huh

Thoughts:

• Fills me with dread on a Lovecraftian level.
• Fills me with potential joy. Cautious, potential joy.

Weeping for a weekend past

Another week looms ahead.

• Got new shoes over the weekend. Needed 'em bad. I actually listened to the sales guy when he pimped some orthopedic inserts and my feet are rather happy. I tell ya, comfy shoes are good for the sole.
• I've been waiting to use the above pun for a while.
• Reading "The Emperor's Blades" by Brian Staveley. So far it's a pretty solid read. Staveley likes to abuse his protagonists a lot, but he's all kittens and butterflies next to George R.R. Martin or Joe Abercrombie. Still, he's created a fascinating world and I like his characters. I have a sinking suspicion my favorite (a side character) is not long for this world.
• Rain is on the way! Happiness and joy!
• Watched the classic "Doctor Who" episode known as "The Three Doctors". Well, re-watched it. Well, re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-watched it, if I want to approach a bit closer to honestly. Damn but Troughton and Pertwee were awesome together. Could tell that Hartnell was disintegrating, but he held up admirably. The guy they got to play Hartnell in "The Five Doctors" was solid, though. Kind of wish they'd considered stand-in actors or something a bit more complex for the 50th special, but they did well enough, I suppose.
• Followed up "The Three Doctors" with "Destiny of the Daleks" or, as I like to call it, attack of the Egyptian-hairstyle-mod-robots from Planet Spandex. In the classic series they usually had some walk-on schmuck who would be caught up in events and survive. The guy they got in this ep, a wild-haired sort of fellow, really drives home how the old-school BBC didn't go for the sort of "pretty-glam" Hollywood crap that they do now.

Rebels without a...

Right, so io9 has been giving out some bits on the new rebel characters that will star in Disney's "Star Wars: Rebels" TV show.

Digest that statement for a moment. Go on. I'll wait.



Yes. Disney. Rebels. Star Wars. The wrong in that is pretty epic.

Conceptually, I'm behind the idea of something exploring between the travesty that was Ep III and the awesome that was Ep IV. Doing something on the Rebel Alliance view of things is interesting. And then Disney had to go raid some MMO character and just get stupid. I mean, a Han Solo-esque Jedi? Seriously? A Boba Fett-esque rebel? I can't decide which character sounds more ludicrous and childish. Wait, I don't have to choose!

I really just need to stop reading anything that will further abuse my childhood memories. Sigh.

yeah

Yeah. I'll watch this.

Sniveling Events

“He had noticed that events were cowards: they didn't occur singly, but instead they would run in packs and leap out at him all at once.” - Richard Mayhew, "Neverwhere" (by Neil Gaiman).

Yup.

Eventful week. Now I really have to get my sh*t together.

Life amuses me.

Lessons Learned over President's Day Weekend

• I should pay more attention to certain aspects of the news. So apparently the Olympics are going on.
• I'm in better shape than I thought: I helped get the heaviest freakin' sofa on Earth up four flights of stairs. And I am not in pain from that.
• My bike repairs are holding. Happiness abounds.
• I can re-watch "Person of Interest" hundreds of times and get something new out of it each time.
• Being able to sleep in three mornings really makes a difference.

a bit of nonsense that you don't need to read

As Saturdays go, this one has been productive. Repaired my bike and actually got it running, though I have worries about the rear (and more important) brakes. Still, it's up-and-running, should there be a need. I hit REI and got myself a new bike pump. Seems to work okay. Hopefully it will work when I need it.

I'm now enjoying a large bottle of Icelandic smoked stout beer (called "Lava") and watching The Avengers. 'Cause that's my idea of entertainment.

At present, life does not suck.