As you no doubt know, I'm a really big fan of Penny Arcade, reason being, it's funnier than I have the mental capacity or verbal skills to fully communicate to all of you. And as funny as their comics are (Which make no mistake, they are funny. Funny. Fun-nay.) sometimes they are really at their best when they're getting to rip into stupidity, whether it be in inanimate, human, or idealogical form. A perfect example of this can be seen here as Gabe goes to town on those who have the nerve to call the look of the new Legend of Zelda game for Gamecube "kiddie". Scroll down to where it says "More on Celda".

For those that missed the link before, here's the pictures from the 2002 Christmas Party.

This guy did something that's pretty darn balls out, and I'm going to bet a few of you are going to wish you'd thought of it first.

I know I asked this once before, but would you guys be interested in me doing a daily sketch type thing, where I have a new sketch or some kind of drawing by me up here everyday? I'd appreciate any and all feedback. It seems like it might be a neat thing to do, but if no one would be interested in seeing it then there's not much need to do it. Just curious.




Monkey Genius
Find out what Cartoon villan you are.

Steve and Edward both told me within 24 hours of each other that they are starting their own websites, so mine is useless to them and all of you now. Ok, neither of them said that last part. Either way it looks like I'm going to have to move things forward sooner than I intended...
You can chcek out Steve's by clicking here.
I don't think Ed's is up and running yet, but I'm sure it'll be quite wicked once it is, and I personally look forawrd to checking it out.

Great Quote of the Day: "Lovin' you is easy 'cause you're available.."

I've been listening to BBC World News to get my information on what's been going on with the war, and I've come to one conclusion: Every "news person" on BBC World News is an a-hole. They have guests on there that seem intelligent and even tempered, but all of the actual "anchors" seem to be dicks.

I got the new Game Boy Advance SP and some games today, and I've got to say I'm quite pleased with the purchase. It's everything I hoped it would be.. and that's pretty good. This next week is going to be quite a big purchasing week as well with the release of Futurama Season 1, Jackass The Movie, CKY 4, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Mystery Science Theater 3000 Box Set Vol. 2, and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker for Gamecube!

I also managed to do some cut-type damage to my hands tonight that's not so good. I cut up underneath one of my fingernails with a cardboard box somehow, and then managed to slice my index finger on the other hand pretty nicely with a really, really old (but still all together huge) kitchen knife. I fear I may need a tetanus shot, but I don't know much about that kind of thing so I don't know for sure.

Who's in the mood for some new pictures? I know I am! Here's the pictures from the Christmas Party 2002.

The line-up for this year's Memphis in May Beale Street Music Fest has been announced, and you know it's going to be another great year for seeing music in Pimphis when the only name that even managed to register on my richter scale of interest was The Gap Band. While I'd like to see them and let them "drop" a proverbial "bomb" on me, I think it's safe to assume I'll be avoiding Riverside like the plague that weekend.

MC Frontalot has released a new song about the war called "Special Delivery", and I'd be lying if I said it wasn't better than the one the Beastie Boys came out with on their site. He's the MC that fronts the most, and you should check it out.

I can't wait to see this! The people at Mainframe Entertainment (Reboot) do fine, fine work.


Even Superman once worked in a team.
Take the Cartoon Hero Quiz!

Speaking of Superman, it looks as though Brett Ratner is officially no longer directing the new flick. I've heard very little to make me excited about anything to do with this movie in the last few months, so I guess this news really doesn't matter to me either way.

NEW ASTROBOY!!!! I'm honestly too excited about this.


Looks like I'm Archangel this time!

Look, this is freaking hilarious ok?

You need to be visiting James Kolchalka's website everyday! He's a genius.

Know where else you need to be checking out everyday along these same lines? Toddbot.com! Todd and I have gotten to be quasi-friends (as far as over the internet goes), and that's a pretty cool to me because he's pretty darn cool... so check out his site. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Did anyone catch Chris Jericho on The Late Late Show tonight? Well, I did and it was quite entertaining. For those of you that didn't get to see it, here's some alternate Jericho goodness.

We never have cookies here. I just thought of that and it's bummin' me out. I should go buy some cookies tomorrow. I think that's what I'll do after work. Call me if you're interested in getting cookies Wednesday night around 7.

In addition to liking comics, I also like video games, and here's a fun one you can play from the good folks at Homestar Runner.com! TROGDOR!!

