The daily ramblings & musings of the notorious nWo n8 Dogg.

Sunday, December 29, 2002

I love to love u babaaaay

I wrote that title 2 hours ago and forgot what the whole premise of my blog was suppose to be. damnit

Ok, so then I'm just gonna do a lil pluggy. So y'all know or don't know I'm in the elimination-online game. The 1st contest is up, and Heathrrr, remember our IM we had about that I'm becoming a cam grrrl? Well hold onto ur sox. I'm actually gonna ask peeps for a lil dough.

Otay, so this is how it goes: The contest is about raising some dough as lil as $10. If u donate 10$ u get ur mini button up on the main site, and they have mad traffic. If u donate 30 or more u get a banner on their site. Coolio? Ok so, the person who raises the most money gets extra points and their respective team (if they win) gets 2 points. 3/4 of the pot goes to the winner .. that could be meeeee.

Your part? Donate and vote for me. C'mon, this is my only cam girly thing ever. U know how I'll reward the one who donates the most? I'll add u to my portal, link u and even if that's already done, I'll make u a specialized n8 freestyle for u regaling u in all ur wonderful glory. Remember that insane pluggage to Joey (may her site RIP). Now imagine that madness to a dope ass beat and me ripping the mic just for u. I might just make a special comeback n8TV for ALL who helped me out.

How u like them apples?

PS, I went clubbing last night and got a flyer for jams in Montreal? what the? Um shit, I forgot the witty ass thing to say.

Someone give Mike a beer, I'm hungover and he's jealous.


Friday, December 27, 2002

Warning Shot!

Ok I'm moving my servers around and shit, for my main dotcom and the big new site, and I have competing annoyances with the domain provider and my intended host ... so hopefully this page doesn't get fucked around, but if it does, well I'll be back ... but yo, uh be aware .. some shit's about to go down... heh.


Wednesday, December 25, 2002

Merry F'in Christmas

Wud up wud up, the 3rd party in a row at my house is about to start. Egg noggggggg (must have rum). Hope y'all are having a good christmas. If u are online though, either right now ur not having a good time or ur bored. Me, well I have no destination, so I'm bored just waiting and eating.

Guess what me and moNY made it into Elimination Online ... hope this is gonna be funnnnn ... molee molee molee moleee mooooooooooole.

Aiight this is my Christmas gift to y'all ... If u grew up in the 80's, then u remember the MINI POPS ... heres the fuckin funniest pics from the Mini Pops Christmas album (featured in cam pic)

Heres 2 caps of when I had the cam on live last night.

my bro-in-law mugging

me drunk and toasting YOU!


Monday, December 23, 2002

JOEEEEEEY

Joey, Joey, mo, moey, fee, fi, bo, boey, Joeeeeey!

Joey is the sexiest, greatest, lovliest, hottest, most beautiful chick on the internet and in the wooooorld. Joey is so smarrrt and great and you should all be jealous of JOEY!!

Why this blatant plug of ... Joey?

nWophatrass: if u can beat me in the toboggan game .. thats u have to make it past round 7 (i want a screenshot) then ill plug a whole paragraph for u .. :D
nWophatrass: itll even be a super kiss ur ass plug too norfolkbombshell: lol okay
norfolkbombshell: let me go play :-p
nWophatrass: u have until christmas 4pm ...
nWophatrass: that is ur mission 007.98098678
norfolkbombshell: =-O
nWophatrass: if u lose .. then ...
nWophatrass: ummm ...
norfolkbombshell: lol
norfolkbombshell: :-/
nWophatrass: i want those secret nudies u have stashed away .. heheh :o
norfolkbombshell: lol
norfolkbombshell: ok
norfolkbombshell: brb!
norfolkbombshell: gonna play!
-------- 2 minutes later ---------
norfolkbombshell: *pats back*
norfolkbombshell: paragraph please :-d
norfolkbombshell: mwahhahaa
norfolkbombshell: i can`t believe that hapened...
nWophatrass: u didnt get past 7
norfolkbombshell: i haven`t played that since we last spoke...
norfolkbombshell: erm
norfolkbombshell: yes i did
norfolkbombshell: look top right..
norfolkbombshell: level 7
norfolkbombshell: try 1
norfolkbombshell: you win :-d
norfolkbombshell: suck it :-d
nWophatrass: u want me to what it?
norfolkbombshell: lol nothing
nWophatrass: haha
norfolkbombshell: :-D
norfolkbombshell: bet you're gutted now :-d
nWophatrass: damnit
norfolkbombshell: :-D:-D
nWophatrass: hey u cheated .. round 7 is the bonus round
norfolkbombshell: dude i didn`t cheat
norfolkbombshell: believe me...
norfolkbombshell: it said you won toboggan run
nWophatrass: hehehe ok
norfolkbombshell: come back and play again
norfolkbombshell: :-p
nWophatrass: ok i want to see 2 more
norfolkbombshell: what!?
norfolkbombshell: you didn`t say that.
norfolkbombshell: deals a deal
nWophatrass: damnit
norfolkbombshell: O:-)
nWophatrass: on ur first try
nWophatrass: i wanted those lost nudes so bad! hehe
norfolkbombshell: lol
norfolkbombshell: that was just such good luck :-d
nWophatrass: not for me
norfolkbombshell: :-P

