Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Detritus, page 5

1. It occurred to me last night that there are probably entire generations of children out there that don't know the taste of a hamburger grilled over charcoal. That made me sad.

2. I'm rooting for Castle. And not because of the female lead that appeals to me in ways I can't even count. Ok, not JUST because of the female lead that appeals to me in ways I can't even count.

3. It turns out Christopher Walken's twitter isn't actually done by Christopher Walken but a group of...literaries may be the correct term? This lessens the awesomeness of it a little. But only a little. I like to imagine somewhere Christopher Walken is reading it and laughing. It helps if you read in the entries with Christopher Walken's voice in your head.

4. I'm playing Dwarf Fortress again. Not Gravelscarred though, I think that fortress has run its course. Which is sad, I have a fond affection for Momuz, Lor the Butcher and Kogan the Weapon. I started a new fortress but abadoned it after a short while. I was trying to get too cute with my stockpiles and work-flow, trying to think too much through it. That's not the way to play Dwarf Fortress. The way to play it is what I did on my next one, which is just let it rip. Start doing stuff without planning and make it all work. Then, once everything is working, build something incredibly stupid and pointless. In Gravelscarred with the Great Tower of Gravelscarred, made of smoothed microcline and clear glass. In my new fortress, Gemwild, it's fun with water. I'm pumping water up 20 stories or so into the mountain into a reservoir which with then split into three paths. One will be a canal district, a stream of water spiraling around a huge carved cavern into a pool at the bottom, and lining the canal will be shops (it's a tourist trap!). The second will be a giant five story sculpted fountain. The third is a series of a couple small waterfalls, the highest is a nice nook for your lovers to hang out. All three paths will join up to form a giant 7 story waterfall. There is absolutely no reason to do this. Which is why it's fun.

5. ........hhhhhhhhhhnn

6. I feel bad that I didn't send my compilation CD to everyone, but not bad enough to do anything about it. There is an explanation, but it's not worth going into at the moment.

7. My mothers boyfriend made a gift to me a copy of Watchmen. I'm reading it before I see the movie. I'm trying to balance the hype with realistic expectations. To be perfectly honest, I'm just not that into comic books.

8. I need a girlfriend. I won't say more than that. I shouldn't have said that to begin with, but it wouldn't be a Detritus if I didn't complain about it. Consider my duty done.

9. I'm teaching a class tomorrow and Friday. First year graduate students. I'm not nervous at all. I simply don't care. I should probably be taking it more serious than I am, but oh well. This will be my life (hopefully), no point in getting worked up about it. I really don't even have to prepare anything. No slides. Just stand up in front of them and ask them questions about papers I've chosen. It's the laziest way to run a class ever, and probably the most effective.

10. I love Spaced. So very much.

8 comments:

The Taco Prophet said...

1. I've been meaning to rectify this oversight with my own children, but simply haven't gotten around to it. I have a cheapass charcoal grill. I just need to buy the charcoal and lighter fluid and ground beef. Maybe this weekend.

2. LOVE the Castle so far, though I forgot to watch it this week. I'm bad at TV. Will catch up online. I have to catch up on Dollhouse and Terminator anyway, since I skipped them in favor of the BSG finale this week. Wifezilla is a Castle fan now. She's after my mother to cut her hair like the female lead. She's also tired of me calling Nathan Fillion my boyfriend. SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND OUR LOVE! *storms into his bedroom and slams the door*

3. Didn't realy feel quite Walkenish, so I was skeptical, but it's the best twitter I've ever seen, so I enjoyed it anyway. Plus, I figure somebody's shown it to Walken and he's laughing his ass off, so that's awesome.

4. YAY! Post the stories, plz.

5. *grabs a shoe*

6. I got a copy anyway. Neener neener neen. Some really awesome music on there. Got a couple of new favorite musicians out of it.

7. I really enjoyed the comic book. Haven't seen the movie, yet, so I'm unqualified to compare.

8. Do I have to dress up like Bugs Bunny in drag again? Not that I mind. I just need prep time.

9. You must pick a name and insist that the students address you by it. And change the name every five minutes. I suggest starting with Dr. Johnny Fever.

10. Haven't seen it yet. Go ahead and yell, Coyote. You can't hurt me. I'm getting In Bruges and Diary of the Dead in the mail today, so there.

suyapi said...

1. Too true. Just no patience.
1. I don't own a grill at all. Should probably rectify that at some point.
2. Mmm...female lead. This seems to be my normal comment. It's like, I drool over hot women, or something.
3. With the voice, it does help. But I want them to turn it over to him for real.
5. Must...see...in person.
8. Duty. hehehe. I'm so immature. My law school professor used to talk about the "island in the sea of duty" and even he chuckled every time he said it.
10. Taco not having seen Spaced is so bad, it broke the Fibonacci sequence. Bastard.

suyapi said...

If you were wondering, except for maybe #9, I really wouldn't have had any other comments on the others. So it sort of seemed to work perfectly.

The Taco Prophet said...

Sometimes the universe lobs you an easy one.

suyapi said...

I don't believe it. The universe is not nice like that.

Tim said...

4. Did Kogan ever again find love, or did he become a burned out old warrior of a dwarf, trying to fil the Nil shaped hole in his heart with cheap booze and cheaper women?

5. Hhhhhhhn, indeed my friend. HHhhhhn, indeed.

6. I havent sent mine out yet, either. haven't even put mine together.

The Taco Prophet said...

The TacoCam would indeed have been good on The Morning of Original Hrnnnndom. Because then you guys could all have seen Blue's face the first time I did my impression. :)

fett said...

Kogan drinks to kill the pain. But considering he's a dwarf, you can imagine how well that's working out.

Blue, I can email you the liner notes I made. No idea why I kept the document, but I did.