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Oct. 21st, 2008 03:00 pm- 20:40 Some days, you're just in love with the idea of ROM: Spaceknight. Deep down. Well, I am, anyway. #
Vin Diesel's greatest role.
Tell Me! Did I just see...
Oct. 21st, 2008 10:32 amWhile I'm sloughing off mucus from my lungs, I'm taking care of some stuff on the PVR.
Anyway, I'm watching How I Met Your Mother. Into the commercials, and it appears that the commercial references the show that it is during.
Does this happen a lot? I haven't watched a commercial in a while, but I'm sure that's a first for me.
Hey, it's Jason Jones!
But, seriously. Do many commercials mention the show they're on during?
Anyway, I'm watching How I Met Your Mother. Into the commercials, and it appears that the commercial references the show that it is during.
Does this happen a lot? I haven't watched a commercial in a while, but I'm sure that's a first for me.
Hey, it's Jason Jones!
But, seriously. Do many commercials mention the show they're on during?
No Heroics and Spelljammer
Oct. 20th, 2008 11:08 pmA) Saw episode 5 of No Heroics. The hackneyed "guy goes to a support group and makes fun of everyone else there" bit gets pulled out with Timebomb. She Force has a secret identity that she uses to keep from getting lonely, and apparently Norse Dave was in the Falklands war with Electroclash's dad and Excelsor, which makes me wonder, how fucking old is Excelsor? Electroclash is apparently not just obnoxious, but emotionally stunted and still rebelling against her parents.
God, I think it was actually worse than last week's Heroes.
B) You can buy Spelljammer from RPG.now for $5. Holy cow. I totally want to get that boxed set, some more 4E books (I'm coasting on the PH right now) and just run a campaign of that.
I always loved Spelljammer's concept. The fucked up physics. Phlogiston. Crystal spheres. Space hippo mercenaries. Giant Space Hamsters.
It got to be a mess (as many things do when they continue to be ground out) but the core is gonzo and neat.
And my best friend in the world is my codeine syrup. Oh, man, I'm gonna sleep well tonight. Shit. "Do not drink alcoholic beverages." Just a beer with dinner should be fine, eh? That was three hours ago.
If I die in the night, tell my wife I love her! And play Spelljammer in memorium.
edit: I mean, seriously, read this and tell me you don't wanna play:
I think Beholders and mind flayers are jsut stupid powerful in 4E now, aren't they?
God, I think it was actually worse than last week's Heroes.
B) You can buy Spelljammer from RPG.now for $5. Holy cow. I totally want to get that boxed set, some more 4E books (I'm coasting on the PH right now) and just run a campaign of that.
I always loved Spelljammer's concept. The fucked up physics. Phlogiston. Crystal spheres. Space hippo mercenaries. Giant Space Hamsters.
It got to be a mess (as many things do when they continue to be ground out) but the core is gonzo and neat.
And my best friend in the world is my codeine syrup. Oh, man, I'm gonna sleep well tonight. Shit. "Do not drink alcoholic beverages." Just a beer with dinner should be fine, eh? That was three hours ago.
If I die in the night, tell my wife I love her! And play Spelljammer in memorium.
edit: I mean, seriously, read this and tell me you don't wanna play:
Multitudes of worlds wheel through Wildspace. The crystal shells that encase them bob and drift in a turbulent, rainbow ocean which fills all the cosmos. Sturdy merchants, bold pirates, and daring explorers venture into the great, unknown vastness of the universe, seeking wealth and adventure. The SPELLJAMMER Game puts you in command of a fantastic ship capable of spanning the tremendous distances between planets. Graceful elven flitters, stately illithid galleys, deadly beholder tyrants, and the awesome Spelljammer itself carry trade, emissaries, and heroic action throughout all the worlds of the AD&D game.
I think Beholders and mind flayers are jsut stupid powerful in 4E now, aren't they?
Tweets for Today
Oct. 20th, 2008 03:02 pm- 17:30 I have been dealing with a lingering cold and its aftereffects for a week now. I do not like it. #
- 22:21 Watching The Border off the PVR. Enjoyable show, if you can get by the lower case zomg arabz of it. #
- 08:51 It's hard not to feel like a dummy when your mechanic handles something that has stymied you literally all weekend with a jaunty grin. #
The news can be considered "not good".
I don't think we had any illusions it would be a great movie. But I think we were all assuming it would be a fairly accurate one. Faithful, as it were, to the source.
This... appears not to be the case.
I don't think we had any illusions it would be a great movie. But I think we were all assuming it would be a fairly accurate one. Faithful, as it were, to the source.
This... appears not to be the case.
Corner Gas reads my mind.
Oct. 20th, 2008 09:16 amVery amused last night watching the first ep of this season's Corner Gas (the last of the series).
There's a discussion during which somehow the topic of who would win in a fight, Spider-man or Sasquatch comes up. Brent actually says "Wait, do you mean Sasquatch from Alpha Flight, or just a generic sasquatch?"
Made my geek heart glow, I tell you. I almost Hoo'd Win'd the conversation on the spot, but decided against it.
I do wonder if the Corner Gas website is still unmanageable.
There's a discussion during which somehow the topic of who would win in a fight, Spider-man or Sasquatch comes up. Brent actually says "Wait, do you mean Sasquatch from Alpha Flight, or just a generic sasquatch?"
Made my geek heart glow, I tell you. I almost Hoo'd Win'd the conversation on the spot, but decided against it.
I do wonder if the Corner Gas website is still unmanageable.
Behind the scenes of No Heroics
Oct. 19th, 2008 08:37 pmOr at least, on the set of NH. This is a tour of The Fortress, the superhero bar of No Heroics.
