All too often my weekends pass by in a blur of responsibilities, visiting families, and going places that, after ensuring I am sufficiently dizzy, cruelly abandons me on Monday morning. I am left drinking coffee and asking myself just where that time went, and how long is it until Friday again? In a refreshing inversion, this was not one of those weekends.
First of all, Paranormal Activity is excellent. Rather than subscribing to standard horror movie fare featuring a hot chick and CGI models of ugly things, this low-budget film leaves just about everything to the imagination. For somebody whose imagination threatens to fission into a separate entity altogether, that makes for an actually suspenseful movie. Your mileage may vary, but judging from the Tomatometer, chances are you’ll agree they made some great decisions. Turns out your multimillion dollar budget doesn’t make a good movie, good filmmaking makes a good movie. Whowouldathunkit?
Rachel and I also hung out with some of our friends to play poker and Guitar Hero/Rock Band. In poker, Rachel ended up playing for somebody who had to leave, meaning that of the last three players two of them were named “Castello.” In retrospect, we could have worked out some kind of betting collusion to garner lots of moneys from Player 3, but instead he won and I got second. As a household, we’re up $5. Go us!
I ended up singing not one, but two songs. The first was “Still Alive” from the Portal game, which I said was the only song in all of the games I would risk singing. The rest of the party insisted it did not exist as a playable song, so naturally, I had to locate and download it to prove them all wrong. Go ahead and bypass the “easy” bit and look at the “100%.” I’m making a note here: BIG SUCCESS.
Yes the song is in the download store 
Scored 100%
Somewhere amid all of this I noticed that a certain song with which I have a very special relationship was in one of the newer games: “You Give Love a Bad Name”. I blame Rich and his compulsion to put it on repeat for as long as his car’s tires are on the Jersey turnpike. I’m sure the remaining party guests blamed him as well.
One last thing: Health care reform is finally moving along so be sure and show your support for something that will actually help American citizens receive superior, more affordable health care. It’s important to ensure that this goal remains intact through the final stages of approval.
7 responses to “This Was a Triumph”
Oh Rich and your crazy rules for driving on certain roads…
“Don’t stop…believin’…”
I was distracted during parts of Paranormal Activity by the size of the lead actress’s melons. And by melons I mean breasts.
Fair.
I haven’t seen “Paranormal activity” (well, other than the time I woke up covered in ectoplasm)….oh, wait…..(smirk)
1. Thanks to it’s availability on Hulu, I’ve been rather obsessively catching up on 8 years of Stargate Sg-1. (What can I say, Amanda Tapping rocks!) Additionally, I’m giving “Stargate Universe” the benefit of the doubt, except for the fact that it doesn’t actually seem to be going anywhere plot-wise.
Some article somewhere or other described it as the “DS9 of the Stargate franchise.”
Actually, it’s more of the “Voyager” of Stargate:
Semi-random group of people stranded on a battered, clunkly ship hugely far from where they want to be? The only difference is that Stargate Universe is trying to be all gritty and hardcore and stuff, and has so far only managed to be mind-numbingly slow.
Damnit, I miss “Terminator, Sarah Connor Chronicles” — at least that had explosions and Lena headey and stuff. 🙁
I’ve actually been finding Season 2 of Dollhouse to be interesting, but yes, I definitely miss Terminator.
I get intimidated trying to get into shows that have been around for such a long time. You’re brave to try and tackle eight years of television.
And when you’re living, I’ll be…still alive!
Nice post buddy.