I just spent like the last 3 to 6 hours playing WWF No Mercy and Mario Tennis on the Nintendo 64 with Adam, Chris McCarver, Corey, and Danny. Towards the end I felt like I was losing my mind.

On the one hand I want this, but on the other hand I don't know if I need 9 discs of Aliens.

Remember the other day when I told you it's been a weird couple of days? Well, that trend of weirdness has continued. It's like a lot of things that seemed very certain suddenly do not, and other things are doing less than making sense as well. I really feel like I may be at some kind of crucial point or crossroads right now in a whole lot of areas. I dunno, maybe I take things the wrong way sometimes and look at things in weird ways, and maybe I say things like this too often, but it's my website and if I don't tell you how I'm feeling no one else will. I'm not even sure if this makes any kind of sense, but it feels good to get it off my chest. Maybe things will be back to normal by the next time I post something. I'm going to keep my eyes to the skies and stay confident that everything will work out. Rock and roll, kids.

In happier news my prayers have been answered because Seanbaby has returned! He's back with his uncensored list of the Top 10 Naughtiest Games of All Time. It's pretty funny, but I'll go ahead and warn you right now, it's not for the kiddies or the easily offended so keep that in mind before you go looking at it at work or in front of your grandmother.

"Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Doll House Relationship Sim" - Gabe's name for Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball

It's been a weird couple of days, kids. I'm still feeling sick despite all of the medicine I've been taking. Did I say medicine.. because I meant cereal.

You are red. You are impure, but noble. You are precious and true to yourself and others. When you love, you love entirely, and will do anything to make your love happy. You are sure of your identity, therefore, you cannot change others or be changed. You are a true prince, you may be forgotten, but without you, none of us could go on.
What inner color are you?

Ok, now for my thoughts on the trailer for the new Matrix flicks. I'm not that impressed. Yeah, the some of the fighting stuff looks pretty cool, but a lot of it looks really CGI.. really obvious CGI. And even some of the scenes that weren't fight stuff looked like really bad CGI. I'm sure this could be because it's not the finished product, and I honestly hope that that is the case and that these flicks are going to come out and totally knock me on my "A", but at this point I'm not counting on it. I mean, one of the coolest things about "The Matrix" was that it all seemed really grounded in a realistic view of the world. Fantastic and unbelieveable things happened, but they happened in a realistic context and in such a manner that it seemed somehow believeable. Yes, the fights in the first movie seemed (and would be) impossible, but at least it looked like (and for the most part) it was the actors themselves actually doing the fighting and not computer generated versions of them. So yeah, that's my piece for now. I'll check back in later if I have more, but I'd be more than happy to hear from any of you on the subject.

For those of you that didn't get to see it during the Super Bowl, here is the new trailer for THE HULK. I'll be honest with you, it's jaw-droppingly good in my opinion. I showed it to Adam, and after it was over I looked over at him and I swear his jaw was on the floor. Before I saw this trailer I wasn't sure what to think of the movie, but now I'm officially psyched for it.

While we're watching trailers, I might as well hip you to the new trailer for the Matrix sequel(s). Watch and form your own opinions.. I'll post mine later.




Which Neglected Mario Character Are You?

I don't know about any of you, well that's not totally true, I actually do know what some of you think on this subject but I'm getting ahead of myself.. so yeah, as I was saying I don't know about you, but I think Dick Tracy is pretty cool, and if you do too, then you might want to check this out




Which Star-Crossed Marvel Lover Are You?

An image that will surely go down in history as one of the greatest posters ever.

More creepy looking dinosaurs surface every day, and give me an even better reason to not like birds.

Since I'll be working and probably won't get to see the new Hulk trailer when it debuts during the Superbowl tomorrow, I thought I'd post this link to a review of the previously mentioned trailer complete with our first real look at Incrediblehulk Purplepants. I'd say you should only look at this if you don't think you're going to watch the Superbowl, because I'm sure seeing it in action would be much better than just seeing these few still shots.

Good news for Gamecube owners, and good news for Megaman fans who are also Gamecube owners. And while I'm handing out good news for certain people, here's some good news for fans of nudity.

"It's a handgun! Isn't it great? This is the trigger, and this is the thing you point at whatever you want to die." - Homer Simpson


Take the Which Spider-Man Character Are You? quiz by ZyberGoat

I found some more Mario names I had written on the side of my notes during a class last semester and I couldn't remember if I had put them up here or not, and since I'm too lazy to go back through the archives I figured my best bet would be to just put them up here... and here they are: Super Mario Coin Purse, Super Mario Punch Bag, Super Mario Ripsaw, Super Mario Baby Shaker, Super Mario Lever Jockey, Super Mario Product Assessment, Super Mario Flavor Tester, Super Mario Slap Bang, Super Mario Cardio-graph, Super Mario Freemason, Super Mario Exo-skeleton, Super Mario Saddle Rash, Super Mario Ghost Eraser, Super Mario Steve Racer, Super Mario Crushed Velvet, Super Mario Krush Groove.
In case you weren't here when the alternate Super Mario name story originally unfolded, you can click here to be brought up to speed.


what color chucks are you?
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Words of wisdom from Chris Jericho.

I've never heard of Infinium Labs, but they sound like they're from the future, and the new video game system they claim to be making sounds like it's from the future as well.

This seems to be a good place to get some great stuff.