I can't decide if this is cool or not...

If you're in the mood for another game after Trogdor!, then you can check out this link that Sam sent me that was my first introduction to the wonder that is Andrew WK way back when.

Man I just started feeling kinda sick all of a sudden..blah. Anyway, would you guys be interested in me doing a daily sketch type thing, where I have a new sketch or some kind of drawing by me up here everyday? I'd appreciate any and all feedback, because it seems like it might be a neat thing to do, but if no one would be interested in seeing it then there's not much need to do it. Just curious.

As most of you well know, I like comics, but you know what I like even more than comics? Free comics. This comic called Invincible is quite good in my opinion, and perhaps you can read it and then feel the same way. Give it a try, won't you.

Be sure to catch Y2J himself, Chris Jericho, on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn Tuesday night!

In my continuing quest to make sure everyone that checks out the new pictures is thanked, I'd like to thank (in chronological order) Katie, Dani, Van, Jim, and Jorden.
All of them (as well as all of you that I've already mentioned) are good people for whom I hope good things happen.

Whoop-tee-doo Tarantula Town, it's St. Patrick's Day.

In other happy news, it looks like it's two minutes to midnight on the whole World War 3 thing. I can't say that I'm all that excited about this though.. I mean I'm all for killing people that want to kill me, but the idea of killing them, and then their "super-end-of-the-world bombs" making me and those I care for ultra-dead leaves me feeling less than excited.

Do you ever see something that you think is a good idea and realize that you could have thought of it first? So why didn't you?

One of my favorite bands, and hopefully one of yours, Fountains of Wayne have a new CD called "Welcome Interstate Managers" coming out June 3. I suggest you all mark that date on your calendars and circle it.. maybe even put a star.

As you all no doubt know, I'm pretty brand loyal to Nintendo, and as such, when I hear about favorable news I'm inclined to feel good about it... and if something makes me feel good that means you will probably be forced to hear about it.

This is too horrific for words... Edward, you should especially check this out.

For the two of you that don't know, I got a new tattoo on Wednesday. In Edward's words it's "the tattoo I should have always had." It's of Superman, and my doppelgangster (that's Edward) got one of Ghost Rider. His has got to be the freakin' scariest tattoo I've ever seen. It's balls out bad "A", while mine is the raddest, baddest, roughest, toughest picture of Superman I've ever seen, and by far the best tattoo I've ever had. There will be pictures of the festivities up shortly, which I hope you will all enjoy. Also, on a related note, I'd like to especially thank Tara for saving the day and providing me with the necessary funds to pay for my tattoo when I discovered I had left my money at home like an idiot. She's super-cool so be nice to her the next time you see her!

In these troubled times I think it's important to remember what the real threat to us all is... SPACE ALIENS. Here's an Alien Survival Study Guide to help us all out.

To update a previous post, I'd like to thank Steve and Sam (though I'm not sure if it's the Sam I know) for checking out the latest pictures. All will be thanked.


That's pretty funny and it's courtesy of James Kolchalka!

Could this be the game to finally make me buy an "Xbob"?

To update the last post, I'd now also like to add Jack and Matt(mattmatt) to the list of people who have been thanked for checking out the latest addition to the photo gallery. I've got all of your backs kids, I'm not going to leave a single person unthanked.

To update that last post, I'd also now like to thank Rebecca and Megan for checking out the new pictures! You two also are great people whom are good and nice.

"Why the hell not?" is right!

Everyone really should try to give that "Somebody Else" song I mentioned a few days ago by Bleu a listen.. I mean, I'm listening to it right now.. it's good. You should listen to it.

Some good news about the Hulk flick.

Matt (or Mattmattmatt as you may call him) told me to check out the Human Torch dotcomic on this page and it was pretty cool, so I thought you might want to check it out as well.

Apparently, Joaquin Phoenix is going to be playing Johnny Cash in a movie based on his early years. For the time being the film is titled "Walk the Line."

I'd like to thank (in the order of viewing) Edward, Tara, Angela, Adam, Corey, Chris McCarver, Carole, "T-Bone", and Rachel for checking out the latest set of pictures I put up a few days ago. Just wanted to acknowledge you and let it be known that I appreciate you visiting the site.

Song number whatever is "She Will Be Loved" by Maroon 5. Is this over yet, Doug?
"I don't mind spendin' everyday, out on your corner in the pourin' rain, look for the girl with the broken smile, ask her if she wants to stay a while, and she will be loved..."

