RGB Alliance

The "R" is back

2007-09-03T23:39:00.000-04:00

Its been over a year now and I need to get my blog on again. So I'm coming back, hopefully others will return as well. Within a few weeks I hope to have a new logo for the site made by the ever creative G.

a fond farewell

2006-02-24T13:03:00.000-05:00

Hey all.

I just launched a new site over at GErevo.com, so I don't think I'll really be able to keep kickin' it over here.

*Sniff sniff*

It's been fun.

-G

who are you?

2006-02-19T23:06:00.000-05:00

This isn't nearly as abstract or depressing as my last post, I promise. Sometimes I just like to go through my site statistics and find out more about you all.

What web browser do you use?
Mozilla/Firefox/Camino 73.3%
IE6 25%
Safari 1%
AOL .5%
Konqueror OneGuy%

Thanks all. Firefox is great, and I definitely embrace the Safari and Konqueror people. I can't feel bad about the 25% on IE...I mean, the Internet average is somewhere around 90.

Conclusion: Smart people.

What is your screen resolution?
1024x768 38%
Some weird size 37%
800x600 22%
1280x1024 2%
1152x864 1%
1600x1280 TwoPeople%

I'm running 1400x1050, by the way, so if you have a smaller size, let me know if the site doesn't look right. I never get to do all the testing I need to.

Conclusion: The people with the 1600x1280 monitors are rich. I am not.

What OS do you run?
Windows XP 74%
Windows 98 22%
Windows 2000 2%
Mac OS X 1.3%
Linux .5%
Windows ME .2%

Hmm...you guys are really open source on browsers, but not so much on the OSs. I get that, but it's just an interesting observation.

Conclusion: The Mac OS X number would be slightly larger if I had more money. 22% of you are stubborn. .2% of you are just sad.

Other trends:
-You visit a lot on Mondays and Wednesdays. Saturdays? Not so much.
-between 9:00 and 11:00 Eastern is your time of choice. Five of you visited in the 4:00 AM hour, and that makes me question you somewhat. Unless you're not American, in which case I'd love to know about you so I can brag that I have an international blog. 'Cause those are awesome.

I'd love to know more about you!

-G

contemplations

2006-02-13T14:56:00.000-05:00

I'm not afraid of death.

Not that it's upon me.

But I have deteriorating eyesight, deteriorating hearing, as well as knees and ankles. My immune system is increasingly ineffective. And I'm 17.

Not that there aren't people worse off. Nay, half my friends are in a worse situation. My difficulties aren't severe, and I know some peoples' are. And none of my problems lead to death.

But I'm not afraid of death.

No, I'm afraid that I may someday not walk, someday not think, not see, or hear, or smell, or speak.

I'm not afraid of death.

I'm afraid of knowing that I'm not really living.

-G

Projects

2006-02-08T21:42:00.000-05:00

For some reason it seems that I am always involving myself in a lot of projects and if I don't I always get bored. Currently These are my projects.

School Literary Magazine
A fake set of cards for magic
Helping Graham with his card game
Organizing all my 10,000 + cards.

Would anybody like to help me out?
Does anybody else have this same mind set that they must be doing something?

anyone there?

2006-01-29T12:58:00.000-05:00

I'm starting to think no one reads this anymore. Prove me wrong by commenting.

-G

freshened the look a little

2006-01-24T13:38:00.000-05:00

Just to let you know your screen isn't messed up -- our page looks different. I didn't do much, but yikes, guys, you should have let me know how monstrous our banner was looking on smaller monitors!

-G

the good stuff

2006-01-23T18:03:00.000-05:00

Here's a little thing I like to do in various places every once in a while, but to give it a little RGB flair, I'll include some good online communities for my top favorites.

TV Shows
1. The Office (NBC)

Okay, this is a really addictive show. I'll admit I didn't have high expectations at first, but now I definitely do and it consistently meets or exceeds my expectations.

The link: Northern Attack
This site's name comes from a memorable quote in episode 1-2. The guy that runs this site is top-notch, as he keeps up with every bit of info on the show, and his recaps are extremely insightful and well-written. Oh, and on the more recent recaps, you'll see my incessant, probably to the point of annoying, comments. Just check it out.

Honorable Mentions
Arrested Development (FOX...hopefully soon-to-be Showtime)
Scrubs (NBC)
My Name Is Earl (NBC)
Love Monkey (CBS)

Music
1. Brendan James

You know I gotta give this to my boy. Haha.

The link: BrendanJames.com
Mm-hmm. Cool site.

Honorable Mentions
The Bravery
Beck
Ben Folds
Kanye West

-G

we're e-list.

2006-01-17T18:08:00.000-05:00

Hey all,

I know we don't post that much, and though I'm working on it, that may not be enough for you. If you are craving some bloggage, why not check out the list on Blogebrity? You know, someday it'd be cool if they expanded to D and E-lists...that way we'd get on there. Maybe. =P

-G

a letter of complaint

2006-01-16T21:20:00.000-05:00

Dear University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's office of undergraduate admissions,

I have always dreamed of being admitted into your great university, so you can imagine how let down I was on January 13, when I was to learn if I got in, to see that you had pushed back your date of notification to the 31st. My spirit was crushed for the first few minutes, then I began to feel angry -- I mean you really pissed me off. Why would you get the hopes of your applicants up and get them excited about finding out just to change the date of notification on the very date you were to let us know? I still hope to get into your university but you have officially pissed me off and I just thought you should know.

takin' my act on the road

2006-01-11T15:14:00.000-05:00

I just figured I'd let you all know that I'm trying to get some work with the college newspaper, the much-acclaimed DTH. I'll let you know how it goes, and if I write something interesting, you can read it here, haha.

Sorry it's been a while since I updated -- I'll work on that.

Oh, and here's a call out to all of ya...anyone want a logo for something? Have Illustrator, am bored, will design. =P

-G

what do you want in 06?

2006-01-02T12:48:00.000-05:00

Hey all!

As I was starting to post here, I realized that we've never had adequate reader feedback on what kind of posts you like most, so here's your chance. What kinda stuff that we've done do you want to see more of? Longer, more substantive stuff? Little timewasters? I dunno, we've done a lot of different stuff on here, so just let us know.

-G

half a year! isn't that gweat?

2005-12-14T16:10:00.000-05:00

Since we did a post for our three month anniversary, I figured I should keep up the tradition and give you guys an update for 6.

A few broken records:

Most Comments: 17 (Legend)

Number of Posts since RGB transition:

Graham- 47 (counting this post)
Rokan- 22
Bocin- 7
NWW- 5

Anyway, since it's also the holiday season, I'd just like to say thanks to all of you. Ross, Jer, and Boc to be sure, but let's not forget Roxy, Dura, and all you guys out there that just lurk and never comment -- I know you're there, because we get too many unique hits for it to just be us. Thanks to you all. I know this little blog isn't always very entertaining or professional, but it's ours, and that makes it special.

Happy Holidays.

-G

long time, no post

2005-12-06T23:00:00.000-05:00

The holiday season is upon us! Let us be festive! For rizzle!

Post what you're gonna do over the holidays. Also post if you're gonna throw a party and invite me. Because you know you should.

-G

Oh, one more thing. I've launched a shop over at CafePress.com . I haven't marked up the price, so I'm not getting anything out of these sales, but I just think it'd be great for people to have RGB merch. Check it out, and maybe buy something cool, mmkay?

Madness

2005-11-28T22:29:00.000-05:00

Well let me start off by wishing everyone a belated Happy Turkey day. That aside id like to mention the madness that has overcome our country in the way of Christmas shopping. I understand trying to get a good deal but i think people have started to go overboard, do you wanna know what i bought the day after thanksgiving, a shirt for myself. Now maybe that was a bit selfish and a bad example but it was an awesome shirt, id maybe peole will soon follow my lead and calm down greatly during this time thats suppose to be about love and faith. "can you come and save me from the flood?" -Bocci

thankfulness

2005-11-25T16:24:00.000-05:00

What are five things you are thankful for?