While we're on the subject of getting things, look, we both know you need one of these, so why don't you just go ahead and do us both a favor and get it.

I just found out that world renowned artist Al Hirschfeld has passed away at the age of 99. If you'd like to learn more about him please click here or try to find a copy of the amazing documentary on him called "The Line King."

I'd be lying if I said I didn't want this, so if anyone wants to buy it and, you know, give it to me I would be very, very appreciative... very.

Ultimate Iron Man.

"It's threatening and romantic. It's threamantic!" - Cosmo from The Fairly Oddparents

Take the Which "Fairly Oddparents" character are you? Test. (I was Cosmo! Hooray!!)

I don't know how the rest of you will feel about this trailer, but I'm pretty sure some of you will like it and be interested in seeing the flick, and some of you.. well, some of you won't. Either way, I thought you should see it. I don't know what it says about where my head is at right now, but I hope I get to see it when it comes out in April.. and preferably with a girl.

I got Resident Evil 2 for the Gamecube a few nights ago, but I have yet to have a chance to get into it. As you know I love zombies, and this game is full of them, so I'm hoping for good things. I'm accepting thoughts and opinions on the matter as we speak. I'd like to thank Pat for "hipping" me to the deal that allowed me to get said game for a low, low price.

Expect to see more of the Blue Crocodile in action soon.

I don't recall what number of song we're up to, but the next one is "The Senator's Daughter" by Fountains of Wayne. I should add some kind of stipulation that you have to download all these songs on Kazaa or something, and listen to them, and be able to prove to me that you've listened to them in order to claim the prize. If you don't know what prize I'm talking about then you need to head over to that archives section to your left and get in on it.

I dunno, I think this sounds pretty cool. Anytime you put the words monsters and McFarlane together it's usually good.

And I can assure you that this will be one of the first games I buy for the new Game Boy.

Quote of the night: "Your balls are smoking." - Adam
(I sincerely wish all of you could have been there when he said this to experience just how funny it was.)

I swear, surely at least a few of you need one of these. No, I'm serious, I'm sure that you do.

Speaking of the new Game Boy (which I wasn't), I guess this is pretty funny.. what with it being true and all.

Dave Chappelle's new show on Comedy Central debuts this Wednesday night. I may have said that it started on the 27th in an earlier post, and if I did, pretend I didn't, because it starts Wednesday which is the 22nd. So yeah, the point is watch his show.

In case you haven't seen this yet, you should go look at it.

I've made a new photo album for you all to check out entitled "So we went to Chili's instead..." I hope you enjoy it.

"I think that the news about Soul Calibur 2 having different characters for different machines is really interesting. I know for me the choice is obvious. I mean if you have all three systems you will need to pick one version. First of all you are going to want it to look good, so that rules out the PS2. Second, Spawn is retarded so that rules out the Xbox. Third, Link rocks so that means you need the GameCube version." - Gabe from Penny Arcade

The Save Shenmue Petition.

How do you not love this guy?

Go to his website and love it as I do.

It pisses me off to no end that I'm paying for the same DVD twice, but rest assured, I will be buying this.

I'm sure some of you already knew this, but Junior Mints are the candy equivalent of crack to me. I can't get enough of them. If any body wants to get me some, please feel free to do so... because I love them.

Everyone who has bought a CD since 1995 needs to check this out.

Everyone also needs to download the song "High School" by Nerf Herder.

You know kids, I guess you can tell you're getting older when you find yourself saying things like, "I'm getting too old for this."

"I don't want to, be the one who, does everything like I'm told to.."

I really don't think enough of you are into Butch Walker yet... and to be completely honest, I don't think I can settle for that. Read this and see if it doesn't get you interested.

You know, whoever is cutting these Daredevil trailers has some kind of uncanny ability to take a lot of cool footage and throw in 2 seconds of retarded every so often in such a way that it makes this movie look pretty goofy. Don't get me wrong, I think it's actually going to be a pretty good flick, but the guy responsible for these trailers needs to be stopped.

This is the best DVD news of 2003 so far in my opinion.

I'm pretty excited about this DVD news though also. And of course I guess I can't forget to mention this DVD either.

And coming March 25, 2003...

I'm sure most of you have seen this trailer by now, but in case you haven't, that's what I'm here for: Pirates of the Caribbean.

I played an a-yass-load of laser/lazer tag last night with Ed, some other people from work, and a bunch of people I've never met. It was a pretty good bit of fun, but I managed to re-injure my leg that got F'ed up during the New Year's Eve shenanigans, so that was less than fun. It occurred to me a few minutes ago that playing lazer tag is a lot like playing Doom or multiplayer Bond or some such other first person shooter... but you know with running and sweating instead of clicking and swearing.

I think the something that I'm coming down with (as mentioned in the previous post) is a concussion. Pretty cool, eh?

"Cause this is my United States of Whatever!" - Olly, "United States of Whatever"

Brendan: This is terrible.
Melissa: I think it's alternative.
Jason: It's an alternative to good.
- from Home Movies

There's a comic strip that I think is generally pretty funny called The Norm, but I don't think I've ever mentioned it on here so I'm taking the time to do that right now. Sound good?

Don't forget about the 7 $ Sox show at the New Daisy at 7PM tomorrow night.

I think I'm coming down with something... I'm not sure what though.

In case you didn't already know this I'll just go ahead and let you all in on a little secret: Nothing is ever simple.

