It Really Swings

Have to go to work soon.  Here's some stuff.

Finished my IRS audit in an hour.  That's unheard of!  Of course, I'm still waiting for the follow-up letter from my agent.  But overall it went really well and I was feeling great by the time it was over.  Thanks for the good mojo!!

I woke up with a Charley Horse this morning.  Guh.

There was a hairball right where my feets go under my computer chair.  SOMEHOW, I managed to NOT step on it.  Of course, I noticed just as I had scooped Cream of Wheat into my mouf.  Yuck.

Did I mention anywhere that I did 9 hours of yardwork last weekend down at the house?  Even the rain and thunder didn't stop me (thunder should've, but I was feeling stubborn).  Take that stupid landscaper who wanted to charge me $5,000.  Super thanks to my in-laws who also worked their assess of and gave me direction that I was sorely lacking.

I'm going to look at houses with my real estate agent tomorrow.  Weeeee!!!  I thought we might not be able to due to the holiday, but she's game.  Woot!  I'm charging my camera tonight!

My sister is awesome.  Upon my arrival last week she bestowed the following gifts: bacon lip balm, bacon toothpicks and a bacon car air freshener.  No one loves you quite like your sister!!!  She's the best.  Oh, and a tip for the bacon lip balm: it's really awesome if you put it on right before eating cheddar and sour cream ruffles. 

My sister is awesome, part 2.  Sister made me a couple of great mix tapes cds.  LOVE them.  Now I need to return the favor.  Hmmm...where to start....Dear Music Studios Who Probably Won't Read This: Yes, Sister copied music for me, but guess what, I see it as a sample because I will go out and PURCHASE full album releases of the tunes I really like.

And here is the big news:

50 inches of plasma-y goodness

That was how an AquaFresh commercial I recently heard started.  I thought it was simultaneously hysterical and disturbing out of context.

Not much to report. I'm representing a client before the IRS at 9:30.  I've never asked this of you guys, but if you could throw a kind word about me out to Xenu this morning it would be much appreciated.

You know, this whole "aunt" thing is a breeze.  The kid totally digs me, she rarely cries and she freaking laughs and smiles all the damn time.  I may not go home and visit as often when she's thirteen, but I am lovin' every bit with her so far.

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Don't mind my mother's couch.  Those flowers will wilt and die someday.  (Sorry Ma)

We went to the zoo on the damn hottest day of the year.  We left and passed a sign that it was 100 degrees.

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I got such a big kick out of this.

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Sh-boom, sh-boom, la la la la la la la la la.  Oh Kathy, how we miss you.

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I just did some googling.  Looks like they brought her a companion elephant in 2000 who gave her the herpes that killed her.  Now there are two elephants at the zoo (no Kathy) and both have tested positive.  So sad.  :-(

At one point we wanted to walk up to the ice cream shop.  On the way I was stung by a bee.  I swear, my feet are usually very slender.

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It got worse each day and I started taking Benedryl.  I was stung a week and two days ago and it's still swollen and itchy today.  I didn't think I had an allergy, but I think I may have to get an epipen.  Sister Sal saw the bee that did it and killed it after a long night of questioning and torture.  Thanks Sister.

We fed the kid a lemon and she couldn't get enough.  Of course at the table I was all like, "it's like when Data on Star Trek got his emotion chip and kept drinking Guinan's horrible concoctions."  Sister thought that was terribly nerdy.  But it's true.  (Both).

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And I can't end on that awful note.  So here's something cliche and disgustingly cute: a baby at tubby time.

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Hey Squeendy City Peep Meet up folks, in lieu of banners this year I went for the classic photo montage set to some snappy music.  Bear with me, I've never done this before.  If anyone is uncomfortable with the level of privacy of any of this stuff let me know.

Did anyone else catch Virtuality?  It was Ron Moore's latest baby.  Apparently it wasn't picked up and Fox aired the pilot as a 2-hour movie event. 

