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.

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.

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.

Metalworks Melts Mere Manhatten

Well Hello there.

I'm bleedin' exhausted, for no apparent reason. But I shall power through.

I don't even remember what happened since I last posted something.

Today Metalworks Studios came to BR to give a seminar. Most of you know this, most of you were there. They brought Farichild with them, and I was honestly not that impressed. I thought they were exceptionally average. Very good, but just not...special. There's potential though.

And to be honest, I was rather disappointed with the seminar. They didn't really answer any questions, and nearly all the fan questions were for Brian Melo. There were other people there. They were all professionals. They had answers to questions you probably had.
Whatever.
Cole proposed to him though. That was fantastic.

Oh, and the all the other schools from the area came by, so it was a great opportunity to show them how amazing BR is. And a chance to show Mary's what a Tech Rep they lost.
BITCHES!
I digress.

I finished the 4th season of Doctor Who last night. Everyone said it was terrible, but I didn't have TOO many problems with it though. Sure, it had Donna, but it involved all the other companions as well! And I'm going to stop there because Natasha reads this and she hasn't seen it yet.

So bleh.
I was going to go see The Wolfman with Natasha tomorrow, but Steve's movie theater is stupid and stopped showing it. I'm going to throw things at him.

The walls grow ever longer, but the height never changes.

Curling Costs Canada

So we lost.
Great.
It was terrible. They can;t even say they played their best because the entire country has seen their best. And last night, that was not it. Oh well, nothing we can do about it now...EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT WE KICKED NORWAYS ASS!! YEAH!

Anyway...
I'm gonna go backwards in time.

Today was a good day. Worked all day the the System Science Fair doing tech stuff, then got the Saxophone out to Lakeshore music to get it repaired. Still, THAT isn't going to happen until monday. I definitely won't have it ready for class, and will only have it for band if I'm VERY lucky. Moving along, Steve came by and we went out to the Whistling Walrus for dinner, and helped Uncle David Tabone (YEAH!) set up for his show. Reflexion is just...amazing. They are all masters at their instruments, and Tabone is an incredible showman. Hopefully they're still around when I finally decide to settle down and get married, because it'll be them doing that party.

Moving farther back, Natasha came over on friday and we did many nerdy things. Well...One nerdy thing. But we did it a few times.
I'm of course, talking about Doctor Who.
She hadn't seen the Specials that were released since the regular season ended back in 2008, so we watched those. We didn't get to The End of Time, but that's alright. She freaked out enough with Waters of Mars (One of the best episodes of television I've seen in a very long time) and I wasn't going to start End of Time Pt. 1 because the cliffhanger to that is just cruel. Then we watched the gold medal match for Women's Curling...and there shall be no more words said about that. I already talked about it at the top.

Thursday..was interesting. We're getting better. But setting up at the HCC was PHUN. I like that place, and their powered Eons. I wanted to steal one. But we didn't. The show went alright. Like I said..we're getting better.

Wednesday involved snow. I'm pretty sure Clara was high again. Or something. We need to stop putting those pills in her drinks.

Tuesday, I didn't go to the performance. I made the decision that I would actually go to a full day of school, and I did. Although I missed Brandon falling on his face. Which would have been HIlarious. Am I a terrible person?
Yes? I am?
COOL!

Monday Corbo and I set up for the Michaelangelo show. Which was fun. Not really. But hey, the work needs to be done by someone, right?

I'm backtracking too far I think. I might have already talked about this.

Oh well.

Hockey tonight? I have to admit, I don't care all that much. The Curling match was much more exciting.

In the city of darkness you're a brilliant star.

(PS, thought I'd forgotten about those eh?)

Denizens Deceased, Doctor Defends Domicile

Alliteration Power!

I are bored. And shirking the duty of homework.

I'm going to pose a little quandry to everyone. If you make plans with a friend to do something, it could be anything. My example is plans to tutor someone and then crash at their house after. But, your parents also make plans for you, that they tell you nothing of. Neither party tells the other until the 11th hour. Who is at fault?