I don't care what anyone says, I think this guy (James Kolchalka) is a genius. Everyone needs to go to his website.


In case there is anyone out there who isn't already aware, 7 $ Sox are a good group of kids who have always been super cool to me. Not only are they good kids, but I think they're also some pretty darn good punk rockers and they're going to be playing at the New Daisy at 7PM this Friday. You should make it a point to go.

Strong Bad continues to entertain me. I'd watch this I'm sure... so you probably would too... I bet.. I mean, probably.. right?

Yet another reason for me to hate Josh Hartnett. T-Bone from the Renegades of Phunk says this is "finally a valid reason he should be exterminated".

I should clarify that last statement a little bit. It's has indeed been a crazy last few days, but in a very good way I think. I think it's quite posible that my life is much different today than it was a week ago. More on this as it happens I'd imagine.

Anyway, I thought this was kinda interesting and you might too.. ok, you probably won't, but it's my gosh-darn website so I can put whatever I want up here. The Formula for Happiness?

It's been a crazy last few days...

You can file this one under "Shows What Chris Haley Knows" because December ended up being Hip Today's biggest month ever! And this was after I had written the month off since after a really big start to the month things had slowed down considerably, and I just gave up on checking with the server stuff to see how the site was doing for the month. Then for some reason I checked it tonight and it turns out December just barely beat the old record. All I can say is thanks to all of you for making it happen.. but an even bigger thanks to those of you who have been "pimpin' the Hip" around to your friends and family and co-workers and so on. Please keep doing so. And since I know one person is keeping up with this, the seventh song is I'm Not Invisible by Rocket From The Crypt.

The first teaser trailer for Quentin Tarantino's new flick Kill Bill has just been released and can be viewed here. See what you make of it. I've only watched it once and my guess is this flick is either going to be fantastic and possibly QT's crowning achievement to date, or one huge cluster-F.

Adam has told me that I need to inform all of you that Dave Chappelle has a new show on Comedy Central. It starts on January 27th, so mark your calendars now.

Every now and then it's probably a good idea to read a fable. This one is called The Happy Prince.

This is why Penny Arcade is funnier than you: "If he combined the razor sharp wit that I know he has with the raw artistic talent we’ve all seen the man would be unstoppable. Like Juggernaut, only he wouldn’t have a suit or anything. I mean he could get a suit but he wouldn’t really need it. It would just be like for show." - Gabe

Even though I wrote this, I still think it's kinda funny.

Random Pictures No. 6 has arrived for your viewing and looking at pleasure.

The sixth song is "Girls Own Love" by Andrew W.K.

"This next song is a song about not standing on the edge of the water when you can dive in." - Andrew W.K. on "I Get Wet"


Which Kingdom Hearts Character are You Most Like?
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This is hilarious.. I assure you..


The fifth song is "Good Day to Die" by Travis. See Doug, I told you I'd get back on it.

I hope you all had a very merry Christmas. That's right kids, just because the announcers on the NBA on ABC games have to say "Happy Holidays" doesn't mean I can't actually say "Christmas." Christmas. ChhHrriiisssSssSttmmAAaaasSsS! (That's how you say it all spooky like.)

I'm not sure how good this movie is going to be, but I love the games it's "based" on, and our sweet Lord knows I love zombies, so you can pretty much count on me going to see it. Frankly that should be enough for you people.

MERRY CHRISTMAS BEDFORD FALLS!!

Happy Holidays to all of you kids, here's my present to you and I promise it's beyond Awesome WicKed... it's ANDREW WK!!

We all celebrate Decemberween in our own way.

The true meaning of Christmas?

As anyone who knows me might guess from the name, this soumds like something I'd be very interested in: Zombie King!

For the Akira fans.

I drew this picture, and I think it's pretty good for me. By all means, go look at it.

The way December started I thought this month was going to break the "hit/visit" record by quite a large margin, a mere month after November broke the previous record which had stood fast and strong for 16 months. However, after a very strong opening week things started slowing down. I don't know if I really have anywhere I'm going with this, I just thought I'd share. As always, if there's anything I can add to make you visit more often or that you tihnk would bring new people here, feel free to give me a shout about it.

Interviews with two of my favorite full on F'in' rock voices: Butch Walker and Kevin Martin.

"The man won't stop until he's solved the mystery of the missing laughter..." - Adam, about me

"I'll stay here and sing a little song to keep my spirits up. Aye-yi-yi-yi sunshine on my shoulders, aye-yi-yi-yi to the fair I go, aye-yi-yi-yi I'm enjoying life now, aye-yi-yi-yi refreshing mango drink" - Dad from The Brak Show

February 8, 2003 has been pegged as the date that we will all as a nation be once again assaulted ninja style by the teenage turtles that are of the both mutant and ninja variety. Just thought I'd prepare you.

In other back from our childhood news, Fox is planning on remaking/relaunching/re-somethingening Strawberry Shortcake.

The boxing matches happened today (by today I mean Friday even though it's after midnight) as planned, and it was an altogether enjoyable experience to watch and film. I'm fairly certain that some, if not a good bit of the footage filmed will make it onto the "movie". And while we're on the subject, some additional material was indeed filmed today, and Edward and I (and possibly Danny, I haven't talked to him yet to find out) are sporting the battle scars to prove it. Rock and roll.

