Living Arrangements

Well it seems I've got me a new room mate (Technically my FIRST room mate...) and already things have gotten quite interesting. We had to move his stuff from his old place to the new one. And I do believe we broke several trespassing laws in doing so. Quite fun indeed.

Still waiting on an actual bed for him to use so it's a mattress on the floor for now. He's not complaining, but it does make getting ready for work in the mornings around his sleeping corpse an interesting trek.

Oh and did I mention my roomie is Yoshi? That's right sports fans. 2 of the comic's creators under the same roof. It's scary to think that there might actually be... Progress... *Shudders*

Suprisingly little else to say on the subject. Except...

CYOTFS
- Mav

Nintendo Almost Makes A Wrong Turn

That's right sports fans... Nintendo almost made one HELL of a fatal mistake. In an attempt to bring about a more mature gaming audience, they created this original Alpha version of Super Smash Brothers Brawl in which the characters became big time wrestler and battled it out in the WWF arena. Luckily for all of us though, they asked Masahiro Sakurai (The mastermind behind Kirby, the original 2 SSB games and the more recent DS game Meteos) to return to HAL in order to work on this new title, to which he was happy to return, if only to smack the HAL executives upside their heads for allowing this travesty to come to pass.

Thanks to him, we can now look forward to a Real Super Smash Brothers Brawl experience, rather than this pathetic excuse for a sequel. All hail Masahiro Sakurai!

CYOTFS
- Mav

Like Root Canal Without Pain Killers

But less fun... Allow me to explain...

Myself and my Co-Worker have officially run out of work to do for now. And so, my boss asked me to join her in filing documents in alphabetical order. This is kind of redundant in itself in that I am the last person to ask for such things as in order for me to do anything alphabetically, I have to actually go through the entire alphabet in my head to find where the letter I'm holding fits in the sequence. Just the way my mind works I guess.

So for the last 2 hours, I've been standing outside my office in front of the filing cabinets, going over the alphabet so many times that it almost sickness me to have to see so many letters here as I type this. My entire body aches as I'm definitely not built for standing bent over or crouching on one knee for prolonged periods... And I'm not even likely to be paid extra for any of this shit!

I never thought I'd say this but... I NEED MORE WORK!

CYOTFS
- Mav

An Old Proverb

A while ago I was contemplating quitting this job I'm in. Because aside from the obvious loss of monitaty gain (something I've become rather fond of...), I just couldn't justify it... But then I was struck with an old proverb... "Cheaters never prosper, and quitters never win". It was at that point I thought to myself... "What the HELL am I saying?" Quitters never win? Just what exactly do I 'win' by staying here? A job that is boring, repetitive, annoying and above all else, extremely irritating? Bah. But unfortunately, I've become somewhat addicted to this whole 'having money' deal. And so I guess I'm stuck here for the time being... I just wonder what I'll do when I lose this income in favor of going to TAFE... A scary thought indeed...

And who says cheaters never prosper... Really... The guy who made that quote needs to learn something about how the world works... Moron...

CYOTFS
- Mav

By The Gaming Gods!

Are my skills in gaming truly as pitiful as they appear? My god I can't even get past world 1-2 of Super Mario now... I swear now an oath before the gods who created our world. Shigeru Miyamoto... Hideo Kojima... And John Romero (Hey... Doom WAS good). I shall regain my lost powers. I shall take back what is legitimately my birthright as a gamer.

I know the issue is something so simple, that I've overlooked it every step of the way... Something so obvious that no one has ever thought to point it out... But just recently, I think Yoshi inadvertently gave me exactly what I was missing. Strategy. I had never noticed it before... But I don't ever really think while I'm playing a game. I kind of just let it flow and play on reflex. It was not until Yoshi told me just how mentally exhausting his matches with Napz are in SSBM. How they both have to think so hard to get one up on each other. And that's when it hit me. I don't think while I play SSBM. My fingers and my eyes do all the leg work, and that's that. But it's time I fixed that... I need to lock myself in a room for a few weeks and just drill this concept into myself... Think every step of the way in every game... Hopefully we shall see results.

