| Who am I? Job? |
[Feb. 9th, 2010|02:20 pm] |
O! The sorrow! Whence comes this misery?
I'll tell you whence, the MMO I'm completely hooked on is updating, so there's a SERVER SHUT DOWN! And I think it's going to last for FIVE HOURS!
I don't know what I'm going to do.
fitz (the inconsolable) |
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| Oops |
[Feb. 5th, 2010|09:21 pm] |
Sorry about my fall from gentlemanly comportment. Lordy was I plastered.
However, my liver, no worse for the wear but rather battle-hardened, has returned to its normal, human size and the shaking has stopped, so all is well.
In other news, I've spent hours and hours and hours playing an MMORPG. I've never played one before. It's nuts. And I'm HATING some of these quests, which is just a lot of running around, but it's not really a game in which one can grind to level, so quests it is.
And you should see my character. She is SO CUTE!!! One more level and I'm going to go back to the Spiritual Land and kick some lonely werewolf ass, my friends. Yes I am. And try to figure out what I need to kill to get...candy blue leaves? Something like that, can't remember. And pester people with noob questions, of course. (Happily, there's no PvP in this game, so players that kill noobs probably don't even bother with it.) Mostly people have been nice, actually.
Oh, and I noticed that this same company has another game coming soon in beta, so maybe I'll play that one, too, so I can actually not feel like a dweeb most of the time. (I get that going on and on about an MMO pretty much makes me a dweeb, anyway, but you know what I mean.)
I am not going to play anymore tonight, though. I played for eight or nine hours today. You can see why getting WoW would be a very bad idea for me. (Although, I probably should do it for a couple of months, huh? Just to see what it's like? Shouldn't I? Don'tcha think?)
At some point I honestly do plan on reading a book again. And I'm not going to count D&D manuals.
fitz (is fiercely embracing his inner-geek) |
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| At least the art is better |
[Jan. 22nd, 2010|10:23 am] |
It had to happen, I suppose:
Twilight: The Graphic Novel coming to a bookstore near you
For those who don't want to read the article, here are several panels so you can see what it looks like, plus an interview with Ms. Meyer.
What gets me is that the initial run is 350,000. The best-selling comic last month sold an estimated 100,651 copies. The figures are usually in the tens of thousands. Poor old Superman only sold 33,372 copies, and Action Comics 31,873. (Stats taken from here.)
You'd think more kids would be reading comics, but I guess not. Damn kids today.
fitz (learned most of what he knows about being a good person from comic books) |
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| Ouch |
[Jan. 18th, 2010|11:06 am] |
Got drunk Friday night.
Finally sobered up on Sunday at some point.
Hmmm, wasn't there a Saturday last week?
fitz (his capacity is larger than his sense) |
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| Seventies Femdom for the Masses! |
[Jan. 13th, 2010|12:17 am] |
When I was a boy I'd spend every Saturday watching Superhost on a small, black and white TV. It was one of those local shows that showed mostly bad movies and had a local celebrity host. Superhost wore a bodysuit and a cape, like a superhero, and showed "artwork" sent in by his ten-year-old fans, which meant pictures of Godzilla and Rodan done in black magic marker.
It wasn't all bad, of course. That's where I first saw Martin and Lewis as well as Abbot and Costello. If I remember correctly, the first movie was a monster movie (I'll never forget those little Japanese women from "Mothra") and the second was a comedy.
But sometimes something truly weird would be shown. For years I've been trying to remember the name of a movie about two male slaves who escaped from a planet ruled by women. I couldn't remember much about it, but I think I've finally found it--
Star Maidens
The only problem is that this was a 13 episode British series, and I saw a two hour movie, with commercials thrown in.
Does anyone know if this is a the same thing? At the end of the link there's mention that an "extremely edited" version was shown on the old Sci-Fi Channel. Was there a movie of this released in the States?
Any help would be appreciated. |
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| A little geekery for everyone |
[Jan. 10th, 2010|10:49 am] |
I knew I should have taped every episode of "Dollhouse." Damnit.