I'm thankful for a loving family.
I'm thankful for not having to worry about the necessities of life.
I'm thankful for a small but loyal group of friends.
I'm thankful for my almost perfect health.
I'm thankful for the kindness of others.

-G

the link dump link dump

2005-11-17T21:42:00.000-05:00

I thought I might post a link dump here, but then I realized that I don't even read these in blogs anymore -- I have better sources. So here are my 5 favorites:

5. Slashdot

This was really the first. I don't like it that much, but since I put Digg, basically the new-and-improved Slashdot on here, I had to give it a nod.

4. BoingBoing

The absolute craziest stuff. And I mean crazy.

3. Google News

You sometimes need actual news, ya know.

2. Digg

Former TechTVer and G4er and current IPTVer Kevin Rose helped create this site. Lots of tech news, but some other cool stuff too.

1. Fark

The ultimate place to find some good links. And photoshops. But it definitely has its own culture. You have been warned.

-G

legend

2005-11-15T21:37:00.000-05:00

As the legend goes ,The archangel decended from Heaven and spake these words.

"Once the great phoenix and its mighty soldiers fell to the tricks of those from Spray. But then a year after their defeat, the great soldiers of the phoenix arose , much as the phoenix itself arises from the ashes. They joined together with new men brought under the phoenix's power. Together this force confronted its great enemy from the Land of Spray once more. In the first of 5 battles mistakes of the past led to the temperary defeat of the phoenix's army. In the seconed battle the army of the phoenix had the larger numbers and devastaed the ones from Spray. In the third battle the Ones from Spray came fighting back hard, but the Soldiers of the Pheonix were prepared. After numerous difficult challenges the study skills of the Pheonix's army and elequent use of knowledge earned them the battle. In the fourth battle, superior knowledge of the universe and how to use it to their advantage brought victory to the soldiers of the pheonix. In the final battle the two armies fought, and challenged each other for a long time but, in the end it was the pheonix and its soldiers that took the victory and brought revenge on those from Spray.

With These words being said the angel took to the sky, but as it departed a triumphant smile was seen on its face and a glowing pheonix was viewed on its armor.

back from hiatus

2005-11-14T21:28:00.000-05:00

Well to be honest with you all I havent really been on hiatus, just a combo of lazy and busy(hmm is that possible?). Well from now on I will try to post a bit more often, with the random assorted facts and cool song lyrics that rule my life. I leave you all with this: God Forbid we Indulge while at sea; just the tempest, the temptress and me; Naturally, Bored thriller;

[rgb]: the cd

2005-11-13T19:29:00.000-05:00

Hey all! We decided we'd let you guys know what we're listening to so you can (*legally*) acquire it yourself, so here's the first one (as shown by our front and back CD case images): The 97% Great Mix!

Let us know what ya think!

-G

the graham has landed

2005-11-11T20:07:00.000-05:00

Hey all! I'm home! Leave me a message if ya wanna do something!

-G

new look, same us

2005-11-09T15:53:00.000-05:00

Hey! There were some serious bugs and readability issues with our blog, so I'm experimenting with this layout. Let me know what you think, because I did save the old code if people think we should change back.

-G

this one goes out to my good friends

2005-11-08T22:13:00.000-05:00

Now I just have to brag a bit about my good buddies back in M-town. You know, and the other M-town too. Anyway, they somehow managed to pull out an Academic Challenge win without me...I'll never figure out how. ;) From what I heard, a certain somebody got a standing ovation, he schooled them all so badly. Man, you're the shizzle for rizzle...you know, minus the ghetto street cred.

-G

short, but amusing :)

2005-11-05T21:20:00.000-05:00

This guy makes even me look stupid. ;)

-G

Who's the best

2005-11-01T19:21:00.000-05:00

Last week US News released a special edition talking about todays best leaders, well that got me thinking, who do you think are the best leaders from through out history. I would like to see five people on each of your lists and why you choose them. I based my choices on pure leadership skill not on any agreement to their political views, well not with much.

1) Franklin Delano Roosevelt: FDR is a personal hero of mine and I think he is extremely deserving of the number one place on my list. He guided our nation through the worst time economicly (I can't spell) that we have ever been in, then he persevered to help lead us through WWII. He showed no signs of weakness and always stood even after contracting polio and loseing his abillity to walk with out assitance. Just imagine where we would be with out all he did for our nation, it is very likely I would be typing in german right now. And most amazingly he did all of this with very little scandal (there was that adding extra supreme court judges thing). Oh and he managed to get elected 4 times.

2) Mutsohito Meiji: This man was one of the most important people in the History of Japan. Meji managed to destroy the vicious government of the Shogun and unify all of Japan. He started Japan towards a represetative government and forged it into a mighty world power after winning wars against both Russia and China. His remains are enshrined in the shrine that bares his name in Tokyo. Side note: Meiji means "enlightened rule".

3) Alexander The Great: One of if not the greatest millitary minds in history. In a matter of only about 13 years he conquered not only all of the known world of his time but also explored and conquered beyond that boundry. He was not only extremely savy when it came to commanding his troops in battle but was a great statesman. He knew better than to completely undermine the culture of the areas he conquered but instead made there former leaders his govenors and imbraced an east asian as his bride.

4) Napoleon Bonaparte: Another great millitary man. Napoleon managed to do the nearly impossible. He was able to conquere most of europe within a very short period of time. He also rose up and took control of France as its new emperor after the chaos that was known as the French Revolution. Nap[oleon on numerous ocasions was able to outsmart forces much larger than his own. He on multiple occasions defeated not one enemy but the combined allied forces of Russia, Great Brittain, and Prussia. Unfortunatelt he eventually streched his forces to thin when attempting to fight a 2 front war against both a Brittain and R ussia and was defeated at the battle of Waterloo.

5) Hitler: A strange choice but a deserving one. Hitler was able to use his wicked mind to curve the thought process of an entire society and put the fate of an entire race and religion in Jepardy (did I spell that right?). Using his millitary skill he was able to conquered most of Europe with little trouble. He was also a genius about aquiring alies and was able to control Italy through the use of his puppet Mussolini. He also was able to sway the millitary might of Japan to his cause and together he and the axis powers put the world in Jepardy.

stream of consciousness

2005-10-30T19:19:00.000-05:00

Here's my weekend, from the view inside my head:

-Friday after class, after exam, 10:30 am, got home, slept, slept, slept, slept, slept, slept, slept, woke up, slept, slept, got up, wobbled around half-awake, got food, came back, slept.

-cut to 2 am. wake up. get up. get drink. drink it. back to bed.

-cut to 7 am. whoa, there's a dude in the floor. did I step on him? oh, roommate's old roommate. oh, need onecard for tix. sure. slept. slept. slept.

-cut to noon. hey, UNC game. Winning! Woo! need food. End Zone. sigh. collapse. back to room. collapse. slept.

-cut to 5 pm. whoa. need to get up. See a few people. bored again. made bobcats desktop which is cool, because i made it. Oh, DDR, Michael? Sure. Let me pack up Konga. Head over to E-haus. BIG TV! Crazy DDR people are really good. Oh, well, I guess I'll try. I'm horrible, though. Oh wellddr. I'm still awesomeddr at foosball. Oh, they're still over there playing DDR. I'll go watch. Stay a while. Start to get tired. Decide ddrto go. Walk back to Hintonddr James. Get on comp. Talk toddr people. Hmm. I needddr to buy something. How about DDR: Mario Mix? Sounds cool. Got extra dance pad. Slept. Sleptddr. Slept. ddrSlept. Slept.

-Cut to 11 am. Check stuffddr on the Internet. Check to make sure I don't have work. Over to food. Watching the game. Then to Japn review session. Michael ddrarrives late. I finish, get back to ddrHoJo. Check just in case DDR stuff shipped on a weekend for no real reason. Played some Kongafunbutnotquiteddr. Decided to blog. Now.

-G

rgb forum: looking forward

2005-10-26T20:41:00.000-04:00

Hey, what are you looking forward to for the rest of the year? It can be anything -- trips, games, shows, movies, holidays. Here's some of mine:

--Home--
I'd love to be home. Sure, college is great, but I haven't been back in a while. That should be fun.

