Higher Ground

As some of you may know I recently saw Stevie Wonder in concert at the Hollywood Bowl. The experience far surpassed any expectations that I had in terms of sound quality, set list, and positive energy. It was in fact one of the best concerts that I have ever gone to in my short life. The song that really stuck out that night for my father and I was Higher Ground. As we were leaving my dad told me that Higher Ground was his favorite song of the night and that Stevie really gave it his all during that particular portion of the show. Than my dad mentioned to me that he really liked the lyrics because they were about reincarnation. I replied, "they are?" I had heard them a million times growing up and a million more times with the Red Hot Chili Peppers (yes Stevie wrote it first!) cover that received a lot of play on KROQ, but I never fully understood the meaning. Not quite sure why when it seems to be fairly clear what Stevie intended. After taking a closer look I couldnt help but notice that the lyrics from the song completely reflect much of the spiritual beliefs that I have developed over a period of time. In addition, I couldnt help but laugh that the most spiritually relevant songs Ive ever had the pleasure of hearing also happens to be one of the "funkiest" jams ever written. Nice job Stevie. I thought Id share the connection with yall along with a video performance from 1973 that I found on YouTube. Enjoy!

*UPDATE LYRICS IN CASE YOU CANT UNDERSTAND STEVIE HEHEH*

People keep on learnin'
Soldiers keep on warrin'
World keep on turnin'
Cause it won't be too long
Powers keep on lyin'
While your people keep on dyin'
World keep on turnin'
Cause it won't be too long
I'm so darn glad he let me try it again
Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin
I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then
Gonna keep on tryin'
Till I reach the highest ground
Teachers keep on teachin'
Preachers keep on preachin'
World keep on turnin'
Cause it won't be too long
Oh no
Lovers keep on lovin'
Believers keep on believin'
Sleepers just stop sleepin'
Cause it won't be too long
Oh no
I'm so glad that he let me try it again
Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin
I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then
Gonna keep on tryin'
Till I reach my highest ground...Whew!
Till I reach my highest ground
No one's gonna bring me down
Oh no
Till I reach my highest ground
Don't you let nobody bring you down (they'll sho 'nuff try)
God is gonna show you higher ground
He's the only friend you have around

Fallout 3, ZOMFG!

I played maybe 20 minutes of Fallout. I like it. Unfortunately, it was while at my uncles house and by the time I had a computer sturdy enough to handle it....well, I had moved on. The same could be said for fallout 2. Regardless, I loved the premise. Add to that the fact that I LOVED Oblivion. Sure, I didn't play too much of it. But I definitely wasted plenty of time jacking around the large environment.

Finally, we have the first in-game footage for fallout 3 by Bethesda:





Vids comes compliments of RPS. The author of the story makes a good point...it kind of seems like Oblivion with guns. Judging by the tone that comes off as a bad thing to him. But honestly, that same thought ran through my head and I thought, YES! Oblivion with guns!

So I guess it's subjective...

Im baaaccck!!!

Thanks to the good efforts of Lorigga I am back in action. The dildo is dead. He will strike this house never again. He may be resurrected elsewhere by evil incantations but for now he is dormant and I say brigade members celebrate! WoW anyone?

(p.s. it was really just the cable, it seems your guess was right Cy)

In addition. Ive been having serious Zone Alarm issues so I uninstalled it. I recently went to download it and it seems its only for pay now....perhaps thats why I my version was having issues.....do any of you Windows users have any suggestions for free firewalls? My computer would benefit from having something I am sure. For now I am off to play FF7. Peace

This is a message from your emergency broadcast system...

So...you may have noticed things looking a little wonky today here in the cup. I assure you, it's not the shit. I've just been playing with layout options. Seeing as how the vote went out to change the color scheme, I figured it was time to start toying with it. Who would have guessed the right nav bar would get thrown for a loop!

So, no worries, once we've found something that works, we'll fix it all up.

