Has anyone heard of this series? I found it at K-Mart for 5 bucks and it looked interesting. Apparently it got pretty good reviews online, but I don't know if a scifi show that only ran for two years and seems vaguely like a scifi ripoff seems like a good deal.

Apparently it ran in Canada, so for you Canadanians* on my friends list, is it any good? I may just pick it up on a lark to see if it's any good or at the very least, spoof worthy.

*Don't worry, my Cansylvanian friends, I know the proper way to say that a person from Canadia is refered too as a Canadese. ;) Just kidding, Sonja!

Maybe it's cause I haven't eaten yet, but it irks me when a restaurant waits twenty minutes to walk up to me to tell me that they couldn't process my order because they were out of french onion soup, but that they had plenty of other soups for me to try. What's even more annoying is that I ordered the CHILI. The cashier entered my order in wrong, so I had to wait even longer for my food.

But then again, when the food came it was delicious and I didn't wait too long.

This weekend is Inconjunction 08. You can find more information about it at www.inconjunction.org

It's a fantastic con! Seriously, it's one of the best that I go too but then again I get to see a bunch of my old friends. If you like small conventions where you can meet a lot of local people I so recommend this one. They don't have as big a guest as last year (which was George R.R. Martin) but if you come I guarantee you'll have fun.

I will be there all three days and I'm even going to show up with character sheets in case anyone wants to try out Halloween Havoc while I"m there. I was talking with a friend last night and he suggested some ways to fine tune the adventure, which I'd like to do and make it a little faster.

In other news, Flot's recovering nicely but I'm a little worried about her incision. The vet says that it's around this time that the stitches dissolve so that's why it looks so weird but it still looks red and painful. She's becoming more and more active but still naps more than usual. This morning she took a nap right next to my head, which was adorable.

We bug bombed the house yesterday. We just had an assortment of extra critters in the house that just had to go (ants in the bathroom, the occasional earwig running through the back room, and spider assassins descending from the ceiling while I play gta 4 THAT FREAK ME THE HELL OUT.)

Everything went smoothly. We used the fumigating types, where you peel the lid off the can and then drop it in a cup of water and run. I set them off in sequence and after I set off the last two in the garage and back room my mom asked me to turn off the lights in the living room. I hurry in there thinking that I still had the one to two minutes before the bombs activated only to discover a huge plume of smoke rising up from the one in the living room. Needless to say, despite wearing a gas mask over my face, I ran out the back door going "Move move move move move!" Mom and I laughed our asses off outside after I slammed the door shut. :P

Flot and Thumper hated being at the neighbors for three hours though. I have to scrub their cages today. -_-;

I've lost sixteen pounds so far, which puts me a pretty far way off from my original goal but I'm glad i'm losing more weight. Hell, Wizard World caused me to lose one whole pound from all the walking! Everyone says I look like I'm losing weight and there are some indicators that I'm losing weight but while I was at the neighbors yesterday I looked in the mirror and I felt larger than before. :/

Here's some TMI for members of my friend's list who I know have lost a lot of weight recently and who might be able to help me. It's gross, but it's something I really want to know. ( Read more... )

At Incon this year we're doing a "Gathering of the Comic Fiends", so if you want to hang out with Stuart Sayger, Ben Avery, and a few other like minded fans let me know. We're only eating at the most swanky place to eat at Keystone Mall..........TO THE FOOD COURT!

Hey, don't judge me. At Incon I survive off two meals of bourbon chicken a day supplemented by con suite food. :P

Don Davis, who portrayed General Hammond on Stargate SG1, passed away from what appears to be heart failure at the age of 66 yesterday.
http://gateworld.net/news/2008/06/don_s._davis_1942-2008.shtml

He always had such charisma to his performances and I absolutely loved General Hammond. He was like the kindly old grandpa to Jack O'Neil. Thanks for being so great, Mr. Davis.

It was a lot of fun, but it seems every year some major act of drama gets involved.

My friend Chris and I are finalizing our new rule: No matter who you are or what relation you are to us, you are not going to get a ride to any convention with us. Sorry. Three people have ruined it for all of you. Sound cold? It is, and yet it's happening. Lets just say I was forced to look like the bad guy once again this year.

