The NEW XBOX revealed!!

Ok, I decided to write this as it is being watched so my excitement shows. Elijah Wood is the host. He actually used to date a friend of mine from my SXSW days. He comes to Austin every so often, and from what friends of mine have told me he is pretty down to earth. Not bad for a kid who was part of one of the most watched movie series of all time.

I just saw the first glimpse of what is now officially XBOX 360. It is a gorgeous device in white. Looks like it can stand on end as well as horizontal.

Now the Killers are playing what was my summer anthem, "Mr. Brightside". Looks like MTV and Microsoft wanted to go all out on the special effects. Way to kill a live performance guys.

Funny skit with the West Coast Customs guys. They always crack me up.. Now its off to Seattle for a look at the new design. It is one hell of a sexy machine. Changeable faceplates.. Sexy. Wireless controllers. Sexy. Xbox Marketplace.. Well, its like having a cranky wife. (ie, costs you money, but necessary)

They have been showing all the new games. WOW. Is it graphics or is it real! Perfect Dark Zero looks awesome!!

Ugh.. AthenaPMS and her twin sister AthenaTwin. (Two real pains if they do not get their way) I was gaming against those two in the beginnings of Xbox Live. There is a PMS gamer named Trixie and that is her XBL gamertag (not to be confused with Xbox Live's TriXie, she is a nice person!!) who loves using racial slurs in games. If you beat her she calls you something that rhymes with Tigger. She needs to just go hide in the trailer park she came from.

Ok, so the XBOX 360 is definately on my must have list. Can't wait!

"Seth Cohen's a tool..."

Ok, a dilema on the show was do you take a girl you like to prom OR do you meet George Lucas because he likes your work and wants to make it his next project. Now that is some decision.

Another topic was alcoholism. They have been bringing this topic up for a season and a half.. very slowly. It has actually been told in a very realistic way. Just a little here and there.

Ok, hearing George Lucas talk about missing his prom was a bit weird. Funny, but a bit weird. I guess I have something in common with George Lucas. That isn't so bad.

And the title to this was something yelled during the show at one of he main characters. I almost had Diet Dr. Pepper squirt out my nose.

I also cannot believe Caleb died. Never would have thought that the show would off him.

Next week is the season finale. Can't wait to see it!

Tonite we finally see it...

Well the wait to see the new Xbox is over. The supposed Xbox 360 will be shown tonite on MTV with special guests at 9:30pm EST. Which is perfect for me as right after the OC I will be able to chill with new technology!! I am such a dork.

But let's talk about the OC for a moment. It is starting to get a little too much like Days of our Lives on me.. I know, I know, it is the OC and it is my own fault for getting hooked on it. Hey, we all have to have some cheezy entertainment in our lives. I just like it as they have characters that span all ages,pretty good music, and the dialogue has some great lines. Adam Brody's character has had some of the best lines you can have in a show. Christmakkah.. It has started a whole new phenomenom.

Bungie loses to Xbox Live Team...

Well, the challenge was made, and Bungie didn't win a game of Halo 2 against the hard working Xbox Live Team. Check out the game that they chose and you can see Bungie just didn't have what it takes to beat them. It is kind of sad when a game's creators can't beat the challengers. But if I would have been a betting man I would have taken Bungie. Good thing I didn't bet!!

Home Networking take 2...

Ok, so after playing and searching, I decided to go with the Linksys WRT-54G. Cheap, and t seems to have better range where I am at... Played with the DI-624 and it got so much interference from everywhere I decided to go with a different style. Time will tell. Gotta play with the position in the apartment so I can get a good bubble outside of it.

Annoyed...

I was supposed to get a tour of the Real World House Austin, but it has been veto'd by MTV. Not a big deal, but I hate being told no, especially when I was told no problem by the production coordinator for Bunim-Murray productions.

Ok, enough already..

I played Halo 2 tonite with the Xbox Live team. I have become the whipping boy. My latest skill has been the recurring theme of going the wrong way. It reminds me of the Schoolhouse Rock 'Interjections' video where the guy ran the wrong way with the football.. (I see that kid in glasses yelling "hooray, I'm for the other team!") There has been talk of changing my gamertag to reflect that.. (Wrong Way Japher..) Its been fun being the whipping boy also, as if I do something stupid its dismissed because who can expect more from Wrong Way.. Ha Ha!

Mollie loves to play Halo 2 on Xbox Live. She is sporting the Major Nelson headset. Good dog!

Blogging in the beautiful weather is fun. Doing power point slides for work not fun. Mollie always there to double check my work.

Approaching the halfway point...

2000+ songs and counting. This is starting to get tedious. Cheapo Records, here I come.

Impromptu Day Off...

Overtime. It is a '4 letter word' in the restaurant business. After a not so lucrative weekend I get the whole day off to clen up the apartment, which is really needed. My good old dog Mollie would probably love a bath while I am at it also. Yay me.

Moblogs.. Do we need even more blogs?

Ok, I decided to give moblogging a shot. I may end up on flickr, but for now I am here. If you don't know what a moblog is, in a nutshell, camera phone blogs. Should be fun.

Check out my new moblog..

