I want to get something pretty nice from my shipping money.

Something with a fairly wide screen, HD, very fast and will be able to play all the new comp games coming out for a good while at high spec. Its got to be a laptop because I'll need it to travel with. I'm willing to spend from 1000$-1500$ on a nice one but it needs to be able to play da games.\

I'm looking around new egg right now and I don't really know what I want because I don't know very much about comp specs or what the hell they're supposed to come with to be good nowadays (gettin old).

So I finally got a ship and I'm going to work on a construction derrick in Mexico for two weeks or something like that after I get a physical and take a helicopter operations class in new Orleans.

This is what a construction derrick looks like:







The one I'm going to work on for a lil while is stationed in mexico and apparently when I get into mexico I can't bring a computer or flashdrive which is the suck because thats mostly what I do when I'm shipping and in between work hours. I'm gonna bring an ipod and a psp but I'm wondering if they'll take a psp too because its got a flashcard in it.

Basically I'm gonna be gone for awhile starting next week and I'm going to need some requests for some interesting books or something I can pickup because mexicans don't like computers or some stupid shit.

Oh about the ship. The dude said I'll have to sail as an Ordinary seaman on it for a awhile probably because they only keep Green ABS onboard or some dumb crap like that and I'm blue. I'll also get to work maintenance and he said they work 12 hours a day but I don't know if I'll be getting overtime or not but 12 hours a day for 28 days isn't that bad. I start out at 14$ an hour which is good for an ordinary and I'll be getting a shitload of hours so thats ok for now.

So I know a few people don't like them. Think they demean women and all kinds of other shit. That makes sense to me and I'd agree with it but ladies gotta make a living and if I want to see titties and they're willing to do it then I'll damn sure support them.

I've had some pretty crazy times at em' before though. I remember a few months ago I went to one and some old black dude told me I was a prophet or some crazy ass shit.

I always try to go and strike conversation with the strippers though and see what they're thinking and what they're like. I know it sounds dumb but its pretty fun and interesting and it kind of draws them to you a lil bit if you're sincere enough.

Like tonight I went to a club and was chatting with some girl who said she was 22 had 3 kids and was going to college for business administration or some shit. I told her that I didn't like going to clubs because its kind of demeaning an pretty lame and she started laughing. I had a pretty fun time because my bud paid for me because I didn't really want to go and it was fairly cool but kind of depressing.

its always depressing but you've kind of got to get past that. It can be really fun though if you can get past that. The girl said she didn't like the work but she made good money, "gotta do what you gotta do" I said and she agreed.

fu ntimes

I watched The Hulk VS the other day and it was pretty sweet:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_Vs


It was pretty fun to watch, I also watched the batman animated movie that came out recently and thought it was good too. Can someone give me some more animated comic movies like this to watch? I thought I saw a trailer for an iron-man one but I don't know much about it.

So I got two problems:

I can't play dvd movies through my disk drive for some reason (dunno?) but I can play games just fine.

And when I play a game called lineage 2 my comp shuts down. I think its because its overheating but I don't know why that is happening my fan is clean and nothings covering the vent up. That never happened before either.


so how do I fix?

Vinnie Paz is a homophobe

[Vinnie Paz]
They call me Kublain Khan, ready for war with a Ruger 9
I'm ready with a machete for Rudy Giulian
I'm ready for anybody who want war
Y'all ain't nice with the hands you can't brawl
You can't stall, we hold the black horses
I'm runnin' up in ya church to smack crosses
You lack rawness, you lack passion
You couldn't make it through war without rations
You just a homosexual; I think the gay rights movement
should meet you and then invest in you.
Rhymin' 'bout flowers 'n shit
And poets on the mic for twenty hours 'n shit
I'm housin' ya shit; Shuttin' ya fuckin' mic off
Snatch ya fuckin' poetry book and then kick the dyke off
Set the fight off, show 'em what real rap is
Real rhymes, real beats and real clappers
And we blast at Deep Cover,
Make you see murder [C-Murder] like Master P' brother
(Yea, what's the deal baby, yea, free Ras Kass, feel me)

And he keeps repetitively using faggot in like every other song, at first I thought it was just coincidence but now I think that he legitimately hates gay people. He's also too IMGO NNA FUCK YO SHIT UP! with his lyrics and it gets pretty boring after awhile. I think what I need is a jedi mind tricks without vinnie paz because I really like the instrumental sounding beats they're cool as shit.

I guess to broaden this topic talk about your favorite homophobic rappers/musicians

So my friend told me today that he is going to be acting in an independent film entitled "checkout time".

He said that he went with buddy to check it out and they bumped him into auditions and gave him a leading role even though he tried out for something else.

The movie is supposed to be about a group of friends that take shrooms and trip balls, but one of them freaks out and disappears so the movie is about the remaining group trying to find him while they're tripping. My friend is going to be playing the guy that disappears. He showed me an e-mail from the film staff I guess saying that he was getting the role because they needed someone who was a trained fighter and the biggest scene he'll be in is one where his character will "beat the shit out of someone and piss on them". He also told me that this movie is supposed to be a true story about whoever is the guy making the movie. I can't remember if its the director or producer but he has a chain of hotels or something and they'll be recording the movie somewhere around one of his hotels.

