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Tonight, Rick’s Cafe teamed with WMSV to offer Free Movie Night at Hollywood Premier Cinemas here in Starkville. This was the second time they had done this and the plan is to make it a semi-annual event. The first 1500 people that entered the theater after 6:15 tonight got to see whatever movie they wanted for absolutely free. Jason, Jennifer, Allison, and I decided to go see I Heart Huckabees. I like indie movies, but a lot of them are very strange and this one was no exception. Still, it was funny in some parts and I enjoyed it overall.

It looks like EA has learning it’s lesson and will be trying to make working conditions better.

Read here.

It looks like I have 4 tickets to see The Daily Show on May 31, 2005. The whole process only took about 2 months to complete. They were booked up until April 2005 so, I had to pick a date between May 31 and June 30. The only other range they gave me was during the first week of May, which is right during finals. So, I figured I should pick a day close to a holiday. Now I guess I have to start making plans to be in NYC on that day. I’ve wanted to go there for a long time. I think it would be a nice vacation, but I’ve got a feeling that for some reason I won’t be able to go. Stay tuned.

I went to Oxford with Jean, Joel, and Derek to watch the Egg Bowl on Saturday. The was the first Egg Bowl that I had been to since 1997, which was the last time it was played on a Saturday before this year. MSU lost the game 20-3. It was a game of missed opportunities by MSU on both sides of the ball. Ole Miss gave us many chances to win that game, but we blew it. Not only that, it was cold and rainy during the entire game. It wouldn’t be an Egg Bowl without miserable weather. As soon as the game ended, the sun came out and it was pretty nice. At least basketball season is here.

I’m thinking about getting a new video card. I haven’t been keeping up with what’s going on in that market recently. I want to stay under $300, but I also want good performance. I think my best bet is a Geforce FX 5700 or a Geforce 6 6600. My current card is an Asus card, and I really like it.

I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving. For various reasons, I didn’t go home this year. This was the first time in all my years that I wasn’t home for Thanksgiving. Oh well, next year I’ll probably be far from Jackson and won’t be able to go home then either.

The weather took another turn for the cold yesterday. Today I turned the heater on for the first time. Winter is coming.

A group led by The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility released a list of the Ten Most Violent Video Games as a warning to parents for the upcoming holiday shopping season. They are:
1. Doom 3
2. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
3. Gunslinger Girls 2
4. Half Life 2
5. Halo 2
6. Hitman: Blood Money
7. Manhunt
8. Mortal Combat
9. Postal 2
10. Shadow Heart

I have 3 of these games and plan on getting 2 more soon. You can read the official press release here.

As an alternative, they recommended 9 non-violent video games. They are:
1. Antigrave
2. EyeToy
3. Jak 3
4. Karaoke Revlution Vol. 3
5. Madden NFL 2005
6. Mario Power Tennis
7. Prince of Persia
8. RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
9. SimCity 4

I only have 1 of these and don’t plan on getting any others. You can read that statement here.

Dave Chappelle is my favorite comedian these days. I watch his TV show and hopefully I’ll get to see him in person one of these days.

Around the beginning of September I saw him on The Tonight Show promoting his new comedy special. They talked about how he lives on a farm near Dayton, which is were I spent my summer. He has a neighbor that does most of the real work on the farm. I did some searching on the net and discovered that the farm is in Yellow Springs, Ohio. I actually did some biking out there the weekend before I left. It turns out that he was spotted in Dayton at Best Buy and Meijer about 2 weeks after I left. I wish I had known that he lived there when I was in Ohio. I wonder how quickly I would’ve gotten arrested or shot if I had shown up on his property

There’s an article in MSU’s student newspaper,The Reflector, about the midnight release of Halo 2 last week at the local GameStop in Starkville. Apparently they had 2 armed ROTC guards with rifles there to make sure there wasn’t any trouble. As far as I know there wasn’t any. Seems a little extreme though.

After a night of heavy drinking, I find that I need 3 things: a few glasses of water, a decent meal, and a BM. After I’ve had those, I feel better in about an hour or two. Friday night was fun, but because of that early Saturday wasn’t.

The shifts in the temperature around here has also made me sick, literally. Most of the weekend was spent playing Everquest. I have to get back to more important things this week.

Oh well, today is payday. And the next weekend will be here soon enough.