Sitting While Winning

I tend to sit a lot, since I'm busy taking over the world from my command center a lot of the time. So, it's only natural that I upgrade my comfort level while I'm busy owning and winning.

This past Monday I poked around town for a nice computer chair. Originally I started out looking for something like my room mate's chair. A nice big mobile chair for a little more than a hundred bucks.

Well, being the type of snob for faux luxury that I am...



I eventually went all out. It cost $300. Trump Office Bedminster is the make and model. Yeah, I said Trump...

It's a Lay-Z-Boy on wheels. I'm in love. Look at the old one, how pathetic. It shall be donated to charity (lol chairity) as a tax write-off, in order to compensate for my recently depleted war funds. I'm kidding, it's going in the basement and never being used again. The difference between these two chairs is like night and day. Get yourself one and park that rump in a TRUMP!

I must be off, I feel a nap coming on in my new BEDMINSTER TRUFFLE BROWN TRUMP OFFICE EXECUTIVE OFFICE CHAIR.

Current Game Lineup

I bought three new games this week. Mostly just to hold me over until AoC comes out. Yeah, it got delayed again. Looking like the middle of May now.

All are great games.

The first game I bought was a replacement for a game I've lost. Simcity 4 (Deluxe). It's dope. I play this game for hours. Literally. 24 hours at a time. Nuff said.

The second game I bought was FIFA 08. Each year I buy the new versions of EA's FIFA, Madden, NCAA, and Tiger Woods. I also like 2KSports' MLB2K_. I'm waiting on the 08 version of this one for obvious Tampa Bay Rays reasons.

The most recent game I bought was Medieval II: Total War. It's really cool. It's basically like playing Risk. Yeah, the board game. Cool graphics.

That's all for now. Short sentences. Sorry. Busy owning MII:TW on the other comp. Later.

Just (Don't) Do It

I really hate corporations. Which is ironic, since I'm in business management school, and sit around learning how to be one of those non factor suits you see driving their taurus to work each morning, eating their McDonalds breakfast.

See, today I finally stuck it to the man. Slightly. Well, not really; it just made me feel better. Today I got several more pieces of trash in the mail today. Which, goes without saying. Remember later on after you finish reading this schpiel when I say, "it's the thought that counts." So this morning I checked my mail, and what do you know. There's two nicely packaged envelopes from Equus magazine, and Practical Horseman magazine.



...Wait, what???

No I do not ride horses. Ever. Never once. Anyways, heres the story. About 8 months ago, I noticed a package on my doorstep. I brought it inside, and looked at the yellow manilla envelope, with the address from Practical Horseman Magazine. The receiver was some some chick who used to live in this apartment before me (so had the same address). Well, I feel the package for a moment, and immediately realize it is a saddle. Just feels exactly like a saddle. If you don't know what a saddle feels like, it feels like you think it would - like a saddle.

So, me being the NICE GUY that I am, I call up Practical Horse magazine, and ask them to send me a return envelope, because that original receiver does not live at this address anymore. They sound happy to oblige, and a couple weeks later, the return envelope arrives (I'm not paying that postage, it ain't my mail).

Flash forward to now. Eight months later I'm on four different horse magazine mailing lists, and get random spam snail mail from them. Now get this - I've called each magazine individually about FIVE times now. Literally called these random personal information scamming/selling/trading bastards multiple times to request being removed from their mailing lists which I should not be on to begin with. So, today, I finally snapped. I got so pissed that I called each company in a row, followed by the owner of all the magazines, and gave them a piece of my mind. I feel bad for customer service representatives (sorry, Kyle).

"Hello, how may I help you?"

"YEAH, YOU CAN HELP ME BY TAKING ME OFF THE GOD DAMN MAILING LIST. AND THIS TIME, ACTUALLY DO IT. YOU GUYS ARE PIECES OF GARBAGE AND I WOULD SPIT IN YOUR FACE IF I SAW ANY OF YOU SLUGS WALKING DOWN THE STREET. THATS HOW MUCH YOUR DISRESPECT FOR MY THOUGHTFULNESS DISGUSTS ME. GO F YOURSELF. Oh, by the way, my last name is spelled H-A-R-T..."

It felt really nice. By the time I called the corporate public relations number of the company that runs all these magazines, they seemed happy to take me off their lists for real. I don't have a problem with spam mail, real life or on the internet. But, I do have a problem with spam mail, that is sent to you only because you bothered to help out someone.

Never help a company. Only help people. Shoes and suits only want your money... and will step on your toes while they pilfer your pockets. Keep fighting the good fight...

The Offseason

I used to hate the Offseason. Now I really love it. It gives you time to think rationally about how you won, or why you didn't win.

See, I was born in Tampa, Florida. So, I have a thing for sports teams from Tampa (even though I'm a Buckeye). It's tough being a fan for the Buccaneers and the Rays. That's right - they changed their name this off season.

The Rays always suck. Last year they were the worst team in the league, which comes as no surprise. But honestly, they're better than they seem at first glance. First, they play in a tough division. This is like playing a video game on the hardest mode. Why not make it a challenge, right? They also have had terrible managers, owners, and players for the past ten years. However, they've drafted well, built up their organization from a home brew of players and a dash of veteran presence, and they appear to be poised to finally bust torwards a .500+ mark this '08 season. They've really come a long way since a year ago.



But now, it looks like the Rays are turning a corner. They made a flurry of great trades and moves this Off season. They look ready to me, and other teams are started to notice, too. Look out, Yankees of the baseball world - The Rays are finally ready to play. I love the Offseason!

PS - New album is coming along, too. Keep it real...

Why Am I Blogging?

It's all about winning, let's be honest. Apparently, in order to win in today's Starbucks ready world, you need to have a blog. I look at it like another notch in my belt of important things I've conquered and/or won. It just didn't feel right blogging on our music page over on myspace...

So here I am now, with a nice little page of obscurity of my own. If you're actually still reading, let me thank you by saying I'll try to keep this page updated daily. Or at least every other day. Actually, I'll just be posting whenever I feel like it. I might post something an hour from now, painting a nice scene with words about how I just got off Battlefield and just wrecked 90 people in a row. You never know...

Ok, moving on, I'd like to tell a little about what this blog will usually be about. Most of the time, it will be me owning people and gloating about it. Occasionally, I'll post screen shots and/or FRAPS of the carnage. To be honest though, any videos uploaded will probably be of me and my uber cool also-legendary-gamers-turned-real-life-juggernats getting drunk or stoned and acting completely demented (which also counts as owning). Other newsworthy additions to the blog will be me ranting about sports, culture, politics, and probably stupid people I run into throughout my super cool life of constant awesomeness. Also important info about games and geeky stuff will be posted here. I'll also try hard to keep it mature enough for you to view at work.

In order to ensure your future viewing and reading pleasure of this terrible waste of time blog, theres also a cool picture of a llama up top.



PS - I'll try and get some uber cool banner up top or something when I get a chance. Does this minimalist black web page go easy on the eyes? PST