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      CommentAuthorJennx
    • CommentTimeMar 27th 2008
     

    I'm gonna take this from LAfixed and put up this one for random bullshit stuff that really wouldn't be necessary to post 432904320x new discussions and keep things less cluttered. and once html is enabled it should get interesting! but once things get off topic either whisper or bring it here.

    on that note I'm gonna head out soon, anyone want to come with to put up some flyers and grab a bite to eat?

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    I would love to hang, alas, i have to work on some metal stuff.....

    speaking of off topic....

    please check out the Work/Sound gallery April 4th (SE Alder and 9th)

    A bunch of video artists and some of my metal pieces will be on display.

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      CommentAuthorJennx
    • CommentTimeMar 28th 2008
     

    nice what time does it start?

    if you're going tomorrow you'll see me!

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    this thread will, i predict, be much better after quoting capabilities are added.

    so i just watched bill and ted's excellent adventure and i heart huckabees....i have to say i prefer bill and ted. huckabee's was all right, but the philosophy of the movie was presented in ways far too disjointed to make sense to me at times. at times it made sense, like max fischer, i mean albert's ruminations at the end, but i thought there was more room for improvement in that movie than in bill and ted. now, as far the philosophy of bill and ted and how it compares to huckabees...."be excellent to each other. party on, dude"--what's not to love in that philosophy?

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      CommentAuthorMax is NOW!
    • CommentTimeMar 28th 2008 edited
     

    @Jennx Not sure what time it starts, and i think i will be there tomorrow as well.

    @humancongereel - I totally agree about bill & teds, although I think that Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey is a much darker and more challenging film than Excellent Adventure. i sound deliciously educated.
    Huckabees is cool though too, but the whole film just leads to a more complicated way of understand whats almost a human instinct, "the world sucks, but things always change, so keep going." Although I will admit that I was finishing a philosophy degree when Huckabees came out and relished in the philosophical nerdom having a fanboy movie of my own.

    p.s. my fav mod - http://youtube.com/watch?v=8NbRKe7MZo4

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    well, some of the metaphysical ideas seemed like sort of...half-baked the way they were presented. had this been more like waking life or what the bleep do we know, it'd have been less appealing to as wide an audience but have more time to devote to simply developing the ideas. i mean, the stuff about "where does my nose end and space begin?" or the unity of the universe are ideas that have been around for ages and have been well-developed and thoroughly considered by a lot of great thinkers (i won't say philosophers as, for example, gautama buddha and lao tzu both had a lot of good things to say there but aren't usually considered philosophers, as such), but the film doesn't do those ideas justice. however, repeated viewing of such things tends to expose things missed the first time around.

    also, i can identify with marky mark's character in a couple of ways, but he was so one-dimensional and irritating.

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    oh, also, i'm currently reading "the simpsons and philosophy". you might like it.

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    I've actually read parts of it. Reading "Simpsons and Philosophy" or "The Philosophy of the Matrix" is a little rough since I've read a lot of the source texts. They aren't dumb or anything, it's just smaller capsules of other stuff I've already been exposed to. It's the same with movies like Waking Life. It was almost difficult to enjoy because I had read a few of the "characters" he encounters already and knew a lot of the flaws in their arguments. Like Robert Solomon who has the crazy mustache. He has a terribly unstable philosophy based on a bad read of Nietzsche. (All just my opinion).

    I sound like such a nerd. But alas, I love reading things by people complicated german last names.

    I actually have books I can lend to anybody who's interested in totally boring german philosophy, Kierkegaard, or Aristotle.

    god....i am a nerd.

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    hmm, i've read bits and pieces of things, and i actually sort of find things that examine those ideas in different ways really great, not only because they're less dry, but because illustrations really work to examine how well an idea works or how it relates to life or fits in. not to mention looking for deeper meaning in those sorts of things is fun.

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    I think that's what I'm saying though. I do that stuff in my head anyway, since I've been infected with all the source text stuff.