I feel like this is probably what we're a day or two away from. (I ended the sentence with a preposition, and I'm sorry. Steve sent me this link by the way.)

That picture of Superman on the front page was drawn by me, and I think it's probably the best picture of Superman I've ever drawn. Not saying that it's necessarily good or anything, but I definitely think it's the best I've done. Just thought I'd share that with you. I'll welcome any and all comments on the picture.. or on anything else I guess.

"This movie is really drawing me in ... into a deep well of despair." - Crow T. Robot, MST3K

"The First Steps of Our Tough Journey Together As Sin Brothers" - potential name for a band Edward and I would like to start some day... well, that's as accurate of a description for this as I can explain

Just added some new pictures.. see how you like them, won't you?

I just saw a video of Brock Lesnar doing the most impressive Shooting Star Press I've ever seen. I'm at a loss for words as to what this means for the state of the world in general. Monsters shouldn't be able to move like ballerinas or acrobats.

Don't even act like I don't need this.

The next song is "Somebody Else" by Bleu.

"L.A.P.D.: Let's all Perfect Dark" - Danny

Jack Black speaks and we listen.

So get this, I forgot to mention it earlier, but I'd like to thank you all for February of 2003. I say thank you, because though it was the shortest month of the year, it managed to shatter (and I do mean shatter, there was literally a mess to clean up... ok, not literally) the previous record for number of page hits in a month. It seems as though we're gaining more and more Friends of Hip Today and those friends seem to be telling other friends, who seem to be telling other friends, and so on and such and such. Anyway, the point is I really appreciate it, and I hope the trend of spreading the word about can continue, and I also hope that all of you know that you're always welcome to get in touch with me via any means necessary to let me know about something you think should be on here or that you'd like to see on here or that you want to alert the rest of the Hip Today audience to. That's poor grammar because I ended the sentence with a prepostion, but it's okay for me to do it since I know, and have acknowledged that fact.

Was the Apollo moon landing fake? (And why haven't we been back to the moon in 39 years?) An interesting website.

And for the other side of the argument, please feel free to give this the old once over.

And for a completely different argument about the moon, NASA, the government, and conspiracies involving the prior, go here.

"Only those who are bold enough to chase dreams are the ones who catch them." - a random quote I heard on a commercial

What's Your Movie Dream Car?
by Auto Glass America

Get this, Pat just sent me this link, and what do you know, they're making a Cowboy Bebop movie. It hits theaters April 4, but as per usual with movies that are only in select cities, it won't be playing anywhere near me. Check out the site though and watch the trailer and see if it's maybe playing somewhere near you... then go see it and let me know how it was.

How are ya?

Sad, sad times, kids. Everyone's favorite neighbor, Mr. Rogers, has passed away after a battle with stomach cancer at the age of 74. I'm sure we'll all miss him greatly.

BREAKING NEWS!!
In "Oh, thank heavens!" news, Josh Hartnett will not be playing Superman! However, it's a bittersweet victory, because the announcement also says, "Warner (Bros.) has said they are not looking for someone that looks like Superman or even can act well; they're looking for someone to sign a three-picture deal." That's certainly a fine way to make a quality motion picture.

If there's a game I'm looking forward to, it's the new Megaman game that's coming out for the Gamecube. If there's a game I enjoy on a nostalgia level but am also disappointed with, it's Dragon's Lair 3D. The game succeeds in recapturing the look, sound, feel, and indeed, even the spirit of the original arcade classic. However, and I'd say most importantly, the thing it manages to recapture the best from the original is the impossibility... because it's impossible.

New comic today.

THQ is giving us all a chance to let our voices be heard and make the next WWE (or WWF if you prefer to still call it that) game for the Gamecube not blow. I'm going to have to request that you all go check it out and answer the questions wisely.

The Clerks IN-action figures. Before you can ask, yes, I will be buying all of these.

And now for some random quotes and such I had jotted down on random scraps of paper and napkins and placemats from IHOP and such...
"Chridward"- the name given to a fictional person made by combining Edward and myself into one person
"I'll take the James Brown's over the James Clown's." - Danny on his choice of bowling footwear
"Corey 'One Pin' Smithmier" - a nickname was assigned while bowling

Everyone must, must, MUST check this out please. I totally think it's worth it for you to check it out. No, seriously, chances are you'll think it's quite cool.

