The Pantsless Jedi

I’ve officially said goodbye to my first ever raiding guild.  I haven’t been on my main in months, and I’m playing with my real life friends now.. so I felt it was only right not to continue to take up a guild slot.  I have crafted a tribute video compilation as a parting gift.

Junnu Remembers Solstice

I’m pretty fed up with the way the Xfire program works.

• But Darrin, what will you use for receiving in-game messages?

In-game messaging is sporadic (I receive one in five, generally).  The interface is not easy to use.  I can’t send messages to my friends if they are afk. Of course, that was before my system upgrade last year.  Now, I can’t use in-game messaging for any relatively modern game.  I have a Direct X 10 enabled graphics card, and xfire’s in-game interface is broken with DX10 enabled games.

• It works pretty good for out-of game messages though, right?

… Not especially.  There is no Buddy List Task Bar window, which means I have to use the status button near my clock.  I do not like this at all.  If X-fire is behind other windows, such as a browser, I have to alt tab to get to it.  Or I could right click on the mini button.  Every other messenger client I’ve used (and currently use) has a goddamned window on the Task Bar.  If I mistakenly use the minimize feature on the Xfire buddy list window, I have to Exit the client and restart it, in order to get my buddy list window back.  Good programming there!

• If X-fire is such a pain in your side, why still use it?

The only reason I still have it, at this point, is because some of my friends don’t use anything else.  With the exception of Steam, but they don’t have Steam open 24/7 (and neither do I).   If I could convince them to use another client, I would.

/end mini-rant.

Rules and guidelines:
On your current playlist, hit shuffle and pick the first twenty songs on the list (no matter how cheesy or embarrassing), and write down a line of the song. Try to avoid putting the song title in the line. Then have your friends comment and see if they know the songs!

1. Just call my name / You’ll be okay / You’re scream is crawling through my veins (Breaking Benjamin – Sooner or Later)
2. can’t decide why all of my confidence / Is left high and dry all over and out (Spacehog – Only A Few)
3. If we met tomorrow for the very first time / Would it start all over again? / Would I try to make you mine? (No Doubt – Simple Kind of Life)
4. Well some say life will beat you down / Break your heart, steal your crown / So I started out for God knows where / But I guess Ill know when I get there (Tom Petty – Learning To Fly)
5. And now / Will something happen to me? / How did I lose my guide? / You left me all alone (Lacuna Coil – Distant Sun)
6. Pick up the phone! I’m so goddamn alone. / Please name the place and the date. (Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Do Somethin’ Crazy)
7. Nothing compares to a quiet evening alone / Just the one-two of us, who’s counting on (EASY ONE!) Paramore – Crushcrushcrush
8. and we were locked inside and it started here we go / you can hold my hand, but don’t go back on me (Bowling For Soup – You And Me)
9. I killed the manchild / I’ll fast alone  / I had the midwife / Naked and alone (Stone Temple Pilots – Piece of Pie)
10. it’s always right here / it follows me still / the faceless looking back at me (Trust Company – The Reflection)
11. Go on, believe, if it turns you on.  Take what you need ‘til your body’s numb. (Cobra Starship – Prostitution Is The World’s Oldest Profession (And I, Dear Madame, Am A Professional))
12. If everything could ever feel this real forever / If anything could ever be this good again (Kinda easy) Foo Fighters – Everlong
13. I want perfection – I’m real need, I’ve seen attention – See through me (Sneaker Pimps – Spin Spin Sugar)
14. what the – what the – what the – ow / smoke my guns – i kill your peoples / i said “i’ll do it sir” (Mindless Self-Indulgence – Harry Truman)
15. We could jet in a stolen car but i bet we wouldnt get too far TV on the Radio – Wolf Like Me
16. Do you mind if I stand here and look like you?  Four out of five ain’t bad.   Some would say good.   I would  (Stemage – Anosmium)
17. MORTAL KOMBAT!  (…..) Street Fighter
18. Well the truth was a lie and i don’t know how it got me to follow and it’s true that the lie that was sold me will never let me go (Celldweller – I Believe You)
19. Those who shout loudest impose their will / Upholding laws that serve a few / Declaring peace while the sirens sing VNV Nation – Nemesis
20. We worked our way up from east end pubs / To gigs and back stage passes / Ex-boxing champs, West end clubs / Americans in dark glasses (Cock Sparrer – Take ‘em All)

Try THIS on for size!  I fully expect that no more than 6 will be guessed.

AWESOME weekend. Also: Shitty weekend.    Woo.