Post it up

 Posted by Jamie

Those at BBoW havn’t been….dickin around have we? The answer is yes, we have. Having so much free time has led to the discovery of Line Rider, and the exploitation of many games such as SSBM and Guitar Hero 2.

Recently I’ve been trying to get a Wii. I camped when it launched, and got one, only to sell it on Ebay. I make some money, but at what cost. Now it’s harder than ever to get one and I want to play it more and more. I woke at 4:30 Black Friday because I heard that stores such as Best Buy, Circuit City, and EB were getting another shipment of Wii in. After seeing (no lie) approximately 1000 people in the BB parking lot(F that, I said). I drove to EB and found a tiny line of about 10 ppl. Things were looking up. Waiting in line sucked, because I was in-between 2 parents who knew nothing about the system, what it was called, or even what it looked like. The only reason these parents were here was to ensure that their 10 year old brats got what they wanted the 25th. The front on the line was comprised of smoking hipsters(approx. 15 yrs old) who wouldn’t stop raving about the PS3 they wanted. There also was an annoying Nintendo fan who talked to Parent#1 about the system the entire time.

I waited from 5:15 to 7, when the store opened. I was trying to stay pessimistic about me getting a Wii because I was #13 in-line. Nevertheless it seemed they had many PS3s and Wii. People ahead of me were walking out happy; and those 50 people behind me were looking grave. I caught the salesclerk whisper something to the manager, soon to discover that the Wii was gone……… However, the 3 remaining people in-front of me continued happily because somehow they still had PS3s. Parent #1 didn’t want one, but Mr. Nintendo Boy had informed here that they sell well on Ebay. She walks up to the cashier and says, “Y’all still have those PlayStation things?” He walks back grabs the last one and hands it to her. Thanks Lady. You don’t know what their called, what a Wii looks like, or even how to navigate to Ebay and you ninja the last PS3. I admit I would have sold the PS3, but after fetching at least 500$ extra bucks I would promptly have bought a Wii for 350. In the end 6 Wiis and 6 PS3 were all they got, leaving #13 with a wasted morning. It turns out the parents behind me were waiting for a pink DS Lite…rofl.

Awesome Blossom. Extra Awesome.

Posted by brame.

This post is about two things:
1) The Office
2) How awesome I am.

Number one, The Office is returning soon. Rumor has it that we get to visit Dwight’s family beet farm and meet some of his family. I think I’ll watch everyone of them in hopes to see this episode. Actually, I’ll watch them all anyways. Point is, there’s always that show or that movie that wins all those awards, be it Emmy’s or Oscars, that sucks really bad. And everyone from Hollywood (or wherever it is they make this crap) go around ranting and raving like it’s the greatest thing to ever happen. Of course, being that I tend to want to see things that get good reviews (for the most part), I go and watch said crappy show or movie that received such awards and reviews. Movies like Titanic (that movie blew so hard) constantly get these awesome reviews and I watch them (though it did take me like seven years to see Titanic). The point is that these movies all end up sucking real bad, minus a few. The entire reason for that explanation was to say this, The Office is one of those few exceptions. Although it got so many freaking awards, the show deserves them. I don’t think I can think of a better show on television right now. Or atleast one that I continually watch and rewatch and rewatch. I’m just saying that you should watch it. September the twenty first at eight thirty, post meridiem.

On to item two. To make it blunt, I designed a shirt. Sort of. More like a potential shirt. It can only be a shirt if people like you (who obviously either know me or care enough to keep reading this far) vote on it on the website. If it wins the ongoing competition, I get lots of money. Ponit being, go vote for it. Here’s the link in a fun picture.

Here’s a hi-res picture on deviantART:
Click it.

“I’ve had it with these mfing snakes on this mfing plane!”

Posted by Brad.

Brad here, reporting from college-land. This is our first year for all of us at BBoW, so it’s important we get the correct academic edge so that we don’t have to write for a lowly entertainment journal until we’re too old to work *shudder*.

But of course, this zeal will wear off sooner than we all expect, and we’ll be back with the Snakes on a Plane roundup as well as the Suprise Attack Record Reviews by yours truly. You’ll have to see what everyone else is up to for yourself.

Pirate Baby’s Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006. Always a good decision.

“You have no idea how powerful I am.”

Posted by Brad.

Just as of late, I’ve realized how terrible I am at poker. I realized how I needed help, and boy, have I found it. Bill Fillmaff is the 1998 World Champion of poker, who has won over six million dollars playing poker over the internet. In nine simple lessons, his Secret System Plan, he can turn you from a poker zero into a poker hero. Of course, you’ll never be as good as Bill though, because he’s the poker god.

