Yearly Archives: 2007

Bob’s Guitar Hero Axe-travaganza

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So it turns out that Friday was my 29th birthday. Who knew? In order to ring in the last year of my 20′s with sufficient fun, Jen and I had a bunch of our friends over to play Wii and booze it up a little bit. An added bonus was the fact that my Mom and Dad hooked up Guitar Hero III for the Wii for my birthday and you have all the ingredients for a fun time.

Brandon also has GHIII for the Wii, so he was kind enough to bring his guitar so we could all go head to head with the rocking.

Brandon, Andrew and Beth were head and shoulders above the rest of us, having had the game for several weeks now. While I enjoy it immensely and have taken to it quickly, here is photo proof of me getting destroyed by Beth:

And here’s photo proof of Brandon getting destroyed by Beth:

Unfortunately, we don’t have photo proof of Jen beating Beth, you’ll just have to take our word for it, because it was magical. The logic then went that Jen was better than Brandon, since he’d only been beaten by Beth. That logic was quickly put to the test and confirmed, as Jen wiped the floor with Brandon, claiming her title of Best. Guitar Hero Player. EVAR. She then promptly lost the rematch. Oh well.

The only downside to Guitar Hero is that it’s a two player game, and not a 4 player game. That was remedied by Doug, who graciously brought his Xbox over with a bunch of fun multiplayer games. I had hauled the old TV out of the bedroom and into the kitchen so everyone can have twitchy thumbs at once.

All in all, it was a fun night, and one that will be repeated many times, I expect, in the future. Check out the rest of the photos here, and be prepared, as I have been playing, and I will be up to the challenge shortly.

Jackasses on the Highway

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So tonight, we went and picked up Jen’s mom and sister en route to dinner at a new hibachi & sushi place in St. Charles. Unfortunately, the freezing rain had iced over all the bridges to the white county and traffic was completely snarled. We thought we’d be smart and bypass 70 to go up to 370. Unfortunately, it turns out that 370 was closed due to an accident, so the whole highway was jam packed from the river almost to the Mills.

Most of the people in the traffic jam were pretty cool. We sat in traffic for about an hour until we got to the Earth City Expressway. We were almost there and other people were trying to merge over and these two hoosiers in a red Camaro (naturally) were trying to bully their way into the right lane. First, they tried to get in front of us. When it seemed apparent that we wouldn’t let them in, they rolled down the windows and tried to reason with us verbally. Now, I don’t know about the rest of you, but when someone starts a conversation with me with the words “Hey asshole!”, the likelihood of them receiving a satisfactory outcome approaches zero.

After yelling at us for a while (and us responding with laughter and inching closer and closer to the car in front of us, they moved up and tried to yell at the lady in front of us. She yelled back and basically told them to fuck off. So then they gunned it and tried to move up, as a gap had appeared while they were berating us. Of course, in traffic, where there’s a gap, there are people who want to fill it. A Ford F250 changed lanes right then, sideswiping the bitchin’ Camaro. They stopped and the two assholes got out and started yelling at the F250, cursing, threatening the driver, and telling him to get out of his car.

Just then, a dude in a West Coast Choppers hoodie runs up and starts yelling at the Camaro douchebags. He pulls a gun out and flashes a badge at them, and that got them to shut up quick. We’re assuming he’s an off duty cop. Either way, it was pretty awesome and the best use of firearms this year. So this guy got the douchebags to shut up, pull over to the side and wait for the cops. Their camaro was banged up and their probably going to get a ticket for causing the accident.

So yeah. That was exciting. We bailed on trying to go to St. Chuck, got off on Earth City Expressway and called Imo’s for a pickup. Dinner plans thwarted, but we still got to see a show.

Speed Racer Trailer

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has been released. Check it out. Now if that doesn’t look totally awesome, then you probably are retarded. Looks like we have another high intensity special effects gem from The Wachowski Brothers. And let me just go on the record saying I’m thrilled they are using a real chimpanzee for Chim

May 2008 can’t come soon enough.

Why Are You Sick?

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Bob works at home. Bob socializes with no one during the work day. Bob does not leave the house. Then, how come Bob is the one that has come down with a cold that he “doesn’t want to talk about it.” And the crappy part about all of this is that I’m the one who has to suffer. Lack of sleep due to the terrible snoring, the constant sniffling. And, of course, I’ll be the one who will be receiving this cold, it’s inevitable. Boo, Bob!