Another matter of great importance is the fact that today (Friday, Dec. 20) is both Corey and Tara's birthday! I hope you emailed them or called them or gave them something or some such. Anyway, happy birthday to the both of you.

I hope to have a conversation like this some day..

If anyone is interested, I'd be happy to receive either or both of the following for Christmas: one or two. Any of this in a medium is also nice. Don't worry though, I don't really expect any of you to get me any of this stuff... yes, I do.

Today is the big duke-a-roo boxing match between Danny "Mister Fister" Stanford and Bob. I'll be filming the entire thing and hopefully for those of you unable to attend it'll be footage worthy of the next "movie" we're in the midst of developing. If you'd like to attend the fight get in touch with me for info.

Speaking of the previously mentioned "movie", after the fight we hope to film additional material for it, and God willing we'll all come through that without a trip to the hospital. It's also my hope that all of you will think this video's title is as funny as Adam, Danny, Melissa, Tara, and myself thought it was.

There's still time to help spread some Hip Today style holiday cheer to those unfortunate souls that aren't "Friends of Hip Today."

"Cause your head is a brick wall, and your heart is a football, and your eyes broken windows when you cry, it's a good day to die.." - Travis "Good Day to Die"

It's too freaking late for me to be trying to come up with anything for this, and yet here I am. Ok, I've got nothing, I lied. I'm not even going to try, and if you knew how many times I've had to hit "backspace" just to get this wee few sentences typed in you wouldn't want me to be trying either. I'm about two mis-strokes away from "primate" on the typing evolutionary ladder at the moment. I believe I'll go to bed and try this again when the sun is up... oh wait, the sun is already coming up.. crap.

So so so good. I think you know what I'm talking about... or at least you should if you're at this site. More on this later.
The fourth song is "Naked Days" by Creeper Lagoon.

Watch out, because I'm about to drop some knowledge on you kids. Did you know, and this is true, that Willard Scott (yes, the Willard Scott that's a weatherman on that morning news show you're never awake to see) created Ronald McDonald. Don't believe me?

Have a look at the teaser poster for what's sure to be one of 2003's biggest flicks, The Hulk. This is also our first look at what the incredible one is going to look like in the flick. I'll be honest, I'm pretty excited about seeing this.. but that really has nothing to do with the poster, as I was already excited about it.

And while I'm talking about movies that I will be excited about, here's some good news about the upcoming Superman flick.

Speaking of movies in general, I wish there was some way I could show this to every retard that came into Best Buy asking for the "fullscreen" version of something.

The third song is "Foolin'" by Def Leppard. Read below in previous posts for more details if you don't understand what I'm talking about.

The second song is "Stole the Show" by AM Radio. See the idea is you have to keep checking back all through the day to see if I've put the next song on the list up yet. Get it?

I don't remember what I was going to say. Sorry. Maybe I'll think of it later. First person to write me an e-mail and put the word "emperor" in it somewhere gets a dollar.

Wait, forget I said that, I've got a better idea. I'm going to list 15 random songs that I like here on the site. I'll put a new one up every so often over the next few days. The first person to "collect" all 15 songs and e-mail the list to me will get some cash. It won't be like a hundred bucks, but it'll be paper money you can spend on buying something.
The first song is "Warmer Than Fire" by Ash.

I don't know about you, but I think this is pretty funny.

"Don't obey the teacher
Who tells you to shut up
Who'll mold you into useless robots
Who aren't allowed to feel

Just quit your job tomorrow
Just quit your job today
You take a permanent vacation
You're dying everyday"
- Mourning Widows, "No Regrets"

I doubt most of you will get a chance to, but if Equilibrium is still playing at any theater in your town you must go see it! Im not even playing around about this. If you don't, you'll wish you had.

From now until Tuesday night at midnight I will be trying my best to keep myself locked away from television so as not to accidentally see the new Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers trailer that is floating around the airwaves and the internet. I'm already excited enough about this movie without having this new trailer, which I'm told shows a little too much, spoiling any of the surprises or money shots that I'm paying to see on the big screen. Am I being too wierd? I can never tell.
On the other hand, if you'd like to see the new trailer for X-Men 2, I think that's ok.
This flick looks pretty funny while I'm on the subject of movie trailers.

Now if this doesn't look pretty wicked I don't know what does.

You know kids, there's an awful lot of stuff going on in the world at the moment to make someone, like me or you, pretty scared and/or uncertain about the future. I'm led to believe there's a threat of biological or nuclear warfare from any number of foreign powers, there's .. ahh skip it, I don't feel like getting all serious. Hip Today shouldn't bum you out. So forget all of that, everything is going to be ok.


Take The Ewan McGregor Test!

Today's AM Radio song: "Oh Oh Oh"

The best DVD news I've heard in a while.. click1 and click2.

Andrew WK is up for two awards at the VH1 Big Awards or whatever the hell they're called this year. Anyway, here's the links to the categories he's in so you can support our favorite slammer: Heavy Lifting and Bend and Stretch.

Help me spread a little Hip Today holiday cheer!

Very often this is how I feel..


Have you been getting these AM Radio songs? Well, you'd better be, because they're good. Real good. Here's one of my favorites, Hush.

As promised here is another AM Radio song: "Becoming You" (just click on it to hear it, or right click and "Save As.." to make it yours forever)

As promised, albeit a very long time ago, here are my pictures from Halloween 2002. Let me know what you think, won't you?

