Napalm Riot

I love them! So here's mine for why I was gone.

I went to see my awesome rich family in Connecticut. They live on the awesome. It's beach. Or did I mean that the other way around?*

Anyways, I am back now and as active as ever.

Aaaand this is the shortest blog I've ever done! I think. Yay!

Grimesface

*For the record, I did mean it the other way around, but I liked it better this way

So today I did something that I cannot recall ever doing before: I walked into GameStop looking for a new game for my 360, and returned empty-handed.

This was a little unsettling to me. I did not exactly have anything in mind, yet the only things that jumped out at me were games that I own or have borrowed from friends (and have yet to return tee hee). I thought about Dead Rising, but they didn't have it. Wanted to get Shadowrun, but it doesn't have a solid enough single player experience. Oblivion looks pretty cool, but I'm not into RPGs too much. Perfect Dark was $7.99 but i've heard some things about the game that couldn't even convince me to pay that little. This kind of thing happened with all the games I looked at, and it pretty much killed me to admit to myself that I wasn't going to buy a game.

I have Halo 3, CoD 4, Mass Effect, The Orange Box, Assassins Creed, Bioshock, Burnout Paradise, Gears of War, and prolly some other ones I'm forgetting about.

Are there any other good games for the Xbox 360?

I need help with my Xbox. There's nothing wrong with it, I just want to change the sound setup I have.

Technical Stuff. Not my forte.

Right now I have my RCAs plugged right into the TV, which only has a mono input (I think I just used all the technical jargon I know in one sentence there ), so the red end is just chillin.
I want to plug the sound cables into some speakers.
But I don't have any computer speakers or anything with direct RCA inputs.
So my dad pulls out these like 14x6" speakers that have standard speaker cables on the back. So we figure all we need to do is run to Radio Shack and pick up something that will make that into and RCA jack.

Then I realize this: How will I control the volume?? Dad says it might be an unamplified signal ... whatever that means ...

SO

If you have any idea how to solve this, or any other better suggestions than my current plan, please PLEASE let me know. This has been bothering me for a long time.

Thank you for reading this ridiculously long post.

Grimesface

I saw this movie a few days ago, so i'll try to remember it as well as i can ...

Also I'll try to stay away from any spoilers (OMG THE HULK DIES!!!!) but if you're absolutely paranoid about learning anything then just stop reading.

Oh, and the Hulk doesn't die. beeteedubs.

First things first: not nearly as bad as I expected. I never saw the first one, but i heard some really awful things. This was actually entertaining. Sure, Liv Tyler is a pretty terrible actress (no offense to anyone who likes her, she does have her good spots), and sure they threw in "HULK ... SMASH!" but the cheesiness sort of added to the experience in a positive way. I think all superhero movies need to be cheesy in order to please the target audience. Face it, comic books are cheesy as hell. Don't fight me on this one. They are. Get used to it.

Anywho, I'm just babbling now. Good movie, go see it if you got a spare 10 bucks burning a hole in your pocket.

And remember, Hulk is strongest.

Grimesface

I will also be posting this on the forums, but I feel, along with probably anyone else who is familiar with CoD 4, it is important enough to be blogged about ...

Today, June 7, 2008, at 2.25 EST, I, Ryan Sherman Grimes, Completed The Mile High Club on Veteran.

Feel free to ooh and ah.

Cuz I feel like a total badass right now.

Please ... please ... never EVER drink syrup. Especially a whole bottle at a time. It is nowhere near as fun as it looks.

I found a bottle of syrup in my physics class and the teacher said it wasn't hers, so I took it. During the last hour of the day, this idea came into my head that I should chug this syrup like they did on Super Troopers. Worth a few laughs, right?

WRONG. Well, sort of.

This wasn't the pussy kind of syrup either, the natural maple stuff thats all runny and shit. This stuff was full-on cheap-o corn syrup-laced maple syrup.
Which brings me to my next detail: the chug itself.

I psyched myself up a bit, quieted the crowd, and put the thing to my lips. First thing I noticed was that it wouldn't go down your throat at an appropriate chugging rate, you need to suck it down. And don't even get me started on all the innuendos that could describe the feeling i got when actually swallowing the stuff.

It went well, no idea how long it took. But once I was done I remember being really shaky and full. Of syrup. Duh.

I went to the bathroom and tried to make myself puke, but it just wasn't happening. So I came back out and decided to tough it out. How bad could this possibly be?

