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Dear slaves, The time has come. The future beckons like a fair lady at riverside, beguiling us forward to the ultimate tests of destiny, tests that will define who we are and what we can do. These tests will not be easy, and I must alert you that they will take their toll on you. Enemies may ravage your flocks, destroy your crops, burn your houses, kill your families, and even kill you, but I assure you, that I will be watching over you, ensuring that you deaths are not without purpose and will go down in the annals of my history book rough draft and be read by bored scholars for many hours to come. We are in this apart, and your sacrifices will be for the greater good. As such, to unify your bodies and gather your morale, I order you all to report to the Plains of Waste and bring with you your every belonging, from the toothpick to your pickax, from the pencil to the oak beam, and wait in the shadow of the Mountain of Doom at the edge of the Forest of Lawyers for mine divine arrival. Together, you will build a tower, a grand palace, a monstrous edifice in my glory to show our future enemies just how powerful I really am as the tower will radiate my omnipotence for light years around, and anyone who looks upon it shall be awed. Finally, as you collect your holdings, I urge you not to see the taxcollector who knocks at your door and asks to see your floor, for he will not lay a finger on you, only on the few coins you have buried under the living room dirt, and will soon leave. The soldiers who enter your house uninvited and take over your foodstuffs will only be there for your protection, and while they may slay the odd cow or ten, they will be able to listen to your every word. It pains me that such great measures needed to be taken, however I once again assure you, this is for my own good, and all shall benefit from my own happiness. This will be a hard journey, but it is always darkest before the dawn, and I have faith that if you work together at your fullest, at least I shall survive, and that is good enough. You're welcome. May my hands bless you as thine sweat blesses mine, Your Divine Monarch, EmperorWhenua the World-Smith, Judge, Jury and Executioner, Impeacher of Immutable Souls and Devourer of Iconoclastic Insinuators
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Mum's side of the family opened Christmas presents a few hours early (flying to Sydney in a few hours) and here's the base of my haul: Wii + Wii FitDemon's Souls Deluxe (See Previous Entry)Simpsons Season TwelveYellow Jetrax! (Hasn't arrived yet, apparently provided by a a Canadian Ebayer, BZP member perhaps? )Grindhouse collectionTripod DVDPatapon 2Chaser's AnnualBunch of Chocolate An LolliesDilbert Daily Calander Expect more to come once Christmas lands in a few hours.
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My Deluxe Edition I imported from the US arrived today! Very cool game, though it hasn't been as hard as everyone says. I went into this one bit which had messages everywhere saying "DO NOT ATTEMPT UNTIL YOU'RE LEVEL 55+!" and I completed it at level 4. Still, it is challenging and feels vaguely like a combination of two of my favourite types of games (God of War + Diablo). I'd recommend it to anyone who has the opportunity to play it. I'm considering making a Knight as well as my Temple Knight just so that I can play with the Duck Mask from the trailers and boxes on. BTW, Avatar Avatar.
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Master of Understatement! ~EW~
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I'm looked for the animated .gif of the unhappy guy in black and white clapping. I love it so much but whenever I see it used I forget to save it. Can you guys help me find it? First person to get it will be immortalised in the Awards Content Block!
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I just spent the last hour nostalgically watching old Poke'mon episodes.
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Tetris Theme Song Mega Man 2 Dr. Wily Stage One
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» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « OK, I'm not too good at putting my thoughts together, especially at this time, so I'm going to use a bullet list style to review Avatar. The BAD Some awkward dialogue in places, mainly during the times when Jake was joining the Na'vi culture for the first time. Mainly when he first met Neytiri too. I'm not sure if it was those lines themselves or the way they were delivered. I suppose it suited Jake's character at the time being a Jarhead and not really knowing how to act in such a diplomatic situation, but otherwise it was fine. The character motivations seemed a bit muddled in the bit where Neytiri first meets Jake. To me they seemed to accept each other much too fast, possibly due to content being cut, or the creators knowing that they needed to save time for the big ending. Whatever the reason, they all seemed to move through this important part of the movie very quickly, relying on Jake's T2 like narration. I would have liked to have seen a more gradual ease into Na'vi culture; maybe an extended director's cut will fix this? All in all though, the two characters became too accepting of each other too quickly it seemed and the scientists came to like Jake too fast for my liking. I feel that in the actual timeline of the story (not the plot) Jake was shown to fit in with everyone else, in the movie's plot though it was made that that process of everyone getting to like Jake wasn't shown... Story and a lot of the design isn't original. I personally don't give a cat about this, but apparently other people do. The material is taken from a large enough variety of base sources to make it feel fresh and there are quite a few good homages. The design elements of the human technology seemed heavily inspired by Aliens and Terminator, but this is fine and I actually quite liked it. The plot however is fairly predictable, not the point of it feeling redundant for even having it, but enough to not keep you guessing what is going to happen next (ie. don't expect great plot twists etc...) This is in part made up by a few other elements