I'm not saying anyone should get me the medium Red Superman shirt this website has for Christmas, but it is the one Superman shirt I really want that I don't have. That's all I'm saying.

For those of you that have wanted to watch the Shopping Cart Shenanigans Part 1 and have been unable to, hopefully this will let you do so.
Copy this address: http://www.geocities.com/hiptoday3/MOV01007.MPG
Paste that address into your browser thing, and that should let you watch it.
Let me know if it doesn't.
(As I said before, unfortunately this video cuts off right before "Part 2" took place, so we didn't get it recorded. Take my word for it though, it was far more painful, and my butt will attest to that fact.)

Check out this guy's site and Happy Holidays everybody!

AM Radio is currently one of my favorite bands, and they should be one of yours as well.... so to help speed that process along here's their song "If This Is the End of the World". (Just right click on the song title and pick Save As...)
There will be more AM Radio songs for you to download all week.

I'm feeling better than I did when last you heard from me in case you were wondering. Things still aren't as I'd like them to be with a lot of things, but I'm feeling a little less bleak about it all.

I've known a lot of girls before
What's the harm in knowin' one more?
Maybe we could even get together
Maybe you could break my heart next summer
Why bother?
It's gonna hurt me
It's gonna kill when you desert me...
- Weezer, "Why Bother"

Sometimes you think you've got things all figured out and that you're really in control, and then life decides to show you otherwise in a big way. Maybe I'm just a big baby, but sometimes it seems like everyday it gets harder and harder to want to be alive. Maybe I'll feel different tommorow...

I got this from Shawn in an e-mail and I'll quote him exactly..
"I am sorry because as you know I am not for spewing filth from the internet. But you are not going to believe how unfortunate this poor girl is. This is nothing obscene, but you have to see to believe it."
See for yourself.

Wow... I mean.. wow. The trailer for Equilibrium. Christian Bale further establishes himself as one of my favorite actors.

This is why my childhood was better than any kid's childhood these days: Super Golden Crisp.

Something special to see here. I thought it was anyway..

I'd like to thank all of you for making November Hip Today's biggest month ever, and it looks like December could be even bigger, so thank you for that as well. Once again, I have to stress to all of you that if there's anything I can do or add to the site to make you enjoy it more or get you to come more often or that you think would get more people headed this way, please let me know. OK, on to the other stuff.

There's a new bunch of pictures available for the viewing now.

David Cross has CD out now. Buy it.

I'll be getting new ink soon I think.

I'd like to thank Megan and Stephen for their recent additions of Hip Today products to their homes, cars, or places of business. These are kids who know where it's at, wouldn't you like to join their ranks?

Edward says he's going to write something, and he asked if I'd put it on the site. I said, "Yes", so you can look forward to seeing that sometime soon hopefully.


A picture of Superman I drew not too long ago.

If you can download songs off Kazaa or something like that, you'd be doing yourself a favor by getting the song "Asylum" by Silverchair.

Possibly the single best line I've ever said or ever will say: "I'm going to die just like Jeff Hardy; flamboyant and falling off a ladder." (said to Edward while I was at the top of a very tall, very uncertain feeling ladder at work)

Go to the Guest Art section of this guy's site to see a picture I drew for him, please. I think it's an okay drawing. I mean I'm no Melissa or anything, but it's decent.

For those of you who don't watch, or have never seen an episode of Dragon Ball Z, here's an amazingly accurate representation of said program.


Which British Band Are You?

You Are Edward From "Edward Scissorhands." You are very shy and often misunderstood. Innocent, sweet, and artistic, you like to pass your days by daydreaming and expressing yourself through the arts. You are a truly unique individual. Unfortunately, you are quite lonely, and few people truly understand you.

Take The Johnny Depp Quiz!


So what do you kids think, does this describe me? I'm sure some of you know me as well as I do, and I don't know if I should be frightened by how well I think it's pegged me. I'm going to go over here and be lonely now.

For those of you who've heard about the shopping cart shenanigans we taped the other night, those videos will be up soon, so keep checking back.

"You're all invited to the party, You know you didn't have to come, No rotten apple's gonna spoil my fun, If you don't like, what you see here, get the funk out..." - Extreme, "Get the Funk Out"

I'll say it once again for those of you that missed it, Happy Thanksgiving to you one and all.

For those of you (like myself) that side with Nintendo in the Console Wars, here's some news I was pleased to hear.

So I saw an episode of this Muppet Babies ripoff cartoon called Baby Looney Tunes this morning. It may have been one of the worst cartoons I've ever seen, and it honestly makes me feel bad for the kids that are stuck with watching it instead of Muppet Babies. It worries me.

It seems like I had some other stuff I wanted to talk about, but I can't recall what any of it was, so I'll just say Happy Thanksgiving.


Which Diesel Sweeties Character Are You?

November 2002 has officially become Hip Today's biggest month ever! And it's not even over yet! At some point yesterday, the record set way back in June or July of 2001 was finally broken. If there's anything I can do to continue this upward movement in readership and visits please, please let me know, and if it's at all possible I'll make it happen. Much thanks to you all.


Which Travis Member Are You?
I was absolutely delighted by the results of this quiz.