Ten minutes later: The headache. I don't even know why, but my head started to hurt like a bitch. And bitches hurt a lot. Didn't have anything to take, though, so again I decided to tough it out and get something once I got home. Then my mom showed up.

She had to talk to my teacher. So I had a ride ... but I also needed to wait another half an hour to get home. It was during this half an hour that the stomach pains started to set in. Thats when I realized that I needed to get this shit out of my body stat. I went to the toilet and again tried to make myself puke, this time succeeding. Yes, I succeeded all over the seat and a little on the floor. Victory is sweet.

Nonetheless, I proudly marched out of the bathroom, much of the pressure relieved from my stomach. I must have yarfed out half the bottle. Then my mommy took me home and I passed out for 2 hours. Felt so good.

This is when the weirdest thing of all started. After I woke up, I felt like and obese person trapped in a skinny guy's body, if that makes any sense. My heart rate was up, even just lying there, and for maybe an hour and a half I was breathing heavily. Just lying there. Most of which I just lay there and stared. I didn't even have any mental will to get up and do anything.

I have mostly recovered now, thank god. It is an awful, awful feeling to be full of syrup. There is, however, one thing that still bothers me. More than the bubblegut, more than the absence of an appetite.

It is this: every time I burp, it tastes like syrup.

The time is 7.32. It has been 5 hours and 4 minutes since I chugged a full bottle of syrup. Since I made one of the worst decisions I can remember making.

Here is the video, if you dare to watch it

But for now I am fine and ... I dance

Grimesface

http://drugsinspace.ytmnd.com/

I didn't make this, but I found it via kotaku.com and thought it was interesting lol

For those of you who haven't seen this video yet, I highly recommend it.

Even if you're not a Halo kind of person, i think its worth a look-see

Basically, Warthog Dude




(also, if anyone could tell me hoe to just make a link so my life would be easier, that'd be great. thanks guys.)

Sooo I recently noticed something odd happening in my room. Specifically with my 360. Nothing is on fire, the color red is not involved, it just ... moves.

Like, after I play one day and come back the next, I'll notice that it has shifted a few inches to the right. No, that's not right. Its has turned to the right. (Btw, my Xbox is in the horizontal or "nonvertical" position) I know that my parents wouldn't touch my 360 without my help, and my brother doesn't play that often, I'm not really sure what to write it up to. My theory is that the vibrations of the machine operating itself (thats what she said) cause it to hop a little to the side over long periods of time ... but I really have no idea.

And yes, the only reason I noticed this slight anomaly is because I am very OCD about all of my video game stuff (no offense to anyone who actually has what is known as obsessive compulsive disorder) and anything out of place just sort of calls to me until I find it. Sort of like a sixth sense. The lamest sixth sense you can have. Actually not. Hm. Interested to see what kind of lamer 6th senses you guys can come up with.

But yeah, does this happen to any of you guys? I know its not really that big a deal, its just ... weird. Sorry, not weird, its different cuz thats what the teacher told me to say.

:B

So I'm in Florida for vacation. Beach every day, watching my weight in DVD's on a huge TV, and eating more junk food than I think I've had in the last couple years.
Sounds great, right?

Well, there is one teensy-weensy problem ... (besides the hot tub not working)


I had to leave my 360 at home!!!! I woke up this morning and was like "I think I'll play some CoD." Then it hit me. My stuff is ... (mapquesting) ... 1317.50 miles away! :(
I don't think they designed keyboards to make frowny faces sad enough to express my predicament!

I'm learning DOS!

I know, pretty basic stuff.

But I'm having a lot of fun. I made a calculator. And the Matrix. And something that'll annoy the shit outta some of my friends ... hehehe ...

jk.

except maybe not lol.
Oh, and I found out how to watch Star Wars in DOS. Weirdest thing ever.




I'm so proud of myself =P

This means "dead cyclops" ---> x)


So I don't really want to go on the forums about this, so here is goes ...

How does the ratings system work? I mean, I imagine its just different users rate eachother, but I still don't get it.

And if it is just that, then why the hell haven't you rated me up yet? (you know who you are)

Just kidding. But seriously, what is the deal?


("I've got some shackles in the back we could tie you up with. Just kidding. But seriously, I got 'em" -- Dodgeball)
Sorry, just reminded myself of that.

<B>FEELING RANDOM as you can probably tell

Good nights everyones. Sleeps wells ands don'ts use too manys pluralses ins yours sleeps!

