Seahawks Anonymous - Filling in for Scruffy edition
Post-game bitching goes in here. Try to keep the reactionary fanposts to a minimum. Actually, if you're thinking of creating a fanpost and there's nothing constructive to say, it would probably be best not to post it.
If you don't feel like bitching about football, let's talk music.
This is a great cover of a classic Bobby Blue Band tune "Farther up the Road."
One of the four people in this music video doesn't belong. He's sort of Londonbeat's own Brian Russell.
A few weeks ago we talked about things we hate. Let's talk about things we like.
-Rain
-Thunder storms
-Pumpkin pie
-House, MD
-Doctor Who
-West coast jazz
-Felix Hernandez
-Adrian Beltre
-Marcus Trufant
-Matt Hasselbeck
-Yamaha brand saxophones
-Intel brand microprocessers
-NVIDIA brand GPUs
-Cake that isn't a lie
-Campy sci-fi movies
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Oh and Converse brand shoes.
I love Converse shoes.
Oh, no doubt
Pumas are the sign of a tracksuit-wearin, hair-slicked back guido
by SeaTownBlueDevil on Nov 3, 2008 9:39 AM PST up reply actions
Thats not as bad then
Seeing as your not one of the 9 billion people that picked up a pair a few years go
by SeaTownBlueDevil on Nov 3, 2008 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks for making this thread.
Hopefully it will head off anyone else, like our mate skunkjigga.
Things I like?
-Siberian Huskies
-Pie
-Running
-Skiing
-Mountains
-F.E.A.R.
-System Shock 2 (ok that’s enough video game references)
-Koren Robinson (don’t let me down, K-rob)
-Army of Darkness
-Rammstein
-Jeff Clement
-Josh Wilson
-Adrian Hanauer and the entirety of the Seattle Sounders FC
-Ichiro
-Anything about WII
-Seattle Grunge
Any many many other things that I’m not going to bother to name
I'm playing F.E.A.R.
at the moment.
It’s definitely in the pants-crapping scary category, as is System Shock 2.
FEAR was frightening
but the pacing in System Shock 2 was what made it the most horrifying game experience ever.
Left 4 Dead is going to be pretty freaky
when you’re playing at late at night/super early in the morning and alone.
"Hole in one, eh?"
True, I've never played it before.
But just from a movie I’ve seen, L4D looks awesomely scary.
"Hole in one, eh?"
L4D will likely be scary
but SS2 is in a completely different league.
It was like taking the best elements from Aliens, The Ring, and Psycho and combining them into one fantastically horrifying experience.
L4D will be tons of fun
but its not going to be very phycological. I still can’t get through silent hill 4
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 2, 2008 8:51 PM PST up reply actions
ya if you think 28 days later is scary
Shock terror just doesn’t do it for me.
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 2, 2008 9:09 PM PST up reply actions
yes it is
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 2, 2008 9:19 PM PST up reply actions
The remake of Dawn of the Dead didn't have great pacing.
It was still a pretty good movie.
"Hole in one, eh?"
/facepalm

You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 2, 2008 9:23 PM PST up reply actions
In what way was Dawn of the Dead good?
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 2, 2008 9:27 PM PST up reply actions
Go watch Ringu.
That movie left me fucked up for weeks.
The fast zombies are what
put it over the top. And it got a 7.4 on IMDB and a 77% on Rotten Tomatoes. So a lot of people liked it.
"Hole in one, eh?"
Zombies are overrated in horror films.
It’s the easy standby for some producer who wants to make a quick buck.
Not really.
All of the big zombie movies every have been good. There’s a reason for that.
"Hole in one, eh?"
What about The Thing?
Pacing wasn’t great, but great acting, a great script and a great plot made it tremendous.
"Hole in one, eh?"
Your homework this week
is to watch Alien and Ringu.
You don't like The Thing either?
What about the original Halloween? The first Nightmare on Elm Street?
"Hole in one, eh?"
These are all more shock value films.
Movies like Alien are the real mindfucks.
You know that Romero's films
are brilliant for their underlaying saying, right? Not because of their “shock value”?
"Hole in one, eh?"
They're good
but still not as excellent as the Hitchcock films or the good Alien films.