I can't believe it's snowing. I love it. Anyways, the new updated site is on its way, and I have no idea what I'm doing for New Years.

I dunno if I'm gonna blog again until after Christmas ... so Merry Christmas and big up everyone. Eat Candycanes, drink eggnog, and ignore dumbass family members. =)


Saturday, December 21, 2002

I lost my rhythm

I'm scared .. so scared.

For the kabillion new people who are coming here looking for the Teresa wallpaper I made for her, or for other Oish loveness, it sucks to be you. Haha. Take ur hand out of ur pants and chillout in the ph@ cave. Then again, y'all probably saw Foley Claus on the splash and proceeded to runway!! By the way for my peeps, whut I'm talking about is ... I wake up about a few hours .. (reason will come later) and in my nerdy ass blurry haze head stright for my comp. I actually wanted to look at my Steiner Splash for some reason, but I clicked on my site counter. I thought my eyes were still effed up when I see the Today count at more than 3 times the normal rate .. actually this past hour has had as much hits as my average day. Crazy. Anyways it nah mattah. Thanks sexy, the whole reason I made her a paper was cuz she has a new layout and her entries are always dope. She so smarrrrt. Here check the paper out if ya want.

The reason why I haven't blogged or done shit here for awhile is cuz I'm working on a monster enhanced super site that is insane. Its based on the nuke shit I was talking 'bout befo'.

Christina Aguilera looks hotter in her new video Beautiful. She still looks drrty, but like attainable drrty. Basically cuz she sorta looks like the girls I meet. Short, pierced, cute and badass at same time. But yaw .. she looks siiiiick in the New Maxim photo spread .. oh lawd gyaaaad. (The text would have more effect if u heard me and my accent say it). Speaking of, I realized last night my accent comes out fuckin full force when I'm drinking. I mean I was talking to myself and couldn't understand myself! ha.

Ok onto bizzznezzz. So last night my parents hold the neighborhood christmas party at our house. I don't live at home, I rent the apartment downstairs .. shut up its different, I swear. Anyways, my family are the partymasters, so they had insane food, scrmmmp cocktails, lox, jerk chicken wings, garlic bread, turkey, pie, chocolate galore .. and well pure alcohol. But there was no way in hell I was staying here on Friday night. Especially since these crazy old people are throwing a pajama jammy jam. Yes, that's what I said. I told u, my family are the party masters, how u think I got this way? They are at a party right now! Why am I not? I told u, I barely woke up. I'm recovering and my head hurts. I'll go out later. hehe

I had a dilemma, what the hell am I gonna do? Actually, I wanted to call Rob and tell him to come here and lets take some food & juice and then go out. But dude already left me a message, he's drunk at the bar at his house. Its his work christmas party and the tab is running. Basically, I can go and get free food & drinks and then not have to drive after. Thats a good deal. I'm out.

To my surprise Bullybeef is there too. Niiiice. We drank, ate, played pool and chilled for about 2hrs. Rob had about 4 hrs of beer in him though. So Rob decides lets go back to his house and have some Alize .. This is my luck now. The girl I haven't talked to in about a week, and got me depressed for 5.2 seconds last week, calls me just as Rob starts chatting up and introduces me to the fiiiinest Chinese-mixed with something chick. She had braids and tings, all clean and dressed proper nice. My style. So now I'm on the phone trying to act cool still, and still trying to pimp this gal over here. Did I mention I was drunk and I'm not too smart. Basically I have no clue what happened. So fuck it.

