Atomicfog

A little bit big, but these are the best headphones for $60. Ever. Like having a movie theater in your head. I've convinced quite a few of my friends to get them after hearing mine, because they couldn't deny the quality for price. Choose whatever headphones you want, but if you do choose these you certainly won't regret it. http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATHM40FS-Precision-StudioPhones/dp/B0002D03ZW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1243298517&sr=8-1 If you want specifics read the reviews on Amazon.

The action was far above average, and the environments, scenery, and cinematography were great. However, most of the characters didn't have much depth, and the plot was OK, but parts of it were really dumb. My three biggest qualms: WHY WAS KYLE REESE SAID TO BE #1 ON THE MACHINES TERMINATION AGENDA AND THEN THEY GET HIM AND DO NOT KILL HIM TO STOP JOHN CONNER OR DO ANYTHING WITH HIM AT ALL? We see a scene where John Conner is grabbed by the neck by a certain special Terminator but he is just fine since apparently Terminators don't know how to kill people, except a minute later he locates Marcus's heart and promptly punches him in it effectively killing him, at least temporarily... Terminators or humanoid robots made of metal do not float...

2 and 3 applies to me as well seeing as my default state is awake, and I generally don't sleep unless I make a conscious effort. However, exercise has helped a lot with that, though my sleep patterns are little too random to pin down. Might help you as well. Dreams should generally be good, so maybe you're tricking your mind with pessimism or bad expectations. Or maybe you need a sleep playlist, lol.

I've taken them a few times. Good stuff, especially if you like vivid dreams, though I have a feeling adding chemically synthesized melatonin to your brain isn't exactly healthy though. Still far better than any other sleeping drug though. Also good for having nice dreams is a sleep playlist of good music turned down just enough so you can barely hear it. Nostalgic songs work wonders. Also a lot of Oblivion and Chrono Cross music is excellent sleeping music.

Lets see: - I've woken up still seeing an object from the dream lying on the floor but when I went to reach for it went away -- that only happened once. Its possible I was still dreaming when I saw it, but I really thought it was there. I think it was a pirate's gun or something random like that. - I've had sleep paralysis -- not being able to move for about 30 seconds after waking up. Also the thing where you sleep on a body part and cut off the circulation, and then you can't move it for a minute or two, or you can but it doesn't do what you're trying to make it do. Scary stuff. Luckily, it hasn't happened much. - As far as deprivation goes, I've stayed up for just over 48 hours, and at that point I might have seemed relatively insane has been talking to anyone, and seeing spots and occasional flash was pretty normal. I could probably break my own record, but I'm not sure I'll ever want to try just because it sucked so badly. Not to mention the 20 hour sleep I had afterward -- felt like I woke up from a coma. Mostly though, sleeping is one of the best things in life. People who don't sleep much usually claim that its a waste of time, but how can something so pleasant be a waste of time? Not to mention the fact that memories are usually stored better during sleep, and sleep is great for letting your brain sort things out.

Damn, this thread is great now considering a a fair amount of these posts. Really like what I'm hearing so far. So far out of what has been posted I'm really digging Andy Mckee, Abney Park (except the singer), Cusco (pretty amazing -- reminds me of Donkey Kong ha ha -- adding some of this to my sleep playlist), the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra (who knew?), Flying Lotus, Disillusion (the other bands are too screamy), and I've always loved Street Light Manifesto. Ah man, I always appreciate hearing great new music, so thanks for posting what you guys have posted so far. Anyhow, here are a few more I artists I highly recommend: Young Blood Brass Band - There really isn't anything else like it as far as I know. If you enjoy completely-out-there but not completely annoying sounding Jazz Fusion then you should love this: The Lady Sails a pretty great, but still very obscure band I love chilling to: http://www.last.fm/music/The+Lady+Sails/_/Screw+the+World! And last, but nowhere near least, Tommorow's Bad Seeds -- a completely awesome Reggae/Rock band, and if people have any taste in music, they won't be obscure for long: http://www.imeem.com/tomorrowsbadseeds/music/3fjiOKkd/tomorrows-bad-seeds-warrior-poet/

There were some pretty terrible parts (HEY LEMME FIRE MAH LASER TO DESTROY THIS ENTIRE TOWER EVEN THOUGH I'M DEAD), but I was still entertained. Made me want to go out and fight someone or do something though, lol. Also, what the hell, if Hugh Jackman really doesn't do steroids then he must actually be Wolverine...

