Asshole Mario

Alright check this out, this is guaranteed to increase your blood pressure. I felt a tingling in my arms several times while watching this.

It's essentially the most masochistic person in the world who is also a game playing WIZARD playing a level designed by his friend, the most sadistic person in the world who is also a game design GENIUS. If I were playing the game, I'd be taking a break to beat the designer about the head with a board with a nail in it. By the end of the 20-odd videos, I'd be in the hospital. So would the creator, at MY HANDS. But seriously, it's worth watching them all when you have a bored moment free.

MARIO INSANITY

Insane Hands Free Mario Level AND MORE

It's hard enough to make a hands-free Mario level, but this is SO MUCH MORE. The music sync must have taken so much time... It looks to me like Mario is propelled forward on those rope conveyor belts, and some are hidden in the scenery. Makes this poster really hit home, huh?



Yoshi as a tool ::sad face::

Music Player

I added a music player on my side bar!! >>>

It's set to NOT autoplay cuz there are few things I hate more than suddenly jumping in the air from random music BLASTING on a website I just browsed to and the subsequent scramble to find a Stop button hidden somewhere amidst the flash and ads. Currently it has only the song from the previous post. I'll add more as inspiration hits.

I love the "hemp" skin for the player =) Reminds me of my long-time AIM buddy icon. It used to be a rotating globe... anyone know why it isn't spinning anymore??

The Air That I Breathe

by the Hollies

If I could make a wish
I think I'd pass
can't think of anything i need....

no cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound
nothing to eat, no books to read
making love with you
has left me peaceful, warm and tired
what more could I ask

there's nothing left, to be desired
peace came upon me and it leaves me weak
so sleep, silent angel
go to sleep........

Sometimes
all I need is the air that I breathe
and to love you
all I need is the air that I breathe
just to love you
all I need is the air that I breathe.......

Peace came upon me
and it leaves me weak
so sleep silent angel
go to sleep.......

I slept an extra 4 hours today because of the SEXY dreams! How appropriate that this song pops up. Sexy dreams should come every night.

DANGER cat bites!

80% of them get infected.... that's not to mention WILD cat bites. If I die of rabies, I'm sorry to everyone I've wronged. Really I am!

Anyways, help me pick a hair colour.











Red, Brown, Peacock (brown layer on top, iridescent green, blue purple layers underneath)

Touch My Body

Mariah Carey's new music video! Bahaha. She's looking good too... hundreds of thousands of dollars of plastic surgery does wonders to a person. But I'd say she came out perfectly curvalicious.

I Love the World! Discovery Channel Commercial

The grin on Mac's (Future Weapons) face while shooting his large splodey thing is PRICELESS. And of course mmmmmm Bear ::droooooool::

Eri Imai

So purty... take her home with me...

Detox!

Ok, Round 2 of the "lemon detox diet" / "beyonce detox."

The reason I did this the first time was because I felt ridiculously bloated after every meal, and when I ate out often I'd develop hives on the sides of my hips where the "love handles" are. Looking it up, it sounded like the bloating was caused by decreased function of the liver and the rash was from toxin build-up in my fat deposits. (If your liver gets backed up due to ingesting lots of preservatives/alcohol/etc, toxins get backed up in your body, causing water retention and toxin build-up. Toxins are stored in fatty deposits, so since the first place that I gain weight is in my love handles, the toxins were concentrated there, causing the rash.)

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I'm going to do a summary of the important points about it, and how it worked for me below, ignore if you're not interested:

This detox is supposed to flush the toxins from your body. It's designed as a fast, where you eat/drink nothing but lemon water with maple syrup and cayenne pepper for 7-10 days. (Although there are modifications that are supposed to enhance the detox involving laxative tea in the morning and salt washes at night.) After the stuff permeates your system, the toxins are supposed to ... "purge" from your body in a watery black tarry form.

