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"You know... you're like the A-bomb. Everybody''s laughing, having a good time, then you show up... 'boom' everything's dead." - Master Shake |
My little adventure -- The plan was to take the damn MUNI (the 38 bus to be more specific) down Geary to the parking garage where I left my car last night. Figured taking the bus and spending only $1.25 was better than getting a cab. However, when I got to the corner of Geary and Fillmore, the bus was already there. I could have very easily "jogged" and caught it, but I decided not to because I was too tired and hungover. Figured the $6 I could've saved wasn't worth the trouble of jogging 20 feet. Consequently, I waved down the first cab I saw, hopped in and took it to the corner of O'Ferral and Mason, which turned out to be about an $8 fare with tip. I then walked to the parking garage, paid the $28 for the overnight parking and proceeded to look for my car, which I had thought was parked on the 5th floor. I was wrong. I searched all over the 5th floor, then the 6th, and eventually found it parked in the middle row on the 7th floor. Okay, a little bit of a headache, but I finally found my baby. However, the story doesn't end there. Upon getting to my car, I hear a woman say, "hey, you're Dave, right?" I turn around to see this hottie that I don't recall ever meeting and responded with a very perplexed, "yeah...have we met?" She laughed, told me how we met at Ruby Skye last night and that she just got done doing some shopping. I then told her about how I was just picking up my car that I had to leave there overnight because I was just a tad bit too drunk and then asked if I could get her phone number. This got another chuckle out of her because she apparently had already given it to me while at Ruby...though, just to be sure I had her double check to make sure I had the right number in my phone. This was a smart move on my part because it turned out that her number was one of the half dozen or so that I entered into my phone with the wrong number of digits. It was missing the last one in this particular case. The point of this story is...well, there is no point. Strange things happen to me every once in a while and when they do, I have good content to post on my website for you people to read. Okay, so maybe there is a point and the point is that my alcoholism is a good thing. If not for my tendancy to drink too damn much, my site would be a completely boring read and that wouldn't be a good thing! The way my night's tend to
end up... --
Yeah, I have no clue what's up with that midget in my back. I guess it's just the angle and the way I'm bending or something. Anyway, this was taken by Toole when he found me laying down on the floor right in front of the door to our apartment after a VERY fun night at Ruby Skye. I don't remember even drinking all that much, but boy was I plastered. I was a very HAPPY drunk, though, which is a change from the angry drunk I've been getting a lot of lately. What sucks is that my drunkeness screwed me a bit because I was too fucked up to put phone numbers into my cell phone and the ones I did get in all have the wrong number of digits, except for two of them. Oh, well, it's not like I call back anyway when I can't even remember who the number belongs to. Anyway, more partying tonight! Woohoo!
My big dilemma --
The erection that wouldn't
go away -- It got to the point where I would constantly have to switch hands after five seconds because the lactic acid build up in both arms was so intense that it actually hurt. I was even considering calling in sick to work, "Sorry Jeff, I can't come in today. Why can't I? I have an erection." Luckily, after exactly 70 minutes (I was really hoping for 69 for obvious reasons), Mount St. Helens finally erupted. And, as the bible likes to say, it was good.
Starting over again...or for the first time --
What a great movie -- A cheap and lazy Saturday
night --
My ass is sore! -- The soreness was well worth it because it was an amazing night at the club. I think it had to something to do with the fact that Joy's DJ friend Ian is a bit of a "hottie" because everytime I've gone to Dragon Bar when he's spinning the place is loaded with groups of hot chicks. It's always too loud at that place to even try to converse, so I spent most of the night just bouncing around on the dance floor. And since the girl-guy ratio was so heavy in the girl department, I found myself bumpin' and grindin' with numerous hotties throughout the night. I had my hands all over so many different amazingly tight bodies that it was almost unreal. I'd like to think it was just cause I'm a sexy beast, but my guess is that I was helped by the fact that I was with Joy, an attractive woman, so this made me a little more appealing, more approachable or less threatening to these other women. I don't really care why, though, it was just an amazingly fun time and that's all that matters.
