Mike Portnoy: Dance of Eternity

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Adam Susskind

Quick little thing for today. I didn’t make this, but while I’m on the book I thought I’d put something up that should be of some interest to you musicians out there.

Hey folks,

I’m (as I am wont to be recently) very busy with the book, and didn’t write a Ficly for today. I’ve started spending more time on what matters, and less time amassing a collections of Ficly’s which ultimately won’t get me anywhere. The following video is of perhaps my all time favorite drummer, Mike Portnoy, playing along to “Dance of Eternity”, an amazing instrumental piece by his band Dream Theater. I’ve been working on this one for a while, and it just blows my mind how complicated it is. I can get most parts of it, but I still need a lot of work on some of the intricacies and nuances of the song.

Oh, and in case anyone wants to know, I’ve decided to go to Ithaca college next year. They’ve got an excellent writing program, and I’ve been invited to join their honors program.

Anyway, here’s the vid:

Drummer Jokes

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Adam Susskind

Working on a Ficly, hoping to eventually write a really good short story, but here are some choice drummer jokes in the mean time.

• How do you tell if the stage is level?

The drummer is drooling from both sides of his mouth.

• How can you tell when a drummer’s at the door?

He doesn’t know when to come in.

• How many drummers does it take to change a lightbulb?

Five: One to screw the bulb in, and four to talk about how much better
Neil Peart coulda done it.

• What do you call a drummer with half a brain?

Gifted.

• What does a drummer use for contraception?

His personality

• What do you call a smart drummer?

A piano player.

• Why are so many guitarist jokes one liners?

So the drummer can understand them.

lolololol. I’ll put up the Ficly soon.

The A-Z Alphabet of Awesomeness

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Adam Susskind

Goodies.

As a general rule, I tend to laugh at people who are obsessed with the idea of awesomeness. I like trying to do things or make things that are awesome, and like to spend less time talking about it. Also, not everything in life has to be “awesome”. Buuuut that said: this particular image of the very funny “A-Z Alphabet of Awesomeness” over at neillcameron.com may very well encapsulate my idea of what awesome is even better than that picture of the nun punching a shark in the face.

So in sum: lol.

Edge of Reason Machinima

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Adam Susskind

Hey Folks,

I’ve been gone for a while, but don’t worry, I’m still wasting as much time on the interwebs as I usually do.

Here’s some machinima for you to enjoy. Please keep in mind that my voice work leaves much to be desired, and that you may wish to turn up your volume.

Peace,
-Adam

Family Guy: TNG Themed Episode

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Adam Susskind

Ok, ok, I could resist sharing this becuase I’m looking forward to it so much. As a long time fan of both Family Guy and Star Trek, I find it hard not to appreciate an episode where the entire cast of The Next Generation returns together to record an episode of Family Guy.

You Know You Play Too Much Halo When…

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Adam Susskind

These choice statements and other were found at Hawty McBloggy, my all time favorite blog owned by the enchanting bs Angel in all her counter-subtle glory. These are my favorites, I chose all of the ones that actually applied to me. There are many other funny ones on the site itself. I take no credit for any of the following, applicable to my life as they may be. All of this has happened to me once or twice. Or a lot:

Your friends call you to ask about Halo custom game options and you can recite the menus to them, while you’re driving home from work.

You overhear someone claiming how amazing they are at Halo and you butt-in mid-sentence with “Ohhhhhh REALLY”.

You or one of your friends start humming a Halo song and the rest of you join in.

Someone says they play ‘Gears of War’ or ‘Call of Duty’ and you have to restrain yourself from blurting out laughter/ or rolling your eyes.

You fire up Halo 3 Campaign and an hour or so into gameplay you realize you have your headset plugged in and on your head when you’re playing by yourself.

Someone can say two words to describe a location on a map, and you know EXACTLY where that is.

You know what beats everything.

You don’t think of golf when you hear the word sandtrap.

You brag to your friends you bulltrued with a no scope.

You know what bulltrued with a no scope means.

You try to start vetoing things presented to you in real life that you don’t like: “What’s for dinner tonight? Meatloaf? UGH, vetoooo veto veto.”

Your tag becomes your nickname.

You have ever refered to CoD 4 as “C**k of Doody 4″.

You’ve already had a discussion about how you play too much Halo with your friends.

Your desktop background reflects your favorite Halo 3 screenshots.

You dedicate countless hours to making a comic strip about Halo.

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