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      CommentAuthorzelah
    • CommentTimeMar 30th 2008
     

    So I just finished the second of two volumes of Derrick Jensen's Endgame. If you have a feeling that something's wrong with...well, everything, you might want to pick it up. It casts a lot of doubt on things you take as truths, but if nothing else it will make you think. It's primarily about how since civilizations inception 6,000 years ago it's done nothing but detach humans from, and destroy, the natural world.

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    similar to culture of make believe, it sounds like...c.o.m.b. has a lot to do with more personal social topics, though, such as internalizing ideas of race. have you read that?

    i should read endgame. derrick jensen is very persuasive because of his emotional style, which i love, but also have to read critically. i think a lot of what he has to say stands well on its own and is perhaps enhanced by the emotion put into it.

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      CommentAuthorzelah
    • CommentTimeMar 30th 2008
     

    I haven't read c.o.m.b. yet, do you have it? You're more than welcome to borrow endgame when you're back in town. DJ's a chatty dude, so those 900 something pages might start getting repetitive towards the end (dams dams salmon rape dams salmon dams rape). It's a good read though.

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    ha ha, yeah, i know. about the wordiness.

    sorry, though, the copy i read isn't mine. powell's might have it...i've read a lot of books there but never bought any. you just have to hang out in the coffee shop now and then.

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    Half-off topic:

    Anyone have a good painter or power-coater for frames?

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    Has anyone figured out a way to keep Adidas Sambas to stop constantly coming untied? They've been driving me crazy...

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    Somebody missed the late eighties and early ninties.....

    carbonbased...you a old skool mofo - http://www.myclipitz.com/

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    Everybody bike to see me art.

    Worksound gallery presents "Intensions"

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      CommentAuthorJennx
    • CommentTimeMar 31st 2008
     

    hahaha is that ryan dunn as in Jackass ryan dunn? I was already gonna go but seeing that and if it is his stuff that's a definite. hahahahahah that's amazing. is he gonna be there. my best friend is seriously in love with him and it's the most disgustingly amusing thing ever!

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      CommentAuthoralex
    • CommentTimeMar 31st 2008
     

    I'm thinking about sinking this thread now that we have an off-topic category. what do you guys think?

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    It's not actually the Ryan Dunn from Jackass. Ryan Dunn is a fairly common name. I've actually known three in my life so far. But it would be great if you still came.

    And sink away..

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      CommentAuthorMIN
    • CommentTimeMar 31st 2008
     

    Haha, I use to work with a Ryan Dunn. Must be more common than Ithought...

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      CommentAuthorJennx
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2008
     

    this could start getting used again if conversations in a thread start to go off topic take it here if you don't want to whisper, and want everyone to read/join in. so the threads won't get cluttered.

    • CommentAuthoryetti_core
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2008 edited
     

    word

    now i don't have to feel guilty for interweb banter.

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      CommentAuthorJennx
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2008
     

    so if krysten wanted to read our vegas banter, next time we'll just move it here hhaha.

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    haha.

    this is semi bike related.....

    I was thinking about all the possibilties a bicycle courier video game could have. someone's gonna make it and it's gonna be riDIC(ulous)

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    wow. i used to play paper boy for HOURS back in the day. maybe it can be like glorified paper boy. i also used to play the original prince of Persia a lot too...and wolfenstine 3D. fuck yeah! and ok...did anyone else ever play a game called The Manhole?

    my dad was a computer tech in the 80's so we always had the best stuff...remember when AOL was all chat rooms? man i do...

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      CommentAuthorMIN
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2008
     

    I got your manhole.

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      CommentAuthorJennx
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2008
     

    i played sonic for foreveeeeerrrrrr!!!!!!

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    MIN:

    I got your manhole.

    i know they re released it at some point. im searching for a mac version so i can buy it.

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      CommentAuthorJennx
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2008
     

    my buddy at work was telling me about this game called 'portal' sounds pretty trippy.