This is a direct quote from AOL's coverage of the Tyson fight and it made me laugh, so I thought I'd share it with you: "...Tyson went right after Etienne, who cooperated by standing in front of him and punching back.

It proved a mistake when Tyson threw a right hand that landed flush on Etienne's jaw and sent him sprawling to the canvas."

I just finished watching a movie called "The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies." Yup.

"If everybody could just learn to relax, go to it; I think we'd all be better off. That song really has the best advice ever. I used to think that John Lennon with 'all you need is love' was it, but that's bull. John Lennon is full of crap. He really is a dreamer. I mean, I like John Lennon, he wrote some good songs, but they're not getting me through the week. Pretty songs can't do it all for you." - Corey, I couldn't stop laughing as he was saying this

Apparently one of my favorite bands, Ash have a new quasi-documentary type thing debuting on UK TV. So we'll probably never see it, but it sounds crazy, so I'd like to very much.

I'm not even going to lie and say I don't want this.

AOL has been reporting on that fire at a Great White show in Rhode Island where the number of people killed keeps rising, and they just keep reprinting the same story with a new headline about how high the death count is now, and then they change all the numbers within the story itself to the new higher number. It just seemed weird to me. Even weirder though, was how they now have bootleg video footage from someone who was filming the show from the crowd with a camcorder. It's pretty surreal to watch when you sit there and realize what's about to happen, and then it starts happening. It seems a little callous of AOL I think, but I dunno.

Cartoon Network and Lucasfilm announce 20 Star Wars animated short films. Sounds pretty wicked to me.


You're Scott Summers. You're a leader, a people
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seem to come off as a control freak sometimes,
and that's because you are. You're afraid of
losing control, so you take careful measures to
be sure you're in control. But you have good
intentions, and your loved ones always come
before yourself.


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Auto Modellista looks so, so sweet.

Sam (who once proclaimed himself to be the King of All Media) was kind enough to send me the link to the new trailer for the second X-Men flick, or X2 as it's being called. Ii've seen the trailer 3 times on the big screen with my three viewing of Daredevil, but for those of you who haven't seen it, here it is. I'll be honest and tell you that while I do think it looks pretty cool and I'm excited to see the flick, I don't think it's as balls out wicked as almost everyone else seems to think it is. I mean don't get me wrong it looks pretty cool, but it didn't make me want to say things like, "I'd see Daredevil again just to get to see that X2 trailer again."

How'd you like to have a look at my DVD collection? Well, now you can. It's as up to date as I can make it.

Sweet Jesus it was gloomy today. The sky was so freaking gray as I was walking to class today that it made me want to go to an art store and find a gray marker that was the same depressing shade as the sky so that I could color a picture of me looking at how gloomy the sky was. Anyway, after class I went to Target for a few minutes and promptly proceeded to lose my everloving mind from lack of sleep. It was ridiculous. I decided to leave then and I managed to make it home without any further incident. Fun, yeah?



I'm Bart, who are you? by Lexi

I think I mentioned this a loooong time ago back when it was just a rumor, but it's come to pass, and Todd McFarlane is making a line of Wizrd of Oz figures called "The Twisted Land of Oz". There's a disclaimer on this page (where you can check them out) that says the line is not intended for anyone under the age of 17. They aren't kidding either. "Twisted" is indeed the best word to describe it.

I've made an update of noteworthy proportions to the Friends of Hip Today section of the site. You should check it out, however, I'd like to add more to it, so if you want to make something that's somehow related to Hip Today, be it a picture of you with Hip Today written on you or on something on your person, or a drawing of me, or a drawing of a monkey fighting a robot, or an actual picture of a monkey fighting a robot, whatever tickles your fancy, please make it happen and send it to me. Internet fame awaits you!

I taste like Peanut Butter. I am one of the most blendable flavours; I go with sweet, I go with sour, I go with bland, I go with anything. I am practical and good company, but have something of a tendency to hang around when I'm not wanted, unaware that my presence is not welcome. What Flavour Are You?

I'm surprised it's taken this long for something like this to come out.

They're making Looney Tunes figures apparently, and this is fine with me.

Also it's come to my attention that McDonald's will be teaming with Sega to bring Sonic and Super Monkey Ball stuff to a Happy Meal near you.

