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"Baby, is tuna chicken or is it fish?"

- Jessica Simpson

Tuesday, September 30, 2003

My 2nd favorite Saturn shooter --
Smith got back from Japan today and brought with him a copy of my second favorite 2D shooter ever released on Sega Saturn -- Soukyugurentai. In fact, I'm such a fan of the game that I'm currently using it as the base for my current AIM name.

The only shooter I liked more on that glorious 32-bit system was the incomparable Radiant Silvergun. If you're counting, Soukyugurentai is my 86th game for the Saturn.

Another fine DVD Tuesday --
Picked up over $100 worth of DVDs today including 24 Season Two, Scarface 2-Disc Anniversary Edition, 2 Fast 2 Furious, and Bend It Like Beckham. The first because I loved the first season and have a big-time crush on Elisha Cuthbert. The second becaus it's a classic and I hadn't picked it up yet, plus I have a big crush on Al Pacino. The third because I thought it was a fun movie...and I have a huge crush on the Nissan Skyline used in the beginning. And the fourth movie because I heard it was a good flick and, well, I have this thing for Keira Knightley. Yes. I buy things based on the opinion of my Super Penis™.

Sunday, September 28, 2003

Losing the vacation weight --
I had a great week and was able to lose most of the weight I gained eating momma's home cookin' (and some Philly cheesesteak) while on vacation back on the east coast a week or so ago. I'm now tipping the scales at 271.0 lbs, which is down 13 from the 284.0 lbs I weighed in at last week. As always, you can check out my BFL Progress at any time.

Saturday, September 27, 2003

Pictures from my summer vacation --
I initially wasn't going to post them because they're honestly not all that exciting, but I changed my mind and decided to go ahead and try to put y'all to sleep. If you're interested, feel free to check out the photos from my summer vacation in Delaware (just about all the pictures are actually in Philly).

If I'm able to figure out an easy way to capture some videos off of VHS, I might have some pretty cool historical shit about me to share with you in the coming weeks. So, stay tuned!

Friday, September 26, 2003

20 questions for Dave Z --
Only a single email answered in today's "Dear Dave", but the letter contained a whopping 20 questions so I figured it was worth it's very own update. In it you'll find out my Xbox Live Gamertag, the name of the girl I had the biggest crush on in high school, what I was convicted for back in Delaware, and a whole bunch more.

Thursday, September 25, 2003

The coolest thing since porn --
I don't want to come off as some company bitch pimping my own product, but I felt the need to share with you guys my excitement for our online leagues for the PlayStation 2 version of ESPN NFL Football.

I just started this league that was setup by Brandon Justice that includes a bunch of other VC employees, Chris Carle from IGN, Ryan from Gamespot, four or five guys from Operation Sports and a few other random characters. After playing my first game, which I lost to Brandon 21-20, I checked the stats online and just lost myself in them for a couple of hours.

It's just so fucking cool to have the stats automatically dumped to a server and displayed in the exact same style as the real NFL stuff on ESPN.com. If you want to check out what I'm talking about, you can look at our ESPN NFL Football Invitational league page. The schedules, standings, team statistics, and league leaders are all displayed exactly like they are for the real deal on ESPN and I just can't express how cool it is to see my own stats displayed like that online.

FYI. Regarding my loss to Brandon's Bengals with my overrated Dolphins, I'm hella rusty. When I played the game, it was not only the first time I touched it since we went final many moons ago, but it was also the first time I actually held the PS2 controller in my hands during that same time span. It felt foreign to me.

Anyway, if you want to keep tabs on how I'm doing, you can always just have a look at our ESPN NFL Football Invitational league page. I'm using my very highly-rated Phins and my skills are starting to come back a little, so I expect to improve steadily as our season progresses. Although, I must admit that I'm more worried about getting my guys high on the league leaderboards than actually winning.

Tuesday, September 23, 2003

Bought a couple DVDs --
I picked up Malibu's Most Wanted and A Man Apart on DVD this afternoon for a mere $10 total thanks to some Replay coupons. I'm a fan of Jamie Kennedy, so that's why I picked up the first one. And my boy Abe told me that the latter flick was worth buying just to see the deleted scene with Rachel Sterling dancing. She's hot as hell, so I figured I'd better check it out or lose the right to call myself a man.

