I got bored with World of Warcraft over the past month, so I started playing Eve Online again. I never really got into it before, but I’m giving it a good run this time.

I made a minmatar warrior type of guy. Right now I have a cruiser, but am training up skills for something else, battleship I think. My character’s name is Darth Willy (stole the name). My cruiser model is a Stabber…. So here is what Darth Willy’s Stabber looks like:


The name and look of that ship almost makes me think Rubeqrt79o (Jordan) had something to do in the design of Eve Online.

As I mentioned a couple of posts ago, I tend to get bored easily with these open-ended games… But I found a nice corporation that is always doing something, and I think this will help keep me playing longer. I love Eve, it’s a fun game. I love to be able to launch a barrage of rockets and missiles at ships, big groups of people taking down a fleet of ships, it’s great!

I love music! Everything about music is awesome. I love almost all types of music (everything except some country, and bluegrass). I don’t make much money, so it’s hard to go out and buy albums of artists that I like… But what I love doing is finding undiscovered bands. Listening to music that not many have heard before, listening to something that could be the next best hit, it’s awesome. Plus, those bands don’t usually get messed up by the fame, money, and craziness. There are many sites I like to discover music on, but one of my favorites is Unsigned.com. They have over 2000 bands now, so there’s always something for me to find, whatever type of mood I’m in. Like right now, I just had a really bad day at work, so I just kicked some metal on, and I’m good for the night.

Like I said, tons of music to find. And if you have a band, upload your music! You can’t become famous, you can’t get gold records, if nobody hears your music! If you’re scared that nobody will listen, then upload it, and give me a link. I guarantee I’ll listen, and I’ll pass it on! The world needs more music! We can never run out of music, you bands keep the world spinning!

No matter what kind of music you listen to, Unsigned.com has something. Rock bands, Country Bands, Christian Bands, everything. You have no excuse not to listen. You could discover the next big artist!

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I ended up not sleeping. I don’t know why. I’ve been rambling on for the past hour about something to the TV. I really don’t think the TV is actually even listening to anything I am saying, or if it is, it just doesn’t care about any of my views. Either way, I don’t like the TV. I need more caffeine.

Games I am currently playing:

Crackdown: Yes, I did buy it for the Halo 3 beta, but I also played the demo beforehand. It is a very fun game… I tend to end up doing the craziest stuff in these open ended games, but also get bored by them very easily, and forget where I was in the story line. Crackdown is no different than the others.

Battlefield 2142: I love these types of games. I had Battlefield 2, but didn’t like it that much. I very much like BF2142. Even though I see a lot of hate for it, I think the Titan mode is pretty fun. Wars games are awesome. I play a lot of Delta Force, etc.

Games I’m waiting for, but wish I had my time machine back so I could play them now:

Command and Conquer 3 - Tiberian Wars: C&C Zero hour has filled the place in my gaming where Starcraft used to reside. Sure, Starcraft is fun, and they have awesome maps online, but it’s old man. C&C is a very fun RTS, and the demo of Tiberian Wars is awesome.

Spore: Ok, this is a huge open-ended game, with almost no story line, but it’s a revolutionary type of game. Completely user-generated content, everything created and animated by the computer as you create it, and no limit in sight. It will be a great game. It may only entertain me for a couple of weeks, but it will be worth it.

I was almost asleep earlier, but then I wanted to finish watching O Brother, Where Art Thou. I was planning on sleeping after that, but I ended up turning the computer back on ti listen to a quick bit of music. After that I went through my normal internet rounds, and threw on Being John Malkovich in the background. Now I’m up, and have more caffeine. I really don’t feel like sleeping anymore. Oh well.

Here’s a couple more pictures for you, since I’m bored, and you probably are too.

Crazy file server we built at work:

My desk, in a rather clean state:

Our wall computer:

DewHenge:

On Saturday I went out driving on Rampart. Banshed in my little car all up in there. The mud was starting to wear off, so I had to muddy it up again. I think it just snowed a little bit more, maybe there will be more mud up there. I think I’ll maybe try to get a little sleep, and go up there today, take a few pictures, get more mud on the car. I’ll have to see what happens.

I found my picture being used against Fox News. It was the picture I took right after Saddam was hung, where Fox News had both an alive and dead picture, which I just didn’t understand, and kind of laughed when I saw it. Now it’s being used to “show the lies of Fox News” by republican bashers. I don’t understand democrats sometimes. I could go off here on everything, but then I’d end up writing a whole book about it. I believe we need to support our troops. I believe we need less laws, not more laws restricting freedoms. No, I’m not talking about the Patriot Act, I’m talking about these laws people are making restricting smoking and the like. Taxes should not be different percentages for the poor and rich. Everybody works for their money. There should be a flat tax of something like 10%. No matter how much you make, you pay the 10% of your income. Don’t punish and take from the people who make more money, they earned it. It’s not yours, you don’t get to take it.

Anyways, before I ramble on even more, here’s the picture they used.