Also, I'm very much considering getting www.in-the-cup.com and installing wordpress software. I've heard AMAZING things about it. Plus! It's open source, which means we could tailor it to OUR liking!

what do you guys think about that? I can look into what it takes to backup our posts and see if there's a way to convert it to wordpress. tell me what you think in the sips!

Mascot Failure!

This little clip comes courtesy of the failblog.



You know, it's really easy to forget there's someone in these suits...which totally made it harder for me to contain my laughter. Particularly when the song reaches the words "so you've had a bad day" which match exactly with footage of a mascot slamming into a basketball hoop backboard...yes, yes he did have a bad day. As well as all the other shmucks in furry suits.

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UPDATE: 7/11/08 @ 3:20 pm

Ummm....wanna see what the camera sees as lighting strikes it, enters your right hand, exits your left hand, and hits the rail you're holding onto? link

Its the time (From my heart version)

The painting is entitled "Buddha" by Octavio Ocampo
If anyone desires the old version I can post in a sip but I think this is more what I had in mind to begin with, or should I say this is more what I had in heart......

Flames ignite within my heart
Signaling its time to start
Rethinking the ancient art
Even writers play their part
Someone has to share the dream
For it to be reality

So I’ll share my dream with you
Birds did fly in skies of blue
And everyone you ever knew
Was part of one eternal truth
All were united as One
Sins of mankind were undone

Love reigned supreme once again!
No one was without a friend
Nobody had to pretend
Everything perfectly Zen
Prince of Peace reclaimed his place
Baring Buddha’s smiling face

A couple of random items...

Glad everyone is back to the blog...

So, I love Firefox 3. I've only had one major complaint until now. Thats the annoying "This site does not supply identity information" tooltip that pops up when I'm dragging a site icon from the address bar into a bookmark folder. Essentially,m this tooltip blocks my toolbar folder icons and disables me from conveniently bookmarking a site.

So I finally found a solution:

In your address bar, type "about:config"

search for "browser.chrome.toolbar_tips"

Double click the entry to set it to false.

Then rejoice that that pesky toolbar tip wont rear it's ugly head.



In other news, last week I hit a parked car while riding my bike. I completely slammed into the rear-view mirror and swiped it off clean. I blame marmots. This was their first attempt on my life. I'm scared. Not really. I was fine, just kind of hurt my elbow when I fell. And it will cost $200 - $300, yes, I found the car owner and am waiting for the final price...sigh...

And my mother is so supportive. When she heard about my misshap, her first words were "I knew he was going to hit something!" thanks mom. Have I ever told you guys, when I told my mom I was breaking up with Vicki and would be single again, she promptly responded "Welcome to the club!" LOL, that's my mom...

Crow, photobucket was down for maintenance last night I'll check out those pix asap.

Moose, I'm taking a french class on thursdays from 6:30 - 8:30 every thursday through August. So we'll have to figure out the gym stuff soon.

We're Back!

We just got back to the Bay late last night. I imagine regular things will resume regularly. More posts to the blog. Going to the gym. Playing Magic. Playing WoW. You know, regular stuff. Anyways, telephone conversations with cup contributors will be happening tonight/tomorrow. Hope all is well!

Video dump

Initerpol - Evil

You've probably all heard the song, and may have seen this vid, but I just saw it so now I'm posting it. I love it. Something about a puppet being rushed to the ER and eventually floating in the air...just makes me smile. Plus, he kind of looks freaky.

CSS (Canseir de Ser Sexy) - Alala

I showed this to Crow, speaks for itself. Kind of unsettling...but I like it.

CSS - Alcohol

Because it's the same band as above and it's got bunny rabbits + alcohol which last time I checked met the minimum qualifications to be considered cup material.

Sorry for video spamming...then again, we're in a dry season here in the cup. I blame the recession.\

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UPDATE 7/7/08 @ 12:22 am

Not a music video but if you have a good 7 minutes to spare, check this out!

Chainsaw Maid:

Diablo 3

It's official, Diablo 3 will be out sometime in the next 10 or 20 years, hehe. Meanwhile sounds like Starcraft 2 won't be out in time for the holidays. *teardrop*