The days are starting to blur together. My normal weekend appointments were called off and that has only served to further confuse my head. Tomorrow I'll be out of the house and that should help realign things. Hopefully I'll have some fun as well.
Haven't played Guitar Hero in months and today I found out I'm still okay at it. At least I'm no worse at it than I was months ago. I'm probably not any better. My hand won't curl to allow for comfortable play on medium so I lamely rock on easy. I still managed to get through 'Raining Blood' and that's not bad after all that time.
In the past few months, Time/Warner has been meddling with the television scheduling screens. I dislike the changes. Screens are slower to respond in general, to the point where bringing up the guide can lead to a break in the audio/video feed. This never happened before the updates. This failure is part of the reason for the change I mentioned yesterday. Today I found that, at the very least, they made the 'on demand' channels work better. I could never consistently get them to work properly before. Today they're working. I've been recording some shows to DVD, stuff I wouldn't normally record. The lack of commercials or minimal commercials in the 'on demand' feed is very attractive. This way I got the first three episodes of 'Wolverine and the X-Men', which I had previously missed. It's a pretty good show so far.
I also got some 'new' Muppet stuff today. This is exciting!
So there's reason for hope.
28 February 2009
27 February 2009
I got nothing
Feels like I've done nothing but type this past day or so. That's not a bad thing as such but it's not all directly related to the current project so it's as much keeping the momentum going as anything else. Watched a movie last night but it walked a line between 'okay' and 'not bad enough to be funny' so there isn't much to walk about there. Getting rid of Time/Warner for the AT&T version of television but that won't kick in for a little while yet. Once it does, that'll be something to talk about. Played the last level in a videogame that I haven't touched for months. That was weird and fun at the same time.
Just...meh.
Just...meh.
26 February 2009
A Few Thoughts on Comics from This Week
After a couple smaller weeks at the shop, this week was heavy duty in comparison. Wow.
I found New Avengers #50 to be enjoyable, despite the fact that the cover image never really happens within the book. This Avengers team is in flux and is trying to stabilize. As with last issue, Clint's speech at the end of the book makes it. I do look forward to the day when the 'new' can be dropped from the title. I understood its purpose at once point but is feeling increasingly lame.
Hulk #10 was interesting, a Defenders reunion that's not a Defenders reunion. As Jeph Loeb stories go, this could be interesting. That said, I'm tired of waiting on the identity on the Red Hulk. C'mon Jeph! It's getting old.
Mighty Avengers #22 also shows an Avengers team in flux. The storyline gets serious this issue and I'm very interested. Traditional Avengers villains show up and are causing some major problems. I wasn't sold on the art at first, but I'm liking it now. It's not my favorite style, but its a reasonable mix of stylistic and realistic.
Fantastic Four #564 starts a vacation story for the FF which is clearly not going to let them rest. The team's in Scotland to stay with Reed's minister cousin. Millar and Hitch have been doing a great job with the book. I'll admit that when they were announced I was concerned it would be too 'ultimate' in nature but I believe those fears to have been unfounded. It may not be Stan and Jack, but it might be Mark (Waid) and Mike (Weiringo).
Incredible Hercules #126 shows Herc's origin, details that we didn't have before that are explaining some of the storylines going on now. Better than I expected and the backup story isn't bad either.
Savage Dragon #145 starts the book over. Sorta. Not really but yeah. It's a good jumping on point for new readers and has quite a shock ending. Thumbs up.
Fear Agent #26 feels like it's preparing to end a series rather than be the penultimate issue in a storyline. A good chunk of the book is a knock-down drag out bare knuckle fight. It's mean but makes sense given the history of the book.
Transformers - Maximum Dinobots #3 continues my Generation 1 Transformers comic book joy. Simon Furman's Transformers work has never left my wanting. I'm not sure how we writes giant robots so well but I'm glad he can.
War Machine #3 continues the launch of a book for which I had very low expectations. It's been very interesting instead. I'm still not completely sure what happened to Rhodey but I'm willing to wait until they're ready to lay it all out. What they've revealed so far is pretty Deathlok but I'm sure there's a bit more to it. Actually, the way his character is currently seems like a mix of Deathlok and Terror Inc. This is good stuff.
As normal, there were others I enjoyed but these are the ones that I felt like commenting on.
