double dippin' goodness

Here's another for you tonite...

Got my new Freestar wallpaper done. Just for a reminder here's the old chop, and then the new chop. Changes? Took out the girl and text, it was kinda corny, added a FMIC, some new PIAA fog lamps, minor clean up...and well, that's about it. The image is kinda blurry cause the source pic was blurry to begin with, I've since found a high res version, but damned if I'm gonna do all that work again....fuck that. I knida went for a different style with this chop from the get go...a tuner style van. Something urban in style and looks, with a dose of practicality, although the welding shut of the rear doors doesn't help that...eh. I'm not totally sold on the "spray paint" text in the background, but it goes with the theme.

Linkage for your goodness, 1024x768 and 1440x900. Updated wallpapers page tomorrow....maybe.

i'm not much to brood....but

Don't you hate it when you simply cannot get a "what if" situation out of your head? Espically so if the never-was event never happened 3+ years ago...That's where I've been, and the state of my affairs as of late. I'm not much a fan of brooding, or wishing, or any of the sort, but I'm stuck in that rut right now. Mix in a fair amount of Jonesin' and you've a recipe for sleepless nights. Eh.... It seems no amount of libation or medication can cure my itch. Woe is me indeed.

the horned one-- redux

Little by little I'm updating all my old desktops to fit my laptop....taking 1248x756 (whatever the dimensions are) and expanding them to 1440x900. Not only that, doing some clean-up work and such to make them a little different. Different isn't always better. The latest "completion" is my old Ram SRT-10 chop. This one is kinda insipred my Kutting Edge Graphix. For some reason several of thier works look awfully familiar....I think I've seen most of them posted on automotive Photoshop boards at one time or another, perhaps just rampant linking or maybe the original artist now works for KEG. Whatever, I'm not fretting over it.

The new chop:

text link incase pic wants to be a bitch and not show up....

Changes? Shortened wheelbase, removed trademark™ Dodge cross-hair grille, enlarged lower grille and added a billet insert, removed bulky stock mirror for a smaller, sexier, customer billet AL one, enlarged the wheels to near cartoon proportions (that's where the KEG influence is....different isn't always better)...maybe 32" wheels in the rear or something, lowered it even more, and even added some ghosty flames along the rocker....oh and shaved the taillights too, who needs those ugly ass things? I haven't updated the wallpapers section yet...I will in due time. Meanwhile if you want a copy, grab a 1024x768 version, or an über version, 1440x900.

Next on the chopping block, the Freestar. It's coming along nicely, mainly wanting to do a nifty background before I release it.

i'm poetic when i'm drowsy, and apparently downtrodden as well...

I used to think I was untouchable,
Then you caught me.

I used to think knew it all,
Then you taught me.

I used to think I knew emptiness,
Then you abandoned me.

I used to think I knew deprivation,
Then I lost you.

I reach out and try to find you,
Lost in the darkness I grasp:

.....Nothingness

The insanity does imbue
Fright, I'm fimrly in the clasp

Fear of a world without you in it,
Fear of this world I admit.
Fear is all I know in the silence,
Dissolve your tomb of absence.

no good way to put this

My cock bit me today. Yup. I was just going to hold it for a while, and the damn thing turned and bit me. Yup. And I don't feel like any less of a man.

when i grow up, i wanna be a rock star

Been threatening to do this for a while....today I finally got an application to become a Firefighter/EMT. Lookin' forward to it really. The tests don't begin until September, so I'm not sure what I'm gonna do till then. I might just do waht I've been doing...not sure though, gets a bit boring after a while. Eh.

top banana

Holy jeeze...since I can't seem to get my laptop to want to connect to my desktop, but I can get the desktop to connect to the laptop on my network, I'm transferring abotu 12 GB worth of music to the laptop....slow it is. I didn't want to transfer them, I'da been satisfied with just access, but eh...whattayougonnado?

Meanwhile, in the year 2552 on a contruct built by an ancient race....I am of course talking about Halo, spcifically Burial Mounds, Halo 2, Multiplayer. I think I had what was perhaps my best tactical game ever. Did I have the most kills? Nope. Most medals? Nope. Although the stats don't show it, I really put a hurtin on the ol' Red Team.

Single CTF on Burial Mounds, 4 vs 4. We get shut out first offensive round. Defensivly (however you spell that) we are holding on. I blew up the Warthog with two stickies, and although I took my own self down, I took two of them with me and forced them to take the flag on foot. Coming on the right side I see two contacts, one with the sword. They've already killed two teammates. Knowing that the sword guy will not take the flag, I shoot a few BR shots into the other guy while backpedaling. Throw one plasma gernade...missed. Throw another...bullseye. Sticks the sword guy square in the chest. Kills him and his partner. Red Team doesn't touch the flag again.

