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Guess Which Channel It's On
September 23, 2005
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And you see! I tell the truth. The terrifying, TERRIFYING TRUTH. Certain movies are so bad, one is compelled to watch - I think in this case it would even defeat me, and I would run away to vomit somewhere and play World of Warcraft until my eyes ceased bleeding. YIKES. The only thing that's even remotely more scary is Snakes on a Plane, which Overcompensating first told me about (on the 21st) - and I was all, "No way, that can't be true, and Samuel L. Jackson can't be oh my GOD it IS REAL SWEET BABY JEEBUS NOOOOOO" and so on. Shitty movies! They're out there! And some even have good actors like Samuel L. Jackson and John Rhys-Davies in them! WHAT THE HELL!
Ahem. Anyhow. I have been receiving some comments lately regarding the comic font change, and I'm just about to use the comic itself to break the fourth wall and bother you about it there, I'm so wrapped up in this right now. First people were all "I hate Comic Sans stop using it," and I wanted to stop because I was kinda done with Comic Sans. But then I started using I Hate Comic Sans, and NOW people are all "I hate I Hate Comic Sans" which is ironic but also kinda frustrating. Because see, there are a lot of fonts out there in this great big world. But fucking A, if you want a comic font, it better be caps-ONLY, or I don't know, the sun will explode or something. That is the impression I am getting due to the total lack of good comic-type fonts out there with lower-case. Those that DO have lowercase are either too permanently-bold/italic-looking (as in the case of Komika Text) or too angular-handwriting-looking (Cosmic Spam and such) - and they tend to make my comic look like it should be more emo or something, and I generally don't think they fit. I've been given excellent help and advice by excellent people, and looked at so many fonts I think my eyes are bleeding, and I honestly want everyone to be happy with the new font. I'm not 100% happy with it myself, but neither was I 100% happy with Comic Sans, and honestly that worked out OK for a long time. Shit, I might just use Mighty Zeo 2.0 like I did today, and have people accuse me of copying Penny Arcade again like when I started using Comic Sans back in the day - and hey, Queen of Wands used that, why can't I? Hmpf. ...At any rate, just let me know what you think, yes? I'd muchly appreciate it.
ACH! Was ist das! Es ist der LINKSTRAVAGANZA! Mein Leben!
* SPEAKING of great adventure games (um. Assuming we were continuing Tuesday's conversation, that is, and assuming there was an actual conversation going on then
), lookit! The trailer for the fan-made King's Quest IX! Hot diggity slap-damn! GO SEE!
* You know all the stuff I've been saying about how I detest the new media-driven "grrl gamer" stereotype? Mike over at Game Girl Advance says it way better. (But ignore the comments - more douchebags on there than good points.)
* He-Man Sings the Four Non-Blondes' "What's Goin' On.". I have nothing else to say about this other than it will totally make you lose your shit laughing. I must thank Phil "Hoojie" Kahn for this one, and also, he is awesome. The end.
* LEGO castles! No - seriously - scale models of real castles done with LEGOS, done by a talented guy named Bob Carney. These are fucking INSANELY FABULOUS, and if you don't go and see them you will regret it to the end of your days. End of your days!
* Whoa - Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad is Good For You (a really brilliant book) has an amazing letter to Senator Clinton that highlights the fallacies in the media & politician's current arguments. Excellent, EXCELLENT stuff.
* Yikes - according to Popular Science, our beloved banana might be in serious trouble. Good article, and it makes me look back at those "Banana Virus Quarantine Area" signs we saw in Hawai'i with new understanding (and a little bit of nervous fear).
* Hey! D'you have anyone you know who enjoys a fine brew (meaning beer, silly, not like, a POTION or anything), and the associated accessories thereof? Get something neato for them at the Phoenix Beer Depot. Because they are awesome. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
* Oh snap! Turns out you can run a diesel engine on only mildly-tweaked COCONUT OIL - how's that for crazy! Not only will your (diesel) car run cheap, it'll smell all nice and coconuty (note: probably not. But that would be totally cool).
* Cell phones - they're so BORING, you know? Well, why have a cell phone when you can have
a cellular squirrel! Speak happily through the intermediary of a cute little stuffed squirrel to your friends and loved ones - just make sure not to talk about that weird growth on the bottom of your left buttcheek where other people can hear you! Ah, cellular squirrel, what a marvel you are. Instead of people thinking you're a stuck-up jerk when you parade around yapping on your cell phone, if you talk on your cellular squirrel, they'll instead just think you're really, really crazy. (note: just because this idea is crazy doesn't mean I wouldn't want one. Because the idea of one of my friends talking through the thing would make me want to laugh and never, ever stop, especially if they kept cursing) Oh YIKES, and it blinks and MOVES too! I can see that now: instead of "dude, your phone is ringing," it becomes "dude, your squirrel is blinking repeatedly." Heehee, these just write themselves!
Well, ladies and germs, that's it for me tonight - see you all again on Tuesday, where hopefully I am less with the whininess. HEAD-A-SPLODE!
Dancing Madly,
Annie "Blue" C
Riddle me that
- Toots & the Maytals
"In The Park"
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