Fuck, yeah!

So my bud Dave calls yesterday and was like "We're going to see Fellowship of the Ring tonite, you in?"
Duh! of course I'm in!
So, I spent the majority of yesterday afternoon bouncing around, barely able to contain myself because I REALLY wanted to see this movie.
It was worth it.
The pixie gives it 5 out of 5 stars. I can't begin to rave enough about it. The plot (as no doubt, most to all of you know) is great, the special effects were great, the fight scenes (GO LEGOLAS!) were great.Th e soundtrack really worked well with the visuals. The movie was great!
GO SEE THIS MOVIE!
I'll probably see it again shortly, with the family this time.

As all you TMBG fans know, TMBG unlimited is now over. That is to say.. there will be no more new stuff. I'm actually quite sad about this. Not everything recieved from TMBG Unlimited was GOOD, but at least a third of it was. Lots of cool stuff.
On the plus side, they're going to release No! (YAY!) in Spring, 2002 :D

My old friend Todd Freyburger (we've been friends since, like, freshmen year of high school) is back in town for Christmas. We'll probably get together soon'ish.

Got plans now for New Years Eve. As per usual (except for last year when I spent it in Boston), I'll spend it with Dave, Carl and their friends (not all of which are my friends, but some of them are tres cool.) It's kind of expected. Besides, so long as I can ignore Jeremy sucking faces with his boy friend, Hugh, it should be a good time. Trying to get Dave to bring Super Smash Brothers Melee too.

I think I'll start to write another post. Keep yer eyes out for it. I hope to post it tonite :)

Ciao, babes!

The Year in Review

It's been a hell of a year, a hell of year. More memorable than last year, I think.

Not everything on this list is about me, but it all directly affected me in one way or another.

This year:

• I visited Jen and Robby in Boston to see BnL live on 1/1/01.


• I, due to the near boundless generosity of Jen, get the first three seasons of Monty Python's Flying Circus on VHS :D


• TMBG came out with TMBG Unlimited.


• Even more parents learned what real fear was as a large number of kids came to school with guns.


• The US crashed a spy plane into China.


• Terry Pratchett's earlier Discworld books become released (a little at a time) in the US.


• I became president (and then "graduate advisor" of UBEESC.


• Joshua shows the world (or at least those at the talent show) that he CAN SING!


• My friend Carl is dumped by his then girlfriend, Jessica in a very messy fashion. In typical Carl fashion he rants on and on for half an hour wishing, and I quote, "The Food ROTS in her hand as it touches her lips!". He found another girlfriend somewhere in September and the two of them are very happy.
  
• I went on a brief stint on #tmbg before I was reminded why I didn't like irc.


• I got a livejournal. The whole world could read my random thoughts.


• I quit Beechwood. Finally!


• I started doing graduate research, trying to model a containment system in West Valley.


• I got offered the Lake Ontario project to do as a thesis.


• I get a car, finally!


• Timothy McVeigh (may he rot in hell) was finally executed.


• Marky and Janine started dating.


• Gary Condit was questioned on the mysterious disappearance of Chandra Levy.


• Dot Coms closed and the economy took a big turn for the worse.. and, apparently, back up lately..


• My mother got her very own computer. A couple weeks later we bring it back and replace it with a GOOD computer, an HP. Insanity and Fun (tm) ensues as we try to hook up a collection of external CD burners to her computer to find out... for reasons we STILL don't know about, we can't.


• rhayden joins ChaoticMUX. I don't recall when we became friends, but I consider Rhayden a good friend now.


• My friend Carl finally graduates school and starts looking for a job.


• Unix and Linux Computers all over choked on the 1 Billion Second Glitch.


• I went to Darien Lake on my birthday with Jen, Kalina and my brother.


• I get a digital camera for my birthday.


• Marc went to Israel for a month. He'd originally intended to try and live there a while, but after being in a car bomb (so he says), he finally gets home.. about a week after September 11. (He was SUPPOSED to be in the 12th, but with all international fligjhts cancelled and the airports a mess...)


• I started losing weight. Down to 261 now. Go me! :)
  
• I started exercising daily and eating better. I finally started taking care of myself.


• We got a DVD player. The collection continues to grow.


• "No!" didn't come out, but "Mink Car" did! (and I got MY copy signed by the Johns :D)


• I started and ended Neogenesis.


• EA scraps Simsville. :(


• Aldar starts dating Ashli. They make such a cute couple.


• I became a grad student. And a TA.


• sTiLe's show, Nicole, started. It's always worth a listen. You never know what cool songs I'll find on it this week and download for myself :)


• Osama Bin Laden and his legions of idiots attacked the Pentagon and destroyed the World Trade Center, killing thousands. The world suddenly changed.


• George W. Bush came to his own as a president.


• Deve is chased off ChaoticMUX, so far not to come back. He was chased off because of his unpopular opinions. Still, *I* liked him.


• Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail came out again on the big screen. I got it. twice.


• I started collecting Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail collectible card game cards.


• We got and lost Merlin.


• ChaoticMUX celebrated it's 5th birthday... and no one noticed.


• I get the whole Chaotica idea... which has yet to see fruitition.


• Some joker (I still don't believe it was an arabic terrorist) started mailing anthrax-filled letters to congressmen and the press.


• Zenty started and stopped dating both Solace and another girls whose name I don't know.


• Afghanistan and the Taliban felt the wrath of a very angry nation.


• Kalina and scoob decided I wasn't fit to be her friend anymore.


• Due to the whole ara and scoob thing and something else, I leave Yahoo Clubs altogether choosing, instead, to spend my time at One Phat Man and various Q&A sites (Conversawang, Forum 2010)


• Another plane crashed in Rockway, New York. An entire nation held it's breath, scared out of it's mind.


• The Sims: Hot Date finally came out, making The Sims what they'd originally intended. LITE gets Zoo Tycoon too.. and it rocks muchly.


• Get into a stupid fight with Stebe. Add one more to the list of people I don't talk to.


• I FINALLY got a Palm Pilot.


• Joshua gets the Male Lead role in this year's musical production of 'Hello, Dolly!"


• Mideast peace was shattered again when suicide bombers kiled a few thousand Israelis. The LITEster doubts that Mideast peace will ever happen until the lunatic terrorists are all killed (which will probably decimate the Palestinian population, but if they feel the need to turn to terrorism, I don't mourn their loss.).


• I started working on my web page again and redoing it, more or less, from scratch. Finally.


• Soreth met and dated Trillian, ultimately, dumping her for Josh.


• Trillian left ChaoticMUX. Possibly for good. This does not make me happy.


• New bands I found this year include some Guster, the Josie and the Pussycats Soundtrack, the Royal Canadian Air Farce, the Dance Dance Revolution Songs, Press Gang, Linkin Park (some of their stuff), Cake, Vanessa Mae


• The Fellowship of the Rings and Harry Potter both came out in theatres. And rocked.


• And I'll end this year with my friends Dave and Carl and Carl's girlfriend at Eric's house, hopefully having a grand evening.