Anyways this sounds like its going to be pretty hilarious. My friend said he's going to try to get a copy of his audition and I'll upload it if he gets it. I was wondering if anyone that follows indie films around here could have possibly heard of it? He told me they were considering putting the movie at the sundance film festival or some shit like that when they're done with it.

So I just found out that that Sacha guy from "Borat" and "Da Ali G show" is making a new movie called bruno.

Brüno[1] is a mockumentary comedy film slated for release on July 10, 2009.[2] It is produced by, co-written by, and stars Sacha Baron Cohen. The character Bruno originates from Cohen's previous Channel 4 and HBO series, Da Ali G Show. This film is the third based on characters from the show, following Ali G Indahouse and Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, but the latter and this film occurs in real-life situations unlike the Ali G Indahouse.

I think steel mentioned it a couple of times recently, which made me look it up.

Even though I'm not a fan of either Ali G or Borat really (never watched very much of the show) what I've read about "Bruno" seems pretty damn funny. Apparently in filming and gaining publicity he's been trolling Ron Paul, a Prop 8 rally, 1500 people from Arkansas, and a Milan Fashion show.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%BCno_(film) <- details in here



Like I said I didn't like Borat very much but this trailer looks really good and so far I'm pretty anxious to see the ron paul scene and all the other crazy shit they've been doing for this movie.

Hey I know at some point there was already a topic or something about this but I never got to look through it.

I'm thinking about picking up oblivion again and what are some cool mods I can get for it?I read I could get new races and additional content, that would be cool. Keep in mind I know next to nothing about modding pc games but I've already got the shivering isles and knight thingy expansions.

help a bro out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acBE30ajqpA

"Technologically advanced equipment" my ass, those motherfuckers have to have a mile of space to turn and go at 10 knots max.

I was on the sister ship of this one, in the same area and doing the same shit. I didn't say what kind of boats were messing with the ship but my money is on chinese fishing boats, which is funny as shit because they can barely stay afloat.

Also I had to report those exact same low fliers, this is so weird. But yeah chinese ships/boats are always following those ships around because they're trying to expand their borders and don't want their sub traffic known.

Edit: I don't think I'm giving anything important away because its already all over the news and the chinese def know which ones do what just from those planes so. Also I didn't have a security clearance when I found this stuff out so I don't think it matters.

http://www.myspace.com/chriscornell

I just sat and listened to this and being a fan of a handful of Soundgarden songs and the first Audioslave album I don't know what quite sure to think of it.

The first song is utter shit but I kind of like the single scream. Its too dumb and poppy pretty much though, but I like the attempt he made to keep with current music (I guess?). I've always liked his voice but this sounds pretty ridiculous and funny. I guess he's never written his own lyrics or just GAVE UP trying, because this is pretty weak.

dunno, maybe he got the idea IF I DUMB MY MUSIC DOWN MAYBE THE YOUNGSTERS WILL LIKE IT?

It says its some anti virus bullshit but I'm pretty sure its some kind of spambot/virus thing because it was messing up my computer hardcore.

I think my stupid ass little brother downloaded it when I was gone because I sure as hell didn't do it and no one else even uses my comp or would care to put virus protection on it. Unless it downloaded itself

SOMETHING IS AFTER MEHALP


Also I need to know how to get into the windows startup thing because I need to stop it from starting up when I reboot my computer (even though I'm pretty sure I deleted it) and any other useless programs I got when I reformatted

where is that new swansaw album at?

Psyburn said you guys finished it are you waiting for something or what I want to hear that shit.

http://www.myspace.com/swansaw <--- what I'm talking about

this stuff is really really good though.

Every night after getting really baked, I turn on the tv in desperate hopes that one of the two best shows ever will come on.

Survivorman

Survivorman is Les Shroud. Les does all of the taping and acting for survivorman all by himself out in the middle of nowherefucksville. All he has on him is his camera equipment (which he can't use) his clothing and like four random items which he can use any way he wants.

The title "Survivorman" refers to the host of the show, Canadian filmmaker and survival expert Les Stroud, who must use his skills to survive for seven days alone in remote locales with little or no food, water, and equipment.

During the filming of each episode, Stroud is alone, and operates all the cameras himself. He is equipped with only his clothes, camera equipment (which he does not use for survival except in an emergency), his harmonica, a Leatherman multi-tool,and often "everyday items" relevant to the episode's particular survival scenario. For safety purposes, Stroud carries an emergency satellite phone. However, Stroud has claimed that while filming several episodes, there were times when his emergency phone did not work, leaving him totally alone.[2] On a few occasions, Stroud has also been provided with a rifle.

Survivorman can be considered a sequel or spin-off to Stroud's earlier project, Stranded, a five-part series that was shown on the Canadian Discovery Channel in 2001.