This made me laugh a great deal. It's straight from Gabe over at Penny Arcade and even though some of you may have no idea what he's talking about, I think it's still pretty funny.
"Apparently a bunch of hacker types took a break from giggling with each other about the irony of installing Linux on their M$ Xbox and noticed they can't connect to Live. David Beck actually wrote an article sympathizing with these poor souls who took it upon themselves to totally f*ck over the insides of their Xboxes. David reports that "Numerous owners of modified Xbox units reported in forums at the Xbox Hacker site that they were locked out of Xbox Live." I'm sorry, tell me again why I am supposed to care that a bunch of thieves and jackholes can't use their modified systems to f*ck up my online games with cheats and hacks? The article goes on to quote one of these winners as saying "All I know is I have two machines--one modded, and the other not. The one that's modded can't connect at all, and the unmodded one works perfectly." DUN DUN DUN! Holy sh*t this is like an episode of f*cking Murder She Wrote. Someone call Matlock so he can solve this mind bending puzzle! News flash Hacker Bob, Microsoft announced months ago that modded systems would not work with Live. Here's an idea for all you poor saps with $200.00 coffee tables now. How about in the future you don't crack open every piece of electronics you get and fill it with illegal hardware. At the very least how about you don't bitch to me when your soldering iron escapades leave you high and dry."
You can read more on how things continued to go for Gabe by clicking here.

Target now has an exclusive RED Game Boy Advance. If anyone is curious I'm open to receiving this for Christmas.

Watch the trailer for Bulletproof Monk, won't you?

So I'm watching Speed Racer, and one of the bad guys on the show says something along the lines of "We had no idea this Speed Racer was going to be so good!" ... and they're talking about him being good at racing. AT RACING! HIS NAME IS SPEED RACER!! That's like not expecting a guy named Fatty McEatsalot to be good at winning a pie eating contest.

Here's a Weezer survey you can take and possibly win some cash.

There will be new pictures up soon. In the meantime, be sure to scroll down and see if you've missed anything cool.

Now here's something I think we'd all love to see the return of: Classic Nickelodeon!

"What's with restaurants that hang crap on the walls? Maybe the divorce rate is down in America because people aren't talking to each other at dinner, they're too busy looking at all the crap on the walls." - Norm from TheNorm.com

My choice for Superman, even though he's already playing Daredevil, was just chosen as the sexiest man alive for 2002. See I've been saying this for a while... I'm way ahead of the curve.

"I can't remember the last time I've enjoyed silence in an American theater. It's easy to believe that our audiences spend the day saying nothing, actually saving their voices for the moment the picture begins." - David Sedaris

I saw that new Harry Potter flick last weekend. It was pretty good, but I can't imagine ever letting kids see it. I don't think I'd be able to sit through it again, but if you saw the first one you might as well see this one because it's a lot better.

Where do YOU belong?

This cracked me up...

Visit James Kochalka's American Elf.

For those of you, like myself, who saw and enjoyed The Rules of Attraction, this is some news you may be glad to hear.

Angela said that the picture of me on the front page looked like Benicio del Toro. Did I spell that right? I honestly can't see it, but she's not the first person to say something about me looking like him under the right circumstances, so what do you think? If this is true I should probably be trying to talk to Sarah Galloway more since she has a thing for him.

For the record the guy this thing is saying I am is actually called Iron Fist, though he is often seen hanging about with Power Man. It's an honest mistake.

Yeah, you know what? If you ask me the scariest thing ever would be some kind of sea monster. Be it a water dinosaur or a leviathan or what have you, if it's in the water it's twice as scary.

Don't foget!! Tonight is the Hip Today free sneak preview of the new Bond flick, Die Another Day. If you want to go you have to get in touch with me as soon as possible!!

Important!: Hip Today is sponsoring a sneak preview of the new Bond flick "Die Another Day" on Wednesday evening. Ok, that's a bit of a mistruth because technically what really happened is I won a ton of free passes to the sneak preview from another, much, much larger website, and they are actually the one's who are sponsoring it. Anyway, the point is I've got enough of these tickets for just about everyone I know to be able to go, and I'd like to have a sort of Hip Today outing. So if you're interested in seeing a movie for free and before it's supposed to be out, and you're free Wednesday night you should find some way to get in touch with me. I don't care how. It can be by e-mail or phone or whatever, but let me know and I'll get it all put together.

I hope this isn't blasphemous, because it seems like a kinda cool idea. I could be very, very wrong though. Either way here comes the link... Ultimate Jesus.

Speaking of comics, everyone can finally know what those t-shirts I always wear are all about. Here's your chance to learn about the characters from which the shirts I'm known for are based on. Did that last sentence even make sense?

We haven't heard from Seanbaby in a while...
"You know how sometimes you get upset that the people policing your neighborhood are a bunch of fat donut critics who spend most of their time trying to trick you into speeding tickets? It could be worse. They could be Aquaman. Imagine being in a burning building, and the person sent to rescue you shows up in his underwear on a giant seahorse. Or worse, standing on two flying fish with leashes. But don't worry, while you're burning alive, your rescuer has the fantastic ability to TALK with those fish he's using as shoes. You might as well cover yourself in gasoline and try to get it over with quick."

Well, apparently the site has been acting weird today. Hopefully this issue will get taken care of before too long.

Speaking of fixing things with Hip Today, what can I change or add or take away from Hip Today to make you like it more, visit it more often, tell others about it, etc.? Any and all help in this area would be sincerely appreciated.