You actually need to watch these films
before rendering judgment, you know.
Cannibalism?
That’s textbook shock value horror.
But...Lecter wasn't
even the main villian. There really wasn’t any cannibalism until near the end.
"Hole in one, eh?"
I can't believe this, but I'm taking Coach's side here.
Halloween is one of the purest horror movies ever made. It’s nearly perfect.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 3, 2008 2:19 AM PST up reply actions
Then "The Audition"
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 2, 2008 9:43 PM PST up reply actions
Good pacing is what separates mediocre horror films from great ones.
Shock terror is a cheap, easy way to make a film like that.
Decent
but not in the same league as horror films like Alien, Pyscho, or The Shining.
I will say that as far as Zombie horror goes
Romero is one of the few who can pull it off without being incredibly lame/campy
Psycho is one of Hitchcock's weaker films.
Rebecca is one of his best. Rebecca is full of shock value. There are lots of other examples, but my point is that you’re underestimating the value of shock.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 3, 2008 2:21 AM PST up reply actions
Pacing is what makes a suspense film excellent.
Horror can be excellent in many different ways.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Nov 3, 2008 2:21 AM PST up reply actions
And speaking of the Seattle Sounders FC
a neat bit of inside information.
I work for Mills Music, and we just sold them a ton of marching brass and percussion. Apparently they’re going with a drum and bugle corps style pep band.
Things I love:
Jimi Hendrix
Rock Band/Rock Band 2
Bioshock
Sigur Ros
Guitars
The Office
Youtube
Stumbleupon
Almost Famous
This is Spinal Tap
Dr. Strangelove
Jim Bouton
The Discovery Channel
Ghost Hunters
Horror movies
Thanksgiving Day
Football
Elton John
Christian Bale
Star Trek
Zooey Deschanel
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Kristen Bell
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 2, 2008 6:02 PM PST reply actions
This list could be really long or really short...
Anything remotely Seattle related (Starbucks even)
The New Pornographers
Anberlin
Rodrigo y Gabriela (and any other crazy acoustic guitar/flamenca band)
Finding new awesome music and then listening to it on repeat for a week straight
British Music
British Movies
These “new” comic book movies that don’t suck.
The Number one Ranked Washington Huskies Women Cross country Team (lowest point total in Pac 10 history)
Anything and everything about the UDub
Ryan Appleby
John Brockman
Jake Locker
Tim Lincecum
Brandon Roy
Spencer Hawes
The Tui brothers
Ichiro!
Jeremy Reed
BluRay
Dogs and Cats
Green Tea Ice Cream and Lychee Ice Cream
Burritos, any kind (Lasagna burrito, Shepard’s pie burrito, anything goes)
Protein shakes anything kind (oatmeal, cottage cheese, protein powder, berries, beats, spinach, ice cream anything goes)
Playing sports for long periods of time with no score keeping and with people of approximately equal athletic ability
Long fast runs
Patrick Kerney and Julian Peterson
TV on DVD and building up my collection
Sports books
History books
Historical fiction
Olivia Munn, Kate Beckinsale, Jennifer Seibal, Zooey and Emily Deschanel
Blogs such as this on, LL, USSM, and Letsrun that keep me from being bored at work (though sometimes it distracts me from work as well)
Long extended vacations where nothing is done and large quantities of food are consumed.
Taking naps during work
Golfing well (rare, but it happens)
Pecan Pie
Cloudy, slightly rainy days in the 50’s. Perfect for running, and it doesn’t exactly make you frustrated that you’re stuck inside all day working on stupid things at work.
bluray sucks
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 2, 2008 9:26 PM PST up reply actions
Just got a package from Amazon today.
Ironman on bluray, Forbidden Kingdom on bluray, 3:10 to Yuma on Bluray, The happening on bluray, Madmen season1 on bluray, and Pushing Daisies season 1 on bluray. What a glorious day (office season four, life season one, psych season 2 as well, but just normal dvd, as well as digital camera and like 10 awesome books). So I guess I’m going to add big ass packages of ordered crap to this love list.
Yikes watch the picture size.
Try to keep it at width = 250.
Who gets a gay ass chinese symbol on their foot???
Yet alone any other part of their body?