"Dollhouse" essay contest
And it's edited by Jane Espenson!
Not sure what I'd write about. Probably agency, since that's a common Joss theme, or maybe just a big stew of agency, entitlement, rape and the commodification of the human being, harking back to "The Wish" on BtVS, because a (not overtly) Marxist take on the whole thing could be interesting.
It's been quite a long time since I've written something like that. It would take me longer now, but I sure as hell could do it in a month.
Phooey. Just phooey.
fitz (must remember that following his little obsessions could lead to cash rewards) |
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| Skynet is rising! |
[Jan. 10th, 2010|08:37 am] |
In honor of today (well, tomorrow too), which is a binary day (01/10/10), I give the three people in the world who haven't yet seen it "The Humans Are Dead" by Flight of the Conchords.
It features the greatest binary solo ever recorded.
A slightly different live version, which I think is funnier, can be found here.
fitz (frakking cylons) |
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| I should have known better |
[Jan. 9th, 2010|11:27 am] |
While I wasn't the biggest "Dollhouse" fan in the world after the first season, season two has changed all that. These last seven episodes have been amazing, and last night's was just mind-numbing. No spoilers here, but if you haven't seen it yet, make sure you do. You won't be disappointed.
fitz (desperate to see "Epitaph One") |
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| Off someone else's vine |
[Jan. 4th, 2010|04:31 pm] |
I just saw a reader's letter about a column picking the best movies of the decade (I know, the decade really starts next year, I don't care), and I'm going to steal some of them for this list of some of my favorite movies of the decade, in no particular order:
3-Iron (dir. Ki-duk Kim)
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring (dir. Ki-duk Kim)
I'll pretty much watch anything this guy does, I think. Lovely, lovely films, and while they are stylistically quite similar, they couldn't be more different. Brilliant stuff. Absolutely brilliant. Just recently re-watched "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring" and was again overwhelmed by it. Couldn't stop thinking about it for days. If you only see one of this list, this might be the one to see.
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (dir. Cristian Munglu)
Good Bye Lenin! (dir. Wolfgang Becker)
Quite possibly my vote for best script on the list. Loved the structure in it.
Let the Right One In (dir. Tomas Alfredson)
I'm not sure I should put this on the list, really, but I did like it an awful lot. (All foreign films so far. Hmmmm.)
Pan's Labyrinth (dir. Guillermo del Toro)
Another foreign film and another brilliant one. If you don't see "Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall...and Spring," this is definitely the one you should see. I really must watch it again.
Songs from the Second Floor (dir. Roy Andersson)
Apparently I don't like any American movies! This one might be a little artsy for some, but give it a chance and it will probably impress you.
I'd also give "Zodiac" a very honorable mention. See? I like American movies.
As for documentaries:
The Take (dir. Avi Lewis)
This film fills me with all sort of good things. Inspiring doesn't even begin to cover it.
Deliver Us From Evil (dir. Amy Berg)
I watch a lot of documentaries, but this may very well be the best one I've ever seen. It's not that there's really a ton of new information about the Catholic Church child abuse scandal in it, it's that it is the most well-crafted documentary film I've seen. The way Ms. Berg structured it is so subtle that when the crisis finally occurs, the audience is right there too. Honestly, I can't think of another documentary that is this well done. Don't watch it to your own detriment.
ETA:
Taxi to the Dark Side (dir. Alex Gibney)
I don't know how I could have forgotten this one. Well-made and important. Reading an article about torture, even seeing the pictures of it, doesn't have this impact of this film. There was another film about the Iraq war I saw that I'd add, too, if I could remember the stupid name of it.
Also, I'd give "Rendition" an honorable mention as well. |
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| Because I love you and think you're special |
[Jan. 3rd, 2010|10:44 pm] |
Okay. You will all go watch The Guild right now. You will continue watching until you've seen all three seasons. AND START AT THE BEGINNING! No line jumping or I'll smite you like...something that smites really, really hard.
