The first I heard about "
Napolean Dynamite" was at the screening of Donnie Darko: Director's Cut and thought that looks pretty good!!! gonna have to see it when it comes out. Fast Forward 5 months chatting on msn with Sayher (the man!) and he tells me about this rad movie i gotta see, Napolean Dynamite.. Im thinking oh hell yeah I forgot about that movie :) Sayher tells me he's seen it about 13 times so far or something like that so this gets me pumped. Well I acquired it off of Limewire yesterday and watched it as soon as I got home from work. Let me just say that I was very impressed. This movie rules. Here's the plot line from imdb.com:
An alienated teen decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small town high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.
Napolean's character rules!!. I loved the way it was shot, every scene would make a rad photo. I wish I could articulate my thoughts about it better. But I recommend you go acquire it or buy it on dvd cos It's great and I hope I havent hyped it up too much and then you see it and think its a piece of shit cos u were expecting more. Dammit, anyway see it.
My teeth hurt. I think Im getting a wisdom tooth coming through, and now it hurts when i open my jaw to eat. Oh well.. have a great weekend. Seeya!!!!
I have just won a bid on a MindDrive and MindSkier software..
View ebay descriptioni managed to win it for about $70 AUD!!! They have a RRP of $479.928 AUD (as listed on their
official website) woo hoo.. can't wait to get it and try it out. And I owe it all to Lars.. Thanks dude. Lars saw my post about MindDrives and emailed me about them and told me there was 2 MindDrives going on ebay. Lars has one himself and loves it! So today I checked it out, placed my bid and won, now I own one!! If that isn't reason enough to start up a blog I don't know what is. :) Can't wait to get it and mess around with it, the only thing is it was designed for dos so I hope I don't have any problems with running it on XP...?? any ideas??
ANOTHER thing which I managed to get on ebay is a sweet Moldavite pendant.
View ebay description2 ebay purchases in one day and this is the first time ive ever bought anything off ebay. Heres a pic of it and its stats:
Stone: Moldavite (Czechoslovakia)
Size: 30 x 15mm
Weight: 24ct
Pendant: 2" x 3/4"
Metal: 14k Gold-Filled
Click here to read more about Moldavite and why you should get some.
When we hold, wear, meditate or carry moldavite our energy field changes. The universal law of resonance says that what we focus on becomes our reality. Like attracts like. When we understand that every thought is sent out and attracts like energy which strengthens it, then comes back to us like a boomerang, we begin to grasp how the higher vibration of moldavite increases our sensitivity.
I would have liked to get a larger chunk of the stuff but this will probably be more practical as it is long and wont stick out under t-shirts as much as a big round chunk of moldavite would. Plus its already crafted into a pendant ready to put onto a chain, which saves me from making a dodgy wire pendant myself.
Ive been thinking of doing weekly themes for my moblog. Im thinking that this week it could be taking mobile pics of everyone i give money too. Like for example checkout chicks, service station attendants, friends, etc.. like everyone who i give money too. I want to do this also because i tend to be wasteful with my money and this will show me exactly where its all going to. I wonder if i will have any troubles getting pics of like checkout chicks and servo attendants... maybe i should print out little pieces of paper with the address of my weblog on it and say to check the website tonight to see yourself on it.
I often think that I come across as really dumb when i do blog entries. Like it all gets written real conversational like.. and i use really ditzy words like "like" and stuff and always think man i sound really stupid...like a person who is always talking but doesnt say anything at all. Oh wel, thats just the way it comes out i guess.. i will write whatever comes to my head, yep thats my writing style ..oh well can't mess with the process now. I could think about what im going to write and be all super intelligent and actually say something in here for a change but screw that, screw you.. its not happening. It's not something that i feel like controlling, or even want to control for that matter, it just happens.
Im in a sick of my music phase now and cant enjoy anything. it sucks. Jay Leno annoys me. After thinking ive seen every episode of south park i saw an episode that id never seen before, "starvin marvin in space" it ruled so good... really enjoyed it. rah rah rah.. thanks dan. Are you female? single? between the ages of 18 and 22? send a pic of yourself to
nathankowald@yahoo.com and then lets go out. I read a good quote from this skater (Danny Renaud) in a skate mag (the skateboard mag - December 2004) the other day that i want to do. Its his new life motto.
This is the question and his reply.
I heard you got a new motto you live by. What's that all about?
It's actually just doing the opposite of what everybody expects. If you walk into a room and some people you know think you're gonna be all crazy, just go in all nice-like and say things like, "Hi" and , "How's it going?" But if they think you're gonna go in there and be all chill-matic, just go in that place wiggin' out and pulling down your pants. Playing pocket pool right in front of everybody.
Ima try it out and work it into rotation.
I set up a moblog today. Its a site where you post pics taken from you mobile phone. Im really looking forward to this whole moblogging thing.
nathankowald.textamerica.com/
I noticed whilst browsing other moblogs that the most popular blogs all have a theme to them say for instance "Angry Faces on Little Kids" or "Hot Biker Chicks" or something. Mine has no theme.
Check out my mullet. It's getting pretty long now eh. Im thinking of cutting it off but im hesitant. You see I want a haircut that is slightly different from the circa 1998 haircuts that the majority of guys are sporting these days. I like long hair but I tried that back in 2001 and it didnt really suit me. I want to do a long hair on one side, short on the other but ima have to look into it. I was watching Terminator 2 the other day and liked Edward Furlongs hair in that.. hmmmmm maybe ima sport that look.