--Fire Emblem GC--
Yeah, I know it's out, but I'm looking forward to saving up enough money to buy it.

--My Shows--
I'm looking forward to each new episode of The Office, My Name is Earl, The West Wing, The OC, and the return of Scrubs.

--Seeing Other People Post--
I hope that happens before the end of the year.

Post your own, and talk about the others!

-G

RGB Recommends: online utilities

2005-10-11T18:20:00.000-04:00

This is a new feature on the site, and one I hope will catch on. I will rank my top 3 of each thing, and then people can comment suggesting others to eventually create a community-driven top 5 listing. I'll update this part as it goes on. Anyway, onto the stuffness. This edition's requirements: it must be a self-contained website, and it must interact with the user in a utilitarian way.

#1. Google IG (www.google.com/ig)
This is a great customizable homepage. You can put news, weather, Gmail, and even whatever RSS feeds you want (yes, that's RGB there on mine in the top right...you can just put in "http://rgballiance.blogspot.com/atom.xml" in to get it!) on there, and even drag and drop to move them anytime you want! Great, great thing and the one reason to use one of these homepages.

#2. Blogger (www.blogger.com) USER-SUBMITTED!
Yeah, you guys were right. This needed to be on the list. Thanks for that.

#3. Liveplasma (www.liveplasma.com)
If you need music suggestions, just feed in your bands to Liveplasma and it'll give some great suggestions. Not the least biased, and not the most comprehensive (no Franz Ferdinand...sigh), but definitely worth a look or seven.

#4. ImageShack (www.imageshack.us)
If you need to host photos, go here. It works.

#5. Not decided yet!

-G

Brendan James

2005-10-06T19:50:00.000-04:00

If you like singer-songwriter stuff, and even if you don't, check out his page at:

http://www.myspace.com/brendanjames

Not only is he a good singer, he's a friend. And he recently signed with Capitol. Woot. The page has four songs to listen to and two freely available to download. Go now, but comment when you get back!

-G

Another in a long line of mistakes

2005-10-04T19:03:00.000-04:00

Bush has made another bad mistake. This one comes in the form of his new pick for the supreme court, Harriet Miers. Mrs. Miers is wrong for a multitude of reasons. One of which is that the highest office she ever held was that of city council woman in Dallas. Also it seems that Bush is playing favorites, The respectable Mrs. Miers was Bush's legal advisor for a number of years, In fact when he was the govenor of Texas he named her Chief of the Texas Gambeling administration ( I know I can't spell). Oh and before I forget did I mention that she has never been a judge before. it seems Bush is just in a rush to to get a new pick made and it seems that he is just trying to replace a woman with another woman (no offense to all you women out there I just mean that he is replacing the current judge with a much less qualified one.) So I will say it again, Bush is an idiot.

I kick ass for the lord

Any pointers?

2005-09-28T21:56:00.000-04:00

Right about now it's starting to become real. I have to buckle down and start filling out applications and gathering information. I know one person who has already been through all of this, and can give many, many pointers. I know all but a few of my friends are going through the same things, and I would like to leave this post open as a fourm to discuss problems and goals(mainly with gra, but also with anyone who has something to contribute.) First of all, and most important in my mind is: What is important to look for in a college?

gerevolution

2005-09-27T15:18:00.000-04:00

Hey all! I didn't have much time or much of anything important to say, but I just got 11 comments, so I needed to update.

- I relaunched my personal webpage. Not much up yet, but it's here if you want to see it.

- Trying to keep up with stuff...yikes...but it's hard.

Come on, other people, post!

-G

what do you think of me?

2005-09-18T18:51:00.000-04:00

This post is for the people that actually know me as a person - blog readers and affiliates are politely excused. ;)

You know, it gets kinda tiring to worry about what people think about me, so I'm gonna get you to tell me. I found this obviously somewhere else on the vast Internet and found it useful. Now be honest: it's pointless otherwise! I promise I won't be offended.

[1] Who are you?:
[2] Should I care?:
[3] Are you my friend? If yes, why?:
[4] How do I affect you?:
[5] What is your opinion of me?:
[6] When you hear my name, what do you first think of?:
[7] How do you think I will die?:
[8] Do you understand me?:
[9] What do you find my strongest emotion is?:
[10] What stands out about me?:
[11] Am I good leader?:
[12] On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the highest and 1 the lowest), how nice am I?:
[13] Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it:
[14] What is my favorite word?:
[15] Describe me in one word:
[16] At first glance, what did you think of me?:
[17] You look again, has your mind changed?:
[18] What do you think my weakness is?:
[19] What do you think my strength is?:
[20] What about me makes you happy?:
[21] What about me makes you sad?:
[22] What's something you would change about me?:
[23] How well do you know me?:
[24] Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?:
[25] Do you want to see what I say about you?:

-G

Fall is here

2005-09-17T17:29:00.000-04:00

It just hit me all of a sudden, that it is almost time to start raking leaves, setting up for Halloween, and watching TV. Yup, that's one of the highlights of the season, all new shows and seasons of favorites. For me it seems to be in one Anime: Naruto. The fact that I have already seen many of the eps doesn't matter, its just the feeling no clicking is required. I know that most of the time it would be better to watch it on my schedule, but I'm kinda lazy when I can just make two clicks on my remote, and in most cases just one. Now that's said, I hope winter gets here soon!!!

Glitchity glitch glitch

2005-09-17T16:49:00.000-04:00

Hey, I don't know exactly what happened, but the site got messed up pretty badly, and I think I've gotten it close to what it used to be. Hopefully.

Let me know if you still see some weird stuff.

-G

Blogshares

2005-09-12T21:20:00.000-04:00

Hey! I found this site...you all should check it out (especially the people we link to...I helped them all out by buying shares!) There's a link in the bottom of the sidebar. It's this cool thing where you "buy" shares in blogs...a sort of stock market simulation. Anyway, check it out at http://www.blogshares.com. I don't really know the point, but the best sites are like that -- like Facebook and...this site. Buy shares of this site -- they're dirt cheap! :)

-G

we've been here 3 months?

2005-09-09T23:17:00.000-04:00

Yeah, believe it or not, as of Tuesday, the RGB Alliance has been providing a very small chunk of the world with a very small chunk of entertainment for THREE MONTHS! Sure, this specific blog existed before then, but under different names and with different purposes, so they don't count. Anyway, yay for us! A lot has changed since then. To celebrate, I'm picking my three favorite posts of our short existence, in no particular order:

Bocin - Sunday, August 7, 2005 - The Beach

That's about the deepest we get here. Good job, man.

Graham - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - RGB Top 50 - #10-1

That podcast took a lot of work, so if you haven't heard it, you should now.

Rokan - Monday, June 13, 2005 - Are We Almighty?

The milestone RGB post. If you didn't read it the first time, I'm not surprised, because we didn't get many hits back then. We don't get many now either, but even less back then.

You can pick your own too and comment -- that'd be great! Please!

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I'd just like to say thanx to thoose few faithful readers out there who have kept track of this blog. I can't believe that it has been 3 months. Why it seems just yesterday that I attempted to write a book and created a blog about it..... but thats a story for another day. Well I suppose I should follow suit and name my 3 favorite posts on the site so here goes.

1) Graham- July sixth- Beep, Beep, Beep. I choose this post because it was the first time that links became such an outstanding part of a post on this site. Graham's seemingly random link dump turned out to be a great thing and has been recreated multiple...well at least a few times since then.

2) Rokan- For the favorite post that I have made there is a tie. The first of which is the same one graham picked. The other one being a post I made on July 13th called normality. This post would not seem important to any one but me. I picked because it is the post in which I first used the sign off "I kick ass for the Lord". A much shorter and less annoying one than the two prior ones.

