November's Random Post

This is just a post with a bunch of crap that I feel is worthy of being on my blog.  'Random' is more like 'partially random' as opposed to gibberish.

Super Obama World

This is a sort of spoof of the Super Mario World games.  In Super Obama World, you play as our President-elect Barack Obama and get to stomp on enemies such as lipstick-wearing pigs.  Even the first level is filled of political references like the 'bridge to nowhere'.  Play now.

The Matrix Runs on Windows

Another spoof, but this one is a video.  It is based on the first Matrix movie and depicts what would have happened if the Matrix ran on Windows XP.  You just need to see it for yourself.

Something Stupid That I Just Realized

The villains (or, well, the actors who portrayed the villains) from the first two Spiderman movies were both in movies featuring Harrison Ford.

The Green Goblin, a.k.a. Willem Dafoe was in the movie Clear and Present Danger (based on the Tom Clancy novel of the same name). Dafoe portrayed John Clark, some secret agent dude.  He works alongside Ford, who plays the role of Jack Ryan, the main character.

Doctor Octopus, otherwise known as Alfred Molina, was in the very beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark.  He was that guy named Satipo that tried to escape from the temple with the golden monkey he stole from Indy.  Thankfully, the bastard gets mauled by those spikes.

Halotivations

If you haven't heard of it before, head on over there now.  It is a blog where people send in Halo-based motivational posters.

Do me a favor and make some posters.  There's apparently a lack of posters to... er... post.

Well, There You Have It

 The first official 'random' post.   I have more things to post about, more important things deserving posts of their own.  And I promise, no more 'I hate Republicans' rants.  Video games and politics do not mix well for the most part.

My 360 Is Back!

You read that right.  My Xbox 360 Elite is back and better than ever.  I expected a much longer wait.

I decided to send my 360 to Microsoft to get fixed.  I followed the progress on the Xbox website.  Here is a timeline of what happened:

Friday, October 24, 2008- Red Ring of Death is discovered.

Sunday, October 26- I arrange a repair.  The shipping box is sent.

Thursday, October 30- The box comes, I pack my 360, ship the box with my 360 in it the next day.

Friday, November 7- Microsoft receives my console.

Saturday, November 8- My 360 is fixed!  Shipped back to me a few days later.

Friday, November 14- This is the day that I originally would have received my Xbox, but no one was home to sign the UPS guy's paper...

Monday, November 17- The UPS guy tries again.  Success!

Microsoft sent a letter of apology (of course, my name has to be 'Xbox Enthusiast) and a card for a free month of Xbox Live.  That was very generous of them, considering the entire process didn't cost me a dime- the repair and shipping were both free.  They even renewed my regular warranty!

As for how my 360 is performing, the few things that were changed were the most noticeable, in a good way.  Signing into Xbox Live is a lot quicker, and testing the connection doesn't take as long.

But the biggest difference is that the 360 is a lot quieter.  When it starts up, it doesn't sound like a leafblower.  Instead, there's this really quiet, soft noise that sounds like a Gonk droid.  It only does the Gonk noise twice, then if I want to hear it again, I need to restart the console.

The sound of the console is also a bit more pleasant.  It doesn't make that motorcycle... er, racket after 20 minutes.  Even though the fan is the loudest part of the console, the 360's noises aren't nearly as obnoxious and distracting anymore.

All of that said, I recommend sending RRoD-afflicted consoles to Microsoft for repair.  It's worth the wait.

Election Day '08

Forget my political views, forget everyone else's political views, for one day, and vote for who you think will be the best for our country.  

My McCain Rant

I've been putting this on hold out of laziness.  But seeing as Election Day is tomorrow, I decided to throw something together.  I promise that this will be more organized than my Palin rant.

There are several reasons that I do not want McCain to win the election:

McCain is Old (Old People Have Health Problems)

Isn't he 72 or something?  My grandpa died around that age.

And hasn't McCain had cancer before?  That also isn't good...

My point is... McCain can die at any given moment.  Right after the election, if or when he is sworn into office (gets so excited he has a heart attack), any time at all.  Which leads to my next reason...

Palin is Nuts

I know I dedicated an entire post for this point before, but I just felt I needed to remind you of this.  She is pro-war and pro-life, and could be a heartbeat away from the Presidency.  Enough said.

Which leads to my next point...

Some Republicans Are Too Stupid for Their Own Good

Remember that girl (a McCain supporter) that claimed to have been brutalized by supporters of Obama?  She said that her attackers carved a 'B' for 'Barack' into her face.

Police were suspicious as soon as they saw pictures of it because...

The 'B' was backwards.

How stupid can you get?  McCain supporters should ashamed.

McCain is Not Going to Fix the Real Problems of the U.S.

McCain is talking about "change," yet he refuses to recognize the real problems Americans face.

McCain has been saying that he will buy back mortgages.  Yeah, it's good for some people, but it's not good for the rest of us.  We have to pay more taxes for people that are spending more money than they have.  Those people are not being punished for their stupidity.  If I know anything about this, it's that crime without punishment causes bratty children.

McCain has also avoided the problem with leaders of companies like AIG making off with thousands from their companies, spending the money on their own personal wants.  Those leaders are the biggest criminals in society today, because they make thousands of others lose their jobs, but more importantly their 401(k)'s lose value.  These leaders get massages that cost as much as a car while their employees' dreams of retirement go down the shitter.

The worst part about that is that the leaders of those companies also do not get punished.  They screw up the economy and get away with it.  Meanwhile, you can rob a bank and get in jail for life.  McCain, being rich and a Republican, will not deal with the real problems.  People do not understand that yet.

McCain Being President Means Staying In the Wrong Country (Iraq) Until the Job is Done

McCain is for the war in Iraq.  For fuck's sake, Osama is in Afghanistan.  

McCain wants to keep at it until we win.  If this keeps up for a while, expect the draft to come back.  I recommend packing extra supplies for the trip to Canada.  If McCain is really as old as he seems, for all I know he could think that the war in Vietnam didn't end yet.  It's crazy, but somewhat plausible.

The McCampaign is Claiming that Barack Hussein Obama is Associated with Terrorists

This is another one of the worst parts about McCain's campaign.  Basically, they are saying that because Obama's middle name is Hussein and that Obama used to be Muslim, Obama is associated with terrorists.  That's racial stereotyping right there.  More proof that McCain does not really want the best for the country.

*Note: In case you didn't get it yet, the backwards 'B' means that the girl was looking in the mirror when she applied the 'B' to her face.

Well, that's all I really have to say about McCain.  If I don't get to it tomorrow... vote!  Tomorrow!