I was also considering picking up Shenmue 2, but I had never played the first and didn't have enough money.
I never played Shenmue 1 either, but I loved Shenmue 2. It definitely had a slow section (making 500 kongbucks stacking boxes O_o) but after that you can make money by fighting Bloodsport matches. The latter half of the game is amazing. It is so satisfying
to finally kill that zebra bitch with her own chainsaw, after an epic pipe/chainsaw duel.
If only they would make Shenmue 3...
The first is better, if you ask me.
Shenmue 2 doesn't feel as down-to-earth. You're actually part of a community in part 1.
2 goes more places, but it felt empty somehow.
And the ending is just plain wrong. Don't cliffhanger something you might not finish.
Well, I think it's supposed to feel empty because you're living in a foreign land. Or at least, I felt like Ryo was definitely not in his place there.
And yes, the ending...Ugh. But then, Suzuki planned like twelve parts. Crazy dreamer.
I hate being the tallest person in my immediate family. Always gotta fuck around with the shower head, get yelled at about fucking around with the shower head. It sucks.
Not all of us can be midgets. Some of us have size 13 6E feet, which makes buying shoes difficult. I got two pair for about what I expected to pay for 1 at this wide shoe place in Shoreline. God, I love this city!
I hope they weren't New Balance.
I bought a pair of 9 1/2 4Es and they fell apart within less than six months. Of course, I do a lot of walking at work, but still.
Funny thing is, I got my feet measured a few days ago at Red Wing, and apparently I'm "only" a 8 3E, so I guess New Balance's shoes are just undersized.
I'm 5'11". I have yet to meet anyone under 6'4" with feet larger than mine.
I would gladly accept ginormous feet if it got me two more inches of height.
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So I'm watching Next on MTV. This is not the first time.
For those unaware of the show, here's how it works: One person (whom we'll call the contestant) gets five dates to work with, one at a time. If at any point the date goes downhill, the contestant can get rid of the date by saying 'NEXT!' That person goes away (and is paid $1 for every minute they stuck around) and is replaced by the next person in line. The date that's there at the end picks between the money (paid at the same rate) or a second date.
That's the concept. In practice, here's how things actually go:
(introduce the one) Contestant: I am horny, and here is an euphemism for how horny I am. If you have some superficial quality that really shouldn't matter, I'll say NEXT! (NOTE: One of the five always has this quality.) I have five hot guys/girls wanting to have sex with me. WOOOOO!
(introduce the daters. One by one, they give names, ages, and announce that people wish to have sex with them.)
Voiceover lady: Statement about the one. Rhyming statement about daters. Third rhyming statement that is immediately followed by "...on the Next bus." Daters on bus: "So are you going to take the money?" "Of course!" "Yeah!" Nobody is ever aware that this is, at its core, a dating show. Voiceover lady: (name) is up first. But there are four others hoping that he/she hears "Next!" I make a really bad pun in here somewhere. First in line: I'm up first. Don't wait up for me! (Cheered on by other four.)
(First in line steps off bus. Bio with three notes on the person is given. At least one is something like 'Shoves french fries up their ass'.)
(First in line steps off bus.) Contestant: (cringes, even if the person is reasonably attractive) NEXT! (Elapsed time: 4 seconds. Rounded up to $1.) First in line: Fuck you. You are ugly. Contestant: Fuck you. Nobody will ever have sex with you. (Both elaborate on this.) Voiceover lady: Bad pun about the fact that this person was Nexted. Second in line is up next. Other four (seeing the first come back): OHHHHH! First in line: The contestant is ugly and a bitch, even if this person is male. You will not wish to have sex with them. Second in line, you're next. Second in line: Oh, no, wish me luck! (Cheered on. Gets similar embarrassing bio.) Contestant: Hi. Here is a peripheral factoid about my life. To commemorate this, here is a humiliating physical task designed to prove your love to me. Because I do not have sex with anyone that cannot, for instance, run an obstacle course. Dress up in this. (pulls out clown costume or spacesuit or something you'd never be caught in public wearing)
(Second in line comes back in costume. This person may be Nexted based on if they appear ugly in the costume, which will happen about half the time, but here they survive to run the obstacle course. Which they fail.) Contestant (immediately upon missing the time limit): NEXT! (Elapsed time: 9 minutes.) Second in line: Fuck you. You are ugly. Contestant: Fuck you. Nobody will ever have sex with you. (Both elaborate on this.) Voiceover lady: Another bad pun about the Nexting. Third in line is up next. Other four: OHHHHHHH! Second in line: Contestant is an ugly bitch. You will not wish to have sex with this person. Third in line, you're up next. Third in line: I will MAKE this person have sex with me. Wish me luck! (embarrassing bio) Contestant: Hello. You get to skip the clown suit obstacle course. Let's go get our palms read or something normal people would never do. Bus: So let us all talk about every time we have ever had sex. Let us further allude to having sex with each other, even if we are straight.