The weather in Austin. Yeah, it is dark and not a good picture, but you can see the droplets in the air the flash caught. This is a sign. But I have never been one for signs.

Every day is like Sunday..

Another Sunday has come and will soon go. Been sitting at home procrastinating. Do I clean the apartment? (it could really use a bit of cleaning..) I could put the other couple hundred cd's on my laptop? There is the XBOX too... Noah and the Bar Austin crew are at Hula Hut right now and will probably head downtown, whichmeans heading to SOHO, Firehouse, Bar Austin, and whatever else seems to be the place for us. Should I have more adventures? Do I need to? Always hard to pass up an andventure. But, there is big storm going on. Staying home does seem the sensible thing to do..

What does his children think..

Leonard Nimoy sings.. How embarrassing for anyone who knew him then. I got to find some Bill Shatner videos.. I know he has to had done this also..

This cracks me up by the way.. Tears I tell you....

Cinco de Mayo in Austin..

I wasn't too into the celebration today. So much has been going on that has had me distracted from my normal routine. (A bit to do with some financial issues, but all is going to be fixed and worked out) Janni and Sonja kept handing me Cabo Wabo (aka Sammy Hagar crappy tequila) to get me in the mood. Kevin and Jennifer (not pictured) whom I haven't seen in awhile stopped by, and it is always a pleasure to see them. Best $3 I have spent all week.

A bonus was two new episodes of the OC. I get so much grief for watching this show. I don't care. It is a guilty pleasure for me. I like it. So sue me.

What I have been really excited to see more of is an event that was filmed in LA last night. Yes, you guessed it, the new Xbox unveiling. I went to Xbox Live's Major Nelson's blog and got the scoop on the to do over there. (Look on my links, it will take you there) I know what I have to get before it comes out so I am prepared. HDTV and a bad ass sound system.

I have not really touched my PSP in a bit. Definately not bored with it, but I have been all about the laptop lately. After having that Compaq POS, this Toshiba Satellite laptop is a dream. I have put about 100 cd's on it already. (300 more to go, but I am over 1600 songs so far.) I definately love it.

Ok, time to walk the dog.

Janni, Jinny, John, and Sonja at Dallas Nightclub last night. Jinny was bored so I showed up with laptop (look at the lower right corner), sat at the bar, and got some work done, They were able to see the pictures from the Envy partythat I am editing as my birthday gift to Jinny. It was a nice laid back Cinco de Mayo.

Do these women look devious? They should. The title of this picture is "Nurses Gone Bad". I met them while they were throwing straws into someones overteased hair. I couldn't stop laughing.

As you can see I made the right choice and went to Dallas NIghtclub. Sara is holding a Green Johnny shot. (dedicated to the one known as Green Johnny!)

Is it Wedensday already?

That being said, there are two choices for Wedensday night activities. One, Dallas Nightclub for 69 cent drinks, or two being Krunkeoke Night at Tambaleo (hip hop karaoke, which is a lot of fun, as it is old school). It is going to be one long week ahead of me. So much to do, so little time. I just wish I was at the taping for the debut of the new XBOX which is today. Killers performing, new gaming console, what more could you ask for.

Ever have a crazy neighbor?

I do, or seem to right now. Is it normal to stand in one spot and sweep for several minutes and whistle? I don't think it is.

Throw it in my face why don't you..

Last night I played some Halo 2 with friends online. I apparently have become the joke of the group as I have played horribly the last few times. I killed my whole team on accident and lost the game for us. Then, Rednex (his gamertag) who is the normal joke of the group beats me in one of my favorite game modes on Halo 2. Laugh it up guys.. I will have my revenge..

See my destruction...

Talli enjoying a Lone Star. Good Talli. Drinking and IM'ing can be fun!

What do you do when you find out the wireless router you just bought is defective and you have to replace it? You crack open a Lone Star..

I went with the D-Link 524..

I stopped by CompUSA and picked it up after work. It was cheap, Xbox Live compatible, and its working great out of the box as I post this.

Oh so sleepy...

I didn't get home from work till almost 2:30am. Back up at 8am, with a return to work by 9am. Will someone please, please, please bring me a red bull?

Plus I just found out my wireless router no longer comes with rebates. Ok, time to walk the dog.

Would you do this at a restaurant?

Propose that is. I never have understood why people will go to a popular eatery and pop the question. Maybe if it was your first date or something but I still don't get it. I can see it now, 'We will take the calamari, and oh, can I get a lemon for my water?(turns to potential fiance) Will you marry me?' I see a divorce after two years if the wedding actually happens.

I have found evidence of my inner dorkdum. Not that I really need to have evidence, but what a find this is. Pac-Man Fever the album on vinyl!! How hilarious would it be to have a karaoke night with songs from this and other 'mistakes'. Find some Eddie Murphy songs and you'll have yourself one hell of a party.

Should I sell my CD's now?

Now that I am transferring all my music to my hard drive, do I sell the CD's to eliminate clutter?

What do you think?

Ok, getting ready for summer, which now means..