What a chick!
by collyb on Nov 3, 2008 6:29 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Theres only one thing I love
and thats rubbing down some v-unit
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
Not too many posts here yet.
I’ll give it a week, but maybe there’s more to hate than there is to love.
I love that picture of your dog
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 2, 2008 9:09 PM PST up reply actions
Things I like:
Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout
The Lightning Bolt and other bands that completely destroy the concept of what qualifies as rock music.
The fact that the Sonics were fucking amazing and blew every single one of my expectations out of the water.
Being a total fucking softie when it comes to animals.
Long car trips.
Making electric guitars produce horrifying noises Leo Fender never could have conceived of.
Meg White.
The hush puppies and fried green tomatoes at Kingfish Cafe.
Efficient mass transit.
Obsessing over traffic patterns and transportation networks.
Tacoma.
South Seattle.
Coffee.
The Mariners blanket my sister made me.
Listening to Papa Was a Rodeo off of 69 Love Songs eight times in a row.
J.K.L.
Papa Was a Rodeo is a great fucking song.
Mama was a rock n roll band…
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 3, 2008 7:36 AM PST up reply actions
I really wish I had learned how to play the guitar.
You can’t take a damn piano with you when you’re trying to impress girls.
I'm so ridiculously pumped for this game.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Nov 3, 2008 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
Left 4 Dead.
An awesome, co-op survivial-horror game where you fight off hundreds of “infected”. It’s from Valve, the Bellevue-located makers of the Half Life, Counter Strike and Team Fortress series.
"Hole in one, eh?"
there like $10
Coach you and I have to play this game.
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 3, 2008 7:28 PM PST up reply actions
Haha, funny that you're calling me stupid for not knowing that.
Funnier still that I actually used to play the game…
Here are my characters, proving my dork status.
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Nazgrel&n=Waynerooney
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Muradin&n=Ichirowright
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Muradin&n=Seattlea
You just got
“Coached”
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 3, 2008 7:28 PM PST up reply actions
I also like people that
“Fill Scruffy”……….. Not Gay Sex
You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.
I have a gift for you, Scruffy.

I call this the “Brian Russell is too beautiful to play defense” gif…although this guy only kind of looks like Brian Russell.
Overdue
My wife
Whole oat oatmeal
In the Aeroplane over the sea
Chess
Dogs
Cats
Hiking
Gravity’s Rainbow
Brandon Mebane
Julius Jones
The Plant Earth Series
The Simpsons Seasons 2-4
Arrested Development Season 1
Singing really loud
Dancing like a motherfucker
the American Language
Scrabble
Imp Halberds
Virtua Fighter 2
Concerts
The first Modest Mouse concert I attended, with openers Helios Sequence and Les Savy Fav that MM played for 2-3 hours and I danced so hard I thought I’d die and only discovered the bong burn on my wrist after the show.
The scar from that burn
The McSweeney’s essay I read in high school about the ugliest person who ever lived that made me laugh so hard I literally fell out of my chair
Funny language screwups like using literally as an intensifier or to mean figuratively
True Irony
The passage in On the Road where he talks about his neighbor with the great laugh
My friend Ian who had that same laugh
Standardized testing
Staow
Plain Spoken Philosophy
Pizza
Thai Food
Crazy spicy food
No, I mean crazy spicy
Competition
team sports
boxing
Coffee
Loyalty
Rattatouile
Pulp Fiction
Catch 22
Cool Hand Luke
Pepper
Oliver and Houdini our cats
Napoleon my now dead epileptic French Bulldog
Stone Breweries
North Coast Breweries
The Bond Street Series from Deschutes
USS Mariner
Pitchfork Media
Ralph Nader
Electric Toothbrush
That’s all I can think of right now
Its true, there's nothing better than some crazy spicy food...
But is it worth the cost of the fiery, burning, morning-after Deuce? I say yes, but only barely.
by SeaTownBlueDevil on Nov 6, 2008 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
Good list
Oddly enough, I’m going to agree with this “Standardized testing”?
This si also good “Pizza” It’s practically impossible to make bad pizza.
Speaking of the USSM
Dave Cameron is up for a $10,000 scholarship and everyone should vote for him.

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