Brains?

Like a whole bunch of people it seems, this past few weeks I have been amusing myself with the sublime Plants vs Zombies. Tonight I thought i should update this blog with a few Zombie versions of people I know.
Starting with myself, and then in no particular order:

Stlyin'

So today I got a new pair of glasses. Those of you with prefect vision will be unfamiliar with the process of getting new glasses, so let me tell you it is odd and not unlike being given a new pair of eyes. Subtle differences in the way you see things, a whole new outlook on life. Well, at least for an hour or so until you get used to them.
Mum says that I look like Sylar from Heroes in them. I think it was meant to be a complement. Does Sylar even wear glasses? Maybe she meant Mr. Bennett. Hmmmm.

EXTREEEEEEEEM

Despite being the correct age I was never into G.I. Joe as a kid. After all, giant fighty space robots beat regular-sized fighty soldiers. I'm vaguely familiar with a few of the characters through the backup stories that used to be reprinted (though infrequently read) in the back of my childhood Transformers comics, but I have nothing in the way of nostalgia for the series. I did, however, spend a part of this evening watching my way through G.I. Joe Resolute. It's a recently finished micro-series, written by Warren Ellis (of A-Bunch-Of-My-Favourite-Comics fame) and directed by Joaquim dos Santos (who apparently is notable for his work on the final few episodes of Avatar, and probably other things too). The animation is pretty spiffy too. Taking the form of 10 (or 11, depending on how you number them) 5-ish minute episodes, it's hugely entertaining, and also surprisingly brutal in places. You'll probably recognise a few familiar voice actors in there as well.


In other, related news, check out this, from the 90s. It seems bizarre to imagine a time when the word extreme was used without irony, but here it is.

It's all down hill from here

That's it. As a race, we have officially peaked. All of the technological, sociological and psychological advancements that we have ever made have led up to this point. Rejoice, friends, because you were the generation that produced Robot Dinosaurs That Shoot Beams When They Roar.
Nothing will ever be the same again.

On spending

I've been on something of an internet shopping spree this past week. Nothing terribly life changing. "What's wrong with me" I think, "I don't need any more stuff. I have plenty I'm not using as it is!" I figure recovery from major surgery* gave me licence to spend money though. Getting stuff in the post is fun!
Today me and mum went looking for a new dining room table. The place we went had two, both of which were tiny so it was not a very successful trip. However, they also had computers, and mum has been thinking about getting a new laptop for a while now, so we had a look. She spotted an iMac. "Oh!" She said "I didn't know you could get them without towers! The whole reason I wanted a laptop was because I didn't want the tower, but this is much nicer!" About 5 minutes of thinking about it followed, and then she was at the check out. "I'm only buying it because it looks nice!" she said.
I wonder where I get it from.

*It was not major, and wasn't really surgery either, more of a day in hospital to be probed. Shit was traumatic though. Traumatic enough to make me buy a high elf monolith from the internet. Fuck yeah!

Remember Captain, I'm here if you need me *wink*

Ahh, how predictable. How like me, and my blogging ways. A month since the last update, and indeed 3 since anything of note. But not for this blog a decent into obsolescence! Not yet anywayz.
I say that like I leave a trail of neglected blogs in my wake. Just the one for me. I wonder if it's still online? Maybe i'll dig it up and go and find out what I wrote about 6 years ago, or whenever it was. Probably coco pops.
So. WoW has released it's hold on me for a few days, and in the gap before it inevitable consumes me again I have returned to a few titles I never quite finished the first time around. Such as Command and Conquer 3, starring the entire cast of Battlestar Galactica and That Guy From Lost. And not just their voices either. Full outfits, bad acting, it's all there. The first C&C came at a time when FMV cut scenes in video games was kinda how shit got done, but it's the only one that kept 'em, even if it is in knowingly bad way. And for that, I salute you!

Notes on a graduation

Back home, massively tired, overwhelming urge to listen to beastie boys.