The Hangout....where sanity is overrated.

[Saisei Hoshi]

Seem like everyone was suffering with a busy weekend. Mine was just sleeping and eating. Well I did go see Resident Evil 3, which was good not great but good. I can't help but love smart zombies, any zombie movie that allows the zombies use of their knees makes me happy.

But I was thinking about things, I'm currently trying to decide if I want to get a tattoo. If I get one it's going to be a pin-up. I'm plaining it being Alice (Alice in Wonderland) with a little Gothic flare, wearing the Hatter hat and holding a flamingo club. The problem is I need to find a pictures for reference and a tattoo parlor in this city. The finding a tattoo place isn't that hard it's finding an artist good enough at doing pin-ups, because I'm not having anything screw it up.

Well that's it for me, work calls.... again. *sigh*  

[Abandoned Dreams]

Bzuh. I hate work. Hate.

Akahoshi - heart A story about your ZomBee doll? I'd love to read that.

I'm debating whether or not it's worth dragging my non-zombie-oriented friend to see RE3. Does it tie up the story well enough?

Like Alice of the Alice computer games? Wasn't she goth...or something? Or insane? I can't recall, apparently.



And now for a double-post...  

[Abandoned Dreams]

I know you're there, lurkers. I can hear you breathing.

...maybe. Might just be me, though.

Just on the off chance that you ARE still alive and need something to distract you from work/school/whatever, I have compiled a list of the things that are currently getting me through my carefully scheduled 9-5 torture sessions. Some are old, some are new; all are borrowed, none are blue.

Enjoy.


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MightyGodKing's summary of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
(It cost him his Livejournal, so you know it's good. I recommend this for the anti-Potter crowd, for fans who have already read the book and have the blessing of a good sense of humor, and for people who don't know a Muggle from a mud pie but don't mind an excellent read.)

True Porn Clerk Stories
(I must be the last person on Earth to have stumbled upon this; many have been happy to inform me of this fact. However, it's still good enough to mention here. The journal is exactly as the name implies: the brilliant, often bewildered anecdotes of one woman's time working as a video store clerk. This is safe for work...sort of. No pictures or anything. Just don't read it out loud.)

LOLcats / icanhascheezburger
(Just because there might be ONE of you who hasn't seen this yet.)

Commenter Business Meeting 2 by CollegeHumor.com
(A video of what business life would be like if it mimicked YouTube/Flickr/etc. commenters. This is only funny if you are familiar with LOLcats, Digg, and Internet culture in general. Probably not safe for work, as swearing abounds, and two women start making out halfway through the video -- unless your workplace is into that sort of thing, in which case you're totally fine.)

InterfaceLIFT wallpapers
(Top-notch inoffensive wallpapers, perfect for work or school, where it is usually not prudent to let others know about your strange anime fetishes. Features photos of trees, sunsets, etc. and still somehow does not suck in the slightest. My last three wallpapers were from this site, and I have self-proclaimed high standards.)

XKCD
(I like to think that if I were more openly geeky, I would have come up with this webcomic.)

Apostrophe Abuse
(See, I'm not the only punctuation Nazi!! Now to convince my mother...)



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Music worth catching

Yoko Kanno - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - OST4
Angela Aki - Today (album) --- If nothing else, download "Moral no Soushiki."
Yoko Kanno - Darker Than Black OST
Eiko Shimamiya - Naraku no Hana (single)  

[Chibi Koji]

Hoshi- There is the Alice AD's talking about from the computer shooter game. :0 I have a few ref pics around here somewhere... *Will find.*
Don't settle for anything less then perfect, for your sake and Alice's. >:c And if not, I suggest a pretty contour-flattering decal. :]


AD~ I've become estranged to the internet, these should be fun. :0 Porn Clerk Stories, roffle.  

[Saisei Hoshi]

AD & Koji - It's not Alice from American McGee's Alice. I have lot's of references of her since I bought all of the figures (there's toys but I need to make them sound a little grown up). I'm just looking for the prefect Pin-up pose, then either me our the tattoo person can work out the finally design. I know what it is I want and it will have to look perfect before it becomes part of me.

AD - I'll be sure to let you read, not promising it'll be good but you can read it.

RE3 while a good movie ties somethings up but then it just opens more. Not to spoil anything but the end is pretty much like the other two. Still a good movie to drag anyone to.

I shall give your links a look through, though the porn clerk one might not make it through the work firewall. I can read it when I leave here though.

I did find a new toy that I must have New X5. Since mind is broken if I can find one it's getting replaced.

Ok work time.  

[Abandoned Dreams]

Koji - Estranged to the Internet? Lucky b*****d! I can't take two steps away from it! The only time I'm not online is when I'm driving. Don't ask me how this isn't my own fault, though.

Akahoshi - Sucks that you were never able to repair your X5. gonk I'm not too sure about that new one, though. It looks like a knock-off. When my X5 dies (or I get tired of it), I'm totally going for the A2 ( http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/cowon/a2/photo.html ). It's bulky, but OMFG is it gorgeous.  

[Saisei Hoshi]

AD - It does look knock-offish, but I like the X5 and it's going to be discontinued soon so I still want one. The A2 is one sexy piece of hardware but I'm waiting to see what the X7 is going to bring to the table before I think about getting an A2.  

[Abandoned Dreams]

Akahoshi - Newegg dropped the X5 months ago; I seriously thought someone had punched me in the stomach. So sad... I love mine to death and show it off whenever I can. My coworkers stopped appreciating its brilliance nearly a year ago, sadly.