I had a pretty weird day today (Tuesday). It was odd in a weird kind of way. Music I normally enjoy sounded like it was off a bit and displeasing to the ear, I had trouble talking like a normal human being who has any kind of social skills, and any number of other things. I found myself thinking about things and people I hadn't thought about for some time and feeling rather melancholy about it all. I was at work almost a full hour past when I was supposed to be there, and yet for some reason, it didn't feel like I was there for very long at all. I kinda felt like a balloon all night, just drifting around doing things randomly. I don't guess it was bad, but it was weird.

I sent this picture to Gabe (the guy who draws Penny Arcade) after I read that he was a big Daredevil fan, and like 30 minutes later he sent me back an e-mail saying "That looks awesome man, great work". Needless to say, I nearly started crying with excitement. Just thought I'd share that little bright spot in my life with all of you.

The first images from the Van Helsing flick starring Hugh Jackman as Dracula's nemesis have surfaced. I dunno, I think they look pretty neat.. what about you?

It's a sad day for video games and video game lovers everywhere.

Apparently the site had more hits on Sunday than it has ever received in any previous single day. All I can say is "Wow." and "Thank you." to all of you who made it happen. If there's ever anything I can do for you or that you'd like to see me put on here just for you, let me know and I'll do my best. I mean don't get me wrong, I hate you and you'll all have to die when ascend to my rightful place as Emperor Fabulous.. but I love you as well, so I guess it balances out. Also I've seen Daredevil three times now.

The International Toy Fair happened last week or is going on right now or whatever the case is here are some highlights:

I don't know that I'd call these figures because they're really more like little statues, but they still look pretty cool in my estimation and they might in yours as well. I mean, c'mon, Alex Ross was involved.

Unlike the G.I. Joe stuff that Chris McCarver buys, this stuff looks pretty cool.

Davey and Goliath return.

The new Batman line.

These look well made as well... as far as Monty Python figures go I mean.

Simpsons stuff for 2003.

The new Masters of the Universe line continues to modernize my childhood in a fashion that I pleases me.

Toynami's I-Men can be viewed here, or you can check out their Herculoids line here, not to mention Birdman and The Blue Falcon.

In my opinion I've saved the best for last. I think that if these actually look like these prototypes do when they come out they may very well be the best figures ever made of these characters.. and by these characters I mean the JLA.

If I might be allowed to do so (and it's my website, so I am), I'd like to offer all of you an extended quote from the great Scott Kurtz:
"Dear Mister Affleck,

I owe you an apology.

I was one of many internet “dipshits” who started crying foul when you were cast as Daredevil. I was positive (having never seen the movie) that you would "suck as Daredevil." I felt that your friend Matt Damon had been unfairly overlooked for the role (especially after seeing THE BOURNE IDENTITY).

Now that I have seen the movie, I realize that an apology is in order. I am a proud man, but I am not afraid to admit when I am wrong. So...here goes.

I'm sorry that I thought you would suck as Daredevil.
I'm sorry for, upon seeing the Daredevil stand-up in my theatre screaming "Damn you, Affleck!" while waving my fists in the air.
I am sorry for purposely groaning out load during the Daredevil trailer. I'm sorry for not listening to my dad when he told me that Daredevil would be cool. I beleive his exact words were "Daredevil will be a good movie if you can just watch it without being such an asshole."

Thanks for making the secret identity as interesting if not more interesting than the alter-ego. Again, I'm terribly sorry.

Sincerely
Scott R. Kurtz

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I'm very specific about what I want from a comic book movie, ESPECIALLY a superhero movie. Daredevil delivered on all counts. Because of this, any shortcomings that the film might have were easy to discard. DD shined through on several counts.

1) Every new superhero movie ultimately means that I have to endure an origin sequence for every major character when all I want is for them to get into costume and start kicking ass. Daredevil broke that standard. This is not a movie that's sole purpose is "establishing a franchise."

2) Not only does Daredevil stay true to the comic book, it manages to come up with some really great ideas about DD and his powers that no one had come up with yet. On a couple of occasions I thought to myself "Have they done that in the comic? That's really a great idea." I think this is what made the movie brilliant.

3) The action was cool. Superhero cool. Running around and making jumps no human could make, swinging around like no human could. Fun, comic book panels, up on the screen. Wicked cool, guys. Seriously.

You should go see it. Good stuff!"