I got so angry today.. my ebay bid for a chunk of moldavite had like 1 min left on it and some loser got a bid in at the last second and outbid me. I was so pissed ive been waiting a week now to get it and then WHAMO just like that a fist full of nothing. Might have to bid for some other chunk of the stuff. Which means another weeks wait.. I want it now dammit!!!! but mum... mummy please.. MUMMY!!! I want it.. can I have this mum.. but i love you.
That reminds me, the other day I was in go-lo looking at crappy cd's and there was this little kid and his mum and this kid was trying to get his mum to buy him a toy i think it was. But the thing about this kid was that he talked the best game i had ever heard coming from a 6 year old. He was smooth. First he started with..Mum, you know i love you right? his mum was all, well i love you too. Then he said, "can i get this?" his mum says no you can't, i bought you so and so yesterday. Did this kid get angry when she said this... NO! he steps it up a notch. Mum, I want to take you out for dinner tonight!. This was a 6 year old was saying this. "I love you and I am going to take you to dinner tonight". I was thinking man this kid is smooth. Has he picked this up from a step dad or what.. wheres this kid get his material from? Im not sure what happened in the end, but im sure he probably charmed his mum into getting it for him. Kids are smart!!
My back still hurts. I should be working on a "Document" for work tomorrow but I can't be bothered. meh.
Blown Away!!!
I just finished watching The very first episode of the Sean Kennedy Tv show. Most of the show was pretty average until this one guest, Frank Ogden otherwise known as Mr Tomorrow came on. This dude blew me away. He comes out and talks about the latest in technology and brings out all these super kool devices that u look at and go .. what the ?? You need to see this video.. its amazing..
Click here to download the video -
263.0MB Cinepack .avi file
My suggestion would be to skip straight to 1:14:56 in the video, this is the part where Frank Ogden comes on.
WARNING: The actual video itself is pretty poor quality and the editing is bad (due to the non-frame synch equipment they were using at the time). I realise that this is a huge file to download, especially if you are on dial-up or have a tiny download limit (Shame on you!). But if you do have broadband or cable then I highly recommend that you download this video.
Here are a few links to some products that Frank Ogden (Dr. Tomorrow) shows and talks about in the video.
1. Mind Drive -
www.altered-state.com/mind/minddriv.htm
2. Lucid Dreaming -
www.lucidity.com/index.html
3. Dr. Tomorrow -
www.drtomorrow.com
I love my tech and anything related to the mind, dreams etc so I was so pumped finding out about these things. Im gonna have to save up for a Mind Drive, the company which produces it is based in New Zealand. A Mind Drive costs $488.44 AUD. You get:
- MindDrive Micoconsole
- Finger Sensor with cord
- AC adapter
- serial cable
- user's manual
- Auto Tutorial CD ROM.
Software/Games available for it includes:
MindFlight
Use thoughts to steer as you fly through canyons, under bridges and around buildings.
FIB
MindDrive helps you decide whether not your friends are telling the truth.
MindMusic
Compose music with your thoughts, then use your mind to conduct an orchestra or a rock group.
MindBowling
Bowl a strike by guiding the ball down the alley with your thoughts.
MindDoodle
Draw a picture on screen with your mind- then print it.
PinballMind
Activate the flippers with your mind and use your thoughts to affect the movement of the ball itself.
Most of this sotware for the Mind Drive costs about $132 AUD.
Im most exited about MindDoodle and MindMusic..
For more detailed info on the Mind Drive, check out the website, where you can purchase one.
The website is
www.altered-state.com/mind/minddriv.htm
Also check out these other
Mind Drive related websites:
http://www.raven1.net/minddriv.htm
http://abilitymagazine.com/seymour_minddrive.html - Interviews with creator of Mind Drive, former president of Atari, Ron Gordon and Rodger Wellman, VP and CIO in charge of the Technology Office at Easter Seals.
Sup, Saturday... ahhhhh..
Played poker last night at a friends house, it was rad, I love poker. I won the game.. big time. All night I was giving off mixed signals re: my hand so that the others could not read my bluff. For example if I got a bad hand I would be like .. Woo hoo really loudly and then the next time like, man what a shit hand. It worked pretty well. The best part about poker with friends is the mind games and reading other peoples body language (bluffs).
Took my car (83 Cordia) down to the local wreckers and only got $100 for it. I got raped, yes I acknowledge that but I wanted to get rid of it and couldnt be bothered taking the time to advertise it, clean it.. etc so meh.
Been downloading "Patrolling with Sean Kennedy" episodes lately from this great website I found,
www.archive.org/movies on it it has all these free open source videos which u can download. A huge selection of movies/videos/docos on there about ALL types of subjects. I got the Patrolling episodes from
here I recommend downloading Season One - Episode 5. On it, this Sean Kennedy guy talks about essential kit u should have with u at all times. The first piece of kit he talks about is this stuff called
"Moldavite". Basically from what I have read it is this stone found in the Czech Republic which originally fell from a meteor shower billions of years ago, "apparently". This stone (Tektite) emits non-harmful radiation that makes you think clearer, heighten your senses and all this other cool stuff (watch S1 ep5 -
download here for more about moldavite). In legend it is said that Moldavite was the green gem found in the Holy Grail. So after researching a bit about it on the net Ive decided to get some and see if it really does anything at all. I hope it does and is not just like this green stone which if you believe it does something, then it does whatever you believe it does like placebo pills. Anyway I sorta felt like I had to get some and see if it works. I guess only time will tell, I should get my Moldavite in a few weeks so I will post my finding.. mwaaa haaa haaaaaa.
