The NZA

Fuck, SOF ranted on that one, gotta see it..Spiffytee says its crazy. I think Bowling for Columbine, documentary or not, gets an honorable mention - really liked what it had to say & the style it said it in. PS 2T you know, didnt Saved by the Bell have a TV movie or two? How you gonna sell out your roots like that?

Nas' page with AIM icons/skins, wallpapers, demo music etc Just for those interested. Look at what this country's got There shouldn't be nobody homeless How can the president fix other problems when he ain't fixed home yet The earth wasn't made for one man to rule alone To all colors increases, to home it belongs I want land, mansions, banks and gold The diamonds in Africa, oil in my control The world's natural resources, all its residuals But then comes foes, I have to gaurd it with missels And I become the most wanted But is it worth hearin a million people problems and followed by Secret Service I guess, attempts at my life with loaded barrels So move over Colin Powell or just throw in the towel ...Yo, there's Protestants, Jews, Blacks, Arabics Call a truce, world peace, stop actin like savages No war, we should take time and think The bombs and tanks makes mankind extinct... - Rule..over the beat of "Everybody wants to rule the world", gotta hear that one...Nas gets political at times too, all but unheard of in rap since Public Enemy.

Waitaminnit...did that fucker 2Track come through here?! What have i told you dirty Preacher folk about talkin in the white forums?! Anyway, yeah man, were glad to have ya, post where you please, its mostly safe. Good list tho, i dug a few off it, im sure Junkerseed will too.

"You know what, dog? Let's call this what it is. In a fight, 2 people gotta participate. We ain't fightin Iraq; they gettin jumped. Shit's so bad over there, we might bomb somethin and make a buliding out of it." - Chris Rock

Yup the other topics are ok but this one's back on top.

:D human beings were created by water to transport it uphill

Had to it out one more time, theyre still adding cliches to it...again, some vauge spoilers but funny as hell if youve played more than a few conosole RPG's. The List

Cant remember if TD had a warmongering thread yet...

In unrelated news, Americans are asked to do their part to keep their president healthy in these troubling times.

Finally got to see this one...hot damn, this thing (in my mind, somehow) goes up there with "Waking Life" for "brilliant fuckin flick no one's watching". Moore isnt presenting a whole lotta new stuff here, but as always its the packaging: cinematically, he's tossing in all the cultural elements to really get to the meat of a problem. Junker's gonna love this for its movie value; socially, i thinki its sharp as hell. Moore's making connections here i didnt even think of, and not backing down when the situations get painfully awkward (K-Mart, Heston etc). Junker's also right in that this guy doesnt shy away from things that get his point across....it maintains a fair amount of objective balance here too, anyone walking away from this thing accusing it of being too far on the left wasnt really paying attention. Sign me up for this one soon as its on DVD, and i wanna see more from this guy.

Wow, i dont have any of that...ok, the baptism in jail scene, mine's quick as hell, i thought it was a pivotal moment but its rushed on mine, no explanation, no thought, no transition...and ive seen a clip somewhere of a more detailed version. But yeah, yours points out even more shit im missin. ???

yay i got rid of the stupid "member since" and "member #" tag lines all by myself! hoo hah...apologies to MLB and others on last night while i butchered our board's code and locked you out of a few corners, all seems well now. You know, the "member since" didnt really bother me, but "member #"...new people signging up dont need a "214" slapped on every post they make, i figure. If i could put those stats in your DD profiles, i prolly would, but not under every post. Heh...yahven, im gonna try that hack i told you about tonite...dont worry, ill back shit up, but man itd be cool if it worked. That and the RPG one, i know we cant use it here with this crowd but fak...exp & hit points for post count and member activity; you know that's cool.

Yeah, that's ICO...i still havent finished it, short as it was, weird. Really pretty game tho. As for Fandango...i too was wonderin why it didnt get more attention in general when it came out. Again, i just had the demo, but really enjoyed it...is there a genre for point-and-click adventure games like that, or is that it?

"fook! ass!" Yeah, lotta religous stuff, some of which got cut from my version ( ) but overall, really cool, glad ya liked it.

