[classic swim]

Out of left field, but I felt like rambling about it. I’d say it’s a game that got better with age. I remember when it first released, I was put off by the controls and just went back to playing San Andreas for awhile. I also favored Saints Row 2 when it came to that little rivalry. IV eventually won me over and sorta became a time capsule like SR2. Everything from clothes I used to wear, nailing down the ‘00s East Coast hip hop scene, terrorism rants, having the near final act of the game be a rebuttal to Sopranos ending. Could go on and on. In a world where regurgitating the same ol’ shit prevails, IV took its own complex turn and still expanded on all the good stuff from the GTA Trilogy at the same time. You have these aged mobsters yearning for what they had back in the Vice City days, and the most lethal fixer in town is detached from all that as he’s spent most of his life in some Yugoslavian hovel. And mind you that soft-rebooting “a franchise about killing cops and prostitutes” was never quite necessary. Aside from entertainment’s overall push to HD. I get at this point it’s an echo chamber to say it’s the most dark and gritty game or whatever, but the writing’s still insanely good. Not to slight the trilogy, because much of the appeal in the first place was having those one-note mob flick caricatures. Only IV made it so even Ray fucking Boccino had a decent set of layers in the script. As for multiplayer... fun times. The most useful feature ever was turning off the police.

https://twitter.com/adultswim/status/1651970625534312448 Most impressive fan art of Boondocks I’ve ever seen. Gotta love some Afro Samurai recognition.

Man, this guy REALLY loves graphs.

He used to say he had “the worst show on television.” He struck gold though. Always admired the amount of modesty that came with.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_My0kV5v_0M&pp=ygURVGFrZSBhIHdhbGsgbWFzdGE%3D

Yeah, you’re better than me in that situation. I’m not gonna get into the politics of whether anyone should own those type of dogs in the first place, but I at least wish some of the owners weren’t so fucking careless.

Well, you’ve already been on the phone for awhile, but I’d still say find an animal shelter. If you got close family, distant relatives, friends or whatever that can care for the dog, that helps too. Definitely not a good mixed-breed to just leave behind. You’re better than most for not ignoring it.

Current heavier drinker. Although I do know when to take a break. Sometimes it can be small(ish) doses each day, or I can just have one good solid day of it and then go cold turkey for most of the week.

Very glad I wasn’t at work when my water heater did that in the middle of the night. The one time God chose not to fuck me.