got a new drivetrain on my baby, full sugino 75, aka, full of fucking win.

want more awesome? it was saras birthday yesterday (win!), and she also found out she got a house she had been bidding on. more win and a large side of awesome.

what else is in the awesome box? oh nothing, just a bunch of Bike Week Pasadena shwag with Ipsy D’s illustrations…. WIN. (i’ll have pics of that stuff when it ready…. this is merely representative.)

until we speak again, i leave you with this mystery image… whats it for fatty?

i dunno.

… and now for something completely different….

made me giggle.

in case you dont know where its from, heres the original, published by the girl herself (so even she thinks its funny).

teh hehe… the videos below

…this is christmas…

gold sprints look like fun, haven’t had a chance to catch any of em out here. and its a benefit afterall… oh yea, i did the ilustration, but you kinda figured that out already.

and now for something completely different…

fez… indy game, 2d platformer, but you can flip it around in 3d to change up the level (they start using it around the 1 min mark)… looks like fun.

i dig it.

so, i was gonna go to sleep early tonight, get up in the morning and take care of some stuff in time to meet some friends for lunch. Then i googled an upcoming WiiWare game (downloadable games for Wii) called ‘cave story’. i guess the developer is upgrading the graphics for the wii version, but a free version was available for PC/Mac.

I downloaded it, and 2 hours later i’m typing this. its good. really good. did i mention its free?

to sum it up, its a platformer (think mario bros) with some RPG/character building aspects, similar to Metroid. Its really fun, the graphics are simple, yet retain that 8-bit charm, yet very playable. oh, yea, the music is GREAT!

you can download it here, free, for PC/Mac (download the english translation patch too), and supposedly theres a DS version in the works (free too), and a WiiWare version with updated graphics (not free )

developers blog here, with previews of updated graphics

and, heres a video of some gameplay, can’t wait to unlock some more groovy weapons.

finally, after having the game since release, i finished Portal. It didn’t take me this long because its hard. In fact, the spot where i stopped playing was the room before the final ‘boss’. I got stuck on that section months ago (3 days after the game came out) and it wasn’t until the other day that i sat down and said “ok, i’m gonna finish this.”. Ten minutes later, i was finishing up dealing with gladOs (the computer that has been talking to you through out the game) and enjoying this:

i’ve heard the song before, i’ve seen the videos, hell, i even have the song for gHero. but, i needed to see it on my machine and hell, get the achievement while i was at it.

for those not in the know, Portal is a game where you have no traditonal guns or weapons, you dont beat anybody up, and nobody dies, unless you fall into some toxic liquid or something like that. The only tool you have in the game is a gun that shoots portals, 2 of em in fact. you, and objects can pass through the portals, and you use them as a means of figuring out the puzzles to get to the exit. below is a video explaining how portals work. (the voice in the video is the previously mentioned computer ‘gladOs’:

i dont like you either!  (name that movie)

no one wants to shake his hand, i wouldn’t either. no ones scared of him starting a war in their country anymore so now the true feelings come out. (love the song – from charlie brown crimmis)

my president…

dont forget,,,, free z-trip ‘obama’ mix…. good schnitzel.

just listen to it… but on a side note, i know those people are real, but when i watch it, i can’t help but think about jim henson doing this with puppets.