We're talking some fuckin' M.U.S.C.L.E.

As you may or may not know, I fancy myself a collector of weird, obscure sweetness. Now, I would say I'm pretty tame when it comes to nerd standards, but my friends, and my most recent Ebay purchase, may provide fuel for debate on this topic. I scored a little something from my brother's & my childhood, we're talkin' M.U.S.C.L.E men. The raddest, weird little toys ever.

To give a little history on this subject, my bro & I had amassed quite an impressive army of these little guys. Only to one day, fall victim to complete M.U.S.C.L.E genocide. When I was 6-7 yrs. old, we were in a really bad car accident with my Mom, leaving our grandparents house for Thanksgiving. Our Muscle-y fellows accompanied us on many trips, as they were easy to transport, due to their compact size. Well, as we were rescued from the wreckage, and all walked away relatively unscathed, our MUSCLE collection perished in a fire-y death on the side of the freeway, along with my Mom's Volkswagon. The firemen(damn them at the time) wouldn't let us near the catastrophe. Crying & watching them all go up in smoke, felt more painful inside, than being at the hospital later, and being forced to pee in a weird bottle, in front of a doctor & female nurse, who were checking us for internal injuries. We did however, have the M.U.S.C.L.E Nintendo game to tide us over the next couple weeks, as we mourned our fallen soldiers.

(Fun Fact- There is a nice hole in the ozone layer right outside Pittsburgh, due to the amount of shitty toy rubber that burned up on the freeway, that fateful day.)

Fast forward to the main point. Ebay. Sweet score. I nabbed two 10 pack cans(sealed-MIB, mind you) on the 'ol auction site. One for me, one for my broseph(X-mas present brah). Big story for such a small piece 'o history. Hell yeah, memories...sniff sniff.

Tailgate Par-tay.

This video makes 2 things perfectly clear:

-Why I moved away from Buffalo.
-Why some days I miss it.

Be on the lookout for the following:

1. Keg stand.
2. Couch brought from home.
3. Deep fried Pig. Yes, a fucking pig. In a parking lot. Enjoy.
4. Zubaz
5. Choreographed bus-top wrestling match complete with costumes and faux Hulk. Again, enjoy.

It gets really good about 2:45 in. I probably went to high school with at least one of these people. Jesus.

Bosanova Lizard...

Wow. I want to hang with this lizard.

If you're gonna go....Go with a smile.

Where the Prince soundtrack at? Happy Halloween biatches..

Satan Rave

Gotta love this shit. I was good friends with a guy like this in college. Everyone used to laugh and clown him, but we were cool cuz we grew up in the same town. He went on to get his Masters from Columbia, 2nd Masters from Harvard, and Doctorate from MIT; all on the respective college's coin. Just caught him on a Discovery Channel special about Aspiring Minds in America. Fuck em' bitch, right?

Downtown Throwdown

Thought I'd post some pics of our snow shred rail jam we had in Seattle on Saturday night. The dragon rail was an odd choice, but still fun. I had 3 of our local shred dogs up in the mix, one took 2nd. Nice work. Had to go throw the tent up(only the small tent was allowed, harsh tokes), shake some babies & kiss some hands. Rain did not keep the peoples away. Go easy on me, these pics were off my phone thingy.

plant the seed...

seriously, wtf...

any sabres fan knows the background behind this one... crazy to see it forever immortalized a la Starting Lineup figurine... gross.

The Weiner's Circle Explained

Keep Mt. Hood weird!

Weekend at Bernies, and by Bernies I mean Hood. And by weekend, I mean Summertime.

You Got It, Dude.

News, Weather, and Sports.

How much is your corpse worth?

I'm worth a healthy 4575.00! Woot!
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if you blood throw it up...

Crips and Bloods licensing agreement with Mossimo, available at Target Stores everywhere...

Fork Bath

Ouch.....man, I got nothin' for this. That kid's nose is surely bumming right now.

I do hear a ringing of the bully Nelson Muntz from the Simpsons famous "Haaha" in my

head right now...does that make me a meanie? I mean I do feel bad for the lil' guy, but damn, that little hot dog nose/fork combo looks crazy funny. He'll be okay, plus have one of the best stories to tell ever, when he's older. I love the internet.

My trip to San Diego Comic Con 07

Yep, you read that right. Comic Con. We went to visit my girlfriend Liz's sister & sis's husband, who live in Carlsbad, and the moon and the stars aligned all proper like for the month of July, and gave me the chance to go get my nerd fix at the biggest place on Earth for that. The San Diego Comic Con.

Lemme tell ya, I'm a little biased, cuz I love this shit. But, if you have any sort of nerdiness coursing thru your veins, just waiting to be freed from geek purgatory, and you haven't hit Comic Con before, you're missing out. Shit is fun, funny, nerdy, awesome, stupid all rolled into a four day adventure.(I only went to 2 days, I'm not that bad).

This was my second time going, and I had a blasty blast. I don't partake in 16 sided dice or D&D kinda shit(not that there's anything wrong with that), but I do fancy myself as a small & particular collector of movie props, random toys, and some dope japanese import shit.....hmmm, yeah basically a total fucking nerd. Plus, Kevin Smith was there, and was doing his infamous live Q&A sesh's, which was just amazing. I can listen to that guy talk about anything, which he basically does, all day long. (I video'd that shit. I'll throw a Youtube up later.)