So get this, there's going to be a Tenacious D movie. And that's cool enough in and of itself, right? But guess who's going to be directing it. Liam Lynch of Sifl and Olly fame!! What kind of crazy, world where dreams come true kind of world are we living in?!

I know some of you are planning on seeing the Daredevil flick tomorrow night, so here's a review of it if you're inclined to read reviews before you see movies. The best way I could review this movie is by telling you that I look forward to seeing it again.

While I'm on the subject of Marvel movies, apparently there's a new trailer for The HULK available.

"This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast Chicken." - Crow T. Robot of MST3K

If you're a Marvel Comics fan, this will probably be pretty cool to you.

Hip Today reached 8000 hits at some point last night. Thank you all very much. Feel free to tell a friend. This means that 10,000 is possible, and that's pretty cool if you ask me. Now if only something had been purchased with everyone of those hits...

This has nothing to do with what I was just saying, but as far as I'm concerned Rachel Leigh Cook is the prettiest girl that ever lived until someone can prove to me otherwise.

Speaking of Ben Affleck and Daredevil, guess who got to see a sneak preview of the flick last night a full 3 days early? Yes, that would be me. My total thanks to Tara for asking herself the question, "Who do I know that loves Ben Affleck and Daredevil and is really excited about seeing the movie about Daredevil starring Ben Affleck?" I mean, I can only assume that's what she asked herself. Not that you necessarily give a rip about my opinion, but I liked it an awful lot.

In other superhero news, thought he's said he doesn't care for superheroes, Guy Pearce is the prime candidate to play Batman in the new Bat-flick for director Christopher Nolan (Insomnia, Memento).

Also, since I know there are some Freaks and Geeks fans among the regulars here, you might be interested in signing this petition on the official Freaks and Geeks website.

You know, it just occurred to me that people that are new to this website might not get that my thinly veiled allusions to being in love with Ben Affleck are only half serious. I know some of the pictures of me here on the site might make you think otherwise, but I am, in fact, not gay.

In case you didn't know, I've got Daredevil (as drawn by me and colored by AlexPower) on the frontpage in celebration of the Daredevil movie being released this Friday, which also happens to be Valentine's Day. I can't think of a better Valentine's gift to myself than an evening with Ben Affleck.

"This shirt is dry clean only... which means that it's dirty." - Mitch Hedberg again

"If you are flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit." - Mitch Hedberg

I don't know what time the Blogger thing is going to say this was posted at, but it's 4:48 AM and I'm having trouble sleeping. I'm not sure why though. Anyway, while I'm here though, the next song on the list (and I'd appreciate it if someone would tell me what number we're up to) is "Flesh Into Gear" by CKY.

The new Ninja Turtle's cartoon premiered this weekend, and though I didn't get to see it, let's all celebrate by reading this review of "Christmas with the Turtles."

Sony Pictures has put together a pretty good site for the upcoming Hellboy flick. If you like Hellboy you'll probably like it, and if you don't know who Hellboy is then you should go here and find out.

There will probably be a new official Hip Today shirt available in the very immediate future based on a scenario Adam and I imagined me missing out on. I'm hoping that it will be a rousing success among the lovely ladies that frequent this website.

If this guy can act, then I'm fine with him being cast as Superman and being done with this whole to do once and for all.

I'm frightened by how famous these kids are probably going to be within the space of a few weeks. "Famous" on the internet I mean, but mark my words this thing is going to spread like wildfire.

As far as bobbleheads go, I think these look pretty cool: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve.

A pretty good interview with Australian monster, Nathan Jones.

If I could be honest with all of you about two things right now I'd like to, and since it's my website, I'm going to do just that.

1) I honestly feel like there's been some good stuff going on here on the site here in the last week or weeks as far as content, and I hope you've all been catching it all. I'd also like to say that as has always been the case, if there's ever anything you want to say about the site or anything you want to say and have it put on the site, feel free to let me know and it will happen. Also, if there's ever anything you think I could do to make you enjoy Hip Today more, be sure to tell me.

2) I'm honestly a little bummed out that more people haven't e-mailed me about hearing the mp3 we've got available for download. It's not a full band thing, it's just an acoustic cover of an Ozma song with Edward playing guitar and me singing and Adam helping with the recording, engineering, producing end, but I think it's pretty good and I thought there would be a bigger response than I've gotten so far. I guess that's it.

