...and that's why they call it Basketball.

Went to a Piston's game tonight. It was flashback/Toga party night. I was not informed and thus did not dress for the occasion. It was really the Palace's excuse to rip off Animal House. They played clips of the movie on the big screens, and Otis Day sang during halftime. His voice wasn't quite what it used to be, but after 25 years or so...atleast he's still preforming somewhere. Even if he did have to preform wearing two tons of piston's merchandise. Interesting note, Otis Day was the name of the character from the film, not the man. he had it changed after the movie did so well and bars began to ask for Otis Day and the Knights for gigs.

I've decided I dont hate sports so much as I hate the idiot fans. With about five minutes left in the game the entire section next to us started screaming "We want Darko". Aparently they didnt want the Pistons to actually win the game. There is a reason Darko only comes in when we are up by 30 or so. It also didnt help that my dad and I were in front of about thirty screaming 7 year olds on some weird field trip. They booed the Sacramento Kings every step of the way.

And aparently somebody brought their entire Frat house with them. There was an entire section in hastily made Togas that really, really needed a few more beers. I couldn't imagine wearing a Toga to an event like a sold out basketball game. The cool thing about a Toga party is that you might see someone sans Toga by the end of the night. Do you really want to be naked in front of a bunch of idiots screaming for Darko? I hope not. In other news....Toga party this summer.

Pat

Oy the problems!

You may or may not have noticed that there hasn't been a 112 update in about a week or so. I've been having problems with my FTP and I haven't been able to upload anything to the server for awhile now. The issue has been resolved, and a flood of images have been added to the 112 project. So go check them out. There may be lingering problems with the server...so if there isn't an image posted for a particular day, that's probably why.

Pat
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"Topeka.....check it out!"

Coin Op Magic

I've decided that at some point, I want to build my own arcade cabinet. I found an arcade emulator for Mac, and I downloaded a few old games just to check out what the quality was. My god, I was 10 years old again. Shoving tokens in the giant machines at Chuckie Cheese. As much as I love my consoles, theres nothing like letting your legs numb as you stand for hours gripping a joy stick and slamming on a candy colored circular button.

I personally prefer the older games, the Pacman couple, Joust, Robotron, Rampage, Centipede, and lest we forget....Galaga. I can still sit for hours and play that game, it is genius in it's simplicity.

So aparently there are a number of sites online where you can find plans for your very own arcade cabinet. The most expensive parts are, as you can imagine, a cheap computer to run the games and a decent sized monitor. Also you can choose to buy a premade control setup or make one of your own, which involves sodering and other things I would have learned in shop if Shrine had a shop class.

Now this isn't something that will happen anytime soon. but at some point in my life, I plan on being able to play the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game with three of my closest friends. Dibs on Leonardo.

Pat

By the way, I am officially on Spring Break for the next week. If anyone wants to hang out, Ill be at home doing nothing.

Let's get inebriated

I just have to say this...

St. Patrick's day is on a Thursday....I don't work Fridays.

Lousy Athiests tell me there's no God!

Pat

Good morning campers,

so it has been snowing out for several hours, and yet, I still had to go to work today. I am actually writing this from work because I have absolutely nothing to do. There is no class at the moment, and I didnt feel like driving in the mush that is Berkley side streets right now.

The 112 project is going well, I'm at ten images without missing one. Last night's came close, I ended up ditching four or five pieces that just weren't working out. I am actually contemplating reworking the one that is posted now, I really dont like it all that much. I dont feel this against the rules, mostly because I came up with the rules, so I can stretch them as I see fit.

I found an old wacom sketch I did last year at CCS that I had uploaded awhile ago, so I figured Id post it and give you all something else to look at. Enjoy whatever weather you are enduring at the moment.



Pat