Garbage.net – My Blog, My Life

I decided to go back to WordPress.  The other site was cool and all but updating the database directly got to be a pain and I was too lazy to write some nice front-end for it.  I deleted a couple of posts but don’t worry, I’m still exercising.  I know you care about my well-being, Wilbur.

Street Fighter IV came out on Tuesday.  I was going to buy it right away but then I remembered that the XBOX 360 d-pad sucks donkey ass.  So I started looking at Mad Catz “Street Fighter IV FightStick Tournament Edition” (yes, my fingers hurt from typing that whole name).  It’s actually made out of the same hardware used on the SF IV arcade machines.  They sell it for $150 so I’m hoping  it also gives backrubs and cleans the catbox.  Anyway, to get this freaking stick, you had to pre-order it back in like July 1979.  Of course, I didn’t so I have to wait until they are back in stock sometime in April 2009.

A couple of days ago I set up an old computer next to the tv to play my emulators on our plasma tv. (TOP TIP: girlfriends/wives love extra hardware in the living room.) I can now play NES, SNES, Genesis and MAME games through the Bubbles emulator front-end that I developed using Visual Basic 6 (which eats VB.NET for breakfast).  The cool thing is that this Joystick of Doom also works with MAME so it’s going to be awesome once I can find one.

I know what you are thinking.  “Damn Jose, stop all this BS about yourself and give us some more Robert Jackson.  I need me some tips for taking a shower.”  I hear ya loud and clear, bitches.  Enjoy.

This weekend was pretty busy. On Saturday we went to Sweet Tomatoes on Lombard, IL for some salad, soups and pizza. Since salad was coming out of our ears we just ended up eating popcorn that night. I also managed to finish Call of Duty 4 on Veteran Difficulty after a few days of yelling and cursing. I pretty much saved the U.S. from being attacked with multiple nukes. Yes, I’m a goddamn hero. I think I might start playing Halo 3 now.

On Sunday we went back to the gym and then headed to the “Italian Store” and the butcher shop. I saw an ex-coworker at the butcher, so that was nice. For dinner Chris made a breaded chicken with goat cheese & salami which was quite tasty. We also watched the MTV Video Music Awards. Yes, leave it to me to find some A1.Super.Fine quality entertainment. I did like how a lot of the live acts were done on outside sets but besides that most of the show was complete garbage. At least Britney is back to being “normal” and Paris’ is going to have a new show on MTV. I’ll be adding that to my Tivo right after Bridezillas and The Sunset Tan on E!.

We ended the evening by playing curling on Deca Sports for the Wii. It was actually pretty damn cool. Chris provided commentary (“YEP! YEP! HARD! HARD!”) while my people swept the ice. She, of course, kicked my ass just like she did the first time we played bowling when we got the Wii.

I leave you now with a video from my good friend Robert Jackson on tips for cleaning the kitchen floor. Do take a look, Trebek.

So we finally got our asses in gear and joined the gym. We had an appointment after work with “Jim at the Gym” for an overview of how most of the weight machines worked and a recommended plan of attack to follow. After the one hour session he talked to us about his “Boot Camp” program. He said it was a little different compared to what we do in the gym. He kinda lost me around the part where we are supposed to go to a warehouse on Friday nights and something about everyone has to fight the first time. The more he talked about it, the more excited he got. He started to look a bit like John Kreese from The Karate Kid. By the time he was done talking about “Boot Camp” I wanted to find Ralph Macchio and kick his ass. Sweep the leg! SWEEP THE LEG!

Yes, I’m still alive.  I guess alpaca farming was not such a good idea after all.  Thanks a lot, Gabe.  Did I mention we went to Italy over Spring Break?  We pretty much ate everything in Florence, Venice, Capri, Rome and Pompeii.  No wimpy tours.  No four check-in bags.  Hardcore traveling all the way.  All you need is a Jewel plastic bag and 1 change of clothes.  We kept a blog of the whole thing.  Check it out.