But onto the good parts of the con.

The trip up to Chicago was ok except for the fact that construction screwed up our directions and we ended up having ot ask for help at a diner. We got their around 9:10 am though so we didn't miss anything but ten minutes of the con. It's a good thing that we're good and decent people though; we didn't have the badge holders for the badges we bought and when I asked the woman next to the VIP line if we could just have the two badges, she refused and said we had to go through the regular line which was full of say, A HUNDRED FREAKING PEOPLE. We bought our badges in advance but we had to wait to get the holders. I really should have just grabbed the two holders out of the box next to that woman and said "Yeah, no. We're going in after a four hour drive."

After getting into the hall around 9:35, we split up and started hitting different booths. I networked for about two hours, dropping off portfolios and talking with different people. My friends Chasen and Stuart were there with their booths and they were a blast to talk too. Oh, and the artist from Devil's Panties was really sweet and she says to Zachary_Geminus: "Wow, you sound really cute and thanks for reading my comic." And Jess, she remembered your husband! The "really tall viking guy, right?" :)

Know who else was a blast to talk to? Al Snow! Hardly anybody was in his line and I couldn't believe it. Maybe I'm just weird but I loved all the old Hardcore guys and he was so easy to interact with. He's still pretty buff and I couldn't believe how young he looked considering I first started watching him when I was 14.

Know who was great to talk to but a little disappointing at the same time? Mick Foley. He was really cool but he charged out the wazoo for pictures. Al Snow let me take a picture with him for free but Mick Foley said it was ten bucks to do it with him. It was annoying, and I honestly only wanted to talk to him to let him know he was such an inspirational guy to me growing up* and while we had a few good laughs I felt a little let down that he was milking the crowd for money. I know, he had to pay for his trip out there and a room and such, but man.

*Alright, let me explain this before some of you out there start going "Why the hell would you be inspired by a professional wrestler?" I'm not inspired by his wrestling abilities. In fact, I thought he was just ok compared to other wrestlers like Benoit, Hart, and Hardcore Holly. But I read his memoir "Have a Nice Day" when I was a teenager and it inspired me. Foley went through a lot of shit in his life and he had to give up a lot in order to become a professional wrestler, and many told him it was a fools dream to even do it. His account actually made me feel good about wanting to study history rather than engineering, and it made me feel that if someone would be willing to drive four hours a day just to train at a wrestling dojo then me studying about Frederick II of Hohenstaufen is just as good. Or maybe just as insane, but either way it's good.

Michael Turner, a famous comic book artist, died the day before the con though. It was sad, and I understand he went through several rounds of chemo, but he will be missed. I know Chasen and Chris were both devastated; Chasen's art style was heavily influenced by him and Chris loved his comics. He will be missed.

The Image Founders panel was actually pretty good. I'm not a fan of early Image but all the guys were funny and had a sense of natural charisma. That, and Chris and I kept staring under the table to see if Rob Lieffeld had feet! :P

The Green Lantern panel was awesome! I loved it. Geoff Johns cancelled but Ethan van Sciver was an absolute blast. I love panels where some people ask the most ludicrous of questions and the guests just look at them and go "Uhh...we don't know?" I even got the entire panel rolling with laughter and a couple groans with my question.


...Hey, it was important! Comic book fans everywhere need to know why they went with generic black and (insert color here) for the seven different corps! They only tried to make the STar Sapphires and the Indigo Corp look different, which they did. :) Ethan Sciver's response was "What, are you trying to kill me? Do you know how long it would take to illustrate a war with seven different costumes?"

And finally, the Marvel events panel sounded hilarious. I didn't go, but apparently one of the guys on the panel would pass out a free sandwich if you asked a question he enjoyed. :)

I have tons of swag because there were many booths with $5 graphic novels. I...couldn't help it! That's like, 75% in some cases! I have so much! And I picked up an autographed Earth X hardcover with a free CD of music to listen to while I read it. The funny thing about that one is as I picked it up I looked at the guy selling it and said "Didn't Alex Ross autograph all of these?" and he kind of blanched and said "Well, yeah, but it's important for people to know it's signed." I got it for $30 though.

