St. Patrick's Day

Well, so much for the whole Lent idea. blew it, big time.

I can't even blame City of Villains, as I haven't played it too much. Which is a shock, since I just unlocked the ability to have TWO costumes. totally kick ass. So, ladies and gentlemen and french persons, I give you the "Man In Black Variation" Plaid Scientist:



hells yes

Ok, so today is St. Patrick's day. And anyone who's known me for a long time knows that this is the one holiday I spend in a complete and utter drunken stupor. Now, I know I enter this state often, but this time of the year, it just seems like it's socially accepted. And I take full advantage of this.

I did not bug out of work, as is my usual custom, but am instead tapping my foot in a mildly irritated manner counting down the time until my stomach has yummy Guiness and Jameson in it, administered through the delectable "CarBomb IV" method. this is more then a hells yes, this gets the coveted "FUCK yes!"

The worst part is that I'm getting a total blank on anyone going out with me, so I'll probably hit the town solo. And some freaky shit went down last time I did that, I'm sure tonight will be no different. I'll give you an update.

I'll try to stop, but I'm not promising anything

Ok, I know I keep going on about this City of Villains game, but it has consumed me. Not last night, mind you. Nay, last night I sat down on the couch and watched the last episode of Battlestar Galactica instead. This week is the hour-and-a-half season finale, and I'm totally stoked. imagine my head, now imagine it stoked. That's what's going on right now.
I like that the human-looking robots on Battlestar are sexy - well at least the females are - because, if you're gonna make a robot that looks human, you might as well make it a sexy human. I wonder why no one has tried to make a robot that looks like me?

ahem.

So, anyway, that game... I though it would be time for show and tell. Below is my latest character (who I haven't played for very long, but I wanted to grab that character name, because a name like that will go but fast):


MOTHER FUNK





She's an old lady with super-strength and invulnerability. and yes, I know she's pretty saucy for an old bird... but this is a video game. they don't do wrinkled bitmapping... they need to sell it to the 18-25 demographic after all.

My other character, and the one I spend the most time with, is none other then THE GREATEST SUPER VILLAIN EVER: The Plaid Scientist.



He's about 4ft. tall. that's 4 feet of pure evil.

In my mind their some kind of amazing villainous team. Listen to it: The Plaid Scientist and Mother Funk. mmmm... just rolls right off the tongue. yummy. And yes, i do know that they are both wearing ties. What, people plotting world domination can't dress appropriatly? please.

[insert expletive here]!!

Well, golly gosh darn it…. Two days missed. Do I have a good excuse? Heck no! On Monday night I had a whole lot of things planned to accomplish. However, I logged onto City of Villains (from here on called CoV… I’m lazy), you know, just for a second… not long at all. See, I just recently acquired Super Jump, and all I was gonna do was jump over some buildings… just log on and move around, and that’s it. Well, as soon as I logged on, I see that there are people from my SuperGroup online.

   Ok, an explanation… in this game you are a super villain. You choose an origin, choose how you look, and choose some starting powers. As the game progresses, you get new powers and become more powerful. During the first 10 levels you can die as often as you want, no big deal… however, after level 10, when you perish, you get debt, which has to be worked off… so you gain levels slower with each death.
   At a certain level, you can form a SuperGroup, and have people underneath you join. You can also create a base.
Now, I didn’t create a group, but I did get recruited into one: Eternity.

And yes, that is a stupid name for a SuperGroup.

The few people I’ve met that are in the group are pretty cool, and one group: Foot-Loose and Fancy-free, are on regularly. They’re an engaged couple from down south. They seem kinda cool. The person who recruited me? A guy named Blind Spectrum from Boston.

So, I was on just to jump around, nothing else. Honestly. HOWEVER, I get on and all three of the above-mentioned “villains” were on and forming a group to go adventuring. Well, this supervillain could not say no.

A few hours later, no post was written.

Last Night? The g/f wanted to hang out… which meant me falling asleep on the sofa watching TV. Bah, what a waste of good gaming time. See how you ruin our lives, girls?

Oh, and she doesn’t read this blog. It’s forbidden. Or if she does, she doesn’t tell me… which is fine.

I’m entirely stoked for next weekend… when green beer runs aplenty. I have notoriously overdrank on St. Patrick’s Day, and this year will be no exception. You guys will have to stay tuned for my misadventures, of which I guarantee some craziness.

Alright, need to go back to work. Maybe I’ll write some more tonight. Current Lusts: a home Wi-fi network (must…play…Mario Kart… wireless), a Roku SoundBridge (my massive mp3 collection through my sound system? Hot shit indeed), Diora Baird (where is she? More more more),…
Oh, yeah, speaking of Diora Baird… (if you don’t know who she is, she was one of the naked girls flopping into bed in Wedding Crashers.. look for the biggest boobs), I’ve been trying to get a hold of an old friend Michelle Bush, who does costume design. She was living in Chicago somewhere… and I had emailed someone who said she worked with her and would send my contact info to her… but I never heard anything back. Well, using imdb.com – a must visit site for movie trivia – I see that Michelle is doing costumes on a movie – which stars Diora Baird. Somehow I should be able to work this. Heh. But seriously, Michelle and I had some fantastic times (she bought me booze when I wasn’t able to buy it), and I’d love to see her again. At least I hope things are going well for her… she laughed like a machine gun.

