keep your coins i want change

in case you live under a rock...and have a computer...and use that computer to check mm and nothing else, you should know: Barack Obama is our 44th President Elect!! Regardless of who you thought should win, you thought that bc in your opinion it was what was best for our country (at least hopefully thats why you voted). Now we have a winner, and whether he was your guy or not, whats best for us is that we come together as a nation that supports our leader. Mr. McCain said it best in his concession speech as he urged his supports to put forth an earnest effort to come together by supporting our new prez, "Whatever our differences, we are fellow Americans." bottom line.

some other polls were taken tuesday:

Michigan voted to allow medical use of marijuana (bringing the count of states that allow it to i believe 13), Nebraska ended affirmative action, or policies to help minorities, Washington voted to allow doctor-assisted suicide, and California stopped gay marriage to name a few.

thats it, no jokes here. if you cant stand the idea of leaving here without a dose of humor, ill give you a couple starters and you go with it where you like: the connection between affirmative action states declining and legal mary jane states rising, citizens of montana and idaho (both red states) flocking to nearby washington, or heres a classic: Prez. Elect Obama promised his daughters a new puppy....you know something about untrained animals in the white house.

fall for propaganda? yes we can!

i took the placenta deal down bc it grossed me out. its still a deal though, just not one you have to see everytime you get on our page.

in other news...... the election is almost over. hopefully.

voting? if not, dont bitch when the mark of the beast shows up.

if so we're taking an anonymous poll:

a) the antichrist

b) the bush-a-like

c) the terrorist liberator

d) the mullato

e) the one with the woman on his bill

f) wait a minute....he's not black?

g) one of the other ones

h) wait another minute....there are others?

E. Donk's '08

Howdy! I am finally ending my hiatus from the miscarriage. Recently, I haven't felt like writing mostly because school is beating me over the head and the thought of writing anything else usually makes me feel like I might projectile vomit while spinning in circles. Once you've got that mental image (read: miscarriage) out of your head, continue on the find out what kind of things I am personally looking forward to before the year 2008 comes to a close.

Now, I don't know if anyone knows this, but I'm a bit of a gamer. I know, I know. It's hard to believe. Just bear with me here. 2008 has been a pretty huge one (TWSS) for the gaming industry. As such, there are a plethora of insanely amazing looking games headed gamers' ways before the year's end; however, I am a broke-ass college student, meaning I have to prioritize which titles I pick up and make damn sure I'm going to enjoy every aspect of a game before I drop $60+ bones on it. After spending countless hours weighing the pros and cons of each title that looked interesting, two finalists emerged: Fallout 3 and Gears of War 2.

For anyone that truly knows me, you'll know why these two games gained spots in my interests. They are both based on one simple thing: the apocalypse. I mean, really, who doesn't love a great apocalypse story? Death, destruction, chaos, and heroes emerging to bring us back from the brink. In Fallout's case specifically, a nuclear apocalypse has devastated the world, which draws nearer every day in this day and age. Fallout 3's story is set 200 years after said apocalypse. The remnants of humanity live in protective vaults built to shield its dwellers from radiation, mutants, and nuclear weapons. The story follows a dude that recently escaped the vault he lived in to explore the post-apocalyptic world for his father. One day the Fallout series may become the reality. Until then, we can just bask in the high-res glory that is Fallout 3.

Gears of War 2 also deals with an apocalypse of sorts on the planet Sera, where an alien horde, aptly named "The Locusts," is terrorizing humanity on a planet-wide genocidal campaign. The Locusts, an alliance of disgusting aliens on a mission to fuck up humanity in every way possible, possess the capability to burrow through the planet's crust and demolish entire cities in massive sinkholes. The story follows Marcus Fenix, a soldier reinstated into military service for the Coalition of Ordered Governments (COGs) after being dishonorably discharged prior to the actions of the original GoW, and Dominic "Dom" Santiago, Marcus's longtime military bud, as they try to defend humanity's last stand, Jacinto Plateau.

