as per our previous conversation, civilization 5 is on sale.  you should purchase this.

when you realize one of your friends, who's going into healthcare, believes that vaccinations are harmful/cause autism

An opportunity has presented itself to acquire some acid tomorrow but this is something that I've never done before so I have a few questions before I proceed: A) Is it ok to do it alone for your first time? B) looks like a guy wearing uneven shades so maybe he's looking to the side and his mouth is messed up or something and C) I do have mental illness in my family history. Is this something I should be concerned with? Again, I have never taken acid or any other kind of hallucinogen so I don't really know what I'm getting myself into.

Also fuck posting in threads, just make a new one every time.

with a history of mental illness i'd be somewhat wary, i know of 2 people personally who were permanently damaged after bad acid trips

that being said, i know tons of people who have taken it and come out fine, i'd just make sure you're in a decent environment before taken it (good mood, around things that make you happy)

and post on tzt the entire time

Old + out of touch

don't typically care for funny or die, but i'll boner anything related to the wire

also, i have no idea if this is a repost

http://FunnyOrDie.com/m/6w5b

edit - when i try to embed it, it links to a random will ferril video, so have to go with the shortcut

in parasitology lecture right now, and he's doing a lecture over myasis, which is caused by burrowing flies like bot flies

anyway, he's showing pictures of different infestations, freaking people out, and lotus boob comes up

lots of people freak out, a friend and I laugh, scanning the class for other people that know what it is

thank you internet

also, I blame sors/sears for exposing me to that image so god damn much that I can just laugh at it

hit it and quit it bro

so random bit of info, there's an annoying batflap girl in my class who's become single in the last few months. I can't stand pale weeaboo type girls, but I knew her ex played competitive lol

apparently her ex is hotshotgg, and from what he's told the class he's a shit, but if he put up with her for anytime at all he's a better man than I

and this has been your weekly dose of the internet invading real life

and i'm studying respiratory physiology outside a starbucks

what's the rest of spamalot's plans for the night?

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http://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/2011/11/pete_and_pete_reunion_ciniefam.php

The Adventures of Pete and Pete Reunion at Cinefamily: Mike Maronna, Danny Tamberelli & Artie...the Strongest Man...in the World
By Paul T. Bradley Mon., Nov. 21 2011 at 11:30 AM Comments (5)
Categories: Culture, Nerdy in LA, Nostalgia, Over The Weekend, Television
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Describing Pete and Pete to non-fans and newcomers is like describing an acid trip in Pleasantville to your grandma without making drug reference, "It's like, y'know...surreal but nostalgic...but like still kinda wholesome...but warped...only tastefully so." Ok fine, Pete and Pete is The Wonder Years on mescaline...or 11 days of voluntary sleeplessness. There there grandma, you know what mescaline is, don't act so coy.
The cast and creators of the venerable kids cult classic The Adventures of Pete and Pete joined an instant-sell-out crowd Saturday night at Cinefamily for their first reunion since the show's run ended in 1996. Both Petes, Mike Maronna and Danny Tamberelli, were joined by show creators Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi, as well as writer Joe Stillman, director Katherine Dieckmann and, of course, Toby Huss as Artie...the strongest man...in the world.

The evening chronicled more of a "Wow, how did that even happen?" vibe than "We made the best thing ever, and it's a crime we're not amazingly popular." Turns out, making Pete and Pete was an amazing time, and given the particulars, a labor of love that may never ever happen again.



Paul T. Bradley
Tamberelli (little Pete) and Maronna (big Pete) now
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In the spirit of endless in-jokes, the Cinefamily marquee read "KrebStar Film Festival," an homage to the show's company town in-joke about product ubiquity (the show featured an array of Leavittown-esque products like KrebStore 24, KrebEx, Krebgate Toothpaste, and even Kreb Scouts). The staff handed out "performance-enhanced" Orange Lazaruses (a brain-freeze inducing slushy orange drink) to the crowd. They even had a temporary tattoo artist on hand to dish out versions of Little Pete's mysterious tattoo "Petunia".