Ok, really need to get to work… only half an hour left. See you all later. Oh, and download “Fett’s Vett” by mc chris (www.mcchris.com) that shits is the bombs yo!

This is downright unheard of....

Ok, I'll admit... i feel bad about not posting yesterday. so I'm doing two for today. Does it make up for the missed post? Not at all. I feel like an alcoholic father who missed their favorite child's birthday party, and now is showing up with a pony.

Unfortunatly, this pony is missing a leg.

The one thing I need to do is get into some routine. i mean I have a bit of a routine... wake up... grumble...be pissed for no reason... hit snooze at least 5 times... beat the roomate to the shower... head to the office... count the time until work is done... then either go to the gym, or head home to skip eating a well balanced meal in favor of a peanut butter jelly sandwich by the light of my computer monitor.

sad, really.

Now, somewhere in there I need to add: write something stupid. Wait, I don't mean that what I write be stupid (though it most likely will be), let me clean up my grammar here: write something, stupid. there, much better. that stupid is directed at my head.

I've read books on writing, and I have had some formal education on the subject (I've gone to - what - 5 schools since high school), and one thing is to read. read read read. Which I do regularly... magazines...comics....novels...cereal boxes... whatever I can get my hands on. My current stack: A feast of crows, othello, 25 to-be-read comics, 3 graphic novels, a copy of scientific american, the latest copy of wired... probably missing some stuff in there. This mother fucker reads man.

Of course, the OTHER thing I'm supposed to do is write. Somehow I've missed that little tidbit. In "On Writing Well" (I think that's the correct book), they tell you to make a routine... set a time that you should write everyday. it's not a hobby... it's a job.

That's the part I miss. these comic book writers, these novelists, their job is to write. And the really good ones, do it at regular jobs. Above i mentioned that I go to the office... welll these people do too. Their office may be in their home, and they may show up in pajama panmts and bunny slippers, but they stick to their strict regime. at least I think they do.

and so, along with typing some new posts in this blog... I'm gonna TRY to get into a routine. tomorrow.

right now, I'm signing off and going to lay down to read some comics, and listen to the "Superfly Soundtrack". I'm a get my funk on.

Well, looks like I'm hell-bound

I kept telling myself yesterday: "write in blog, write in blog", and of course I totally meant to. But then I thought... you know I could play a little City of Villains... just for a half hour, or maybe just an hour.

I think the actual time came in closer to 6 of those earth hours.

And I realize I should not have admitted to that.

The last lengthy game session I remember (besides recent time with City Of Villains), was some kind of sick and twisted 5AM 13 hour marathon for Jade Empire. An action RPG set in the orient with kung-fuing? To me, it makes total sense.

I have this urge to put out some kind of creative output, but I just don't know what. I've been reading and paying attention to everything I possibly can, convincing myself that i am some worm creature holed up in his caccoon, waiting to spring forth as some beautiful literary butterfly... maybe not of the Hemingway genus, but a beautiful creature none the less. However, I realize there is a chance that this little kid known as life decided to do a little science experiment and cut me wriggling from my coccoon.. and now I crawl the earth, potential never to be realized.

that all made sense in my head.

I have not hid my love of all things geek, and that includes comics. The ultimate end of my creativity would be a successful comic series. However, now a days, comic writing has been taken over by celebrities. NY Times famous author Brad meltzet for one. The guy who created Lost is another. To get to comics... which with all the famous movies and everything STILL remains a niche market... i mean how many of you are having troubles keeping current timeline Marvel and ultimate Universe Marvel straight in your head? yeah, I thought so.
Still I have to do something ELSE to get into comics? That's just weird and I won't do it. I will get off the couch one day and do it. directly. and fail miserably. but I will do it. mark my words.

and I know that most comic creators can draw. and that's not a strong point for me. Considering I draw a stick figure and people need a minute to figure out it is in fact a man shaped bunch of sticks, I'm not looking to improve any time soon.

Anyway, a day full of food shopping at the Italian Market and doing laundry awaits. These weekends are just crazee.

Motivation: Less Than Zero

So, I thought I'd come home today and whip up a hot batch of steamy blogging... but I just don't feel like it right now. Perhaps in a little bit, or maybe tomorrow? Either way, this post keeps me on track for that magic number 40.
And yes, we could well get 37 more of these craptastic entries. but I'll try extra hard, just for you the screen-illuminated masses.

