Weekly Banality Update 1-23-2013

a couple of days late, oh well...


Saw some movies (all were DVD/Blu-rays, Netflix or Hulu):

1. Dredd - great sci-fi action flick...wish I'd seen it in the theaters in 3d
2. Resident Evil: Retribution - not going to win any Oscars but...ehhh, it is what it is
3. Super Size Me - seen it before, watched it again...made me freak a bit about my health...
4. Battle Royale - Japanese horror/thriller, think The Hunger Games in a modern setting...

After a frenzied couple of  weeks reading Silver Linings Playbook and The Hunger Games trilogy, I've come to a crawl with The Hobbit. I just don't feel it like the others. The writing style is just draining.

I picked up Red Faction: Guerrilla for Xbox 360. Again Sci-fi 3rd person shooter, right up my alley...

My podcasts of note:

1. Who Charted
2. Bill Burr's Monday Morning Podcast
3. The CAGcast
4. Nerd Poker

And I'm broke and I need to get off my ass and get my ebay shit in order...

Weekly Banality Update 1-13-2013

another all things mindless...

1st of all - going to yard sales = fun, having a yard sale = suck...

I finished the Hunger Games trilogy yesterday...I really enjoyed it. I teared up a little at the end of Mockingjay...don't look at me like that...it happened, let's move on...

to what...I don't know...nothing of importance happened this week... hhhmmmm...


let me get back to you...

updated 1/15/2013

had to get my frames replaced after I rolled over on my glasses in bed...got a little yard sale cash then immediately had to spend it #cantwinforlosing

and I spent an afternoon looking at my old tweets, here are a few:

1. People need to realize I don't answer the phone at 230 AM - 3/15/2009
2. People need to realize I don't answer the phone at 1130 AM - later 3/15/2009
3. i will never use the word "chillaxin"...this I proclaim - 3/30/2009
4. I left a bunch of farts at work. If you found any...keep them...i'll bring more tomorrow -5/1/2011
5. I'd hate movie theaters less if they still thought 3pm was a matinee - 6/23/2011

I'm a regular Ernest Hemmingway...

Weekly Banality Update 1-6-2013

trying a new thing to keep me writing, nothing heavy just the trivial stuff...

I got a Nook tablet just before Christmas...I discovered I really missed reading. I read The Hunger Games and The Silver Linings Playbook within the first week of having the Nook . Both were great, quick reads, highly recommended. Presently reading The Hobbit and Catching Fire

back on the video game horse:
This holiday I went a little ape-shit with all the Black Friday, Blockbuster 50% off all used games $20 or less, Xbox live holiday and Steam sales

Xbox 360 (disc)

1. Forza Horizons - you got me hooked I must say...
2. Xcom: Enemy Unkown - haven't even opened it yet
3. Binary Domain  - haven't even opened it yet
4. Madden 12 - upgraded from '09 version
5. NCAA Football 12  - upgraded from '09 version
6. Rocksmith - now if I can get off my ass and play it more, it seems really fun...
7. Need For Speed: Shift - it was $5, not bad, just an impulse buy

Xbox 360 (Xbox Live) - I bought 8000 microsoft points over black friday as well so I had points to spend

1. Bully: Scholarship Edition - had it on PS2, but sold it on Ebay, now have it again...
2. Mark of the Ninja - haven't tried it yet 
3. DLC for Trials HD, Trials Evolution, Fruit Ninja Kinect, Oblivion
4. The Walking Dead: Episodes 2-5 - if 1st episode is any indication, this will be a hell of a ride not for the faint of heart

Playstation 3

1. God of War Saga - for $15, 5 games, 1 month of PS+, a freaking great deal, the main thing I wanted from Black Friday
2. Borderlands 2 - haven't even opened it yet
3. Lollipop Chainsaw - started it...very.....yeah...it's very
4. Rage  - haven't even opened it yet, got it from Kmart, impulse buy at $10
5. The Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection - haven't tried it yet, but nostalgia from my PS2 days. especially more so that the end is sooner than later for the PS2
6. Assassins Creed: Revelations - PS3 version comes w/ the first Assassins Creed, and for $10, another deal...

PC - Holiday sale on Steam:

1. Galactic Civilizations II - scifi strategy, yes please
2. Dropitz - impulse buy, at $0.99, I'm ok with it
3. FTL: Faster Than Light - a spaceship sim, again yes please
4. Fate of the World: Tipping Point - world sim, I like this stuff, now I have to just make time and play all these PC games
5. From Dust - I played the demo on XBL, I like it, great price, so yeah this happened too

Movie Time:

I recommend Silver Linings Playbook (see the movie 1st before you read the book), Like Crazy (good but depressing), Butter (straight up funny, in a Cedar Rapids meets Election sort of way)