http://www.shinobireign.com/happyninja Everything is Hunky Dory Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:00:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Nick just revealed that one of our favorite albums from our teenage years got 75% of its appeal from emotional retardation, not the quality of the music. And he's right! http://www.shinobireign.com/happyninja/2007/06/05/oh-save-me/ Late Night Computer Setup Step One: When doing something you really should not have agreed to do in the first place, the first step is to find music you can work with. My choice for this is NiN's 'Pretty Hate Machine'. It's suitable. It work. http://www.shinobireign.com/happyninja/2007/05/08/late-night-computer-setup/ In brief: Year Zero is our generation's version of Pink Floyd's The Wall. It successfully does what American Idiot cries itself to sleep at night, wishing it could do. http://www.shinobireign.com/happyninja/2007/04/30/music-review-year-zero/ One of the signs that I was starting to listen to good music was when I was finally able to list a lot of music that was not about love. http://www.shinobireign.com/happyninja/2007/04/26/maturity/ And once again, after tragedy strikes the nation our wanna-be puppet masters rush in to try and grab a few more of our strings. Whether it's Dr. Phil or Thompson blaming the event on video games before we even knew who the culprit was, or the gun control nuts wanting ... http://www.shinobireign.com/happyninja/2007/04/18/trying-to-believe/ I have two alarm clocks. My actual clock wakes me up. Hearing the coffee grinder gets me out of bed. http://www.shinobireign.com/happyninja/2007/04/16/living/ My manager is going to start chemotherapy for his cancer next week. He really is the last person in the world who should have cancer so young (28). He's healthy, does sports, he eats right... But it shows that this kind of thing could happen to anymore. But still, God is ... http://www.shinobireign.com/happyninja/2007/04/14/prayers/ Holidays are always best when there are babies and other small children around. It just seems so much more magical when you add in their wonder about what's going on. http://www.shinobireign.com/happyninja/2007/04/13/d-2/ My resolution for being a more responsible person this year... #1 - I will only eat out for lunch if there's a special occaison (Like someone else volunteering to pay. ; ) ) This will save tons of money and calories. :P http://www.shinobireign.com/happyninja/2007/04/11/geoffs-22nd-year-resolution/ The best thing I've come across in trying to learn Japanese is something Alex showed me, a game called Slime Forest. Essentially it plays like an old-school SNES RPG. The difference is that when you try to attack something, a katakana symbol will appear over the enemy's head, and in ... http://www.shinobireign.com/happyninja/2007/04/09/square-one/