Archive (September 2004)


30th September, 2004

Ask Lorael!

Hello everybody!

I'm finally here on this site, and I'm going to get my own section! Not only does Jojo allow me to be the guest writer on this week's Hottie of the week, but I'm going to get my own section too! Hurray for me! And yes, I'm going back to my roots as an Aunt Agony, so once again you can all write in with your problems and I'll pretend that I'm a sagelike entity and solve all your problems.

So send any of your problems to lorael@deadpan-entertainment.com and I'll get right on it!

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In the meantime, here's a picture of a Jedi with some major cameltoe action! Krast! So learn from Narru's mistake and don't attract attention to yourself by swinging a double-bladed lightsaber around when you're wearing hot pants that are tight enough to give you a frontal wedgie.

"Is your crotch hungry, girl? Cos it's eating your pants!"


30th September, 2004

Dumbasses deactivated

Since the Dumbasses section hasn't been updated since like forever, we're going to shut it down and replace it with the new Ask Lorael! section.

Oh, and the Vikings are 2-1. Go Vikings!


30-ого сентября 2004

Мебель

Это - песня без слов. Никто не может слышать отсутствие. Они только смотрят на мой рот и говорят эй человека(мужчину), которого я знаю, откуда Вы прибываете.

Мебель имеет право голоса в жизни. Был сделан, чтобы использоваться людьми. Сколько раз Вы чувствовали себя подобно книжному случаю, сидящему в гостиной комнате, собирающей пыль? Полный мысли, уже письменной.


30th September, 2004

Devon Aoki, possibly the freakiest looking model in the world

I remember the day Munky decided to rent 2 Fast 2 Furious (of all movies)... and then came the barrage of fast cars and really hot attractive females. With one glaring exception: Devon Aoki.

You know who Devon Aoki is, right? She's that Asian girl in the movie who plays the role of an attractive street racer who's supposed to be really hot... but with a twist. She's NOT. She might have a nice body, but she's not even vaguely attractive, in my opinion. Yet somehow she's the face of Chanel and the highest paid model in her agency.

Devon Aoki,
with makeup and airbrushing

Devon Aoki,
in all her natural glory

That's something I've never understood. I mean, her face is amazingly disproportionate. It's like her facial features like her eyes and mouth are all crammed into an area on her face the size of her fist... giving the impression that someone has just crammed a giant lemon into her face and her features have shrunk and contorted as a consequence. Not exactly modelling material.

Munky and Chris were defending her, saying that she's got "striking and unusual features", but I know they were just too busy gawking at her ass to really even look at her face. Striking and unusual features? What's that? That's like saying a blind date has a good personality.

Personally, I think she's just a spoilt dumb kid whose immensely rich daddy bought a way into the modelling world for her. Bah...

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I can't believe Chris likes Avril Lavigne... She's screechy!



25th September, 2004

Good proud Russian names

It's not like my girlfriend's pregnant or anything, nor are we thinking of having kids... but I sometimes think about baby names. Do you ever think about that? Well, maybe I have too much free time, but I do.

Anyway, it's a well-known (well, sorta well-known) fact that I've always wanted to name my daughters (if any) Amphetamine and Mistletoe. I think it shortens nicely to Amy and Misty.

But one thing I've never been too sure about was boy names. What would I name my boys? I never did have a clue. Boys' names are normally so boring. Sure as hell, I wasn't going to name my kids Lance, JC, or even Joey. But after reading yet another Tom Clancy novel... I now know what I will name my child.

He will be Sergey Nikolayevich Panovko. His brother (if any) will be Sasha Dimitri Panovich. And they will be proud agents of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service. Yep, they're going to be spooks. I'm going to have a family of spies, and if we have a movie made about us it'll be called Russian Spy Kids.

Yes, I realize I'm not Russian nor do I have any Russian blood in me, but that's not important, is it? If Asians can name their offspring with English-inspired names like Henry Lee and Sally Yoshimitsu, why can't I give my kids good Russian names? Russian names are the bomb!

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I think I might head out to buy the new Avril Lavigne album later.

Just think how many more albums she'd have sold if she was named
Avrilov Vanya Laviyenko


25th September, 2004

Bennifer is now Bennifer Garner!

After the horrifying ordeal that was being engaged to Jennifer Lopez, The Affleck is now allegedly dating his Daredevil co-star Jennifer Garner. Wouldn't have been my first choice, but hey, at least he's not dating Minnie Driver or Kirsten Dunst (who is supposed to be dating Josh Hartnett now... how'd she manage that?)

Maybe The Affleck took a liking to the nickname Bennifer and decided that he wanted to stick with it a bit more?



21st September, 2004

Major updates to the site; Vikings lose... again.

Well as you all may or may not know, there's been some major additions to the site... namely the new Video Vault section and a new section for Nate's skate video. There's only a few videos up at the moment, but as I get more time I'll put more and more videos up. Even now, you can go over and check out all three versions of Nate's skate video and both music videos that we've made. And of course, the 2002 Deadpan promo trailer! So go check those out, yeah?

Nate's Totally Dope Skate Video section comes with all the regular stuff like a gallery and trivia, so be sure to have a look at that too.

Oh, and check out that new icon that should appear in your Favorites menu... it's me!

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And in other news, the NFL season has started again... and once again I have to watch as the Vikings lose a game despite some pretty solid play... Oh gawd...

It's really depressing to watch your QB get within INCHES of the endzone, only to have the ball knocked out from his arm and recovered by the other team. And then Terrell Owens scores on a TD that really wasn't a touchdown... On Monday Night Football, no less!

I think someone upstairs really hates the Vikings... or at least is a big Eagles fan.

