Death at a Doorstep

I've been told to blog.
I have nothing to do right now, so maybe I should.

Doctor Who. Season 5 ends today. Some pretty cool people are coming over to watch it with me.

I've been reading a lot of comics lately. I mean more so than normal for me. I was never into the Legion of Superheros before. Their connection to Superman just turned me away from it. But I bought a book in Elmvale some time ago and ti really hooked me. And their new story arc has one of the Legionnaires made into a Green Lantern. So....orgasm.
Brightest Day has been depressing so far. It's just a series of vignettes, no real substance to it.
The Flash is good. Barry Allen is not my favourite Flash, but I'm enjoying the current story. Lots of time travel. Reminds me of The Doctor.

And I got the Beastiary for the Pathfinder setting. That's a really good book. Extremely useful. With that I'll be able to run some games at school next year. I've already mapped out a session for them once the players are a few levels in.

Made something from nothing.

Don't.

Yeah. I'm going to write something.

Feel amazed?
Maybe you should be.

This has a hostile voice to it. That's because I'm irritated. I've been trying not to be, but I am.
Stupid assembly, stupid people.

I'm thinking thoughts that I shouldn't, and it's just spiraling out of control.

To everyone: Thanks for your concern today. /sarcasm

DOCTOR WHO

DOCTOR WHO.

http://www.ninjavideo.net/video/62621I'm going to review it now.
Leave if you haven't seen it.
Or if you're not going to, stick around.



Article 1.
The new logo.It's interesting. An incorporation of the D and W (Obviously the initials of the show) skillfully arranged to form a Tardis.

I'm still in love with the 2005 reboot logo, as well as David Tennant, but we'll get to that later.
I'll admit, it's starting to grow on me.
I don't think it's likely to change anytime soon, so I'm sure I'll grow to like it.

Article 2.
The Music.Weeeelp. The theme music has changed. I'm on the fence again, what a surprise. It's keeping with the more rock-esque tune from season 4 of the reboot. But it's also slightly more... airy than the aforementioned theme. It's also a nice change, as it retains the basic amalgamation of the old and the new. It works well with the theme of this, but we'll talk about that in the next section.

The incidental and background music is fantastic (I don't care if Eccleston's gone, it's still my favourite word). It's creepy when it needs to be, uplifting when it can, and is able to keep your blood and adrenaline flowing.

Article 3.
The New Doctor.
Matt Smith. He's an interesting man. He's funny, which is great. Everyone has become used to David Tennant, with his wacky antics and his inane sayings. More than grow accustomed, we're grown to love them. Which is why I'm very glad that Matt Smith has kept this. BUT, he's also a little more like the Doctor's of old. Very steely, and determined. Here's one that I'm not on the fence about. He gets a pass. I think it'll be intriguing to see where he takes the character.

Article 4.
The Writing.
Spot on. There's a bit of things that get glossed over, but you don't notice them. It's paced quite well, and there is already a sense of foreboding over the whole series. Steven Moffat was my favourite writer from the last few seasons, so I'm very happy that he's been elevated to the position of Head Writer. I like that he managed to work in a quick history lesson of The Doctor (But not until the very end. And really, if you're not already familiar with it, it won't be of any help. It's more a way to show Steven Moffat's love of the character and all he's done.)
There's also a new little tool used. If any of you have seen the recent Sherlock Holmes film, with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, you'll remember the sequence wherein Sherlock takes the viewer through the next few seconds and maps out what he's going to do. It's something like that. I like it a lot, it's very clever.

Article 5.
The New Companion.
Karen Gillan is great. She's Scottish, so we get a better accent than the last Companion. And she's ginger, BUT, she's not Donna. Donna is basically the reason I hate gingers, so maybe this Scottish Lass can change my mind.
She's funny, spunky, and will bring an interesting dynamic to the Tardis.

So not that many spoilers in there actually. I'm amazed at my restraint. No matter. It was a fantastic episode, and will hopefully only get better. I'm looking forward to the new season, and will irritate everyone around me with reviews and constant discussion about The Doctor, even if you don't care.

Conversion Coalesence

Just a quick little poke to myself and all of those what read.

I'm not ignoring the blog.

Just hella busy.

March Meekness

I neglect this blog.

But when you worked all day, you don't really have anything interesting to say.

