Ray's blog

I saw that post you put up Bob, I can't believe you think that kid looks like me! I did this photo comparison, does anyone see a resemblance?!?!

Bob, I feel your iPhone pain. Ever since my iPhone threw itself into the toilet, it hasn't been the same. Missed calls, no service, crap battery life, the list of muck-ups goes on.

I've been wanting to go to the Apple store to try and exchange my suicidal phone, but knew i'd be greeted by the same smugness and uppity attitude you dealt with. Every time I step foot in that store, I feel like they're doing me a favor selling me their plain aluminum products and their white earbuds. I think I bought a pair of earbuds, and inside the package was an extra pair of them crap buds.

Angry at the lack of basic functions on the iPhone, and wanted to stick it back to the man, so I did the only thing a sane man would do...I jailbroke the thing.

For those who don't know what this is, basically you're "freeing" your phone from Jobs' shackles. Now I can copy and paste, personalize the theme on my phone, record movies, answer texts without constantly having to switch programs, search my emails, run programs in the background, send pictures in texts, quickly change settings without going through a million menus, play NES games, save Youtube videos, the list goes on. The crowning jewel is when I used my cell connection on the phone to download an e-book before a flight.

This shit is fun, and now I feel the iPhone lives up to it's pricetag. Do a search for quickpwn to get started, install winterboard, backgrounder, pdanet, sbssettings, and whatever else catches your eye. Most of all, enjoy your new found freedom.

i don't know why that dog is showing up, I didn't eat it I promise. click the dog and you'll see the picture of the life, but shit, a dog in bullet proof armor? pretty sick...

Look, let's cut to the chase here. This cereal is fucking fantastic tasty. Some cereals have a lot of bells and whistles. You know that Basic 4 cereal? I used to eat it when I was a few years younger. There were like 20 ingredients in that. You had 3 different kind of flakes, cranberries, almonds, walnuts, toasty oats...man now that I think about it that cereal was pretty delicious. At any rate, there was a lot going on.

life (OG lower case) Cinnamon is as basic as it gets. You can eat it straight it up like I do. A whole grain oat in the shape of a crispy chex, with perfect crunch and a sublime finish. Just look at that delicious spoonful. Any cereal that can make two adolescent girls as happy as that has to be good. Just look at their smiles people, genuine. To top it off, you got Ben Franklin-looking Quaker up there watching down on the whole scene, as if to say "Eat my delicious morsels, and you shall find peace."

Well I did Quaker, and I'm peaceful as a light rain.

We did! Went to a screening a few days ago at WB. The movie turned out great. Anyone who's read the book knows how complex the plot is, so that in and of itself is a challenge, but really what makes the book great are the characters. Each of the Watchmen has multiple layers themselves.
Throughout the book you learn more and more about their motivations and how they ended up where they are. Its like the slow peeling of an onion, and getting this across in a film is a tough feat.

Zack and crew managed to do just that. The way they handled Rorschach and Manhattan felt the best to me, as these two characters I feel are the most interesting in the book. Rorschach is amazing because he is very one track. His sense of justice is absolute, and never falters from that. With Manhattan, you're asked an important question. What if you had the power to save the world, but didn't want to? You will feel sorry for this man with infinite powers, yet no desire to use them.

They also amped up the action sequences, which was a smart move. In the book, you get a sense that even though the Watchmen aren't true "super-heroes" in the expected sense, they know how to fight. These fight scenes and the violence overall are brutal and bloody. I'm really looking forward to seeing the movie in a real theater when it comes out to hear the reactions from the audience on some of these shots.

I think you guys will really love the movie.

In other news, we've been writing for the past week. Things have been moving fast, and are feeling really good. I think we'll soon be hitting our stride, and can't wait to see what comes out of that.

Oh and check out Flower on PS3. If you ever feel the need to get away from the world, load up this game. Take to the winds and enjoy.

Yes G, we did indeed bring the rain. I don't know what it is, but whenever we get back together the skies start crying. I think its colder here in LA than in Jersey! Sorry guys...

We had a very long and well deserved break, but I and the rest of the guys are already back to work writing and are having a great time. I don't think you all out there know, maybe some of you do, but MCR really is a family first, and a band second. or maybe both at the same time, I don't know. Being able to write music with these guys, having our families out here through the process to make it feel like home, I feel very lucky and thankful for this great life.

In other news, I've started to tackle Mega Man 9. What a genius stroke by Capcom to release this game. If you guys haven't had a chance to try it (or any of the previous in the series) you have to give it a shot. This is pure old-school gaming at its best. So far my favorite "F*&( you" moment from the designers is in Tornado Man's stage, where some clouds offer you safe footing, while others you will pass right through and die a sorry death. Or the part in Plug Man's stage, where the infamous disappearing blocks return. Just went you think a block will appear to stop your fall, "f&^* you!!" say the designers. In your rush to get across the bottomless pit, you forgot to notice the timing of the blocks has now changed. "f*&%(% YOUUUU!!!!"

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Here's a great close-up of Mikey's bass from the video! All the work done on the guitars and drum kit was by G, Frankie, Mikey, Bob and myself. I think we did pretty all right!

Beverly, how could you!!!