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What I loved:

• A Commander Pike(!!!)
• Ron Moore + Michael Taylor 4ever
• Married boys!!
• Great characters
• HOT DENMARK BEEFCAKE!!!
• Good premise, I have a lot of ideas of what might really be going on (but freaking sucks that I'll never find out because Fox is made up of doody heads who hate science fiction and I still haven't gotten over the cancellation of Sarah Connor those bastards wouldn't know a good story if it bit them in the ass I swear I'm not bitter). (That was a sentence, right?)

So go watch it.  And then go here to watch some fun interviews and stuff.

Dear Brannon Braga, Ron Moore finally did it, when will you show some love to the gays?

Been a very busy week and a half.  Last week I averaged 4 hours of sleep each night.  I know some people do that all the time, but I don't and it's killing me.  We moved on Saturday and finally got our Internet back yesterday.  Bout damn time!  We now have mountain views right out of our kitchen and living room.  Purdy.

Time to express my affection for another monkey game franchise.  I picked this up cheap this week at toysasaurus.

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Awesome news today from Lucas Arts: TWO NEW MONKEY ISLAND GAMES THIS SUMMER!!!  Monkey Island is hands down the funniest adventure series I have ever played.  I think it even edges out Sierra's Leisure Suit Larry.  Monkey Island has everything: swashbuckling pirates, monkeys, beer-swilling pirates, monkeys, romance, giant metal ninja monkey robot, a voodoo priestess and the second biggest monkey head I've ever seen.

1. The first is a faithful remake of The Secret of Monkey Island - by LucasArts (as opposed to the Sierra remakes done by dedicated fans).  The original 256 color VGA point and click adventure game will be updated with high res graphics and will feature the voice of Dominic Armato as Guybrush Threepwood (the same dude from the third and fourth games). The game will also include live musicians playing arrangements of what was an excellent MIDI soundtrack.

Check out this video with interviews with a bunch of the folks involved with the project as well as a peek at the game.  Note the title of this reflects the other project listed below, but this video focuses on the remake of the SECRET of Monkey Island.:

And for fun, I'm going to pull out my all-time favorite funny bit from Curse of Monkey Island.

49 - A Pirate I Was Meant to Be

Michael Land

We finished our Nemesis DVD this weekend.  In all fairness, that film was much better than I remembered.  It's still not great by any stretch, but it wasn't the stink fest I had recalled.

Not including the new Trek reboot film, here is my movie list in order of nerdy goodness.  The first list was created after my last viewing on VHS.  The new one follows our current venture on DVD.  Note how far TMP climbed up the list now that I've seen the incredibly different director's cut.

Cadet revue

Ranked based on VHS viewing a few years ago:

1. 2  Wrath of Khan
2. 8  First Contact
3. 7  Generations
4. 3  The Search for Spock
5. 6  The Undiscovered Country
6. 9  Insurrection
7. 4  The Voyage Home
8. 10 Nemesis
9. 5  The Final Frontier
10. 1  The Motion Picture

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1. 4  The Voyage Home
2. 8  First Contact
3. 6  The Undiscovered Country
4. 2  The Wrath of Khan
5. 1  The Motion Picture
6. 7  Generations
7. 10 Nemesis
8. 3  The Search for Spock
9. 9  Insurrection
10. 5  The Final Frontier

Of course, the biggest surprise is the leap from seventh place to first for The Voyage Home.  There was just something about that film this time around that really grabbed me.  What can I say, I had a whale of a good time.

So, what's your order?  Can you even make a list or do you have to break it down between Old School and Next Gen?

Oh, and while we're on the films, let's bring out my old favorite screenshot.

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SF and UFP

I realized that I completed a journey on Tuesday.

    2 versions of The Cage
  78 episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series
  22 episodes of Star Trek: The Animated Series
178 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation
176 episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
172 episodes of Star Trek: Voyager
  98 episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise
    6 Original Series films
    4 Next Gen films
    0 Deep Space Nine films  :-(
+  1 Universe Reboot film
Awesome

Peace and long life, bitchez.