well boo-fuckin-ya.
it makes me feel so special to see it there IN PRINT. gosh. and not only that, but it has our NAMES if you click the "meet the filmmakers" link. i feel giddy. :) so even though ubertopher has said it already, come and see! and if you can't make it on saturday, it's being shown AGAIN on sunday (during the "kid friendly repeat...sort of strang choice if you ask me) at 11:33. so bring the family! we'll be signing autographs, i supose, int he unlikely even that anyone ASKS. so, see you there, if not sooner!

note to brodie: check files for viruses next time.
shame.

ok, short announcement:
i have recently recieved a second VCR, which means that i can now copy tapes. this also means that i can now continue to make copies of chiaman, even though i don't have access to the equipment i was previously using to do so. so if you haven't got you copy yet ($5 a pop, $3 if you supply your own tape), do so now! you can get ahold of me here. when we get the new site up and running, there will be lots more chiaman stuff, and hopefully some trailers for those of you reluctant to buy sight-unseen. anyway, that's all for now. time for me to go look into some job possiblities. damn i need a job...

damnit...
ok, my day was a little dull all of it's own, but not yet downright shitty. then i come home, and discover the following things:
i got all Bs on my report card. crap. then mom points out i was looking at the wrong section. ok, maybe i don't, so i go look again. no, in fact i have one A and the rest are Bs.
my sister and my mom are watching titanic. with nothing better to do, i spend about 45 minutes watching the godamn thing sink. i realize some people found it humorous, i simply found it depressing. while we're in the middle of that, dad comes downstairs and tells me i won't be getting the job i've been assuming i was going to get, because they're too godamn lazy to get some sort of certification so people under 18 can be hired there. sorry if i'm whining here, but i'm FUCKING PISSED. i would say that this day probably can't get much worse, but then it probably would. this BLOWS.

ok, so i was browsing the nerf herder boards (don't ask; i was REALLY bored), and i came across a section entitled "the star wars/weezer connection." since weezer and star wars are both items which are of interest to me, i checked that shit out, and found the following:

the blue album is all happy-go-lucky kinda thing (with the exception of say it ain't so). it was a huge hit and made weezer really popular. a new hope is the first star wars movie that made george lucas into an international name, and it's more innocent than the next two films. both are favorites of the fans because they're the firsts.

pinkerton is dark, didn't do that well commericially, and is very personal. empire strikes back is dark, wasn't as popular as the first movie, but i'm not sure about the personal part. both became a fan cult success, i think.

then return of the jedi has lots of green things in it. green album is green.

WOAH.
makes ya think, don it?

i'm going to stab you now.

even NEWER cast profiles. profile. by which i mean i added a picture of...godamnit. arg. this one. i refuse to call her...that. anyway, that's all.

and i have one question about the five second poe: i don't know house of usher, but i'm curious if he acutally encounters FRIES, upon entering said house, if it it's acutally his friend, which would be sugested by the next line. or is fries his friend's name...cause it could be. some of those poets are pretty fucked up. yeah...whenever i think of usher, i think of that one rapper guy. you know, the one with the video where he rescues his girlfriend from a cage where bad men were poking her with sticks, and then a building blows up as he drives away on his motorcycle. stuff like that.

and more...i was looking at some of our old posts...and i realized that i said "40 megs" when i really meant "40 GIGS"! i mean, how silly is THAT? what the hell would i do with 40 MEGS of hard drive space? i used to be so young and foolish. how i miss those fresh and innocent days of yore...

rejoyce! neverwinter nights hits shelves TOMARROW. those of your who understand the ramfications of this will be thrilled. those of you don't, probably don't care anyway.

ok, i've finally started working on a new design for the web site. however, i'm not going to be able to implement it until we move the site to that new server. so if you feel like helping us round up the money, we'd really appreciate it. ;) oh, and as for the price, we'd probably want to go with the buy-for-a-year plan (as that waives the $20 setup fee that applies if you only commit for a month or 3 months), as well as register our own domain name. all told, that comes to about $39 for each of us. that's for the entire year, paid upfront. so anyway, look foreward to the new site.

i don't even think i need to tell you who sent me this little gem, only that you should watch at your own risk. and in case you can't understand what's said, here's the transcript. don't have too much fun.

