topgeargorilla’s blog beyond all understanding

So I haven't written here in ages. I know, it's lame. Anyway, I figure that since I don't necessarily want to get rid of the site, I should consolidate the information should any future job prospects find this Vox account.
Currently I have:
An Uber account that I'll do videogame blogging at: topgeargorilla.uber.com
A Blogger account that I'll never use: topgeargorilla.blogspot.com
Myspace and Facebook

And other sites too. Check out destructoid.com for my community activity, and I just received an internship at LogicTV.com. Wish me luck!

Seriously, I just got back from the most wasted two hours of  my freaking life. Between a stupid Liverpudlian, an irritating Evan Rachel Wood, and a posse of stupid wannabe hippies in a disjointed mess that is an attempt to be relevant and important, all held together by what I'm sure was an astronomically  paid Beatles soundtrack.

God, I hated this movie so much. None of the characters are real, and the are all tossed into a stupid mess of a plot line. Many of the characters, from the lesbian Asian girl, the Janis Joplin singer Sadie, the aforementioned Liverpudlian who is visiting the US, his stupid lover, a wannabe Hendrix, and the dumb lover's irritating boyfriend.

Stay away from this POS movie. If you do have to see this piece of poo with your girlfriend, only enjoy it for the sometimes decent singing that comes out of nowhere. Each main actor sings a lot, but usually they only come through in one song....that is except the Janis character. She sings great. So does the Englishman. Everyone else is mostly drab, and occasionally ok.

K I'm done.

Oh! Mario Galaxy comes out soon!!!!!

So I've just come back from a cruise to Ensenada, Mexico. It was alright, not really my thing, but the best thing to come from it was a chance to just relax and buy some crappy trinkets from Mexico.

On the way back, I decided I'd write a poem for my class, which was an assignment, but I wanted to write one in a Shakespearian Sonnet. So here it is:

Last Road

A long road winding like a darkened stream,
With nothing forward, back, or to the side,
We stare at the sterile blue sky so clean,
The horizon from east to west far wide.
And she and I have little things to say,
Though it is icy discourse at its best.
I used to be able to know what way
To fix what foolish thing I have said lest
I have hurt her; this time will be different.
She cried last night, and now we are far done.
On this road, I cannot, will not, repent,
And she begins her plans for when I am gone.
   The road has now ended, and with it we,
   Together alone, we are coldly free.

I'm really pleased with this, and I hope to come to it in the future.

I LOVE This American Life. Even though it's all over Vox.com, I don't care. It's one of the best shows ever. One day, I'm gonna be on This American Life.

I've been away for a while, and well, that was silly. I've been busy with school like crazy. Also with the OakLeaf, my newspaper at the JC. Well, I've become the videogame journalist which is a blast. Here arethe two that have been published:

http://www.theoakleafonline.com/entertainment/2007/10/02/halo-3-buzz-builds

http://www.theoakleafonline.com/entertainment/2007/10/02/a-look-at-the-summers-most-underated-video-games/

And there you go!

And Weird things happen. right now I'm sitting ere watching Spinal Tap at 10:21 on a Sunday night with a class tomorrow night. Got most of my Homework finished, ahead of the game. Got a loaf of egg nog bread in the oven to eat at around midnite. I'm gonna see a former instructor about a letter of recommendation, which will be sweet, cause I'm trying to get a transfer figured out. Let's see how that turns out...

ok, I'm back. It's been a few days since I last put a new post in, and let's be frank, it was weird. I got over some douchy people issues, and everything is A-OK.

I really wated to write this post at my job, but alas, respiratory ventilators don't make good computers, so here I am now.

Today, I'm heading off to visit my father and my father's side of the family. I don't really know what to expect, but we'll see how it goes. He'll be here in about an hour, so I should be packing for the weekend, but it won't take long, so whatever. Wish me luck!

I saw Alex Soden, a friend of mine, play at Aroma Roasters, my favorite coffee shop in town. A fun night to finish a fun day as I picked up a fantastic RPG called Persona 3. A J-Style RPG with japanese schoolchildren doing spells by blowing their brains out??? Sign me up!!

School starts on Monday (today's Friday) and my books haven't all come in. I haven't got any supplies, but I don't care. I'll get them.....sometime. Speaking of school, theres a concert I'm going to go to on Sept. 17 that's gonna be on the same time as a class. Hmmmmmmm, I gotta work that out......