This thing is super popular these days, mainly because of how much Beyonce slimmed down on it for the movie Dreamgirls. She supposedly lost 20 lbs in 14 days. But it's NOT designed as a weight loss solution, although one of the side effects is slight decrease in water weight/retention. Because of the restrictions on your diet, anyone who loses weight on this will just gain it back again when they go back to their regular eating habits. In other words, if you really do need to lose weight, this is just a good enhancement, maybe to try near the beginning of a diet regimen to cleanse yourself before entering into the real deal and maintaining a no-preservative diet. As for me, I only intended to slim down my bloated areas a bit, and for that it worked perfectly.


Standard "Lemon Detox Fast" :

Ingredients:

1. 8 oz. spring water
   
2. 1/4 or 1/2 fresh-squeezed lemon
3. 1-2 tbsps Grade B Maple Syrup
   
4. A pinch of cayenne pepper
   

The acid in the lemon is the main cleansing mechanism, don't use lemon juice, the point is to eliminate preservatives from your diet. The maple syrup in the recipe is designed to be your source of energy and nutrients, thus Grade B Maple Syrup which is less refined than Grade A. Cayenne pepper speeds up your metabolism.

That's it, that's all you can eat for 7-10 days.... Good luck, don't die. I'm not advocating this, don't sue me from the grave.

Personally, as much of you are well aware, there is no chance in hell I could ever accomplish anything resembling a fast. I have to eat constantly or my starvation mechanism kicks in and my stomach starts digesting itself within 4 hours. Although the maple syrup does a good job keeping my energy up, my stomach can't break the habit. Plus I'm a meatatarian, I get uncontrollable cravings if I haven't eaten meat in a day. (Anyone remember those incidents when I ran out of meat in college.... opening and closing cabinets in a frenzy... eying my leather belts with a bit of drool leaking out the side of my mouth....) So basically I do a modified version, and only for a couple days.


My Lemon Detox Mod:

Rather than combining all the ingredients, I put the pinch of cayenne in a separate shot glass of water and drink it first. I find the cayenne makes a musty flavor in the lemon water otherwise. (Note: don't try making the drink with hot water... trust me it is nasty.)

Rather than living off this, I calm my stomach by constantly eating watery fruit and veggies (usually a whole honeydew, but grapefruits, cucumbers, bell peppers, etc. work just fine.) For dinner I have yummy mommy food, (she's the best cook in the world, I swear) but I ask her to make things that have few preservatives, like buck-wheat noodles MMMMM. Usually I cave and have meat anyways, (the first time, I ended up eating a chunk of prosciutto the first day... completely defeats the purpose but since I'm not attempting to perform the true lemon detox fast feat, it's really not a big deal.) I probably end up having about 6-8 glasses per day. I also make sure to take a multivitamin every day just in case. Don't want to get sick because I'm depriving my body of vital nutrients. I never experienced the purge effect though... probably need to do it for at least 4 days for that to happen.

Warning: this may be a bad thing to do if you have a high performance job. Not eating tends to make people tired and dizzy/out of it. Plus you'll have to go pee every 10 minutes or so, and if it's true about the semi-uncontrollable purging.... that could be bad at work. In addition, all that acid isn't the best thing for your teeth. I'm no expert on teeth so I don't have a clear solution, but I personally find that it feels better if i have some lower acid fruit occasionally. Drinking water also may help, especially before going to bed, otherwise you may be brushing the top layer of enamel off your teeth.

After doing the detox last time, I felt a big increase in my energy level and I was much less bloated and uncomfortable after meals. At night after eating big meals, my waist stayed nearly as slim as it was when I woke up, and the love handles and thus rash disappeared. The effect lasted for months, and I think it maintains itself as long as I don't eat lots of fast food or restaurant food i.e. preservatives.

Now I'm starting to bloat up a little again, so I thought this would be a good time to do another one as a quick maintenance. I'll let you know how this ones goes, and if I can get around to it, before and after pictures to give you an idea of the effect.

I hear that it's a good idea to add this to your daily diet by having a glass before sleep. I should really try it.

Let me know if you have any questions/comments.