3) Bocci- Ok I took a bit of time for me to figure out what my fav. bocci post was. Then I found it. On july 23 bocci made a post called J.R.R Rowling. I love this post because it sparked a great debate about if Rowling could even be compared to Tolkinen(yes I probally spelled that wrong) as far as fantasy righting goes. No greater debate has ever been waged on this blog in my opinion.

Once again thanx for sticking with us for three months everybody.

-Ross

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A few records:

Most Comments: 11 (Make Layout Suggestions!)
Most Posts Per Day: 5 (July 13, though the first two days both had 4)

Number of Posts since RGB transition:

Graham- 30 (counting this post)
Rokan- 19
Bocin- 5
NWW- 3

Here's a link to the site that existed right before RGB's creation. It still exists by some magical glitch of Blogger. Note: it's kinda ugly, but that's because I hadn't gotten to work on it yet. :)

And of course, you can go into the archives to see what Rokan was doing back in the day, but I figured I'd give you a link to my old, short-lived blog.

Here's a commemorative buddy icon. Use it and I will be happy! Please!

Okay! Do some celebrating of your own!

-G

It all just sunk in

2005-09-07T19:23:00.000-04:00

Okay, I was walking back to my dorm from the dining hall, and I see these people:

Marcus Ginyard

Tyler Hansbrough

Bobby Frasor

You know, like, walking together from the Dean Smith Center to the place I just was to eat.

I've been here for more than a week, but the full reality of it just hit me.

-G

Small break from an even bigger job

2005-09-02T15:55:00.000-04:00

Its labor day weekend, and I don't have anything to do!! I'm glad. Even though my schedule is close to nothing, I still have to pick up where someone left off in one class, and I'm now doing the same work in 1.5 hours a day. I didn't realize how much there was to be done, but it is fun, and kinda cool. I guess I've gots to find a nice successor from the freshmen... Yeah right

Another case for ya!

2005-09-01T22:09:00.000-04:00

Heh heh. :)

And here's two cards from a possible upcoming Magic set we're making:

-G

Getting back into the game cases thing

2005-08-31T21:21:00.000-04:00

Yeah, I'm starting to do these again, and since it's football season...well, just look at them.

-G

2005-08-30T20:10:00.000-04:00

Hey all!

One thing I will say about college is that there's a LOT of people, which comes as a problem when trying to fit on the bus or eat quickly. Eh, it's still okay. Or it will be when it cools off, because I don't have air conditioning.

But you guys should read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It's a good change of pace from textbooks, for sure.

-G

P.S. Here's a guide from our upcoming custom Magic expansion:

Nobody cares... well three people do.

2005-08-27T22:50:00.000-04:00

I woke up friday thinking this going to be a great day. It's my birthday this day is all about me. Well I was wrong. I was awake for like an hour and neither of my parents had said anything like "Happy Birthday". Finnaly I mentioned it and they both tried to cover up the fact that they had forgot by saying that they were waiting untill 12:30 when I acctually turned 17. Problem is I would be at school then and they would both be at work. So my day had already gotten a bad start. The only redeeming factor of the morning was that my older sister remembered and gave me a bagel she had fixed when I showed up at her appartment so she could carry me to school. I get to school and none of my supposed friends even said happy birthday to me. None of the teachers which I had told the day before that the next day was my birthday said anything. Then at lunch I have to force myself to keep from breaking down and killing some idiot who was insulting me. So I struggle through the rest of the day. I get home and my mom is already at work. My Grandma comes by and she too had forgotten that it was my birthday. Then I get a phone call, it was my brother in chapel hill who had remembered. (Later that night he drove home and surprised me with a gift, my sis didn't even get me a gift and neither did my parents). Now then fast foward through a few hours of my depression. Its then thatv I realise that my best friend is leaving for colege and I'm not going to see him for a while. So I call him to wish him good luck and say good by and he did happen to remember and told me happy birthday ( he had presented me with an awesome present the previous week). By the end of the day I'm really depressed. and am just now starting to get over it, I mean only three people close to me even remembered it was my birthday. well I geuss I need to get back to my quiet depression.

"I don't feel like kicking ass right now... maybe l8r" (Rokan to the lord after what he calls the forgotten birthday)

Dorm, Peoples. Peoples, Dorm.

2005-08-27T22:05:00.000-04:00

I figured I'd give you guys a peek at where I'm living for an indefinite period of time. Behold.

You know, it'd be great if someone else posted for a change.

-G

...sniff sniff...

2005-08-26T10:56:00.000-04:00

Well, I know most of you are already back to school and such, but this marks my last day at home for a while. Leave me some comments, okay?

-G

RGB Top 50 - #10-1

2005-08-16T14:25:00.000-04:00

Yay! Here it is!

Here's the previous part of the list...I'll put a written top 10 up in a few days.

11. GoldenEye 007

12. Advance Wars

13. Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past

14. Tetris

15. Ms. Pac-Man

16. Pokemon Red/Blue

17. Metroid Prime

18. Warcraft III

19. Harvest Moon

20. Super Smash Bros.

21. Legend of Zelda

22. Starfox

23. Morrowind

24. Grandia

25. TimeSplitters 3

Final Fantasy III

27. Command and Conquer: Red Alert

Star Ocean 2

29. Yoshi’s Island

30. Donkey Kong Country

31. Super Metroid

32. DBZ Budokai 3

Baten Kaitos

34. Samurai Shodown

Street Fighter 2

36. Tales of Eternia

37. Mega Man (GB)

Mech Commander 2

39. Mega Man 3

Shining Force II

41. Worms World Party

42. Star Ocean 3

43. Metroid

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2

Deus Ex

46. Secret of Mana

47. Sonic the Hedgehog 3

48. Soul Calibur II

49. Front Mission 3

50. Resident Evil 3

Age of Empires II

RGB Top 50 - #25-11

2005-08-14T15:15:00.000-04:00

Told you it wouldn't take as long.

Here it is! Yay!

It's smaller...just about 10 minutes.

-G

Top 50 Part One Up!

2005-08-12T20:51:00.000-04:00

Yay!

Here's the link to it.

Oh yeah, and I promise the next one won't take NEARLY as long to complete.

-G

Sigh...

2005-08-11T20:22:00.000-04:00

No, I haven't forgotten about the podcasts, but they're taking a long time to do, and I WILL get them up eventually.

In other news:

-My brother is now married and in Jamaica. But you knew that.

-We finally drafted for the fantasy football league. But you knew that.

-I have to get ready and packed for college soon. But you knew that.

-I decided that this time I would but "But you knew that." at the end of each line. But you knew that.

-G

THE BEACH

2005-08-07T21:27:00.000-04:00

Well i just got back from my three day sojourn to the beach and must say i had tons of fun, but ive come to a conclusion and id be interested to hear your thoughts on it. Is it just me or does it seem that after a vacation you go home yet feel strangely out of place, you have that sensation of being somehow incomplete. I was away for a very short time but had this sensation almost imediatley upon arrival of home. Im wondering if anone else shares this emotion or maybe just post of you have the opposite reaction or something else all together im interested on how travel effects us. We all become what we most dislike in this picket fence cartel

update for all y'all

2005-08-04T17:28:00.000-04:00

The podcasting is taking a little more time to edit than I have in Albuquerque, but I'll still guarantee all three to be done by the end of next week...just more of them next week. In other news, if anyone wants to participate in a fantasy football league, we need warm bodies to fill team owner spots. ;) Seriously, it would be greatly appreciated -- and if you want to just help someone else out, there is the option of having two owners on a team. You'll need an email, and you'll have to register with ESPN after I send you the email, but that's safe and without the spam flurry usually brought on by registering at web sites. Having and being on AIM will help too, because that's probably how we'll do the draft. Don't worry about knowing about football...the players are already ranked by how well people think they'll do, and you could even just let me pick you a team using the autopick system.

-G

Podcast 3 to come in installments

2005-08-01T18:24:00.000-04:00

I know for a fact that you guys don't want to sit and listen to a 45-minute podcast, so we're gonna release this in thirds.
Part 1: 50-26 Coming later this week
Part 2: 25-11 Coming early next week
Part 3: The Top Ten coming late next week

I might post them up early if I get them done.

