Sunday
Yep, sleeping in is a good thing. After waking up, I spent some time being lazy. It felt good. Very good. Great, even.

and I met Perry for a cup of coffee. We drank our caffeinated beverages and talked for a bit before taking off in the direction of one of the local Best Buys. I left the store with three Hayao Miyazaki movies: Castle in the Sky, Kiki’s Delivery Service and Spirited Away. They have been reduced to $14.99 each, from their regular $25 – 30 each; it was a deal that I couldn’t resist.

From there, it was off to meet and her boys for dinner. We had a nice visit with them; the boys were – as usual – well-behaved. Our waiter reminded me of Martin Short.

Then it was back home for a quiet Sunday evening. Part of that was spent watching “Flashpoint,” a new episode of Justice League Unlimited. Holy… cow. I was amazed. A couple of seasons ago, the episode “A Better World” did an Elseworlds-like story whose premise was “What if the Justice League established themselves as the de facto leaders of the not-so-free world?” It was a darker episode than most, but a compelling story. There have been allusions to that episode over the past two seasons… including the animated introduction of the DCU’s secret government facility, The Cadmus Project (1, 2). The animated series has made Cadmus far more shadowy and sinister than it’s four-color print counterpart. And that has only added to the intensity of the ongoing subplot. Until the last minute-and-a-half of the show, I had thought that there had been some major fireworks. I was wrong. It looks as though big things will be happening over the next few episodes. Very big. And I can’t wait to see how it unfolds.

Stray Toasters

  • I’ve been mulling over the purchase of City of Heroes. Of course, this means that I would have to get a new video card, too. That’s not really a bad thing, as my AIW 7500 is three or four years old. And… if I get the new card, I can give this one and then pull the vid and tuner cards out of her system.

    I went to the CoH website to get some more information about it… and I came across the CoH Costume Contest. After last year’s Green Lantern costume for Hallowe’en, I should be the last person to rag on someone dressing up. Operative words: “Should be.” (And since my PR people tell me that I need to work on my image, I won’t.) I have to admit, though, that a lot of those costumes were very well-done.

  • Massive Snickers and Mars Bar Candy Recall No Laughing Matter
  • Do you remember Statler and Waldorf, the two curmudgeonly Muppets who sat in the balcony on The Muppet Show? They’re back. And they are reviewing movies.
  • : I’m pretty sure that you might have already seen these, but if not, I think that some of them might be up your alley: Industrial Design Excellence Awards
  • Moviefone has a trailer for Neil Gaiman’s Mirrormask. I saw this earlier this year at Sundance. I’m looking forward to seeing it again.
  • Seeing the before and after pictures of ‘s bathroom project has inspired me to start/finish painting the living room. Now if I could just find the verdammt motivation to do so…
  • I first noticed Sandy Collora after seeing his short film Batman: Dead End. Lately, I’ve been enjoying the “On the Fly” column that he’s writing on Buzzscope. This week’s topic: Where the Hell are all the original ideas??? He has a valid point. (But, I’m still looking forward to Fantastic Four… and Superman Returns… and King Kong.)
  • Speaking of Marvel’s “First Family,” Boomerang had a marathon of the 60s animated series. Fanboy that I am, I watched a few episodes. It reminded me of being a kid in Columbia and watching the cartoon on Channel 20, after school.
  • A… new… Highlander movie? *sigh*
  • By way of boingboing.net: Japanese Star Trek art
  • I just sent an email to a discussion group of which I’m a member. I guess I’ll know soon enough if I sparked a (minor) shitstorm.
  • Will Microsoft’s Acrylic be a “Photoshop killer?”

Namaste.