the last 20 minutes of it last night and the unheard things that Bill Murray says to the chick at the very end really stuck with me. Was he taking that leap? Was he arranging to meet her back in the states? Or was he just informing her that he's going to do the "right" thing and stick with the status quo. I don't know. I really don't know. They obviously had something special and his life back at home was obviously stagnating. It's just a really sad movie for me and that last scene and the expressions on the faces really stuck with me this time. Anyway...just wanted to talk about it a little. See what you guys think. But I would REALLY prefer that you thought about how the above paragraph pertains to your life and please don't relate it to Lost in Translation. I know that something like this has happened to everyone out there and I just wanted to know what you though. Thanks guys...I don't think I got enough sleep last night and thinking about deep and sappy bullshit is just what I do when that happens. I 've been a lump at work all morning with nothing to do but think about this. Anyway. Enjoy the exercise in personal pain and loss.

Music in my car as we speak: Ditto...yeah...I REALLY like that album(Herzfrequenz). But on days like this I really prefer Everclear so I'm sure that will show up on tomorrow's post.
Game I last played: Temple of Elemental Evil

Tommy "likes to beat himself up...you know...emotionally" Schubert

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