Downloaded Rammstein's new album, Rosenrot. I'll be buying it virtually the second it hits US shelves, not to worry. But I can't handle what could be months of waiting. And sure enough, it's excellent. Reminds me of why I love the band so much. Lots of gorgeous background music and the occasional offbeat instrument. Deep, gravelly singing from Till Lindemann. Lyrics that sound about as...
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malkav11:
...me, of course.
Watching the fifth season of Oz on DVD. I hate to say it, but I think the series went downhill in season four and probably never quite recovered. In part I think the problem is that they've got most of the same characters still around and still the focus and they're running out of plot to wrap around them. Too many over the top storylines...
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I am still PC-free. Given that, of the 225 dollars I had at the beginning of this paycheck, roughly 135 have gone to pay miscellaneous bills and recurring charges (SG, Gamefly, Netflix pretty soon), and another 30 to food and miscellaneous movie-related expenses (to wit, getting cash from a machine), leaving me with perhaps 50 dollars to spare, and another week and a half to...
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Though I own 3 PCs to my one Macintosh, it's the Macintosh I love and the PCs I hate. There's a whole list of reasons, but it boils down to this: My Mac is 100% functional at all times, going months upon months without even a reboot except to install new software. It has a beautiful, well-designed OS, with just about every feature I could...
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Is it just me, or is Google trying to take over the world (or at least the Internet). Everywhere I look these days they've come out with another internet service or downloadable utility program. I'd be inclined to hate them, except that unlike similar companies with similar sprawling services their products mostly work and are well designed, feature rich, with extremely lenient use policies and...
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Minor update on the workish situation: the meeting I was worried about was, indeed, worrisome. Specifically, it was a formal reprimand. Apparently I was not meeting my duties as a page. Or something. It boiled down to: I'm not shelving fast enough. Well..yeah. Probably true. It's about as fast as I've been shelving for 5 years now, but then the first 4 or so were...
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I've started playing through the Interactive Fiction Competition 2005 entries so as to hopefully submit ratings as a judge. The three I've done so far are something of a mixed bag, to say the least. One showed potential but wasn't precisely polished or engaging. One was among my favorite IF works to date. And one I will specifically mention by name because of how hilariously...
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Maybe I'm just paranoid, but I'm having trouble seeing a lot of good coming my way out of a meeting with my boss and my boss's boss. I mean, most of the time when I have a meeting with my boss, it's just a special project, or making sure I know something. At most it's usually "I have a few concerns about your performance" and...
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You know how a week or two back I complained about SG's new look? I'm still not convinced it provides access to quite as much content quite as easily, but I do sort of like it now.
Gamespot's new site redesign, on the other hand...GAH. I know there are new features being put in as part of the redesign, and I think some of them...
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Gamespot's new site redesign, on the other hand...GAH. I know there are new features being put in as part of the redesign, and I think some of them...
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warrenellis:
Re: FELL
"I'll read it if/when there's ever a trade paperback of it. Never have held with the single issue format. Not very durable and you frequently miss out on extras like introductions, behind the scenes stuff, etc. In most cases I also don't like to have to wait for the next tiny snippet of the story, but I guess that's not as much of an issue here."
The behind the scenes stuff goes in the singles -- IF there is a trade, the backmatter won't be in it.
Just FYI.
"I'll read it if/when there's ever a trade paperback of it. Never have held with the single issue format. Not very durable and you frequently miss out on extras like introductions, behind the scenes stuff, etc. In most cases I also don't like to have to wait for the next tiny snippet of the story, but I guess that's not as much of an issue here."
The behind the scenes stuff goes in the singles -- IF there is a trade, the backmatter won't be in it.
Just FYI.
This is probably abnormal, but I love tests. Or, if you prefer, exams. With the possible exception of ones involving lengthy essay questions. Why? Well, it's pretty simple. I am, with all due modesty, fairly bright. As long as I'm there in class, and do any assigned reading, I'm usually in possession of a pretty good command of the course material. Some classes I might...
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One reason why I don't finish many games is eventually, with most games, you've seen pretty much all they have to offer in the way of play and I just get tired of them. I was having that feeling with Fatal Frame towards the end, but it's finally done and I can send it back in to Gamefly....a mere 4 months later. I should have...
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