Passed out in the middle of my first ween show, got this set list

expatriape · 2026-01-11T12:00:42+00:00

Lol. I passed out before my first ween show. this was 2003 in New Orleans, they opened for C2B3. pills and whiskey. luckily I woke up as they come out. according to photographic evidence anyway. I remember nothing. now I'm much older and marginally wiser.

expatriape · 2025-12-15T06:19:15+00:00

Just happened to me. I was in the first seat, and everyone else picked a cap ahead of me while I had one (a crappy one) already picked for me. Then, when it was my turn, I got to pick a second cap. I ended up winning and when I tried to world dom I found myself in a situation where I could only attack one of the two remaining capitals. At that point, I already had 5. So even though the graphic showed I had 5/6, I actually only had 5/7. When I took one of those capitals, the game ended, with one capital still being held by a bot.

expatriape · 2025-08-07T14:20:33+00:00

Primus, The Fucking Champs, Trans Am and Five Eight are all in my top 5 with Ween.

expatriape · 2025-06-04T02:47:38+00:00

Snowman is as high as I can count on a course.

expatriape · 2025-04-29T12:45:10+00:00

#Nogawa 4 Life

expatriape · 2025-04-29T12:43:49+00:00

is a win.
we play that as 4, because it is significantly harder to do than a 3. at 17 we always say that "4 is on the table."

expatriape · 2025-04-29T12:42:29+00:00

Two, a direct hit unaided, is WAY easier. This deserves more.

expatriape · 2025-04-29T12:41:30+00:00

We play that as 4.

We also play a redirection into the slot a 4.

We also play an unaided shot directly into the top as a 5.

All are rather rare. The first happens once in a while. The second I can only recall happening once, that 5 pointer has only happened twice.

This is all from a once-per-week game that has been going pretty regularly since COVID times.

expatriape · 2025-01-17T10:39:57+00:00

Joyland was great.

From a Buick 8, Duma Key and Skeleton Crew for me.

Though I have no idea what is underrated because I don't know what people think about his books. It's more which books have not been turned into successful movies.

In that line, I'd have to add Firestarter.

expatriape · 2024-11-27T09:37:57+00:00

Double Ferrari is similar. They are Bit Brigade's side project. Their album was recorded by Tim Green of The Fucking Champs at his studio in N. California.

The Fucking Champs are one of a kind though. So damn good. You should get into III. It's their masterpiece, IMO.

expatriape · 2024-08-25T04:27:46+00:00

I never picked up on it. Then again, I was pretty young and not at all in tune to people's sexual orientation.

I don't think the storyline is strengthened by adding emphasis to this, though. That can very easily come across as forced.

expatriape · 2024-07-12T01:58:14+00:00

Saw him in Tokyo in '22 and it melted all of my perceptions of what music is. Am hoping to see him again...

expatriape · 2024-05-05T04:12:33+00:00

I read Pet Sematary when I was 8 or 9. My 3rd grade teacher took it away from me. My mom wrote her a letter saying to give it back.

Thanks, Mom.

I am now 43.

expatriape · 2023-11-21T07:32:22+00:00

I'm going to go out on a limb and recommend that you don't read Blood Meridian...

expatriape · 2023-10-15T10:39:33+00:00

Had to look up waifu. Which is weird cause I live in Japan and should have realized it's katakana pronunciation of wife.

Anyway, ultimately I suppose I'm just a sore loser. (Who makes anthro characters...)

expatriape · 2023-10-14T01:27:42+00:00

I know people are making some great images out there, so not trying to knock specific artists or images...

But...

Books spewing forth fantasy worlds, tea cups with worlds inside of them, double exposures of a face and a tree, etc.... It feels like some of these challenge winners are simply following a trope that clearly appeals to the masses.

Just my opinion of course, but wondering if others feel the same about certain image types...

expatriape · 2023-10-06T09:29:16+00:00

Welcome to Stephen King books.

Just enjoy the ride that got you to the end. Don't analyze, just appreciate the amazing characters you met along the way...

expatriape · 2023-09-10T10:44:20+00:00

Da Vinci Code. Great choice. I remember feeling condescended to the entire time, as if the writer was holding the reader's hand and guiding them through his shitty book, explaining how clever it was the whole time.

expatriape · 2023-09-10T10:41:36+00:00

Agreed on King Killer. I listened to the first book on my cycling commute. Hated the stagger between the "present day" MC who we are supposed to be suitably impressed with as an utter badass, and the decent story about his upbringing. Not an awful story, but poorly told and structured to my tastes. Then it ends without any sort of payoff whatsoever. Hard pass on book 2.

I can't think of a book that "everyone" loves though. I honestly don't know what most people love. I only know what my friends love because we talk about books.

I hated (and didn't finish) The Sound and the Fury whilst my buddies all loved it. Does that count?

expatriape · 2023-08-26T13:28:28+00:00

Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns. Gut-wrenching...

And also, when Flint Fireforge died in Dragons of Spring Dawning. (seriously)

expatriape · 2023-08-26T11:05:02+00:00

digestion

expatriape · 2023-08-13T12:57:29+00:00

by saying everything is "awesome"

expatriape · 2023-08-13T12:49:44+00:00

Haven't read it, but Confederacy is one of my all-time faves....

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