So await eagerly!

-G

P.S. I've made some tweaks to fix the IE problem...let me know if your screen size is too small for this new coding.

Announcing RGB's Top 25

2005-07-30T17:30:00.000-04:00

Here's a little thing I came up with. IGN just released their top 100 games of all time. Here's their top 25:

1. Super Mario Bros
2. Zelda: Ocarina of Time
3. Tetris
4. Civilization II
5. Super Mario 64
6. Sid Meier's Pirates!
7. Starcraft
8. Street Fighter II
9. Star Wars: TIE Fighter
10. Super Metroid
11. Zelda: Link to the Past
12. X-COM: UFO Defense
13. Chrono Trigger
14. Rome: Total War
15. Super Mario Kart
16. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
17. Star Control 2
18. ICO
19. Metal Gear Solid
20. Ms. Pac-Man
21. Deus Ex
22. Half-Life
23. Super Mario Bros. 3
24. Tecmo Super Bowl
25. Baldur's Gate II

Everyone (that means me too), make your own top 25 list and comment with it. All lists submitted by Monday will be averaged up, and I'll post the resulting rankings then!

Fun!

You can use their list as a reference.

-G

The Summer

2005-07-29T21:27:00.000-04:00

As all of the current members are still in school, in some form, we all have summer vacation to live through. Each summer its always the same: Get outta school and fell great, then do some vacationing, then live off of video games for a while, and after a week into summer: GET BORED!!! Of course there is always an alternative. One could get a job, and then when school starts, you feel like there was no summer. And this year, we have had the longest break ever--Almost two months!! I have been left to get bored, and need to plan more stuff to do, but I have an obstacle--My mom. Every time I want to do s/t at my house she comes up with a reason for me not to. Rooms not clean, she don't wanna put up with any more kids, or she's gotta clean. I'm not sure about the validity of the last one, but it stops my fun...

Hopefully soon I can do s/t... Hopefully

Hey! Wha happened?

2005-07-29T09:40:00.000-04:00

Where'd all the people go? Come back everyone!

Just kidding.

It's fine for me to have three posts in a row, I guess.

Anyway, I'm gonna update again before I leave for Albuquerque next Tuesday, but here's what I got for now:

-I put up links to the podcasts on the left...which means...KEEP CLICKING THEM, PLEASE!

-I narrowed the page a bit...so it'll fit in everyone's browser window.

-What should be topics for the next podcast? Comment and tell me.

-G

RGB Podcast 002

2005-07-26T23:05:00.000-04:00

Yes! It's here! Trust me, this is worth listening to! More peeps! More stuff! More...microphones!

Click here for the Podcast #2!

On the agenda: The Great Console Debate, plus irrelevant rapid-fire questions.
On the mic: Me, Rokan, NWW, Durahan, W2F

Please listen! It's actually kinda cool this time!

-G

Podcast coming soon!

2005-07-25T10:52:00.000-04:00

Hey all!

A few site notes:

-If the site messes up as far as layout, let me know...I'm working on that.

-The RGB PODCAST will be released sometime Tuesday night or Wednesday, so keep checking back! This one will have a lot of people and content!

-Anyone wishing to just give me money should feel free to do so. ;)

-I think the counter is causing pop-up ads...should I take it off? Do the pop-ups bother you? Also, if I put up some Google Ads, would you guys do me a solid and click on them when you can?

-G

Rokan's Review

2005-07-24T19:18:00.000-04:00

Hi. Well now that I'm back from vacation I thought that I would start a new segment on our blog. So you will now be reading the very first "Rokan's Review". In this segment I will give you an idea about how good or bad movies, books, or tv shows are. I will go about each review in as logical and thought out way as I can. Each review will end in a ranking for the subject. The ranking will be based on a scale of 1 angel feather through five angel feathers, with five being the best. So now on to the review.

Review One

Marvel has released another movie, I am of course talking about "The Fantastic 4". I decided to check the movie out beside I had enjoyed all the previous Marvel movies except for the Hulk (and I had a sunburn and didin't want to go to the ocean that day). The acting in the movie was done very well as was the story line development. Ian Gruffudd, who played the teams leader, Reed Richards, was perfectly suited to the part. He seemed to master the way many brainy people become withrawn from society and have trouble handeling relationships. Jessica Alba who played Susan Storm, also did a good job; however, I think her acting could have been better. She was supposed to play the part of a lover scorned. While she did seem to play some of the scenes well, in others she just didn't seem to capture the feeling. Chris Evans played Johnny Storm. His acting was probally the worst in the movie. He carried the over confident younger brother thing way to far. He just seemed more cocky than he should have been. The best acting in the movie was by far done by Michael Chikils, who played Ben Grim. He perfectly played the part. He showed just how badly someone can be affected by scarring. He also showed how scars on the soul can be much worse than thoose on the body.

Ok, now onto the visual effects. The effects were very good. The scenes in which Mr. Fantastic stretched his body were done very well and itwas incredibly hard to tell that it had been CGed. The effects for Dr. Doom and the invisible woman were also done just as well. The worst effects in the movie were the fire effects for the human torch. The fire just looked to perfect and moved to perfectly. The flames did not act as real fire would. Another great effect in the movie was the giant car wreck on the Brooklin bridge. The wreck looked perfect and was done very well, esspecially since they had only a 209 foot copy of a section of the bridge to do it on. Over all I really loved the movie. It is now one of my favorite Marvel movies with only spiderman and spiderman 2 being better than it in my opinion (and Ive seen them all). All I can say is that I can't wait for the sequel

The Fantastic 4 recieves a four out of five

and guest starring....

2005-07-23T23:05:00.000-04:00

I, Namingways Way, will now be living here for a while. Well at least until I die or run out of stuff to say... God, I hope that doesent happen.....Umm...

Namingways Way, Master of all things with names.

Welcome back, everybody!

2005-07-23T19:09:00.000-04:00

I'm still at the beach, but I'm leaving for home tomorrow. A few notes for ya:

-Since, as you saw, I figured out the whole podcast thing, anyone interested in doing one for real? Comment and/or contact me if so. Who can be on the podcast, you ask? Pretty much if you know me, because why would I let you in my house if you don't?

-Anyone want cool pictures of seagulls for a desktop or something? I took like 30, and a lot of them are as cool as that one...but I'm not uploading all of them, so contact me :) . Why did I take 30 pictures, you ask? I don't know.

-PSP firmware 2.0 is coming soon! What would get me excited about not playing homebrew, you ask? Well, web browsing for one, and menu customization is also cool.

-We're adding a new feature to the site. What is it, you ask? You tell me. No, seriously, I want to add something, but I'd like it to be something you'd want. Comment with suggestions.

-G

I'm Back

2005-07-23T18:12:00.000-04:00

First off I would like to thank Bocin and Gra for holding down the fort. The beach was great and I had lots of fun but I am glad to be back in a world where I have internet axcess. A great change has occured over this past week. Namingways brought his PS2 to the beach with him and we played it a lot. Once I was a nintendo fan boy and would not touch another system. I have changed. I really want a ps2 now. But I shall be patcient and wait for the PS3. However, I have not lost all of my old ways. I will be getting a revolution as well.

Oh and the fantastic four is aa great movie. And it left a lot of room for a sequle. But it seems like they will have trouble coming up with a good title. Because the fantastic 4 two will look to much like the fantastic 42 and where are they going to get 38 more super heros. Possible names could be Fantastic 4: The dawn of doom or Fantastic 4: Doom's day

"I kick ass for the Lord"

J.R.R. Rowling?

2005-07-23T13:56:00.000-04:00

Okay regardless of what anyone says about this im gonna say it, ive read the new harry potter book and it was awesome. To anyone who has not read the book for the fact that theyare children books I say shame. The new book is probably my first or second favorite of the series. Rowling has done a great job maturing her writing and characters as the series progresses which leads me back to the title statement. Although rowling has said she does not plan to do any more fantasy novels after this she will have firmly set herself as a fantasy great once this series is over with, the sixth book especially starts to give the feel of a dark expansive fantasy novel and starts to focus more on the evil and dark power fighting ever present on most fantasy novels. Well i could keep going on and on but i shall resist but hopefully if there is someone who hasnt read the novels ive inspired you to pick them up. I need sanctuary in the pages of this book

More Beach

2005-07-21T09:03:00.000-04:00

Yep, I'm gonna have to leave for the beach this afternoon...however, I think I'll have Internet access. If I don't, though, Boc will post when he can and you still have the stuff I've posted this week.