Paul T. Bradley
Little Pete's 'Petunia' painted on a Cinefamily superfan
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For those of you who don't remember, the show began as 60-second shorts in 1989, in Nickelodeon's early days...those halcyon days when grossing-out and gagging-up were in their experimental phase. With the shorts success came a few specials, and then a full-blown three season series. This wasn't exactly the children's series world of producers Sid and Marty Krofft (H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost)...it was the manageable childhood surrealism that defines the lost late and post-X generation. Pete and Pete was an angst-less love letter from Gen-X adults to their younger siblings, nieces and nephews...well, the awesomely weird ones, anyway.
It featured two ginger siblings named Pete (don't ask why they have the same name) in a Springfield-esque stateless anytown called Wellsville, and chronicled childhood staples like field trips, summer vacations, school lunches, etc. from their own perspectives, not the forced moralistic perspective of adults. That's the best thing about the show -- the logic was one of childhood magic realism. Entire cars can be dug up on the beach and driven away, moms have radio receiving (and occasionally broadcasting) metal headplates and demonic bowling balls can augment familial strife.



Paul T. Bradley
Viscardi and McRobb, writers way ahead of their time
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"The things we loved about it were the things that totally freaked out Nickelodeon when we were making it," Viscardi said. "They didn't understand some of the stuff we were doing, or so many elements of it. And we would say, 'No no, this is great, this works' and they would just be afraid of so many of the things that were going on. We just made things that made us laugh and did things that we enjoyed."
That's basically it in a nutshell. The writers made something that entertained them and would have entertained them as children. And in defiance of the logic of television, they got away with all of it.



Paul T. Bradley
Huss, left, in front of a giant picture of Artie
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Much like his character in the show, Toby Huss stole the stage; occasionally mugging for the crowd and cracking some Artie-isms. Artie, a long john-wearing nerd with a striped t-shirt and slick hair -- kind of like a half-hipster half-Superman -- was either a figmemt of Little Pete's imagination, or an actual lunatic, it is never made clear. "The turning point of what it was and then what it became is when we brought Artie. I think when you bring in a character like Artie and what he represents..." McRobb started to explain. "What the heck did I represent?" Huss broke in. "I was trying to impress a girl," a reference to the character's origins.
Another staple of the show, offbeat celebrity cameos and musical guests, came with simple origins. "We just played the music we liked," McRobb said, "and we started getting those people to come on the show...once we had one or two celebrities, it became the cool thing to do, I guess." Among others, Iggy Pop, REM's Michael Stipe, Debbie Harry, Janeane Garofalo and Steve Buscemi all played somewhat significant roles on the show.

What did the crowd think? Well, one girl, on the way out had this to say: "That was the penultimate slash ultimate most awesomest thing that has ever happened to me...like ever...and, I mean, I saw Prince this year...but...wow." So there you have it.

and type "do a barrel roll"

did you try out 6 yet?  forgot i pre-ordered it and it was released this week, so downloading it now

metacritic has it at an 83 currently, so hopefully it's decent

edit - though there's only 8 reviews, and none from the bigger names, so we'll see

i know a lot of people on this board love that game, if you want a legit copy, that'll last forever, gog has both of them for 3.50 this weekend

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/master_of_orion_1_2

probably going to grab those to experience the madness

oh god, this is horrible

http://www.realmofthemadgod.com/

from rps' review

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/07/01/realm-of-the-mad-god-review/

Sometimes, a game comes along that’s the absolute last bloody thing you need right now. There are many things I need right now: time, a haircut, lunch, the extension of about 48 deadlines, someone to do my shopping for me, a cat that can empty its own litter tray, a keyboard that doesn’t give me an RSI, a teleporter, and even more time.

There is but one thing I don’t need right now: a horribly compulsive action-RPG MMO that tickles just about every lizard-part of my brain. I want I want I want I want. I want to level up, I want a better bow, I want to get to the bigger monsters, I want to show that cocking Mad God Oryx just who’s boss. (The boss is me. Or at least it will be. One day. Soon. Yes, Oryx. Soon.)

It’s everything I hate about action RPGs. It’s everything I love about action RPGs. It’s everything I hate about browser games. It’s everything I… oh, you get the picture.

if anyone feels like joining i'm playing as globally, level 6 wizard