I mean,
"Today I scrapped a bunch of A/C units."
"Today I went to the scrapyard."
"Today I sorted Copper."

None of that is interesting.

I'm still very angry at the BBC. They told us that Doctor Who was going to be run March 13th. It wasn't. I go check the internet, and Look! It's been delayed. It's now coming out April 3rd. In the UK. 2 WEEKS later here. Thank god for the internet.

Whatever, I just hope my cousin and Natty are done by then. That way I'll have someone to talk about the episode with.

NEW KICK-ASS TRAILER.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvfKPo6VZp4
Watch it.

Well.
Today is Worldwide D&D day.
Gary Gygax, co creator of the game, died 2 years ago on March 4th.
Today, even if you don't play, try to have a moment honouring the amazing thing that he helped create for the world.
Finally, I have my G2 test in exactly 11 days.
I hope I'm ready.

May the road go ever on an on, never stopping and never halting. 'Till we reach our final day...

Stephen Sits Strangely

Ok, that title was too easy.
It's been more than a week since I've written anything.
Then again, nothing interesting ever happen in my life.
EXCEPT PAIN.

I've been in pain since thursday. My back has just been KILLING me. And friday all day I was having stomach cramps and felt like I was going to throw up.
At least it's gone now. Hopefully for good.

Ok, week rundown.

Monday, Band. No saxophones. I was the only one.

Tuesday, Nothing. I dislike that we've temporarily changed D&D night to mondays, it confuses the rest of my week.

Wednesday, I stuck around for choir and packed up things for the Coffeehouse. This is when the pain started, out of the blue.

Thursday, I didn't leave the school. I got there at 7:50 and left at 22:30. Never Again. I spent too much time there. Coffeehouse was interesting. There were lots of problems with the lighting, with the sound, and the acts. But hey, it was a fun time. A lot of the acts had talent, it was just obscured by the bad soundboarding. Blah blah, bitching aside, it was an ok night.

Friday was yesterday, and it was interesting. I hurt the entire day, and felt like I was going to be sick. But I stuck through it. Steve and Nicole came over after school, and we played Vidjamagames. I still despise Sonic and Mario at the olympics, because Steve beats me at it. He's just lucky RE4 doesn't really have multiplayer.
But!
Then we went downstairs and hooked up the Sega Genesis.
And found out one of my controllers is busted.
CRAPCAKES.
But one still works, so hooray! I found out I still kick ass in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Gunstar Heros, and Sonic 3. But Spiderman-Maximum Carnage still rapes me. As well as Comix Zone. Games in the 90's were so much harder than they are now.
Seriously.
Beating those games was like having a second job.

I work tonight. But I'm going out to have a birthday dinner with a few guys as well. Not sure who really cares about that, but hey, it needs to be said.
I'm eating Cheerios.
And it's raining.

I've always liked the rain. It's calming. The sound of gentle rain on a rooftop is a really nice sound.

Oh ho! I remember now. I have a rant.

This is to members of my own gender. I don't think any of those read my thoughts here on this webpage, but I don't care.
You DO NOT touch girls when they don't show an interest. You DO NOT. EVER. Touch them when they are dating someone.
It's wrong. It's against many of the codes. It breaks some of the most cardinal rules of being Male. It makes you seem like a bag of sleaze. Scum, lower than low, etc.
I'm done now.

NEW SEASON OF DOCTOR WHO TONIGHT!
and I'm working...

But hopefully Natasha is coming over tomorrow and we can watch it.

I woke up today and my hair was like David Tennant's again...I wonder if that's a sign...

Journey through time, travel through space, do all you can to make the Universe right.

Alice Aligns Aloofness

Alice in Wonderland is a nice change of pace.

It's not your original Alice, she's grown up, less curious and more badass.
I was impressed.

I was very happy with the inclusion of Alan Rickman and Christopher Lee. The parts they played weren't huge, but they're voices are easily recognizable if you are fans of their work and it's a pleasant surprise to hear them act.

But I think the part of everything that got me more pumped?
The 3D trailer for Tron: Legacy. That movie is looking more and more insane every day.

I'm just sad that I don't live in the UK, since they had a 3D trailer for the new season of Doctor Who. I think I'm going to go look it up now.

Fools rush in where the lazy don't care.