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"Tony Head, as always, wearing no pants." _
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04:44:00 PM, Monday 24 June 2002

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Salon does a Masterpiece article on a Talking Heads album that's not Remain in Light. It's not blood boilingly bad, but it is both fannishly obsessive and vaguely broad. There is a link to a decent David Byrne interview which is quoted out of context in the article. _
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03:32:29 AM, Monday 24 June 2002

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Liz and I saw Lilo and Stitch last night, thus nullifying the hard-assed sf geek image I had of myself. We could've gone and seen some Manly Science Fiction (which just happened to have been playing right next door, I heard the thumps to prove it), but instead we opted to see a film about a cute critter who comes to terms with the fact that his only function in life is to destroy civilizations. He does this with the help of a little girl who, with a sister, makes up a small, broken family (and the family is referred to as such throught the film, 'broken'). The movie is beautifully animated, and the soft, watercolored backgrounds bring forth the lusciousness of Hawaii. It's a gorgeous film, it's damn funny, and Stich (the aforementioned alien) can put his feet in his mouth and roll around as a ball. That's an ability all of us could use.

Oh yeah, it's probably the only film in history to portray a deep voiced social worker as anything but a mindless villain carrying out orders.

And the aliens look pretty cool as well.

And there's a chainsaw. _
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05:30:58 PM, Saturday 22 June 2002

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"Let's see a show of hands - robot spiders, scary or cute?" Behind the Scenes: The Minority Report Trailer.

[from metafilter, of course] _
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03:52:07 PM, Friday 21 June 2002

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Because it seemed like the thing to do, I've created a Wiki page for lyrics to songs 'created' in the Rockstar Game. _
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08:07:54 PM, Wednesday 19 June 2002

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Delivered to my Inbox: Nubian Queen Seeks Real Man. Clearly it wasn't talking about me :-) _
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06:24:17 PM, Wednesday 19 June 2002

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National Collection of Public Domain Photographs, useful for not getting my ass sued off if I use a photo in something I do. Plus, it doesn't cost 100 bucks like some other repositories of public domain clipart and images. _
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12:30:51 PM, Wednesday 19 June 2002

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And now for the evening's punk rock interlude . . . _
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10:48:30 AM, Wednesday 19 June 2002

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The bit is towards the bottom, but He-Man Returns! I wonder if the animation will be of the same sterling quality I remember . . . it doesn't matter. I hope the tagline is something like, "The premier homoerotic kids show from the '80's triumphantly ressurected for a new millenium!" _
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08:53:37 AM, Wednesday 19 June 2002

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Uncle Bear used to be a roleplaying blog with stuff like press releases. It wasn't anything particularly brilliant, but it was a good aggregation of what was going on in the RPG market, and had some nice commentary and playtest reports thrown in for good measure.

Now it's doing the same thing, but instead of a blog on the front page, the information is posted in a forum. I hate forums. They're slow, confusing, and they don't hold conversations well (at least, none of the forums I've seen). I wonder why they gave up the blog, which was great at immediately distributing the information, for the forum, which requires you to click to the forums, click on RPG Aids/Press releases, find what you're interested in, and then click on that. It feels like a step back to four or five years ago, where that was how it was done.

At the same time, I'm a casual reader, not part of their community, and it was probably a pain in the ass to compose blogs around press releases. So I can see why they'd want to cut that out. Ah well. _
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10:19:59 AM, Tuesday 18 June 2002

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I've finally gotten back into the habit of reading (well, fiction, at least), and've checked out Wonder Boys, High Fidelity, and Perdido Street Station from the library. I swear, I wasn't trying to get books based on movies I liked, but The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay wasn't at the Main Branch. Perhaps Liz will pick that and Kitchen Confidential up for me from the Science Library. Yay! An embarassment of riches, and a little bit of Mark Leyner, too. _
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09:53:48 PM, Monday 17 June 2002

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I finally got over my drawing block and have produced the pencils for Page 5 of End of the Age. This page is a continuation of the fight between the Domini Raiders and Eliezer, along with the arrival of Aaron. I'm hoping to have another pencilled page or two soon. The first four inked pages are here. _
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03:56:32 AM, Monday 17 June 2002

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Went and saw Scooby Doo. It was amusing, I laughed quite a bit, there's lots of not-so-subtle nods to Scooby and Shaggy's bohemian lifestyle, and Scrappy Doo gets his just desserts. I'm glad I'm not the only person who hated that runty little Frat Boy wannabe. It's definitely a future Mabel movie, and not a bad way to waste a mindless 90 minutes. _
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09:24:04 PM, Sunday 16 June 2002

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I've been writing on 600 Seconds for the past few days. The idea is to take ten minutes to write about the day's topic. It's fun and a nice little challenge for when I feel like I'm in a rut. If you're interested in participating, just e-mail me, and I'll try to hook you up. _
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01:46:15 AM, Saturday 15 June 2002

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I read and enjoyed American Gods and Good Omens, and although the appeal of Sandman is somewhat lost on me no one can deny the effect Neil Gaiman has had on comics. Slush Factory interviews him on his current projects and thoughts. _
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05:26:20 PM, Friday 14 June 2002

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