Next up, Incon!

I got out of the shower today and noticed something kind of scary on the inside of my bedroom window today. A hornet!

Now, most people would say "It's just one hornet, what sort of harm can it cause? It probably got stuck and is looking for a way out." Well, I then saw a second and then a third one of the buggers flying around inside the screen. I lifted up the blinds carefully and saw that they're building some sort of DOOMBASE on the inside of my window!!!

Ugh. I'm breaking out in goosebumps just thinking about them. And if I get stung, I break out in a lot worse. I don't have the allergy where my heart stops or my lungs are unable to pull in air, but I do swell up terribly wherever I'm stung, get hives over my body, and generally feel like crap.

And when I say swell up? I SWELL UP. Once I got stung on my foot and on our way to the hospital I had to pop off my shoe because it started to hurt and I couldn't get the shoe back on when we got to the hospital. :/ I had to wear a flipflop home.

Any advice on how to get these buggers? I have a con I want to go to on Saturday and I really don't want to be walking around covered in hives. That and I'm fairly sure my Mom also has a similar sort of allergy and I don't want her stung at all!

In other news, Flot went into the vet today to get fixed. Expensive! :X But I'm glad I'm finallydoing it. It'll be better for her in the long run.

Kermit Love passed away at the age of 93. Yes, that's his real name.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/25/obit.kermit.love.ap/index.html


We went to the zoo today. It was awesome! I was giddy as a kid seeing tons of animals even though the zoo hasn't changed that much since I was last there. I mean, they did add two koalas but the two were sleeping away in their trees and weren't very active.

There were two moments though that actually left me holding my sides and laughing in the car on the way home.

1. We were watching the eagle exhibit which was merged with ravens and turkey vultures. As my Mom and I watched, I noticed the turkey vulture chewing on something. The woman next to me said "Oh he must have a ball or something in his mouth." I stared closer and in retrospect, I should have kept my mouth shut but I couldn't help but be honest.

"That's not a ball, that's a rat!"

Another woman said "Where?" And soon everyone is staring at the vulture tear apart the rat. Poor little guy, but at least he helped the turkey vulture survive. :)

2. The baboon exhibit was naturally HILARIOUS. I love monkeys, and while my Mom rested I sat and watched the little guys run around their enclosure. Soon a zookeeper came out and started to feed them and started explaining what the baboons were all about. Did you know they were as tough as two men? Holy crap. I've been slamming their arms to the mat at the annual "Monkey/Ape/Man Intermixed Armwrestling Challenge", so I must be as strong as at least three baboons! Or one ape. Man apes are tough. But anyhoo....

As the big male walked in front of the enclosure he was getting...excited. Soon all the kids started commenting on it, and the zookeeper tried to dance around what it was. As she was talking about the life of the male, whose name was Bialic btw, other male monkeys would come up to Bialic and grab his unmentionables. Yes, I'm an adult, I just find saying unmentionables HILARIOUS.

Kids are grossed out and going "Ewww, are they gay?" And the zookeeper tries to backpeddle and go "No! No! It's just how they show their submission to the male!" Which leads to all sorts of hilarious comments from the kids. I walked away laughing, even though I tried ot keep it down because I knew the poor zookeeper really loved the baboons and must find it frustrating to have kids make fun of the animals she likes. :/

Still...you think Peyton Manning gets that treatment in the Colts locker room? He is the top dog...:P

1. I went for a walk with Mom the other day and a dog followed us! Not a big mean mangy looking dog, but this small long haired dog with a collar on. It followed us for a while and was so quiet about it, and it surprised us when she would just be there sitting behind us. We decided to find out where his home was but unfortunately he didn't have an address on his collar. ;_;

But fortunately we remembered what house we saw her in front of and walked her back home. It was the right house, and she was so grateful to have her back. Her name was Clarie, which was short for Clarebelle. She was such a sweet puppy and we were glad to get her back home.

