Hey all it's been awhile (a couple of years!), but CrazyRalph's Crazy Journal brings you back from the dead:

TV Theme Song of the Day!

So after a long hiatus, a specific theme song has been in my head for awhile. Hopefully by displaying the lyrics you will all get a bit of nostalgia and sing along! This Nickelodeon TV show aired from 1989-1991, with reruns running several years after. A great TV show that brings back great memories! Well here it is....

#6 - Hey Dude

It's a little wild and a little strange.
To make your home out on the range.
Mount your horse and come along.
Cause you can't get a ride if you can't hold on.

Singin': Yippie ki yi yay, yippie ki yi what?
Like the cowboys sing: Yippie ki yi yay.
Get along little doggie 'til the break of day.

Better watch out for these man-eating jackrabbits and that killer cacti
Hey Dude!

Hey guys it has been way too long since my last blog post, but hopefully I will be updating this on a more frequent basis. Well today I'm going to talk about GTAIV, and my impressions without really going far into the game.

What a rating that Gamespot gave this game, a perfect score of 10. When I saw that they posted this score I was incredibly surprised, as I believe the last game to score that was Zelda: Ocarina of Time, which is one of my favorite games of all time.

Personally I have never actually completed a full GTA game, I look forward to completing this one for several reasons:
1) The score that it received..will it live up to MY expectations?
2) Similarities to New York City
3) Gameplay changes..especially gunfights
4) Overall fun that I get out of it

If everything matches my criteria, why not give it a perfect score? I plan on posting a review after I play more as well.

On another note...
In regards to my blogs I plan on posting a lot more in regards to other things, not just specific games, but then again this is what I said my last post which was more than a year ago lol. Well if anyone is reading this or has subscribed to my posts, stay tuned!

Welcome back to the CrazyRalph Zone Ralph-a-holics. In case you were wondering where I was, the answer is simple: I wasn't here....well blogging at least. I've entered sophomore year, and I'm still here at QU, and other things have been more important than the GameSpot blog.

You might ask, "CrazyRalph you somb*tch, nothing is better than a GameSpot blog!" Well I'd agree with you most of the time, except something else has been controlling my life. And with that said, it is now time to return to the CrazyRalph Zone blog:

World of Warcraft
Yeah so my crazy neighbor Dru who gets me into crazy **** like metal music, DDR, anal fixation and all that stuff has done it again. Last May, around the same time as my last blog post, he got me into Blizzard's phenomenon of an MMORPG called World of Warcraft. Let me tell you, this game wreaks of awesomeness.

At first I was a little skeptical, cause well this game I heard is time consuming. Oh well, I gave in. Oh, here's my character Ralphius dead, at level 49. He's a Human Warrior:

Well dead no more Ralph-a-holics cause I'm now level 60 and I eagerly awaiting the Wow expansion pack! The new patch is great so far, as I respeced Ralphius to Protection with the new  talents, and he's looking as sharp as ever.

Wanna play with me? Got WoW? On the Suramar server? PST me then!

Burger King Bungalow
Okay, so i went bowling last night with my roommate Manny and afterwards we came up with the great plan to hit up Burger King and get all those $4 games with the King they were promoting. So after a Whopper value meal purchase, we proceeded to buy all 3.

So the lady who gave us the games said "You boys like games? Well I heard these games are so much fun! Have a good night." She was right! These $4 games are fun, yet ridiculous! I'd say if you're looking for some games to pass time and you have no money and you're hungry, get yourself some copies!

Ladies and gentlemen, it's now time for my newest blog ender called.... CRAZYRALPH'S CRAZY RATINGS!!!
Here I will feature a culmination of my blog post, and rate some things I was talking about! If you agree or disagree, I don't care, drop me a comment!

CRAZYRALPH'S CRAZY RATINGS

1) World of Warcraft /5
This game is awesome! C'mon millions are playing. The expansion pack is guna make for even more players. Yeah it consumes your life, but isn't that for you then??!

2) The Burger King King /5
He's awesome, he's creepy, and he's sneaky in Sneak King! Yeah he's promoting fast food, but what a clever way! I love him.

3) Me! Crazy Ralph /5
I suck I'm sorry I haven't been posting alot, so I only get one wink! Oh well, this will definately go up as I continue to post, so stay worthy Ralph-a-holics!

Well that does it for this blog, I'll be back so stay tuned! Leave some comments!

