Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Reign in Blood isn't that good.


There, I said it. The whole album is like 28 minutes long, and it still manages to have like 7 songs of filler. I mean, when was the last time you ran to the stereo, thinking, "holy crap, I sure would love to hear 'Altar of Sacrifice!'" There was no last time, because no one's ever said that goddamn sentence before! It's like the whole reputation of the album is based on the fact that all the songs kind of run together and that you don't have to listen to it for very long. Isn't that something you usually make fun of an album for? Whoopty-freakin'-doo. It's not the greatest heavy metal album of all time, it's not the greatest heavy metal album of 1986, and it's not even the best Slayer album of the 1980s. And Slayer never has been very good. Except for Seasons in the Abyss. But still.

I got that grape drink, y'all.


Shit is purple, son.

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Home refrigerator repair

My refrigerator sucks. Like my popsicles were melting, and a few days ago, I went to take the last drink out of a gallon of milk that allegedly expired a week from then, and ended up spitting sour milk chunks all over my sink, because the milk had stayed too warm. So I'm all bummed, making plans to call the landlord and all. And for some reason, in my frustration, I get all pissed and punch the back wall of the refrigerator. Now, all of a sudden, there's hell of cold air coming out in my freezer, to the point where everything's getting all frosty, where there was no frost in earlier times. Hopefully, this can trickle down to the place with the milk and cheeses.

UPDATE: Last night, I put my little battery operated clock radio with a digital thermometer on it in the fridge. At that point, it was 56 degrees in there. This morning, it was 26 degrees, and my milk was ice. The refrigerator has been turned from 9 to 7 now.

Monday, August 14, 2006

Oh yeah, also

I also went to the West Side Wal Mart and scored three $8.99 bags of frozen chicken breasts on sale for three bucks apiece. Basically, a buy one, get two free deal.

METAL UP YOUR ASS \m/

Neat Random Used CD Find

I was on the west side of town today, doing my usual weekly routine, where I go to Big Lots for cheap cereal and canned food, then head over to Hastings for a while, where I'll look at things I can't afford, then get bored and leave. But today, I had to actually spend money there. $8.99, to be exact. I was looking through the used CDs, and something caught my eye. It was Metallica's Kill 'Em All, but something looked wrong with it. The spine was WHITE. I've seen a bunch of that CD; hell, I actually own two copies of it. (one with "Garage Days Revisited" as bonus tracks, and one without that I had to buy when the first one got scratched too bad to play on a track or two) Upon closer inspection, it was the original Megaforce Records release of the album, with no mentions of Elektra or "E/M Ventures" on it anywhere. Not sure if it's rare enough to be worth anything, but it's definitely rare, and there's at least one guy trying to sell it on Ebay right now for 69 dollars. Anyway, here are some pictures:
First, the front cover. The colors seem a bit different, with the picture not looking so white, and the letters being a lot brighter, almost orange in some places. Also, the title of the CD is like twice as big as on the normal version. For a comparison, here's the front cover of the 1994 version.
Inside, there's a huge difference, as there's no booklet of lyrics or anything. It's just one white page with a few credits.
The back cover is where the huge differences lie. It doesn't resemble the usual version at all, and even has the Rich "Banger" Burch misquote, "bang the head that doesn't bang," (it's supposed to be "that," instead of "the") intact, and they leave the second T out of Kirk Hammett's last name.
And, in case you care, here's the actual CD, which sounds no different from the version everyone else has.

Neat.

Thursday, August 10, 2006

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE

The Department of Homeland Security just raised the threat level.
We are all DOOOOOOOOMED.

In that case, here's your SONG OF THE DAY:

Sunday, Monday, Happy Days,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Happy Days,
Thursday, Friday, Happy Days,
Saturday, what a day,
Rockin all week with you.

This day is ours
Won't you be mine. (Oh Happy Days)
This day is ours (Oh Happy Days)
Oh please be mine.

Hello sunshine, goodbye rain,
She's wearing my high school ring on her chain.
She's my steady, I'm her man,
I'm gonna love her all I can.
(Chorus)
Gonna cruise her round the town,
Show everybody what I've found
Rock'n'roll with all my friends
Hopin' the music never ends.

These Happy Days are yours and mine (oh Happy Days)
These Happy Days are yours and mine (oh Happy Days)
These Happy Days are yours and mine, Happy Days.

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

MORE FREE INTERNET CRAP

Free Movies Fallen Out of Copyright

This site should fill all of your requirements for cheesy old sci-fi flicks, weird educational films, and bullshit documentaries about how George Bush and/or the Jews are going to kill us all with evil oily sex powers.

Highlights so far include:
Plan 9 From Outer Space - Ed Wood's unintentionally hilarious classic.
Reefer Madness - AHHH DEVIL WEED
Gayniggers From Outer Space - No comment necessary.
Powers of Ten - Like the neatest math-based documentary that I was ever forced to watch in school.
The Secret History of Hacking - The history of when hacking was real shit instead of just preteens downloading scripts, from Captain Crunch to Kevin Mitnick.
Duck and Cover - "Always remember: The flash of an atomic bomb can come any time, no matter where you may be." Oh, we're FUCKED.
Thank You, Mask Man - Cartoon version of the old Lenny Bruce routine about what a ungrateful homo the Lone Ranger is.

Check it out yourself. Lots of neat crap here.

Sunday, August 06, 2006

FREE CRAP ALERT

Like a zillion free TV channels from across the globe.

And right now, there's an Overkill show on AFTV 5 in the USA section.

More CSS Chicanery

Here's the continuation. Cascading Style Sheets like a motherfucker, y'all. Note that it's not supposed to look like anything at all, and I'm just trying to figure out how to work the tags. I wouldn't make such a pile of crap on purpose.

Friday, August 04, 2006

Learning new internet nerd crap.

I'm trying to teach myself how to make pages using CSS styles, without relying on some program to do it for me. I now present to you like twenty minutes of fiddling with really basic stuff. Hold the mouse over the text to see my blatant abuse of the "title" HTML tag.

How to Eat a Watermelon

Lord, have mercy.

Wednesday, August 02, 2006