One of my more brilliant quips, from last Friday, while MK & I were people watching at the Palisades Mall. Well, less watching and more making fun of. I’m still pretty proud of myself on that one. Anyway, assorted other stuff from the past few days…
- We went to the mall to catch Hot Fuzz, since it was cheaper than catching a movie in the city, plus believe it or not, there’s actually less chance of mallrats getting on my nerves during a flick than a bunch of NYU snots. Anyhow, the movie? Loved it. It’s to cop flicks what Shaun of the Dead was to zombie flicks. Everything was pretty damn awesome, the actors, the action, but especially the cinematography and editing.
- Later that night, in Brooklyn, the power plant from across my house caught on fire. It was kinda freaky; the flames were all green one minute, then purple, then pure white, then green again. We’d find out the next day that it was an ozone fire. MK & I couldn’t get our eyes off it; we were waiting for the inevitable explosion, since that would of course lead to super-powers. That and it was very pretty. But it didn’t happen; the firemen simply pulled the plug, and in end, instead of the gift of flight or telekinesis, just more sperm got zapped (at least more than usual, when you live across from a power plant).
- At least I received a bunch of mini comics that MK picked up for me while at APE. I asked for Fart Party mini’s, and she delivered, along with others, as well as the books she got for herself for me to check out. Which, I’ve been so busy, I haven’t been able to touch since; I still haven’t even started the stack of Runaways that I was lent before her trip. I hear its awesome… plus it has Darkhawk! Though I did read MK’s latest book, Cross Country, and it might be her best one yet! Then again, I’m always a sucker for good road stories.
Oh, and MK even got me some Brandon Bird shwag, including a poster of Harrison Ford with a Sega Master System and the Law and Order coloring book.
- I also got the soundtrack to Funky Forest. For the longest time I planned on getting it while in Japan, but I kinda just couldn’t wait. And I got it mostly for this one song.
- Finally replaced my iPod as well. With the new job coming up (more on that in a bit), I knew that I would be in transit much more, so I absolutely needed something to keep me occupied and entertained (well, aside from my Game Boy Micro, two DSs, and the PSP). I chose… another iPod (sorry Mike). The iPod Nano, 4 gigs, in silver. Was going to go for the 2 gig model, but that was too small…. 8 would have been nice, but at $250, I may as well gotten a regular video iPod, and as for why I didn’t get that model, only one real reason: no Firewire support. Actually the second is that my Mac doesn’t have USB 2, so I knew managing 30 gigs of music on such a slow connection would be hell.
But the funny thing is, when I first got my iPod, all my other non-iPod friends asked “Does one REALLY need to have their entire music collection in the palm of their hands?” My response was at the time a very enthusiastic, “YES!” But really, you don’t, and even when I had one that was fully loaded, I only really listened to the same twenty of songs over and over again. Though the real selling point is watching movies and televisions shows; like most sensible folks, I already know that buying such content from the iTunes store is a totally insane waste of money (watching something that you can see on television, for free, as well as download, for free, on a tiny, tiny screen, for like $2 or worse?), so there’s always Tubesock, but I watch enough YouTube as it is.
- The next thing on my shopping list? Since I’m going to Japan (I hope to God I still am… otherwise, I will fucking kill every postal worker on this God’s green earth… more on that next time), it?s about time I got myself a digital camera. Most folks thinks it’s nuts that I don’t have one already. But since I had SVA’s equipment at my disposal for so long, there was never any real need. Anyway, if anyone can make any recommendations, it would be very much appreciated!
- Back to the weekend, MK & I watched all of Venture Brothers volume 2. All of disc one late Saturday night, all of disc two the next afternoon. BTW, its absolutely AMAZING. It?s even possibly better than season 1! The Scooby Doo episode lived up to the hype, and any show that makes a Residents joke in this day and age has my everlasting love and admiration.
- Gotta also say, this past SNL (which was a repeat, I know) was pretty decent! Though they seriously just need to give Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph the entire hour and half to let them just go crazy.
- Not sure how long its been on newsstands, but I finally caught the June issue of Inside Kung Fu Magazine, which features my interview with Hong Kong director, Yimou Zhang, on this latest film, Curse of the Golden Flower. So if you’re into that kind of stuff, check it out!
- Sorry to interupt, but I need to pass along a very important message:
Dear Brooklyn-ites,
Learn how to fucking park. Seriously. Thank you.
Matt
- And yes… I’ve heard about Sony’s God of War 2 promotional stunt involving a freshly slaughtered goat. Speaking as someone who is not the biggest fan of Sony these days (and it would seem more and more are sharing that same sentiment), this is hardly surprising, simply because, its the UK folks! Home to lamebrain “shocking!!!” video game adverts for years now. Remember the bleeding bus stop? Or one companies idea to advertise on tombstones? Seriously, what the hell is up with advertising agencies in England? I just can’t wait for the upcoming Pokemon campaign targeting methadone and abortion clinics.
- Yesterday I got asked by Dave to do the forward to the next Life Meter collection! I’m actually getting a sneak-preview later this week. I both hoping to see and not see a story on Dynamite Headdy and Rocket Knight Adventure, since it would be cool to see them, but I also still want to be the first person to touch both characters!
- But the real big news from yesterday is that I started my new job! And what exactly is that? Well… pretty much what I?m doing right now! Just on the subject of cell phones, for the mobile portal Zedge.
So what’s the deal exactly? To be completely honest, I really haven’t figured that out just yet. The basic plan, at least for the time being, is to do what I’ve been doing over here at fort90.com, just with a focus on the mobile lifestyle. Naturally, I’m going to concentrate on cell phone gaming… big surprise, I know… though anything else that floats my boat, so long as it has to do with cell phones, of course. And with less cursing. I would have announced this last night, but there was a delay in setting me up, so I was only able to start posting this morning. I’m going by the pseudonym, ZedgeNova…. hey, its a branding thing, don’t ask. But yeah, I know that there’s lots of cell phone blogs out there, but I don’t know about you, but most of them kinda bore me to death. So I figured if I just talk about the same wacky shit, or at least in the same wacky tone that I use around here, but for the mobile space… who knows. So please, check it out, and check often! One key difference is that instead of super long posts once every couple of days, I’ll be writing throughout the day over there (it is my day job after-all). And please pass it along to all interested parties! To be totally honest, the more hits I get, the more my new bosses are happy, and since I really like my new job, I want to be there for a while!
- I’m still doing this site, btw, so don’t expect any changes on this front. Though I will have to reallocate some of my time it to a certain extent… pretty much the only downside to the job is, aside from the fact that its in Newark, NJ, which means my commute from Park Slope is kinda hellish.
Hey, may as well do this now…
Dear MTA,
A sincere FUCK YOU for, among many other things, still not having the Cortland Street station open. Jesus Christ, how long has it been closed for repairs, three years now?!?! Re-opening it would make my life, and many others I would have to assume, about a million times easier. Does any of your dumbshit union goons do anything down there, aside from littering the site with Blimpie’s wrappers?
Matt
… Anyway, as I was saying, the only real downside is that, for whatever reason, my new company has banned my forums! WTF.
Hey, speaking of, I just added another movie review from Ric, of Spider Man 3!