It's been awhile guys, but Crazy Ralph is finally back posting a blog! So what's been new? College, crazy ralph has made it to college, and has successfully completed the first year! Yeahh, so now it's back to work at Brookstone here at home, and with some extra cash coming my way, I have two options on how I can spend it.
-Xbox 360: can I or should I wait, and see how the PS3 compares to it? I already plan on investing in the Wii, but I need a comparison against PS3, or should I just screw that sh*t, and go with Microsoft. I never was with Sony anyway...
-Creative Zen Vision M MP3 player: yeah, so my zen micro is busted, and its time for a new one that can hold much more ish. this one is the best out there, in terms of Creative's products, and i dont want to get in the ipod scene

so which should i do first, lucky gamespot subscribers and readers of my journal? no logical explanation needed, just pick one haha!

It's definately been a long time since I posted here, but alas I have not died or anything. Just prepping for college now would be the best bet. Tomorrow's graduation and I'm pretty siked, and I'm gonna miss the Prep. Then in a week I'm going to Quinnipiac for the weekend as its orientation there. If anyone else is going there, or is there, let me know!

Ralph needs friends. I joined myspace. Yes that is correct, I have given into the internet hype that is called myspace. It's not so bad. Considering I had no interest in creating a LiveJournal or Xanga, I can write in their blog, and also have a cool little profile thing to go along with it, as well as a network of friends. If you wanna be my myspace friend, check out my profile site: click here mofo.

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What better way to spend Super Bowl Sunday than by playing Halo 2. Yes, that is correct. I was invited to a couple of Super Bowl parties, but I had to formally decline as more important plans had to be taken care of, and those plans involved playing Halo with my good pals D CLAP and Big Tom.

Now you may ask, Ralph, quite frankly on Super Bowl Sunday you should be watching the bowl?!? Well on normal circumstances that would be correct, but the matter of fact is that I don't have any interest in either team that's playing. The Eagles I never really liked, 'cause I don't like their coach, and the Pats, well as Erica puts it: they're from New England which = Boston area which = Red Sox fans which = I don't like, so there we have it. That's my extremely logical explanation for not watching the Super Bowl.

SNES IS MINE

Yeah that's right. I am now the proud owner of a brand spanking used Super Nintendo. My good friend Danburns is selling all of his old systems, including his PS2 I think, to purchase a Xbox. Dan has been eavesdropping on me and my buddies' nerd conversations about Halo, and well he was so intrigued i think it has inspired him to go buy and Xbox. The same with my good friend Roberto, and now we will soon be a big Halo community. Err. Right. Speaking of SNES, check out my game collection to see what games Dan included in the deal.

VALENTINES DAY COMIN' UP

Ever since I was a youngster, I've always wanted a secret admirer. As a young tike I used to see all my classmates get Valentine's Day cards from their loved ones. I never seemed to get one. Maybe it was the way I smelled...the way I looked...the way I didnt care about my personal hygiene...nonetheless that has all changed since last week (jk), and hopefullly this year will bring lots of joy to you and your secret admirer. Mine knows where shes at!

Later gators!

Ever since I've known him, my neighbor and friend of seventeen years Lord Drucifer (aka the Dark Prince) has been introducing me to new and fascinating things almost everytime I see him. The most recent thing he has shown me is the magical world of Dance Dance Revolution, and quite frankly I am very endowed to him for showing me the power of the foot. But a little before that, when I was music deprived, he introduced me to a new genre of music. It's called techno.../dance.../trance.../house.../electronica.

Now don't get me wrong, I've known and heard about this music for awhile - - I haven't been living under a rock or anything -- but only recently have I really learned to appreciate this music. My favorites artists of this kind of music, for example, are as follows: Lasgo, Ian Van Dahl, Paul Oakenfold, 4 Strings, Dirty Vegas, Echo !mage, and a vast majority of others.

Now add DDR into the mix, and I have discovered a vast array of Japanese artists such as Naoki and others. I feel I am truly expanding my playlist, and it's all thanks to the first techno song Drucifer downloaded for me, and that goes by the name of Look at Us Now by Serena Paris. But by far, I will have to say my favorite dance song ever, and one of the earliest I've ever heard is I'll Fly With You by Gigi D'Agostino. A truly touching and romantic song, it really brought shivers down my spine.

So with all of that said, I am asking members of the GameSpot community to help suggest to me other artists which sound like the aforementioned above, or if that's not possible suggest to be another group and then list their genre. Ugh.

