In case you were wondering, I'm still alive.
Good for Obi-Wan.
Here come the Mario names: Super Mario Freestyle Freakout, Super Mario Ouchie Ouchie, Super Mario Too Much Water, Super Mario I Need to Sit Down, Super Mario Stuntpants, Super Mario Shake-A-Lot, Super Mario Likes Big Butts

As I'm sitting here working on my silly little website and eating this Twizzler and drinking a really cold Pepsi, I can't help but think how pretty f'ing sweet my life is sometimes.

More alternate Super Mario Sunshine names: Super Mario Hangover, Super Mario Divide and Conquer, Super Mario with a Vengeance, Super Mario Bros. Close to the Edge, Super Mario Bros. I Swear I Didn't Know It Was Loaded, Super Mario Never Dies

Just to kinda let you know ahead of time my house is about to be invaded by noisy little monsters... I mean, noisy little children that I happen to be related to... whom I love.. no, really I do. (Is anyone catching the sarcasm?) I kid, I kid. No, seriously, they're a great bunch of kids... for me to poop on! Sigh... how I miss Triumph's insult comic-ing... anyway, so the point is if things don't get updated quite as quickly as they should around here you kids can't hold it against me. Ok? Ok.

"I've got radar for Rygar." - Me at work today

I am Mario. I like to jump around, and would lead a fairly serene and aimless existence if it weren't for my friends always getting into trouble. I love to help out, even when it puts me at risk. I seem to make friends with people who just can't stay out of trouble. What Video Game Character Are You?

"If you don't like, what you see here, get the funk out..." - Extreme

Ok, I caught some crap today for not telling you guys and gals about this so here's the news one day late. You can now catch the original G.I. Joe on Cartoon Network every weeknight at midnight central time.

And on the off chance that any of you are Pearl Jam fans, the band has decided to postpone the B-side album they were going to release in favor of releasing their new album which is supposedly due before the ned of the year. Look for the B-side album sometime next year.

I almost forgot, it's Canada Day! Hooray for Canada! Be sure to get on the Canadian Global Supremacy bandwagon or the Canadian World Domination bandwagon now while the gettin' is still good.
Finally, a hoodie for me.

"Stupid games are for stupid people.." - New Found Glory, "All or Nothing"

"Come on fhqwghads, say come on fhqwghads, everybody to the limit, everybody to the limit, everybody come on fhqwghads!" - Strong Bad (don't ask any stupid questions, just go watch it)

"Let's sew our pants together, 1-2-3-4-5, let's dive right in forever, 6-7-8-9-10, then won't we all be so clever... " - Rivers from "Let's Sew Our Pants Together"

I just watched Tombstone for the first time and I've just heard two of the best badass quotes I'll probably ever hear. I'm only going to put one of them on here though... "You tell 'em I'm comin', and Hell's comin' with me."

Which Colossal Death Robot Are You?

Ya know kids, I don't mind telling you that I don't mind being Gigantor. And now a quote from the Gigantor theme song:
"He's bigger than big, he's stronger than strong, he's quicker than quick, he's taller than tall, he's read to fight for right.. against wrong!"
You should get on Morpheus or Kazaa or whatever you use to download stuff for free and check out the Helmet cover of the theme song, it's hella good I promise. That's right, hella.

The American release of Ash's latest CD, Free All Angels, hit store shelves Tuesday. You can get it at Best Buy for only $5.99! Not only is it one of the best CD's you'll own, but it comes with a free Ash DVD full of videos, concert footage, live performances, a documentary on the band, and bonus audio tracks not available anywhere else. All of that for six freakin' dollars! What more do you people need?!

More cool crap than you can shake a stick at.

"My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me, so won't you kill me, so I die happy..." - Dashboard Confessional, "Hands Down"

Two new Super Mario names from Corey: Super Mario Bros. Unplanned Pregnancy and Super Mario B-I-E-I-itch.

If you like those Relient K kids, and by all reasonable opinions you should, you can check out their song (called "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything") from the Veggietales movie by right-clicking here and selecting "Save As..."

Don't forget that Kevin Smith will be on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno tonight to promote his Spider-Man/Black Cat comic that hits stores nationwide tomorrow.

One fan's 101 reasons why The Simpsons is the best show ever.

The teaser poster and trailer for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers have been released... I know you don't need me to tell you that you want to check it out.

"When you lose a part of yourself to somebody you know, it takes a lot to let go..." - New Found Glory

You're a classic. You're popular. What else could you ask for? Maybe a taste in music, but that's up to you.

Like Wonder Woman? Like Superman? Like Captain America?
It's some new stuff kids.
Pretty cool pic @ the Spidey Pic of the Day... not to mention the new comic I made yesterday, plus the Comic of the Day is pretty good today as well.
Be sure to read what I wrote below Silent Bob.

