lycanthrope for life

A week ago (or something) me and the guys saw Underworld: Evolution, it was a lot better than I thought it would be, and brought about a few questions to my mind. One being:

Would you rather be a vampire or a werewolf?

for me the question is easy. I'd rather be a werewolf any day of the week. Sure, it depends a lot on what sort of mythology or rules we are talking, but come on... I'd rather be able to tear somebody to pieces with my huge claws than I would nibble on their neck..ohhh, so scary!

PLEASE!

Plus, vampires are metrosexual pretty boy nobility types (which is cool in a lot of ways, I know) but werewolves are the feared outcasts who use RAGE to kick ass.

The only reason I'd want to be a vampire is so I can drink the bloody of hot goth girls, I mean come on. Let's be real here.

I guess if I had to be the type of werewolf that has no power over when he transforms, it might suck, but if I had some control, it would be awesome. I could hulk up and tear shit up. And believe me, I would.

I guess Vampires have some awesome self healing skills though, huh? I think werewolves do as well, perhaps not as great though.

Yeah, so I've thought about this a lot. I'm sick like that.

Fuck Canada.

So Stephen Harper and the Conservatives have a minority government. I'm not surprised, but I'm still a little angry.

I just hate the guy. I hate everything he says, I hate the way he says it, I hate how he looks (he's like a robot when he gets that fake shit eating grin pasted on his face, it's disturbing to look at) and he's just a douche bag.

I'm not too upset as of yet, I'll save that for later when I see what him and his party are capable of.

It's safe to say though, it won't be long before he's got George Bush's dick in his mouth and us Canadians are even closer to being part of the United States. Is that a little harsh? Maybe, but probably not, he's pretty much the equivalent of a Canadian George Bush whether you like it or not, and that is what concerns me.

Side note:

I've never agreed with the "if you don't vote, you can't complain" speech. That's bullshit. Unless of course you are not voting just because you are lazy. Then you can fuck off.

For me it's always been more of a "none of these candidates deserve to be in power, so none of them will get my vote" I see nothing wrong with that.

Interestingly enough though, I did go out and vote.

I did so after browsing the Green Party website and eventually by reading their "top 10 reasons to vote Green"

some of which are:

"I refuse to let Martin, Harper, Layton or Duceppe think he can scare me into "strategically" voting for him just for not being the worst among them.

Whoever I vote for will get $1.75 in public funding, per vote, per year. I feel good about the Green Party putting it to good use defending my values."

I am not naive enough to think that the money they get from my vote will change a damn thing, but think about all the people like me who saw absolutely nothing worthy in the "main" candidates, why not support a party I BELIEVE in, a party who has a lot of the goals I'd like to see met?

And I know full well they never had a chance of winning. It's not about that...It's about the support I can give, because I CAN.

Who knows? Perhaps one day people will see Green as the way to go. I think that's what the party is counting on. Slowly building support and growing.

They've got me on their side. Most likely from here on in.

cha cha ching

Just a friendly reminder to all the Canadians who might be voting today:

Stephen Harper is a douche bag. A real big douche bag.

Thanks, have fun!

Nobody cares. But more movies.

The other night I bought some more DVD's.

Lord of war is awesome. It's about a gun runner who sells guns and weapons of all sorts to other countries. He'll sell guns to small armies, big armies, even his own enemies for a profit.

It raises a lot of interesting questions and thoughts including the fact that the US government is the number one arms dealer in the world. Funny, isn't it?

I also got Primer. A film which I've heard a lot about, but never picked up for some reason.

I know Trevor told me he didn't like it much, but I absolutely loved it. It is about these two guys who build a machine in a garage during their spare time. They eventually find out that it has the ability to distort time.

So they experiment with it, and build a bigger and better one and start sending themselves back in time and so on.

Now, it's not really a super sci fi type time travel, they don't go to the distant future or the past or anything, which is why it's real cool. It feels so real.

I'll be honest, any film even remotely involving time travel is pretty much a must see for me, but this film is great on so many other levels.

It hurt my brain completely though. Honestly it is probably the most confusing film I have ever seen. As the two guys experiment, we find them avoiding their "doubles" and so on so as not to change time in anyway, but they keep doing this, and using the machine, and so all of these events pile on top of one another until you really don't know what's going on.

It's amazing, and it takes some concentration to stay with it, but even I was lost near the end. Some people might (and do) hate it for this, but for me, all it does it make me want to watch it again and again, to find out every detail and why all these things happened.

Oh, and apparently it was made for only $7000. Which is AMAZING. Not because it is full of fancy special effects (there are none to be seen) but just because movies in general are fucking expensive to produce. That, and it looks very professional, with a distinct kind of "gritty" look to it, great camera work, too. Stuff like that really interests me.

so I sound like a dork, but honestly it's the most original and refreshing movie I've seen in a long while. I'll just have to watch it six more times before I can even attempt to describe it better.

Munich

Quickly now.

I saw Munich tonight with the fellows.

It was awesome. The best film I've seen ALL year. Sure, it;s January, but you know what I mean.

I admire it for a lot of reasons, one being that a film like this politically charged and yet the Spielberg doesn't take "sides" on any of the issues. Sure, we view the film mostly from the Israeli side of the deal, but care is taken to show the other side, that these so called "terrorists" aren't monsters, or animals, they are living, breathing people.

Further more, as the movie goes on, you'd be hard pressed to find a difference between what the two sides are doing, as in... How is it that one group can be called "terrorists" and the others heros...That sort of deal, that point is made near the end of the movie, and it relates entirely to what is happening around the world today.

Brilliant, entertaining film. It's a shame it will never be as watched as all of Spielberg's other films, because the subject matter is awesome and deserves to be seen and thought about.