After years of contradiction, I have come to accept the terms that I am a Dance Dance Revolution-aholic, or in shorter words, a DDR Freak. Ever since I've first heard about DDR, my initial impressions of the game were "ooh man sounds queer", and that is usually an initial impression for most things I'm not into, especially considering I goto an all guys school..so maybe even that statement is a contradiction..but that's besides the point!
DDR has consumed me life. Ever since my neighbor Andrew "Lord Drucifer of the Damned" Grant introduced me to the Japanese phenomenom earlier this year, it has been instant joy for myself. I got the Xbox versions of the game, and recently for Christmas I was awarded the highly coveted Ignition Pad 2.0 by Kris Kringle.

DDR really is a workout though, and I was wondering, does it really help you lose weight? I've heard of some stories about some kid like going from 300 (w0w) to 150 or something, but man how can that kid move his legs lol? Ah well nonetheless, DDR is great, and check out my DDR Ultramix 2 review for the Xbox.

HAPPY EXTENDED WEEKEND

That's right, Monday is a holiday so guess what, no school. That means more sleep, which means happy Ralph. Well here's whats going on this weekend:
Friday - Pizza night, hanging out, duno what yet

Saturday - Booya, Cousin Matt's 18th annual birthday bash. This year featuring two games of bowling at Paradise Lanes (never heard of the place) and then Super Sleepover Extreme at the Pellegrino residence featuring DDR PS2/XBOX, HALO 2 lan party/homemade food. Man what a day!

Sunday- Ninth Degree returns in a metal show in the Bronx! Havent played since the summer, and these guys are by far the best local metal band ever. If you live in NYC or the Bronx, message me for info on the show! Guna bring Mo and Erica along, shud be a fun time!

HOW BOUT THEM YANKEES

Another blockbuster offseason for my Yanks, but does that necesarrily mean a World Series championship? Of course not. In fact, I'm not all for the Randy Johnson trade. I was not a big fan of Vazquez, but I was a fan of the two minor/major leaguers they gave away in Brad Halsey and Dioner Navarro. Especially Navarro, they said he looks like a young Ivan Rodriquez (fav. player!) and that cant be a bad thing. Hell, now hes a Dodger. Well lets just hope Johnson can be the superb pitchers he's been his whole career. Hopefully he's that young 41 that he says he is. Bleh! I think its the not so famous guys that will win it for the Yanks. Get Bubba Crosby and Andy Phillips some playing time! Im sure Geroge Steinbrenner is listening to me, he comes to GameSpot, right? Eh, whatever lol.

Later

Well, here are the very complicated lyrics of one of my favorite action shows as a kid...

#5 - Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers

Go, go Power Rangers!
Go, go Power Rangers!
Go, go Power Rangers! Mighty Morphin Power Rangers!

Go, go Power Rangers!
Go, go Power Rangers!Go, go Power Rangers! Mighty Morphin Power Rangers!

It's everyone's favorite lean, green, butt kicking machines....

#4 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

I did not know this, but apparently one of my all time favorite movies, Revenge of the Nerds (1984), is being re-made for 2006! Yes this is correct, I was fiddling around imdb.com and lo and behold I saw that a new RotN is making its way to the big screen! This is truly great news. I've read around the internet that it will feature new nerds items such as palm pilots and more hi-tech nerdololgical stuff! This is truly great! I still hope they have pocket protectors and black thick-rimmed glassses!

Cmon, who didnt watch this old anime show....dont answer that lol.
It's everyone's favorite superheroine....

#3 - Sailor Moon

Fighting evil by moonlight,
Winning love by daylight,
Never running from a real fight,
She is the one named Sailor Moon.
She will never turn her back on a friend,
She is always there to defend,
She is the one on whom we can depend,
She is the one named Sailor...
Sailor Venus!
Sailor Mercury!
Sailor Mars!
Sailor Jupiter!
With secret powers all so new to her,
She is the one named Sailor Moon.
Fighting evil by moonlight,
Winning love by daylight,
With her Sailor Scouts to help fight,
She is the one named Sailor Moon,
She is the one named Sailor Moon,
She is the one, Sailor Moon!

GIT -R- DONE!

Happy New Year!! I hope everyone had a lovely New Years Eve. Looks like a great year for life and gaming!

