Sadly Slow Today
► Feeling mildly depressed today. I was going to start washing my bedding and comforters (it'll take three or four loads) but I just couldn't be bothered today. I just feel spent and worn down and don't really want to deal with anything right now.
This of course is the perfect time for me to play soundboard and reassuring voice to Dean and her dramas. Ugh.
► So much for the DC Universe Online MuhMORPuhGah. After more than a week the character creator still wasn't loading properly, making the 14 GB download completely useless. As such, I uninstalled the program. Maybe I'll try reinstalling it next month, when they hopefully have the Free-To-Play bugs removed.
► Last Wednesday my friend KimF alerted me to a new improved version of Heromachine, Heromachine 3. It's a flash (I think) program that allows you to create your own superheroes and characters. The previous versions were incredibly and frustratingly limited, but this new version allows you to edit, move and combine different pieces. It's loads more fun, although when I sent the link to my friend Matt he found it frustrating. I guess your mileage may vary.
Instead of creating a new character, I had fun making Superman and my naturist superheroine Utopia in the program (although Superman's S-shield took a long time and was a headache to make). I later combined the saved figures in Photoshop, and edited and tweaked some minor errors. I think they both look pretty good, although I do acknowledge that Utopia's pubic hair is rather outrageous. You work with what you have.
► Family Guy's 9/11 Satire: Did It Go Too Far? - I actually watched this episode. From chat:Derek: I actually thought it didn't go that far
Derek: although I was surprised by the Pat Tillman joke
Matt: I didn't think it was near too far
Matt: it wasn't even about 9/11, they just needed a recent world major event
Derek: it was surprisingly tame for Family Guy
Derek: right
Matt: in another time it could have easily been about stopping Reagan being shot or stopping Pearl Harbor
► Kim Kardashian Sues 'Ex-Publicist' Who Claimed Her Wedding Was a Sham - That'll prove the marriage wasn't a sham after a publicity stunt wedding! Nothing to see here people, move along. Move along.
► Why Robert Pattinson hates Twilight - You never hear those Harry Potter kids badmouth their movies and books. Edward Cullen is more than just a glittery vampire, he's also a passive aggressive emotionally abusive stalker.
► 9gag: This scarecrow surely does scare a crow out of me - It scares something out of me...
► YouTube: Snow White and the Huntsman - First Trailer (HD) - The embedding is disabled. From chat:Derek: huh, that Snow White movie DOES look good
Derek: whodathunk it?
Turk: serious
Turk: everything I heard made it sound like generic drivel
Turk: it actually looks cool
Derek: it does
Derek: looks much better than it deserves to be
► Harry Potter Director David Yates to Helm Doctor Who Movie - So they're going to make a movie with no connection to the canon and continuity of the television series, and it'll be a completely separate Doctor? Um, why then should any of the growing Doctor Who fans care? It's going to be a Hollywoodized joke and "Doctor Who" in name only, right?
► Frank Miller blasts Occupy protesters as ‘pond scum’ and ‘rapists’ - What was I saying yesterday about raving overwrought hyperbolic lunatics? Frank Miller seriously needs to get over himself and/or sober up. Idiot.
Also, thank you Ty Templeton. Thank you.
Garfield Minus Garfield
Quote of the Moment
Penny: What's wrong, Superman? Locked out of your big ice thingy?
- The Big Bang Theory (2007 - )
Drinking: Canada Dry ginger ale
Watching: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Season 2 (DVD set);
This of course is the perfect time for me to play soundboard and reassuring voice to Dean and her dramas. Ugh.
► So much for the DC Universe Online MuhMORPuhGah. After more than a week the character creator still wasn't loading properly, making the 14 GB download completely useless. As such, I uninstalled the program. Maybe I'll try reinstalling it next month, when they hopefully have the Free-To-Play bugs removed.
► Last Wednesday my friend KimF alerted me to a new improved version of Heromachine, Heromachine 3. It's a flash (I think) program that allows you to create your own superheroes and characters. The previous versions were incredibly and frustratingly limited, but this new version allows you to edit, move and combine different pieces. It's loads more fun, although when I sent the link to my friend Matt he found it frustrating. I guess your mileage may vary.
Instead of creating a new character, I had fun making Superman and my naturist superheroine Utopia in the program (although Superman's S-shield took a long time and was a headache to make). I later combined the saved figures in Photoshop, and edited and tweaked some minor errors. I think they both look pretty good, although I do acknowledge that Utopia's pubic hair is rather outrageous. You work with what you have.
► Family Guy's 9/11 Satire: Did It Go Too Far? - I actually watched this episode. From chat:Derek: I actually thought it didn't go that far
Derek: although I was surprised by the Pat Tillman joke
Matt: I didn't think it was near too far
Matt: it wasn't even about 9/11, they just needed a recent world major event
Derek: it was surprisingly tame for Family Guy
Derek: right
Matt: in another time it could have easily been about stopping Reagan being shot or stopping Pearl Harbor
► Kim Kardashian Sues 'Ex-Publicist' Who Claimed Her Wedding Was a Sham - That'll prove the marriage wasn't a sham after a publicity stunt wedding! Nothing to see here people, move along. Move along.
► Why Robert Pattinson hates Twilight - You never hear those Harry Potter kids badmouth their movies and books. Edward Cullen is more than just a glittery vampire, he's also a passive aggressive emotionally abusive stalker.
► 9gag: This scarecrow surely does scare a crow out of me - It scares something out of me...
► YouTube: Snow White and the Huntsman - First Trailer (HD) - The embedding is disabled. From chat:Derek: huh, that Snow White movie DOES look good
Derek: whodathunk it?
Turk: serious
Turk: everything I heard made it sound like generic drivel
Turk: it actually looks cool
Derek: it does
Derek: looks much better than it deserves to be
► Harry Potter Director David Yates to Helm Doctor Who Movie - So they're going to make a movie with no connection to the canon and continuity of the television series, and it'll be a completely separate Doctor? Um, why then should any of the growing Doctor Who fans care? It's going to be a Hollywoodized joke and "Doctor Who" in name only, right?
► Frank Miller blasts Occupy protesters as ‘pond scum’ and ‘rapists’ - What was I saying yesterday about raving overwrought hyperbolic lunatics? Frank Miller seriously needs to get over himself and/or sober up. Idiot.
Also, thank you Ty Templeton. Thank you.
Garfield Minus Garfield
Quote of the Moment
Penny: What's wrong, Superman? Locked out of your big ice thingy?
- The Big Bang Theory (2007 - )
Drinking: Canada Dry ginger ale
Watching: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Season 2 (DVD set);