Fast forward to right after the cab ride at Guvernment. Oh yeah, we decided to go to Guvernment, cuz it was Old School night. Anyways, as I step out the cab ... blaaaeaaah! It was nice and controlled right into the trash area. Though I saw in the morning some left on my pants. Ah well.

Ok now I'm fresh and ready, and now I got the pure bliss buzz. Me and Rob are loud as fuck in the line, Bull is trying to ignore us. I pull out a smoke, and mothafucking Rob blasts my hands so my ENTIRE NEW PACK goes flying in the air. He thinks its funny. So I punched the shit outta his chest and twice in the face. Yes, he is one of my best and oldest friends. He got me back later by headbutting the lens right outta my pimp glasses. Bastard. Me and his girl had to search for it on the dance floor. Imagine its dark, drunk people dancing, and I have one eye and I'm drunk. I was useless. Thank goodness for Irene. Anyways, me and BULL try picking up the stray smokes that were clean in the line area. Rob is still laughing, so I hit him again. Ha! The girls in the line, said he deserved getting wailed on. By the way, the entire time this shit is going on Bull is pretending he doesn't know us at all, and not even looking or standing near us.

Sidetrack: I'm watching the repeat of Hogan on Muchmusic. I didn't get to go downtown and check him out, cuz I was .. well .. drinking. Fuck I love Toronto wrestling fans, they are all chanting Rocky Sucks Rocky Sucks.

Dude, I almost forgot what the hell I was talking about, I'm still blurry.

Ok so this is how my title comes into play. I was jamming along, and then boom a James Brown riddim plays .. and I lost it. I mean I actually forgot how to dance. I was so scared. My legs didnt feel right, my hands, my flow was not on, I couldn't jam. I was bumping into people. The girls look at me and ask .. um n8, what the hell r u doing? I had no answer. Guy, they played New Edition all night long, and I didn't know what to do. I have yet to recover. I'm already bored of this entry. So I'm gonna end with new plugs:

My new T Dot homegirl Miss Kitty, Jenni, she's "not no, sucker, neither". *Throws up the V.1*. That's it. I'm done plugging go play this now, and watch this after.


Tuesday, December 17, 2002

Cyber Sox

I wasn't gonna "blog" until later, but Joey convinced me. Also, umm I made all my phone calls today and I'm still so wack, that I don't want to spend anytime looking for new contacts so far. I am so dumb. So far I've called MuchMusic twice and left messages, called Z103.5 and Flow 93.5 and got to email my eCard. That's it. Oh I found out MTV Canada is in Calgary. I think I'd rather go to New York. Anyways my pops got me a sort of link up with MTV. Oh yeah I got a link up with Corus Entertainment (YTV, Mojo Radio ..etc) so far nothing. Who else? I need ideas. Whats a cool media type place in Toronto or Canada?

I won my round for Elimination Online, I think just cuz the other entries were shyte. I won it on a landslide, so I still rock. That's what being jobless gets me, time to play meaningless internet games. I'm proud of me.

Why can't the Leafs AND the Raptors be good at the SAME time? damnit.

I have not done one day of christmas shopping. I have however, eaten more candycanes than you all have in your entire lives.

You have to see our insane christmassed house. My mom is like the West-Indian Martha Stewart, except, 1) my mom doesn't look old, 2) She doesn't really take time to polish and finish 3) My mom makes better food than anyone ... ever (including my grandma's). My future wife is in so much trouble if the old adage goes that u're suppose to impress a man through food. Anyways, its my job to light up the outside. I have the most bad ass lights all around the house, even in places where u actually have to walk around the house to see it (aka u can't see it from the road). Airplanes are gonna confuse my street for a landing strip. When the snow sits, I'll show off yet another skill I have. Light Master!!! My mom also put these old porcelain dolls she collects infront of the tree. They scare the shit outta me. Its like 8 dolls all bunched up in 1800's outfits on a mini royal chesterfield (couch). Dude when the tree lights hit them in the dark. I'm running for my life.

