neurological dryer lint

i'm at the parents' for tonight and tomorrow. and i've got rancid's poison stuck in my head. coolness.

picked up linkin park's live in texas album too. the DVD's actually decent, a first for the 'comes with the CD' DVD's, probably because they're selling it in DVD form (case and all) too. it's worthy of being bought, it's a pretty good DVD, the CD's ok, they cover some good ground songwise, but chester seriously sounds like crap on the album.

so speaking lately of SMB3... here is a video of a guy beating it in 11 minutes two seconds. it's an amazing feat of skill, the kind that makes you hurt because you know if your life was empty enough you could get yourself to a place where you could do it, but that'll never happen, but you wish you could. like being a guitarist and then watching hendrix play voodoo child or jimmy page play black dog. or if you golf and you watch tiger play, or you ball and you watch oscar robertson or jordan play. equate it with violin or poetry or any other learned skill or whatever. you know what i'm talking about. every man who's ever played SMB3 feels like an amateur watching this video.

the thread has many people talk about how they think it's a fake, or he cheated, or whatever. i can see that side of it, granted, the guy pulls off jumps and moves that would normally kill him, and makes miraculous jump combos and stuff... it just doesn't seem possible, and maybe it's the fact that it's the japanese version or maybe he's got a game genie boosting his speed or making him immortal... whatever it is, it's still impressive to watch. even if it is a fake or a cheat job, it's like magic, and magic's always fun to watch even if you know the secret.

tomorrow i'm watching the two towers extended w/dad. then eating lots. tonight, i'm going to try to sleep and not die on the couch of death, all praise actifed, blah blah blah.

ah yes, also, if you're of the female persuasion, go watch love actually, and if you have a significant other, bring them, it'll make em appreciate your relationship a lot. it did for me. if you're not in a relationship.. or a good one anyway... stay away. it'll depress your pants off. not literally. maybe literally.