which will be mentioned later on. The main character isn't likable. This is sort of a good thing at the start, District 9 did the same thing, but some people still find it jarring. Unfortunately in some ways, Jake becomes a completely different person at the end, which can sort of diminish some of the movie's meaning. However, that movie's meaning in that respect is still well portrayed through the villains and Jake ultimately comes to represent what the creators (or Cameron) believe humanity should be doing in it's general attitude towards things. The GOOD Great supporting cast. I felt that some of the minor characters were acted out really primarily Grace (Sigourney Weaver) and the Colonel (Stephen Lang) who I felt were very well done. I actually heard that James Cameron had wanted Stephen Lang to be in Aliens, but decided to go with someone else and that it was his memory of him from then that gave him the role (just thought I'd throw that there ). The other actors did pretty good jobs, especially considering the circumstances in which they were being filmed in. Nice homages. As mentioned earlier, there were some nice homages in the film, especially to Cameron's earlier work. I won't try and list all the ones I saw, but one I liked in particular was the sunglasses which the marine pilot (whose name is Trudy apparently according to Wikipedia ) which are pretty much the same to the ones worn by the dropship pilot in Aliens (I know that style of Dropship pilot was ignited by Starship Troopers, but Aliens was heavily inspired by that to the point where the actors were required to read the book ). Beautiful. In case you didn't know, this is one of, if not the best looking movies ever. 3D is not overused. It's becoming more common, but Avatar is a movie which doesn't abuse it's 3D and use it as a gimmick. Just so you all know. Pandora. Obviously inspired by a multitude of other science fiction settings, Pandora is a very interesting location full of remarkable wildlife. The planet is connected by a tree mind such as in Sage of Seven Suns' Worldtrees and the animals can neurally connect with the Na'vi. None of this on it's own is new, but the way it is presented and out together makes it feel real (at least for me anyway). The world also seems have had some history put into it; I could imagine books being written as prequels explaining the history of the Na'vi, their culture and how man first came to Pandora and the situation it is currently in. It is also always cool to see Polyphemus (named for it's one storm-eye perhaps?) in the background. No matter how many times I see it, I love seeing planets seen on the horizon as huge structures. While the plot isn't particularly groundbreaking or noteworthy by itself, I thought that the old story of the big business pushing around the small guy was presented greatly here. If that middle part which I mentioned earlier had been done a bit longer or better, the emotional impact of certain events later in the movie would have been very deep indeed I believe. As it is however, I did feel myself sort of cheering and cursing in my mind at the opposing sides. I understood the main antagonists (Parker more-so than the others), but I still hated them. I really liked how the Na'vi didn't get out of it all thriving and unscathed, something which I thought for a few moments was going to happen. It made a much greater emotional impact in the end. The Banshees are awesome. Am gonna buy me an action figure of one as soon as I can. The conflict Jake had in choosing which side, while a simple and obvious choice was done well. At one point in the movie I asked myself why he was still going to the colonel when he wanted to help the Na'vi and at another I asked myself why he was getting involved with the Na'vi when he was just a grunt looking for a job. The main seen in which this conflict was represented best was when one of the scientists sees him talking to the colonel and he later mentions that he knows that Grace is in on it all. It made me feel kind of guilty, which is good as it was making me identify with Jake as a realistic protagonist, something a lot of movies fail at doing completely. Jake knew that if he did what he knew he really wanted, he would have to fight and possibly give his life for. Not a new idea at all by ANY means, but very well done. The sections where Jake's Avatar life started becoming more real than his real life was done excellently. The genre slowly moved from the science-fiction of the humans, to the science-fantasy of the Na'vi culture. Whenever Jake was interrupted from his Avatar life, it felt like the sterile and unkind human world was just a nightmare he had to cope with temporarily until he could return to the Na'Vi and his romance, which I might add I think represented his growing connection to the Na'vi culture and way of life.I hope I haven't been too positive and I apologise for the bad grammar and poor structure ('tis 2:00AM), but I do really think this movie clicked with me. Overall, this would tie for my favourite move of the year with District 9 and is one I am definitely going to try and see again .
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Saw the movie and I loved it. Was weary about getting too excited for it because of the mainstream hype, but it didn't disappointed. Expect a more detailed review in the next few days (house renovations make it hard ).
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Exhumed by Verse is this local duo that does acoustic bass, tracks, hand percussion, and poetry over top. They played at the music store where I worked a week ago. The first two seconds into their gig and I wanted to pour molten lead into my ears and pack the wounds with salt. The following are the actual words to one of their "songs." Picture this in the shaky, adolescent-sounding, lisped voice of the acoustic bass player as he plays around in a minor key on a single string while hitting an E in the bass and holding it for 847 bars. ...what? verbiage, i'll say but only as if, mind you I couldn't have said it better myself, Exhumed by Verse. Ladies and gentlemen, Exhumed by Verse! Molten lead is available from the ushers at the doors (you'll have to use your own salt, though).