-G

(Update: I do have access.)

RGB Alliance Podcast?! Really?!

2005-07-17T14:45:00.000-04:00

Yep. Really.

So this is short and mainly just me figuring out how to put together a podcast, I wish you'd listen anyway.

Here's the link to download...I couldn't find a direct-link enabled server right now, but trust me, this is safe:

Download Podcast #1 here

-G

Holding Down The Fort

2005-07-16T00:40:00.000-04:00

Yeah, yeah, we're gonna be a bit shorthanded this week, but I assure you I'll keep it going at the normal pace...Boc said he'll help more this week too. What I need all of you to do for me is to keep visiting. There'll be new stuff, that's my end of the deal. Your part is to not only keep that hit counter climbing, but to comment as well. Yeah, even you people that "It's not what you do". We're losing a poster and a commenter this week, but if I do what I say and the lurkers post (and yes, I actually DO know who you are and which archaic links you're still following to get here), you won't notice a difference.

Now for a bit of an update.

-It's cool to be in Boston when this happens.

-About this story: doesn't he realize that they don't think he's gonna quit, they think he's gonna die?

-You know I'm downloading this when I get home.

Okay, I probably won't get to update again until I get home tomorrow...er...I mean tonight. Sorta. I expect comments from everyone. Please.

Beach

2005-07-15T19:51:00.000-04:00

I'm going to the beach. YAYYYYYY. I love all beaches but I;m going to my favorite. Oak island N.C. Oak island is one of those quiet not so popular beaches and I love it for it. I love the peace and quiet its so peaceful. So I won't be able to post for a week. I'll see...err.... type to you all next week.

I will be here

"I kick ass for the Lord"

Is it still Onomatopeia even if its a machine?

2005-07-13T22:30:00.000-04:00

Well recently I recieved very good news, the long awaited sequal to the heli attack games has made its debut. Heli attack 3 as its so simply called continues on the heli attack legacy with hours of mindless destructive fun and tons of weapons that made you say "man i want that gun for when the zombies attack." http://www.miniclip.com/heliattack3.htm for all your sick pleasures. By the way if no one gets it the title is refering to the sound a helicopter makes. I need sanctuary in the pages of this book

Normality

2005-07-13T21:44:00.000-04:00

I'm sorry if my the archangel part of my personality became annoying recently. Every year around this time for a few days that part takes over and its all I can think about. But now things have returned to a semblance of normality at least. Yep I'm back to my normal mumblin' and grumblin' (well more like loud talking and not listening) self. Once again I am sorry about this whole thing,

please accept my apologies.

But lets get back to a normal post.

I have become obssesd with the Daily show with Jon Stewart. I love the show. Its hillarious but acctually stays close to a lot of the facts. But they recently moved to a new set. I hate it. The new set is horrible. It looks nothing like a talk show anymore. No more couch, no more normal desk. It looks (and this is how Jon himself siad his fans were describing it) like the control room of a starship. So I beg you Daily Show go back to the normal set or at least a better one than this one.

" I kick ass for the Lord "

My trip to the Museum of Fine Art in pictures

2005-07-13T21:28:00.000-04:00

This post will probably have as few words as possible.

My favorite painting:

Picture Gallery with Views of Modern Rome by Giovanni Paolo Pannini
I just like this because the guy had to paint each individual picture. I saw it in person, trust me they are as detailed as large versions would be. Awesome.

Rouen Cathedral by Claude Monet
This is cool when you back up from it, because you can't tell what it is up close.

Transparent Cards by some company
Okay, so these were in the store part, but I got two different ones so I can play Nerts.

Where will I go tomorrow? Probably someplace with less pictures of it on the Internet.

multimedia boredom cure

2005-07-13T10:13:00.000-04:00

Video:
Kevin Pereira gets schooled

Picture:
What I'm seeing now.

Music:
My brother's friend
I don't necessarily like his stuff, but he's talented and he's gonna be at my brother's wedding, I think.

Money and Memory

2005-07-13T00:22:00.000-04:00

Ok even an archangel likes to have a little cash. So I finally took the initiative and went out job hunting. And I found one. subway has officially hired me and after three more days of training I will be an official sandwich artist.
I can now add "Official Subway Sandwich Artist" to my other titles like...

Archangel of Divine light

Sunflare ( I liked that one, but don't ask)

Mr. Annoyance (don't ask)

Blade ( good idea, well sorta, but don't get me started)

Rokan pshycic master (don't ask)

most annoying human on earth (trying to get over that one)

Great painter

Amature Manga drawer

Daily Show Freak
Roy

But anyway back to the main post........

Soon I will have money coming in and will be able to buy a PSP, PS3, and whatever nintendo names the project revolution (OK so i'm going to have to save some money, a lot of money)

Best part is you pretty much get a raise every thirty days and they are starting me out a good amount above minimum wage. (I hope spelling isn't a problem to subway)

As to my other good news, some of my memory has returned. I have remembered the location of the first of ten portals that must be taken to reach Heaven.

-Nine more heavenly portals to locate, wish me luck.

The Crazy Japanese Puzzle You'll Love

2005-07-12T23:00:00.000-04:00

Starting to appear next to the crossword in many major newspapers is Sudoku. What is sudoku? I think it would be best to just read the Wikipedia entry.

Here's what it looks like:

Just read the article. If you want to play online, a great site for that is here.

Oh, yeah, my current record for Easy is 7 minutes 1 second. Let me know how you do.

Make Layout Suggestions!

2005-07-10T22:05:00.000-04:00

As you can tell, I've been doing some layout tweaking. What do you think we should do? Comment and let me know.

I'll leave you with two pictures I took in Denver.

Lost and Alone

2005-07-10T20:50:00.000-04:00

Ok. I have a problem. A few days ago I was sent on a holy assignment. My mission was to kill a demon like none other, one that not only has powers borne from hell-fire but also control of a lot of WMDs. We fought for hours through the night and into the morning, then right as I was about to finish him with a final strike from my angle's cross, he hopped on a bike and took off. I was going to chase him but thought better than to be seen in public. The idiot ended up hitting a cop anyway. to the left is a pic. of the demon, if you see him let me know. You can contact me at archangel.of.divine.light@gmail.com
But thats not my problem. It seems that during the fight I got a pretty nasty bumb on the head and I have lost some of my memories. I now can't remember how to contact the other archangels and I can't remember how to get back to heaven. Ive been lost for about 4 days now. I'm out of money and have nobody to talk to. I'M ALL ALONE, And I can't understand a word the fast talking locals around here are saying. ICAN'T STAND HAVING NOBODY TO TALK TO. The only way I was able to get this Message out was because I spent my last bit of money on a drink at the e-cafe I'm now sitting in. Please, does any one no which way is heaven?

Abusing The New Blogger Image Feature

2005-07-09T22:34:00.000-04:00

Yeah, so I figured I'd spice this post up with a few images, since Blogger just created that feature.

Matt's back from Europe, and some people posted pictures of his trip!
Click here to see them

I'm going to he somewhere between those buildings for the next week or so, though I'm banking on being able to use Wi-Fi while I'm there... in fact, I'd have some serious job problems if I can't. Fingers crossed, everyone.

Anyone recognize this? Yes, somehow (even though I cleared my part of the site when I stopped paying for the domain name) Matt's part of the defunct PGSRealms.com is still online and mostly intact! Check it out here.

-G

Calling all Blog Authors

2005-07-07T01:19:00.000-04:00

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my God, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

Beep Beep Beep

2005-07-06T20:38:00.000-04:00

News:

Bush rides bike into police officer
At least it wasn't a tree. (If you get the reference, let me know.)