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    Jennx:

    i played sonic for foreveeeeerrrrrr!!!!!!

    dude i have the Sonic compilation for my game cube...you should come over and play it sometime. be warned i will own you. little known fact....i fucking LOVE video games. i beat R.E. 4 in 2 days flat. Sadly....ever since i started school again..i don't have time to play :(

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    playground_terror:

    wow. i used to play paper boy for HOURS back in the day. maybe it can be like glorified paper boy. i also used to play the original prince of Persia a lot too...and wolfenstine 3D. fuck yeah! and ok...did anyone else ever play a game called The Manhole?

    my dad was a computer tech in the 80's so we always had the best stuff...remember when AOL was all chat rooms? man i do...

    yeah....for a long time i didn't know AOL was anything but chatzone.

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      CommentAuthorJennx
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2008
     

    oh man my mom had the full aol setup haha crazy ridiculous \

    dude i have n64 and playstation i think a videogame night is in store.
    we used to have tetris war nights at my old place.

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      CommentAuthorMax is NOW!
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2008 edited
     

    For paperboy fans....

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      CommentAuthorJennx
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2008
     

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      CommentAuthord3fold
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2008
     

    ^^ Not cool.

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      CommentAuthorJennx
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2008
     

    nope but so funny

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      CommentAuthorjvandub
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2008
     
    Jennx:

    my buddy at work was telling me about this game called 'portal' sounds pretty trippy.

    The best 3 hours I've ever spent beating a game...

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      CommentAuthorjvandub
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2008
     
    Max is NOW!:

    For paperboy fans....

    AHHHH HAHAHAAHA!!! I haven't laughed that hard for days, thanks Max.

    • CommentAuthorkrystenr
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2008
     
    Jennx:

    i played sonic for foreveeeeerrrrrr!!!!!!

    Oh my god, yes. I fucking love Sonic. Oh wow, wow. Sega Genesis. Too good.
    Oh and I'm a huge Perfect Dark and Goldeneye fan for N64.
    We desperately need to have a video game night.
    At Joe's, because I really want to play GTA.

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    jvandub:

    AHHHH HAHAHAAHA!!! I haven't laughed that hard for days, thanks Max.

    yeah i seriously LOL'ed. My co-worker in the next office had to come in and watch too.

    • CommentAuthormizake
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2008
     

    [quote][cite] krystenr:[/cite][quote][cite] Jennx:[/cite]i played sonic for foreveeeeerrrrrr!!!!!![/quote]

    Oh my god, yes. I fucking love Sonic. Oh wow, wow. Sega Genesis. Too good.
    Oh and I'm a huge Perfect Dark and Goldeneye fan for N64.
    We desperately need to have a video game night.
    At Joe's, because I really want to play GTA.[/quote]

    damn rockstar for not releasing gta 4 on pc!!!!

    maybe in 6 months... /sigh

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      CommentAuthorjvandub
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2008
     

    It'll come soon but it will be atleast 6 mos and won't be as good.

    • CommentAuthormizake
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2008
     

    [quote][cite] jvandub:[/cite]It'll come soon but it will be atleast 6 mos and won't be as good.[/quote]

    bwahhahaha, on the contrary.

    all the mods that are created for the pc versions, for starters. that and playing it on a gaming pc.

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      CommentAuthorzelah
    • CommentTimeMay 8th 2008
     

    and spending like 2 grand on a gaming pc when you could be dumping that into NJS alarm clocks

    http://www.benscycle.net/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=188_468

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      CommentAuthorK_phomma
    • CommentTimeMay 8th 2008 edited
     

    I just got a card laminated :D

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      CommentAuthorJennx
    • CommentTimeMay 8th 2008
     

    dude they have those alarm clocks at bike central.

    • CommentAuthormizake
    • CommentTimeMay 8th 2008
     

    [quote][cite] zelah:[/cite]and spending like 2 grand on a gaming pc when you could be dumping that into NJS alarm clocks

    http://www.benscycle.net/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=188_468[/quote]

    haha, cute, but i've already got an alarm clock.

    actually, i only have to spend around $400 - $600 every few years (give or take) to upgrade my pc.

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    sorry to bring it more off-topic, but I just realized this. earlier today i saw a little broken off piece of a spark plug, and i remembered white folks saying something about how they go through windows really well, so i says to myself, "myself" says i, "that would be nice to have around" so i stuck it in my back pocket and i have been sitting on it all day and my ass is now wrecked. the end.

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