I appreciated this a lot more now that I'm doing some skateboarding. I'm making progress, but I'm sure that's what many of you thought would be happening.

For those of you that are interested, I do indeed need this.

I bought and watched the Dimension Collector's Series Edition of From Dusk Till Dawn last night. I enjoyed it thoroughly. You know who else enjoyed this movie? Seanbaby! Let's hear his thoughts on the film now.
Salma Hayek may be the living definition of "hot" in that movie.. but maybe that's because she doesn't say much.

I meant to post something about this sooner, but I'm only human so I forget things sometimes. Anyway, on to what I was going to say. I ran into most of the Renegades of Phunk at Chili's the other night and though not much happened in the way of shenanigans since they were about to be on their way out and I was there with a group of people that didn't need to be corrupted by the Renegades just yet, it was pretty cool being introduced as "Hip Today". It was kinda like that comic in the 70s where Spider-Man met Superman... if Superman and Spidey were websites in the greater Memphis area.

Because Hip Today cares about all of your individual interests, here's some news strictly for Edward. (Everyone else is welcome to read it as well though.)

And since I gave you all that news on Superman and Wonder Woman's movies the other day here's some news on the new Batman movie due out in 2005.

Speaking of movies from Warner Bros., June 3, 2003 will see the DVD release of The Animatrix, a companion film made up of 9 short films written by the Wachowski Bros. (creators of The Matrix) and directed by some of the biggest names in anime. You can check out a 10 minute preview of the first film by clicking on the link above.


Which Trigun Character are You like?
Takes other quizzes at Newsies Meets Anime...Anime Meets Newsies...

The first recording of "the band" that I'm a part of is now available for downloading if you'd like to hear it. If you're interested e-mail me and let me know you want a copy and I'll send it to you.

I honestly thought that we had gone as insane with the Mario Tennis as was humanly possible last week, but last night (Sunday night) proved me wrong when we (Adam, Corey, Danny, Edward, and myself) played until 4:30am. Ok, Ed left before that proving he's the only sane one out of the bunch, but he didn't miss being there for the entire time by far. I'm scared of what will happen if we should find ourselves in a postition to play this game again. I swear I think if I hadn't turned the system off we'd still be playing.

Possibly good news on the new Superman flick.
Followed by some not so good news for the Wonder Woman flick.
Followed by some not so good news for the Superman flick.

"When God was handing out talent, this guy grabbed the clipboard and sent home everybody who was unlucky enough to be in line behind him." - a quote about Butch Walker from R&R Magazine (a magazine about rock and/or roll)

Entertainment Weekly has taken it upon themselves to come up with a list of the 25 greatest episodes of The Simpsons. See what you make of it.

I've again forgotten what number we're up to but the next song is "Silkworm" by Arlo. I would also recommend the song "Linger On".

"Neither of us asserted our personalities." - Edward talking about a conversation we had while I was half asleep


what butch walker hair do are you?

For those of you that like the 7 $ Sox (and I know that some of you that frequent this page do) here are two of their songs for you to download: More Music Than Anything and It's a Darn Good Thing
Just right click and Save As...

While I'm on the subject of bands, get a load of this news, Alex Ross has done the cover art for Anthrax's new album.

Gabe says eating one of these is like God smiling at you, and I'm inclined to agree with him.

This whole business with the space shuttle blowing up is pretty weird. President Bush called it a tragedy for the nation, but after 9/11 I guess this doesn't seem quite as traumatizing. It's sad yes, but I guess 9/11 had a desensitizing effect as to what constitutes a national tragedy. Hopefully I don't sound like some kind of callous jackass by saying all of this.

For those of you who care, the answer is yes, I'm still feeling weird about things in general in my life at the moment. School, work, friends, relationships, family.. it all feels weird. I still think things are going to turn around though, and not just be back to normal, but be even better than before.

Onto other news: For the gamers, it looks like The Sims will be coming to the Gamecube. I still don't know if that'll entice me enough to give it a shot though. Also on the way to the Cube is DBZ: Budokai. I might be interested in that one. I guess time will tell. And if you like ghosts and/or goblins this may be of interest to you as it was to me.

With the proper set-up, planning, and talent, you can make some pretty amazing pictures with action figures: ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.


Are You Afraid Of The Dark? Telling ghost stories
that scare the crap out of me is your goal in
life. Please stop, the clowns'll eat me...

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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.


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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...