I met Chris Schwartz, one of the more well known writers for the Press Democrat, yesterday. He seems like a nice enough dude, but it was funny as I've been taking a gym class with him for over a year now. go figure. Maybe it'lll lead to something? I dunno.....

Oops, gotta run. Beast Wars season 1 is almost done and I have to finish it before Dad gets here!

Peace!

What the hell is wrong with people my age?!! Everybody my age in America is mommy-coddled spoiled brats who need people around them to do every fucking thing. It's so damn frustrating; they're so passive aggressive, it drives me nuts! All of the people around me here have preconceived ideas about who I am, they all act completely arrogantly and shitty. In Europe, I had none of this crap, people just met me on my level, and they didn't give a shit if I was different, or how I acted; they liked me for who I am, and I fucking sucks when the people around me my age are such dipshits who need to be dramatic and baby-sat. I'm done. You fuckers can take care of yourselves. Peace the fuck out.

October 3:
Wow, what a freakin spazz this kid is. I'm face palming myself right now....

Alright now, I would never call myself a major Transformers dude. Sure, I was pretty hardcore into the Beast Wars when I was a 10 year-old, but by the time 14 rolled around, I'd kinda moved on. Sure, they were still pretty cool, but my only friend who liked them moved on, and became gay (true story). games were more fun, and 10-20 bucks on an action figure was

Well, that's changed with the recent Transformers movie. I saw it sometime this last weekend. Sure, I was a Beast Wars kid, but that didn't mean I couldn't appreciate the Awesomeness that is the live action Transformers movie. I wanted, no, needed to get my hands on a transformer action figure. I can even remember the last one I bought. It was a transmetal Rattrap that could be a rat, a robot, and a bitchin' rat-car with a whip-tail. i wanted Optimus Prime (of course), but since i was so late to the scene, every figure was sold out. And I mean everywhere. Target, Toys'R'Us, Wal Mart, everywhere. The only cool one was the ambulance dude, and I didn't want that. I wanted a bitchin' Optimus Prime. That would have to wait.

Enter later this week. I still haven't found and Optimus Prime action figure, and a 20 year-old repeatedly going to Toys'R'Us is lame. I went to the web site for the Action Figures, and all of the cool ones are impossible to find, not to mention that the Prime figure is kinda lame. All of the blues and reds are kinda, well, Fischer-Price. Oh well.

 Anyway, later this week I went in search for the Beast Wars DVDs. I'm on a kick right now, so deal with it. Every store in the area is sold out! To top it off, my twin sister couldn't find her copy of Thumbsucker to buy, so both of us were pretty bitter. We hit Target, Wal Mart, Best Buy, FYE, Suncoast, Circuit City, Boarders, all over Santa Rosa. It sucked. Ultimately, I ended up buying season one off of Amazon.com, along with all of my school books, so I saved some cash that way. Really irritating to say the least.

Finally, I stopped at Toys'R'Us. They sell kids movies, and I thought, "what the hell". Checked the games (Lumines 2 for less then 10 bucks) then the action figures. Still no Optimus Prime (sigh* that'll be another day) but they did have Ironside! He's still hard to find, so that was cool. Bought him, and quickly realized how hard they are to transform. They were never this hard as a kid, and I even had the HUGE lion/bird/elephant transformers that would meld together into AWESOME.

Anyway, with a haircut, day turned out to be pretty sweet. Now if only I could get an Optimus Prime figure, I'd be set. There's this really hyper realistic Bumblebee coming out for $80 bucks, but he blows. I want Optimus!

P.S. did any of you out there have the Beast Wars game? I had it, and sold it for a bunch, as it was a limited release, and people were suckers, even though the game was a solid meh. Oh well, Transformers still rock. Can't wait for those DVDs!!!

yep, yesterday was my birthday. Well, it was my birthday and my sisters birthday as well. It's one of those perks of being a twin. We didn't really do much, but it was kinda nice to just run into people, spend time talking and enjoying each others company. I even had a chance to talk to a friend of mine from the UK!

The real treat was the day before my birthday, the 28. Kaela and I drove down to Santa Cruz to go see my old youth pastor, Gabe. Best pastor I ever had, he now owns a comic book shop, and it was nice to just talk. you know, no crap or anything, we just hung out. I even got a comic book out of it (it's the whole Marvel Civil War story line).

It's weird to say it, but my teen years are gone. Good riddance too, it's too complicated. Now, all I have to do is go get to 21, then there will be some real fun!