I'm kind of pissed off, though, because the inner tab that holds the DVD in on the Malibu's Most Wanted box is busted. Trying to decide if I should just deal with it or take time out of my day to head back to Suncoast and exchange it for another copy.

Answers to your questions --
I respond to all of your email inquiries in today's update to "Dear Dave". It's kind of on the small side, but there are a couple of good ones to be read. Sadly, the one email asking about my game isn't one with a worthwhile response because it's one of those things I'm not allowed to chat about. I can only say generic ass things and that's about all.

Monday, September 22, 2003

The Real World's Trishelle Canatella.

The Real World's Trishelle --
I wasn't too sure who I was going to name the Babe of the Week until I watched one of the episodes of Punk'd that was recorded onto my TiVo (the best thing ever invented) which included a prank on The Real World's Trishelle Canatella. She was dressed in some tiny mini-skirt and a sexy tight top and had something about her that made me want to bend her over and tap that ass.

Plus, since so many people emailed me about wanting to see the nude pictures of her and Arissa in Playboy, I figured that she must worthy enough of being given this honor. I think Arissa is probably hotter, but she wasn't on the episode of Punk'd that I saw, so she ain't getting this honor yet. Maybe next time.

Body-for-LIFE contest #2 begins --
While I came back from my vacation the fattest I've been since early February, the good news is that my motivation to get back on the BFL ship and lose some weight for good is as high as it has ever been. And in order to help out even further, I've chosen to start another 12-week BFL contest cycle beginning today and ending on Sunday, December 14, 2003.

My current weight is now a Philly cheesesteak-filled 284.0 lbs and my goal for this 12-week contest cycle is to lose approximately 60 lbs or more, which would bring me down to the low 230s. As always, you can check out my up-to-date BFL Progress at any time.

Saturday, September 20, 2003

A learning experience --
My vacation back East last week was my first trip back home since I first moved out to California to take the job with Working Designs on January 29, 1998. A lot has changed in those five and a half years, while so much has remained the same. It was a fairly enjoyable experience on the whole and I was able to learn some things because of it.

Here's a quick look at some of the things I learned while I was back East:

- Even though it initially took some getting used to when I moved out West, I much prefer the PDT when it comes to watching football games. The wait for the 9PM EST Miami Hurricanes game last Saturday night was painfully long and I'd much rather have the first NFL games start bright and early at 10AM instead of having to wait until 1PM. Out here, I wake up at 10-11AM and football is already on. No waiting and it's really nice.

- There are a LOT of extremely obese mother fuckers living in Delaware and Philly. I don't know if it's always been like this, but it really stood out to me. The Bay Area does have it share of fatties, but the tubby bastards out there are in much greater numbers and are generally a whole lot larger than they are over here.

- It was nice to see a lot of hot white chicks. I don't get to see too many of them these days, so I enjoyed it. If my camera battery wasn't so fucked up, I might actually have some pictures of them to share with all of you.

- High school chicks are fucking YOUNG. I decided to check out this Monday night game between my old high school, the Caesar Rodney Riders, who played the Newark Yellowjackets (the Riders lost 26-14), and was amazed at just how young high school girls looked. I found myself checking out the moms a whole lot more than the girls. It leads me to believe that a lot of the young girls that I check out at the mall up in San Rafael are actually much older than I think. I don't feel nearly as bad about ma- to them out now.

- College chicks are fucking hot. On Wednesday, my brother took me on a tour of his old stomping grounds in New Jersey and Philly, which included the campus of Rowan University. Hot chicks galore. I need to strike it rich, so I can retire and go back to college.

- Philly cheesesteaks are fucking off the hook. When in Philly on that same Wednesday afternoon, my borther and I downed a couple of foot long cheesesteaks back-to-back at Pat's Steaks and then Geno's Steaks. Amazing. Anyone who says that the steak subs at Subway are as good as real Philly cheesesteaks (I'm looking at you David Toole!) is on crack. The cheesesteaks alone spank any cuisine you can get out here, which is dominated by Asian and Mexican places.

- My mom's home cooking is fucking off the hook. Between her cooking all the time and me eating two foot long cheesesteaks at once, I managed to put on nearly 20 lbs in a mere WEEK off of my diet. I plan to do an official weigh-in tomorrow morning and expect to tip the scales at somewhere between 280 and 285 lbs. I don't go back home often, so I won't worry about it too much. I just got to get back on the BFL hardcore on Monday.