Here's a tiny glimpse into each world of awesome:

Fallout 3:



Gear of War 2:






Oh, I guess I forgot to mention another one of my favorite aspects of games: mutilation. Now for the record, I am completely against anyone being mutilated in real life (unless they really had it coming, and i mean REALLY). I know the difference between VG violence and real-life violence, unlike some people (i.e. anyone claiming Grand Theft Auto made them think stabbing someone and stealing their car was "OK"). Anyway, back to the point. Both Fallout 3 and GoW2 feature lots of body mutilation on both user characters and NPCs (non-playable characters, for those of you not-nerds). My favorite kind of mutilation comes from the Lancer Assault Rifle in GoW2. It has a chainsaw bayonet. Let that sink in. OK, now I'll elaborate. You know how in war movies or somewhere you might have seen rifles with bayonets, but usually they're a shitty knife attachment or something lame and puny. Take a look. Everything about it says, "Don't FUCK with me." See pic #2 from GoW2 to see the chainsaw bayonet in action. I'm so gay for this game, in fact, that I'm sporting an extra $10 for the limited edition (see above for how I talk about being broke), which comes with some other crap I could care less about but might be nice to have, but also includes a code for a gold-plated Lancer to be used in online play. I would be honored to be chainsawed by one of these gold-plated beasts.

So basically, that's what I am looking forward to in 2008. I bet someone reading this thought I might touch on the upcoming presidential election. For anyone that thought that, shame on you. I could care less about who is elected into office. Sure, I'm interested to see who wins, but I won't care either way because I would prefer to not have either candidate in office. I'd rather talk about brutal video games, obviously.

EDIT: I just noticed in an earlier post by my colleague, Penny, she encouraged you, the reader, to, as she put it, "VOTE.VOTE.VOTE.VOTE..." and so on. I would like to say, for the record, that I also encourage everyone to stand up for and vote for what YOU believe in, and never let anyone else tell YOU what YOU think. VOTE for the candidate that YOU firmly stand behind. I choose not to vote in this upcoming election because I don't firmly stand behind either candidate, and I feel that voting for someone you don't want is a huge disservice to yourself.

c.o.b. 10/2/2008

we're working on a project in my department that involves tedious labor (creating the same packet for a large quantity of employees). we were moving a cart of documents from the stock room to our "packet station" when one of the ladies (who earlier today make a rap reference when she heard someone say its 'hot in here'.... but thats another story) said to me, "we should have hired a temp to come do this." cob was in the hallway to hear my reponse.

'true dat.'

We were walking down the hallway, I saw cob walking towards us, she made the suggestion, I wanted to sound cool and ‘true dat’ is what came out. I followed it up quickly with ‘that would have been a wise choice’ hoping it would counter act the ‘true dat’ but I don’t think you can go back on a 'true dat.'

i dont even know where it came from. it was like i was channeling my 17 year old self. hmmm....something in water here must be causing us all to resort back to 2003. first the nelly and now this? we better not try and invade averit over something silly or i'm quitting. *

*joke help: averit is another trucking company

i'm write about most things

Welcome Autumn!

ive been having writers block for the last few weeks and the weight was lifted today. it was like having a bladder infection and your urethra is saying 'get to the bathroom, you need to pee!' but when you do...nothing happens....just pain and the inablilty to relieve yourself. oh how it hurt during that time (not being able to write i mean, i havent had a bladder infection or anything, thats gross). but then today it was like when you really need to go and you get to the bathroom and it happens just like nature intended. then you hit that point where you think you should be done but youre not and you just keep peeing. so your sitting (or standing) there thinking, 'wow, im peeing forever' and you dont even feel like youre peeing anymore but you can still hear it hitting the water/tree/ground/bottom of the bottle. you just keep going bc even though that urgency isnt there anymore youre not gonna stop the stream and get up/walk away. thats sorta what its like. ive wanted to pee (i mean write) for a while, but i havent been able to, its been painful and now i can and im not stopping the stream. dont worry i wont waste it all on today or this webpage. just excited to say i can *pee without pain!