Unfortunately though when we got back home, one of our neighbors had been riding her son's moped around and fell off it, hurting her ankle and her arm. I felt sorry for her. :( I tried to keep people from gathering around her as well, as she was telling her son that she didn't want people gawking at her while she was on the ground. The paramedics arrived and picked her up, so hopefully she's ok.

My dream last night involved every guy between the ages 18-30 getting drafted into the US Army. I remember being surprised that I was drafted, and I tried to go to the nearest recruitment center to argue that I shouldn't be in the Army. Unfortunately the recruitment center assumed anyone going there was wanting to go off to Camp Aderbury for training so I was being shipped off!

It was interesting. I've never been in the army so I'm wondering where my brain took most of those images from. We never got to any actual training or anything, and it was mostly waiting around and talking with family members to try to avoid getting drafted.

The dream didn't really last too long, but it really made me think. If the USA was ever threatened by some hostile force or if there was literally some batshit superpower out there performing genocide and dropping nuclear bombs on innocent countries, I would probably join the Army. But with my back problems and certain other affiliations, I doubt they'd take me in any compacity other than support personnel or analyist. (I remember in the dream telling an officer how I spoke german and with my skills could better help with gathering intelligence.)

So this question goes out to everyone, because I want to know what you think.

A. If (hypothetically) you were to be drafted to join your country's armed forces, would you accept or fight it? Why or why not?

B. If you already are or were a member of the armed forces, how would you feel about drafted soldiers?

C. If you were already drafted into your country's armed forces (AKA in Vietnam, Israeli Defense Force, etc.), how did it make you feel?

I'm just asking because I'm curious and want to know what some of you think. I know some of you out there were in the armed forces, and your opinions are important as well. :)

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aoLc5tOswmRI&refer=us

George Carlin passed away at 5:55 AM at the age of 71. He checked himself into the hospital yesterday complaning of chest pain.

I saw him perform three years ago at Purdue and he was amazing. Goodbye, Mr. Conductor and all around funny man.

I tried to register for Incon tonight but due to the laptop I'm using, I couldn't get the payment to work. It wouldn't load the pages right and it took too long to process the payments so it didn't work.

I'll register for Inconjunction tomorrow. I missed the deadline so it's more expensive now, but screw it. I'm not wasting anymore time tonight trying to get it working on this computer.

Now, I do not play Gaia Online. I'm just not a big fan of it, even though I know lots of people are. But lately, my inbox is being spammed from Gaia Online about someone trying to access my account but getting blocked.

Now, since I don't think I have ever had an account with them, this is a bit weird. It's apparently not a scam, or if it is it's a fairly complex spam leading back to their website. What I don't get is why I keep getting these emails. I'm getting up to six a day, and sometimes more. Apparently all Gaia does is if you fail to put in the correct password six times it blocks access for fifteen minutes.

I went to their site to try to file a complaint but amazingly enough you have to register with them. The computer I'm on right now can't run their site, because it keeps bringing back an "Authentification error" on their page.

Their Contact Us page is equally helpless, due to the fact that when I try to access their most basic form of contacting them to complain it doesn't work.

Is there an email I can just send a message too, or some easier way to talk to them? I'm sick and tired of these spam emails and I want them to stop. I have a feeling I could just ignore them and watch them fill up my spam filter but I am concerned with what they are talking about.

This day keeps getting shittier, too. I'll explain in a minute.

My dream last night was weird. What happened was that these weird eggs landed on Earth in Arizona. While there, they started to multiply like crazy, releasing these small catepillar things which latch onto you and try to burrow in. The catepillars take you over, and make you stupid and incapacitated while the much larger FROG DAEMONSDEVILSALIEN....things, eat you. It was so weird. o.O

I'm trying to make it out of central Arizona and flee back to where the military has established blockades and my sister Tina was waiting for me but the aliens are quick. I tried to save some people from one alien hive but it didn't go as planned. My shotgun, a weird four barreled variant that apparently would shoot for shit seemed to not work that often. Yay self esteem, I can't shoot that well. x.x; BUT.....I was pretty handy with a hatchet! :D They feared my hatchet fu.

