Friday, February 17, 2012

Everyone Loves Gears #13



Working on a script for theater company. Woo.
-paul

Sunday, February 5, 2012

I managed to not watch a single second of the Super Bowl.

My title is not one of snobbery. "Oh, I don't OWN a Television," answered the snob when all you wanted to know if the Cubs won. Or if The Simpsons was any good. Jeesus H. Criminy, I don't need a diatribe over why I'm an inferior slack jawed yokel because I like to watch Futurama on Netflix, or, you know, the news.

I have a fleeting interest in football, In that the Bears won the only Super Bowl that ever matter and we had to sing THE SHUFFLE after the Pledge Of Allegiance in grade school that week (not kidding). I watched THE GAME last year at a friend's house. I don't recall the year before. I watched the last Bears' appearance. I may have attended a few parties for the free food for the games before that. Before THAT, we'd show the games at the Brew & View, and I'd hang out in the lobby if the game sucked. And before THAT, I'd get as many episodes of MST3K that I hadn't seen yet and veg out on them all weekend.

Anyway, I will give people a hard time because they tuned in for the commercials. I don't listen to NPR for the pledge drive. ("Oh, I don't OWN a radio," continues the snob.) They (advertisers, networks) will air the commercials for the next few months. Also, thanks to internet, we knew about the return of Ferris Bueller. Artificial hype was created because dumbasses who never heard of IMDB ("oh, but I don't OWN a web browser...") can't look to see if an actual sequel to "Day off" is being produced. What, it's not? Of course not. Entertainment Tonight would've had that covered the minute the ink dried on Edie McClurg's contract to appear in the film. Shut up already. It's for a car commercial, a wise choice for Matthew Broderick. We don't need to keep talking about it. We can stop giving them free advertising.

One of the best things about the Super Bowl is that every other place that isn't a bar is empty. We went grocery shopping at a usually crowded claustrophobia-inducing grocery store filled with great deals and dozens of lunatics, this time virtually empty of other customers. Hooray for us!

Got home, played Super Paper Mario, enjoyed life. Yes, dear snob. You thought I was on YOUR side, dismissing the popular television event TO MAKE A POINT, but NO, I was playing mind-numbing proletariat-crushing VIDEO GAMES. Take THAT.

Super Paper Mario (Wii) is a ton of fun, by the way. I downloaded Paper Mario (SNES, on the Wii) and that one is pretty fun, but Super Paper has real time fighting, which I guess eliminates the critical difference in this RPG-ish sub-series from the other Mario games. It's also a lot easier. I think this game might be for much younger kids and not guys in their 30's. It might not even be for guys. I refuse to be embarrassed by it. It's silly fun, the enemies are adorable, and sound effects induce plenty of "awwww"s. Yes, my wife loves watching me play it.

This is not an important update in the new KVSM blog. I have abandoned the LiveJournal to the Russians a long time ago. I have not yet decided to discuss my Transformer collecting here though.

Nothing new artistically. Because I've been playing video games. No, wait:

-I'm in the process of booking some Hired Goons shows.

-2nd script has been reviewed...by me. I may just draw it whether or not it gets produced as a stage play. Yay.

-Everyone Loves Gears #13 & 14 have been written, with most of the dialogue recorded.

That's it. Talk later.

-paul