The show is still semi good (I think last week's actually had a decent mix of the interesting characters and a minimum of the boring ones.
I might see this week's, and hopefully it will no longer suck.
Tweets for Today
Oct. 18th, 2008 03:00 pm- 18:06 Dead car battery. This fucking sucks. #
- 12:27 Wedding day for Kelly and Chris. In a a Polish church, so it's time for stained glass and cassoks. #
This is a test
Oct. 17th, 2008 10:53 pmTesting Lj app. Can you hear me in the back?
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cargoweasel for the heads up.
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The greatest thing about the internet is it has taken the normally diffuse nerd community and brought it together to give it things to bitch about.
For example, somewhere on the intertubes someone did a list of "tough women" (INSERT SEXIST JOKE HERE, am I right, fellas?), and of course feelings were bruised. How dare Character A rate higher than Character B! This is an mockery! A mockery!
Two of the sterling members of that list were Buffy Summers, Vampire Slayer and Ellen Ripley, Xenomorph avoider.
It seems a shame to make them fight. They have so much in common! Ripley’s foes are phallic xenomorphs from the deepest subconscious of a mad Swiss, while Buffy’s are dramatic incarnations of the various trauma of the young adult world.
They’ve both got strange maternal issues, with Ripley upon being informed her daughter has died of old age glomming onto the first traumatized pre-teen she chances upon. Buffy found herself in the unwanted role of den mother to a sprawling army of teen proto-slayers.
They both find their only stable romantic relationships in the arms of strong military men, but both lose them, whether throughscreenwriter dickishness chance or their own stupidity.
They've both died in climactic scenes by going for a slo-mo high dive. A nine from the Russian judge!
And they’ve both been in lousy movies written by Joss Whedon.
But, in the end, there’s no room for tea and biscuits here in Hoo’d Win. No, there is only blood and honour. Who shall it be? Whose rage burns hotter? Whose limbs are mightier?
You! Make! The! Call!
[Poll #1280435]
For example, somewhere on the intertubes someone did a list of "tough women" (INSERT SEXIST JOKE HERE, am I right, fellas?), and of course feelings were bruised. How dare Character A rate higher than Character B! This is an mockery! A mockery!
Two of the sterling members of that list were Buffy Summers, Vampire Slayer and Ellen Ripley, Xenomorph avoider.
It seems a shame to make them fight. They have so much in common! Ripley’s foes are phallic xenomorphs from the deepest subconscious of a mad Swiss, while Buffy’s are dramatic incarnations of the various trauma of the young adult world.
They’ve both got strange maternal issues, with Ripley upon being informed her daughter has died of old age glomming onto the first traumatized pre-teen she chances upon. Buffy found herself in the unwanted role of den mother to a sprawling army of teen proto-slayers.
They both find their only stable romantic relationships in the arms of strong military men, but both lose them, whether through
They've both died in climactic scenes by going for a slo-mo high dive. A nine from the Russian judge!
And they’ve both been in lousy movies written by Joss Whedon.
But, in the end, there’s no room for tea and biscuits here in Hoo’d Win. No, there is only blood and honour. Who shall it be? Whose rage burns hotter? Whose limbs are mightier?
You! Make! The! Call!
[Poll #1280435]
Okay, Tomorrow
Oct. 16th, 2008 04:04 pmNew Hoo'd Win tomorrow. They have me doing actual work today.
He's a Cat! Flushing a toilet!
Oct. 16th, 2008 07:49 amSomething to get your day off to a good start.
Early thanks!
Oct. 15th, 2008 10:35 pmJust a quick shout out to life_on_queen for inspiring tomorrow's Hoo'd Win. Huzzah!
life_on_queen for inspiring tomorrow's Hoo'd Win. Huzzah!Let me tell you, occasionally you forget how awesome the show could be at its height.
But watching Last Exit to SPringfield reminds me that this is pretty much a perfect half hour of comedy. Bits lead through each other, and it's all based on one specific plot.
It's all so incredibly awesome.
This was a highlight.
Oh, God. A Get Smart/Batman reference. And Burns just kicked a dog!
Moby Dick! The Grinch!
Instant riot.
Rock.
But watching Last Exit to SPringfield reminds me that this is pretty much a perfect half hour of comedy. Bits lead through each other, and it's all based on one specific plot.
It's all so incredibly awesome.
This was a highlight.
Oh, God. A Get Smart/Batman reference. And Burns just kicked a dog!
Moby Dick! The Grinch!
Instant riot.
Rock.
Welcome to my new MP!
Oct. 15th, 2008 04:25 pmWell, in with the new and out with the old, I always say! Lisa Raitt, in her first bid for public office, managed to get assigned the sweet blue plum of Halton. Since she was hand picked by Big Steve, I can only assume that she'll have his hear, and more importantly, his pocketbook.
So, bring on the pork! I hear we could use some "infrastructure upgrades" and "Cultural events". By which I mean a bigger casino, and whores.
So, bring on the pork! I hear we could use some "infrastructure upgrades" and "Cultural events". By which I mean a bigger casino, and whores.
Tweets for Today
Oct. 15th, 2008 03:00 pm- 16:08 Monsterpocalypse? Sold out! It's like no one wants my money. #
- 22:49 So, Harper breaks his own election law, and end result: meet the new boss, same as the old boss. #canadavotes #
Define Irony A Cute Coincidence
Oct. 15th, 2008 01:33 pmFeeling like crap, but going into work anyway because you have to, and then the iPhone playing "Calling in Sick" by Weird Al.
Thanks for reminding me, Al.
I coughed up things this morning. GREEN things. I think they may have wriggled.
Thanks for reminding me, Al.
I coughed up things this morning. GREEN things. I think they may have wriggled.
