thebitterguy

• 20:09 Watching Tomb of the Cybermen. Hey, the black guy didn't die first! Oh, man, that's a horrendous American accent. #
• 20:51 The Cyber Controller has a penis for a head. #

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Okay, so, since I've joined Facebook, I've been a member of this group about an oncoming wrestling documentary entitled Bloodstained Memoirs.

Every so often I've gotten updates about this superstar and that superstar coming on board, blah blah blah. Last I heard, it was going into editing, which is good, since it's been in production for a really long time. I mean, how long does it take for a documentary to be finished?

So, today I get in my inbox an email saying there's an update on Bret Hart appearing in the documentary. Well, I say, that should be interesting.

After following the links to the MySpace page of the producer (is that a good sign?) I find a poorly constructed, barely edited 5000 word rant about how they did not get the interview they thought they were going to get.

Now, a good rant can be an enjoyable thing. The sheer amount of vitriol in this one, though, was more than a little disappointing. A professional thing to do might have been to end it after the first nine words: "Bret Hart will not be appearing in Bloodstained Memoirs".

But the sheer amount of malice and unprofessionalism in this thing was... wow.

To write it at all is bad. To descend to name-calling and impugning the character of the people who he disagrees with? Worse.

Petty, and sad.

• 20:23 Watching Dr. Who confidential for season 4. I like behind the scenes stuff. This show has a choreographer, which is neat. #
• 20:25 Nicholas Pegg, Nicholas Pegg, he plays a Dalek with a wooden leg. Daleks have no noses. How do they smell? Terrible! #
• 23:45 CSI crossover! Horatio Caine, supercop goes to New York. I wonder ehh they never cross a CSI show over with a light sitcom. #
• 23:46 Oh, Lt. Dan, who DOESN'T go to a poker game with a shotgun? #
• 23:50 I find the idea of an angry whopper almost appealing, in terms of fast food. Almost. #
• 23:53 USAian comedy can be almost as incomprehensible as that from the UK. I.E. Suze Orman? Where is the comedy here? #
• 23:55 Gremlins is on! Sweet! #
• 23:56 "They're watching Snow White. And they love it!" #
• 00:00 And on the other end of the quality scale, American Godzilla. Careful, I may start calling for help in Aramaic. #
• 01:37 Today was spent shovelling, mailing a last minute gift to the East Coast relations, and doing some shopping for the family. #
• 12:53 #CivIV The Turks have caught a case of the Judaism, and it's spreading. #

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So since Cynra had her school Christmas party on Wednesday night, I decided to treat myself to dinner at Chorizo and a little comics shopping.

I hadn't gotten to go to Dragon Lady for a couple weeks (game on hiatus), so I picked up a few things, plus a few things that mildly interested me.

I picked up a few Dark Reign books, including the new Fraction Iron Man, the "here's a bunch of stuff!" book, including good news in the form of a preview for a new Agents of ATLAS book.

The Dark Reigns one shot did not thrill. Maleev's art seemed off, particularly in his depiction of Namor (the Internet agrees with me, kids). It reads like Acts of Vengeance, only without the interesting factor. I do have to get the new Thor to figure out what's going on with Asgard and why Loki's hot now.

As to the mysterious shadowed figure in the doorway? Don't care.

Look, I may pick up whatever happens with the Runaways and Young Avengers in trade, but for now it's done nothing to draw me in. I'm still gonna be picking up pretty much strictly Fraction Man, Hulk, Herc, and Annihilation trades.

Oh, speaking of! I nearly had a freaking conniption when I saw the Nova HC. I thought they'd released that INSTEAD of releasing 8-12 in a tpb, but it turned out I'd just missed the trade (due to my FLCS going tits up). Whew! God knows I have NO intention of buying Nova 4-7 again, unless it's with the money I make selling Joe Quesada's organs on the black market.

I also got the first issues of Spider-Man and X-Men Noir. It's a cute little experiment Marvel is making of releasing minis of Film Noir-esque versions of their characters.

I will probably get them in trade, if at all. It seems to be a bit too much clever buggers. Although they have found a setting where the Enforcers are not a tremendously shitty idea.

I also got the DC Universe Christmas special, which was fairly unmemorable, other than a Huntress story that had some lettering gaffes and a Secret Origin of Santa Claus that made him into Superman. It was... silly.

I also got Buffy 20, issue 2 of Star Trek: the Last Generation (and may I say Sulu has kept himself remarkably well preserved) and something else. Has the Franklin Richards Christmas Special come out yet?

The burrito was okay, but the guy putting it together was not an ace wrapper yet, and left it a little loose.

On the drive home, I peeked at the spot where Geekdom used to be to see... Well, rationally, I looked over to see if the For Lease sign had come down, or maybe if someone was in there looking over the site.

Irrationally, of course, I was looking to see if maybe, maybe, I'd just imagined the whole thing, and they were still in business, and I'd see Ryan standing out front having a smoke wearing a Santa hat.

It didn't happen, of course.

