Played for a bit last night and began the slow conversion of my Namco skills to my Capcom skills.

The game is pretty good over all. The Ultra moves are flashy, the art style is cool. Ported in challenges from the EX series (which by the end is teaching you some fairly difficult combos for characters)

BUT

Has a terrible intro song.

DEAR GOD! SO BAD!

Also Zangief is the toughest character to fight in the game as controlled by the CPU! His ability to endlessly powerbomb you is insane! Having a move where one of the limiters is difficulty to execute while offset by the speed of the move being performed and difficulty of evasion in the hands of a computer that can flawlessly execute moves is silly.

Overall I'm happy and I look forward to fighting you all online. If you have a PS3.

I don't know when I'll be back again.

That's a lie, I'll be back October 6th.

Listen for the cries of thousands of Parisians as their ears bleed
thanks to my gutter (Quebecois) French.

Weee!

Current Mood: excited

...was worth the wait!

Current Mood: geeky

You have about a week to do it.

www.soulcalibur.com

*glee*

Current Mood: geeky

http://www.square-enix.co.jp/ctds/

Current Mood: giddy

After much searching, panicking and a last minute gem of a find by Stacy, a vacation has been booked.

On Sunday, myself Kayla, Stacy and Jim are off to the beautiful Dominican republic for fun booze sun booze and free food and booze!

Considering the week I've had the timing is perfect.

Current Mood: ecstatic

So the latest Soul Calibur IV trailer sheds some light on the whole team up between Soul Calilbur and Star Wars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar8gE1xXjBM

The last person shown in the trailer is the main character in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.
Talk about product placement! For a game being released before Soul Calibur...

I can only hope that they don't try to cobble a story that makes sense together out of all of this.

Current Mood: geeky

TECHNOLOGY

Q. What is your wallpaper on your computer?
A: At home nothing, at work Soul Calibur 4 wallpaper done by Joe Ng.

Q. How many televisions do you have in your house?
A: Two, one is mine, one is Jim's. Mine is like a tiny god of TVs!

BIOLOGY

Q. Are you right-handed or left-handed?
A: Both... Neither? Predominantly right, but I'm as close to ambidextrous without being there as you can get

Q. Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
A: Teeth, and lots of them, including 1 permanent tooth. I have a tiny mouth.

Q. What is the last heavy item you lifted?
A: X-Box360 Controller, ZING! (Actually my laundry basket)

BULLSHITOLOGY

Q. If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
A. Yes, thus allowing me to duck fate and live on!

Q. If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
A: Nah, I like my name

Q. What color do you think looks best on you?
A. Blue, Green, Grey and Black

Q. Have you ever swallowed a non-food item?
A: When I was younger this was a fairly common occurrence

DAREOLOGY

Q. Would you kiss a member of the same sex for $100?
A: Was going to but the person who was gonna pay wussed out.

Q. Would you allow one of your little fingers to be cut off for $200,000?
A. Hell no!

Q. Would you never blog again for $50,000?
A. Hell yes!

Q. Would you pose naked in a magazine for $250,000?
A. No.

Q. Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000?
A: Yeah, yeah I would.

Q. Would you, without fear of punishment, take a human life for $1,000,000?
A. No. There are a few people who would REALLY tempt me.

DUMBOLOGY

Q: What is in your left pocket?
A. June Metropass

Q: Is Napoleon Dynamite actually a good movie?
A: Dunno, never saw it

Q: Do you have hardwood or carpet in your house?
A. Hardwood.

Q: Do you sit or stand in the shower?
A: People sit in the shower? Isn't that a bath?

Q: How many pairs of flip flops do you own?
A: One

LASTOLOGY

Q: Last person who texted you?
A: Kayla

Q: Last person who called you?
A: Kayla

Q: Person you hugged?
A: Kayla

FAVORITOLOGY

Q: Number?
A: 23

Q: Season?
A: Fall

Q: Color?
A: Blue or Green

CURRENTOLOGY

Q: Missing someone?
A: Kayla

Q: Mood?
A: Grumpy

Q: Listening to?
A: Random customer

Q: Watching?
A: I'm assuming they mean TV. Trigun & 6 Feet Under

Q: Worrying about?
A: Nothing really

Q: Wearing?
A: Undershirt, button up T-shirt, work pants, shoes, socks & underwear

RANDOMOLOGY

Q: First place you went this morning?
A: Work

Q: What can you not wait to do?
A: Leave work

Q: Do you smile often?
A: Actually yes

Q: Are you a friendly person?
A: Yes

Current Mood: grumpy

While riding the streetcar with Kayla yesterday we over hear a 14-15 year old girl talking to her friend:

"I'm an atheist, but I believe in god... so I'm like a half atheist."

I kinda threw up in my mouth.

Current Mood: aggravated

Was 11 different kinds of awesome!

It gives me hope for Marvel studios as a whole, it also sets the bar for all future comic movies.

Robert Downey Jr was PERFECT for Stark! PERFECT!!!

Current Mood: geeky

So this weekend was a good one, though short.