Reproduction Denied -- My only real beefs were that it's still a major pain in the ass to target enemies that are coming from your left or right because of the extremely slow turn radius and that the lack of zombies kind of made it feel unlike Resident Evil in a way. Nevertheless, the storyline was engrossing and while the atmosphere wasn't quite as intense as the earlier games in the series, it still provided a few tense moments. The bottom line is that it's a great game that not only took me about 20 hours for my first play through, but also offers a couple of cool extra unlockable games that you get after beating it so it has a whole lot of value. I'd give it about the same as I gave Metal Gear Solid 3, a solid 9.0 out 10. If I had to pick one, I'm not sure which one it'd be because they're both stellar titles that offer different gameplay experiences. You won't lose with either one. Anyway, considering I've now beaten Resident Evil 4, GTA: San Andreas, MGS3: Snake Eater, and Half-Life 2 in '05, I guess it looks like I'm 40% complete with my goal of beating 10 games this year and it's only January. Not too bad. Maybe this means I can take a little break for a while. The next big one is likely Metroid Prime 2, but I might also pick something a little simpler for Xbox or PS2 so I can play a little while on my lunch break at work. I'm also playing some World of Warcraft, but I don't think that'll qualify as a title that I need to "beat".
A two-time champion -- Don't drink the beer at Hooters
-- It's much cheaper drinking at most clubs and the women at clubs are more likely to suck your dick because they're drinking too. Oh, well, it was nice to get out of the house during the day because it was actually sunny outside for like the second time in the past three weeks in San Francisco. I just can't complain about that.
A few new goodies -- Why I hate playing online
games --
About freakin' time! -- What's next? -- I guess both are supposed to be pretty damn good, so it doesn't really matter all that much which one I play through first. Not really looking for feedback really, just talking out loud...except that I'm not talking out loud but typing it up. I can be kind of weird that way.
And yet another -- What it really came down to is that I was completely drawn into the game's storyline and characters and thought it was backed up by some phenomenal gameplay and general play mechanics. Even though it's linear, it offers a multitude of ways to progress through each of the levels and it's littered with hundreds of cool Easter eggs throughout. My only complaints are that I thought the whole surgical repair aspect was a bit overdone and was particularly bothersome at times jumping into and out of menus after every hit you took from certain bosses and it was annoying as fuck having to feed Eva in the final area of the game. I thought a lot of the camo stuff was pretty neat, loved the CQC stuff and was rather pleased with the game's long ending that wrapped things up quite nicely, especially after being disappointed by the lame ass endings to both Halo 2 and Half-Life 2. If I were to throw a score at it, I'd say it's about a 9.0 out of 10. David Smith's cool videogame
junk --
Another one bites the dust
-- The point of all this is simply that I've played a whole lot of San Andreas and Half-Life 2 lately. As I had posted previously, I beat GTA last week and just today I finished Half-Life 2. So, what'd I think of it? It's a great game. The storyline is quite immersive, the levels are well-designed and well-scripted, and the general gameplay is pretty tight. I also loved a lot of the weapons, enjoyed many of the physics puzzles and thought the act of taking down one those Striders was very rewarding. My only complaints with the game was that my PC had to run it at the lowest graphical settings and the framerate was still shitty, I was constantly annoyed by the AI comrades who always got in my way in the latter levels (luckily there's no friendly fire, so it's not quite as annoying as it was in GTA), and the ending was almost as weak as the one for Halo 2. Overall, I think I'd give it a 9.0 out of 10 compared to the 7.5 I'd give San Andreas (based solely on its merits as a one-time through story and not its appeal as a "fuck around" type of game), and a 7.0 for Halo 2 (based soley on its merits as a single player game). I'm now trying to decide if my next game should be Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater or Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. If I don't start either this weekend, I might just skip those two for now and pick up and Resident Evil 4 next week. Regardless, I'm really hoping that I'm more impressed with at least one of those three games or the console landscape might start to bore me. I already love HL2 and I'm seriously considering getting into World of Warcraft because EVERYONE (that actually play games in their leisure time) at Visual Concepts is playing it to death these days it seems. I just don't want to be forced to buy a new PC because I love being able to play games easily in the living room on my TV.