Dear god, please stop me now.

You have no Idea how badly I want to be a part of this whole thing. I've been looking for a community like Napalm Riot for years, and now that its here, I've been shot down by the man.
Just asked my parents if I could get a subscription. They said that its not a wise choice to spend this much money on it with my current income. I have no job, and its winter, so I can't do yard work, so I'm pissed broke. And that pisses me off. I average about $15 dollars a week. So a subscription would be about 25% of my monthly income.

Do I care? Not really.

I just don't think I can tell them how much this means to me. Its another one of those video game things.

I'd get a job, but a) my drumline schedule is hard to work around, and b) I'm fucking lazy. Both are pretty valid reasons.
But hey. Whatever.

I'ma subscribe as soon as I get a reliable source of cash. Aka Summer. Hope the Founder's Circle offer is around that long ....

RSG

So I just realized that there isn't a spot in the profile to just add stuff about yourself. Either that or I really missed it.
Whatever. So here I am, writing my first ever blog to introduce myself and get myself a little more experienced with this whole "blogging" thing I've been hearing about. Hooray for run-on sentences. I also trust that the stalkers who may or may not be on Napalm will leave me alone. Thank you.

My full name is Ryan Sherman Grimes. I go mostly by Grimes in real life (and I suppose on the web) but Ryan is a very good name as well. Or GrimesFace, if you prefer something a little less intimate. I am 16, going on 17, and my birthday is May 12. I live in Ypsilanti, Mi, a small town about half an hour away from Detroit. I am currently attending Ypsilanti High School for my Junior year. Very exciting, I know.

I'm not a picky eater. Well, yes, I actually am, but I don't mind missing a meal or two if the need be. Or if that one level just isn't submitting to my will ... but that's only happened a few times. But yeah, I'll eat pretty much everything except seafood and most Mediterranean stuff. I love Chinese and Mexican food, in fact I recently almost killed myself at the local Dynasty Buffet. I feel sorry for my friend's toilet. {shudders}

Music and video games are (sadly, so most people think) pretty much my life. I have been playing percussion in the school band for almost 6 years, and I discovered the wonders of the drumset a good five years ago. Most amazing thing I ever tried. Nothing gets me in a better mood now like just sitting behind the drums and playing with my friends (or random people, as long as they know what they're doing). I play both rock and jazz styles, for my band and school respectively. I just like the feeling of making music, by myself or with other people. I am also a self-taught guitarist of about 5 years. I dabbled for a bit into the ukulele, violin, piano, and bass, none of which are exactly my forte, (musician humor lol), but to this day I retain some skill in all of the above.

I think I began playing video games at my grandpa's house maybe 12 years ago. He had a room that was just a chair, a TV, and his NES. My first game, to my memory, was the original Super Mario Bros. It was love at first sight. When he died, we got the system and my parents discovered what they considered the horror of video games. Not that I was exactly pleasant when they asked me to stop, of course. Nothing close to the chocolate milk kid, though lol.
Like I was saying. My infatuation slowly grew over the years until today (I guess that makes sense). I currently own a NES (not the same one, but another one I found after Mom and Dad secretly sold Grandpa's), an N64, a PlayStation, an Xbox (loaned to my friend), GameCube, Wii, and my baby, the Xbox 360. I swear I gave birth to it myself. Don't ask. I just love that thing. I'd get a PS3 if it weren't so damn expensive ... but thats for another time.
The parental unit used to be really strict about timing on "the box," but lately they're been more lenient. That or they're waiting for theyr moment to strike ... So I hope to see you all more often on the internet!

Speaking of the internet, I'll wrap this up by talking about my communicational skills. As you can see, I make up words sometimes. I'm assuming that isn't a word. I do my best to be polite on the forums and whatnot because you can't always tell someone's tone through text. I love to have a sense of humor when I'm on the forums because I feel that it helps everyone out in the end. Not to say I don't have my faults. I'll attack someone, but I try to do it in the most sarcastic, pseudo-polite way possible. But that usually only happens when I'm in an emotional stir. Which is usually only all the time. ;)

But hey, thats a little about myself. I hope to continue this blogging thing as soon as I find something else blog-worthy to write about.
Peace,
Much love,
Ryan Sherman Grimes
aka "GrimesFace"
aka "The Shermanator"
aka "Brawny Lad"
aka "anything else I can make up on the spot"