i am SO proud to say that i can call these men friends. this pic, by the way, came from my friend's site. a friend who, incedentaly, is moveing to corvallis in the near future to attend our prestegiou college. so you will all be seeing her...soon. mwa ha ha ha ha!!! he he.

the mascot of the coolest tv show EVER. this baby gives jackie chan adventures a run for it's money. check that shit out.

two things:
one, i saw "life as a house" last night. brodie mentioned something back when he saw monsoon wedding about how it makes you really appreciate life, and the people you love, or something like that. at the risk of sounding cheesy, so does this movie. it's the kind of movie that makes you want to call up the people you love and tell them so. unfortunatly, i'm am not in the habit of telling guys i love them (whether or not i DO), and i didn't really have any chicks to call that would have repsonded in a favorable manner. but if i had, i would have been ALL OVER that. some people - and these people will likely be guys - might be a little dauted at the prospect of watching this film becuase it stars (one of) hollywood's lastest hearthrob, the one and only hayden christensen of star wars episode II fame. i know i was. you might not want to watch it becuase you are sick of these incredibly attractive (or at least all the girls say so, even if you can't see it) young actors that all the young women who SHOULD be obsessing over YOU are obsessing over instead. or maybe, for similar reasons you are afraid that you will be threatened by his manlieness. well have no fear. although i cannot deny that he is very attractive (to girls, and possibly gay men) you get used to it. and besides, he sounds kind of funny, and you can always remind yourself that it's really just anakin skywalker, and is going to end up as a wrikly old man encased in metal. he he. and as for the second concern, he is not manly. he may be atttractive, but he's pretty damn feminine. especially with the eyeshadow...*shudder* if you're still bothered by him, take comfort in the fact that there is an EXTREEMLY hot girl who plays opposite him. REALLY hot. but mr. christensen aside, this is a very good movie. acutally, he's a very good actor, something unfortunatly not showcased by episode one. everyone in this movie is very good. the movie is very good. it "pulls at you heartstrings," whatever the hell they are. from a film maker's perspective it's also very impressive: the cinematography and locations are INCREDIBLE. just some of the shots of the cliff where he lives almost made me cry. ME. CRY. so, go watch. it's a great movie.

the second thing is that if you live in corvallis (and if you're reading this and DON'T live in corvallis, e-mail me. i want to know who you lunatics are. but anyway, if you live in corvallis, you should listen to KBVR (the college station, 88.7) more often. i am right now, and they have played some KICK-ASS shit. like TMBG, steve martin's king tut, an instrumental version of ghost riders in the sky, and a punk cover of cabaret (the song, not the whole musical). so go, listen. and then watch life as a house. you'll be glad you did. but of course, you don't have to take MY word for it.

i'm afraid that i must once more draw your attention to penny arcade. for those of you who visit on a regular basis (as i do), the following will come as old hat, but for those of you who don't, i entreat you to read their lastest edeavor, concerning "america's army," the first person shooter soon to come from - that's right - the united states army. the comic in question can be found here, carefully linked for you viewing enjoyment. so go view it now, soldier.

ok, the time has come for this question: should we move this unsightly monster of a web site to somewhere more plesent (read: no banner ads, ftp acces - which makes blogger, and consequently us, happy, and various other happy things) and roomy? if this seems a foregone conclusion, put this in you pipe and smoke it: using this service is not free, it would cost a total of $7.77 cents and month. if you mutiply that for an entire year, and add the one-time $15 charge to register our very own domain (http://www.benspants.com, or something else equally fitting), and it all comes out to $108.24. now although money does technically grow on trees (at least if you look at it a certian way), we don't have the authority of the goverment to print our own, and therefore have to secure it from other sources. this is where YOU come in. since i'm sure you ALL agree that it would be a simply STELLAR idea for us to have a better host, then you can help! if brodie and ubertopher agree that a move is in order, we'll set up some sort of easy way you can donate money to the cause, ie, give it to us. thanks in advance for all your support. oh, and for those of you who are somewhat web-inclined, and understand that "lingo," here's the service we'd be using: http://www.powweb.com.

thank you! thank you!
they're only cleaners...
*smack* cleaner is audience too! thank you thank you!