Now my headline comes into play. I found a site the sells virtual socks for ur virtual pets ... hehehe lies. Anyways, this is for/about those 12-15 yr boys who go to "camgirl" sites and try and cyber on the tag-boards and/or in chats and IM's. In case any of them actually visit here, here is my question and advice. What the hell are you doing? I mean damnit. I don't dispute the fact that y'all have to "wax the moustache" but why "cyber" with someone who greets you with sarcasm no less. I don't even understand the pleasure in typing text onto a screen to someone who enthusiastically is doing it back. For one, u don't know what the person is. Also its fucking text. Microsoft, Apple, Netscape, IBM, Dell ... whatever has given u marvelous pieces of technology and access to a wide array of beautiful pr0n that "in my day" we could never have imagined, and u go back to TEXT? Fucking TEXT? stupid. I mean damnit, when I was like 12 or 13, I had to frickin sneak downstairs at like 2 am to watch the SCRAMBLED pr0n on the cable box, or steal my dads copies of Porky's, NERDS, Meatballs, Screwballs and other B movie classics just to get a taste of that lovely restricted pr0n. And u mother fuckers have ur own TVs, VCRs and Computers with pr0n access in ur own rooms. Fuck Net Nanny and other blockers, u guys know how to ignore them, u build bad ass sites that hack fuckin AOL. U know whats even worse?

Honestly, why do u even need it anymore. I swear, when I started pimp walking at 14, It was considered too young to fuck then. Do you know how hard it was to get a 14 yr old boy and a 14 yr old girl together, by themselves in a house with NONE of the parents or adults around? It was damn near impossible. Its not like we could go and "park". Or we could just go to our rooms and tell who's parents it was, "um yeah just call us down for dinner, don't knock, we'll be down later." Not gonna happen. Anyways, what I'm trying to say is, we had it hard ... and blue. And u frickin kids act like Shady "I spit when I talk, I fuck anything that walks". I'm talking about girls too. U don't even have to be going out. Mix drugs and alcohol (in which access to these substances back then, was equal to having ur hot ass teacher liking u back) and ur lil bald headed (not even by shaving, just natural baldness) pum pums get slammed. Damnit. It's like the 60's came back. And we missed it. Except our parents fucked and smoked but had no clue it was so bad. I mean NO-ONE had a clue, not even the adults. But us fucking Gen Xers knew and got repremanded for thinking about it. You mothafuckin Pokemon Generation, have no clue, but thats cuz u don't want to know (we should of thought of that). Also our parents were late teens early 20's. Geez and Peas y'all are just early teens. I'm not against drugs, alcohol and pimpness .. shit I embrace that everyday. I also don't really give a rats ass how old u are. What I am against is u dumbass boys cybering in chatrooms when there is perfectly good lil ho waiting to give up her underdeveloped punany right across the street. What the fuck are u waiting for? Don't waste this gift, soon, she'll grow up and it won't be free ... or that tight.

That my friends, is n8's Holiday message to the children. "I teach the the troof to dee yoots" - Ol' Dirty Bastard.


Sunday, December 15, 2002

5 Star Frogsplash

Ok first things first I'm in Round 3 of the Mock trials for Elimination Online .. go vote for me in the forums ... now damnit! Heh.

Ok now, heres comes the 3rd and final installment of the legacy known as n8TV:

You can watch me rhyme live and dance ... again.

Random thought, do those anti-smoking commercials with those in your face smug punk kids annoy u as much as they annoy me? Is this what is suppose to be cool? Be jerks and jackasses, cuz thats cool, so now u're cool to not smoke? Shut the fuck up. I wanna slap them all.

I feel for ya Hood, my computer is bastard so I know eventually it'll turn on me. Ummm how do u save ur favorites in IE. I mean like in a file so I can put on disk and put back in my eventual re-install.

By the way, the sexilicious, bebelicious, wish she was my missus, Missy Misdemeanor Bebe, has a new layout. Love herrrrrrr. You know who else has a new layout? The Nasty and Nice sexy Saint. That's who. And she's making a n8 appreciation shrine ... on her site ... yeah yaaaaay.

Who's gonna win Survivor? The old lady Jan. I have a feeling, I think the final challenge is gonna be a weird special one and not a survival lasting, physical one, like the previous 4.

I know my blog is random. Fuck you.

I can't believe Chris Byrd beat Holyfield just now. John Ruiz is gonna murderalize Roy Jones. John Ruiz will beat Byrd. Then its Lennox vs Ruiz .. finally. Lennox will dust him. I hope that Kilitzz... whatever doesn't damage Lennox too much.