Hah....well like i said, definitely not for everyone, first time i heard Illmatic back in the day i didnt really think it was a big deal, ended up takin to him only a while back...some say he and Wu-Tang are kind of acquired tatses, who knows? If you ever get a chance, itd be cool if you tried some of his new stuff, namely "Rewind" (original, everyone digs it), and "One Mic" (one of my favorites, you mighta heard it on the radio lil while back). Point is, you actually downloaded a few tracks & gave it a go...thanks Bucket, i appreciate that.

Listening to "Dijurido" off the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack...one of those really pretty songs i wish i could burn to cd for a few of you. I wont get all mopey alla Yahven on the front page, but allow me to wank things up a bit... I said before, Ronin means "adrift on the waves". It's odd that the more you think you have things planned out, the more you realize..not really. Its freedom, that you can make this whole thing anything you want. Its unsettling that youre not always quite sure what shape to give things. Dont tell my mom yet, she'll prolly go crazy but...i think im gonna come back to miami again, for a while. Spend some time with some of you for a bit longer, make some money, pay off some debts, figure out where to go from there. I dont think ive found my city yet. Fort Worth's cool, i like some things here, but i need somethin more in the way of community i guess (man i hates me some white people...hah), and livin by water again'd be nice. Anyway, im just not feelin it here's the point. Good town, but not mine, you know? Sounds lame but i want...i want a community im into, so if my dumb ass gets killed in the line of duty, that's alright too. Yeah, people are people and they need help all over but think about it and youll understand. Be cool to be part of it, like Gary Cooper in High Noon...only, they betray him, so..yeah bad example. Anyway, miami. Employment sucks but i think i can manage. Thing is..then what? Heartlessbitch has me all curious about California but i dont think i can afford it, beautiful or not...but i gotta look into it. Further from that...fire. What if they dont let me fight fires? I dont wanna medic and my vision's not that great, plenty of reason for most depts to say no in such a competitive field. Can you actually want somethin bad enough and not make it happen? Ive had a good life, and honeslty that's never happend to me, not when ive gone all-out. Watch this, taken from Fire Assist.com... Multiple surgeries im still workin to pay off left me at 20/70, correctable to 20/50, 20/40 tops on the best of days. This isnt a federally - or even state - regulated thing, so theyre throwin the average #, but im nowhere near it. Many of you have noticed, im bankin a lot on fire, and being picky somehow at that...what then, if it aint an option? says Peace Corps, im thinkin...back to wandering. Im not bitching. I enjoy this life, and will continue to do so either way. But the bottom can fall out quick, and there's a lot to think about. No matter what happens, i hope you think of me and smile. : )

? Ico was a short, adventure RPG, no comedy to it...what were you thinkin of?

Hah..jesus Tangent Man, that shit was innapropriate.

No more love for Nas, not even from Chief...? Ah well. I 'd him out best i could; im sure DJ Ario X & Duado the Deadly could say more but they prolly wont see this thread... Ive got all his albums on mp3, wanna pick em up on cd later...i think theyre all strong but obviously im biased here. Since Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Rakim, etc no one's gotten spiritual on the mic, this street prophet has returned with his last 2 really strong albums, and if he claims to be the NY king i'd back him. From tracks like "What goes around" and "It aint hard to tell", even his freestyles ("STILLmatic", "H to the OMO (on Jay-z)") are tight...this boy's easily my favorite. "Since Illmatic, It was Written: I am...Nastradamus that's the answer to the puzzle I gave ya, now here's a promise..."

I leave comics for a bit, and now GI Joe's fightin the Transformers...man theyll do anythin for sales!

My freestyle opus drops soon. Ya been warned.

Ok, thanks again goes to Jax for makin me aware of the Cowboy Bebop movie (OAV?) "Knockin on Heaven's Door", got a good quality version off Kazaa, was really cool. Cant quite place where it woulda happened in the series, but like many OAV's its a bit of a side-story, was a great one at that. Definitely worth seeing as soon as youre a few episodes into the seris & know the main cast of characters. Oh, and the cameo stuff is always cool...i thought it was badass, seeing clips of "High Noon" in an anime, man i wish id see more of that. PS *odd spoiler ...jax, anyone else: did you notice Ed gave away her gender in this one? That was funny...i loved Ed's investigation methods.

today a cat was run over in panama because junker changed his signature. ??? think about it.

Is Juno still around? Or Compuserve? Hah...

That's a fairly heavy accuzation, hadnt thought of their angle to that extent...conspiracy theory or not, there's some points within there, have to look it over a bit more. What does everyone else make if of this?