As I was going through my shelf of mending materials earlier this week at the library, I came across an unexpected find. You see, one of the books awaiting my attention was an older Hardy Boys mystery titled The Hooded Hawk Mystery. Even in my childhood, I'd never ever read a Hardy Boys mystery (though I went through most of the Boxcar Children), so I've never really looked at one closely. After opening this book, however, maybe I should have been aware of this smut sooner.
As I turned to the part of the book where the page was ripped out (and hence on my mending shelf), I scanned the chapter title. And I did a double-take. I had no idea that the Hardy Boys had such a smutty mind. Parents are worried about Grand Theft Auto while pushing books with chapter titles like these onto their children? Truly, this is a messed up world that we live in.
Don't believe me? Here's the offending page, as dutiful recorded for the ages. (And yes, I know that the word can also mean "a mistake or blunder", but you have to admit it's a pretty funny way to title a chapter taken in our modern context.)
L and I just finished caught the most recent Battlestar Galactica episode, "Revelations", over at my favorite TV-on-the-Internet website, Hulu.com. This was the last episode created before the Writer's Strike started, meaning we won't be getting any new Battlestar Galactica until 2009 at the earliest.
Just what the frak do they expect us to do? Do any other TV shows really compare with the awesomeness that is the new Battlestar Galactica? Maybe we'll take Anthony up on his offer to rewatch the Terminator movies, which might inspire us to watch the Sarah Connor Chronicles. I still have to get L through the last two seasons of Six Feet Under, but I don't think that will take us long. (And there's still season five of Babylon 5, but it's tough to watch since it pales in comparison to the rest of the seasons of that great scifi epic.)
So, any suggestions on TV shows we might try watching? We tend to prefer serial-type shows, rather than episodic ones, as we prefer our storylines to be long and complicated, but I'm game for any suggestions. I guess what I'm saying is: has anyone seen anything good lately?
L and I hit the Mall yesterday to do a little shopping. While she was busy getting some cute shirts, I trekked over to GameStop to hit up their video games. Normally I avoid GameStop (and all their other differently named franchises) like the plague, since I hate constantly being asked to purchase their customer loyalty card and to pre-order games I have no interest in, but this time I was a man on a mission. I'd noticed on Cheap Ass Gamer that they were offering a $10 trade-in bonus for trading in two games, which meant I could get rid of two subpar games and pick up a case for my PSP and maybe even a little extra.
After turning down their customer loyalty card half-a-dozen times and refusing to pre-order any games, I jettisoned Ass Defect (aka Mass Effect) and Wii Play to pick up a simple GameStop-branded PSP case and the full version of the Spore Creature Creator. You see, L and I had played around with the Spore Creature Creator demo a little last week and we'd had a great time making freaky creatures with the limited number of parts, so we were itching to try the whole enchilada.
L tooled around with the full version we purchased last night, cranking out a dragon-gryphon-creature and a fugly goblin. I gave it a spin this morning and tried my hand at spinning out one of my favorite iconic D&D creatures, a displacer beast. The tools are amazingly versatile and I can't wait to see what else our careless hands will wrought.
Yeesh, no new blog posts since April? And I'm getting shown up by the Pants of all people? What is this world coming to?
It is high time to kick this collection of ramblings back into gear! It's not like I don't have things to go on and on about, like:
- books I've been reading and enjoying, like Silverwing and Little Brother
- games I've been playing the crud out of, like The World Ends With You
- early impressions of my early birthday gift to myself, a God of War PSP bundle
- reflections on the D&D 4E (Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition) and new campaign ideas
- thoughts about future plans, like more web developing at the library and other careers I'm thinking about
- how dog-sitting for two weeks can make anyone crazy (or crazier)
