Muse – Randomness (5-11-2004)

Crystal Cathedral

Shown here and here.

I don’t know about anyone else, but buildings like this strike me as gaudy reminders of what’s wrong with organized religion. They seek too much to flaunt and go for the glitter when most core religious texts try to emphasize humbleness. Reminds me of the end of the Last Crusade, where they’re among the many cups, seeking to pick the true Holy Grail. Among gold and silver, gem-encrusted chalices, the right answer is the humble wooden carpenters cup.

Unreal Tournament 2004

I’m stoked as the next few months are seeing a collection of high class, high content mods and map packs coming along. With the Community Bonus Pack 2, Chaso UT, XMP, an Assault map pack and the like coming, I see much of my future free time being filled with fragging goodness.

Ren is happy.

Though one thing continues to amuse and annoy me. I occasionally pop in to the forums at unreallTournament.com to see what’s going on and often see threads that are based on the Pro vs. Noobs argument. (can you believe that Wikipedia has that?)

One of the major aspects of this little augment is the ‘pro’ players petitioning for brightskins to be used in ‘competitive’ games. Brightskins being.. well, bright skins on models for the characters in the game. In so much as you can’t possibly miss them, even at long range. Personally, I’m of the opinion that visibility and observation would be part of the skill set of a truly professional player, such that those skins would be unnecessary.

Then again, I’m just a noob, so what do I know? 😉

In the realm of amusing gameplay, I was playing around with slow, stupid bots(the lowest bot intelligence setting) and found an interesting game to play with them.

Sticky mine catapult. Basically, you grab the grenade launcher and go hunting. Find an enemy bot and start sticking mines around it’s legs. Blow them and you watch the bot shoot up into the air. One amusing result, on a map with a low ceiling area, was the bot was shot up halfway through the ceiling, with just it’s legs dangling. I must have smirked for ten minutes at that. I should have taken a screenshot.

Mac Game Goodness

Knights of the Old Republic, a rather kickin RPG form Bioware is coming to Mac. With that and Jedi Academy I have two rather nifty Star Wars games at my disposal. Played a demo for Jedi Academy, deciding on a leather clad Tw’lek chick as my character represenataion(I’m a guy, so sue me! 😉 ). Eye candy aside, the game was a good deal of fun, for the single level I played. Of course, the charater I was toying with was tweaked out for killer dual saber combat.

Great fun. Eventually I’ll get those two games, though not until I’ve some time open, which for the moment I don’t with the games I recently bought and everything else I like to expend free time on.

Take Me To Your Leader

by Incubus

What if your brain,
unexpectedly and suddenly,
picked out things to flip around
and view a lot differently?

What if blue sky, vall of a sudden turned a purple hue?
We would shit a brick the size of all of it…
what if?

What if I was just dreaming?
What if I lived in a pear?
What if my watch read 4:20 every hour, every day?
You can bet your dollar I’d be happy!

I forgot to remember;
I forgot to remember my pain.
Take me to your leader
or die by the fly guy!

What if mothballs,
hangin’ around too close to microwaves
suddenly woke up and said,
“Take me to your leader
or die by fly guy!

He’ll push ya’ out,
no wings attached!”
Just do as I say, no mistake,
he’ll blow away.

What if I was daydreaming?
What if I lived in a pear?
What if I had a mustard drenched cucumber
tied to my leg and I
did not want my pants to get dirty?
What if this, what if that?!
Go!

I forgot to remember;
I forgot to remember my pain.
Take me to your leader
or die by the fly guy!

I forgot to remember my…PAIN!
My pain!
Forgot to inject my…cocaine!
Forgot to apply my…rogaine!
Forgot to remember…my pain!

(x2)
I never think, I never thought,
oh maybe I’m insane!
I think I like being
way the fuck out of my brain!

(x2)
I forgot to remember;
I forgot to remember my pain.
Take me to your leader
or die by the fly guy!

Ren: Why? Why not? How about another?

Azwethinkweiz

by Incubus

Floatin’ ’round my brain, tryin’ to think about the other thing.
Than that thought you know I’m considering.
What if what I thought, about who I think I thought I was,
was nothing more than my cerebellum slobbering?

Azwethinkweism is hard to think about, but simple to trust.
You’ll know your on it when your brain won’t stop to take a break, no!
So when donut boy comes askin’ around,
tryin’ to figure out somethin’ new,
you just smile and say, “Pardon you!

I’m sifting through some particles
and farcing through some folds.
I’ve stumbled upon a brain fart which melts away your molds!”
So I think upon that ponder while I’m pondering the thought,
just thinkin’ about the thinkweiz is leaving me distraught!

(x2)
Well I think I thought I saw an Azwethinkweiz,
lookin’ like we think we do.
Like we think we do.

Some think I’m insane, ’cause I think about the other thing,
than that one thought you call reality.
What if what you thought,
about who you think you thought you were,
was nothing more than illusion rapidly crumbling!

Azwethinkweism should be a topic we all can trust.
It’s just too bad that it makes your head
go zippitykrack @#$% dang!
So when donut boy comes sniffing around
trying to figure out something new,
you just laugh and say “Pardon you,

I’m sifting through some particles
and farcing through some folds.
I’ve stumbled upon a brain fart which melts away your molds.”
So I think upon that ponder while I’m pondering the thought,
just thinking about the thinkweiz is leaving me distraught.

(Multi)
Well I think I thought I saw an Azwethinkweiz,
lookin’ like we think we do.
Like we think we do.

So what if what you thought about the thinkweiz
was nothing like you think you are?
You’d probably more than likely be a lookyloo
lookin’ like you think you do.
Like you think you do.

Ren: Try and wrap your mind around that. And try to learn and sing the lyrics without stumbling. 😉