Friday, June 24, 2005

I've got something festering inside:

and it feels strangely like an essay about Watchmen.

I just read it again this week. Straight shooting, I'm not an Alan Moore fanatic. But there's a whole list of really good reasons why Watchmen is proof that most comic writers should just slash their wrists.

I breathed an audible sigh of relief when the Watchmen film project was (at least temporarily) postponed. It'd be like writing a symphony about a painting. How the hell would you do it? How do you make a movie about reading a pirate comic? Watchmen was about composition, and each panel of it demanded several moments to recognize all that was going on. The human eye is drawn to what dominates the frame, yet the action in Watchmen is driven by what's in the background. If the film were to be truly faithful to the comic, thirty percent of the time would be dedicated to a few people standing around a news stand.

This is cruel, but I hope it dies on the vine.

So stack that on to the pile of topics I need to explore further.

It's nearly 2 am, and I honestly don't have a good excuse for being conscious right now.

Oh, and for a truly surreal sonic experience:

Dr. Who Theme/Britney Spears remix

'Cause, you know, it's 2 am.

Monday, June 20, 2005

Excerpt from my self review at work:

I'm Freaking Awesome!
I am the Uber-IT guy. If there were a better IT guy in the Universe, it had better be some guy who Died For Our Sins, because I'm the paragon of IT-ness!

...


I love doing self reviews. For the uninitiated, you write a self review of your skills and competencies, and your manager decides whether to give you a raise above or below the national inflation rate.

Usually it's below.

So you get two approaches.
Option 1: You talk yourself up like a spaz, like you're a case study out of a Covey book.
Option 2: You play humble. You play it off like you've got all kinds of room for improvement in the hopes that your manager goes, "Oh, man, this guy is totally underestimating his potential! He's way better than this!" and then he gives you a whopping raise. Helpful bonus hint: This never happens in real life.

Soooo, I tried a hybrid 1 and 2 approach.

Observe:

"I'm a frickin' unstoppable IT god, but I really should work on my interpersonal skills."

"1 pwnz T|-|3 AS/400, U N00Bz! However, I think my organizational habits could use improvements."

and so forth.

Don't say I never helped you. Wait, double negative, let me fix that.

Don't say I ever helped you.

Saturday, June 11, 2005

I'm here to help you out.

Pink Carnations by Animals that Swim is the best song in the world.

I'm telling you this because I care.

Thursday, June 09, 2005

Memo to Self:

Hmmm... something tells me this blog isn't focused enough.
Now that I've thought about it, here's what I'd really like to cover:

Games
Comics/Webcomics
Finance
Activism
Other Wackiness

Boy, those reaaaaally don't seem to fall under one umbrella. So the question is, do I just go nuts and include everything in this blog? Or splinter into multiple blogs that are more specific, and hopefully more useful?

I'm leaning towards the second option...

Wednesday, June 08, 2005

I'm telling you, Superman is a Dick.

And now I have proof.

http://www.superdickery.com/

Don't worry, this site is work-safe.

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

I've found my new dream job...

and it's drawing cool-looking ninja stars.

Without fail, I'll answer a phone call and grab my notepad.

Fifteen minutes later, I hang up, and my notepad is covered with ninja star doodles.

But not just any ninja stars. COOL looking ninja stars.

Now to find a life-sustaining revenue model based on ninja star drawings.

Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Breakfast

So I ate breakfast today for the first time in months. Two pieces of peanut butter toast and a glass of juice.

It's surreal. I have so much energy I'm almost manic. I think my coworkers are terrified.

Breakfast. Go eat some.

I know, it's sad that I have to be this old to figure out the benefits of eating and sleeping.