Just thinking, all the girls on American Idol were fiiine. I hope none of them grow into this beast. Holy crap there is already waaaay too much Kelly Clarkson sites out.

Where is oh where has my Haidee gone? I miss her.

Heather gets cuter everyday, I just saying.

January is gonna bring 2 new Canadian kids ... An lil Albertan from Ambrrr and the kid who'll call me uncle, from nWo Toronto charter member and my niggggga Mista Raging Bull ... (its gonna be a Baby Bull ..heh). Hope erryting goes smooove with both of ya.

Big Up to Ebony ... I think I emailed ya while ago, but ur email was gone or full. I forget .. anyways she's coolio. Oh and I'm never changing the layout, only the splash. I like this too much and I've got too many other sites to do.

Ur still reading this?

Question has anyone ever got phpnuke or postnuke to work without problems? I give up on them and gonna try myphpnuke, or just build phpn8. heh.

Hi. Sup. Wha Gwaan. *burp*


Thursday, December 12, 2002

HEAR MY SHIT!!!

I h8 my computer. Ok ok that's old news. Yeah so I have too much time on my hands, well in between looking for a job and surfing aimless sites like this one. I applied for ELIMINATION ONLINE. Heh. Anyways, I got jealous of moNY moNY, cuz she got to sing a sonnnnng for her mock trial (good luck girly). So I decided to rock a freestyle of my own. Yeah I know, its not acapella and its a rhyme, fuck you. I am the illest freestyler. HEAR MY SHIIIIIIIT (right click, save target-as, please, its on tripod)

I'm watching this on TV now .. I forgot how funny it was, reminds me of how I want to see Kirstin Dunst's skinny ass legs on my shoulders. hehe.


Wednesday, December 11, 2002

Join Up Mudda Suckaz!!!

I totally forgot I applied for Elimination Online! Hehe. Now I know where all these hits came from. Anyways, this is just gonna be plug central: JOIN ELMINATION ONLINE JOIN IT JOIN IT JOIN IT. Cuz it's much better than that other game. And ur suppose to be an asshole .. yeah buddy.

This may hamper my job finding and Mike u might win.

No one liked n8TV Episode 2? Fuck it, the legacy is over. Real blog may come soon ... or not. JOIN.


Sunday, December 8, 2002

It's back ...

If the above link doesn't work, go to *muh downloads* over there -> beside the cam image. Its in WindowsMedia. So uh, whatever.


Wednesday, December 4, 2002

Umm .. mad? who me?

Ok I'm calm now. Hehehe. Actually all frickin day I was looking for a printer to print my business cards and no one can do it. You have to understand that I live in one of THE most computer and digital copying centres of the coast. And NOTHING. I went on a chain reaction of 6 shops telling me to go to another shop, and the last one was a no-go. Finally I went to one I kept passing by, and I swear it was gonna be my 2nd, but I drive too fast. Anyways. They can do erryting I want, straight from my disk. Pure niceness. So if u're in the Toronto area and u need a printer that will do full color on anything. Go visit Creative Litho Inc..

This is another reason why I'm in a better mood.

Omg that was the funniest Bernie Mac episode I've seen in a while. Wanda looks gooooood.

Aiight more funny ass stuff that made me laugh. My friend from class emailed us the typical joker pics u get in ur mail once in awhile. Hers my fave 4.

Oh yeah, u see my cam pic of the albums? Oh man, wait till I scan the pics from the inside of the Mini Pops album. OMG so frickin jokes.

This is gonna be the greatest fuckin' reality show of all time. Fuck you Bachelor here comes Joe Millionaire. You have to love FOX, they bring the dopest shows to TV.

Heres something I found while randomly surfing. Some fuckin people just need to be slapped.

Wow, this has been a nice girly night. First Wanda, then Amy Brassette booty hotness on Cedric. Those Cedsation dancers make me wanna institute a law that girls should only wear those Tina Turner mini skirts with fringes and shake dat ass at super speed, every day. Well at least for me to see. Now the baddest show Fastlane. Oh oh Chinatown hotness on this episode .. mmmmm.. niiice. Random Fastlane note: The white dude on the show is married to Jennie Garth (Kelly from Beverly Hills 90210) so he actually works all day long with his wifes best-friend (Tiffini-Amber Thiessen). If u stray from ur wife and do the wifes best friend thing, thats one hella way to go down ... nah mean (say that in Fresh Prince voice) ... hehe. Ah lalalalalaa ... holy frig the girl on this episode is so wicked fiiiine.