Anywho, I'm gonna quit while I still have some friends, and get on with the hi-lights. Pics!

Sgt. Slaughter is looking old, and that hat band is pretty fucked, but whatever, he could still kick my ass.


The Ark from Indiana Jones? Shit, was tempted to open it & melt some faces.


These Bart figures were custom painted and insane! Check the Bowie paint job on the bottom left! Yay!

Feelin' these.

This thing was amazing. Shit was spendy, but tempting.

Yeah, I realize there's potential for a bad slave Leia joke in here somewhere, but fuck it, when else are you gonna get to post up next to Jabba the Hutt?

Yeahhhhh Bender. If I could've have one wish at Comic Con, it would've been to be allowed to walk around drinking 40's with Bender all day. Sigh....one day.

Nuff said.

Awww, there's my lady with Optimus Prime movin' in on her.

Goddamn FrankenBerry. Oh, it was so good seeing him again. Like visiting a friend you haven't seen in years. Stay in touch Frankenberry.

Lord Have Mercy.

I gotta watch Don Cheadle's new flick.

More Tension Prease.

So true.

So true. If I see one more of these sticking out of some dumb shits messenger bag at the Irvine Spectrum, I'm going to hit them in the head with an oversized mexican flower urn. You know, there's tons of that shit over there.

Get out your fucking iPhone!

A baby shower worth checking out...

Definitely not from Albertson's.

Danzig Punchout Remix

An old Youtube favorite paired with another timeless classic, both made better by the fact that Danzig still gets knocked the fuck out.

CARS 2:

Uh-oh, part 2 from the Fun Town Auto family...

CARS

Post #2. I'm on a roll today. Anywho, this is a little diddy from my Portland bretheren, whom I grew up with. Figured I'd share with everyone.

Hola!

Hey there. Wow, sweet intro from Dan, he pretty much got all the bases covered. Even mentioned my lil' puppy dog. If I can add to what he said, I likes to keep it pretty weird, and enjoy laughing at and/or participating in dispensing all forms of electronic hilarity. This is my first Bloggy experience, so bear with me....

Luke is in the hiz-ouse.

Luke Yates is joining all of us other nerds here in the That's What's Up blogosphere from the Great Pacific Northwest. Hailing from Seattle, Luke enjoys snowboarding, skateboarding, is a damn fine artist and sculptor, and has a great gal named Liz and a dog named Taco. Enjoy the posts of yet another homey from cyberspace. (I'm feeling a That's What's Up snowboard trip coming up this winter. What!!??!!)

Random...

...came across this photo of JP Losman (quarterback of the Bills) in the midst of a photo shoot for 'Traffic' magazine in front of Sunday Skate/BMX (sick skate shop in Buffalo for those not up on the 716 scene) pretty sweet- apparently he comes there all the time...

1 Year 6 Issues- $13.95

now I've seen it all... nestled right in between Maxim and FHM... Oh- and their wings are a fucking joke.

$17.29 Sausage and Fries...

fresh off my interview at Alpinestars, I had the luxury of spending 8 wonderful hours, basking in the glory that is LAX... With no earlier flights available, and no desire to hit Hermosa Beach in full travel mode, I posted up in Terminal 6... I figured it would be no big deal really, but after spending about 3 straight hours of doing nothing-at-all online, I decided to hit the bar scene, where at least I could watch tv, and not be trampled by the steady stream of Orient Express passengers.... Grabbed a spot at the 'Home Turf' sports bar, and much to my dismay found every other team in the NFL represented EXCEPT the Bills...

but then, just as I was leaving, my eyes stumbled upon this classic- Kirby Jackson bitches

'Where the wings have no shame...'

found this little 'gem' in the SkyMall catalog last week... that catalog never ceases to amaze me with its wide array of pointless, impulse driven products...

b8trez!

C'mon, Ride the Train, yo.

I really need to get back down to Miami.

Deck of the Week!

This is Why I'm Hot #2

Simon?

Break yourself fool!!!

cant wait for this shit!

Thank you, drive through.

Lesson learned... watch yo damn kids !

it's not over yet...

Made the trek to Buffalo last night to hit up the Sabres free 'In-House Party' at HSBC arena... like 8,500 fans showed up to watch Game 3, which unfortunately was another ineffective offensive showing... thank god for Ryan Miller, otherwise it would have been a complete shit show... not even the $6 beers at the arena were enough to cope with that poor excuse for hockey... the real downer for the night happened at the end of the game, when all these 'fans' starting throwing sodas, beers, pom-poms and shit onto the ice... these are the same 'fans' who talked shit about New York fans not two weeks ago for doing the same thing... cunts... Anyhow, here was the scene...

Part of the coping mechanism: $4 pitchers at Coles, followed by some 3AM Hot Bleu... get some!

Game 4 is tonight... hopefully the Sabres show up

Throw some D's on that bitch.

Bella Napoli 150 W49th

Good crust, nice burn, fresh basil.



"This pizza is dedicated to Queen Margherita. She was interested in the popular dish that her French chefs could not
prepare so the famous "pizzaiolo" Raffaele Esposito was invited to court and suggested three pizzas, this one
reflecting the colours of the Italian Sabauda flag, the Marinara and a white cheese pizza. Garlic, considered
improper for the delicate palate of the Queen was avoided. So on the 11th June 1889 Pizza became
a dish fit for Royalty."