Amadeo Sogni

“I don’t have to be topical if I don’t feel like it.”
Amadeo

Politics

So Anonymous hacked one of Sarah Palin’s email accounts. There was a story out about the fact that she had a few and had been using personal ones to conduct work related correspondance. Which is illegal since she’s a Governer. Well one of them accounts was put out there and Anonymous hacked it and sent screen shots to wikileak. Seems like she did have some work realted things going on. This and another account were closed down afterwards, the other account was targeted by an activist under the Freedom of Information act. It could all come out to nothing, however since shes under invesitgation it could be considered destroying evidence.

Fun and Games

I bought The Force Unleashed the other day. It’s a comforting thought that I can have a long hard day and end it by throwing stormtroopers through the air with my (digital) mind. Or that I can levitate them and then charge them with lightening from my (digital) finger tips. Having the force would be valuable in my line of work…no need to escort someone out, just use my mind to lift them up and sit them outside.

Shenanigans

Why in the Bloody Blue Blazes is a phone for a Sprint account going to be cheaper at Best Buy then at Sprint? Especially if the price at both places depends on the same 22 month status? Get it together Sprint. I’m trying to make up my mind if I want to leave you or not. You pissed me off when I found out a new customer could get two phones for $50 when my 22 month discount would give me one of those for $125. Yeah new customers get better deals everywhere…but this is getting out of hand. Best Buy may have saved your ass this time…maybe. If I roll with the Blackberry you might be safe, but the iPhone is making me curious.

Telly

So Dr. Phil had an episode about the N-word and I’m not sure who’s idea it was but they had Paul Mooney on as an expert. Maybe Dr. Phil wanted to challenge his audience, but they sounded just like something from one of Mooney’s acts. Oh god, hilarity did ensue.

Roman Bellic: I don’t want to die, man! Not like this!
Niko Bellic: How would you like to die?
Roman Bellic: Having a threesome on my hundredth birthday?

So I got GTA IV this weekend. Ahhhh. This joint is beautiful. They cut out alot of the little extras from the last joint, but everything that is left is so much better. I also like the character background. I wonder though, if all the people (read: dumb white kids) who complained having a black dude would make it “gangsta” are complaining that there’s an illegal immigrant? Ah well. I can’t tell you how much I missed the random violence. There’s nothing like being able to go home at the end of a long day and start shooting (digital) people. Especially with the new aiming system. I’m getting off head shots like a mug. The death animation is great to. Ex: I was riding a motorcycle and ran into the back of a car on the bridge. I tried to get up and got hit again. As I tried to stand in the adjacent lane I got hit once more…with that death blow time slowed down and the screen went to black and white. I saw my characters body being propelled forward by the force of the car. I wanted to stand and yell “Khaaaaaaaaaaaaan!” like Captain Kirk cause it was a bitch way to die…but it did look cool. Not to mention the new cover system makes me feel like a big action star. Nothing like hopping a fence in enemy territory sliding across the floor to a wall and quickly popping up to get off a head shot, then hitting someone else in the knee and popping them from behind as they try to stand up…if I sound like I’m enjoying the violence too much just remember that it’s keeping me from kirking out in the real world. Of course I also enjoy having the police chase me in a vehicle. The only thing is it’s easier and harder to lose them now. One of the old methods won’t work if they see you, but if you just put some distance between you and them they give up. That’s good for when you’re playing the game as it’s set up…but it means I can’t play the game I invented - “The Fugitive”. “The Fugitive” is when you do something to get one star (wanted level) then you start running on foot. The point is to slowly build your stars while upgrading vehicles you win if you can travel the whole map and get back to where you started without dying or getting locked up. I love this fricking game. It’s also funny as hell that you can now get drunk and the cops will try to pull you over if they see you driving. All in all this game may save several peoples lives in Baltimore city. Consider yourselves lucky.

“I shall be waiting to reward your genius, or to have you beheaded for terminal stupidity! I have spoken.”
Cobra Commander

That’s right, I have toys. I couldn’t help but buy them when I saw them. My childhood reached up and spoke to me. This is what it said,

“GET THAT SHIT MAN!!!! What you don’t wanna buy a toooooy in front of your lady? You better buy that or I’ll give you some issues to deal with on your birthday. That’s right, you don’t get it and I’ll make sure that you’re buying a motorcycle and a leather jacket when you turn 40. You know you want it, I know you want it…hell she knows you want it. Buy it or I’ll throw a tantrum right here.”

Yeah…G.I. Joe is having it’s 25th anniversary and I saw this:

What young man that watched G.I. Joe or played with the action figures did not love Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow? Lame ones that’s who. I have probably owned at lest 4 variations of Snake Eyes….3 of them have been stolen from me. Those were the days. My cousin would come over and we would spend hours setting up some scenario. Once we were ready to actually play…it would be time for him to go home. I was hurt when I thought Duke was going to die in G.I. Joe the Movie. Oh Yeah…I did get the William “Refrigerator” Perry mail in action figure.

Hell Yeah.

Sadly when I got older…my grandmother saw fit to give them all to my cousin. Which is quite depressing now because some of the 25th anniversary joints are re-releases of figures I actually had. Between them and my Star Wars toys I could own two homes by now…thanks guys really. I’m going to bring this up at Thanksgiving…believe that.

There is a G.I. Joe movie coming out soon…I’m not psyched that Marlon Wayans is in it….but Ray Park playing Snake Eyes is bad ass.

If you think I’m just weird and one of those old geeks…I’ll throw my mother under the bus by saying she (I am to) is now hooked on Ninja Warrior.