#2 - Garfield and Friends

We're (We're)
ready (ready)
to (to)
party! (party!)
We're ready to party, we're ready! I hope you bring lot's of spaghetti!
Come on in , come to the place where fun never ends! Come on in, it's time to party with Garfield and friends!
Dancing , Fiesta! , Romancing, Siesta! ,
Samba , La Bamba, Eye Carumba!
Disguises (Disguises)
Surprises (Surprises)
and pies of,(and pies of) All sizes!
Come on in, come to the place where fun never ends. Come on in, it's time to party with Garfield and Friends!
Garfield and friends!

Hope everybody's holidays went well! Let's just say i am very pleased with my new Ignition Dance Pad for my Xbox. Now that the holidays are over, I think here at CrazyRalph's Crazy Journal we're going to start a little segment called TV Theme Song of the Day. I will try, every day, to post the lyrics to a tv show that you hopefully have watched, and hopefully by reading these lyrics you will get nostalgic! Nostalgia is a great thing! So here we go, on with the TV Theme Song of the Day!

#1 - Bill Nye, the Science Guy

Bill Nye, the Science Guy

Bill Nye, the Science Guy

Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill

Bill Nye, the Science Guy

"Science rules"

Bill Nye, the Science Guy

"Inertia is a property of matter"

Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill

Bill Nye, the Science Guy

Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill

"T-minus seven seconds"

Bill Nye, the Science Guy

As you might of heard, heavy metal guitarist Dimebag Darrell was shot and killed while he was performing onstage in Columbus, Ohio. This news really struck me today when I found out from my friend Joe. Only recently (past year or so) have I started to really get into heavy metal music, and that includes Dimebag's most popular band, Pantera. Although he no longer performed for that band, he still I think had his greatest hits in that band, even though I never heard much about his current band, Damageplan. With that being said, it really makes me wonder, are we safe at concerts?

Me being a person who works with several of my friends' bands websites, I get to goto a lot of local shows in which I take pictures and do other stuff like setting up and whatnot. It really frightens me how easily someone can just come on stage and start a ruckus. That was taken to a much further extent when a man went on stage and savegely murdered Dimebag and several others. I don't want to seem like a pessimistic person, but I usually always thought concerts were safe, especially while in the stands. I know that there was that fire in the Rhode Island club that killed many, but usually you don't hear about THAT many bad incident that occur at musical events.

I think what they have to do is up the security and public concerts and big events. Hey it might be an inconvenience, but I'd rather be frisked than die. (Hmm, not a great comparison!)

In other news, happy December everyone!

Well I haven't done a journal entry in awhile, so why not do one now? Well, it's been quite an interesting month if you have nothing better to do in life. For example, this month basically included things such as:

• Eating
• Sleeping
• DDR
• College
• Girls
• Halo 2
• Filming

Hmm, and none of which has been that exciting, nothing monumental, nothing spectacular. On a plus note, a good thing has been that I have received little to no homework this month, and I am quite surprised. School has been pretty easy lately, and hell I'm not complaining.

So what's next in the crazy life of Ralph? Narrowing down colleges is probably my most sought after endeavor at the moment. It needs to get done, and I need to put a little bit more into research. Basically I know I want to major in something that has to do with Computer Info Sciences and/or E-Media. Soo taking that into consideration, I have about 5-7 schools at which I am keeping my eye on. Of course, some are safeties--just in case.

Shifting gears, after visiting Providence this month with my good pal Terry, I've discovered some neat litlte drinking games involving ordinary everyday playing cards. I'll be sure to rememeber these simple games if the time ever comes, and unfortunately that time seems to be very non-existent at the moment. Providence was fun to visit, and it was awesome how well I got along with all the guys in Guzman. Good guys there, but not sure if they have what I'm looking for. Never know though, especially considering I at first didint want to goto Iona, but Terry persuaded me to think otherwise.

In music news, I have been slipping away from the metal scene, and I have transgressed into something a little more soothing and relaxing, such as techno and 80s music. For example, some narly songs I downloaded recently include artists such as New Kids on the Block, and Simple Minds. On the techno side, I got some Ian Van Dahl, Captain Jack, and Laava -- most of which came off my awesome new game, DDR Ultramix 2 for the Xbox. What an amazing game. I almost forgot I have Halo 2.

Man, I'm way off track. Thanksgiving! Ah yes. Thanksgiving was soo spectacular! Sike. It sucked to be honest. Went to my aunt's house, got cramps for some reason as I always do on Thanksgiving, didn't feel well, it blew. Ah well, it was fun eating though I guess. And yeah, alll those milks...two words..Cousin Matt!