I've just been told that instead of staying over at my friend Stephan's house tomorrow, I am to return to mine own home because, SURPRISE, my stepfather wants my help doing work on HIS property the next morning. No, Can you help me or Do you have plans. No, that would be polite. Instead, I get "You need to be at the house for 8 am on Saturday, because we need to clean up the property." Never mind that he was stupid enough to rent the fucking house to the shitty tenants that never paid and left their shit all over the place. No no. I Need to help. Never mind that I'm apparently an adult now and can make my own plans, no. I am EIGHT in the eyes of my parents, not eighteen. I have been viewed as a child my entire life, and I don't see that stopping. So I'm almost ready to quit. I'm THIS close to just walking out. Packing up my stuff and leaving.


Let's try and think of better topics.

We finally played D&D again last night after a three week hiatus. It was entertaining. As always. Kev and I got most of the technical prep work we needed done for the Pathfinder game as well.
I'm hungry.
I have a migraine.
Uhhh...
I'm starting to learn Flute? I suppose that's interesting.

Well I suppose I should be off, I need to do a few things for Media Studies, a few things for Religion...
And I'd really like to watch another episode of Doctor Who. I'm THIS close to finishing it, I just haven't had the time. I'm also getting all of the specials that have been released since the series ended, so I can be fully prepared for the next edition.
(Starting March 13th!)

We scurry through the maze to find out the reward is nothing.

New Semester

While everyone else is talking about exams being over, I'm going to strive to be different.

Next semester , I have the easiest semester I've ad since grade 10 second semester. Not much can beat that year, grade 10 music, grade 10 guitar, grade 10 science and grade 10 keyboarding. I think my average was 93? Anyway.

I have Gr11 Music, Gr10 Construction, Gr11 Media Studies and Gr11 religion.

I win at school.

Speaking of Music, I still haven't learnt these songs my mom wants me to. I should probably get on that. I mean, their wedding is next saturday. The day AFTER the rehearse-a-thon. Greeeeeeeaaaaaaaaatttttttttt. I'mma be SO tired.

On a lighter note....

Nothing!

Because I can't think of anything at the moment.
And I'm a bit loath to talk about Pathfinder some more, or Doctor Who (Even though Natasha watches and I finally have someone else to talk to about The Doctor and his Tardis. Which will be useful when the next series starts.) since I get the feeling that the three people reading this blog have heard enough.

I mean. If you don't PLAY roleplaying games, you don't want to hear about them non-stop. Am I right?

Maybe I should start discussing other nerdy things?

Hmm....

Well My cousin and I finished watching the fifth season of Lost yesterday. That season finale.....Screw You JJ Abrams. Seriously. I'm just glad that I watched this with only a few days to go until the final season. If I had had to wait months...I may have shot myself. In the foot. I'm not suicidal. But that was just intense.

That reminds me of a joke.
Ask me to tell it to you some time.

Here's a question, is it really babysitting if you're not looking after a baby?
I just hope my brother doesn't poop his pants again. Because I am NOT cleaning that.

Time to get LOST

Is that title clever?
Seriously. I'm asking.


I've spent the last few days aggressively not studying for any of my exams, and instead watching the fifth season of Lost with my cousin. I'm getting repeatedly mindfucked. That storyline is ridiculous. It's a great show, and it's good to see it come to an end and find the end to the myriad of confusing plots and other things that have happened throughout the show's 5 year run. I'm glad I'm watching the fifth season now, when the sixth season is slotted to start next tuesday. But waiting a week each time is going to be impossible with the cliffhangers that they give.

Speaking of, that's going to SERIOUSLY interfere with Game Night.

And there I continue! Since I bought Pathfinder yesterday (And am not going to stop talking about it for a while) I decided that I'm going to try to run a game during the summer. So then, if anyone wants to join this game, let me know. I'll do my best to explain the rules to you before the game starts, and my cousin (Kevin Geloso) will be around to help me out and help the players out. I'm hoping to get at least 3 or 4 more people to come out to this.

I'm still refusing to talk about exams. They are boring, and the only people reading this already know about them.




Going to go watch more Doctor Who now. If you haven't been watching the last few series of Doctor Who, you really should. David Tennant gave a riveting performance as The Doctor, and I have high hopes for Matt Smith, who is starting his reign as everyone's favourite Time Lord march....eleventh I believe? Oh well.
Watch it!