New York Times reporter jailed
This is not good for my profession. I don't like what she did, but she's now taking away the ability for a journalist to have an anonymous source. Ach.

The headline to this sucks
Seriously. Click this and look at it. Corniness exudes.

Technology:

The most wasteful piece of software since Ping Pals
Really.
(1) Almost no one has this program.
(2) You have to be within sight distance, basically.
*Hits head on desk repeatedly*

Japan to be the fastest again
That's trains. Even though this new one looks like a cat. Oh, wait, I guess that's expected from Japanese people.

Crazy Stuff:

Mario Physics
This is actually educational too. Funny, but educational. Some guys did it for a school project.

Philosophomon
I don't know how people come up with this stuff, but it's amusing.

If I can make updates like this, I'll blog more often. Oh yeah, if anyone knows what my title means, please comment.

G

Graham's Notes

2005-07-01T10:00:00.000-04:00

Okay, so I don't have one large topic to cover, so I'm gonna just update you guys on what I've been doing since I last posted.

-Drastic Weight Loss Is Overrated
Especially when it comes as a result of food poisoning. It only kept me down for a week (only, lol...), but only in the last day or so have I been able to eat normally. In short, don't eat at Sagebrush.

-The Scope Is The Most Awesome Paper Ever
Okay, so maybe just in the top ten, but that's still pretty good. We came home from the Scholastic Media Institute with 10 awards for the newspaper, along with 3 for the yearbook and one for literary magazine. I snatched six of 'em, which only further proves my point that I am awesome. ;)

-There's A Lot Of Stuff You Have To Do For College
Case in point: CTOPS, or orientation for those of you that aren't so good with acronyms. I got my laptop, created my student ID, registered for classes, etc...and there's still a bunch to do, like selecting meal and phone plans.

-You Guys Should Watch The West Wing
No, really. It's pretty cool. Like Sports Night, and you know how much I worshipped that show. The fifty bucks a season is worth it.

A little help please

2005-06-29T19:06:00.000-04:00

Ok here are my problems. I am writng my book as many of you may already know, well its acctually going to be a series of books. So here is the first problem is 6 main characters to many to introduce in the first book? My other problem is that I can't decide on a title. So which of these sounds cooler for the name of a fantasy novel, Chronicles of Sartinia: Losses or Chronicles of Sartinia: Darkness Descends.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my God, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

New Fav

2005-06-25T15:29:00.000-04:00

Ok I while I was away for the week I bought some CDs. I had heard some of one band but none of the other.

My favorite song used to be " All the Small things" by Blink 182. But then I bought a CD by Dispatch (the band I had heard a little of" two of their songs moved my old fav to number three on my list. The songs are "Here we go" and "The General". Dispatch is really awesome. The band combines the styles of punk, classic rock and roll, and some soft rock, to form an awesome mix. And they also have one of the coolest tricks you will ever see on stage. Each of the three band members play a different instrument but everyone can play the others instrument. So while on stage they switch instruments between songs.

The other band I discovered while digging through a bargin bin. The cd was only ninety-nine cents and as Graham put it, "If it sucks you couldn't find a coaster for that cheap." So I bought it. The CD turned out to be pretty good. The band is The Ware River Club. This band is a little softer than I normally listen to but they are pretty good. They seem to combine classic rock with folk music.
I recomend that you check out Dispatch and The Ware River Club.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the servic of my God, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid

Ok so I did have fun

2005-06-19T15:24:00.000-04:00

Well the wedding is over. The drunks have stumbled home and the new couple is on their way to St. Thomas.
I didn't think I would have any fun at all because generally I hate weddings,funerals, or any family gathering, but i had fun this time. Of course it sucked having to show yp at the church at 3:00 when the wedding wasn't till 6:00. We took so many pics. Most where the standard weddign pics. But then we did some funny ones (like holding up the bride, and the bride acting like a bar singer sitting on a piano). I had the honor of seating my Grand parents ( my bro sat Mom) I also got to roll my whellchair bound God Mother down the isle (I was glad to do it, I do love her).
Then the big moment came. My dad led my sister down the isle and gave her away (It even brougt a tear to my eye). The ceremony was beautiful and I'm really happy for my sis.
After the wedding we took even more pics then headed for the reception.
The reception was pretty cool. I blew out of it pretty quick, I left right after making a toast and they had cutt the cake. I would have stayed longer but the combination of a room from full of twenty/ thirty year olds and an open bar made me think it was a good idea to leave early.
Over all the wedding was pretty cool. I think my toast at the reception says it all about how I felt.
" Seventeen years ago Hanna wished for a little brother, she may want to take it back now. But she has been the best Sister I could have asked for and I love her dearly. Today I don't feel like Ive lost a sister, today I gained a new Brother. I give you both all my best wishes."

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my God, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

P.S. This is will be my last post for a few days. I'm going off for a little while tommorow.

Sorry all you guys

2005-06-17T23:29:00.000-04:00

Well I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but my sis is getting married in like 18 hours. So all you guys have lost any chance you had.

CONGRADULATIONS Sis and JJ

I'm happy for you and hope you have a long happy life together. And may God bless you in anything and everything you do.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my God, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

Cracks in the earth

2005-06-16T23:36:00.000-04:00

Well it seems are freinds in Cali are having some seismic trouble again which leaves me with one question. When do you think the fornia will fall of the hip of America. I'm hedging my bets thatll theyll have theyre major earthquake (like 7.5 or higher) within the next ten years. Lets see what you all have to say about that. Bye the way when i said fall of the hip of america i just meant major earthquake.

I need sanctury in the pages of this book.

Is someone looking over your shoulder while your reading?

2005-06-16T14:54:00.000-04:00

Well legally no they aren't. This week the House of Represenitives blocked The FBI's proposed law, a law that would alow them to look at what you have checked out from the library. Personally I don't think that a terror suspect would be stupid enough to use a library to do their evil planning. It worries me that the republican FBI is more worried about what people are reading than what people are acctually planning.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my God, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

Rules update

2005-06-15T22:13:00.000-04:00

one additioanal rule for the death pool. If one of your people dies before the three registration weeks are finished you have to replace them with another person or just have a list of nine people. Also remember that you may use peope that are politicians, authors, actors, artists, models, who ever as long as they can be considered famous.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my God, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

Reaping the rewards (well there isn't a reward)

2005-06-14T23:49:00.000-04:00

Ok starting right now we will do be starting a new long lasting series of posts. Introducing, the greatest contest and perhaps the funniest of all time

Celebrity Death Pool

For any body who doesn't know what this is here are the rules. You will reply to this messaage or one of the reminder ones with in three weeks. In the reply you will give us a list of the ten celebrities you think will die with in six months. Whoever gets the most right wins. While there is no prize you will at least have something to be proud of. So don't feel bad about doing this, just remember, go for the gold in the back teeth of the rich and feeble.

The death of one person is a tragedy. the death of a group is a statistic.

Until next time, remember you always want the Archangel on your side.

And The Rowers keep on rowing and they show no signs of slowing

2005-06-14T23:31:00.000-04:00

Well hello there as the newest contributor to this blog i would just like to greet all its loyal fans and maybe welcome some new ones. Hopefully everyone will enjoy my disjointed ravings and intense views on music games and well most everything.

Bocin
I need sanctuary in the pages of this book

Just letting you know

2005-06-14T23:30:00.000-04:00

From now on I will be posting in green

Graham will be posting in Blue

And Boccin in Red/Orange

Of course the other two will probally choose slightly different colors

Untill next time. remember you want the Archangel on your side

Justice Fails (again)

2005-06-14T09:53:00.000-04:00

Once again justice has failed. A pasty white freak who dangles babies out of windows and plays with little boys was let off the hook. Yes I know that there wasn't very much evidence against Michael Jackson, but he has been accused of the same crime like 30 different times. At least I can take comfort in the fact that his career has been ruined. The best gig he is going to get is a Las Vegas show and lets face it only washed up old freaks have Las Vegas shows. I mean Las Vegas is where former super stars go to die.