I want to see the X7 before I drop $300 on something else. I have this problem of needing a new MP3 player every year (it just works out that way; I don't plan it), so I'm hoping the X5 will be the exception to the rule. The past two years have been especially bad, as I've been through 4 players. sweatdrop It's an addiction.  

[axel]

Thanks so much for posting that wallpaper site, Aydee. xD I always need one of those, good quality ones are hard to find. heart

And LOL at the porn clerk! It -almost- makes me want to find a job in the porn retail industry. I know how much retail sucks but somehow the whole pornography twist makes it 100x funnier.
Although catching someone masturbating would probably break me. ;C  

[Abandoned Dreams]

Gaia Comics 2007: Even more screwed up than the originals! Now featuring bondage!

Now...I'm totally cool with guys in chains...really, I am...but Gaia NPC cartoons in chains making jokes over who's going to be their captor's object of interest? Target audience = who, please?


axel - You're quite welcome. I thought the wallpapers were a rather good find. Most of the stuff that surfaces on Digg is garbage, but every now and then something cool shows up.

I can't imagine I'd be a good porn clerk. I have serious issues with sanitation (others', not my own -- I'm quite clean, thanks), and dealing with strangers'...aftermath...would send me screaming out the door. And for minimum wage? To hell with that.



EDIT: 3:10 to Yuma wasn't a bad movie. It felt a little odd at the end, and the music was rather " confused ", but Russell Crowe, Christian Bale and Ben Foster were excellent.  

[Chibi Koji]

Hoshi~ Toys you say? I'm having trouble just getting the game, let alone figures. :O Lucky lucky.


AD~ I try and come back to check my myspace and hobble through warcraft, but even those can't keep me here. xD It doesn't last long, though. I'm only independant for so long.

I didn't even know there were new comics till this announcement. >>; I'm glad the art improved, but I question why they'd make S&M jokes to a 14 year old audience.


Axel~ The only thing that would stop me would be a smell...

...do porn stores smell? Anyone? o.o


Movies~ I saw Across the Universe a few days ago with my "now-for-reals" boyfriend. For what I payed attention to it was pretty rad. =D Even thoughy I think random singing is retarded.

OH! I found this in my favorites from long ago, just in case anyone hasn't seen it: Is Hell Exorthermic or Endothermic?  

[Saisei Hoshi]

For once I'm having a good day, there was suppose to be a transit strike that would have shut down all the buses and ferries in the city. But it was taken care of and I was able to take a bus to work, not that I couldn't have walked but the bus makes life easy. I'm really just happy that it'll be running to night because it's finally starting to get cold at night and getting sick while I'm up here would be bad. Either way it a good day.

Koji - I've had the game since it was released and all the figures shortly after. The only thing I don't have is a 2 foot tall statue of the Cheshire Cat, which I do plan to buy. When it come to anything that has to do with Alice in Wonderland (well anything to do with Wonderland) chance are I have it. I'm a little obsessed with it.

And porn stores do smell. They smell like plastic, vinyl, leather and various smells of oils. And depending on the people in the store and the people that own the store differing levels of B.O.

I'm waiting to see Across the Universe, I only have one friend who would possible see it with me, but see live in Belgium so I have to see it alone. So I'm waiting till I'm sad and need a good pick up because unlike you random out bursts of song is near the top of the things that make Hoshi happy list.

AD - As far as Cowon goes I'm a big fan of the X series so I'm gonna stick with it until they screw it up.

I've been staying away from the Gaia comics since the decided that aliens stealing cows was good reading. And now with NPC bondage it just make me want to read it even more.


Random - On thursday night I lost a slipper well not lost more like threw at a drunk that wouldn't shut up at 4am. As far as I was concerned it was a just cause. Though my feet are now getting cold at night.


Ok work time.  

[Abandoned Dreams]

Hands down, Darker Than Black was the best thing to happen to anime since Mai-HiME, including Claymore.

On a similar note, some jerk made a post in his blog titled "Anime Encourages Murder." He referenced, of course, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. Some of you might be surprised by this, but I'm not, and I'm sure Koji is laughing and nodding.


Koji - I'm not sure that those who lean toward S&M would even find the comics funny. It sounds like the artist (L0cke? Who does that, anyway?) knows nothing about the subject, but tried to throw it in to appeal to the younger crowd. I can't wait until their parents catch sight of that.

I myself know nothing of Eau de Pr0n, thanks.


Akahoshi - Now, if they had just mixed cows AND bondage, I'd totally start reading again.

ROFL I love your narrative, though I am sorry for your loss. Did you hit him?  

[Saisei Hoshi]

Darker Than Black was good, the best thing to happen to anime is something I can't agree on, since I've seen far to many and while it is in the top 10 I just can't say it's the best.

And anime encouraging murder, WTF.


AD - I hope you were being sarcastic about reading it if they mixed cows and bondage. Because if not your mind is freaking me out.

And I did hit him the nice thing about being in a apartment complex that has 20 something floors is that it's hard to tell were a slipper would come from. And I can't get in trouble for it and it's not like I was dropping pumpkins like some people. Seriously there were like 10 smashed pumpkins on walkway I use to catch the bus. Pumpkins could kill someone, my fuzzy blue slipper could at most take out an eye.


Ok work time.  

[Abandoned Dreams]

Ho. Ly. Crap. That is the last time I take time off from work. It's just not worth the disaster I come back to. o.O


Akahoshi - Well...BAD anime makes me want to murder people. Does that count?

I'm trying to think of something witty to say about cows and leather restraints, but I just can't. It's wrong on so many levels.

"And what happened to you, sir?"
"My eye got taken out by a flying slipper!"

Best. Report. EVER.