*i mean write

some topics i want to touch on in the near future(something to look forward to):

weeds

future radio show

having nicknames for people youve never met but see often and the idea that there are people out there that you dont know who have nicknames for you....what would they be?

jellyfish

the office

why you should use your brain, form your own opinions, and get involved in the world

why everyone should agree with me

oh yeah, and one more thing:

DAN (THE MAN) WON BIG BROTHER 10!!!

<-- and i tapped into edonks dreams and snapped this shot

I'm such a baby, man the dolphins make me cry

'It’s a voice that needs no introduction. Darius Rucker’s soulful, rich baritone instantly resonates as a comforting companion in this journey we call life.' - according to The Official Community of Darius Rucker.......theres good stuff here, but even i dont want to make fun of him. i remember that christmas (cue flashback sequence music): it was christmas eve '95. i was 10 years young. i was wearing a christmas sweater, stirrup leggins, construction worker boots (untied), and my trademark red spectacles. My mom had a new boyfriend and i was taken to Selma, Alabama (shout out Dr. MLK Jr.) to visit his family. it was the end of the night and their eve family tradition of trading gifts was coming to an end. being an outsider i hadnt exactly "racked up" but had recieved a bunch of ambiguous gifts from the grocery store toy aisle. im not complaining, they didnt know what to expect. how terrible if they would have commited to a preconcieved notion of what they thought a 10 year old wanted and been way off? the handheld tetris game, mancala beads, and teddybear dressed in christmas pj's were a much safer choice. anyhow, its the end of the night and i'm pretty tired. my future brother, who i hardley knew at the time, walks over and hands me a small, thin, square wrapped in paper covered with sleeping baby angels (the paper, not the gift). i knew it was a cd, and my mind began to race....he drives a truck, he has a confederate flag in his room, he's wearing boots, they're all wearing boots, I'M wearing boots, what am i going to do if i've never heard of the artist?, a cd is a brave choice for a first gift, i dont really dig country music, i should open it now bc he's staring at me. i ripped through one of the angel babies and saw a blurred picture of 4 individuals on a city street. it was Cracker Rear View, Hootie and the B-Fishes major label debut and exactly what i had wanted. jump to today, Darius Rucker has the #1 country album in the U.S. and im sure glad he waited 13 years to cross over or i might have missed out on his campionship.

what else is going on?

Clay Aiken came out on the cover of People magazine. i'll go ahead and make the same joke: we're all shocked.

Lindsay Lohan also came out, refering to her relationship with DJ Samantha Ronson as something that's been going on for a 'long long time.'

David Blaine failed to hang upside down for a really long time and blamed it on the president.

John McCain cancelled his apperance on the David Letterman show last night at the last minute. Mr. Mac called Dave personally to tell him he was 'suspending his campaign due to the exploding economy (thats the same one with the 'strong fundementals' in case you were curious) and was rushing to get on a plane to fly back to dc.' During the show, Letterman's folks streamed live footage of McCain on their monitors. He was down the street from Letterman's stuido sitting with Katie Couric having make-up applied to his face. As you can imagine, Mr. Letterman had a lot of nice things to say about the senator. Nicole Wallace, a McCain spokesperson, said this: "We deeply regret offending Mr. Letterman, but our candidate’s priority at this moment is to focus on this crisis.”

i was walking with my significant other last night and he was telling me about an artist who does ridiculous work with sidewalk chalk that when viewed from the right angle looks 3-D. His name is Julian Beever.

Henry Rollins rechareged my compassion for the world and reactivated my desire to do whatever i can to keep it possible for me and the rest of the world to share love with one another regardless of difference.

VOTE.VOTE.VOTE.VOTE.VOTE.