Les Stroud has publicly announced that he will stop filming his popular Survivorman TV series after the third season. Stroud is leaving the highly popular series because he says that "a person can only go without eating for a week at a time, a limited number of times, before it begins to wear on you."

This dude goes through some real shit. Like hes even had to give up a few times I think because some of the places he goes to are so F$%$ing whack that he was just incapable of living there. This dude is good as hell though, he's like a frontiersman macgyver or some shit. I've seen him trap rabbits, squirrels, bugs, weird plants, snails, and all kinds of other crazy shit.


Man Vs Wild

Man Vs Wild is Bear Grylis. And Bear Grylis is a friggen badass. He is an X royal commando bred with the blood of 1000 kings, genetically engineered for killing little furry shit, and trained to live off an old muddpuddle and a stick of beef jerky for a week . He's like fucking batman or something and this show isn't even really about HOW TO SURVIVE IN SHITTY SITUATION. As it is how fucking crazy grylis is. Its like watching the hulk throw a car and then he being like: "ITS EASY THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT WATCH"

This guy is crazy:


Also, he escapes from quicksand in like every other episode its so hilarious I've seen him crawl out of quicksand like six times I think.



Anyways to my excitement there is a christmas marathon on man vs wild and he's been doing some pretty cool shit like he ate that snake and got stung by a bee in the face.

So my little brother's xbox is messed up.

Not sure why, it was working fine yesterday. But now when you turn it on the fan will get pretty loud and after a few seconds a red light will start flashing around the power button and the tv turns black.

Can't turn it off by holding the power button so he has to unplug it because it will just stay like that.

Anyone have this problem or know how to fix it?

any help would be much appreciated...

If you try and think about it most of the world's problems are caused by our ways of thinking: Greed, Hatred, Ignorance, Self-righteousness, conceit, Miss guided belief systems and lack of empathy to name a few. Core human emotions and survival techniques that often do us harm as a whole. The elite making decisions that effect us all, guiding us into paths many of us may not choose. Supposedly for the better of us all but not so much when you really think about it.

So many arguments are started because of "I DONT UNDERSTAND YOU OR WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM FUCK YOU" regardless of which viewpoint is right or wrong.

Is there any way around this? Will we grow in intellect and understanding and one day grasp the concept of universal love and understanding?

If so whats the answer?

Research into Psychedelic drugs? Mind control? Evolution? Technology? Strict sets of laws given by enlightened men to guide the unenlightened? Music and art? What will form men into what they must be?

What, if anything. Will drive us to a higher plane of understanding and totality?

It seems like the way of men is to fuck other men to survive and flourish, when the technology and resources to do better and make ourselves more fitting as a whole are discarded and labeled as unethical. Are we to just wait? Are we to sit by and wait for our peers to catch up to what must come? Are we to wait until evolution forces us into a new path? Or are we to waste into unexistance?

I know this sounds pretty preachy and clouded but what is the next step? Who are we to become if anything other than a dull mark off in the cosmos?

Animals kill to survive. Humans kill to survive. We aren't so different, but at the same time aren't we smart enough to grow past that stage? Tribes band together to survive the environment they're given, but what about if all of our tribes have surpassed that? What are we to do? Fight and kill one another until we've expended all of our resources?

I don't study Philosophy or whatever this way of thinking is, but its really interesting to me and I'd like to see what other people think.

So where do you think we'll be in 10, 50, 100 more years? I'd like to think that we would've all grown past our misjudgments and bigotry. But will that ever happen? Will we keep finding others to hate and fight or will we become something more?

I'd like to think I've got a good grasp of what is happening in the world and what people think, but maybe my sense of "this is all wrong, what in the hell are we doing?" is ignorance.
Maybe I've not been through enough hardship and pain to feel the way others do when they're so hateful and angry. But no matter which way I try to look at it, it all seems misguided and stupid.

I'm probably just thinking too much though...

So I've installed this game twice and each time I try to play it I get a blue screen and my comp restarts.

I looked it up on google and there were a few people complaining about it, one way to fix it was to change the screen resolution and I did that. Still get the blue screen.

I'm pretty sure it isn't because my laptop is incompetent, I can play Crysis, HL2, and Oblivion just fine so what the hell is up.

thanks




So I read at support that I need to update my drivers but I don't think I can, I've got ATI Radeon Mobility X1700 and it isn't listed on the ATI site...

so yesterday while trying to dl pineapple express from a wireless connection at seaschool, I managed to get my ip blocked.

Is there any way to change my ip through windows? or to get around this?

I cant access the net at all through my comp but im using a psp if another connection is needed.



btw, this post took me 30 mins...

and NORAD i think it was called, was the service that blocked my IP address.

tnx in advance

How much are they and is getting the 170$ slick silver bullshit worth it?

I also don't know much about the games other than I know I want to get Final Fantasy Tactics, FF Crisis core, and probably the star wars battlefront game. So some help with info on the games that I can get with it and if its worth the money.

Also is that Medievil game any good that came out for it?

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