I found New Avengers #50 to be enjoyable, despite the fact that the cover image never really happens within the book. This Avengers team is in flux and is trying to stabilize. As with last issue, Clint's speech at the end of the book makes it. I do look forward to the day when the 'new' can be dropped from the title. I understood its purpose at once point but is feeling increasingly lame.
Hulk #10 was interesting, a Defenders reunion that's not a Defenders reunion. As Jeph Loeb stories go, this could be interesting. That said, I'm tired of waiting on the identity on the Red Hulk. C'mon Jeph! It's getting old.
Mighty Avengers #22 also shows an Avengers team in flux. The storyline gets serious this issue and I'm very interested. Traditional Avengers villains show up and are causing some major problems. I wasn't sold on the art at first, but I'm liking it now. It's not my favorite style, but its a reasonable mix of stylistic and realistic.
Fantastic Four #564 starts a vacation story for the FF which is clearly not going to let them rest. The team's in Scotland to stay with Reed's minister cousin. Millar and Hitch have been doing a great job with the book. I'll admit that when they were announced I was concerned it would be too 'ultimate' in nature but I believe those fears to have been unfounded. It may not be Stan and Jack, but it might be Mark (Waid) and Mike (Weiringo).
Incredible Hercules #126 shows Herc's origin, details that we didn't have before that are explaining some of the storylines going on now. Better than I expected and the backup story isn't bad either.
Savage Dragon #145 starts the book over. Sorta. Not really but yeah. It's a good jumping on point for new readers and has quite a shock ending. Thumbs up.
Fear Agent #26 feels like it's preparing to end a series rather than be the penultimate issue in a storyline. A good chunk of the book is a knock-down drag out bare knuckle fight. It's mean but makes sense given the history of the book.
Transformers - Maximum Dinobots #3 continues my Generation 1 Transformers comic book joy. Simon Furman's Transformers work has never left my wanting. I'm not sure how we writes giant robots so well but I'm glad he can.
War Machine #3 continues the launch of a book for which I had very low expectations. It's been very interesting instead. I'm still not completely sure what happened to Rhodey but I'm willing to wait until they're ready to lay it all out. What they've revealed so far is pretty Deathlok but I'm sure there's a bit more to it. Actually, the way his character is currently seems like a mix of Deathlok and Terror Inc. This is good stuff.
As normal, there were others I enjoyed but these are the ones that I felt like commenting on.
25 February 2009
'Into the Wild Green Yonder' review
I'm not completely sure why I didn't like the new Futurama 'Into the Wild Green Yonder' when I watched it yesterday.
Perhaps it was because it didn't seem to link up much to the end of the last movie. Normally that would be no big deal but since the other movies felt more connected to each other, I expected it to happen again.
Perhaps it was because it seemed to change it's own rules. I don't recall women being treated as such second-class citizens during the series so that point here felt like it existed just to feed the story. Perhaps it was due to legislation that Earth-President Nixon introduced? Then why not bring it up before it's a critical story point? Before it feels like a cheat?
Perhaps it was because it felt like there was an extra episode attached to the beginning that had little to do with the rest of the story? Normally that wouldn't be a big deal either. Seen as individual episodes it may have worked better. As a 'movie' expected to be a whole, it felt odd when the storyline and characters with it disappeared.
Perhaps it was too preachy. Perhaps the jokes weren't funny enough. Perhaps it wasn't clever enough. All I know is that I was disappointed. I got bored halfway through and started flipping through other things, like I do with normal television. Stuff not worth directing my entire attention upon.
This might be the end of the series. Again. If they wanted to leave me unexcited, not chomping at the bit for more episodes should none materialize, they succeeded. It felt incomplete somehow.
I'm sure I'll watch it again and maybe I'll like it more then as I won't be expecting what I don't receive. For now, I expected better.
Thumbs way down.
Perhaps it was because it didn't seem to link up much to the end of the last movie. Normally that would be no big deal but since the other movies felt more connected to each other, I expected it to happen again.
Perhaps it was because it seemed to change it's own rules. I don't recall women being treated as such second-class citizens during the series so that point here felt like it existed just to feed the story. Perhaps it was due to legislation that Earth-President Nixon introduced? Then why not bring it up before it's a critical story point? Before it feels like a cheat?
