Holy crap I haven't posted here in over a month. That's odd, for me.

I'll probably get an update in tonight/this week with what's going on.

But for now I'm off to my first day at a temp gig. Whee...

shortpacked, after making proposing to his girlfriend in comic form on TLAPD last year...

had a talk like a pirate wedding.

Here's a pic of the bridal party.

D'aww.

Aha. Ahahahahaha.

Yes, that's Felicia Day from Dr Horrible. She's made a couple of short series called The Guild, about some unhealthily-addicted MMO gamers. It's really funny.

If you haven't already, Check it out.

So, some context: Dick Grayson, the original Robin, is currently Batman. Batman is Dead. Meanwhile, Captain America (who is also dead) has been replaced by his sidekick, Bucky.

invisiblemoose: I'm amuzed with this game website's review of the NES Batman game.
invisiblemoose: Like, when you start the game you have a health bar and the word BATMAN above it. Pretty standard stuff for a game, right?
sapphirebreeze: Yus.
invisiblemoose: And at that point you can jump about and punch people. Whcih is all good.
invisiblemoose: But as soon as you get powerups and you start switching among them, the word BATMAN goes and you get whatever that weapon is called showing up.
invisiblemoose: So BATMAN isn't the name of the character. It's the name of an attack.
invisiblemoose: Whenever it looks like Batman is punching someone? He's Batman-ing them.
sapphirebreeze: Hah!

( It gets worse )

So this is a pretty awesome GI Joe fan video/song with some wicked costumes, yeah?



Click on it to see the cast list. Alan Tudyk, Vinnie Jones, Billy Crudup, Julianne Moore. And Olivia Wilde (Thirteen from House) as Baroness.

Dayum.

How the hell did they get such an amazing cast for a fan creation? Surely they're not all fans, are they?

Our car has been causing no ends of the drama lately. Stopping, jerking around, needing multiple jumpstarts, and then stopping dead flat with less than 30 minutes till my next appointment. There is a rainbow at the end of the storm though, some much-needed repairs are being carried out under warranty. And in this case, it's a brand new gearbox. Normally this would cost $4k. Dayum. We managed to overcome most of the things we needed a car for, but we'll be better at it this week. Forewarned is forearmed, and all that. And thank god for the in-laws and their loan of a car for the weekend work that I will discuss in bullet point number 3. OMG FORESHADOWING!!

Because of this my posts have started to fall to the wayside on Deadzone. Sorry to everyone who is waiting for me to post--skip me if you can. But today was full-on, and I needed all of the night to get my paperwork and stuff sorted. I will be posting by this time tomorrow night. Can someone link to this post in chat so they know what's going on with me?

Hey, remember this guy?? well I bumped into him this week, whilst we were both working. He seemed to have forgiven the last few things that've happened between us, or has a flawed/skewed memory of the matter, or has just decided to forgive and forget. He's in a customer-service-ish role, so I guess some of his more colourful words have been suppressed. It was damn weird.

Thanks to car woes, my work performance has not been great this week. I was lucky to make up for it by working a 6th day this week, where I caught up with (and exceeded) my weekly quota. I have a pretty good crew with my current job. After working in Tauranga, we went to Mt Maunganui for a while. They are intelligent and thoughtful, and I always enjoy discussions with them. There are some very good jokers, we always crack each other up.

Speaking about cracking other people up, I got a pleasant ego-boost from beckyh2112 with her recent (and very in-jokey) post quoting some of the stuff I've bantered at various times. Thanks, Becca.

At 7:28pm today, in the dark, whilst I was driving back home on the other side of Cambridge, I saw a shooting star for the first time today. It was beautiful. I wish someone was with me to share it with.

'Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life' must be played at my funeral. Must. And sung along to by the attendees. And I am serious about this. Don't make me haunt you.

 

If you take your sparkplugs out and you find out they're dirty, and you need to put them back in to get new sparkplugs, make sure you've made a note of what kind of plugs you need first. Gah.

...and of course it wasn't the sparkplugs causing the problem. Hopefully I can learn more tomorrow, otherwise it's going to have to go to a mechanic to see, and we'll be paying money we don't have. Bleh.

So, that thing your parents always thought you'd grow out of doing.

Did you?

So, there's this film that everyone is talking about at the moment.

I wasn't impressed.

( Spoilers ahoy, though I keep the major plot points out of it. )

I want to like this movie. There is stuff that is excellent. But, eh. I wasn't impressed with the second Spider-Man movie when I first saw it, and in a week I thought it was the best. We'll see how time influences my feelings on this movie.

I've got so much to catch up on at the moment. But this little morsel couldn't wait.

Izabella has just walked into the lounge with her fingernails and toenails painted.

With a pink felt-tip pen.

Pixar's new movie is out in the states NOW.

And apparently we aren't going to be seeing it until SEPTEMBER.

What. The hell.

Happy birthday, Whatfold.

God tonight was awesome.

I'm still so drunk.

Mario Kart's just been turned off. Hot Cho colates then bed.

Everyone did so well with their costumes. Well, almost everyone. Pictures later.

Thanks for such a great birthday party, everyone.

Zzz.

Happy Birthday, Luna.

Free Comic Book Day Is This Saturday

Free Comic Book Day is when you get Free Comics! Go to your local Comic Book Store and get some Comics!

(Free ones, that is. )

It's over! I've done what I set out to. Barring anyone deleting a comment or creating a hidden post and then later unlocking it, I've made a comment on every post in my friend's list for a week. Including my own. What's more, I ensured that every reply to my own posts got a reply from me.

Some things I forgot to take into consideration when I set this challenge for myself:
-The slash fiction writers on my flist
-The fact that just because I check my flist regularly makes reading it manageable, but commenting on it is MUCH harder.
-That there are people who use LJ as a stream of consciousness, aka warren_ellis. Technically I never said about editing my flist during the week, but I cannot help but feel that would have been cheating.
-That some people who I consider friends use their LJ regularly to speak on subjects that I know very little about. It's hard to offer thought-out remarks on a regular basis, even if what they're saying is interesting!
-That some of my friends make posts in languages other than english!

Uh.. I don't really know what I was going to accomplish by doing this. But, I said I'd do it and I did it. I guess that's something.

Now someone please shake me very vigorously if I ever entertain the notion of doing it again!

One thing I've noticed about posting all the time is that if you slip up once, it's VERY hard to catch up. I went straight to bed on Monday, and didn't have any time to do a full catch-up yesterday morning, and then next thing I know I have a whole page-and-a-half of uncommented posts!

I'm now only about five behind, but I have to leave it for now. I expect plenty more to be waiting for me when I get back. You bastards.

Scott, you are a sufficient cook, but you are prone to making a mess whenever you make something.

This is why, when dealing with spicy food, you should have a cloth to wipe your brow, instead of using your hand.

...I may have bitten off more than I can chew, here.