I need to get a wireless router. Thanks to some recommendations from the good people of Xbox Live, I am going to pick up a Dlink 624. Great range and that means WiFi by the pool. Oh yeah! Now I can listen to KCRW and get some sun!!

Jinny's birthday was a blast! A lot of fun had by all!!

Do you not wish this was your bus driver when you were a kid..

As you can see, fun night with all the girls in green.. Party theme being Envy, and Envy is green.

Meet my friend Jinny.. Know her for years.. Happy 27th girl! Hope you had a blast..

Ok.. So this girl has heart.. I mean that in the most sarcastic way. Never dance with the devil in the pale moonlight.

The Blue Eyed Devil and the Japher. Are we causing a ruckus? Why yes, yes we are....

I love Wi-Fi but does it love me?

So right now I am sitting outside at a cafe updating my blog. Yes, this is old news to some, and I was fortunate before to have a smartphone that I could do all this from before, except on a much smaller scale. I have been missing on the whole Wi-Fi craze for so long and I can see why there are so many hot-spots now.

But connecting has been a real problem for me. For some reason I can't connect half he time.. I will figure it out..

Oh, and I am up to 3 gigs on my iTunes..

Getting my music to the new era...

Now that I have a laptop it is time to finally put most of my music in digital form. The craze of iTunes and iPods is so understandable to me now. (iPod will be next purchase) It has to be one of the easiest programs to use. I started this morning at the crack of dawn and have 32 albums imported so far, another 400 to go. I probably will only do a 100 until I get an external hard drive. I already have 2 gigs of music.. (like 398 songs or something) Ok, now 33 albums... How many left now?

Which iPod should I get?

When Windows 98se finally gasps its last breath..

Last night I played some Halo 2 and had some winds, finally! But, while I was playing my old Compaq desktop fried out. At least the monitor did. So I do what any person would do and finally update myself to XP and got a good Toshiba laptop for about $650. I don't need much, I surf, blog, and do email. This was a good unit for the price..

The return of Sweet John..

Last night, as you can see with some of the pictures was a lot of fun. Gene, Chris, and Tim throw a great bash. I had a couple of drinks (like every couple minutes it seems by the pictures) and met some fun people. Of course they ran out of beer and alcohol early so a road trip to Club 241 made the night a little better. I met some new friends (my new girls from Reed's Supper Club), and saw some old friends.. Good times. I just wish I didn't have to go to work for a 12 hours shift on a Saturday..

New tuaca friends..

Did you see I caught a snowflake on my tongue?

I think I spilled some tuaca on my neck.. A little to the left.. Ok, right there...

Grrr.. Do I really suck at this?

So I have had my PSP about a month now and I can't get past this one race on Ridge Racer. It is driving me nuts.. I get 4th place constantly no matter what I do and I have to place 3rd or better to progress..

This brings me to Halo 2. I played last night with the regular adults on Xbox Live and as soon as I join them we lose, lose, lose. I think I may need to find my inner 12yr old to be able to keep up with everyone else. How is it 12yr olds can play video games better than anyone? Then again, this is coming from a 35yr old who spends $400 on a PSP and videogames for it.

So I went to Dallas Nightclub last night. Fun. Cheap beers, gorgeous Texas women, and did I mention cheap beers? I have a little crush on this girl wearing an Orange Crush T-Shirt. I actually want that shirt. I love 70's/80's retro T's.

I included text from an email that a close friend of mine received while at work from a guy she has been seeing for about a month. Now before people start guy bashing, this email could just as well come from a woman as well.

The dating world is a strange place right now. It's almost as if we have been mentally altered into treating people as objects that we must find the best one for the best price. You meet them online, in a bar, walking the dog, or at work and after trying them on and comparing it to the others you are currently wearing to see if it goes to the next step or back on the rack.

I can understand the feeling of 'not putting all your eggs in one basket', but what happened to taking a risk or the good ol' going with your gut and just try to concentrate in one direction. Has the world of 200 cable channels and 45 different coffee drinks make us treat people the same way?

A couple years ago I was dating this girl who after a few weeks decided to go back to her exboyfriend as he wanted to give things another go. What was not told to me is that I was the control subject, the guinea pig, used to make the decision of going back, or trying something new.

You all should know how much the 80's movies speak to me on this.. But even then, it was someone using someone else to get back at someone for not liking them cause they liked someone but they didn't notice them but they still wanted them but their friends didn't like them dating ...(one long 80's cliche of dating diatribe) Those were harsh realities, but what is with the situations of putting someopne through the gamut of emotion just to decide you don't want them.

If I had that answer, well, I would have my own book deal, a radio and TV program, etc... Has it gone to the point that we are so afraid of missing out or being hurt that we have to be the ones to inflict the first strike?

I hope not.. But then again, I am guilty just like the rest..
Do you think that emailing someone is the way to do this, or do you think that in person is the way to go..

Oh, and for you Sex in the City fans.. 'He broke up with me.. ON A POST IT!'

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Mollie.. This dog is the best..

The new classics.. Some Kind of Wonderful is on HBO.. I grew up with some of the best movies.. Breakfast Club, Pretty in pink, Sixteen Candles... I need to find an Amanda Jones..

Its official!! I am going to start my own business!!