NEW TINGS
I did the World Naked Bike Ride on Saturday. It was better than last year - sunny weather and more people. Car-free day on Commercial Drive on Sunday was pretty sweet too, especially the 5pm lolarious day-rave. Dancing barefoot in the street to silly techno is fun.
Adam got an SNES off Craigslist and now I want to buy a shitload of RPGs to play. I've never played Secret of Mana, Soul Blazer, or Illusion of Gaia. And I want to re-play Chrono Trigger, FFIII, and Zelda. What SNES RPGs do you like? (Other game recs are good to, but keep in mind I suck really hard at sidescroll/platform games and don't have much fun playing them.)
The Diamond Age is really, really good. I'm about two-thirds of the way through. I'm totally stoked about the development of the story, the focus of the strong female character being nurtured and educated. I am wary of the weak ending, but we'll see how it goes. Am I becoming a Neal Stephenson fan? I have Quicksilver on request at the library next.
This Saturday there are many cool things happening, but I can't attend all of them. I will attend the Star Trek meetup that's happening for Vancouver members of ontd_startrek. I'm stoked about that. The fandom is hilarious and non-wanky and just generally tons of fun. After that I'm going to see Skream at Richards on Richards. He's one of the giants of dubstep and I think it's gonna be pretty sweet.
I listened to the Star Trek audiobook (read by Zachary Quinto). Nice filler-y thing to listen to while I was riding my bike and doing housework, just added a couple scenes not seen in the movie and explained a few apparent plot-holes.
Adam got an SNES off Craigslist and now I want to buy a shitload of RPGs to play. I've never played Secret of Mana, Soul Blazer, or Illusion of Gaia. And I want to re-play Chrono Trigger, FFIII, and Zelda. What SNES RPGs do you like? (Other game recs are good to, but keep in mind I suck really hard at sidescroll/platform games and don't have much fun playing them.)
The Diamond Age is really, really good. I'm about two-thirds of the way through. I'm totally stoked about the development of the story, the focus of the strong female character being nurtured and educated. I am wary of the weak ending, but we'll see how it goes. Am I becoming a Neal Stephenson fan? I have Quicksilver on request at the library next.
This Saturday there are many cool things happening, but I can't attend all of them. I will attend the Star Trek meetup that's happening for Vancouver members of ontd_startrek. I'm stoked about that. The fandom is hilarious and non-wanky and just generally tons of fun. After that I'm going to see Skream at Richards on Richards. He's one of the giants of dubstep and I think it's gonna be pretty sweet.
I listened to the Star Trek audiobook (read by Zachary Quinto). Nice filler-y thing to listen to while I was riding my bike and doing housework, just added a couple scenes not seen in the movie and explained a few apparent plot-holes.