Friday and Saturday were very low key, just did some relaxing with Kayla. Then on Sunday we went to my parents' place for my grandma's 78th Birthday. I got to have my second BBQ of the year, and amongst the gifts was a book on cats. (My grandma is a cat fanatic) As I was flipping through the book I discovered the breed of cat for me.

The Maine coon. First thing, they are MASSIVE, average weight of 20lbs but upwards of 25. They are above average in terms of smarts and are considered one of the most trainable cat breeds.

They are also very well tempered and social cats.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_Coon

One day a giant kitteh will be mine!

*sigh*

Current Mood: Yearning

So, this Sunday Kayla and I decided "Hey, it is beautiful out, lets go for a walk" and walk we did, the most epic walk that was ever walked. Start time: 1:20PM End Time 5:40PM with a 20min lunch break.

The majority of the Martin Goodman Trail is quite scenic and enjoyable, except for the middle chunk between Cherry St. and Leslie where it is all industrial.

The Beaches were PACKED with people out enjoying the weather. The boardwalk was just crammed with people out getting some sun, which I managed to get too much of; I'm currently sporting a pretty decent sunburn on my face and neck. Damn you fair complexion, DAMN YOU!

Here is the log of our journey:

Current Mood: bouncy

1. My username is _____ because ____

Uberroomie, after a conversation in which it was pointed out how much I kick ass as a roommate. Also wittier cooler usernames were all taken and I hate adding letters numbers or special characters to get the name

2.My name is _____ because ______.
Daniel because my parents wanted both my first and middle name to work in both English in French.

3. My journal is titled ____ because ____.

"The musings of an Asphalt Alternative", my last name is Gravel, gravel is used instead of asphalt especially on those windy cottage roads. The amusing part is that my last name is French and should be pronounced as if it were spelled Gravelle.


4. My friends page is called ____ because ____.

Don't have a name for my friends page.

5. My default userpic is ____ because ____.

a pic of Sephiroth drawn by Scott of VGCats fame. Because FF7 is one of my fav games of all time and the pic rocks!... Jenova's witness, GOLD!

Current Mood: amused

A few of these made me flinch just reading them.

http://www.campussqueeze.com/post/The-Worst-Shots-Ever-Created.aspx

Current Mood: nauseated

That may have been one of the funnier voicemails I've ever heard someone leave.

For the education of the masses here are the full lyrics:

Here comes Peter Cottontail,
Hopping' down the bunny trail,
Hippity, hoppity,
Easter's on its way.

Bringing' every girl and boy Baskets full of Easter joy,
Things to make your Easter bright and gay.
He's got jellybeans for Tommy,
Colored eggs for sister Sue,
There's an orchid for your Mommy
And an Easter bonnet, too.

Oh! here comes Peter Cottontail,
Hopping' down the bunny trail,
Hippity hoppity,
Happy Easter day.

Here comes Peter Cottontail,
Hopping' down the bunny trail,
Look at him stop, and listen to him say:
"Try to do the things you should."
Maybe if you're extra good,
He'll roll lots of Easter eggs your way.

You'll wake up on Easter morning
And you'll know that he was there
When you find those chocolate bunnies
That he's hiding everywhere.

Oh! here comes Peter Cottontail,
Hopping' down the bunny trail,
Hippity hoppity,
Happy Easter day.

Anyway, a good easter weekend was had, my skills as a bunny helper outshine my skills as an egg finder.

There was also an amusing moment today when I learned that a friend of mine who is too lazy to check LJ anymore lives in the EXACT apartment that was across the street from Kayla's old abode which she'd often looked into longingly desiring to live there.

Next weekend I get to take a train to Windsor to visit Kayla's parents, I'm excited to take a via, it has been many years since I last got to ride on one!

Current Mood: nerdy

Yay! My first post in a few weeks and it is a quiz!

Take THAT regular updates!

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Sixth Level of Hell - The City of Dis!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Current Mood: amused

Had much difficulty getting to sleep last night.

Far too much caffeine far too late at night. But the delivery methods were all so tasty!
Coffee made from beans roasted earlier the same day and triple chocolate mousse, mmmmm!

The reason for all this excellent stuff was the combined birthdays of my Mom and Dad (20th and 25th respectively).

Sadly the gift I got my father someone had already given him, so I claimed his gift for myself. Which means I now own the Pink Panther boxed set! Yay! Shopping for my dad is great because I can just buy things that I think are interesting and I know he will too.

Saturday was SUPER lazy. Kayla and I made awesome breakfast burritos then fell into a food coma until just about bedtime.

All in all, a good weekend.

Current Mood: sleepy

So in wandering around youtube I stumbled across this show randomly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnHuNUNV0BE&feature=related

which I remember watching all the time.

The show was a 30 minute toy commercial but it had dinosaurs which meant it was an automatic gem in my 7 year old mind.

As an aside, 80s voice actors were crazy, you could almost link every 80s cartoon to each other by their shared voice actors.

Heck Frank Welker was in almost every 80s cartoon!

Current Mood: geeky

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/02/19/eastarl119.xml

that is a lotta birds