The Dreaded Blue Screen Blues......

COMPUTERS SUCK DEAD GOATS' UNMENTIONABLE BODILY APPENDAGES.... that I can't mention here on blogger, but you can probably figgure out for yourselves.

I am blogging to you from Roberto DelAmorte's computer today, since mine is dying a slow painful death. After a very long day at work last week, I decided to come home and relax by doing some surfing on the web. As my 5 1/2 year old computer was booting up, it flashed me the dreaded, "Blue Screen of Desolate Despair". I rebooted and got the same thing. Rebooted again... same thing. Upon my third reboot I got a DOS screen that gave me the option of booting up in the Fisher Price blocky looking, "Safe Mode". I did so and it booted. I then did a restart and got the blue screen two times while it booted up, but it did boot up. I then got a memory stick and put all of my essentials on that puppy. Sadly I couldn't fit everything, but I got enough that I needed.

The next day it booted up right off the bat. But when I tried to open more than one progam, I would get a blank black screen. I'd hit the Cntrl-alt-delete combo and it would reboot the computer just fine. But, again, working with more than one program was too much for the sad little Gateway fella, and I'd get the blank black screen again and again.

I've given up and have decided to start looking on the Dell website for a new one. It's always fun to rip a huge wad of cash out of your bank account right before the holidays. There is no god. And if there is, he hates me.

So if Zangz's Blog of Geekdom is dormant for a bit, you know why. Hopefully I'll be all set up within a couple weeks and can lay my old Gateway to rest and welcome in a new, superior system (Vista-less!!!!!) that I'm sure will find new ways to not do what I need it to.

Iknow, I know. First the writer's stike puts a halt to al the great TV shows that are on (Bionic Woman, Lost, 24) and now in the hour of our genre needs, Zangz's Blog of Geekdom goes down.

Be patient. I hope to be back up and running before Christmas, if not much sooner!

Zangz.

And the full blown Zangzified BAH-HUMBUG begins!

Ya know folks, we weren't two seconds out of the Halloween season when the holiday media blitz smacked us upside our heads. THE very day after Halloween there were Xmas lights in the malls, Xmas music on the radio and holiday shopping commercials on the TV! WTF?

This crap starts earlier and earlier ever frackin' year! This year I vowed I wouldn't be as much of an Ebeneezer Scrooge as I was last year. But, how am I supposed to keep that promise when the jack-o-lanterns haven't even started to rot before the schlock fest of Xmas advertising started up. Heck, I see some people still haven't even had time to take down their yard haunts yet. Can these holiday people possibly give us a couple of weeks before the Santa lovin' starts, for Pete's frickin' sake?!?!?!


And on another negative note, here's a quickie warning for you fantasy film fans. I rented A Bridge to Terabithia and have to tell you it's nothing like what it is advertised as being. If you think you're going to get a fun filled fantasy adventure where two kids find an alternate world in some nearby woods, think again. This funeral dirge of a movie is more along the lines of Disney's Old Yeller than Harry Potter. I rented this movie thinking I was going to get a fun, children's' fantasy story as Disney advertised it as being. Sure, it starts out making you think that's what you're going to be getting. But, once they hook you in, Disney drops the blade down hard. What you end up getting is a sad tale of great loss. The adverts made it look far more fantasy driven than it actually is. The fantasy side of things deal more with the kids' imagination than being transported into a fantasy realm. Sure the end of the movie ends up on a hopeful, happy, Disney note. But, you're probably going to be still hemorrhaging from the kidney punch of a plot twist they throw at you 3/4ths into the movie.

I wouldn't have had as much of a problem with the movie if Disney would have honestly advertised the movie as what it truly is, a children's drama. Not a fantasy film! I wasted 2 hours of my life on this depressing movie when I could have been playing more Resident Evil 4!

You have been warned!


Last week me and my buddy Roberto had a "guys' night" as his lovely wife was out at a spa for the weekend. The night started where most guys' nights start, a fine dining establishment known as Hooters! The wings were tangy and my chilli dog was a fine piece of meat. The beer flowed nicely as two pitchers were slowly imbibed. Then came a quick trip to the local movie rental place where we picked up the new Xbox 360 game, Conan: the Barbarian game and the Robert Rodriguez film, Planet Terror. Once we arrived at Casa Del Amorte an outdoor fire pit was started and cigars were huffed up for a while. Then it was back inside to warm up with more beers, games and movies. Whooo Hooo. It was just what the doctor ordered after that week! A damn fine time was had by all!!!


Speaking of the '360, I just picked up an expansion pack for my game Oblivion. It's called The Shivering Isles. As if Oblivion wasn't a huge enough fantasy world, there's a whole new dimension to it with a creepy, maddening world were everybody you encounter is bat-shat crazy. I can't wait to get into that one. Jeez, I have a plethora of games to get through. And I doubt I'll have time tomorrow as I'll be doing some more Call of Cthulhu gaming to do.

My own group of CoC gamers are starting to get really cheesed at me while I have my little affair with Mad Mario's groups. But Mario will be shmooshing both groups into one big group. Then I'll have more CoC time to reboot my own group.


Well, I'm gunna get goin'. Have a great weekend and try to tolerate the feekin' holiday cheer that has infested the world about two weeks to frackin' early.

Zangz.