Here's some Butch Walker coolness. You should watch it.

Edward really enjoyed this, and I think all of you will as well. I shall call it "Strong Bad rips on fraternities."

Which DragonballZ Character are you

I guess I don't have much to say, or tell you about... Sorry. On the other hand though, I'm sure there are things you've missed from past days' updates, so you should scroll down and catch up on all of that stuff. Or even give the archives over there to your left a try. And while you're looking to your left why not give some of the other Hip Today sections a try? Today's comic is pretty funny, so you could check that out, or you could buy something from one of the stores, or any number of other things. Well, I'm off to class again.

I updated the gallery that showcases some of my silly little drawings. If you want to, like, you know.. like look at them.

If you'd like to get the next three issues of Ultimate Spider-Man for only $3 (I'm talking to you, Matt), you'd be wise to call (800) 217-9158.

Jeepers H. Creepers this is frightening!

That's Mike Myers as the Cat in the Hat... as though one raping of one of Dr. Seuss' classics wasn't enough. To find out more on this monstrosity click here.
Thing 1 and Thing 2 look pretty cool though.

Speaking of movies, that Treasure Planet movie looks beautiful.

While few of you that visit the page now will probably remember this, I still think it's hilarious. Fun times that summer that seems so long ago.. even though it was only a year ago.

This is so wrong. So very, very wrong. So very hilariously wrong.


Which Hellsing character are you?

I don't want to beg or anything, but if you've ever thought about getting something from one of the Hip Today Stores now is the time to do it, because I've just been informed by Cafepress that if the stores don't generate some kind of revenue here in the next couple of weeks they'll be shut down. I know some of you don't have the scratch to throw around on a shirt or a lunchbox or whatever, but I've got stickers in there for like 2 bucks. If you're not able to help I appreciate you listening and visiting the site as always, but if you can, please do. Thanks again.

I just wanted to say a quick little something about the new set of pictures from my birthday. I guess an apology is what I really wanted to make, because there were some people there who were a big part of the fun, and unfortunately I didn't get many or any pictures of some of them. It was just a situation where I was having too much fun and doing to many other things to be taking pictures as much as I would have liked to do. So I apologize to all of you if you went to look at the pictures and didn't see much of yourself. I'll try to do better next time.

This is going to be my new question when it comes to determining if a girl is a keeper or not.

Check out the new full trailer for Daredevil, starring our very own Ben Affleck. I'll be honest with you, the teaser trailer didn't really do much for me, but I held out the hope because I have faith in Benji, but after seeing this new trailer and the new poster I'm fully psyched for it. I will say though, that this trailer has some of the worst music choices I've ever heard. Shame on whomever is responsible. Shame I say. Shame.

For the WWE fans out there, check out this nice montage of some of the tracks from the new Anthology 3-disc set that's coming out Tuesday.

I've seen the Jackass flick three times now. None of the times have been from any kind of burning desire to see it, but I've enjoyed it all three times. I doubt I'll see it a fourth, but who knows. The soundtrack is totally kick-A though, and it even comes with a DVD and Andrew WK's video for "We Want Fun"... which I'm listening to right now. Anyway, here's an interview with Bam Margera and the CKY crew from the Village Voice.

"We want fun! And you better believe it! We want fun! And you know where to leave it! We want fun! No you don't understand you gotta Hey! (Hey!) Hey! (Hey!) Make your demands! We want fun! And you never can see it! We want fun! So you take it or leave it! We want fun and you might as well face it, we wanna have fun and we wanna get wasted!" - Andrew WK, "We Want Fun"

It's not the Halloween pictures I promised would be up soon, but there are new pictures. These are from my birthday and the party thrown for said birthday.

I JUST FOUND OUT ANDREW WK IS COMING TO MEMPHIS!!! IF ANYONE WANTS TO GO SEE HIM WITH ME LET ME KNOW AND QUICK LIKE! PARTY HARD!

It started snowing last night in my town on Animal Crossing!! I was so excited.

Want to see a picture of my little brothers on Halloween? I know there are like two of you who might want to see it so I thought I'd put it up here where you could click on it.

I ended up seeing the Jackass flick a second time this weekend. It was still worth every penny.

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys and the complete Sports Night DVDs come out Tuesday. I'm not saying anyone should spend money they don't have, but if you've got some scratch to spare these are two things I couldn't any more highly recommend.



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There's just no getting around it, Pinkerton is one of the best albums ever.
"I ain't gonna hurt nobody, ain't gonna cause a scene, just need to admit that I want sugar in my tea.." - Weezer, "The Good Life"

The G.I. Joe cartoons of my youth (and probably yours) returns to Cartoon Network this Monday night! I'm not sure exactly what time the show will be on, but somewhere between 11pm and 1am would be a good bet. UPDATE: It's on at 11:30 PM Central time.

I'm either very excited or very frightened at the possibilities, but there is going to be a MIGHTY MOUSE movie. For those of you that don't know me, Mighty Mouse is almost as near and dear to me as Superman, so I'll be hoping against hope for good things.

I saw the Jackass flick the other night. It was funny the whole way through, and that's worth my 200 dollars or whatever it costs to go to the movies these days.

