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yesterday i watched all four indiana jones movies from beginning to end. let’s see how they stack up.

raiders of the lost ark -

opening action- one of the most well known movie sequences ever. people who have never seen indiana jones know rolling boulder = indiana jones. and it’s right there in the beginning. the stage for the Indy vs Belloq rivalry is set.

lead female- Marion Ravenwood. She can drink. She’s not afraid to fight. She stands up to the bad guys. Sure, she made mistakes and got captured, but she didn’t sit and cry about it and wait to be rescued. Of course, she didn’t manage to escape, but she tried. (more…)

oh, i will be buying this. i should pre-order it now, but i’ve spent too much this week already.
but next week is vacation, so i can get it then.
the crayon physics deluxe site
the original game a month site, Kloonigames

i remember playing the original mini game ages ago and i loved it to bits.

Crayon Physics Deluxe from Petri Purho on Vimeo.

finally i got to see the first episode of LotS. it answered some questions about the show.

mainly, it appears that Richard did not read the entire Book of Counted Shadows. i wonder how they’re going to end the season, then. unless Richard just pretends to have the book memorized, when all he knows is the first line, which is arguably the most important. I’ll see soon enough.

i don’t like that they changed Richard’s mother. In the book, she brought him across the boundary and married the widowed Mr Cypher, to die years later in a fire. In this TV series, she was left behind in Brennaden and might even be alive. eh. i don’t like that.

i still wish Richard was more manly and less boyish.

in my DVR I still have 2 episodes of Heroes, one episode of Sanctuary and one of Sarah Connor, plus the replay of the Legend of the Seeker pilot which i missed the first time around.

i just don’t care about Heroes enough to watch 2 hours of it. Sanctuary is something i usually put on in the background. i’m not excited about watching Sarah Connor either. LotS i do want to see, and may watch today.

i’m on vacation next week, so i’m using that as an excuse for not getting these shows cleared out of my DVR - i need stuff to watch next week. i really don’t need any such thing. i can always find something to watch. besides which, i have the first 3 Indiana Jones movies on order from Amazon. i got Kingdom of the Crystal Skull for x-mas and enjoyed it muchly. i’m going to have an Indiana Jones marathon one day on my vacation.

ooOOO. i just checked my tracking # and my movies were delivered today.

damn damn damn. i just found out that the show labeled Legend of the Seeker was really TMZ. damned CW channel. it’s not the first time one of these shows has been mislabeled. once again, Hulu.com will save the day.

i’ve StumbleUpon’d a site that teaches Japanese in easy audio lessons. ‘Easy‘ being a relative term.

NHK World

This morning I’ve learned to say ‘excuse me’, ‘nice to meet you’, ‘thank you very much’, and ‘this is the first time i’ve come to japan’.

and i’ve forgotten them all except for the domo-arigato-somethinganother, which was the thank you very much.

Ed the Hatchetman is a character i made up over 10 years ago when i was in high school. the premise is Ed, an alien, crash landed in the Bermuda Triangle a few hundred years ago. He ended up living with a tribe of native americans who were later slaughtered by english settlers. Since then Ed has vowed revenge on every descendant of those settlers while developing a penchant for brutal murder. According to legend he does most of his killing with a hatchet made of lead. His sidekick is his horse, Patsey. he has three fingers, alien bug eyes and usually wears a hat. (more…)

Jason Chan's Zombie Playground

thus far, i have neglected to mention my zombie paranoia and i’m not going to go into it now.
however, i need to share a my new desktop picture. i found it on this site in “the junk drawer”

the artist is Jason Chan. (more…)

i’m glad to see Shota’s in this episode, although i think her role is going to be completely different than in the book. but what’s new? besides, i hardly remember what she did in the book aside from keep that freak (was his name Samuel?) who used to be a seeker, but because he wasn’t the true seeker, he’d turned into a mutant.
this show is so silly. but i still like it.
this merchant’s son guy reminds me of a young Dean Winters, a little in the face, but mostly in the way he speaks. henceforth, he shall be known as Ryan O’Reilly.
i think i can see where this episode is going. Ryan O’Reilly has an arranged marriage he doesn’t look forward to, Richard envies this guys domesticity. Shota wants to save Richard, so she switches the two for Richard’s own good (well, i know she switches them, it’s in the episode description) to save Richard’s life. ’cause that’s what Shota does. she does what she thinks is for your own good, meanwhile, you don’t like what she does. but generally her intentions are good. (more…)

I generally don’t have much to say about this show. the acting is sub-par, the special effects are laughable and the stories are just entertaining enough for me to have the show on in the background whilst i’m bouncing about online.

but now Joe from Highlander has showed up as Dr Magnus’ father and i can’t contain myself.

please, please let Methos and Duncan appear as her long lost brothers. it will propel this to the top of my favorites for at least a week or two.

acting and special effects aside, this show suffers from a lack of story arc. (that’s what i’ll call it). the premise has great potential, but recurring characters and themes aren’t enough. i want some overall story to care about - something that i’m looking forward to happening. they could have dropped clues in earlier episodes about Magnus’ father - then him appearing would have been a pay off. i would have clapped my hands in delight at something i looked forward to occurring - not clapped my hands because there can be only one, may it be Duncan McLeod, the highlander!!111!! lol!! OMG!!! he said he can play blues harmonica. maybe he’ll open up a blues bar that the immortals, i mean the abnormals, can congregate at.

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like coffee? like eggnog? here ya go.

yesterday i bought some eggnog because it is december and it’s the only time of year that i’ll drink the stuff. last night i had a nice cup o’ eggnog with a bit o’ captain morgan in it, garnished with whipped cream and nutmeg.

this morning i woke up thinking gee, wouldn’t eggnog be great in my coffee too?

damn right.

here’s how i made it: (all measurements are approx)

1 tbs instant coffee

1/2 c hot (boiling) water (it filled my mug not quite half way)

2/3 c eggnog (once added, it filled my mug nearly to the top)

1 swig captain morgan spiced rum (optional)

nutmeg to taste

Directions:

put instant coffee into coffee mug. boil water. add water to instant coffee; stir. add eggnog and stir. this may make your eggnog coffee a little colder than you like. i put mine in the microwave for a few seconds to bring it up to a more desirable morning beverage temperature. add a swig o’ the captain if you so desire then garnish with a bit o’ nutmeg. whipped cream on the top wouldn’t be out of order, either.