If you were buying a new car, which one would you buy?

To make it simple, I'll break it into price ranges:

$0 - $15,000
$15,000 - $20,000
$20,000 - $30,000
$30,000+

Which car would you buy if you had the cash?

Well there's only one phrase I can use to sum up my feelings on this film. It's poignant in today's world and it should be honored and respected.

It stinks and I don't like it.

Maybe I'm too cynical, maybe I can't get past my gosh darned cynicism but that's essentially it. I didn't like this film.

Visually, it looked ok- too much CGI for my taste but I realized something tonight. Visuals are good but you need to use those visuals to build ATMOSPHERE!!!!! None of the worlds in the movie had any atmosphere. In the original trilogy all the planets had a definite feel, nothing in this. I didn't even care much for the Big Jedi Fight Sequence. The diner scene irked me.

Acting- Portman is a good actress but stuck with awful lines. Christiansen was flat and I was unimpressed. Ewan McGregor was really the only bright spot. He was fantastic in it and if they want to go younger for Number 6 in The Prisoner film, he's it. CHris Lee was good though.

Script- The lines were awful, especially the romantic parts. And the jokes failed more in this than in a Rich Vos stand up specials.


Somewhat disappointing, CGI /was/ good though and some of the early parts were OK. I'll need to think about it more but Spider-Man better.



Edited By IkeaBoy on May 16 2002 at 03:13

he is a lazy boy who cant change his habits. he posts in the other place merely out of habit. he knows he loves it here but just cant make the permanent move. lets give him some encouragment!!

who knew?

Ok, so I kinda had a very odd kinda morning. I was working at a large station today, spent the whole morning outside and out of nowhere I suddenly found a new best friend. I hear a flutter and feel the breeze from the flapping of wings as this large Blue jay flies over my shoulder and sits on the pump I am working on, no more than 6 inches from my face, and he just kinda stares at me, as if I am supposed to know what he wants. Now of course this freaked me out a little bit, I sure didn't want my eyes to be some birds snack, so I back away. As I do, the bird drops to the ground at my feet.

Fine, bird is a wee bit looney I am thinking, so i turn to walk away..... and he follows me. Of course, I have to make sure he really is following me, so I start pacing back and forth, and sure enough, each time I turn, the blue jay, turn with me, hopping along on the cement as if we are schoolyard chums playing follow the leader.

After 10 minutes or so, I decide I need to get back to work, and when I kneel on the ground, he sits right on top of the pump. He just keeps looking at me. Eventually he flies away.... or so I thought. Not 5 minutes later he comes back with a nut in his beak and seemed to present it to me, as if awaiting my aproval. Once he sees that I notice, he begins to eat his treasure. As the morning goes on, and the attendants at the station watch on in amazement, this daffy bird proceeds to follow me from pump to pump. Every so often he disappears and returns with more food. Each time he makes sure to sit right in front of me, proud of his conquests. Seeds, a couple of nuts, but his favorite was the still squirming cricket. Without fail, as soon as I acknowledge him, he swallows his food. I actually made him sit there for 5 minutes with that cricket before I would look at him. he must have gotten impatient because he started to pace on top of the pump.

I walk over to my truck..... guess who's there? For 5 hours this wacky little bird followed me, at one point I am pretty sure he was about to sit on my shoulder before I moved.


Now, this could just be a case of a bored bird, or a sick bird. Maybe the combination of chemicals I had on my clothing put off a smell that attracted him. If it was a crow or a raven, I certainly would have shit my pants, thinking it was some awful omen. I can't explain the behavior of this blue jay, I can only chalk it up as a bizarre little experience, which brings me to the point. What surreal experiences have you had? Preferably, they will not be drug induced, acid trips are just plain cheating. What have you seen that just wasn't "normal"?

This song is not about revenge. There are people right now that are living a personal holocaust. Sometimes your circumstance dictates an explosion. Hank Low is violence. Violence can be like an earthquake: sudden, quick, and without prejudice.

<center>Night Watchman

<font color=maroon>My name is Hank Low, I was born on Christmas Eve
My daddy wasn't there; he was talking with the police
A neighbor called it in; he was hittin' Mom again, again, again...

No ambulance came, only stuttered grief
Ma fell asleep on the couch, while my brother played with me
No charges pressed; soon Dad was home, home, home...

Busted lip, milk and cheese
At the grocery store; eyes looking down on me
6 years old, bubble gum hid, in my hand, in my pocket...

