Mascot Roadkill Mark 2

Things I have learnt today

Skunks _do_ smell really bad. I had forgotten that delight of being in Texas. o_0

Being out of the house at nine o'clock does mean I can accomplish more with the day, even if that accomplishment only means watching more 24.

Jack Bauer really does kill or inadvertantly bring about the death of a lot of his colleagues.

Liz is the most brilliantest person in the world. Not only did she send me an Azumanga badge and AWESOME shiny shiny Bakuten stickers, but she also got me AN ACTUAL CEL FROM MOSQUITON!!! ^____________________^ Words cannot express how much I love you, Lizzu. I have a Master Mosquiton cel with spazzy Koyasu-san and chibi friends. It is the best cel ever. Ever. Ever. Ever. ^__________^

But moving on from my incredible spazz-glee, for it is such, I think I owe some bloggage for the "since Christmas" period. Or even the "Christmas" period. I got many exceedingly cool things this year, including Little Britain season one, thanks to the Ass no Ryu. Now Daniel, like the rest of my family, also delights in the purile joy of Lou and Andy. Daniel himself got me utterly spanking gifts, including the Yoshitaka Amano calendar and the Hellsing Ruins cd. ^___^ I think he may also have had a hand in choosing his little sister's present for me, the first boxset of Card Captor Sakura manga. ^____^

The main occupation of Christmas day after the formalities was watching many many films. Highlights include being delighted to discover that Antonio Banderas *does* do Puss/Gato's voice in the Spanish dub of Shrek 2 and introducing Daniel's parents to The Nightmare Before Christmas. Everyone should love that film. On the downside, and predictably so, I,Robot was a pile of twaddle. I fell asleep. I never fall asleep in films unless they're *really* poor.

More honorable cinematic mentions come for things we've been watching this week. Ivan informs me that Napoleon Dynamite is still at the cinemas in England, but it's out on dvd here. It's a very very wrong film, but having said that, I liked it. Somewhat (and by somewhat, read "incredibly") socially dysfunctional teenage geek spends too much time playing with action figures/drawing very bad pictures/fighting with older (also geek) brother. Napoleon finds a friends in fellow outcast Pedro, who decides to run for class president. And really that's about as far as I can tell you with plot. Napoleon's grandma has a llama, though. He tries to feed it steak. Whether you find that amusing or not will probably tell you whether you'll like this film. It's incredibly normal and at the same time incredibly surreal. It also has a great title sequence with credits written on food. I liked it. ^___^

The other particularly odd film we've watched recently was A Day Without a Mexican. The best way to describe it really is what would happen if you combined a Michael Moore film with a 1950s b-movie horror. Stay with me on this one. It's a mockumentary about one day in California when, upon waking, citizens descover that all the Hispanic residents of the state have disappeared. Now, assuming most people vaguely know about the demographic of California, this leaves the state in absolute chaos, particularly since a mysterious fog appears around the border stopping any communication with the outside world. It's silly, but it's got an ever-so-slightly-obvious point. ^__^ It's a very cutting film if you are interested in the subject matter, and very very funny anyway. ^__^

Anyway, I suppose I should get off the computer sooner or later. I may have to force Daniel to play some more two-player FF Crystal Chronicles with me. It's far too much fun to be able to play that game with another person now that we have two GBAs. It's a disgusting rip-off on Nintendo's part, but it's so good. >_< Daniel and I compliment each other's playing styles perfectly too, he being of the magely kind, and me being of the hitting things with sticks kind. I don't understand the fun in using magic. o_0 Really? Why would you want to stand back and cast spells when you can run in and wallop things??

There are sufficient RPG players here to ask this, I think. Magic user or fighter? Which are you? And if possible, with reference to which games. ^__^ It needn't *just* be Final Fantasy, you know. Anyway, go on, answer my question. Replies make me happy and don't make me feel so far away from you lot.

Posted by Katyjag at December 29, 2004 7:54 PM