The cocktail. It's basically only a Canadian thing, and it's Calgary's claim to fame in the bar scene; it's similar to a Bloody Mary, but much less thick and differently flavoured. Probably my favourite drink.
Though I'd take a salad. Also, thanks for reminding me. I'll pour it for my pizza.
FanFiltration said:
DuracellEnergizer said:
Since when has the Archie comics dealt with shit like this, anyway? I was never a regular reader of the comics but my sister was, and from what I remember, most of the stories were about teens doing more-or-less regular teen stuff, the occassional foray into the surreal or supernatural notwithstanding.
It was a limited series taking place in the adult years of the characters. I think it is meant to appeal to one time readers that are now adult, and not aimed at the pre-teen set.
That seems like flawed logic on their part, because if I picked up an Archie comic after a long hiatus (were I a fan), I'd want to jump into the old Archie adventures I remembered as a kid, not some gritty, blood-spattered hardcore version. I wouldn't want to read about Jughead dying of a heroin overdose or something.
As a Calvin and Hobbes fan, I wouldn't want to read an adult version of Calvin and Hobbes where Calvin forgets about Hobbes, even as a one-off. I'd rather just pick it up where it was when I left it off.
Things for kids don't always need a loss-of-innocence moment or to "grow up", because people who enjoyed them who come back to them usually want to feel the nostalgia of how it was to read the stories when they were younger, as a guilty pleasure. Being an adult doesn't always mean wanting to deal with adult situations; especially when you want to escape with an old comic book "friend".
I'm just so tired of everything having to be heavy and gritty and whatnot. Ugh.
Been trying hard to get into movies lately, thanks to my girlfriend watching them around me and me (of course) getting sucked into them.
The Secret Window
The girlfriend picked up a couple Stephen King books on vacation (Cell and The Long Walk, both of which she found predictable and drawn-out), her first. I've admittedly never read any King myself, but I have seen The Shining, which I enjoyed.
Interestingly, Secret Window is a lot like The Shining. Johnny Depp plays an author in a secluded place who is found by a strange man that accosts him for stealing "his story". Kingian stuff happens, I had the twist nailed (more or less) at around the halfway mark, and the whole thing reminded me a lot of Alan Wake, which isn't shocking, considering Sam Lake's influences. King's stuff definitely has a "feel" to it.
I'll give it five-and-a-half out of ten balls.
Mean Girls
The girlfriend told me I had to watch it with her, as it is one of her "quotable movies". I liked it. As a non-highschooler, and not-girl I felt like it captured the whole experience well, especially a young woman's perspective. Lots more bus violence than I expected, though.
Six out of ten balls.
The Count of Monte Christo
This was one of those movies that I remember coming out, and it fast turned into one of those movies that I couldn't believe I hadn't seen. There are lots of those, movies where I remember it and think "oh yeah! why didn't I ever see that?".
It was a good movie. Did a fine job with the characters. Well-casted, with the likes of Jesus and Dumbledore (which led to many hilarious riffs on my part). Very enjoyable. Made me want to read Dumas.
Seven out of ten balls.
I feel like there were more, but perhaps not. I'm actually getting back into movies, so yay.
ATMachine said:
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Mummy
The Mummy II
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Best list, 2014.
One hundred posts.
Also the title is too long now so I had to truncate it.
I have so many games I want to play and no time to play them. Argh.
My shower door has a broken hinge.
Grobot?
Love that new Iron Man armour. Glad they brought the red back. Can wait to wear it in Marvel Heroes.
Felix Darker. Wow.
(But also funny)
Lucy looks like abject shit. Just utter shit; all based on a thoroughly-debunked nonsense idea.
Just keep pushing.
I'm in a crap situation myself where my Canadian work visa expires on the 27th of next month and my permanent residency application won't be reviewed or accepted for at least a couple months after that, and as a recent college grad, it's not easy to find work in my field here, which means I may be torn away from my girlfriend for who-knows-how-long until everything is okayed.