**Anecdotal Update from Night 1**
tingsqrd: i got dark soy sauce in my haaaaair
tingsqrd: ::licks it::
tingsqrd: wait NO SHOULDNT
raccoon unit: WAHAHA
tingsqrd: BAHAHA OH NO
raccoon unit: hilarium!
raccoon unit: you spill on purpose
raccoon unit: so you can cheat on detox
raccoon unit: *lick lick*
tingsqrd: bahaha i reaching for something and dropped giant thing of oil and giant thing of dark soy sauce... caught them both with forearms but soy sauce LEAK
tingsqrd: BAHAHA EWIES
tingsqrd: licking soy sauce GROSS
tingsqrd: .... ::licking...::
raccoon unit: oh but so salty
raccoon unit: wahahahahahaaha

flOw

Wow this is an incredible game.



It's gorgeous and relaxing and sooo much fun to play. Wonder what the PS3 version looks like. More pretty vids on IGN.

Oh, and here's the original PC version. The red beacons take you down a level, blue takes you up a level. As you eat you become bigger and more intricate. The PSP/PS3 versions have 6 different species, all with different boosts and incredible designs.

we are sick.

regarding the previous post about this


tingsqrd: so hot
tingsqrd: love the strap on
tingsqrd: sexaay
raccoon unit: frreall..!
raccoon unit: wanna play
tingsqrd: but you already have one!!!
tingsqrd: you dont need another!!
raccoon unit: true, i probably can't use mine as controller though =(
raccoon unit: nofe air
tingsqrd: HAHAHHA
tingsqrd: soon they will make a peripheral that you can control with your pii pii
tingsqrd: that'd be awesome
raccoon unit: thank goodness!
raccoon unit: i've been waiting for this day
raccoon unit: for so long
tingsqrd: like ::strain:: ::beating the crap out of everyone in smash brothers:: ::grunt... sweat drop::
raccoon unit: gahahaha!
raccoon unit: just like that
tingsqrd: I CANT WAIT
tingsqrd: but there'd be nothing for girls
raccoon unit: yes the strapon would be required =\
tingsqrd: OMG NO
tingsqrd: KEGEL PERIPHERAL
tingsqrd: BAHAHAHAHAHAHA
raccoon unit: OH YES
tingsqrd: strengthen and tone your vaginal muscles while gaming WOOOOT!
raccoon unit: wahaha!
raccoon unit: thats the ticket!
tingsqrd: i beat the crap out of you in soul calibur with the power of the VAGINA
raccoon unit: healthy gaming!
tingsqrd: AHAHAHAHA
tingsqrd: ewies
tingsqrd: we're so gross
raccoon unit: HAHA
raccoon unit: i wish it were true
tingsqrd: bahaha we should totally invent it
raccoon unit: oh man we should
raccoon unit: i think we would be millionaires
tingsqrd: and we would create a legion of SUPER SEX MACHINES
raccoon unit: oh man
tingsqrd: SKILLED BEYOND MEASURE
tingsqrd: G-SPOT ATTACK!!
tingsqrd: SQUEEZE TO DEATH
raccoon unit: wahahaha
raccoon unit: advanced way beyond poor developing nations...
tingsqrd: i know... that's so sad =(
tingsqrd: we could donate some units
raccoon unit: there you go!
raccoon unit: like those cheap laptops!
raccoon unit: wahahahahaha
tingsqrd: but they'd... have to share
tingsqrd: and it would exacerbate the aids problem...
raccoon unit: oh man
raccoon unit: it would craps
raccoon unit: they might blame us
tingsqrd: oh god oh god
tingsqrd: this goes on the blog
tingsqrd: no matter how gross it makes me seem
raccoon unit: ahahaha
raccoon unit: its okay
tingsqrd: BECAUSE WE ARE THAT GROSS
raccoon unit: all should know
raccoon unit: so someone might actually make it
raccoon unit: haha
tingsqrd: oh god i hope someone does
tingsqrd: but we better get royalties
tingsqrd: and we have to make sure there's a rumble pack
raccoon unit: oh man
raccoon unit: for the ladies!
raccoon unit: like rez!
tingsqrd: hell yea...
tingsqrd: and develop some "pleasure games"
raccoon unit: oh man
raccoon unit: i need to get that engineering degree...
tingsqrd: SERIOUSLY

Even I've forgotten what I look like by now

So here are some current photos... I know the skirt is disgustingly cute, the pockets on the sides are overkill.

