Just another entry..

I feel inspired to write again.

Life's had it's ups and downs the past few months since my last entry. Slowly recovering from a burn out, realizing it's almost my birthday..

Yeah my birthday. Turning 25 next Tuesday. A quarter century old. Funny... Feels like I been around forever. Just like my constant hint dropping to buy some stuff from my Amazon wishlist and that I would very much like a cake like the one's you see on Discovery's Cake Boss. Stupid addictive programming.. Always showing the good stuff right before they scare the shit out of you with that program about midgets. Fraggin Midgets. Thank God for reruns of Magnum PI.. Bless you Tom Selleck with your manly moustache made of pure and epic win.

But I'm getting off topic, hard thing to do considering there is no topic to begin with.

Other upcoming stuff then.. Well I'm holding my 2nd movie marathon soon.. See how much bad movie me and my friends can take, making the most out of it by riffing.. but it's gonna be fun to see who breaks first. Even got a new supply of Reb Brown schlock for the occasion. You wouldn't believe what I had to go through to get it. EEP!

Then there's my various other addictions like Transformers, pre-ordered the latest cool new stuff.. hoping to get that soon and awaiting my awesome Monkey Island tankard which I ordered from Telltale when I saw it on the site (along with the new Sam and Max season).

Speaking of Transformers and related material; Why is it that TNT Post seem adamant along with customs to make me pay through the nose with extra costs they slap on at random. I swear.. $100 dollar exclusive transformer.. $50 protected shipping.. Hey let's ram this geek's toy up his ass and charge him an additional €40 bucks for importing it. Thanks Dutch customs. Thanks. Stay classy.

So that leaves me with a peculiar problem. I have no idea what to ask for my birthday. I saw Dweezil Zappa in De Melkweg here in Amsterdam last week with 2 of my friends so that idea of getting the gig for my birthday is out the window.

And you know what else? I got a promotion at work. Dunno how.. I didn't think it was possible being the burnt out wreck that I am right now, getting a better position but I did so that makes me slightly awesome.. right?

All kidding aside, as good am I am doing on a professional level.. the piss-poorer I'm doing in my spare time. I got asked if I had plans for my vacation. I don't apart from going to the zoo like I do every year, whooptifuckindo...

I suppose I am to blame for some of my own problems.. I'm just trying to do things the best I can.. And I seriously regret some stuff today.

Wow.. Been a while eh?

Ooh I finally have something to blog out about again.. Speaking of blogging, ever noticed that if you've seen too much Simpsons and you say blog.. you hear Comic Book Guy? Weird.. Same with Prof. Farnsworth in Futurama if I say "Good News Everyone!"

I'm losing my train of thought here, let's get back on my approximation of a subject, since last post things have been up, things have been down, things have been out and times mostly have been good to me.

Currently I'm working on something of a dream project of mine. My friend Willem gave me an army of his I wanted since I first seen them. Praetorians! Everyone's most cherished IG style choice, but oh so limited. I wish I jumped on the train in '07 as GW decided to ditch them..

So here I am, with less than a platoon of actual Praetorians and having to convert everything from Mordians otherwise, murder on my hands really all those metal shavings and greenstuff patches but it's so gonna be worth it because who doesn't want an Imperial Guard army based on Zulu-Saxon Wars English.. Pith helmets, bright uniforms, moustaches. Manly men. I really wonder why the hell GW ever decided to drop them. What's not to like?

Funky

Quick update.

Vacation over in less than.. 24 hours. Bummer. Vacation Rating: F+
Mood: Depressed
Listening to: Eminem - Relapse

My friend introduced me to Terminator: SCC. From what I read it was sorta crappy.. but I really liked it. Must follow it on TV now and buy the DVDs...

Also bought a few shirts from Wrongtees.com (If ED suggests them on the frontpage, they must be awesome)

I'll be receiving:

Hello Kidney T-Shirt
Pedobear T-Shirt
What Would Picard Do? T-Shirt
The Shocker T-Shirt
Need Head T-Shirt


Awesome. Google them and have a look. I should've also gotten the Awesomeface shirt, but I'll save it for when they get some more cool t-shirts.

Beatles..

Hrm...

Mike from KOtoys has disappeared off the face of the planet, but it's cool. I did some checking and it's something that happens with him every now and then. No worries there.