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Just saw this. I was afraid that PAL regions weren't going to get the collection and the ultimate edition before God of War III, seems with get both at once. Also I've got word that Titan Mata Nui has arrived at my Mum's house. Won't be there for quite a while yet, but still:
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It's nice. It's comforting. It's such a final ultimatum. And the best is, I'm not exactly sure what it means.
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It is uncommon that I use or talk about emoticons, but I felt it was worth saying that whoever invented the following image was genius: It can be attached to any most emoticons. Observe: EDIT:
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Let it be known that Lady K is a really awesome and fun person to hang out with, and that she has a really cool family. This is fact.
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Hullo everyone! On Friday and Saturday I got to meet BZP members Tifosi92 and his family (Tifosi94, Peach 00, and parents). We had a lot of fun! Did some touring around town, ate at Mellow Mushroom, and then they got to hang at our house and do a lot of ridiculous things. It was so fun! Here's a group shot of us: Tifosi92, myself (icky I look terrible), and Tifosi94. The lovely lady on us is Peach 00. This was also my very first internet/BZP meet up. It wasn't as weird as I'd thought it would be. We'll have to do this again sometime, it was great! Also, random note...my evil plans for a certain project is in the works. Slowly. Darn you plots. For a hint, here's a rough preview: » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « I have to head off and sleep, tomorrow will be a BUSY day. So, I'll leave you with a pic of Gibbs napping.
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Now I'm a member there, so I'll be gettin' down to work soon. First thing on my agenda: make the LST page actually a page. Then maybe I'll get to work on my other stories, along with some from Reep and Kagha. I've got a link to the main page in my sig, if anyone's interested in helping out.
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Only a few people will remember that from my blog about two years ago.
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No more entries in Spanish. Officially. Ever.
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I made maybe...2/35 shots?
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Since I have that news piece glaring at me all the time now these days, I figured I would do an unofficial review of the remix. Since iTunes still refuses to work with me, I had to go to that one video hosting site and find a video of it, and listen there. Single Album Cover: I just have to say that I love the cover: the eye just above the water and words just make me shiver. With that out of the way, onto the real thing. The Music: It definately has a more "rock" feel, a difference from the original sound, though it still has the original piano intro, outro, and undertones (though the singing starts earlier in this version). The Voices: Christine Lorentzen's voice is different in this version, and I'm not sure if that's a good thing. At the beginning, it sounds like she's singing with a cold, though it seems to go away about halfway through the second verse. The rapping from the boys, however, is very much improved. Instead of being pushed to the back and being so faint you can barely hear the words, it gets louder and clearer; you can actually hear the words. Extras: There are more pauses (dramatic build-up pauses), more pronounced guitars and drums, and has a bit of a technical tone at the end of the final rapping bit. My Choice: I'd buy it, if only I still didn't have an uncooperating iTunes connection . . . This was completely opinion-based.
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*resists the urge to edit the album cover for Asia's Then & Now compilation to fit this entry* BIONICLE then: "Where wisdom and valor fail, all that remains is faith. And it can overcome all." — Toa Mata Tahu, Mata Nui Online Game BIONICLE now: "What do you have in mind, and does it include explosions?" — Tahu to Onua, Reign of Shadows I think y'all catch my drift. In other news, I am SO PUMPED about the new website I'm doing for work. It looks awesome. 8D
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So I took up the task of redesigning the website I made for work. The new version owns, but the boss ain't feelin' it yet. I keep showing it to my parents to see what they think, and they both agree with me that there's no comparison. So that's meh.
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©1984-2009 Toaraga EAM
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I said I'd keep up with my blog, so that's what I'm doing. Today was mostly uninteresting, so I'll talk about something that's been going on for a while. Near the end of summer, my mother decided our family needed to lose some weight. Now, I wasn't fit, but I wasn't fat either; I strongly suspect that the whole scheme is mostly aimed at my brother. Anyway, my mother introduced us to a weight-loss plan called Weight Watchers. Some of you may know what this is, but for those who don't, I'll summarize: on each day, you begin with a certain number of points. Almost every food costs a certain number of points (vegetables being the exception). Essentially, you have to budget your eating. Currently, I receive 22 points per day. On weekdays, my typical plan is: Breakfast: 2 points (a certain type of oatmeal I found, sausage, or cereal without milk)Lunch: 4 points (cold-cut sandwich with an amazing bread that's just 1 point for two slices + my favorite type of snack pretzel, butter snaps)Snack: 2 points (if I decide to have it - which I sometimes don't in order to save points for dinner - I'll have more butter snaps, or possibly some yogurt if it's around)Dinner: Whatever I want, basically. You'll notice I don't have much the rest of the day, and am left with 14 points if I eat a snack (16 if I don't).Anyway, it occurred to me one day that, considering that my paper log has run out of space, I might use this blog to track my weight loss. In a content block lower down, I'll keep a line graph (I weigh in every Monday at 3:30 p.m.) as well as numerical tracking. Just as soon as I find my log.