It's not as bad as situations come, but it's depressing to think that even after a year and a half together that we're still days away from a long-distance relationship, even with countries as supposedly diplomatically close as the US and Canada, and it gets depressing.
Adam Carolla once gave a good piece of advise to a Loveline caller that I've remembered ever since and I'll paraphrase it here:
Depression is like a giant brick wall that extends into the clouds that you have to climb, but you can't stand back and look up at the whole thing or you'll get discouraged. You just have to take the wall one brick at a time, just focus on one brick after another, and you'll eventually be over the top. Depression saps you of your will to do exactly what you need to do to get out of it, which is work. Get out, be active, take long walks and listen to classical music.
This bit of advise is really something that extends to everything. Sometimes even the things I need to do daily seem daunting from afar, but if I focus on one task at a time, I'm done before I realize I was working most times.
Curling up into a ball and laying down is just as easy as having everything handed to you, and neither one is rewarding like taking a bad situation and turning it into a good one through hard work and perseverance. You just have to push and push and push some more; take that brick wall one brick at a time.
I don't like getting drunk, really.
But maybe I'll make myself a caesar tonight.
Neg-man should be promoted.
I feel like this should be on every forum.
Sometimes even Frink makes a sensible post like this and I ave to reevaluate my entire life.
Been enjoying the preview clips. Keep them coming!
AntcuFaalb said:
CP3S said:
I feel like in 2013 there really ought to be a better way to clean up after having a bowel movement. I mean, we wash our hands with soap and water to remove invisible germs, we have hand sanitizer bottles waiting in nearly every doorway, but we can't be bothered to come up with better methods for cleaning fresh poop off of our bodies beyond wiping at ourselves blindly with a dry square (or wad of squares).
I use these: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008EONH04
I've been using them for as long as I can remember. My parents do as well.
Instructions: Use just like toilet paper. Continue to use new ones until they come back completely clean. Flush.
These are incredible. I use the Cottonelle ones myself.
Also: Behold, the Washlet.
RIP Garner.
Annoying how Archie has become as gritty as any other comic series these days. Sigh. And the whole gun control angle? Wankery.
This is ridiculous.
Mine currently rotates every twenty or so minutes between 9,047 images; mostly minimalist designs, nature scenes, Star Wars images, Warhammer 40k images, space images, modern architecture, geology images, military hardware images, comic images, sci-fi images, maps, battle paintings, art, and gun images. It's pretty out-of-hand, and I add to the folder daily.
I may need help.
I do pare it down now and then when I see one I don't really like or one that's a bad resolution.
Currently, it is a TRON-esque neon green wireframe landscape against a black background.
As an aside, I never understood the mentality of putting images of scantily-clad or naked women up everywhere, be it posters, calendars, or desktops. Seems weird.
It was in the gorgeous mid-high thirties (C) in Kelowna, BC last couple of weeks for my girlfriend's family vacation. Picked up a nice sun tan, swam in a lake, didn't get eaten by the Ogopogo or murdered by her father while water skiing (which I suck at) or tubing.
Not a bad vacation.
Back in Calgary now, with weather in the high teens to mid twenties. Had some heavy rain yesterday. Also nice. North America is a great place.
Been playing Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis a bit lately. It's pretty much the only Jurassic Park game I've played (apart from Trespasser) that I would recommend to a fan of the franchise to play (I have yet to play TellTale's game).
I found a mod called the "Genesis Expansion Project" on ModdingGenesis.com that seems to open the game up a bit. The vanilla version is not the most complex tycoon-style game, but the mod helps a bit in terms of graphics, AI, and general gameplay. It at least seems a bit deeper than it did before. It's a lot of fun. I did have a tornado whip right down my main drag before I'd put in a shelter and kill a lot of people and a couple dinosaurs, but we managed to recover from that.
Still 0 and 0.
I will be taking a two-week trip to Kelowna in British Columbia. I meant to post that in here two weeks ago, though, so hi.