(date proceeds smoothly from here.) Bus: (is made into complete mess that whoever is currently off the bus never, ever comes back to) Contestant: I had a lot of fun today. We have been on this date for 82 minutes. So you can either take $82, or you can go on a second date with me.
(freeze-frame while clips from the date get replayed) Third in line:
IF THEY TAKE THE DATE: "I'd love to go on a second date with you." (The two kiss and play with puppies.) Bus (in unison): "Hey, third in line! You could have had sex with us!"
IF THEY TAKE THE MONEY: "I had a really good time, but I'm going to take the money." Contestant: Fuck you. You are ugly. Third in line: Fuck you. Nobody will ever have sex with you. Bus: OOOOHHHHHHH! "So how'd it go?" Third in line: I took the money! Bus: WOOOOOOOOOO! Let us have sex with each other! Contestant: Oh well. Sex is not important.
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I have a new soccer blog The Minnow Tank. Reading it psychically kicks Sepp Blatter in the bean bag.
I have nice boots, but the soles appear to be wearing through depressingly quickly. I've only had them six months and I need to see about getting them re-soled.
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Well, I think it's supposed to feel empty because you're living in a foreign land. Or at least, I felt like Ryo was definitely not in his place there.
And yes, the ending...Ugh. But then, Suzuki planned like twelve parts. Crazy dreamer.
Better a bear than a girl.
I was supposed to be like 6', according to the doctor.
Ended up 5'9.5".
Being too tall>being too short.
So many fewer women you can date.
You know what they say about people who have big feet!
I hope they weren't New Balance.
I bought a pair of 9 1/2 4Es and they fell apart within less than six months. Of course, I do a lot of walking at work, but still.
Funny thing is, I got my feet measured a few days ago at Red Wing, and apparently I'm "only" a 8 3E, so I guess New Balance's shoes are just undersized.
Hmm. I should get soemthing other than sneakers. Everyone else in my crowd has nice shoes.
I would gladly accept ginormous feet if it got me two more inches of height.
For those unaware of the show, here's how it works: One person (whom we'll call the contestant) gets five dates to work with, one at a time. If at any point the date goes downhill, the contestant can get rid of the date by saying 'NEXT!' That person goes away (and is paid $1 for every minute they stuck around) and is replaced by the next person in line. The date that's there at the end picks between the money (paid at the same rate) or a second date.
That's the concept. In practice, here's how things actually go:
(introduce the one)
Contestant: I am horny, and here is an euphemism for how horny I am. If you have some superficial quality that really shouldn't matter, I'll say NEXT! (NOTE: One of the five always has this quality.) I have five hot guys/girls wanting to have sex with me. WOOOOO!
(introduce the daters. One by one, they give names, ages, and announce that people wish to have sex with them.)
Voiceover lady: Statement about the one. Rhyming statement about daters. Third rhyming statement that is immediately followed by "...on the Next bus."
Daters on bus: "So are you going to take the money?" "Of course!" "Yeah!" Nobody is ever aware that this is, at its core, a dating show.
Voiceover lady: (name) is up first. But there are four others hoping that he/she hears "Next!" I make a really bad pun in here somewhere.
First in line: I'm up first. Don't wait up for me! (Cheered on by other four.)
