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Wednesday, September 01, 2004
Classes, the first week:
Getting back into the swing of things. I'd almost forgot about Senior O.R.G.Y. week until I passed by the class of '05 booth today (O.R.G.Y. standing for Opening to a Really Great Year, or something to that effect). But, yeah, that's going to be good. If I'm not lazy like I usually am, I might actually cover that in full details.
In non-AU news, ESPN's Page 2 is really good today. Columns from Bill Simmons, Rachel Nichols, and Bat-Girl.
Josh 4:39 PM
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Monday, August 30, 2004
Since I consider it my mission to expose awful movies in production, here's another one:
Gamebox 1.0.
Starring Harvey from Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Topanga from Boy Meets World! The official synopsis:
Charlie Nash (NATE RICHERT) is an expert at testing video games. His life has become unbearable since the tragic shooting of his girlfriend Kate (DANIELLE FISHEL) by a crooked cop named Ronald Hobbes (PATRICK KILPATRICK) and he spends his days buried in his work.
The arrival of a mysterious package catches Charlie's interest. Inside, Charlie discovers a new video game system with a wireless headset and a strange looking camera. Putting on the headset, Charlie is amazed to hear the game introduce itself as GameBox 1.0, the ultimate gaming experience. It instructs him to photograph his friends who will then become characters in the game. Intrigued, Charlie chooses Ronald Hobbes as the villain.
"Once you begin", says GameBox 1.0, "you won't be able to quit." Fascinated, Charlie presses START . . .
Charlie is shocked to discover himself fully immersed in an incredible 3-D game world. There he meets the villain Ao Shun, a Samurai warrior with the face of Ronald Hobbes. Charlie is up to the challenge. But the game takes an unexpected turn when Charlie finds himself face to face with a character named Princess, who looks and sounds just like his lost girlfriend Kate. Shaken up and confused, Charlie realizes that memories have been extracted from his mind. Then suddenly things get worse when Charlie is shot and the sensation of pain is all too real!
Charlie QUITS the game but suffers from frightening hallucinations, unable to distinguish between the real world and the world of the game. Slipping into a coma, he finds himself trapped in the game against his will. His only way back to reality is to play and win.
Awful. Just really really bad.
Watch the trailer, and then try really hard to avoid this movie when it hits theaters.
Josh 2:14 AM
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Sunday, August 29, 2004
Welcome Week trudges on: A staple of Welcome Week occurred last night, with Pick Your Flick: Shrek 2. I have nothing cogent to say about this. It was well-attended, a shock to none. Tonight is the annual Capitol Steps sighting, bringing political comedy galore, another Welcome Week staple, which will also be well-attended, I'm sure.
In actual NEWS, John Howard has called an election for October 9th. Having followed Aussie politics down under, I'm going to watch this closely, as I feel that it will mirror the U.S. election a month later. That's my prediction. If Latham wins, Kerry wins. If Howard wins, Bush wins.
Also, I will be revealing what is to be revealed as sonn as it is time for it to be revealed. Which should be soon.
Josh 11:00 AM
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Friday, August 27, 2004
Guess who's back, back again:
It's me, back in DC, at AU for...senior year!
Arrived on Thursday just in time for the big Welcome Week Concert: Marc Broussard, Toby Lightman, and Gavin DeGraw. The concert was pretty packed; I'd say over 1000 people at one point, which is surprising for AU.
Then again, maybe I just underestimated two factors. One was that after the freshman floor meeting, RAs would herd their floors towards the concert, a "safe" environment (I did hear this from an RA friend of mine). The other? Gavin DeGraw fanlove. He's a poor man's Dave Matthews, people. And not just musically. He looks goofy, and he has hordes of screaming fans for no discernable reason. And given the 30 minute plus delay between Toby Lightman and him, all the indifferent fans left, leaving me and a bunch of psychofans. And I am NOT comfortable in that type of situation.
Also? There may have been a world record set for camera phones per capita in one place.
On to today. All-American barbeque, also known as food on the quad, always an important theme of Welcome Week. Also, one of the few opportunities to see Ben Ladner!
The rest of the Welcome Week schedule is here, and I'll be doing periodic updates, and may even whip out the digital camera!
Josh 6:55 PM
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Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Out of town for three days:
Not that my posting schedule could be more irregular anyway.
Anyhoo, I'll be back next week with more bloggy goodness, and since I'm leaving for DC on the 26th, hopefully, I can get into a groove down there.
Also, the blogging surprise I mentioned should be revealed sometime next week.
Josh 11:11 PM
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