And just because I'm spending several hours a day wondering what Felicia Day thinks about things does not at all mean I'm obsessing over her. No. It just means that she's made of rainbows and smiles and warm fuzzies and I want to get her a unicorn.
fitz (seriously though, I'm loving that show) |
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| The geek stands alone |
[Jan. 2nd, 2010|12:01 pm] |
So am I the only person in the world who liked the end of "Battlestar Galactica?"
Seems so. |
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| I'm so cool bein' down with the tech thingamajigs |
[Dec. 31st, 2009|03:48 pm] |
So I got a Twitter account. I am ashamed.
I do not "tweet," I'll have you know. It's only to stalk famous people stay informed about things that interest me. Right now, I'm only following three people--Jane Espenson, because she's so damn cool, Felicia Day, ditto, and Glenn Greenwald, who writes what I would write if I had both talent and ambition, which I lack. I have twice the ennui of the average person, however.
I think I might be adding Maurissa Tancharoen, who posted a link to this (not really work safe, I suppose, but made me laugh a lot):
And did you know Simon Pegg has an account there?
I also discovered that Amber Benson follows both Rachel Maddow and Karl Rove, which creeped me out terribly.
Sadly, A.S. Byatt doesn't seem to use twitter. Her priorities must be all screwed up. |
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| Me talk pretty! |
[Dec. 31st, 2009|10:42 am] |
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</form> Northern. Whether you have the world famous Inland North accent of the Great Lakes area, or the radio-friendly sound of upstate NY and western New England, your accent is what used to set the standard for American English pronunciation (not much anymore now that the Inland North sounds like it does).
If you are not from the North, you are probably one of the following:
(a) A Southerner who hates Southern accents and tries really hard to "talk right"; or
(b) A New Yorker or New Jerseyan who doesn't have the full accent Take this quiz now - it's easy!
Don't know why the pic isn't coming through, but evs. It's right, that's how I talk, like the radio sounds. |
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| A Death in the Family |
[Dec. 22nd, 2009|09:25 am] |
So last night I had just settled in to watch "The Nutcracker" on PBS, the one they showed last year, too, from the San Francisco ballet, and I was enjoying the opening numbers and really just having a lovely time, when, alas, the picture went out. Just plain old out, like the TV wasn't on, but the sound was still perfect.
I tried all sorts of things, but nothing worked. Apparently, the TV has died, and without any warning, either, which I thought quite rude.
Also, I was looking forward to some special things this week. PBS is going to show "La Bohème," which I very much wanted to see, and also, as I recall, the "controversial" new production of "Tosca" from the Met, and who doesn't like "Tosca?"
None of that for poor, beleaguered fitz, though.
Nor the final three episodes of "Dollhouse," no more "Glee," no more dancing, and no more "Gossip Girl" or "Eastwick."
And no more DVDs.
Essentially, about 70% of all joy has just vanished from my life.
Lemme tell ya, folks. This no smoking, no drinking thing is starting to look like it has a really, really short life.
fitz (in mourning) |
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| So good |
[Dec. 21st, 2009|10:15 am] |
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The ratings are dreadful and the show has already been cancelled, but the last three weeks (six hours) of "Dollhouse" have been fantastic television. There are only three hours of the show left, and if they are anywhere near as good as these recent eps, it will be worth owning on DVD, I think. |
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| Now listen here.... |
[Dec. 11th, 2009|11:11 am] |
I smoked one cigarette on Monday.
I smoked one on Tuesday.
I smoked one on Wednesday.
I did not smoke at all on Thursday.
I have not smoked at all today, and would very much like to.
Fitz has been a very good boy and would like some goddamn recognition for it, Santa Claus!
Last year I only asked you for one thing. Just one thing. I wanted a very, very intimate portrayal of the relationship between Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas starring Nicole Kidman and Kate Beckinsale. As you know, I did not receive such.
This year, I am asking for the same thing, only with Amy Acker and Summer Glau instead.
Is this so much to ask?
fitz (likes his smut as pretentious as possible) |
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