At one point we came across a crashed alien ship outside of this small town. The aliens inside, who were similar to the roswell grays but had sort of triangular shaped heads, were mostly dead inside having been killed by the aliens. I found some survivors who spoke perfect English (Yay weird Scifi laws where aliens alway speak English!) and told me how they were transporting it home when it got loose. I asked for their help but they seemed to want to do it their own way. Some of them looked cool, but their ceremonial war dress was weird! It was metallic and looked half Native American and half Tin Foil Hatian......not Hatian, I just added "ian" to hat. :P

What? It made me laugh so I kept it in.

The dream ended in Walmart, where I went in to buy a new weapon. Apparently they just let me buy this fancy set of shot guns. o_o I didn't even have to wait! But funny me, I couldn't figure out how to load the thing even though I was pretty sure I did know how to load one. Not sweet. :/ And of course, evil aliendemonmutantzombie things attacked Walmart. And then I woke up!

For those of you that are new to me writing down my dremas, the reason they seem so disjointed and like they are written in a hurry is because I try to write them as fast as I can before I forget all the details. :P

My chest hurts, my stomach is queasy, and I'm covered in f-ing bug bites. I can't sleep. Fan-fucking-tastic.

I want to see Mongol. If only it was coming to a theater near here.

Tom Smith won't be at Gencon this year because of him having surgery on his leg. :( Hope you get better, Tom!

So this year, Kristen, Mythicfox, Ari and Ana, Flamerising Matt*, and possibly BHM will be there this year.

We HAVE to have a Rage Across the Forums meet!!! It's a must!

You see, a bunch of my online friends all met together on the old White Wolf forums. We formed a close community and it's helped keep us together over the years. And now will be the closest convergence of us in years! :D

Now if there was only some way to ship some British people over...it's actually cheaper than you think to ship people by freight. UPS express crate shipping with oxygen tanks is only around $300! Kelly and I figured out the cost last year. :P

We should sound the Bretheren Call....and the Pirate Lords of the Forums will be there! The Incarna of Silly Things demands it!

.....there is no way this post can make less sense. :P

Now if only we can kidnap Clan McGayle from Washington, Lord Turcowitz of the Phoenix Wastes, Thingmaker and Doc Dorothy of....wherever the hell they live, and if the Dread Lord Amado makes an appearance, we'd have a party!

*You were on the old White Wolf forums, right? The really basic ones with a black background and white text? Either way I think you're invited!

Tim Russert's dead at 58. Such a shame. He had such a great personality.

My Mom is having a great birthday so far. It's her 60th birthday! The neighbors got her a cake and a new stereo system for her birthday. It plays CDs, cassette tapes and records. She loved the flowers I bought her and I got her breakfast this morning. :)

The Hulk was actually pretty good. I was surprised actually. It wasn't as good as Iron Man and to be honest Liz Tyler annoyed me with her role in the movie, but Edward Norton was fantastic. The Hulk fight scenes were also amazing, and were much better than the earlier Hulk movies.

Seriously, this weather SUCKS. I'm sick of the thunderstorms and the threat of flooding and tornados they bring. :/

I might as well ask again. Who is going to Gencon this year?

Marvel Superheroes was fun last night. My character, Faceless, is a government agent who can morph parts of his body. I was assigned to the government sponsored team with the goal of watching them and reporting everything back to the CIA which doesn't trust UNTIL at all. Last night however was a big mess of people betraying each other. After several betrayals my character called time out and addressed everyone else.

"Wait wait wait, let me get this straight....you guys over there betrayed us because you wanted to go rogue and didn't want to work for the government, while you guys who stayed with the government turned out to be demons and half demons who are working on the behalf of hell. Meanwhile, this government agency you're working for betrayed US to the evil terrorist sect trying to unleash the Gibborim and Nephilim in Jakartha and tried to dissect Son of Liberty over there, and when Flashpoint's inner demon betrayed us by sending us to another dimension (cause it seemed like the "fun" thing to do) we again betrayed by Hawk's evil parallel analogue here?

..........and you guys are pissed at me for working for the CIA? Oh c'mon! C'MON!"