- The East coast humidity is HORRIBLE. Even though the temperatures never rose above a very manageable 78 degrees, I was never comfortable outside because of the awful humidity. I'd take a 100 degree day out here with no humidity over a 78 degree out there with the uncomfortably high humidity. I can't believe that I used to spend hot and humid Summer days collecting shopping carts and moving furniture in that crap.

- Dover, DE is overflowing with hicks. I always knew that it was a bit country, but I never realized how bad it was while I was living out there. Mullets, old pick-up trucks and clothes that went out of style BEFORE I went to high school were abundant as hell. I even managed to get a look at the elusive female mullet and even a little girl mullet -- which I chose not to photograph because it's more sad than funny. Giving your kid a mullet should result in a felony charge against the parents. If you want to have one, it's your right. It makes you an idiot, but it's your choice to be an idiot. However, you don't have the right to do that to one of your kids. In my opinion it's far worse than not making you kid buckle up or not putting an infant in a child safety seat. Hell, it's even worse than smoking while you're pregnant.

- Britney Spears is still hot. Saw the Rolling Stone cover at Waldenbooks at the Dover Mall searching for a book to buy for my niece and almost jizzed in my pants on the spot. Very nice, Brit. And thanks to seano05 for this particular jpg.

- Jessica Simpson is as dumb as a doorknob. I've watched a lot of that Newlyweds show with her and hubby Nick Lachey...and, boy is that girl dumb. She IS the dumb blonde stereotype. The odd thing about it is that while it initially turned me off, I've grown to love her stupidity. How can you not just love a girl who asks the question, "Nick, is tuna chicken or is it fish? I know it's tuna fish, but this says 'Chicken of the sea'." The girl also burps more than most men and apparently dropped a super smelly bomb in the toilet -- which she followed with a very cute "you still love my stinky ass?". I just can't get enough of it. I like this show better than The Osbournes.

Anyway, it was great to see my parents, my older sister and my niece. However, I'm really glad to be back in the comfort of my own home.

Friday, September 19, 2003

I'm back --
Got out of Dodge on the last flight out of BWI before Isabel hit yesterday afternoon and now I'm just relaxing at home just trying to catch up on some rest. I expect to have something to share either later tonight or sometime tomorrow afternoon or evening. Nothing super-exciting happened, so don't expect anything super-special.

Thursday, September 11, 2003

A fond farewell --
Not sure if it's even big enough for you to waste your time reading, but go and read the new "Dear Dave" update anyway. It'll be my last "Dear Dave" update EVER! Or at least until after I come back from my vacation to Delawhere? to visit my family. You know, whichever comes first. This might also be the last update you'll see on the site until the 18th or 19th of next week. I'm not sure if I'll be able to do any updates when I'm out east or not. If I do, they'll only be small ones to this main page and nothing else. No babes, no letters, and nothing at all substantial.

Wednesday, September 10, 2003

Two for the price of one!

A couple of rich ass honeys --
For this week's Babe of the Week I've opted to give you two girls for the price of one -- the Hilton sisters, Paris and Nicky. Who are these lovely ladies? Well, other than the fact that they are heiresses to the Hotel Hilton fortune and are worth hundreds of millions of dollars, they're really a couple of nobodies. Their claim to fame is their money and their propensity to get completely wasted at parties while wearing very little of anything. Good enough for me.

Truth be told, I don't really find either to be tremendously hot (just very hot). But, I definitely wouldn't kick either of them out of my bed if they happened to find their way into it and would marry them in a heartbeat. The two girls surely are upgrades over what I've been having sex with over the course of the last few months...Toole's pillow case, Smith's leather jacket, and the vacuum cleaner.

Software libraries updated --
Added a couple of games to my recently-stagnant videogame libraries for both PlayStation 2 and GameCube. For PS2, I picked up some game called ESPN NFL Football. It r0x0rZ and all that, so you should go pick it up, too! Umm, the other game I recently added to my videogame shelf is Star Wars Rebel Strike: Rogue Squadron III (Demo) for the 'Cube. I got this for pre-ordering the full version of the game and I only really did that because I wanted the old 1982 Atari Star Wars arcade game that's on the demo. I have such fond childhood memories of playing that game in the arcade and at one point in my life I was really close to dropping five bills on an arcade machine of it.