Now Ma only cried when she watched TV
At night I'd lye awake till Dad fell asleep
Come 4th grade my Ma held me and called me her little night watchman

My brother fell sick when he turned 15
His eyes went dark, his head went mean
I cried and cried the night he died...alone, alone...

So Ma went down to the Welfare House
See money got smaller since Frankie killed himself
Dad blamed Ma, put her head through a wall..
put her head through a wall..

I Came up slow behind, movin' awfully quiet
I remember summer crickets, I stabbed him 30 times
My name is Hank Low, I was 13 years old
I was the night watchman</font></center>

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Quote:For those of you who've been worried about the new round of CD copy-protection systems making their way into the market, Chip.de seems to have found a solution. Apparently the new data systems can be bypassed by drawing a ring around the CD using a permanent marker. The bad data that copyrights the CD is stored along the outer edge--and blacking the final track appears to completely remove the restriction.

If true, this is an extremely ironic development. Millions (if not more) have been poured into developing this data protection systems, only to have them undone by a marker that costs less then a buck.

I need some new sig pics. And i have no talent for making them i see some others have made sigs for people Like Vg
and MAY MAY ugh can i get some help?

OK, this is really long. Sorry, but there's so much to say on it. Just read it through because I'm really interested to hear your opinions and viewpoints on it.


Two sections here.


So you’re starting a band. You’ve been practicing those guitar licks until they were perfect. Worked on your chops for countless hours. You’re now a guitar god. So, you find some other people and start jamming. Now what? Where do you go from here?
What kind of music do you play? A lot of bands start out doing covers (ok, most bands), so what kind of music do you play? Do you play catchy radio hits that all the frat boys and girls want to hear? Do you play that obscure stuff that you’re really into but no one else has heard? Do you compromise between the two? Is it possible to book gigs when all you play is noise core? It’s probably REALLY tough. You’re going to see a lot of VFW halls in your future. So you opt for the catchy tunes route. At what point do you just get sick of it and play what you want? When you do, do you lose all your bookings because of it?
Personally, I’ve done a bit of playing in my day. We’ve done the play other peoples tunes to jam. We’ve also played some really out there shit. If I’m going to invest the amount of time it takes to practice, then deal with organizing a group, and the countless hours of rehearsal, I’m gonna play what I want. I’m not going to play Creed because I think that the kids at the bar will like it. What the hell do they know, they think DMB was the greatest band ever. Now don’t get me wrong, we will play some more commercially friendly music, by bigger known bands. But it’s going to be stuff we enjoy playing. You won’t hear us playing Creed, Incubus, Limp Bizkit, etc. Why on earth would I want to do something I LOVE (playing music), but not doing it the way I want? I don’t like that music, I don’t like their attitudes, and I don’t like the fans. My attitude in music, and in life, is I’m going to do what I want, and if you like it, GREAT, if not, sorry but I’m going to do it anyway. This is pretty much the basis of what Punk music was. Not that I consider myself punk because I don’t like a lot of punk music, but its all about the attitude.

Second part. The music you listen to.
How much of the music you listen to is because you really like it, and how much is because you turn on the radio and hear it everyday? I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten shit for loving Radiohead. On this board, and in real life. Not many of my friends are into them, and I know many of you think they’re overrated. I think they’re talented musicians who have taken a few different turns in their career and many people don’t flow with it. Two of my other favorite bands are The Melvins, and Ween. Ween has gotten a bit of notoriety in the past few years, but still remain pretty much underground. Yeah, most of their stuff is hard to listen to, but I love the creativity, and I really dig their songs. Sure, almost all of their lyrics are really out there, and more comedic than anything else, but I love it. Take The Melvins. They are everything I love about music, and the “punk rock attitude”. They started in the mid-80’s right along side all the other Seattle bands. In fact, almost every one of those bands credit The Melvins to being the originators of Grunge. A lot of the other bands made it really big while the Melvins didn’t. Why? They decided to move out of Washington to California. They wanted no part of what was going on there. Their music changes constantly, and they will do things JUST to piss people off. Like play entire concerts where all it is is noise. They went from being one of that fastest bands, to one of the slowest bands over night. If really flipped people out. Just more of the stuff that I love.

Sure, I’ll listen to bunch of stuff thats “commercial”, but a lot of it really doesn’t groove with me. I listen to stuff that I find appealing to ME. Not to record companies, or to the guy next door.

**wipes off dust**
I wa placed in a bad bad place..but im BACK NOW!