Anyone who does go in there had better be brave or have a zinger of a business plan. They'd be the fifth business to be in there since I've moved in.

The first shop, The Outer Reaches, was closing up literally as we were moving in. As we picked up our keys, they handed in theirs.

They were followed by a toy and game shop. Not bad, but not long for this world.

Third was a computer shop. I never went in, as we quickly entered Macsylvania and never looked back.

They eventually shut down, and then Geekdom moved in for their one year tour.

That leaves a Dominoes, a nice fish n' chip shop, a convenience store, a place for parolees to facilitate their reabsorption into society, a salon/spa, and a kitchen store. And a vet.

Not exactly a place that screams "come and shop, casually!"

Good luck, whoever goes in.

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Dammit, people, she's a member of the Order of Canada! That puts her right up there with Rush!

edit: Oh, I'm sorry. That's Dr. Col. Loreena McKennit, OC.

The Thursday night group is on hiatus until the new year, so we decided to get together for dinner and interact in a human environment.

Choosing the venue was tricky, with two vetoed (including my favourite tex-mex joint in the world) and one prorogued, until finally we settled on El Trompo, a taco bar in Kensington market.

Then, we realized that the GM hadn't been invited to the festivities. So we sent him an invite. Hey, can I bring the wife? he asks. Sure! Anyone else want to bring the SO? A couple yeses came down the pipe, and so reservations were made.

Then, GM has to cancel, Cynra can't make it, and the vetoer of doom calls in sick, so the reservation ends up being cut in half.

In the end, though, nobody acted like a douchebag and we didn't eat at a chain resto, so that was a victory.

We met up at El Trompo, where we learned that they do, in fact, close at 8 pm, which would make our 7 pm dinner meeting a little abbreviated.

The tacos there were delicious, so that's good. They also had a bean n' bacon soup, which was tasty, if not on the same level as RR's chicken lime.

Of course, when we were done, we were still peckish, so we decided to head over to Sneaky Dee's for some nachos. A nice stroll through the neighbourhood got us there, but it was awash in hipster scum, so we eschewed sitting in the cold night air to wait for them to finish their dinner. In the end, we ended up going to Rancho Relaxo to grab nachos and beer, even though they were out of Mill Street Tankhouse.

We discussed a variety of things. I've still got Shadowrun's lifestyle rules in my head, and mentioned them during one lull in conversation. Paul asked "What keeps a power gamer from just having their character live on the street?" I swear, sometimes I want to shoot him in the face. We also discussed the lost knowledge of WW II battleship artisans.

The only downside to the night was having to drive home in the middle fo a truly rotten snowstorm. Boo, frozen precipitation!

By which I mean, people from England. And places near England. Jesus, I never can remember what I'm supposed to call those people.

Anyway: The word "pants!" Is it ever meant in a good way? If so, how do you tell?

Seriously, I'm lost here.

So, yeah, busy freaking weekend.

Friday was the group party at the chain restaurant. I suspect that our table was actually squeezed into a spot between where two other tables would normally be, as it was tight getting in and out. It was enjoyable, although I really have to wonder what it is that convinced two different people this year that I apparently really like James Bond trivia. The steak was good.

Saturday was the quarterly Browncoat T-Shirt Shindig. It was fun, and I got my Liev Shcreiber Fan Club t-shirt finished with the addition of the dorsal slogan "Liev and let die". canker_cansion and I got to play some Race for the Galaxy until our knees gave out. The only available playing area was in the t-shirt hanging room, so we were squatting on cushions around the table while a forest of cotton t-shirts waved about us.

R4TG's core mechanics have a pretty flat learning curve. Once the base mechanic (pick an action) gets explained, what you can do will take the rest of the game to settle, but once the basics are there, you get a grasp of it fairly quickly (IMHO).

Everything went smoothly at the shindig, although the pizza run didn't happen. Maybe I should have taken that bull by the horns. And we watched the X-Files sequel, "I desperately want to believe this film doesn't suck".

Sunday was quieter, with some shopping during the day and the Hobbystar Holiday part in the evening. kev_the_mev got squished into a side seat, so I had to be his appetizer valet. Good night, overall, even if there weren't enough gifts for the gift exchange, and I once again ended up with candy. And enough popcorn to kill a man.

So, yeah. Not much rest this weekend, and I didn't fill up my my CPAP resevoir after getting home on Friday, so I had the lovely bloody snot on Saturday. Yum!

Cynra and I did get to watch the pilot of Leverage on Sunday before and after the party. Enjoyable little show. A little too in love with itself in that final scene, but overall fun. If they can keep a consistency to the capericiousness of it, it'll be good. And always good to see Christian Kane working again.

This morning, amusingly enough, I woke up at five and couldn't get back to sleep. That didn't get me off to a good start.

righteousfist recently posted this link to a short article about "Adorable" Adrian Street, a Welsh wrestler.

Street's something of a multimedia celebrity, with a career in music and fashion in addition to his work in the squared circle.