Buy my Nintendo DS! --
400! -- Grove Street 4 Life! -- If I were to grade it on a 10 point scale based solely on playing through the main missions, I'd give it a 7.5 out of 10. It'd get a lot of extra points for the fact that it does provide endless amounts of fun when you're just "fucking around" in the world. I just couldn't stand the fact that I didn't die a single time in the game because of my "skill", but rather because of shoddy controls, horrible AI, stupid camera angles, or the horrendous targetting system. Seriously, why the fuck would one of my gang members keep running in front of me while I'm standing there and shooting my damn M4? Dumb fuck might as well been one of the crackheads that I couldn't take along with me because they were completely worthless. Comparatively, I think I would rate Halo 2 as a 7.0 out of 10 based solely on its merits as a single player game. It would get higher because of what it offers as a multiplayer game, but the story and mission structure in it were sub par for a game that was so fucking hyped. That's two "Game of the Year" type titles that left me fairly underwhelmed. I'm hoping that Metal Gear Solid 3 and Metroid Prime 2 will improve my feelings on console games in 2004 because it's not looking good. Luckily, Half-Life 2 has been living up to the hype so far, although I'm only a little more than halfway through the game as far as I can tell (I just got past the bridge level where I kept falling off -- I hate these kinds of levels in FPS games, btw). My only real complaint about the game is that it gives me motion sickness and makes me sick to my stomach because I'm playing it on a shitty PC that runs it at a shitty framerate. I guess the fact that I keep playing through it regardless says something about the quality of the game. The one game that I don't have from 2004 that I'm tempted to get to see if it's "Game of the Year" worthy is World of Warcraft. Everyone I know that's playing it just lives by it...but that is also what scares me away from it because I don't know if I really want to dedicate that much time to any game at this point in my life. Oh, well, I guess I still really like GTA San Andreas even though I hate the fuck out of it. Even though I've beaten it, I still plan to slowly go after the elusive 100% completition. Don't know if I'll ever get it, but I figure it'll be a good time killer when I'm not busy doing anything else. It's probably the game's biggest thing going for it and is the reason why it's gotten so many high scores from reviewers.
Just say "NO"! --
That's my younger brother John, btw. He was getting a big laugh out of just how fucking drunk I was on New Year's Eve. Funniest thing about this pic -- and many others that were taken this night that had equally fucked up faces -- was that it wasn't staged. I guess too much alcohol turns my ass into the fucking elephant man. From now on, I think I'm going to start randomly taking self photos of myself throughout the night to judge my level of intoxication. And once I get to the point where I look like a deformed freak, I'll just call it a night, go home and jerk off my alcohol-limp dick to some porn. My resolutions
for 2005 -- I've also started getting into some bad habits financially and have gotten myself back in debt. Sure, the majority of it is for the car and that really isn't that huge of a deal, but I'm back to living pay check to pay check...and that's not a good thing now with that whole "NFL" thing that happened last month. I gotta get back to being smart with my money so I'm safe if I ever do lose my job. I guess it wasn't all that bad because I did get my very first "nice" car. My previous modes of transport have been a beat up '91 Ford Taurus that saw me put more than $10K in it over 18 months before it got totalled in a wreck that took the life of a close and dear friend and my crusty '89 Honda Accord and its 200K+ miles. It's nice to own something that's not a piece of crap. Other than that, there's the sex thing I talked about in yesterday's quick blurb. In some ways, I guess 2004 was also one of my better years. Anyway, here are some of my New Year's resolutions for 2005: 1) Lose 50 lbs. I would just say a general "lose weight", but I don't think that's good enough. The 5.5 lbs I lost in '04 wasn't enough considering that I've actually been 20 lbs lighter at various points within the year. I've back into a lot of the bad eating habits that got me fat in the first place and I need to get back to eating healthy on a consistent basis and working out every single day. If I could drop 50 lbs in '05, I'll start off '06 at a svelt 209.5 lbs, which would be fucking sweet. If I can make it, I'll be able to fit in my sweet Vib Ribbon button shirt! 