Oh well... at least it's never boring being a Vikings fan, right? After all, I could do a lot worse... I could be a soccer fan.

16-27, Eagles win


21st September, 2004

Damn you, DirectX!


I went out and got The Sims 2 the other day, after waiting what seems like FOREVER for it to be released... And after I install it it decides it doesn't want to boot up. Why? Because I'm using an earlier version of DirectX. Apparently 9.0b is not good enough for The Sims, so I go off and try to install 9.0c. And then it decides that it's already installed, so it doesn't want to install and in the end I'm still stuck on 9.0b! Argh!

I try everything I can, and even go to the Microsoft DirectX site to try to get the latest version. But of course, my DirectX 9.0b has decided that it likes my computer and refuses to leave or be upgraded.

So I write an email to EA tech support and relate to them my drama in all of it's glorious detail... and guess what kinda reply I get?

Me and my new T-shirt... even
though I never wear clothing.

"Thank you for contacting EA technical support. I am sorry that you are having difficulty. In this case you will need to update to the latest version of Microsoft Direct X. You can find the latest version as well as instructions on installation and a description of what Direct X does at this location."

Do these people even read my emails? Gwaaaaar!!! That's the most unhelpful piece of advice ever!

I guess I'll just put The Sims 2 on the shelf and be glad that I got a free T-shirt with the game. FUCK!!!


21st September, 2004

Shoes???

I go away for a while, and I come back and find a psycho writing about shoes, my Familiar writing about a sport that nobody cares about, and a monkey complaining about computer game related software issues! I mean... SHOES! Who the hell writes about shoes, anyway? I mean, don't we have anything better to write about than these inconsequential matters? If I didn't know any better, this site is slowly becoming some school-kid's blog! No wonder the daily readership of this site has fallen into the single digit range again.

Currently listening to: Aqua ~ Doctor Jones

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19th September, 2004

The Lucid vs the Tensor

Shoes shoes shoes.

I'm not usually a clothing junkie... Gawd knows that Jo would love that I get some new clothes every now and then. I'm just not really the type to buy a new article of clothing every week in order to amass the largest clothing collection in the world, with an entire ensemble to suit every occasion (like having an outfit planned for when Uncle Joe decides to have a triple-bypass operation).

But shoes, I love shoes. I don't really like buying them, but I sure as hell like looking at them. But not the Manolo Blahnik type shoes... just comfy looking... well... skate shoes.

Do you remember a couple of years ago when I got what must be the most comfortable looking shoes in the world? The Globe Rodney Mullen S3s?

Well they're now sorta wearing out... correction, they've more or less worn out, with holes everywhere. You know your shoes kinda need replacing when you're scared to go out in rainy weather because you hate the feeling of soggy socks that make that squirty squidgy noise everytime you take a step.

So I tried to replace them... but I couldn't find a pair of shoes that I really liked. This year I've been wearing a pair of Vans that look okay, but aren't really that comfortable to walk in for extended periods of time. I thought about getting another pair of S3s, but I decided against it in order to try something new. And besides, it's a bitch to find shoes from several seasons ago unless you go on eBay or something.

Anyway, lately I've been eyeing this pair of Globe Lucid shoes. It's like everytime I walk past that Quicksilver shop in Heeren I'll drag Jo in and this scene will ensue:

Me: "Hey this pair of shoes is kinda nice, right? What do you think of them?"

Jo: "It's the same goddamn shoes you picked up last time! And the time before! It's always the same pair of shoes!"

Me: "Are you sure?"

Jo: "..."

Anyway, the same scene happened last night at a different store, so I decided to look beyond the pair of Lucid shoes, and my eyes wandered just a bit up to see some bright orange. And then I saw them: The Globe Rodney Mullen Tensor shoes.

Now I'm not sure why I was drawn to the orange. Perhaps because it's a bright color, or because they were the same shade of orange as my skateboard's trucks (curiously enough, they're Tensor Trucks), or maybe just because it was the shoe above the Lucids. But at any rate they stood out amongst all the other shoes, and I picked them up. At this point I didn't even notice the Tensor logo or the words "Rodney Mullen" written on the shoe's tongue. Of course, when I did, everything changed.

Now I'm stuck trying to decide between the Lucids and the Tensors. I can't decide! I mean, all along I've been looking at the Lucids, so I must have some affinity for them, right? But then again, the Tensors are pretty nice too, or is it just because I'm a Rodney Mullen whore?

What do you think? Vote in the poll and help me figure out which shoes to buy!


19th September, 2004

Maxthon - The bestest Internet browser in the world!

Goh (aka Baby Lamb) just informed me of this web browser that's a really nice upgrade of Internet Explorer. It's called Maxthon and it's sweeeet! I mean, firstly you can set up your own pretty skins so that your browser looks the way you want it to look! You can have buttons made of NFL team logos, or it can be all pink and fluffy! Secondly, instead of different open windows you have tabs, so switching between webpages is easy, especially with MOUSE GESTURES!

If I wanted to switch web pages, instead of alt-tabbing I can just hold my right mouse button then push the mouse up and right to tab to the next window, or up-left to go back. I can right mouse button up-down to refresh the page... or right mouse button up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right to print the current page!

HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR! I SHALL RULE THE WORLD WITH MY NEW BROWSER!


19th September, 2004

Version 3 is out!

Well, Version 3 of Nate's Totally Dope Skate Video is finally completed! (which you'd know if you read the Production Diary section of this site) I think it's about as completed as can be... even if Nate adds some more tricks to his collection, I don't think I can top this latest effort. So I think we'll finally declare the video finished... and so we should finally move it from the Coming Soon pile to the completed Flicks section of this site. Which we'll do soon. Later or something. Yeah... we haven't made a completed flick since "Amy".


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