Perhaps it was because it felt like there was an extra episode attached to the beginning that had little to do with the rest of the story? Normally that wouldn't be a big deal either. Seen as individual episodes it may have worked better. As a 'movie' expected to be a whole, it felt odd when the storyline and characters with it disappeared.
Perhaps it was too preachy. Perhaps the jokes weren't funny enough. Perhaps it wasn't clever enough. All I know is that I was disappointed. I got bored halfway through and started flipping through other things, like I do with normal television. Stuff not worth directing my entire attention upon.
This might be the end of the series. Again. If they wanted to leave me unexcited, not chomping at the bit for more episodes should none materialize, they succeeded. It felt incomplete somehow.
I'm sure I'll watch it again and maybe I'll like it more then as I won't be expecting what I don't receive. For now, I expected better.
Thumbs way down.
24 February 2009
I Still Miss Someone
My friend, I know it's been awhile since we last saw each other and I'm sorry about that. I know you've missed me as I've missed you; that is clear to me.
It's not as if I've been avoiding you, well, its not as if I didn't want to see you. I do. You know how things are at the moment.
I know our recent meeting was brief. We had so much to catch up on and it felt like all we got to do was say 'hello' before we were separated again. I promise, I'll do what I can to be back soon.
I miss Best Buy.
At least I managed to keep myself to the items I chose before walking into the store. It wasn't easy.
It's not as if I've been avoiding you, well, its not as if I didn't want to see you. I do. You know how things are at the moment.
I know our recent meeting was brief. We had so much to catch up on and it felt like all we got to do was say 'hello' before we were separated again. I promise, I'll do what I can to be back soon.
I miss Best Buy.
At least I managed to keep myself to the items I chose before walking into the store. It wasn't easy.
23 February 2009
Now I'm all Hungry
I try to control the amount of fast food that I eat. I know I don't have the healthiest eating habits in general so I figure limiting fast food is a step in the right direction. However, there are certain times and circumstances that just scream 'fast food' to me and it doesn't seem right if I don't go with the flow.
Generally I gravitate to Wendy's as I am a fan of the Spicy Chicken Sandwich they have on the menu. Hardee's was once a favorite of mine but there isn't one nearby, not close enough that I would go regularly anyway. I prefer Burger King to McDonalds but don't like Burger King as much as I used to do. McDonalds stopped being interesting to me somewhere in my late teens. There are things on the menu I know are 'safe' for me to eat but I don't have an excitement for the place. I think I've had all of one Big Mac in my life. I saw a commercial for a Quarter Pounder the other day and pondered whether or not I'd ever had one. Can't remember. Don't think so.
Of late, I've had a taste for Taco Bell, which seems ridiculous as that's even worse. It's dangerous, evil stuff but a weird yearning for nacho cheese draws me there. It doesn't hurt that they're open late and there's one right off the freeway, not far from where I live. It's a weird self-loathing that brings me there, great heaps of hot sauce, and far too entertaining with beer with which to wash it down.
The other part to me that seems ridiculous to me is that I like watching cooking shows. I see proper food getting made, occasionally get keen to try something, but have no skill in that regard. I can bake after a fashion, barbecue a little, but not really cook. Gordon Ramsey would hate me I'm sure.
Generally I gravitate to Wendy's as I am a fan of the Spicy Chicken Sandwich they have on the menu. Hardee's was once a favorite of mine but there isn't one nearby, not close enough that I would go regularly anyway. I prefer Burger King to McDonalds but don't like Burger King as much as I used to do. McDonalds stopped being interesting to me somewhere in my late teens. There are things on the menu I know are 'safe' for me to eat but I don't have an excitement for the place. I think I've had all of one Big Mac in my life. I saw a commercial for a Quarter Pounder the other day and pondered whether or not I'd ever had one. Can't remember. Don't think so.
Of late, I've had a taste for Taco Bell, which seems ridiculous as that's even worse. It's dangerous, evil stuff but a weird yearning for nacho cheese draws me there. It doesn't hurt that they're open late and there's one right off the freeway, not far from where I live. It's a weird self-loathing that brings me there, great heaps of hot sauce, and far too entertaining with beer with which to wash it down.
The other part to me that seems ridiculous to me is that I like watching cooking shows. I see proper food getting made, occasionally get keen to try something, but have no skill in that regard. I can bake after a fashion, barbecue a little, but not really cook. Gordon Ramsey would hate me I'm sure.
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