You don't really want it

I can't help but watch this and think that this is what it would be like if a fat white dude won a sweepstakes to be in a rap video:

Considering the fact that these are a couple dudes from Lafayette, IN, the production quality of this video isn't half bad. The beat is solid, there's a boarded up building in the background, and (spoiler alert) you get a little ghost riding in at the end. Best of all, Chunky Town is rockin' the mic for a whole verse and actually maintains some decent rhymes right up until this gem:

"Ya'll f*ggots suck like Twilight, no pun intended"

(Mr. Town wasn't available for interview, but I'm pretty sure the pun was actually intended)

But nothing compares to his dancing. Nothing. Learn these moves and you'll be absolutely unstoppable at every bar and club known to man. I'd expect nothing less from the same artist that stars in the hit video "Titty Boy Swag."

Antoine Dodson visits NYC! (sort of)

For those of you that aren't in the know:

If you like this video (you do), the autotune mix is solid as well.

In any case, one of those healthy, socially responsible burger places around the corner had this on display last night:

Burger #1: The Bed Intruder

Of course, I ordered it without even looking at the ingredients, and thought it was awesome without even thinking about how it tasted. It turns out this place lets you create your own burgers on their website and, whenever people buy the burger you created, you get $0.25 credit to use there.

New goal: Create burgers based on every meme possible so I can eat there for free every night.

I moved to NYC!

It's been ages since my last post. This is partially due to the fact that I've been getting busy with other projects (see http://shmup01.blogspot.com/ ), and then majorly due to the fact that I ended up switching jobs within my company and moving to NYC! I've been in the city for a month now, have my bearings, and will hopefully have PLENTY to write about. I'm not sure how much time I'm going to devote to the game programming, but I'm fairly seriously considering not getting internet in my apartment (gasp). This is partially to cut expenses (like everything else in NYC, it's really expensive), and partially to ensure I get my ass out into the city!

Thus, my current goal is to convert the theme of this blog from "Chipotle Worship/Pure Miscellania/Chronic lack of posting" to "Chipotle Worship/Pure Miscellania/NYC experiences big and small." We'll see how it turns out.

A comprehensive list of things that are more fun than being hung over in the San Antonio airport all day long:

This Guy is Amazing

Check out this guy's Amazon.com reviews:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/AYZJJ929YCN1J/ref=cm_pdp_rev_all?ie=UTF8&sort_by=MostRecentReview

Seriously, read all of them, or you'll miss gems such as:

"You here the pop song Crack a bottle which in my oping it was a sold out to what eminem is most knowed for ."

and

"Their is not much else to same about shogun besides they take their fcuking heads!!!" (faux censorship preserved)

Review: Droid

I picked up a Droid last month and my buddy sent me an e-mail asking for my thoughts on it. Thought I might as well post them here as well:

I deliberated for a while over different phones and carriers. knew I wanted an android phone with a tactile keyboard, so it mainly came down to Samsung's moment (w/Sprint) or Motorola's droid (w/Verizon). I was already a Verizon customer so I got the phone at a discount since I was due for new hardware.

Pros:

- On Verizon's (awesome) 3g network

- Screen is gorgeous

- Android! It doesn't have nearly as developed of an app store as iPhone (yet) but honestly a big thing for me was that I could download NES, SNES, and Genesis emulators (free lite versions, pay a few bucks for each if you want to be able to save your game). Played through the entirety of Shining Force 2 one train ride to work at a time.... and it was awesome

- Tactile keyboard. A lot of people complained about how flat it is, which worried me. But I got used to it almost immediately and I prefer it to a touch screen for just about everything (but, again, especially for emulators. the thing basically has a d-pad on the right hand side)

- Call quality is good, speaker is very loud

Cons:

- On Verizon's (expensive) network

- Camera is weak. This one doesn't matter so much for me, but a lot of online reviewers are complaining about it and I can see why... it's pretty bad. 5 megapixel but terrible focus.

- Android still seems to be a work in progress. I love that it's open etc but the phone apps do crash once in a while

- The volume up/down button feels like its about to fall off (which is true for all droids)

- I actually didn't read this one anywhere else, but the screen gets dirty really easily/quickly from the oil on your fingers. I don't know if this is true with all phones, but my buddies with iphones and HTC Heroes never have this issue and noticed it immediately on the Droid.

Overall, I'm happy with it. Definitely not a perfect phone, but I knew that going into it and its a hell of a lot better than what I was using before (Blackberry Pearl). As Android develops (both the OS and the app store), this phone will only get better. However I'm sure bigger better things will also be coming out every few months.

UPDATE: It's been a couple weeks since I sent the previous e-mail, so there are a couple things to add:

- I dropped the phone onto a sidewalk an inch deep in slush, didn't realize I had dropped it for half a minute, and went back to find the phone drenched. I assumed the worst, but after shutting it off, taking out the battery, and letting it air out on the counter for a while, I was happy to see that it still works beautifully.

- No Flash 10, which severely limits the amount of media that can be viewed on the web. However...

- The web browser kicks ass and works beautifully with the hi-res screen. A lot of people are dismayed by the lack of pinch zoom (especially since the pinch functionality is built into Android 2.0, just not implemented in the browser). Doesn't really bother me, but it would be nice.

The Best 30 Seconds of My Life