Interviewed

Well... if anyone's interested I was recently interviewed by the awesome folks at Shotgun Reviews.

Click on over to their site to check out the interview and all the wonderful goodies they post!


P.S. I really need to proof read what I write... damn you spelling / grammar errors!

Valentines day rush...

To all you lovely folks that went out to eat, paid lots of money on expensive dinners, both wine, the chocolate covered strawberries and all that jazz... I'd like to hear a big "HORA!" for the mighty men and women the toiled our Valentines day in a kitchen cooking for your asses.

Just remember... there's gotta be someone back there during whatever holiday or thing you're celebrating and we usually don't get to observe that day... so keep that in mind. I love your business... but some days you make me really want to shoot myself!

So basically the past 4 days I've had my ass handed to me at work every day... I just needed to get that out of my system... who's ready to drink!?

P.S. Screw Valentines day next year... we're doing it MY WAY!

xXDear MLG kidsXx

Dear MLG kids,


Somewhere along the line, someone wanted to take videogames to a competition level of play... naturally, that's fine. I can accept that fact. It's cool that MLG has taken Halo and tweaked it to their idea of competitive play. I don't have a problem with the MLG circuit... not at all, I think it's a cool idea and probably keeps kids off the streets and from contracting some STD because they're to busy practicing.

Regardless... my problem does not exist with the rules MLG plays by or which maps they think are best. I'd like to give a big shout out to every little asshole out there that decides it's best to scream into their microphones, scream at you when they lose and proudly displays MLG in their tags. Really, I don't think you're the world's worst player if my team beat your's, why can't you say good game? Why do you have to be an obnixious little monkey? Is it that necessary, does your brain fry every time you lose? Should you be standing that close to the microwave when you're nuking your hot pockets before the match? Could that have something to do with the situation?

Oh that's right, your head is to far up your ass, you want to 1v1 or it wasn't "fair". Sad fact is, we're all subject to this but we play in Bungie's world and we're bound to their iron will. I just don't get where these people come off thinking they are god's gift to the videogaming world... maybe MLG wouldn't be the laughing stock of the internet if they actually had some kind of system to govern their players or some code of conduct to follow... because really... fans of their playstyle completely ruin it for me... I'd support if, if I wasn't cursed to high holy heaven after a game where my team beat's an MLG team. Whoopdie doo!

If you're that pro, I guess you have to scream into your microphone, scream at us for not vetoing (if you suck at the map... then we're going to exploit that weakness... I really don't care what you want to play, I'm here to win), insult my mom, dad, sister, dog, uncles, aunts, the way I talk or what armor I wear. Guess what, go pop some pimples because you aren't pro, you aren't |337 and post people want to shove three weak old dirty gym shorts down your little pie hole because you never learned to shut your mouth.

I try to tolerate MLG as much as I can... but someone high up in the ranks of MLG really needs to address the growing concern over people who claim to be MLG and who piss all over their name by using racial slurs, slander, insults and generally have no traits of a professional.

Take for example... the Halo 3 forum. MLG is twisted out of context as soon as some slick talking idiot thinking he's got the best idea to "improve" Halo 3 by adding an MLG style hopper to the mix... honestly, we've already been through this in Halo 2 and you're going to be flamed because you threw MLG into the name. People don't trust it because of the people they meet online and the jerks that think they are absolutely right... know what? They're a minority of players, they're not always right and they aren't certified designers or engineers so they really don't know what's best or "most wanted". And in reality... it's cool to share your ideas and opinions, but in all honestly, you are one person that had a bad experience and have yet to put any logic behind your reasoning... next time, think before you post.


So really... what seems to be the problem these days? Why are these kids getting worse and worse? And can I have a custom interface in Halo 3 that says "mute asshole"?

Thanks Xbox Live

Okay, so... in the middle of a Ranked Big Team Battle game... I am suddenly pulled out of the game and told I must change my name. First thought, "Shit, I'm getting hacked!" after a few minutes... "WHAT THE FUCK!?".

Now in all honesty... we all know there are a LOT of call centers based out of India. Okay that's fine I guess. People over there need jobs, but then again... these are also the same people that told me to stick a screw driver into my computer fan while it was still running. Geeze...


Needless to say, after almost an hour and a half on the phone, two operators later and finally one supervisor... Okay, they'll give me my name back but what the heck... I'm still banned? Wasn't I told that I wasn't banned? Okay... c'mon on now. I understandl the run around system, we all do it... but this is just ridiculous.

Then again, I am grateful they gave me my name back... why they took it away... is totaly beyond me. Can anyone out there in cyberspace tell me why?


So Microsoft... I love you to some degree... but really, for having the best online gaming circuit around... but really, gotta work on that support!

Two and one day...

http://www.freerice.com/index.php


It's fun... it's self help and it'll help other people!

Wait... you want WHAT with the Filet?!

