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Aw geez, Merus, that's awful. I hope he's okay. Today I decided to try buying a $35 window-mounted dual fan instead of going for a $200+ AC unit. So glad I tried this first. It works surprisingly well.

Jem is excitement!

But Sailor Moon even dresses nearly identically to Usagi! It's crazy!

dem crazy outlets

I've been watching the original series of Sailor Moon, uncut with subtitles. 1) that theme song is awesome. 2) Usagi is the Clark Kent of anime. There is absolutely no reason anyone would not immediately realize that she is Sailor Moon, and yet her own brother doesn't recognize her. Made all the more bewildering by one of her powers being a magic pen that can disguise her to look like anyone.

When I started reading and saw the little splotch on Blackwatch's insignia, I thought that maybe it was some kind of subtle nod to Watchmen.

You guys are terrible if you can't find porn of something within seconds of thinking of it. (I only found one real instance of Towelie porn, but still)

I was supposed to go to an LGBT support group with my friend today, but I chickened out. I haven't really been taking my antidepressants lately. The new ones they gave me last time made me throw up and the old ones don't do anything. I feel terrible.

Just a reminder that in 2006, the director of Insane Clown Posse's film somehow managed to convince Jerry Only of The Misfits, Dez Cadena of Black Flag, Ivan Julian of The Voidoids, and Marky Ramone of The Ramones to form a supergroup with him and record an album that included a Christmas song, that folk song from O Brother Where Art Thou, and the Sailor Moon theme. The music industry is weird.

You guys seem to like superheroes more than I so. Read this.

Whedon was also a writer on Toy Story of all things. Apparently "wind the frog" was his line.

I just remembered a thing! Tomorrow it will have been exactly one year since I moved to this city, and exactly six months since I moved into this apartment specifically. I should do something to celebrate.

I know it doesn't usually show up on peoples' radar when they talk about him, but Alien Resurrection is so Joss Whedon it hurts. Also, those late nineties CG shots have aged so terribly but Winona Ryder's character is still super cute.

Wooooo! Thunderstorm!

but merus, what about metroid prime

A friend of mine gave me a few of his old GBA games! The two Pokémon carts I was missing, plus Sigma Star Saga as a bonus. That was super nice of him! I'm gradually amassing an ideal GBA collection. At this point really all I could ask for is a real copy of Superstar Saga (I got stiffed on eBay and bought a bootleg), the two Metroid games, and some odds and ends like Rhythm Heaven and Warioware.

It used to load Giant Bomb for a second, then it would go all static-y and redirect to Idle Thumbs (dot net).

Don't forget Devil Survivor Overclocked on the JRPS front.

I'm pleased with myself for keeping my Steam library at a reasonable 9 games. Oddly enough, I've only ever spent something like five dollars on Steam. People are just very generous with gifting me things. Out of all of those, though, I've only beaten 2 and played a semi-decent amount of 1 or 2 more. Some are untouched or played only once.

The theatrical cut of Aliens really says a lot more with so much less. I'm glad I finally got to see it. And it's true what they say! The Assembly Cut of Alien 3 is actually fairly good. It turns an unwatchable movie into a halfway decent (if overly long) one! So logically I should have to watch Alien Resurrection tomorrow, but I think I might just skip right on ahead to special features.

Chris sounds noticeably upset responding to the email about JRPGs. His pain is my entertainment! (also Chris should consider playing The World Ends With You, because it's a weird-ass JRPG that foregoes almost all JRPG mechanics and instead replaces them with crazy shit that you never see anywhere. The recent Metro discussion actually made me start thinking about it again, because it does this thing where all of your combat mechanics are actually expendable resources that you use as currency)

Same here. Predictions: Samus, Faith from Mirror's Edge, and Jade from Beyond Good & Evil, and Chell from Portal; though not necessarily as entirely positive examples. Wishful thinking: Jill and Jill.

My amazon order came in already! Alien remains an incredible piece of filmmaking. I think this is my first time ever seeing the original cut.

I'm not rewatching it, but some baseball game they show has the audio from the intro of Video Kid.

Also garlic fingers.