PS. I am not spellchecking this. Leave me alone.

Sore thumbs and awesome memories.

I got the Mega Man X collection a few days ago. I've been playing it and ranting about how awesome Mega Man is to everybody.

It includes X-X6 as well as Mega Man: Battle and Chase (some racing game I've yet to unlock).

Anyway, the moment this was announced it was a must buy for me. Mega Man games pretty much define the "holy fuck these games are hard" 2-D shooter genre. I've always preferred the X series because it just seems more gritty, futuristic and fun.

I'm trying to beat the games in order, and I'm at the last area of X at the moment. It took some experimenting, but I was able to remember the order to defeat the bosses, as well as where all the upgrades are.

My thumbs are killing me, but I just wanted to say how amazing it is that these games flood my mind with cool memories of playing them when they first came out, you know, staying up all night, wanting to put my fist through the TV, etc.

It's fucking awesome.

Like the Mega Man anniversary collection before this, anybody who wants some oldschool challenge and FUN should grab this disc as soon as possible.

Long live Mega Man!

damn you, technology.

Yesterday I got a nice gift in the mail.

A photo radar ticket from the “Town of Stony Plain bylaw enforcement”.

Apparently I was going 20 km over the speed limit, which was 30 kph. So I’m guessing it was in the school zone near Ryan’s place, I must have just forgotten, or not realized…or something, I’m usually careful around schools.

The good part is that I’m not charged as a driver, so I don’t get any demerit points on my licence. It’s just a nice fine of $147 if I pay the voluntary ticket. I wouldn’t go to court over something as pointless as this, so I will be paying.

It just kind of makes you realize that it’s nothing more than a money grab for the RCMP/bylaw guys, which is what pisses me off.

Of course there’s the argument that I shouldn’t have been speeding in the first place, which is true, but I mean come on. It’s still silly to me, the fact that they hide people around town catching these big bad speeders. Actually, it's worse, they don't even catch them, they just snap a photo and staple a ticket onto it.

Anyway, here's to you Stony Plain bylaw enforcement, I’ve learned my lesson and shall never speed again!

Thanks for keeping the streets safe!

Douche bags.

"dudes, we're totally gonna get some pussy!" "fuck yeah, bro!"... IDIOTS!

Gonna try and keep this short because I'm fucking tired.

Me and the boys saw Hostel Tonight. My three word review would be "average at best".

It had some decent gore (I can't help but love it) as well as some decent suspense and is just generally twisted, but there were huge flaws.

The first half of the movie consists of these three horny, moronic drug using douche bags going around and trying to get laid. It's fucking stupid. It's not plot development, it's just a waste of my goddamn time, and throw some more naked girls in there maybe that'll make me like it more...Give me a break. It was like a horrible teen comedy or something. God awful.

And the bigger flaw: Seeing how stupid these guys were made me not like them, obviously. So later on when one of them is getting holes drilled through his skin while chained to a chair I didn't really give a shit.

Make a movie like this, and give me characters I can like and feel sorry for, that would have worked so much better.

Instead you get some twisted torture scenes (which are well done, I admit) but it's just empty violence for the sake of it. And I usually wouldn't mind. Exploitation horror films aren't really anything new and I enjoy the sick twisted shit people can come up with...But this movie just didn't do all too much for me aside from making the odd "jesus" escape my mouth in shock.

I don't know. Brilliant, twisted idea that could have been so much more, as far as I'm concerned.

Indigo...The colour of LOVE.

I just finished playing through Indigo Prophecy.

I have to say, it's got one of the best stories I think I've seen in a game.

It starts with your character in a diner restroom, you murder a man by stabbing him several times for no real reason...
As soon as that part is over they just toss you right into the game, you're there in the bathroom trying to clean up bloodstains and move the body while they split the screen in two and show a cop approaching the door...It's fricken intense, and the game is absolutely full of moments like that.

Eventually you play as two other characters who happen to be cops in charge of the case.
The story unfolds and you find out why this guy did what he did, how he's changed and who is behind it...And let me tell you, there are plenty of twists and the plot is thick enough to make your head spin.

I loved it.

It reminded me a lot of old point and click adventures, most of the game involves walking around, talking and interacting with objects. Literally everything you do seems to have an impact on the story and advances the plot in some way or another.

The action scenes play out like a game of "Simon says" you basically press the arrow keys to match what is on the screen, it gives the game a real cinematic look as you feel in control, but more or less get to sit back and watch some awesome shit happen...Unless of course you fuck up.

Anyway, I could go on for hours and hours.... It's a real cool game. It gets a little crazy/confusing near the end, but if you like supernatural/sci fi games that play out like a great movie, than this is one to play.

More games need to tell stories like this. It makes me realize that games are a medium which can easily challenge movies and books and almost be called "art".

Not just an excuse to post this picture

Anyone that knows me well knows I love this woman, and so I decided to get the above CD.

And guess what? It's pretty damn good.

"wait a second" you might be asking, "have you gone soft on bad pop music" you might also wonder.

But that's just it, it's not BAD pop music.

I myself can't remember a group or artist in the past few years that has been labeled "pop" which actually didn't suck...I really can't. (the 80's were another story)

I guess it's sort of a guilty pleasure, but really, to think of her or compare her to someone like Britney Spears or the 6,000 other fake manufactured pop stars is plain wrong.

She sings, she writes, she plays. She does it all, and it doesn't suck.

I'm not saying the album is the deepest most profound thing I've ever heard, but it is certainly well written and produced, and she even knows how to rock when she needs to.

You get your typical girly love songs as well as some "anti love" songs (which are all good. Yeah I said it), and some more "serious" songs concerning politics, Timor and the like, which was pretty surprising to me...But damn cool.

Yeah, I said it. I like Shakira.