April Fool's stuff

Lots of funny April Fool's links at VG Cats.

Starcraft 2!! (God I want to play this game...)


New WOW class! bahaha Facemelter...

Assassin's Creed 2 ... with guns?

Legend of Zelda Feature Film


Super Pii Pii Brothers

THE FUTURE

Now this is interesting. No more consoles eh? I think this is definitely possible, but I'm not economically savvy enough to analyze how likely it is to happen. Technically, it's a great idea -- put all the processing and video rendering of a game on a humongoid server which instantly reads your input, then streams the visual information over highspeed internet to your low processing-power receiver unit. This is seemingly an incredibly efficient and resource-saving solution, but who knows what the reality would be. There also MANY potential fubars (server crashes, internet inconsistency, hacking concerns) which could render the entire system unplayable and unleash a legion of angry pasty nerdos with pitchforks (I would be leading, torch in hand). Plus I imagine that would decrease the price of console units sold, which I assume is a large part of revenue, so it may not benefit the companies as much... however there would likely be a monthly fee which would prolly make up the difference. Whooo knows, what do you think?

Here's a new take on energy saving! WTF how retarded can you get. ELECTROCUTING you if it decides you have no need for more light.... HRM doesnt that USE MORE electricity??? ugh.



And lastly, some geeky April Fool's ideas. I love the blue screen of death one, and I'm definitely keeping that wakerupper.com website onhand BAHAHAHA.

painful howling!!

ROCK BAND! This game is so much fun, even for those of us with pitch problems. The drums are the highlight for me personally. Everyone knows it's quite therapeutic smashing things with a stick without any social stigma... not that social stigma has every stopped me =) I just have to say thank god we have apparently deaf downstairs neighbors. That footpedal is my downfall tho... FRUSTRATION! ::Phoenix Wright pose:: The 360 Fender Stratocaster guitar is big and heavy, takes a little getting used to since the strum bar doesn't click, but I'm sure it just takes practice. The solo keys are fun to play with though... you don't have to strum during the complicated solo sequences, just hit the notes right!!

My only qualm about the game is the typical pitch-oriented karaoke system. It has the same setup as the Singstar Series, you know, the little nodes that you have to pitch your voice to. However, most rock songs, which make up hrmm ALL the songs on the game are really not about perfect pitch. Singing rock songs, you want to be able to belt and wail it out! But the pitch system requires you to sing the full note with a consistent pitch, making most people sound like a 6-yr old girl singing Twinkle Twinkle to the tune of Black Hole Sun....

The game itself seems to be FULL o'Content. The campaign carries you through lots of rewards like tour buses and roadies, and the characters appearances seem endlessly customizable with LOTS of hair styles, outfits, accessories etc. However, you also have to unlock songs in Solo/Band World Tour before getting access to the full song list, so you can't just pick up the game, invite a bunch of friends and play all your favorite songs until you've played the campaign a while.

In any case, I still only currently have the game disc (complete with GIGANTIC spiral scratch straight from the factory, resulting in frequent disc interruptions ugh) and no peripherals, we've just been borrowing them from friends. Although you can use the standard xbox 360 mic, I still need to get hold of the drum and guitar. I'll prolly just buy the whole shebang when I'm gainfully employed again. Keep an eye out for deals for me!

look who's posting after all this time... might as well since i am a broke and unemployed loser. cross your fingers for my interview next week! and... rub a rabbit's foot while killing a black cat with a horseshoe that this "environmental resources specialist" position isn't actually a euphemism for "sewage collector."







isn't this just indescribably beautiful...? i have no idea where it is tho, i'll hunt down the location when mom gets back in the country. mom and dad took these in China last time she went to check on grandma. ... she died this tuesday. mom went to china right away to take care of arrangements. ..... i think that's all i'll say about that for now.