Halloween 2007

Lots of stuff going on today. There's too much to tell in one sitting, but I'll just say that trick-or-treaters are very persistent down here. We had our porch light off. We had no candy for kids. We still had about four kids come to our door within the half-hour we were home. I had to give up my own candy sent to me by my mom. (There are tears on the keyboard as I type this.) We eventually fled to a party down the street. Once I find my camera cable, I'll post a picture or two from the shindig.

Happy hauntings, all!

Digital Relief

Meet Riku. She's the high-energy cutie from the video game Final Fantasy X. The name is increasingly misleading as the number of sequels continues to swell. This is compounded by the fact that the games aren't really sequels of one another. There's a new story on a new world and new game mechanics each time out. Oh, wait! This particular outing, FF-X, did have a sequel: Final Fantasy X-2. It's way confusing and possibly better for you if you never actually read this paragraph.

So Monkey-Girl has returned from a week off from class, but not a week off from classwork. She has been quite stressed as of late and has needed to blow off some steam. He answer: dip into the old video game well.

It's been fun just having Monkey-Girl near as she plays her game and I putz around the internet. Tonight, Mercutio has deigned to join us as well. Joy.

Update: Monkey-Girl updated her blog.

Also, no spelling errors for this entry. Double-joy.

My New Name

All one really needs in order to be a Jedi is a funny name. That's what the people at Liquid Generation think anyway. If you go here, you'll watch a commercial then you'll be asked 15 questions about your personality. When done, you too will have a nifty sign to hang on your webpage.

Crazy Awesome, or Just Crazy?

Transformers just came out on DVD. The movie did alright at the box office this summer. $700,000,000 world-wide is still considered alright, right?

As a result, nearly every major retailer wants the public to buy the movie at their stores. In order to get consumers into their stores, the major retailers are offering exclusives with their copies of the DVD.

Target has the weirdest/coolest exclusive. Pictured above is the latest plastic incarnation of Optimus Prime. True to his nature, Optimus transforms, but not into the traditional semi. This boy's a DVD case!

Geeks of the world rejoice!

A Villainous Scheme

Umm . . . .

All I can say is that comics have changed a lot since the 1940s. Also, the American version of the English language has changed a lot in the sixty years since this particular comic panel was created.

It seems Joker had made quite a mistake. So big a mistake one could say he was being rather bone-headed. Get it?

Now, get your mind out of the gutter!

If you'd like to see more innocent comments made raunchy by sixty years of lingual evolution, go here.

Mom, you don't need to go. Please don't.

Trick or Treat

Little kiddies aren't the only ones wearing masks this Halloween. This Kaleesh warrior is carrying his clan's traditional bone mask. If the mask looks a little familiar, that's because it should. This handsome guy has a featured role in 2005's Revenge of the Sith. This is what General Grievous looked like before his "accident".

Hasbro has released a metric ton of super-cool Expanded Universe action figures. There are figures based on comics, cartoons, and video games. Best of all: the local "nexus of evil" has all of them.

It's fun to walk the toy aisle again!

Happy October!

This lovely picture was lifted from Kate's Blog. She has a wonderfully simple and whimsical artistic style. Her subject matter is exquisite.

I've said it before. I'll say it again. I love the fall (and Monkey-Girl). Enjoy!