Pleasantly Surprised

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Since we no longer go to the theater to watch movies, all our consumption is now through Blu-Ray.  I’d mostly written off Kung Fu Panda as another inferior DreamWorks feature, but checking it out was an incredibly entertaining experience.  The movie’s heart was in the right place, it was eminently quotable (I still can’t get over the line “MY EYES!  HE’S TOO AWESOME!”) and it was incredibly funny.  I think the narrative might have been a little off here and there compared to the pacing of a Pixar film, but aside from that, and incredibly fun movie.  I’d definitely pop it in and watch it again.

The Douche Unleashed

Playing through it now, and the initial impressions are; fun but flawed.  The story is actually surprising the hell out of me by being very, very good.  Perhaps even surpassing the last few movies (though admittedly, that’s not too difficult a feat) but the acting is actually decent, and plot twists are unexpected.  The game itself… well, it’s no God of War, but it gets the job done.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!

OH MY GOD, I FINALLY DID IT.

After nearly a year of getting my ass kicked by Green Grass & High Tides on Expert, I finally beat the fucking thing today!

I’m was so happy I almost threw up and nearly threw my guitar on a cat.  The nightmare is over.  Good thing too, with Rock Band 2 coming up on Sunday or Monday.  And as an added bonus, I now officially have permission from the Wife to get that Starpex guitar which is ridiculously expensive.  She’d made the condition that I would be unable to own said guitar until I proved worthy of it, and Green Grass & High Tides was the proverbial sword that need to be pulled from the stone.

My hands are still trembling.  But I finally finished that stupidly HARD song.  Thank God, THANK GOD…

Hardcore Gaming Mode

Walk With The Animals

The Wife finally got to see her first Moose up close and personal yesterday.  We went off to the zoo with a couple of friends so they could do sketch exercises in front of the animals.  It was a bit funny in that one of the first exhibits at the Toronto zoo was an Indo-Malayan pavilian and the second we stepped in there, we immediately knew the animals wouldn’t be particularly happy.  It was neither hot nor humid enough for animals from that region and it sure showed with how depressed the Orangutans were.  On the other hand, I’ve seen my fair share of the Moose on the side of the road, usually just munching on something while watching the cars go by, so they’re not a big deal to me at all, but to the Wife, who had never laid eyes on North American animals, it was something of a minor revelation to take in Bald Eagles, Bison, Arctic Wolves and, of course, the Moose, who towered over her and looked at her with that apathetic glare that all Moose share.

No Life On Weekends

< ![CDATA[Aside from watching a bit of Ghost Hunters (it really is a guilty pleasure, I feel so bad digesting it and yet Cannot Turn Away), Saturday was really just about doing work.