Okay on with the topic at hand;

Rock Band: Beatles - Awesome graphical and I dig the tunes a lot.. but it's not fun to play. I find myself bored a lot. The unlockable video and photo content is a nice touch though.

Speaking of the Beatles. I'm seeing the Bootleg Beatles again in October. Bringing two of my friends and my mom this time. Should be interesting.

I'm also keeping my eye of Paul McCartney. I want to see him live.

Stuffity Stuff Stuff

G3 trailer! WHAMMO! Awesome! I applied stickers. Go me. Yay! ^_^
It's made of win. Roller is made of win. The extra weapons are made of win. The pegs that hold the weapons... MADE OF COMPLETE AND UTTER FAIL!
I had to glue 4 of them because the plastic sucked. I really don't get that, as FP has epic quality control but for some reason.. the pegs suck.
I'm also not a fan of the weapon frames so I put them back in the box. It could perhaps be a flaw.. like with the Gears of War set.
Stuff was designed well but didn't take the chroming into account. Who knows? But Prime is whole again. And all is well. Prime died for our sins but came back every time, so we gave him a sweet trailer to pull. Hallelujah!

On the flipside of things.. ZOMGWTFBBQ! BATMAN ARKHAM ASYLUM IS AWESOMESAUCE!
No I'm not overreacting. I love this game. It's fun, it's challenging. It's pretty to look at, plays well and it's creepy at times (I particularly love the Scarecrow bits)
So do yourself and your mom a favor, get this game. Now. Stop reading and get it. Seriously. Log off and buy the game.

Oh if you're still reading..
My to buy/incoming list for the next few months at this current moment:

Rock Band: The Beatles
Music Label Soundwave
Device Label Blaster
FP City Commander Upgrade Kit
Encore Cassette set #1
Encore Cassette set #2
Encore Cassette set #3
KO Shockwave for my pal Cyrus (Hope Mike from KO Toys sends word soon)

Operation: Vacation

Well my sister managed to bring my camera back..

Yes, it's still in working order. There was much rejoicing. Yay. ಠ_ಠ

Finished season 2 of Sam & Max. Gawd, It was AWESOME!!!™

Got Season 1 in the mail today, that's the copy for my friend Ogre. Now we wait for my most epic package.. and I'm not talking about my junk. I'm referring to my Season 1/2 and signed Hit The Road hardcover book combo thingy to arrive.

Oh and finally; My vacation plans.. are foiled. For the 2nd time. It's *hack*bullshitreasons*cough* beyond my control.

Guess I'll clean my room or something. Hell the dirty laundry isn't even that vile yet, it's not even crawling to the laundry basket on its own.. *Le sigh*

Random Musings

So it's time for another long post I hope, just reflecting how things are now in Fransland...

I finished Sam and Max: Save the World (Also known as Season 1) and was overall extremely satisfied with the game. The individual episodes has a few weak spots here and there. But as a full story.. DAYUM! So looking forward to playing Season 2 (Also known as Beyond Time And Space) soon.. since I got my annual vacation coming up.

Hope I'll have a good time outside of Season 2. Seems a bit shaky at this time but that's too personal to discuss on a public blog like this.

Soundblaster.. ah yes. He's staring at the monitor in disbelieve that I haven't reviewed him. Well.. I could but I'd rather do it justice with proper pictures rather than shots from my phone. So I hope my sister doesn't lose my camera.. or I need to whip my pimp hand out and beat her back into the kitchen for it.

So.. Uh.. what now to randomly type about? Guess I could divulge in my vacation plans a bit.. Only 2 days (at the time of writing this) days of work left. That's good. I love my job and my co-workers but I don't need to see them for a little while. I'll do me good. I'm sure of it.
Anyway, before I get sidetracked.. I hope to hang out in the UK a bit, be all awesome and foreign. Nerd out at either a Games Workshop or at a Forbidden Planet because that shit's so cash.. and hang out and be retarded as ever, like I always am back home. Destroy my Xbox with endless sessions of Rock Band: The Beatles

That's my supposed plan on paper. Let's hope it works. I love it when a plan comes together *grits cigar between his teeth*

Reading this back.. my life is so exciting.. I might die from boredom. Oh well. 'Least I got chicken! And no, that isn't just some old internet meme. I actually had chicken for dinner. It was pretty good. I was expecting it to be a bit more crunchy.. but it was deliciously tender and juicy.