Tuesday, September 9, 2003

A review of Two Towers on DVD --
I'm too lazy to write any reviews today, but lucky for you Steve isn't. Here's his review of the recently released The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers movie on DVD. The review concentrates specifically on the film and not so much on the DVD. It's a nice read, so go read it!

The TiVo is the shiznit --
Outside of the fact that it makes flipping through the channels as slow as picking the dingleberries out of my butt hair, I must say that I'm in love with my TiVo. Because of my odd work schedule I tend to miss a lot of shows that I'd like to watch...but not anymore. I just set up the magical box to record the crap I want to watch and then just view the program at my own leisure.

What's more, with the ability to fast forward past commercials and the boring parts, I can watch these shows in significantly less time than normal. Then there's also the fact that it's very easy to set it up to record programs with particular (hot) actresses and what not. You can even set it up to record all programs that have a particular rating or comment to a rating (like N for nudity or BN for brief nudity). I love it.

Monday, September 8, 2003

A couple more pounds --
It was a solid week on the weight loss front for me. I'm now down to 265.5 lbs, which is a solid 3.0 lb drop from my weigh-in last week. What's making me happy about it is that I was able to follow the BFL guidelines pretty strictly for the whole week and didn't resort to some of the starving myself tactics that I would do every once in a while in the past. I expect another solid performance in the forthcoming week.

The only possible foreseeable roadblock could be that I will be on vacation visiting my parents out east from Friday, September 12 through Thursday, September 18. Momma's home cookin' will be tough to turn down. My goal is to keep it within reason by sticking to the portion sizes and I'll hopefully come back another couple pounds lighter. It'll be a challenge, but I think I'm game.

FYI, a new Babe of the Week will be up before the end of the day...or sometime tomorrow...

Friday, September 5, 2003

A fairly massive "Dear Dave" update --
It's what happens when I can't check emails for like four or five days because of a lack of a home internet connection. Although while I'm still behind on the emails I must personally respond to, I've now put together and repsonded to all of the "Dear Dave" mails. We talk about chicks, more problems fighting the man, more chicks and some ESPN NFL Football lovin'. Oh, and that fake picture of Britney smooching Christina that's been floating around the 'net for the past week can also be found within. Enjoy!

Thursday, September 4, 2003

She so wants you!

A Geek Goddess --
I decided to watch X-Play on TechTV last night for the very first time because a co-worker shared with me his personal love for a Miss Morgan Webb, who happens to be a co-host on the show. Upon watching it, I immediately saw where he was coming from and figured that I should go ahead and make her my newest Babe of the Week.

Sure, she doesn't have classic supermodel good looks. However, she's attractive, apparently into games and computers, and she comes off on the show as being a girl that would be a blast to hang out with. Plus, she's got a nice set of breastisists. What more would you want in a chick? Anyway, she's the new Babe of the Week!

The weekend --
Was too sore and too tired to do it yesterday, but I figured I owed you guys a quick update on my weekend. First and not foremost, I weighed-in on Sunday at 268.0 lbs. It's an increase from the week before, but I'm not going to let it get me too down because it was caused primarily because of two bad binges last Wednesday and Thursday nights.

The subsequent partying on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights actually helped me burn off a lot of what I had gained from those binges because I drank very little alcohol and pretty much danced from 11PM at night until 6AM in the morning on both Friday and Sunday night. The moving hell on Monday and Tuesday aside, I had a fantastic Labor Day weekend and even got to a chance to dance a little with some really fine honeys at 1015 on Sunday night/Monday morning. It was good times for all involved.

Wednesday, September 3, 2003

Very sore and experiencing DSL withdrawals --
Very, very fucking sore today. Did the majority of the move to the new place yesterday and my body is hurting from it. I actually had movers do most of Smith's and my own stuff, but Toole had more stuff to move than both of us combined and we had to take it all up to the third floor. The odd thing is that it didn't seem all that bad yesterday. I'm just paying for it today.

In case you didn't know -- and unless you're stalking me, you probably don't know -- my DSL was shut down on August 30th and won't be back up until around September 12th. What this means is that I won't be doing any more updates from home for a while and haven't been able to check my email in about 4 or 5 days. This won't really affect what I do during the week all that much, unless I happen to be taking days off for things like holidays, such as Monday, or moving, which would explain yesterday.