Yeah, I'll bet you're wondering what the hell happened to this part of the site.

I really had good intentions when I reopened my blog a few months ago, and I still have good intentions of keeping it updated. I just haven't done it lately. I've still managed to write the occasional article, so it's not like I'm neglecting the site. I just haven't had much of note to mention here in blogland.

So far, this has been a movieless year for me. I'm not sure why, exactly, because outside of work and my trivia gigs I haven't exactly been monumentally busy in the last 22 days; but I've seen exactly one movie since the year began, and that was Big Fish on January 1st. Oh, sure, there's been a thousand movies I've watched part of on television lately, but I've seen all of those before. I intended to haul my lazy ass out to see 21 Grams and/or Monster and/or any number of other films in the theater, but it's been no use. I haven't even rented anything. I guess it's just the January lull, waiting for Oscar nominations to be announced and a real dearth of things I care about playing at the multiplex right now. Thankfully, the bootleg toys and Surreal Life reviews and help from Justin have helped flesh out the site a little more.

Also, everyone should register and post on the Message Boards and hopefully get a little more intelligent discussion going on than what's been happening there lately. Oh, and flamewars are encouraged too. I likes the controversy.

And, just so that I have what appears to be a real reason to update this sucker, I'll go ahead and run a snippet of really old news from a British magazine:

"No wonder Peter "Chewbacca" Mayhew is smiling. Not only has he been rescued from obscurity and given the chance to reprise his role as our Wookiee comrade for Episode III, but his contract also stipulates that he'd be required to appear in Episodes 7, 8, and 9.

Yes folks, seems there are actual whispers at Lucasfilm that the 'sequel' trilogy might be in the works..."

Of course, this means nothing other than the fact that Mayhew would be required to do them if there were an outside chance of it happening, but Carrie Fisher also came out and mentioned she'd be interested in playing Leia again, so take that for what it's worth. I'd prefer her not-aging-so-well-because-of-the-drugs presence to stay away personally, if only to preserve a modicum of the Leia fantasy.

- posted by Noel @ 10:59 AM

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Today, I received the worst link I've ever received.

No, seriously.

Ulli's Roy Orbison In Clingfilm Website

Samples:

"I retrieve some cling-film from the Clingfilm Stowage Compartment where several hundred of the translucent rolls of joy glint softly in the cabin lights.

"Roy Orbison unbuckles from his seat and floats out into the middle of the cabin, his black clothing billowing about him in the zero gravity like the folds of some black cloth manta ray."

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"My mouth dry, I stand pressed against Roy, who is wrapped completely in clingfilm. Awkwardly, I pass the film around both of our waists several times, until we are bound together by the miracle substance. My synapses overload with joy."

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"I am like an Egyptian priest enshrouding his Pharaoh. Soon, Roy Orbison is wrapped up in Clingfilm. I let out a soft mew of content and mutely acknowledge that all things work for the best in this world."

Now, let's see what the people have to say about it:

JoeyMcWilliams: quote of the day: In space, no-one can hear you squeak with pleasure.

lizerati: WTF?

sharronic: That is wrong

joethepeacock: im just going to yank my network cable and forget this all exists

GirlVinyl: freakish
GirlVinyl: needs pictures

There you have it, folks. The worst link ever. The internet has officially jumped the shark.

And yes, I am quite aware of the possibility that this is not real, and in fact am leaning toward that direction. It doesn't change the fact that it is the worst link ever.

- posted by Noel @ 11:47 AM

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Happy 2K4, folkses.

I hope everyone had a safe and happy New Year's Eve. As for me, I spent the evening doing the most exciting things possible. My girlfriend and I had been invited to a party or two, but neither one of us were really feeling so much like being around a bunch of people we didn't know, so we opted to spend a nice quiet evening indoors. So here's the rundown on the top things that I did to ring in 2004:

1. Finished a Where's Waldo jigsaw puzzle. This is no ordinary puzzle. This is the Land of Waldos puzzle, which features about 2,000 of the little striped hiker buggers doing all sorts of crazy nonsense. I grabbed the puzzle from my mom's house on Christmas and used it to kill time over the weekend, and finally finished it at about 11:20 PM, December 31, 2003. It was like some grand accomplishment if you look at it that way. I wish I had a better picture of the puzzle to show you the sheer magnitude of it, but just try to imagine that all of the Waldos are about 1.5 to 2.5 inches tall in the finished puzzle. Remember when you used to play Tetris all the time how those stupid polygons burned themselves on to your retinas? Well imagine that, but with nerdy little red, white, and blue outdoorsmen being the images that haunted you. I swear, the next brown-haired skinny kid I see with glasses and a toboggan had better watch out, because I might snap. Once you've finished the puzzle, you're supposed to find the Waldo with one shoe missing, then find his shoe. Screw that. I already found Waldo at Dragon*Con earlier this year.

2. Watched some Adult Swim on Cartoon Network. Last year I was less of a nerd, and taped the Adult Swim marathon while I went out to a party. This year, I stayed in and watched it. Or, at least, the first hour and a half, until they started showing the most overrated show that everyone thinks is underrated, The Family Guy. No thanks. That's why I did this:

3. Played Yoshi's Island on my Super Nintendo. Yes, you read that correctly. I realize that the rest of the world is investing assloads of money into their X-Boxes, PS2s, and GameCubes, but I'm still rockin' my small menagerie of classic Nintendo consoles: The NES, SNES, and N64. Screw disc games, give me a clunky old cartridge any day. Besides, I don't play enough video games to really justify investing any more money into anything else, so these systems are fine. I recently broke out one of my favorite side-scrollers from the SNES, Yoshi's Island, and have been working on it a few levels at a time. I should have it beat again in a couple weeks.

All the while, I was drinking spiked eggnog until I went to bed at the late, late hour of 2 AM. The girlfriend didn't make it nearly that far -- a couple sips of her beverage and she was out just minutes after the new year hit. Oh well. The new year should bring some good stuff for MCFTR, though, so make sure you check back often.

- posted by Noel @ 1:36 PM

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