I want my space

Ok, as many of you may or may not know… I have a roommate. (Well, two actually.) And for the most part it’s not that big of a deal. I mean, assistance with the rent is always a plus. And, usually the roommate hangs out in the basement, almost like his own little apartment down there. Now, during the initial move-in, that downstairs was supposed to be my area, but I’m fine with it NOT being my area, as that means the living room becomes much more of my area. That’s where my PC resides, as well as my PS2 with the Guitar Hero controller. Looking through our Magic Mirror (ala Romper Room), we also see a stack of comics, a stack of unwatched DVDs, a record player – yeah, finally got one of those, and some discarded socks. So you see, it is kind of MY PALACE. Though lately, all I needed was the corner of the room where my rig resides (rig is slang for PC. See, I keep you people in the know. This is officially an educational blog. Maybe there’s a grant somewhere for me?) So, if I’m in the corner, that’s fine.
   Well, here of late, the roommate has been spending more and more time outside his dungeon, and this doesn’t fit into my plans at all. Not one bit. The other day I was churning along the information superhighway, scouring the internet for the latest porn news on the latest games and technology, minding my own, when the roommate decided to search for a snack while eating a piece of string cheese. Loudly. Mid string, he decided that reading over my shoulder and munching at high decibels would better serve his time then finding his inevitable bag of popcorn.

This annoyed me.

My thoughts were something like this: “If you’re gonna eat your stupid piece of stupid cheese, don’t do it so fucking loudly. Instead, take your stupid head with the stupid cheese and get out of my precious personal space.”

Logical, right?

Anyway, it’s actually been a build up. It’s just that everytime I have an idea to do something, there he is standing around, annoying me.

Ok, I really want to go off on this subject some more, including money talk, but you guys don’t come to me for the hate… you come for the geek lubbin’. And Geek Lub I shall give.

The last two movies I’ve (unsuccessfully) watched were Mirrormask and The Ultimate Avengers movie.

  Mirrormask had some crazy visuals, and the story was pretty interesting (it was written by one of my current literary heroes Neil Gaiman). Unfortunately, I slept through a large chunk of the middle, missing what I assumed were some extremely stunning visuals.
The same happened with the animated Avengers Movie.

  I obviously have become developed narcolepsy triggered by anticipated movie viewing. Thank God I didn’t have this during Star Wars Episode 3. That would have pissed my right the fuck off.
Anyway, I’ll try to return to the movies, and see if I can recommend either of them. I have a feeling I will be able to, so you might want to go ahead and check them out. Especially that Mirrormask movie.

Good God I Slack

Good God, I Slack!

  Ok, so I’ve been away from this little blog thing for quite some time now. Almost a month. Would it hurt to call, or write… you know, just drop a line to let the blog know I’m still alive. It hurts the blog so much when I act this way. Why do I hate the blog? Why!?

  There, there… I don’t hate you. I’ve just been…um…busy. You know, doing…      stuff.
  What? No, no I haven’t been seeing other blogs. Well, OK, I may have been reading a few others, but they really mean nothing to me.
  And besides, I was JUST READING. Nothing else, I swear.
  No, no of course your still the only blog for me… come here… let’s have some blogging….

  Ok, so last week I was in Houston for a week. Never been to Texas. Did I have a good time? Hell no! why? Well, this little cowboy came down with a fever just as my plane was coming down for a landing. Seriously, I would have called in sick… if that was an option. But, I worked through it, managing not to pass out. I wasn’t about to be played out like that by no Texas! Well, little did I know Texas had more in store for me… On Wednesday, my eye became irritated, on Thursday I woke up with my eye sealed shut.
   I had developed the dreaded pink-eye.
  Now, up until this point, I thought I was immune to pink-eye. I never had this pain-in-the-ass disease until now. And I now know what I wasn’t missing. Ugh.
So, anyway, I was a miserable bitch the entire trip. Go me.

While at home, I’m staying busy computer gaming. I overspent on games and now am trying to finish what I’ve started. Just won the last case in Phoenix Wright for my DS… it was a great game, but LOOONNNGGG. Next, I’ll try to beat Trauma center while on the go.
  As far as PC games, I just got Star Wars: Empire at war. Not because it is a Star Wars strategy game, but because it came with a desktop death star that “annihilates my enemies” when I push the button (well, actually makes a hideous sounding explosion). I do intend to play the game…honestly I do… but all in due time. City of Villains has devoted a lot of my attention, and I’m at level 15. I enjoy my time spent in the game world, but don’t see it becoming an addiction. Thank god for gaming induced ADD, I don’t really run the danger of addiction to these online games. You know, as all the people tell the horror stories how their loved ones stopped talking to them to live full time in their tiny virtual world? Not me. I mean, eventually I’d need to come up for air. Air in the form of boobies.

Cds..whats going on lately… Oh, Artic  onkeys were overhyped, but they probably deserve it… very good shite there. She wants revenge has caught my fancy, and WE ARE SCIENTISTS still rocks the pants off of unsuspecting listeners. (go and buy, now! Consume, I command thee!)

  Ok, I look above and feel confident that I’ve submitted a worthy post (read: I need to get back to work), let’s hope we start seeing regular updates here. Maybe instead of giving up something for Lent, I’ll promise to write in this thing daily. Hmmm… ok, 40 posts coming up. Can he do it? Yeah, I’m not holding my breath either.