Does the new intro page seem pretentious or stupid or anything to any of you? It's of me on Halloween, and I thought it was a pretty cool picture. I swear to God I'd love some kind of feedback on this.
Thanks go to Adam for taking this and other pictures.
Thanks also go to Melissa for completing my Nuno costume by making me that Mourning Widows thing for my arm.

"..I fantasize about my death, I'll kill myself from holdin' my breath..
My suicidal dreams, Voices telling me what to do, My suicidal dreams, I'm sure you will get yours too..
Help me, comfort me, Stop me from feelin' what I'm feelin' now, the rope is here, now i'll find a use, I'll kill myself I'll put my head in the noose..
My suicidal dreams, Voices telling me what to do, My suicidal dreams, I'm sure you will get yours too.." - Silverchair, "Suicidal Dreams"

It's called Mario Twins. Yeah, you want to go to the site for it, idiot. For those of you that were interested in knowing more about the people responsible for the Mario Twins thing, this is a good start. Or if you just want to watch the new longer version of the Mario Twins you can do that too.

Girls are evil and here's the proof. You can't argue with math people.

"When a band starts out, it’s one thing, and then when you start making money it’s a completely different matter. People actually believe they are important just because they made all this money. I was really glad to know that I was still as miserable as I was before I made any money." - Nuno Bettencourt

Requiem for the Nintendo 64.

So how was everyone's Halloween? Hopefully all you kids had a lot more fun than I did. Nevertheless, there will be pictures up soon. Did anyone do anything fun? Though I can often be heard proclaiming that I "want fun", unfortunately last night fun seemed to avoid me like I was the carrier of some kind of fun-killing virus.

The band name is still up in the air. You should help.

"Time can move fast now that you're gone, Can't dwell in the past, what's done is done, Startin' over again, more or less, In my pursuit of happiness, Startin' over again, more or less, in my pursuit of happiness" - Nuno, "Pursuit of Happiness"

Happy Halloween everybody! I've done a little Halloween drawing of a vampire. Look at it before it destroys you.

"Yes, playing is for pleasure. We should have a pool. Make us one from the sky, I command it! Seriously, I do command it." - Master Shake from Aqua Teen Hunger Force

My latest self portrait. You'll notice my head is enormous... just like in real life.

Andrew WK will be performing on an episode of Live from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on either MTV or MTV2 tonight. I'll let you know the exact specifics as soon as I find out.

I couldn't quite figure this out, but maybe one of you is smarter than I am and will be able to. You have to have sound for it to work though.

Halloween fun for 2002 from Homestar Runner and the gang.

For those of you interested in the new Superman flick here's some more info.

Check out all these interesting figures and such about Animal Crossing.

I think one of Ed's best qualities is how he knows when to and when not to have more common sense than I do. Just a random observation. So what's new with you kids?

Heck yeah I'm up for a 700 million dollar Fantastic Four flick! It's cheap and it's alliteration.

Danny returns to solid gold quote prominence:
"Hold your breath while I pimp."
"It's freaky devil in there."

I can't think of a single reason I don't need this.

Affleck was da' bomb in "Phantoms". Now, he must stop a bomb in "The Sum of All Fears". That totally should have been the tagline for that flick. My thanks to CHUD for coming up with that.

Sometimes I wish I was allergic to some kinds of soap so then I could say things like, "No, don't get that kind of soap, I'm allergic to that kind." - Chris Haley (I thought of that in the shower)

I don't care what anyone says, my boy could be perfect as Superman! For God sake's look at this picture!! It might as well just say it's a picture of Clark and Lois!

I'd like to formally thank the Renegades of Phunk for adding Hip Today to their list of links. Hopefully, some day soon their music section will feature an interview with Edward and myself about our band. Speaking of which...

ROUND 3 of the "Name Our New Band" Poll is now up and running. Help name the next Def Leppard.

If you're looking forward to the new X-Men flick, you'll probably want to check out this first wave of pictures. Looks pretty cool to me.

In case it wasn't clear from my earlier post, I enjoyed The Ring. I certainly don't think it's as scary as some people are making it out to be, but it is pretty creepy. I will say that it has one of the best creepy scores I've ever heard. Hans Zimmer is to be commended. Also, I'm now suggesting that you go see Rules of Attraction. I think you'll either love it or hate it, no middle ground.

And now for a nice slice right out of my life by James Kolchalka...

So I saw "The Ring" this weekend. I didn't think it was that scary.. I mean it's just a ring, right?

I also saw Rules of Attraction. It was good. I'm not saying you should necessarily see it, but I liked it... so do whatever you like with that information.

If you like Adult Swim, here's a bit of good news.


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Wow, after having a not so great day the last day I worked, and leaving with a not so good feeling about working there, I had a day today that left me feeling like I couldn't like working there anymore. It's a good feeling. So yeah, my job satisfaction is back at a very high level... which is good.

There's been an influx of new visitors here to Hip Today as of late, and I'd like to say I hope you all keep coming around.

Though some of you have already discovered as much, I've added a new photo album to the Gallery. Check it out, won't you?

Another round of..
Steven Segal Super Happy Three Word Title Movie Name Mania Fun Game!
Steven Segal: Forced to Agree
Steven Segal: Too Much Ass

Listening to @ this second:
"Hey
I would really like to talk with you
Girl
Do you have the time to stop
Say
All I wanna do is rock
If this was any other day
I'd turn and walk the other way
today
I'll stay
Not walk away" - Travis, "All I Wanna Do Is Rock"