Most if not anyone will know this about me. I am a full time chef... I am insane enough to make this my life's work. Now cooking is a hard job (McDonalds IS NOT COOKING!) contrary to what the tube shows you... it's not clean, it's not calm and if there was a show about how professional kitchens worked it'd most likely be 68% bleeps from all the cursing going on.

Don't get me wrong, I love food... I love to cook, I am probably terribly bad at anything else I would attempt. I'm not here to bitch about my job. I'd like to bitch about the people who bitch when they go out to eat.

First off... did you know in England it's almost acceptable to throw people out of your place? Their ENTIRE PARTY! Now if I did that over here odds are we'd lose a lot of customers and we'd get bad mouthed to no end... which is why I have to sit there and listen to some slack-jawed idiot explain to me that his steak is to rare when he ordered it medium rare. Last time I checked there were standards for how to grill and prepare meat... I didn't spend 5 years learning how to do it or anything, what do I know, right?

You're the grill king, at home with your tiny little grill, witty apron, carelessly sipping a beer as you like those expensive cuts of meat blacken or you cut off all that fatty goodness... no, you sir... are the king. I'm sure you could handle the fifteen other steaks on the grill at the same time all going at different temperatures all the while more orders are coming in and having to plate it correctly... na, you can do a much better job than me.

Now I know most people don't make a fuss about when they go out to eat... but when you think it's your job to bitch about every little detail at a restaurant, than why the fuck would you go out to eat? Server's aren't your mortal enemy, they can actually be your friend and if you're extra nice... they'll be nice too. Trust me, there are some TERRIBLE servers... and I have worked with a lot... and then there are really goods. But you find gems every now and again, regardless... unless your server looks like a total idiot or is a complete asshole when they come to your table... don't be a fucking dick because you're having a bad day.

Also... don't ever piss your server off, why you may wonder? Sure you've probably got a better car, a nicer house, a better job... but remember, they're your link to the kitchen... and we're not so forgiving. Just remember, if you're dicking them over... we can get you back worse... a lot worse... And never make a server cry... you'll regret it. And in this cell phone, mega tool, PDA crazy world... it's fucking easy to calculate 20%. That is the bare minimum to tip... it's expected, it's what people live off of. If you can't tip, don't go out some place where it's required... Burger King and McDonalds have pretty quick service and you don't have to tip. And if the server really sucked, grit your teeth or just talk to the manager... some places even have little cards to fill out to let'em know how they're doing.

A lot of people don't know this... they see a fancy plate with little decorations and sauces cleverly put around. Now... some places give you a choice of what “sides” you want... personally, I don't believe in it. Plates come in BALANCE. Veg, starch, protein, etc... etc... carefully planned amounts of each and then intricately placed and arranged to be “wow” or “cute”.

The one exception that I make is food allergies. It's part of my job to ensure we don't kill you and I try my best not too. I understand them 100% and it's not like I could argue with you, I'm not that big of an asshole. So I don't have a problem taking that off the plate if it'll cause your face to swell up like a balloon and maybe the mashed potatoes aren't such a good idea because of the ungodly amount of butter and cream that go into them...

So really... if you're going out to eat. Don't fuck with my plate... if you have a question, ask your server, if they don't know it then ask a manger or ask for the chef... If you can't order correctly, we'll do it for you. And PLEASE. For god's sake... if you want to split a meal... hey, we're cool with it. I don't mind, simply ask for a second plate... don't ask us to cut anything in half... seriously... that's the last thing I want to do is to slam down a shitty plate with half a steak or half a rack of lamb... Just do it at your table. It may be called the service industry, but we aren't slaves!

Next time the asshole at table six asks for fries with the Friday night's Filet special or the pork special or what the fuck ever makes it special... I will have half a mind to come out and smack him across the face with the very piece of meat that I will serve to him!

No means no!

I like to think of myself as a nice guy. I try not to curse at the other team, t-bag, try my best to always say “good-game” and I try not to be a dick (unless you're smack talking and lose horribly). Now I also understand people have a burning desire to play with celebrities and subsequently want to meet them, be their friends, whatever... I'm not calling myself a celebrity, more or less a misconstrue oddity.

Now here's the part where I get nasty. What I don't get about today is why the fuck people cannot accept NO for an answer! Is this a hard concept, an unreasonable demand, is it like I'm asking for your kidney or what? I wake up and go to work like everyone else, I come home and want to enjoy some Halo 3... first, one friend request, two... then three, then five at a time. Seriously people, if I don't know you... then I'm not going to add you. Call me an elitist asshole, then that's who I am. I don't want to one versus one you, because it's not going to get you out of being blacklisted and no one gives a flying fuck if you're better than me.

I don't like to block communications but lately I've been having to do it all the more often. I don't want to play with you, don't ask for invites to my party, don't ask the people I'm playing with for invites and jesus... if I've declined your request once what in the hell makes you think I'd accept it for the fifteenth time?! I just don't know what's wrong with people anymore.... I do my best to answer some questions as inane as they are or as repetitious as they have been over the past six months. But really, is it that hard to to accept no for an answer?