Oh, while I'm talking about ruined careers. Did you know that Destiny's Child is splitting up? (Thank God. Another triumph of good music getting rid of bad.) In my opinion they only had one good song and that was "I'm a Survivor" (they sang that right?). The only reason I liked that song was because I love Survivor the T.V. show.

Until next time, remember you always want the Archangel on your side.

Are we almighty?

2005-06-13T23:18:00.000-04:00

Soon the RGB Alliance will consist of three people. Lets look at each individually.

Archangel_Rokan: A self proclaimed administer of God's punishment and fighter of all republicans that say democrats are unchristian. He is an artist of some talent, a novice story writer that is working his way up in the world and a good friend and is fairly gifted academically. Granted, he can't spell and is long-winded.

Graham: The fierce Ninjin Ninja. He can spell, is extremely smart, can win any discussion he puts his mind to; pretty much runs the town paper (not really -G), and is a good honest democrat. Not to mentiion he has very few down points other than a horribly extreme melanin deficiency. And yes, he went back and edited this.

Then you throw the soon to be administrator, Bocin, into the mix.

Bocin: A mighty master of shadows that uses his powers for good. He has a good head on his shoulders. He also is extremely friendly and will save people from the horrors of bad music. He has moderate views but swings towards the left. Not to mention he can kick butt in a fight (I know from experience). The only thing wrong with him is possibly his shortness (That's not a problem, that's efficiency. -G).

With the three of our minds and personalities combined we are truly almighty.

The Great Debate

2005-06-13T22:57:00.000-04:00

Okay, it seems there's a big fuss about the PSP right now. I'll admit, I bought a PSP and five games this past week, and it's awesome. Here's something else, though. The DS is really good too, but in another way.

The PSP is a great system. It's very powerful. But the DS is the better handheld. I don't have to clean the face of it after every game, and the load times are almost nonexistent (the ones on the PSP are painfully long).

True, you can't play most games on the DS. But the ones you can play are cool and unique. m This week, I'm not going out to buy a UMD -- I'm buying Kirby: Canvas Curse. Boo yah.

G

Welcome

2005-06-13T22:38:00.000-04:00

I would like to let everyone knoo that Chronicles of Sartinia has merged with The Gerevolution.
We are now the almighty, extremely left, RGB Alliance
With our new administrator Graham great changes are coming.
Soon another administrator will be coming on line as well. Then our power will increase again.

But for now welcome Graham

Until next time, remember you want the archangel on your side

The Posse

2005-06-13T22:26:00.000-04:00

Yo!

And now for something completely coherent.

Just to keep things streamlined, I'm going to update in this color, so it will be distinguishable.

Longer update later!

G

I broke through the block

2005-06-12T23:34:00.000-04:00

For nearly four weeks I have had a major case of Writer's Block. Then four days ago a light bulb clicked on inside of my head. Now after hours slaving over my comp. I have finished chapter five and six is well under way.

The Good and The Bad

2005-06-12T18:48:00.000-04:00

O.K. so I finally saw the new Star Wars. It was pretty good. I have to say that the acting wasn't nearly as bad as I had been led to believe. There were some major things in the movie that were just bizzare and completely unbelieveable (Yes I know none of the things are actually believeable)

IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE NEW MOVIE STOP READING NOW

Ok first thing I found wrong with it: When Anakin betrayed Mace Windu and saved the Emperor his dialouge was pretty much as follows: "NOOOOOO what have I done. I have betrayed everyone I have loved" then ten seconeds later he says this to the Emperor "Master I will do what ever you say" That transformation from good to bad happened way to quickly. .
Seconed Thing. Anakin had both his legs and his good arm cut off. Then after doing this he touched lava and caught on fire. Yet he was still alive when the Emperor arived to save him.
Third thing and this one is kinda small. But at the end of the movie we see that consruction of the death star is already well underway. I found this hard to believe because in the later movies they make the death star sound brand new. And then the seconed Deathstar was half way completed inonly a year or two. However, this movie is set twenty years prior to the completion of the first Death Star. Like I said this one isn't that big of deal. It just seems like the time perameteers were a bit off.
Fourth and Final mistake. Anakin did not leave Luke a light saber. In episode 4 He is told by Obi Wan that His father left him his light saber.

Even though their were things wrong with the movie I really liked it. What I have liked most about the newer movies is that two out of three characters you thought would never have a fight scene have had one. In episode two yoda has one and then in episode three he has another one. In episode three R2D2 also has a fight scene. Infact he has two. First he kills that spider like droid by stabbing him in the eye. Then after he is on Count Grievous' ship he kills two guard droids by covering them in oil and setting them on fire. Also if you notice that after Anakin and Obi wan have had a fight scene, the story cuts back to R2 and he is surrounded by more dead droids. The other character was C3PO (I wish he could have had one). Last thing. did anyone else spot the Melenium Falcon.

Oops

2005-06-12T14:47:00.000-04:00

I am Officialy an Idiot.

I know I got The date of Father's Day confused. No one else has to make a comment about it. It was result of seeing that my Grandfather had already recieved a Father's Day card. Well it was that and my own stupidity. As you can see the post has already been deleted. Can we just forget about this little incident, can we put it out of our minds forever (well at least until next sunday).

Remember You always want the Archangel on your side (Even if he does have his stupid moments)

Happy B-Day

2005-06-11T23:54:00.000-04:00

I would like to say happy birth day to my mom. Thats all I wanted to do.

Bon Voyage ( did I spell that right)

2005-06-04T21:51:00.000-04:00

I am taking this time to say good bye to one of my best friends. Big J I hope you have a great time on your excurssion to Japan. Just bring me back something nice (just joking). I hopw you and TZ have a many memorable experiances. Good bye and have a safe trip.

remember, you want the Archangel on your side.

P.S. May god be with you Big J and TZ.

P.S.S. I would like to have anyone who knows Big J to reply and say bye to him.

Something Sweet, Something stupid, and something Serrious.

2005-06-03T22:41:00.000-04:00

Sweet
Do you ever hear one of thoose stories that just makes you want to say ahhhh. Well if not here is one. Yesterday a little old couple from England celebrated their 80th anneversary (I can't spell). They were 100 and 105 years of age. To bad they could barely move and kinda looked comatose.

Stupid
Bush and his croonies have made even more stupid comments.
First of all Bush said that the word "disassemble". He then said that it means to lie. No Mr. Bush disemble means to lie. Disassemble is what we did to Iraq. Then General Richard Myers made his speech. He says that we are making progress in Iraq. You see the total number of insurgence incidents are down by twenty percent. However, the good General went on to say that more people are being killed by the incidents because more people are willing to kill themselves. Yeah thats what I call progress More people being killed by fewer incidents. It used to take the insurgents 50 incidents to kill a hundred people now it only takes them 10 inceidents to kill 200 people. Maybe by next month it will only take them 3 incidents to kill 1500 people. Thats Progress to a Republican. Final mistake by the Bush people and then I will move on. Donald Rumsfield said this week that Amnesty International's reports were stupid and untrustworthy and that anyone citing their studies were not smart. Well Mr. Rumsfield a lot has changed in three years because you yourself cited their studies in a major press conference only two years ago. So Mr. Rumsfield are you saying that you are stupid.

Serrious
I would just like to take this time to thank thoose people who have given their lives for our country and in service to it. I respect you men and women in the millitary for what you do. You keep doing a good job. It is not your fault that you often have stupid bosses. I would also like to congradulate all the People Graduating tomorrow. Good luck in your future endevors.

Nothing to talk about.

2005-06-02T21:35:00.000-04:00

Ok I have nothing to tak about. So why don't we try this. I will name..err.. type 7 random ( yeah I know random isn't really possible but just work with me here) words. Then the first person to reply type a word that they think relates to each word. Then the next person reply to thoose words... and so forth until we all get bored of doing that .

1. Life
2. Mail
3. Ring
4. Card
5. CD
6. Printer
7. Yarn

Until next time, remember you want the Archangel on your side.