Push It To The Limit

6:15AM - 7-Eleven: Morphine Slurpee

Remember this? I didn't bother posting this in '07 because I forgot to (I think I had 2 slurpees). I didn't bother in '08 because I forgot about 7/11 entirely. This year, I didn't forget, however it was highly uneventful. No, I didn't log all the 7-Elevens I visited, but it would seem highly in vain had I did, because only ONE I went to had the free Slurpees, out of like 10 I went to. 15 and Ryan 7-Eleven, you are the best, at about 10:45 PM, I got the free Slurpee with half Bumblebee, half Artillery whatever. And they had plenty of cups to go! All the other 7-Elevens were out, even the one at 9 and Campbell (close to the asplosion!) was out by 1:33 PM!!! Anyway, here's a pic, in front of a 7-Eleven that I didn't even go in at 17 1/2 and Van Dyke:



BTW, going to all the 7-Elevens wasn't completely out of way, as I made my final destination at Dooley's in Sterling Heights for the UFC 100. Lesnar holy heck.

7:36AM - ScrewAttack Gaming Convention

( SGC! WOO! )

1:54AM - Let's Attack Aggresively!

Just beat Contra III: The Alien Wars (Normal, 7 Lives) on SNES. Hard mode? We'll see.

1:29AM - Remembering Michael

Michael Jackson's passing is, right now, one of the most surreal things to happen at any moment in my life. There is so much that I can and don't know what to say about him (Speechless). For me, Michael was so much. Beyond a performer, beyond an entertainer, he just transcended everything that we know. All child molestation charges aside, I am going to look at my Michael Jackson memories.

Let's start with just my name, if facebook didn't already change it, my middle name is Michael. Yes, it was really named after Jackson, with Paul coming from Paul McCartney.

Apparently, when I was really little, I really liked the part in the Beat It video when the garage doors opened up. You read that right.

For the Black or White video, I thought Michael really did go to the top of the Statue of Liberty. When someone told me that the arm was blocked off so people couldn't enter, I told them that Michael Jackson went up there!

HIStory, I remember when that came out. I didn't realize until years later that it was a double album, with the first part being a best of collection and the second all new songs. So for a while, I only listened to the old stuff, but later on I listened and appreciated the rest of the album. You must listen to Stranger in Moscow if you even have a remote resemblance of appreciation for Michael's work. It may be his best song he ever wrote.

For the longest time for the Black or White song, I thought a remix of it I had on cassette was the real version.

Man, I can keep going on and on. Especially for 1998 and 2002, I had some real MJ kicks at these periods of my life. I nicknamed a friend Billie Jean in '98, in 2002 I was MJ for Halloween, and I started the tradition of listening to Thriller every Friday the 13th. I created a CD of his music to play over the loudspeaker at work, went around saying "HEE HEE!" to everyone, and was just all out MJ crazy.

Probably my favorite moment of all was in 2007. I was in Las Vegas, and as it happened, so was MJ. At Ceasar's Palace, a group of people had crowded around a toy store in the Forum or whatever it's called. The store was shut down though. I immediately thought, "Michael Jackson must be in there," and I was right. He was in there shopping, the store had been closed just for him. From what I could see, it looked like he was buying a magic kit :). I tried to take pictures with my phone, but they didn't really come out. Stupid me though, my mom had her real video camera with her that we could have used.

To talk more about the music, I just really enjoyed all his work. Not just Thriller, Bad, and Off the Wall, but even stuff like Invincible and Blood on the Dance Floor as well. Yes, Dangerous too, and even his earlier solo and Jackson 5 work. 2000 Watts, Stranger in Moscow as stated above, Workin' Day and Night, Who Is It, these are possibly my favorite of all Michael's songs.


Michael Jackson, Gone Too Soon
1958-2009



P.S. Some other songs right now to listen to are Cry, Earth Song, You Are Not Alone, Man in the Mirror, and Heaven Can Wait.

9:31PM - Happy National Gigantor Day!

It's June 14th! Happy National Gigantor Day! (I totally forgot this year!)

11:00AM - Season III

MCS Depot

2:53AM - Chase

Yeah I did beat Silent Hill 2 last June. Yesterday (Mother's Day) I beat Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, then promptly gave the game to my bro for his b-day gift.

Also, an update to this entry:

Insmection of pictures notes that the Ninja! year was actually 1994, so Pirate must be 1993. Also, I was apparently a cat in 1986.

2:35AM - Post-barricade

Holy shit, Levar Burton and Greg's mom from Yes, Dear on $25,000 Pyramid. This is just nuts. Also, I bowled 225 and 220, 2 200 games in 1 night!!!

11:59PM - National Barricade Day ARMAGEDDON

Are you ready for the heart palpitating conclusion of NBD '09?
( Jam it in! )

BONUS! National Barricade Day Wallpaper!

12:18AM - It's April 26! Happy National Barricade Day!

National Barricade Day 2009 would like to remember Bea Arthur and dedicate this years festivities to her. We may have travelled down the road and back again, but there was never a barricade to prevent you from being a friend.



( A cut above the most )

6:03AM - The End is All Around You

Prepare yourself...
It's Coming...
Something so huge...
It will envelop civilization as we know it.



National Barricade Day ARMAGEDDON

Closing in on you April 26, 2009

4:20AM - 4:20

4/20/2009, 10 years since Bishop Foley Columbine.


Oh, and I finally got a Nintendo Developers' System Lite today. I already owned CastleVania: Dawn of Sorrow, beating it on Mark's original Nintendo Dual Screen. I then recently purchased the Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass and Ninja Gaiden Dragon, but I haven't played them yet. I played Contra 4 which I got today, and just popped in CV:DoS for a sec. Coming with the system was CastleVania: Order of Ecclesia (Ecclesiastes), and I believe I ordered Ultimate Mortal Kombat, but it hasn't come in yet.

1:45AM - Haircut, first of '09

Rene's (Mike's mom) in Royal Oak, trimmed

7:54PM - Go Green! Go White!

12:01AM

I'm 25, dammit.

7:02PM - 6 years laterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrarrgh

Just like pretty much every year, go to sister's first for niece's b-day party. This time, instead of heading to MSU, went back to my own house for party. Played Ninja Turtles 3 times!!! Also CreaBeer! Ted Diabetes! 6 years! :(

12:02AM - Writer's Block: Opposites Attract

5:53AM - Top Ten Things Forgotten From 2008

This is a follow up to this entry. It is also a follow up to this comment:
"I thought of making a top 10 list of things from this year, but that requires a lot of thinking." That is from this entry.

So with further adieu:

( Drum roll'd )

4:44AM - No not her...

Finally, FINALLY beat Faxanadu, maybe like everything else, I will post a couple crappy pics later.

What's next? Playing Yakuza 2.

Current mood: numb

12:03PM - Things Forgotten 2008

( Things Forgotten )


( Final ReXolution )