Tuesday – 22 April 2008
Last night, I had big brother/little sister time with . We decided to have dinner; Jitterbug sounded perfect to both of us. Unfortunately, when we got there the place was closed. And dark. Darker than usual. Darker than a thousand midnights. Okay, maybe not quite that dark, but you get the gist. We went to Fiddler’s Elbow instead.

Too bad neither of us had considered that there was an NBA playoff game last night.
A Jazz game.
Do the math.
We still had a fun time. People-watching is always fun, after all.

When I got home, I decided to take a trip to Paragon City. I arrived just in time for a Rikti invasion. After the aliens were repelled, I was invited to join a couple of my SG-mates for a couple of missions. Level 52+ missions. Knives of Artemis and Carnival of Shadows. Yay. We died a few times. As it stands, you don’t earn any experience after you hit Level 50 (the CoX level cap), but you can still earn XP debt from dying. But, it was still fun.

This morning, I was actually up shortly after the alarm went off. Of late, I’ve had… issues… with pulling that off.

Stray Toasters

  • I’ve been taking a look at some of the costumes from this year’s New York Comic Convention on Flickr. (There are “a few” tags to choose from…) Some of ’em are pretty good. Pretty good, indeed.
  • SaraRules linked to Mercy, by Duffy. Good stuff. Put it in your ear:

  • Markin’ Time linked to an article from Popular Mechanics: Hollywood Sci-Fi’s Bronze Age – Are Comics to Blame? This article led to the following soapbox rant:

    Me: Nine Hells…
    Does this guy not get “suspension of disbelief?”
    It’s a &%(%*&#( COMIC BOOK MOVIE!
    People AREN’T going to them for the science; they are going to be *GASP* entertained!
    /soapbox

    Markin’ Time: i believe he is saying that the things we are willing to suspend for our comic entertaining is dumbing down good science fiction

    Me: L.C.D.
    Let’s face it: Not a lot of the comic book/summer blockbuster readers/viewers are rocket scientists.

    Markin’ Time: ?
    true dat

    Me: Lowest Common Denominator

    Markin’ Time: ah

    Me: They aren’t going for the science.
    Sure, they might pick at the more glaring plot holes and “That couldn’t happen” points, but the bottom line is: They are going for escapism.

    Markin’ Time: but what even comes close to Blade Runner for believable extrapolation of current science. What even tries?
    I happened to LOVE Primer….but i realize thats not for everyone

    Me: Hm.
    Primer was going to be an example.
    Sunshine was good.

    Markin’ Time: he cites that in the article also sunshine, which i haven’t seen

  • loonybin88 linked to an article that goes in the “People suck” file: Vandals hit in Placedo
  • …he also linked me to this: Muslim call to adopt Mecca time …which almost immediately reminded me of:

    From a point on the compass
    To magnetic north
    The point of the needle moving back and forth

  • I posted a link to this image a few months ago, not only because it shows John Stewart breakin’ of a little somethin’, but also because it contains part of an old Black boast of defiance:

    I don’t have to do anything but stay Black and die.

    I’ve been trying to convince SaraRules that she needs to work it into a conversation at some point; she’s considering it. But, I’m digressing from my original point: Andrew, a coworker, brought a dysfunctional monitor to me and asked if I could have it returned/replaced.

    I told him that wouldn’t be a problem. Then, I read the note that he had attached to it:

    That’s right, the monitor stayed black and died.

Quote of the Day
Last night, while looking at NYCC costumes, I found a couple and shared them with SaraRules:

Me: Okay… http://flickr.com/photos/7648924@N08/2429218357/
comic book convention == geeks

SaraRules: Umm.. yeah. Those comic book convention people kinda scare me. 😉

Me: Some of whom haven’t seen – let alone touched – a “real live girl” in years.
Then you show up dressed like this.
Mayhem ensues.

SaraRules: Yeah. They don’t need to be seeing underboob. That would cause them to explode on site.

Me: Exactly!

SaraRules: Icky. It’s just dangerous.

Me: No good can come of it.
http://flickr.com/photos/eggrollboy/2423911917/

SaraRules: Whoa. That’s way too much leg. I think my brain just broke.

Me: Sorry, but I couldn’t suffer that one alone.

SaraRules: Oh gee. Thanks. I’m going to have to wash my eyes out with lye now. 🙁

Me: I don’t have any lye. I just have to live with that pain.

Back to it…

Namaste.