(First in line steps off bus. Bio with three notes on the person is given. At least one is something like 'Shoves french fries up their ass'.)
(First in line steps off bus.)
Contestant: (cringes, even if the person is reasonably attractive) NEXT! (Elapsed time: 4 seconds. Rounded up to $1.)
First in line: Fuck you. You are ugly.
Contestant: Fuck you. Nobody will ever have sex with you. (Both elaborate on this.)
Voiceover lady: Bad pun about the fact that this person was Nexted. Second in line is up next.
Other four (seeing the first come back): OHHHHH!
First in line: The contestant is ugly and a bitch, even if this person is male. You will not wish to have sex with them. Second in line, you're next.
Second in line: Oh, no, wish me luck! (Cheered on. Gets similar embarrassing bio.)
Contestant: Hi. Here is a peripheral factoid about my life. To commemorate this, here is a humiliating physical task designed to prove your love to me. Because I do not have sex with anyone that cannot, for instance, run an obstacle course. Dress up in this. (pulls out clown costume or spacesuit or something you'd never be caught in public wearing)
(Second in line comes back in costume. This person may be Nexted based on if they appear ugly in the costume, which will happen about half the time, but here they survive to run the obstacle course. Which they fail.)
Contestant (immediately upon missing the time limit): NEXT! (Elapsed time: 9 minutes.)
Second in line: Fuck you. You are ugly.
Contestant: Fuck you. Nobody will ever have sex with you. (Both elaborate on this.)
Voiceover lady: Another bad pun about the Nexting. Third in line is up next.
Other four: OHHHHHHH!
Second in line: Contestant is an ugly bitch. You will not wish to have sex with this person. Third in line, you're up next.
Third in line: I will MAKE this person have sex with me. Wish me luck! (embarrassing bio)
Contestant: Hello. You get to skip the clown suit obstacle course. Let's go get our palms read or something normal people would never do.
Bus: So let us all talk about every time we have ever had sex. Let us further allude to having sex with each other, even if we are straight.
(date proceeds smoothly from here.)
Bus: (is made into complete mess that whoever is currently off the bus never, ever comes back to)
Contestant: I had a lot of fun today. We have been on this date for 82 minutes. So you can either take $82, or you can go on a second date with me.
(freeze-frame while clips from the date get replayed)
Third in line:
IF THEY TAKE THE DATE: "I'd love to go on a second date with you." (The two kiss and play with puppies.)
Bus (in unison): "Hey, third in line! You could have had sex with us!"
IF THEY TAKE THE MONEY: "I had a really good time, but I'm going to take the money."
Contestant: Fuck you. You are ugly.
Third in line: Fuck you. Nobody will ever have sex with you.
Bus: OOOOHHHHHHH! "So how'd it go?"
Third in line: I took the money!
Bus: WOOOOOOOOOO! Let us have sex with each other!
Contestant: Oh well. Sex is not important.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Yeah. She got completely naked.
At the behest of her boyfriend. Who also lives with us. And is one of my best friends.
I didn't know whether to be like O_o or
My friend still owes me a look at her nipple rings and her hawtness in a teeny weeny black bikini.
But this may be complicated now that she is engaged.
Also, I get bitched at because everyone else in my family is fucking lazy. I am too, but not as lazy as they are.
You don't say!
Completely? My god!
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
You could always cash that in at the wedding
man
you've obviously never stayed up until 6AM watching Next, and then on commercials, flipping over to another channel and watching Max Ex
it's... the epitome of late night hilarity
most of all, most of all
someone said true love was dead
but i'm bound to fall
bound to fall for you
oh what can i do
I know the shock!
I'm not used to this level of openess, so it was a little shocking for me, yeah.
I also havent gotten laid in a while.
Damn.
Naw.
I'll just outlive her husband and catch her on the rebound.
Technically she and I have been engaged for several years now. :P
Woo, grannies in bikinis!
Fine. I'll go have sex with the people on the bus.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
How about "all of the above"?
That about sums it up.
That and the drug induced mood swings I was having weren't really helping me deal with the situation
I'm totally a girl, teeheehee! Can you give me some money? You look so strong, can you buy me an epic mount?