Who's Your Movie Sidekick? Find out @ She's Crafty

You know kids, it's come to my attention that some of you are of the opinion that sometimes I don't update the site enough. You may be right, but there's a reason for it. As much as I'd like to think that all of you great guys and gals check the site everyday, I know from the counter that there are only a handful of people who do so. Since that is the case, sometimes I don't like to add new stuff right away because I'm afraid the stuff from the day before or days before won't get seen. Does that make sense? Well, my point is I'm going to try to update as frequently as possible, but you've got to promise me you're going to scan down the page when you come here and check out the stuff you missed... unless of course you're one of those glorious people that checks everyday, those people are free to do whatever the hell they want and God bless 'em for doing it... namely Jimbo, now that's a Friend of Hip Today.

I can't figure out if this is a good thing or a bad thing...
Another Mario name: Super Mario My Finger Hurts.

You are zidane You are a pervert O_O Well, that's what people think when they see you a first, but once they look deeper, they see that you are a caring and loveable person.

take this quiz!

A quick addition to the ever growing list of alternate/new Super Mario names: Super Mario Pummel.
"Look-Out-Ladies Productions presents Pablo Phoenix, this Friday at the civic center!" - Strong Bad
Why not a Super-Hero Network?

Sweet Christmas!! DC has been monitoring my thoughts, but for once it's paid off in spades! In spades I tell ya!

Take the quiz here!

I played kickball again earlier tonight (Sunday night, though it's technically Monday now). We had twelve people playing.. I think that may be a record for us. I have to admit that while the idea of having a lot of people who weren't part of the "regulars" wasn't something I was looking forward to, having a ton of help when it came to fielding was a very pleasant experience. Dustin gets better every time we play though, and that scares me. Keeping him and Danny's sister (I know her name but I'm not sure how to spell it so I'm not going to risk it) on opposite teams proved to be a good idea though... to be honest though sometimes it seems like he could play the entire outfield by himself.

One of my pictures has been chosen as a "Staff Pick" by the good people at Jones Soda. You can take a look at it by clicking here. Feel free to support it and your Hip Today by voting favorably for it and my other pictures which can be viewed by clicking here.

“The Avengers' battle cry is ‘Avengers Assemble!’; the Fantastic Four's is ‘Johnny, WAIT!’" - Mark Waid (click here to read more)

To prove I don't hate Josh, here's a website I think he'd probably like.

We can look forward to Gamecube games for both The Hulk and Daredevil to coincide with their upcoming feature films... and even though he doesn't have a movie coming up you can look forward to an Aquaman game as well.

While this is awfully cute, I hope Warner Bros. and Cartoon Network are having to pay Jim Henson's kids for ripping off his ideas. I imagine the pitch meeting for this show went like "Hey, everyone loved the Muppet Babies, why can't we rip that off?"

Clicking here will take you to the rest of Hip Today. There's plenty to see and do there, but please feel free to check out all the cool stuff here before you go there. So yeah on to the other stuff...

If you enjoy Kevin Smith or his movies, or Clerks (the movie and/or the show), or superheroes, or cartoons, or just things that are really funny in general, you must, I repeat, must go see this.

I am Super Mario I'm a very jolly person, and always willing to help a friend. I don't see myself as very important, but I always seem to end up being in charge. I like to eat alot.. perhaps a bit to much. What SSBM character are you?

Before I get to this other thing I had to say I have to make sure that you all check this out. I'm not sure what to think of it yet, like whether I would give it a thumbs up or down since it's still a little early in the goings to do so intelligently, but I will tell you that when I heard THE line... well, it almost brought me to tears of nostalgic, days of my youth-filled, joy...
By the Power of Grayskull...

As you may or may not know, my soul (that is as it pertains to my employment) is now owned by Barnes and Noble, or more specifically one of it's subsidiaries, GameStop/FunCo Land. That being the case I find myself unable to be more excited by and more interested in the subject of video games. Not that I didn't like, enjoy, maybe even love video games before, but now I find my days spent with talk of the differences in Halo and Gunvalkryie on Xbox (a system that prior to this job I would have avoided talking about for any reason), and why I need a Neo Geo cabinet arcade system in my house, and how great this Christmas is going to be for Nintendo and it's "Gaming Cube." I didn't used to talk about things like this... or if I did it was at least much much less frequently and with much less fervor. But now that it's upon me like a white upon rice, I'm beginning to like it ... and that frightens me.

"Don't worry, they didn't get those Nintari games you wanted." - Edward today at work

So without further ado, here's more GAMECUBE news!
This is the Mario name I've been waiting for... so good it literally scares me... SUPER MARIO UNIVERSE
There IS an adult Link... and you won't believe where he'll be showing up
Fox McCloud can fight dinosaurs (more StarFox)

Matt makes things funnier
"Wave your hands in the air, with your concern at an all time low."
"Dixie Cafe - Where the gravy's decent."