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Hey lookit me, I’m blogging from Autodesk.

- SiW in blah @ August 27th, 2001 | comments (0)

Actually, I watched “Stand By Me” not so long ago, and realized he was, like, a little kid in that movie, which is okay since I was only 12 when I had my big crush on him, but it would be creepy if now, at age 27, I was all “I Love You, Gordie LaChance!”, so yeah.

I stand behind my Wil Wheaton crush. He was the intelligent pre-teen’s choice. I mean, Jesus Christ, it was the era of the Coreys - a terrible time in our collective history. Don ‘t believe me? Then watch the horror that IS “LICENSE TO DRIVE” - but don’t say I didn’t warn you.

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- coolpowers in blah @ August 25th, 2001 | comments (0)

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i never liked wesley..

So Wil Wheaton has his own site, complete with Greymatter blog. I just have this to say to you Amy - he doesn’t have a PS2, and I do, so just think about that the next time you watch Stand By Me and think he’s so cute.

- SiW in blah @ August 24th, 2001 | comments (0)

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pir8

ph34r the evil software pirates.

- SiW in blah @ August 22nd, 2001 | comments (0)

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Oh, and by the way,

Oh, and by the way, while Simon was hobnobbing it up with the celebs in Hollywood and Bev Hills, I was eating LaChoy out of the can and watching “Simpsons” reruns. Also, I didn’t change my clothes for two days.

By the way, there had better not be any late night call and hang-ups from Pamela Anderson, or you will pay.

- coolpowers in blah @ August 21st, 2001 | comments (0)

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it’s over..

I’d better make this post before too much time has passed and I forget most of it.. Here it is, my rundown of SIGGRAPH 2001, in the time-tested Cheers/Jeers format:

Cheers - finally meeting a large number of people that I have known from IRC for many years, and finding out that everyone presents themselves honestly online

Jeers - only being able to spend a few minutes talking to (shouting at) Jude

Cheers - staying in the seen-in-many-movies Westin Bonaventure

Jeers - the pretty crappy rooms of said Bonaventure

Cheers - Cap’n Lee’s Seafood on the 4th floor of the hotel. It is the only place outside of the UK I’ve ever had decent fish n chips.

Cheers - Newtek put on a good show as always, and Lightwave 7 was probably the biggest surprise of the event. The reason I mention them is that I was stationed right next to their booth.

Jeers - Because I was right next to their booth, I was aurrally assaulted by their every-five-minute playing of some music video done in Lightwave. At least I got to see Invader Zim once a day though.

Jeers - Shutting off our 3D printer before Arnold’s alien heads were done. They looked real nice, even without faces.

Cheers - Thanks to Peter Plantec and his family for the party, and getting to chat with Paul Debevec.

Jeers - not having a laptop

Jeers - not having a digital camera

Jeers - not being able to get a Pixar poster

Jeers - not being able to get an ILM t-shirt

Cheers - Jason’s anecdote about the origins of the British two-fingered “fuck off” salute. On a separate note, I wonder if he knows about the amount of Marcus Cole slash out there? And man, I can’t believe I missed my chance to ask someone if they were aware of the amount of slash written about them. Man.

Jeers - I still owe Mark 10 bucks for lunch. Sorry dude.

Cheers - to a pretty varied Electronic Theater. I now hold a greater appreciation for 102 Dalmations, knowing that Oddball is completely CG! And we don’t care what you say Arnold, Pipe Dream kicked ass.

Jeers - It might just be me, but there didn’t seem to be that many groundbreaking papers this year, with Henrik Wann Jensen’s subsurface scattering being the exception.

Jeers - [censored] didn’t exactly treat us well. Is it my fault your machines die and your tech has to be fixing shit 5 minutes before the doors open? No.

Jeers - the bill in the Formosa cafe. And the lack of light. And the food wasn’t that good. But hey! It’s HOLLYWOOD! And Amy, Guns ‘N Roses!

Cheers - to an overall fun experience, which I hope to repeat next year in my new home state of Texas.

That’s about all I can do. If I think of any more, I’ll post it.

- SiW in blah @ August 20th, 2001 | comments (0)

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little fucker

That little ball of hatred has a blog.

Oh yeah, I’m back, I’ll make a SIGGRAPH post soon.

- SiW in blah @ August 19th, 2001 | comments (0)

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Okay, this isn’t fun anymore.

- coolpowers in blah @ August 14th, 2001 | comments (0)

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Agent AMW Reporting

Ha ha! This isn’t really Simon! I’m using his computer! Ha ha! I’m touching his stuff! Ha ha HA! I’m probably breaking something! HA HA! I am so sinister.

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