Oh and in case you were wondering... My inaptitude with Mario is simply a misconception. I guess I just forgot to take the game seriously and ran head on blindly into a steam train. These things happen I guess...

CYOTFS
- Mav

The N.J Way

I apologize for my most recent post. It would seem that in my weakened state, I allowed a more metaphysical form of my mucus to be spewed forth upon that which I have held to be so sacred. It was a moment in which I felt the need to do something, nay, anything to keep myself from feeling the adverse effects of the viral disease that had staken it's claim upon my body.

In light of the wonderful world of self pity, I wish to now indulge you in a philosophy myself and Yoshi have created. As a way of apology for my recent misconduct. I'm sure you will all become more enlightened for this experience.

I have lovingly dubbed our philosophy 'The N.J Way' for reasons only those of you who know us will be able to decipher... And the basis of this, is that we will cruise through life, doing as little as physically possible. This can be distinguished from a bludger by the fact that rather than being totally lazy and refusing to learn to do anything, we are constantly learning and improving. We gain all the skills of a successful individual, and are quite capable of using them. We just chose not too.

This is all quite simply for the reason that we do not work at life to try and find those 'little nuggets' of happiness. We sit back, and let happiness flow to us. It is a simplistic philosophy, and yet one that has carried us successfully throughout highschool. It all falls around one statement... "The Good Lord Shall Provide". This can range from Buddha, to the Christian god. I like to believe in my personal goddess lady luck, as she has been good to me all these years.

So there you have it. A short concise explanation of the N.J way. May you all benefit from it's wisdom (Oh how very Zen of me...)

CYOTFS
- Mav

Weekends Are Dangerous Things

That was one hell of a weekend, let me tell you. Alcohol, Scrubs Season 2, Robin Williams, some 4 bottles of coke and sleep deprivation. Indeed it was an interesting sight to see...

Needless to say, I have become beyond tired because of it. Something of a Zombie who is sick of walking around moaning, but has forgotten how to sleep. Or as some may say "Death on Toast". This is not something I'm unaccustomed to mind you... But the perpetual taste of vomit that has been prominent in the back of my throat since Saturday is somewhat irritating...

Just a small update today. I'll have more for you when my head clears out a bit more...

CYOTFS
- Mav

X-Men 3 Was Great

Indeed a more blunt title I could not concoct. But what is this? Could it be true that for once in the pathetic existence of this blog, I, Maverik am staying true to my word? Audible gasp! Egads! And other such exclamations. I'll try to keep the spoilers to a minimum... But if you have yet to see the movie, I suggest you commit seppuku for good measure.

X-Men: The Movie. A boyhood dream of mine come true indeed. And not only has the rugged claw wielding bad ass and his troupe of talented pals come to a live action format. But it has done so 3 fold now! And as much as you will hear many a dedicated fan cry out in horror at some of the miscrepancy's of the new movie, I choose to take a more contemporary view of the whole affair.

You see, when X-Men 2 finished, they gave way to the character Pheonix. A gallant tale of death and rebirth would usually follow in the wake of this appearance if the cartoon was anything to go by. But such was not the case in this movie. Indeed, Jean Grey did not die at all. The whole 'encased in a physique barrier' thing was troubling to say the least. But to hear that Pheonix was NOT a reborn warrior of destiny, but rather the dark subconscious of an extremely powerful (and invariably bitchy) woman. This I have to say, was one of my few gripes with the movie.

What I will say, is that where there are differences, rather than hate them for not showing the story as it was originally meant to be... I commend them for successfully taking the franchise in a new and equally interesting direction. I also understand that a lot of the plot ideas from the comics and cartoon are just too complex to transfer into a movie format.

There is a rather heavy focus on Wolverine, and although I'll be the first to admit that I don't mind, as he IS pretty bad ass... But I must also acknowledge what they were trying to do. And that is center the story around him. Something that just isn't supposed to happen. I can be forgiving of them, but I do hope they don't end up botching their otherwise sweet deal with the what looks to be a quadrilogy.

Anyway. That's all I got for now.

CYOTFS
- Mav