WTF is THIS? Is it a comedy? It has to be. The only fuckin reason people went to see freakin cheerleader movies, is cuz they were fuckin cheerleaders bouncing around in cheerleader outfits. Who in the blue hell wants to see a movie about a drumline? BOXOFFICE = 20 people (the cast & crew's family).

I was gonna do some linking to some cool random blogs I found ... but nah. Oh Mike & Hood, I totally forgot to update and manage the nWo Toronto ring. Ha .. I never even really thought anyone would join, since it originally was for me & Kelvin. But Yo I put y'all in there like swimwear! Ok so I plug now. I luv and missed ur sexy booty Missy bebe. Congrats on yer jobs and tings. Congrats to lickle Saint on her Roxy ting. Speaking of Roxyness, Heather has a new cam/chat thingy, and she's still the cutest lickle web genius. .. next to me. ;). Big up to moNY, just cuz she lets me [move]whooooosh! Boooyah to Joey, cuz I say so. But everytime she mentions some Nathan dude in her blog, i'm like a puppy panting, then I realize its not me, and I feel like the puppy with no treat. hmmph.

Ok now I saved this for last, cuz I figure usually people just scan down for their links .. ha! hehe jokes, anyways, the reason why I was going insane with my computer, was cuz I was making an eBusiness Card. I came up with the concept, its a Flash Card presentation (like those greetings cards). The content is basically a cover letter and lil animated promo about me to entice employers to hire my ass. Aiight muddasuckaz, don't bite my shit, but ... here it is. Like? No Like?

Last thing, did u know, I rock the party that rocks the body? Otay now u know.


Tuesday, December 3, 2002

#$%##$^%$%!

I had this long ass post ironically about hating my computer, and wouldn't u fucking know it, out of the 5 browser windows that were open, the fuckin one that had my blog edit was the one that crashed. Why? Its 2 am and I can't punch the fuck out of my punching bag, I have no smokes and I'm mighty pissed all fucking day long about this shitty ass computer. Good God, every fucking site that I know exists, is not opening. How is IMDB not open? Fuck u Jaboo. Kill this computer now. U know what I wanted to show u? The fucking guys in Office Space beating the shit out of their fax and printer. Thats what I want to do to my computer. But noooooooooooooooooo. You fucking bastard. I fucking said "fucking" so many fucking times in this motherfucking blog cuz of this piece of fuckwad black death machine of fucking horror. I hate u, u fucking bastard.

I'm sorry if this is ur first time here and u don't like this, and or u didn't expect such profanity. Fuck you too.

I'm still not calm. Why am I even blogging? Btw I'm pissed cuz my life and career depends on my computer, and all day long its cost me time, which = money. Also even when I wanna do some fun stuff like n8TV, it fucks up, then it fucks up when I'm talking about it fucking up. I know Its gonna crash any second now ... wait for it ... wait ... ok ... as long as I stay in this textfield, errytings ok. Ok look it finally loaded. This is what I want to do.

Why am I watching shitty ass JR be insanely biased on WWE Raw? I thought the good announcers were also suppose to praise the bad guys and not bad mouth them. They are suppose to cheer everyone and not be biased, but be shocked and appalled WHEN the bad dudes do something bad. Not be mad and be "sick" at them even before they do anything, and then all of a sudden hate them and call them trash as soon as they turn bad when u were just licking their balls? Where the fuck is Bobby The Brain Heenan when you need him? At least he hated Hogan, Savage, Warrior and LOD when they were bad or good. Fucking Humanoids.

At least Tiger Woods was pissed off today too.

I had some nice links and stuff to put up. Fuck it. I'll just put it up on a nice blog. Lates.

WHA THE FUCK? No fucking way ... fuckin Blogger attacks me as well. What the fuck does this mean: Error 104:java.lang.NullPointerException (server:disco)? And now Blogger Publishing is overwhelmed ... la-dee-fuckin-da.

YOU FUCKIN BASTARDS!!!!

U guys are reading this waaaaaaay after I wrote it.