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Hypocrite! Sheep!

Yep. I've succumbed. Even after publicly posting about my active disdain for the service, I figured "Well, I really want to nab a certain username before someone else gets it". (Embracing the gamertag for most online communiques has its perks.) Without a cell phone who knows if the info will be truly up to date, but yes, I have a Twitter account. Look to the left - I've integrated it into the blog here for your convenience.

I'll try to keep the blog for the bigger, chunkier topics, but short bursts may just end up in the Twitter sidebar. I can see the addictive nature of this beast already. Follow Neil Gaiman? Yes please.

$10

I found ten bucks on the ground at work today. I see it as the universe saying "Thanks for getting out of bed this week. Go buy something you don't need!"

This guy in Missouri thinks I'm a pedophile

" "There is no reason an adult should have this game," says Andy Anderson, Mid-Missouri Internet Crimes Task Force."

Linky.

Funny, I thought that these things were meant to stop this type of uninformed hysteria. I mean, have you tried getting together on the Wii with friend codes? It's a super-hassle. Not like Xbox LIVE or PSN or, y'know, the internet.

On Resident Evil 5

I had the demo of RE5 downloaded about 3 weeks before last Friday's release of the full game. Didn't actually play it until last Tuesday. Thought process while playing:

1) Chris Redfield sure runs slow.

2) Man, it is an awfully pretty game.

3) OK, now I'm surrounded by zombies - where's my melee attack?

4) Where'd that big executioner guy come from? And why is he decapitating my partner?

5) Hmm. Game over. Y'know, I think I'd rather play Left 4 Dead.

So I deleted the demo. Total time spent downloading > total time spent playing. Like every Resident Evil game before it, it's just not for me.

Bad timing

So, why am I typing at twenty after 8 in the AM? Shouldn't I be at work? Well, I would, but there's this little situation about a car door that won't stay shut. Seems to be frozen - the lock was resisting opening, the handle did the same, and now I'm sitting here at the computer desperately googling for door-closing tips while the car sits parked in the sun, door slightly ajar, slowly draining the battery.

It's stupid. Car trouble is supposed to be engines not starting in sub-zero temps and flat tires and shattered windshields. Not that I'm not thankful that this is a (hopefully) minor problem - it's just hard to sell your boss on "I'm late because I couldn't close this door."

So I passed out at a brewery this weekend

I just thought you should know.

Dear Joss...

Dear Joss,

We've been through a lot, you and I. Really, things started back in 1997 with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Then there was Angel, Titan AE, Alien Resurrection, Firefly, Serenity, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog... the list goes on and on. That's just the watchable media. Even your "Merry Marvel Midlife Crisis" and Buffyverse comic spinoffs found their way into my hands.

So now, now that I see you're back on TV - with Eliza Dushku and Amy Acker, no less - I had reason to be excited. I'm happy for you, really, I am. But I'm just letting you know. Dollhouse? I won't be watching it.

No, it's not you. No, it's not Eliza either. (I'm actually a fan. Not to the extent of seeing everything she's in, especially movies, but I suffered through watched Tru Calling for a full half-season on the strength of her star power alone. Bring It On? I could watch that movie every day for the rest of my life.) It's me. It's not like I won't see it eventually - catch the DVD's, sure, but it's won't be a first-run viewing for me. Why? Simple. FOX.

I know you had to do it if you wanted to work with Eliza again, so I understand why. It's just that after what happened with Firefly, I'm leery. Not just Firefly - Arrested Development (even if it lasted 2 seasons longer than I expected). Andy Richter Controls the Universe. Wonderfalls - that one hurt the most. After all this, I just can't trust FOX anymore. I can't have my heart broken again. I can't get invested in another show to have it killed of in 6 weeks.

I don't care about the pilot reshoot or the minor set shutdown, although they don't especially help with the confidence factor. I hope the show is good. I hope it does well - pairing Dollhouse with The Sarah Connor Chronicles is one of the smartest things they could have done. But I also hope that you wrap up the storyline in all the episodes shot, because I have a sinking feeling that I'll be able to pick up Dollhouse: The Complete Series (with 5 never-before seen episodes) come August.