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High cobra on high-wheel
08.22.11 | Permalink | Comment?

This is my maiden voyage on the high wheel. It’s pretty tough to get on (even when you haven’t had a dozen beers), and pretty scary at first. It took me a couple tries to get on, but I finally figured it out and managed to do okay up until the dismount.

Thanks to both Ryan O’Brien and the good folks at Mill St. Brewery for helping me fulfill one of my dreams.
Gaming, Video
Call of the Cobra
05.26.11 | Permalink | Comment?

This is a video I made of me playing the new zombie map on Call of Duty. I shot the video with my camera, then uploaded and edited it using the Playstation 3 video editor/uploader function. I mostly made this to show my friends I play with regularly how awesome I am when I play solo, and also because none of us were aware you could get the Wunderwaffe by killing George Romero. I’m still not sure if you get it for killing him when playing solo, or if it’s got to do with how early in the rounds I killed him (normally I kill him closer to round 12 or higher). Either way, if you’re into the COD Zombies, check it out. And if you’re not into COD Zombies then the video is probably equally as boring as reading to this point has been.

But, unless someone has a Wunderwaffe pointed at your head it’s your own fault I suppose.
Gaming, Video
Mother’s Day F-Ballin
05.19.11 | Permalink | Comment?

As I previously mentioned, I recorded (or rather Holly recorded) the inaugural match on the new Foosball table. For those who are interested, the match is a little over seven minutes in length, and although I dominate my mother the entire time it begins with me scoring a goal on myself.

Also featured in this video is my inability to win without gloating, and my father’s obsessive compulsive need to make everything perfect.

Go Cobras!
Music, Video
Space music / sad music
03.08.11 | Permalink | Comment?

This is another cool fan made video I found on youtube recently. It’s a song from another of my favourite bands, Estradasphere. The song, Flower Garden of an Evil Man, is swapped out for the audio track of the pilot episode of Gumby, Gumby on the Moon. It’s a perfect fit in my opinion.

I also thought I’d share two other songs I’ve been listening to a lot lately. Neither has a decent video, so enjoy some cover art, and the sun.

Song one

Song two
Music, Video
Fascinating
02.10.11 | Permalink | Comment?

This video combines two of my favourite things and it does it quite well. I love how good some of the fan made music videos are on youtube. If you haven’t seen them before, I also recommend checking out two of the best fan made videos I have ever seen (one, two) which also happen to be two of my favourite songs. I love when I find things like this without even looking.

Also, this video reminded me that this exists. Hehehe…

Here is one last fan made video that is worth watching (not for the edits, those are pretty shitty… but the song is another of my favourites).
Animals, Video
Cobra cryout for cat compassion
01.30.11 | Permalink | Comment?

The Niagara Falls Humane Society has been a ‘No-Kill’ policy organization for a long time. Recently they have had no choice but to euthanize sick/unwanted cats. Apparently people from all over the region bring their cats to the Falls because of their policy against killing, and now they just have too many. We’ve done all we can as far as adoption goes (we’ve got 3 from there), and I’m constantly telling people to go adopt. So please, if you have the ability to care for an animal (even a sick one with limited days), now is a better time than ever to go get a cat from the NFHS.

Maybe they need an ad campaign like the Winnipeg Humane Society to boost adoptions.
Animals, Video
Shakespeare hates snow
01.13.11 | Permalink | Comment?

Back when Tabbouleh was sick, we bought a harness to take the cats outside. Most of them hated it, but Shakespeare loves it and constantly whines to go outside. I take him out pretty much every single day, except when it’s raining. Lately I’ve been trying to get him use to the snow, but he seems to hate it (as you can tell from the video above). We got a ton of snow yesterday, and are getting more now. He was begging me to take him out so I decided to let him see what he was missing.

I need to get a video of me putting his leash on, and how he acts when I’m putting my shoes and coat on to go out. Before he hated the process of getting the harness on and off, but now he seems to love it and it’s become a pretty cute little routine.
Animals, Video
Mr Squirrel enjoys a cup of water
11.26.10 | Permalink | Comment?

Maybe I’m the only person who finds things like this cute, but so what. This is Mr Squirrel drinking the last of Roan’s morning pill taking water. She had to squish her little fuzzy face in there to get it, but that’s a hell of a lot easier than walking over to the water dish. Water dishes are gay.
Fuck Microsoft, Fuck Sony, Gaming, Photos, Video
Cobras <3 COD:BLOPS art
11.26.10 | Permalink | Comment?

As I previously mentioned, I’m loving COD: Black Ops and all it’s new features. Yesterday I played a few matches before work (as I usually do – I love to kill dudes while I’m drinking my coffee) and I managed to max out my character. I decided to “Prestige“, then spent a few minutes messing about in the Theater. I made a montage of a killing spree I went on (7 or 8 dudes I think!) but didn’t realize it had to be shorter than 30 seconds if I wanted to upload it to my Youtube account. Oh well…

Here’s my first screen shot. It’s me calling in a mortar strike on hostile territories my squad is attempting to capture (just after killing those 7 or 8 dudes mentioned above), and not me trying to order a new pair of pants from Sears because I pissed myself (it kind of looks like I pissed myself). Clicking it will take you to the full version.

Here’s my first video. It’s just a short clip of me diving (my new favourite thing to do in COD) into a prone position, and neutralizing a hostile tango attempting to capture and destroy an allied headquarters. I swapped the audio with some lame techno song offered on Youtube. Enjoy!

This clip is my first successful attempt at making a montage of clips in the COD Theater. Think of it as a trailer or ad for a killer for hire, showcasing my awesome skills and battle tactics, set to some beautiful melody provided by 2 seconds of search in the Youtube audio swap “instrumental” libraries. I think it fits just fine. The kill at the end of the clip was a game winner / ender by yours truly. Unfortunately when you render the clips so they upload to Youtube, some of the details are left out. For example, that car I dive beside… it was on fire and smoking like mad in the original clip, making it look infinitely more bad-ass.

The top photo is my Player Card Emblem. I designed it, and it’s proudly sported on all my guns. I’m guessing a million people have seen it by now, since it flashes up on their screen while I’m dipping my nuts in their mouth after killing them.
Animals, Photos, Roanisms, Video
Feline first-contacts, compact catapults
11.22.10 | Permalink | Comment?

Over the weekend I finished Roan’s catapult and he did his written part of his assignment. This morning he had to bring it with him to hand in. I walked with him so he didn’t have to carry it. I also tried to briefly explain why long levers are better for exerting more force, but I think it was a little beyond my skills as a teacher. After I dropped him off I saw a little girl getting dropped off by her mom and they were carrying a suit of armor made of cardboard and aluminum foil. It was pretty awesome.

On the way back home I wandered over to Donut Diner for a coffee. By the time I got back, the new kitty (still no name decided on) had dumped Holly’s box of Gobstoppers all over the floor by my computer. I decided after cleaning up her mess, to introduce her to the rest of the gang. Her last pill was yesterday, so she’s finally cleared for release from de-con.

After a few minutes of stare-downs and face sniffing the cats seemed to be relatively unfazed by the new member. Her and Tabbouleh had a brief hiss-off, but it didn’t last long and seemed pretty harmless. About ten minutes after being introduced Shakespeare initiated first contact.