2) Eliminate my credit card debt and rebuild my savings. Right before I bought the car, I had no debt and a huge chunk of cash in my savings. I've since maxed out a bunch of cards, am currently $8K in credit card debt and have nothing in my savings account. Sure, the savings were depleted with the car purchase and I have over $5K in money that I "loaned" friends or family of which I'm sure I'll get back at least $2K, but there was also a lot of dumb financial decisions along the way. Spending $1K on a video camera that I haven't used yet, buying a Nintendo DS when I rarely ever play handheld systems, giving that "date" that won't even kiss me $200 every time she comes over for half an hour, and going to that strip club with Jonathan and wasting money on that lap dance are just a few of the things I could've been smarter about. 3) Have sex with a larger variety of women. I've never had an Asian or Persian woman and would like to change that in '05. Not that I want the white women any less and I can never have enough of the Latin ladies, but variety is the spice of life.. Basically, I would love to have tastes of every flavor of female that the planet has to offer...as long as they're hot. I love spicey food. 4) I'd also like to have sex with a woman with fake breasts mainly because I never have and would love to see how it is. I know some people that hate them, others that adore them and I'd like to have some hands-on experience so I could give an honest and educated opinion on the subject when it happens to come up. 5) Twins. I've never had sex with identical twins and I'd really like to experience it. It doesn't matter if it's at the same time, but that would make it twice as sweet. 6) Mother/Daughter combo. The best scenario would be some 18 year old daughter and her hot 34 year old mom that had her at the age of 16. I'd be willing to do other age variations, but the 18/34 would probably be optimum. 7) Experience more live music and listen to more underground bands. I'm way too mainstream with my music tastes and I'd like that to change. While I don't have a problem with the music I like, I do have a problem with limiting what I listen to based what's played on radio stations and MTV. Based on just a few of my experiences with local bands and underground music, there's a lot of good music that I just won't get through mainstream media. 8) Play through and beat at least ten videogames. I used to do this in a couple of days or less when I was reviewing games for IGN, but I don't get to play games enough these days purely for pleasure. Unless I'm forgetting something, the only game I played through in '04 was Halo 2. First on the list for '05 is to beat San Andreas or Half-Life 2, and once those are out of the way take on Metal Gear Solid 3 or Metroid Prime 2. After those, whatever else that's new and cool that comes out or any of the countless games in my collection that I haven't played completely through yet. I'd also like to give Castlevania Symphony of the Night and Snatcher complete play throughs again just because they're that fucking cool. 9) Visit Europe. I've never been to anywhere in Europe and I'd really love to visit a lot of different countries over there. I'm not sure if this is likely to happen in '05, but it's definitely something on my life's "to do" list. Definitely want to visit Amsterdamn, top 150 mph on the Autobahn, and have sex with someone that looks like Monica Bellucci while in Italy. 10) Make at least one person laugh! I'm hoping that the picture I posted of myself above has taken care of this already, so I can go ahead and cross this off the list. I just love making people laugh, especially if it's at the expense of myself. I figure it's why I'm here on planet Earth, so I ought to make the best of it.
Happy New Year! -- Anyway, 2004 was merely an "okay" year for me all things considered. I was pretty stagnant with the weight loss, the EA buying the NFL shit was obviously a bummer, and I managed to completely exhaust my little financial safety cushion in a mere month. But on the other hand, I did get more 'tang in '04 than in any other previous year ever. Hell, I probably bested my best 5-year run when you really get down and dirty with it. I'm also healthy, still employed and my penis has managed to grow 1/8th of an inch. Like I said, 2004 was okay. For 2005, my biggest goal is to get back to losing weight consistently, with a secondary goal of getting laid even more. In particular, I really wanna nail some more Latin chicks and maybe even a hot Persian lady or two. Though, I won't discriminate and will take any hot pussy that's thrown my way. Hell, if I'm drunk enough, I might even tap some ugly pussy if I have to. A HUGE month -- For more...check out the Archives © 2002 by Dave Zdyrko. All Rights Reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyrights reserved herein, no part of this web site may be reproduced in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of the authors. ™ and © for all products, characters, and indicia related thereto which are contained herein are owned by the companies who market or license those products. If you have any comments or questions, please e-mail the Webmaster. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