Second try on offense...one team member grabs the Covie snipe, another heads off for rockets, meanwhile I hop into the gun of the Warthog while the fourth Blue Team member drivers. Absolutly no opposition. We drive straight into the base, the driver hops out while I provide covering fire, he grabs the flag, I hop into the driver's seat, team mate gets in with the flag, easy drive to the drop-off....total time spent on the round...>:45 seconds.

Second defensive attempt goes much like the first. A sticky or two, some softening shots with the BR...Red Team grabs the flag once, tries to take it over the side, misses the jump and leaves the flag stranded on the gupper gun turret, easy to guard, hard to grab. This one's in the bag.

get your face outta my ass

Boy, now that feels good. With my brother's Impala out of the way
(although not gone...yet) my father and I have really been focusing our efforts on the '66. It's been neglected for so long and it's high time it got some TLC. We cut the passenger side stock wheel well out in preperation for the tubs. A lot more material had be removed then we originally thought, it seems that there is a lot of structure between the inner and outer skins of the bed. Nothing a sawz-all can't fix. The tub itself is a little warped and bent out of shape, but nothing some time with a hammer and bag can't fix. I think I am really close to getting a panel done as far as the body work is concerned. The passenger side door is nearly perfectly straight. There is a small ripple in it where the door lock was...very small ripple. You can feel it, but not see it...so screw it, it's fine as far as I'm concerned. A few pin holes and paint gouges left to fix, some primer and that bitch is done. Just about 15 more panels to go now...

halo, the next generation

I've got mixed emotions about this bit of news: Halo: The Movie. Alex Garland (28 Days Later, The Beach) has written a movie script based on the XBOX game Halo. Insiders at Bungie, who created and developed Halo: CE and Halo 2 and are responsible for the story, who have read the script says it's quite good. I didn't like 28 Days Later, and have not seen The Beach, so Garland isn't a stellar writer in my limited view opinion. I'll give Garland this, the story for 28 Days later wasn't bad, the movie itself wasn't what I was expecting. My mixed view not only comes from my experience with Garland, but with movies based on games that have come out in the past. Mortal Kombat. Street Fighter. Any sequels of either. I won't go on.

Not only that, but I personally have high, nay, astronomical expectations for a Halo movie. And a lot of questions. Will it be Halo:CE? Halo 2? Backstory? Inbetween story? What exactly will be in the movie? THe current Halo story is chock-full of open endedness to allow adventerous gamers to develop therioes to explain missing details. The games and books provide just enough detail to make you want to know more. I'm leary of the movie watering everything down to be forced feed to the masses, and in doing so, losing much of the charm and appeal of the Halo story and Halo universe.

Then what of the budget? I'm reading that Fox and Universal have picked the script up....no word yet on being green-lit, so who knows if the movie will even be made, but both Fox and Universal have some deep, deep pockets. With enough resources, the money can be spent to create special effects that will do the Halo game justice. I hope the director, producer and cinematic director, etc, etc are all good at sci-fi to really get the fear, feel, and desperation of the Halo sotry to life. Can you imagine the first sighting of an 8-foot tall Elite holding an Energy Sword? Or the drowing feeling of swarms and swarms of Flood? There better not be a damn seat that's not pissed in when the movie is done. Or, my personal favorite Covenant spieces, Hunters warming up thier fuel rod cannon and taking a shot just missing you overhead? I'm getting chills just thinking about it. A generous budget would allow for jaw-dropping, pants-pissing effects.

I expect only the absolute best from a Halo movie. Shortcommings can be excused to a certian extent on the video game, due to physical limitation of the hardware, but with no hardware to get in the way, a Halo movie should be beautiful, thrilling, scary, heroric, and adrenaline inducing all rolled up in one, slightly shiny, green suit of aromor.

let the bodies hit the floor

So I was able to get a new circuit board for the '54 Chebie...swapped in the good one for my bad one, eureka! We've got ignition! Kinda. There are two wires that somehow cam unsoldered during the transplant, I'm not sure exactly where they go or what they do. I'm not sure why, but I only get about 10 seconds of runtime now. I'll turn the car on, hit the gas, it'll move for 10 seconds at the most, then go dead until I turn it off and back on. Hell, even if I don't hit the gas, 10 seconds after I turn the main switch on the car will go dead. That and my 'hydro' motors don't work. Ah screw it...it looks badass at least. And it drags the body laid out, which was the whole point of the new motor, so it's not a total bust. I'm happy now that the body has drag marks on it.

oh! hello

I just learned some new HTML tricks - so maybe, just maybe I'll give the site a freshen up. I need to come up with a nice site design first I guess though. Something simple, but eye catching. Damnit.