To get you started on the path of playing perfect poker, I’ve found the first four videos on Youtube. There are nine in total.

Lesson One.

Lesson Two.

Lesson Three.

Lesson Four.

You can find these videos, as well as the other five at Bill Fillmaff’s website, Billfillmaff.com. I highly advise you to watch these courses, they will change your game forever.

Humans as Ornaments

Posted by Jamie.

Mainstream ruins otherwise good media. I’m sure many of you have experienced one of your favorite bands fall in the peril of mainstream. When a band enters this mainstream they acquire many more listeners apart from their solid fan base. This is good for them, but bad for you. example:: I have enjoyed Coldplay since 2002 and although they havn’t been anything close to underground or indie they have been modestly popular. The summer of 2005 came along and X&Y drops. This sparks many new fans which normally don’t listen to Coldplay or any similar music . They listen: 1. Because their friends are doing it 2. Because they are being exposed to it by the TV box and the radio 3.Because they suddenly realize they’ve loved the band the entire time.

This inundation of a band into the stream spawns countless fans who don’t really know/care/consider the band as a whole but simply the new material (especially the single) as supreme. A fan who, after hearing the word “Coldplay”, will blurt….”Is that that Clocks band?”…………No…………. That overplayed/overcultured song is not the band, rather they are Don’t panic, Amsterdam, In my Place, Rush of Blood to the Head, and their many other good tunes.

There are different levels of Mainstream:

• Subtle growth-Word of mouth filters fans who build a fan base gradually until they are a common-phrase.

• Album booming-One Album will propel a band to new heights and will usually overshadow previous albums from converted fans. ex::Death Cab’s Plans significantly boosted popularity

• Propagandized-The constant presence of a band or single will embed itself within people and force itself to success. ex::

• Dynamite-So big parents know about it, and you are haunted everywhere by it. ex::Friggin idiot, Liger

I’m sure you have heard Napoleon Dynamite quoted to no end. Case in point, if you were the first person to see the movie it would have been funny. The immense popularity has decreased it’s funniness to 0.

Combating Mainstream. There are many ways to beat this, but practicallity becomes an issue.

You could make a point to consume extremely indie media, but any thing you like billions of other people can too.

Ingest media, but don’t tell others about your gem. This is also impractical because half the pleasure of media is getting others opinions about it.

Stop caring and let hipsters, thugs, moms, rednecks, and the annoying average white Americans destroy your happy place.

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Argument -Mainstream media can’t be all that bad because if billions like it there must be something to it.Response-Wrong. Rap disproves that there is something to popular media, the bells and whistles that enrapture thousands don’t appeal to me. However, I did find myself repeating that I was “in da club” after 50’s album drop. Was this because I was a true 50 fan, no. I was enthralled in Curtis becuase of the constant presence.

If mainstream didn’t over-popularize good bands, quote to death decent movies, tell me I need to pop my collar and dust off my shoulder, or tell me how bad Bush sucked it would be ok. It’s not and I will continue hating it until I die. There are always alternatives and just because it’s popular doesn’t mean it’s right, cool, good, or even talent filled…and that’s why I hate mainstream.

Fifteen Way “Rock Scissors Paper”.

Posted by Brad.

At a loss for what to do when multiple parties exist at an impasse?

A modern multi-player melee of many mains, that’s what! Although I had seen it long ago, this image cropped up once again on the wonderful/terrible 4channel.

All credit apparently goes to David C. Lovelace.

Early morning humour.

posted by Jamie and brame.

Since we were bored as crap at 1:30 in the morning waiting for adult swim to loop, we decided to look for some hilarious vids on you tube. Here’s what we found:

Tripped : A kid gets tripped, best five seconds ever.

Ownd:  Fat Mexican kid gets ownd by his friends.

MK II: Every Mortal Kombat II fatality to some Metallica song.

8@115: A kid gets kicked. Might be fake, but looks like it hurts either way.

Cat/Dog “fight”: This is funny because the cat wails on a dog that looks like Dakota.

That’s all we got for now. I’m sure we’ll find more and let you know about them.

Back from the District. Still no readers.

Veronica Corningstone and I had sex last night. And now we are in love.

Testes 1,2

Brame is simply testing his account in order to share his awesomeness with the rest of the interweb.

Testing, testing.

Just another test of the author system, seeing what’s going down.