I hope all of my fellow Americans had a good 4th of July. Hopefully you all got away from the internet and your couches for a while and went and hung out with some friends outside to enjoy this patriotic holiday. I know I had a great time. My girlfriend and I threw a huge 4th of July cookout, with lots of food, lots of alcohol, and lots of fireworks. Luckily I once again was able to not blow my hand off while lighting fireworks while drunk. Ever since an almost near serious accident last year involving myself and fireworks, my girlfriend has been a little worried about me getting drunk and lighting off these oh-so explosive devices. Speaking of my girlfriend getting worried, she was also seriously freaked out this year by the Hawaiian shirt I decided to wear for my party. I have decided to post a picture below for you all to see how hideous this shirt looked. The funny thing is, I LOVE this shirt. I didn't care what she, or anyone else thought of me in it.
So let's talk video games for a while ok. I ended up taking an entire week of vacation last week from work, and decided to spend it by sitting at home playing Gears of War 2. Now I could have played any game, but this game had been sitting in my cabinet, unopened for 8 months, so I thought it was about time to open it up. After about 20 hours playing through the story campaign multiple times, and about 30 hours playing multiplayer, I can definitely say I will probably never play this game again. The story was great, but it's near impossible to get into a co-op game successfully, and the multiplayer is completely hit and miss. I have never experienced more 1-shot kills in my entire life in a game. It's extremely frustrating and it makes me never want to play the multiplayer ever again. If anyone wants to play the story campaign co-op let me know, otherwise I am done with Gears of War 2. Now it's time to move on to X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Before we move on with the recaps, I would just like to mention I won't be posting my typical dragon picture tonight. Instead I'm posting a picture of myself in the hideous Hawaiian shirt I wore to my 4th of July party I threw this weekend. I guess it is a picture of a dragon after all, since it's a picture of me and I am Silverdragon1979 right. ;-)
shameful and disgusting? you fail for not getting the joke, well atleast i thought it was funny, i know this is serious buisness but since when is destructoid the place satire goes to die?
That shirt is quite as scary as an encounter with a real dragon. Wear it with pride!
Thanks for the Topsauce and remember, Girlfriends usually know what's best for you. At least, that's what she said.
p.s. I do wonder who that Kim Sterling is...
@Slayer
You were talking about 'Great' satire in your lost comment on that particular blog. I didn't see it. Nor did I think it was funny. Which is basically the same thinking about it.
@Salyer: If I missed the satire in the examiner blog, it's because it was poorly communicated. It also wouldn't be the first time satire went right over my head. ;-)
@Greks224: While there was a lot of fail this weekend, there were also a lot of really great blogs. Look at all the great blogs in the top sauce section.
Your shirt reminds me of this shirt my dad wore when we went to vacation down in Arizona earlier this year. It still haunts his wardrobe. I've still seen him wear it once every other week. I get an uncomfortable feeling from the sight of it.
My personal backstory with freaky shirts aside, lots o' blogs, Elsa is still doing well as a community member, and really wish she wasn't, since she's making a lot of other bloggers look bad (not naming names...but I'm certainly not one of them >_>).
And as for my weekend, I can sum it up in one sentence: I'm never eating 4 bratwursts in one sitting ever again.
That shirt is hysterical, and like Zippyduda was saying I was looking for some fossils or something further down in the picture. Or maybe some magma would have been more appropriate if the island was formed as a hot spot or something.
ok ok the content of the blog was not funny but the about me, the profile name, and the fact that the links all went to the examiner front page, i thought that was funny, even magnalon came arround in the comments, also i have seen better hawaiin shirts, ya betcha
Thanks for the recaps. I had to be at work during the 4th of July celebrations, so I spent plenty of time on the computer. *grumble* I spent most of it here at Destructoid instead of going actual work though, that's a plus.
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Thanks for the Topsauce and remember, Girlfriends usually know what's best for you. At least, that's what she said.
p.s. I do wonder who that Kim Sterling is...
@Slayer
You were talking about 'Great' satire in your lost comment on that particular blog. I didn't see it. Nor did I think it was funny. Which is basically the same thinking about it.
(# 3) on 07/05/2009 23:19
As I've mentioned, I used to live in Newport News, VA (a mere hours away), so I would have totally gone to your party!
(# 4) on 07/05/2009 23:20
@Greks224: While there was a lot of fail this weekend, there were also a lot of really great blogs. Look at all the great blogs in the top sauce section.
(# 5) on 07/05/2009 23:25
I didn't read a damn thing this weekend--definitely have a lot of catching up to do.
For now, I shall say "holy shirt" and sleep.
(# 6) on 07/06/2009 00:09
My personal backstory with freaky shirts aside, lots o' blogs, Elsa is still doing well as a community member, and really wish she wasn't, since she's making a lot of other bloggers look bad (not naming names...but I'm certainly not one of them >_>).
And as for my weekend, I can sum it up in one sentence: I'm never eating 4 bratwursts in one sitting ever again.
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/end rant
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... and thanks for the linkage... lots of blogs I missed!
(# 16) on 07/06/2009 13:10
Thanks for all the updates.
(# 17) on 07/06/2009 13:26