Apparrently while UNTIL's betrayal was sudden and tragic, the CIA is just always evil even though so far it's been the most helpful. And well yeah it's evil, but it's the evil that you know. ;)


(I just summed up several games there so don't worry if it seems confusing. :P)

The game is fun, but the problem with some of the players is each one wants to play the anti-hero. Sometimes I really just want to hand out copies of GTA 4 and tell them that they can be heroes in that but with less of the team destroying aspect. Still, it does lead to fun moments.

I'll post my character's background as well as my alternates later on today. My alternates are just back up characters in case I die. Here's a hint for their names: "Povnost and Rustbucket." Guess their powers. :)

http://www.erickwujcik.com/

Erick Wujcik, creator of the Amber Diceless RPG as well as many other settings, passed away last Saturday from cancer.

His other credits include:
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles® RPG, several TMNT® sourcebooks, After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks for it, Ninjas & Superspies™, Mystic China™, Rifts® China One and Two, Revised RECON®, Wolfen Empire. (Taken from his website.)

I used to love Wolfen Empire and Recon. :/ He wasn't as famous as some of the others and some people didn't like some of his work but thanks Mr. Wujcik for giving me the ability to play a Rhinoceros with chain guns attached to my shoulders. (and a plasma horn on my snout!)

........what?!?! I used to be a big power gamer in middle school, we all were. :P

more cat pictures

Argh. I went and got a DQ Blizzard tonight cause I was feeling down in the dumps and now I regret it. People keep telling me it looks like I've lost weight, but having a Blizzard after not exercising for two weeks makes me feel fat again.

There is a Nintendo Wii at the East Washington Disc Replay in case anyone is interested.

I've been a reading fool since I got home. I'm halfway through the Hellboy compendium and I've been rereading Astro City, Hellboy, BPRD, and Top Ten. The compendium is pretty cool, although I really wish some of the spoilers in it were more obvious in the comics.

I'm also rereading Nick Hornby's High Fidelity. Awesome book.

And something I'd like to address again:

I do not have constant internet access. I now access the internet once a day or once every two days. It's on AOL on a Mac on a dial up connection. It's just not that fast and I don't often have a lot of time on it. If you really need to talk to me, give me a call or email me at JKMyth at gmail_dot_com. If I am trying to get in touch with you, don't and I repeat, DON'T say "Oh, I got your call and I sent you a Facebook message in response."

I don't have a lot of time for a big post, so here's anothershort one.

-Saw Kung Fu Panda. It was good, but not really great. With the exception of Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman, all the celebrities had tiny tiny roles.

-Back's still acting up from the move. It's really stiff, and I'm trying to rest it but it just doesn't seem to be recovering long enough.

-The heat was out last week. It's back now, but we were sitting on the back porch during the day because it was so unbearably hot.

-I will be attending Wizard World Chicago on Saturday, June 28th. Anyone going to be there?

-Got really, really wasted last night while drinking in Broad Ripple. It was a ton of fun, but my only complaint was the price of the alcohol. Oh, and while we were cooling off at Denny's I ate a Slamburger, completely forgetting that A. the Slamburger is disgusting and B. eating fatty foods at 3 in the morning means I get bad gas.

-Flot isn't adjusting well. Dammit. It seems she only adjusts well to places that involve just me and her. She seems to be super skiddish and doesn't want to leave one room, and when Cokie barks she tries to climb up anything upstairs leading to some torn up drapes and one angry Mom.

-Met with Ana and Ari on Thursday! It was a BLAST! We met up at the airport then we ate at Fridays. :) Visit more often you two! I command it!

-Spent a few days in Lafayette. It was great relaxing with some friends who I hadn't hung out with for a while, and it's kind of sad being back home. I need to get used to driving on the interstate though.

-I'm going nuts not knowing where all my stuff is. I think of one or two things and then I'm tearing through boxes looking for them. >_< Frick it.

More later.

I will not have constant internet accessbility for the time being. If you need to contact me, please text me or give me a phone call as a faster means of communicating with me. I will respond to all email and LJ comments as soon as I can.