And last Friday, that was actuallly pretty fun to be honest. Filmed a movie with the VH guys called "Orientation Wars: The Rise and Fall of Phallic" which is basically a spoof on the first three Star Wars. Instead of the Force, there is the Thrust, and there are two sides who use and harness the Thrust. Those sides are the Homos and the Heteros. Hm should I keep going? I shall. So basically they find out that there is one that is very strong with the Thrust, and his name is Phallic Deephumper. Each sides tries to sway Phallic to their own, but ultimately in the end, Phallic makes the decision himself, and well you'll just have to see it. Oh yeah, and instead of Lightsaber battles, there are dance offs, so that's an interesting concept. And yeah, I play the role of the leader of the Homos, Gov. Jim McGreevey.

Okay, so that's is basically--feeling a little tired, a little down right now, but hey at least I remembered this thing existed!

No no, not the end of the war on terrorism if Kerry was president, but Halo 2, one of the most anticipated games of all time. It's time to put politics and baseball aside for awhile, because in two days it will be time to reunite myself with my Xbox, and explore the vast realms of Xbox Live. I cannot wait.

Seems like some people already aren't waiting. Friday Tom and Rob and I went to the city to St. Mark's and we went to this video game store. and me being the detective I am, I overheard the guy behind the counter mention that he was recieving Halo 2 in an hour. Lo and behold, he was not lieing, and I was so tempted to get it, but I said to myself I can just wait another couple of days, especially since I reserved it. Oh well, and yeah, he was charging $5 extra. Man, I could've been the coolest kid on my block.

I hope to write a review for Halo 2 as well, for a gaming site my friend and I are trying to work on. We'll see how that goes. But first and foremost, I will be actually playing the game.

Also last night in my basement was the first annual Dance Dance Revolution Night with Lord Drucifer and company. Truly a memorable moment. Be sure to check out my picture gallery for pictures.

Today was a tiring day. Visited Kings College in Wilkes-Burre, PA and that was a helluva long trip, and this Wednesday I'm flying up to Rochester to visit RIT. Sounds like a ball. Well lucky for me and many others that there is no school this Thursday or Friday.

On an entertainment note, I saw The Grudge again on Friday and well I finally managed to absorb the plot a little bit more, especially because the first time I missed the opening scene with the doctor doing you know what. Overall, not an in-depth movie by all means, but a great scare. Later dudes!

In response to Heretic's journal post, my friend Vic and I decided to collaborate and respond to his rediculous remarks:

Dear Heretic,

First off, get your facts straight. The War in Iraq is the exact same thing as the War on Terror. In President Bush's State of the Union adress following Sept. 11th he said any country that harbors, or supports terrorisim in any way will be dealt with by the United States with or with out help from other nations. Now to get on to your tax situation, once again you are wrong. I'f I'm not mistaken President Bush lowered taxes, while your biy John Kerry raised them. Now I don't know maybe you like to be taxed high, but I sure as hell don't. But really I'm not here to bash you about your political views, hell if you want to be a jackass and be a democrat that's perfectly fine by me, that's your choice.

But, to say that the American people are idiots for voting for George W. Bush, is just well absurd. You see Bush has proven his leadership skills for the United States, and also unlike democrats he has a pair of balls. You see to me someone who disrespects our people, and our country should be shot. But since we live in America, it would be considered cruel and unusual punishment. So, I have a couple of suggestions for your liberal mind. Number one, before you start to talk about politics get your facts straight. Now, you can say the election was "fixed" in favor of Bush, but wait, didn't Regan win by a majority of the vote in the 1980's, oh and even one of your boys who lied under oath(Bill Clinton) was elected by popular majority. So to say it was fixed, your living a wet dream. Now to say Bush is a criminal is interesting, how so? What charges? You see you talk the talk, but you can't walk the walk.

Now if you want to talk about a criminal lets about your boy William Jefforson Clinton, who by the way lied under oath. Now I'm not a pre-law major, but I do know that commiting such a crime calls for imprisionment, but wait was Clinton thrown in jail, no, did he leave office...NO. You can argue about Nixon, but if my facts are correct(which they are) he left office, unlike a certain demcorat. Listen if you don't like America than just get out! I'm not gonna keep you here, and sure as hell the MAJORITY don't want you either. Just cause John Kerry lost and it was a "fair" race does not give you the right to bash my country. In closing, you are an idiot who should stick to watching Sesame Street and Blues freakin Clues.

From your freindly GOP, Vic