Heh, yeah. I was referring to you Global-Puff, as your Remod fitness thread came first, though Geoffrey definitely helped by reminding me to set some specific goals with this thread, since I used to just workout without any real goals. I've got to say though, any fitness thread started by cool dudes who know what they're talking about can be quite the motivator for anyone with the smarts and discipline to heed their advice

GT truly helped me set a ball in motion a year and a half ago with a few inspirational talks and the like, and right now I'm far more fit than I've ever been in my life. In additional to normal exercises (push-ups, pull-ups, curls, bench presses, one-legged squats, and crunches) that I've made my routine I also took up rock climbing mid-last year as I've said, and I slackline which is amazing for legs, core and balance, and I play basketball every now and then. I have to say I'm pretty happy since I was never strong or athletic beforehand, but now I'd consider myself fairly fit now. Just how far you can go in just a year and a half is pretty surprising, and it's really beneficial if you make it fun. Music combined with regular exercises has always really got me going, and rock climbing is way too entertaining considering the amount of exercise you get from it. To put things in perspective from just one angle, I could only do 10 push-ups when I started, and they were the most grueling exercise I did. Now I do 35 every morning, then 2 minutes of the plank (holding the push-up position), and then 15 more. They're pretty simple now, and they have always helped wake me up. Essentially, what I'd like to emphasize(without writing a superficial biography or infomercial XD), is that will power can go a long way. And it doesn't hurt to have a good time in the process.

I tried this before in Off Top awhile back and the thread didn't last too long, but given that there is a ridiculous amount of amazing music out there that isn't widely listened to; this is the thread for it. Any great music you think you might not have heard of if you hadn't been lucky enough to happen upon it should definitely be posted, and don't be concerned if you accidentally post something relatively popular as long as it's good anyway. I'll start with some of The Bad Plus, which is a post-modern Jazz cover band: (bad quality, great cover)Also, Black Light Burns, a relatively new alternative-rock band that, to put it bluntly, kicks ass, and features both soft and hard rock: Anyone who considers themselves a seeker of good music, like myself, feel free to post and listen away.

Near the end of Unmod. I forget if most of my threads were boring or not -- guess not remembering doesn't say much, ha ha. Only one I remember was the zombification one, though it's too bad there weren't any other shoopers at the time because everyone wanted to be a zombie. ZOMBIE GIRL

Some truly badass photography, Rent. It's interesting that much of it seems reminiscent of Half-Life 2 for whatever reason. Pretty much every picture is worth taking a close look at and has a mood to it, though I imagine you took many more that aren't quite as good as these gems. Heh, maybe it's just me, but this one looks like you're peeping in on some fire hydrant pron.

Yes, nobody cares about Gen Disc indeed. I think the only thing I ever did in Gen Disc was make retarded arguments about the PSP or something. I can't remember, I wish someone saved the threads Then I quickly migrated to Unmod, and good times followed.

Any of you guys remember back when we threw down on that advanced war clone, Battalion Freedom? That was pretty fun. http://www.gamedozer.com/battalion/

Heh, lots of amusing memories in this thread. Here are some more:

I was thinking that Jackie Earle Haley, aka Rorschach, would be so perfect for the part of Cletus Kasady (Carnage) in the Spiderman movies.

Good movie, maybe great, though not epic, apart from a few scenes. Definitely worth seeing. Disappointing from the minute they head to Antarctica though. I think IGN's review sums it up as I saw it pretty closely.

I am. Though I have a feeling it is going to be quite cheesy, hopefully in a good way -- at least it looks that way based on the trailers, though they're obviously going for serious biz. Guess I'll find out in less than 24 hours.

Wizardry hasn't been mentioned yet. Wizardry 7 was pretty great from what I remember.

You want hilarious, you should try Leisure Suit Larry (the old school ones).

Not sure if it has been mentioned, but don't forget charming sprites. Square has always had charming sprites -- the amount of emotion they captured in their sprites puts some real people to shame XD

Yes, yes, yes. Primarily the first and fourth. I give them my highest recommendation as far as classic games go. Yes, these too, and the Indiana Jones Scumm VM games were great from what I remember. Some these require a Mac emulator though, I think. If you do get a Mac emulator, then you should play Escape Velocity Override if you want to play a great story-oriented space shooter, or just get EV Nova for PC which lets you play them all with a mod. Also not adventure, but Commander Keen was pretty fun, at least, at the time.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. I forgot about that, but I think I'm pretty sure I thought it was cool at the time XD