To My Big Brother Bill

Hey, man.  I just turned thirty.  Just like you did.  Imagine that.  Only I won't turn out anything like you.  So fuck you.

Crudcast

Haley and I want to try our hands at a podcast.  Nothing earth-shaking or anything.  We just tend to have a lot of good discussions in the car, and thought that maybe we could articulate some of our ideas better in a podcast format that during our casts.  That way we can keep our casts the way they are, and for serious discussion, we'd have the podcast.

Also, Haley is playing Dragonborn right now, and she's on cloud nine. LOVING IT.

Won't Shut Up About the Matrix

I figured out one of the major problems with the Matrix sequels.  All of the fights are completely gratuitous.  No plot development, no character development, no narrative advancement, nothing essential to the story ever occurs.  Especially in the case of the second movie, if you remove all the fights, the movie doesn't change.  It just gets more boring, with all the horrible writing coming even more to light.  So, in a way, all the unmotivated violence kinda distracts you from the terrible story and dialogue.

Okay.  I think I'm done talking about the Matrix.

I've decided to play a Cajun Gangrel mudman in Haley's 1980's Vampire LARP.  I don't know how to do a cajun accent,  so I figure I just won't say much for the first game.  When I do, I'll just make sure that 'there' sounds like 'dere' and 'them' like 'dem' and so forth.  I'm sure that'll get me through a few spots.

Playing through Alan Wake again for Bailey.  It's so good.  It's probably up in my top ten of all time by now.  I even found a novelization of the game.  As soon as I finish up the game, I'm gonna tear through that book.