Wednesday 14th October 2009

Tuesday 13th October 2009

Still struggling with my tech literacy and time management, but slowly getting there by experience and osmosis - true for all things, I imagine.

I'm thinking about finally biting the bullet and watching Heroes episodes I've downloaded thus far, but keep getting put off by overheard opinions of season 4 and the slightly creepy vibe I get from the way they're pushing a lesbian character turn as a reason to tune in. Some girls have real problems coming to terms with experimentation and what it means for their life, so seeing it presented as part of a circus is off-putting even for me, and I'm not even that socially aware - quite the opposite, actually, given my anti-talent for sticking my foot in my gob with almost epic frequency.

Tuesday 13th October 2009

Just finished Marvel Alliance 2. Well, that was abrupt.
Still better than the first thanks to a wider variety of individual hero moves and much better graphics and sound, but far too few characters, and I'm not just saying that because they didn't make the inherently awesome move of having Howard the Duck in there with an optional Molly Hayes/Franklin Richards skin. I now have four days to finish Arkham Asylum before Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition lands, and by 'finish', I mean start and then finish.

Slow tv day. Caught up with Cold Case and Crash, and my inexplicable Home and Away viewing continues via Youtube. When I say I watch crap, I really mean I watch crap.

Sunday 11th October 2009

Nice lazy day off - hangover related - without drawing anything, and it's back to the not-terribly-burdensome grindstone of drawing funnybooks tomorrow. Caught up with some cinemagoing when we took my sister's weans to see Up, which was a great little film that plays the emotional manipulation card well and makes a nice change of pace with it's geriatric hero and willful absurdity.
Played my way through most of Marvel Alliance 2, or at least finished the Secret War redux, the Civil War section, and left it at some tacked-on nanite hacker storyline that I'm surprised didn't actually turn up in the comics, but its presence in the game does at least tie together some disparate strands that were left dangling by the actual comic storyline upon which the bulk of the game is based so far, particularly for the reactive (and thus constantly-aimless) Nick Fury character.
Watched some telly, with Smallville once again aiming too high, Sanctuary upping its game by seeming to have chosen a direction, and Stargate Universe disappearing up its own arse in what I consider to be record time for a tv series, even one made by the Sci-Fi Channel (now renamed Sy Fy, as if that alone will shake off the stink).

Back to the grind tomorrow. For tonight, it's off t'bed.

Saturday 10th October 2009/sunday morning 11th October 2009

'Tis the weekend and I'm quite pished, but making the obligatory daily post: thank god for Firefox and it's spellchecker compatibility! Oddly, 'spellchecker' doesn't register as a real word, but in my drunken haze I'll fight anyone who suggests it isn't.
Hooray for genetic disposition towards alcohol reliance and internet grammar machines and how they work!

Actually, at this stage, I'll just fight anyone.

Friday 09th October 2009

I'm watching My Super Ex-Girlfriend and Holy Jebus this is painful. Who thought this was a good idea for a film? Well, apart from the guys who made Superman Returns, where a super-powered stalker was also something admirable.
Shark bit was goofy fun, mind.

Thursday 08th October 2009

Watching: Hell in a Cell, Lincoln Heights, 90210, Melrose Place, Sons of Anarchy
Listening: Podcasts
Reading: Incredible Hercules, Batman and Robin, Ultimate Spider-Man, Shazam and the Monster Society of Evil, Batman: the Brave and the Bold