"thanks to MTV, I started finding out about other bands." That's a statement that hasn't made sense in a while.
I actually didn't know who they were either, really, but I noticed in high school I liked a lot of their songs. I dabbled in heavier stuff, but was mostly pop-rock before that metal high school phase they got me going on.
Don't own any of last gen's systems, unfortunately. Unless you count DS.
That's right, I had Domino's pizza for 50% off! (for those of you confused right now, because the ad changed, I did not have breakfast this morning).
I was out for pretty much all of Fall, simply due to work and graduate papers, so I get the not blogging thing.
My mom told me my aunt up in Wisconsin simply didn't go outside for weeks, because with wind chill,it would have been -14 degrees outside! I definitely thought about what her heating costs must be. This is one time I'm glad Texas doesn't get as cold.
I probably won't see my family again until March, either. That's my birthday month, and apparently the relatives are coming. I forgot about basketball season. I wonder how the Jacks (I go to Stephen F. Austin State University, our mascot is a Lumberjack) and the Mavericks are going to do this year.
I never knew there was a sequel to The Shining. I've seen the Kubrick movie, but only reviews of the TV series said to be closer to King's book. I want to see Elysium. I forgot what 2 Guns was, is that the one with Sandra Bullock and that woman from Bridesmaids, whose name escapes me? I liked the other three you mentioned, saw them all in the theater. Well, kind of. I fell asleep during World's End, but caught it on Red Box later. I'd play Assassin's Creed IV if I had a PS4 or an even better laptop than the fairly awesome one I already own.
I loved the first Sly Cooper game. I beat in one rental, but I played it quite a bit after that. I never bought it, cause the PS2 was my brother's, and there was an unspoken rule that we rented, but didn't buy, games on each other's systems. I've always liked GTA to some degree, I just always got tired of watching other people play it aimlessly with everything unlocked. I prefer to be given tasks and context. But hey, I own every one of them except V, which everyone seems to agree is the best, thanks to Steam, so we'll see. In fact, I also own Limbo thanks to the same Winter sale that I purchased that GTA pack during.
Arrow is based on Green Arrow, right? May keep that in mind once I'm done rewatching House of Cards with commentary. I don't really read comic books either, though I'd like to (I own Batman Noel and Watchmen), so I wouldn't know how faithful it is either.
I only watched 13 movies in the theater last year (I saw WoWS around New Years), only played Fez and Arkham Asylum (aside from online games like freetetris.org, nintendo8.com, ssega.com, etc.), only read maybe two books outside of grad courses (Cathcing Fire and Mockingjay from Hunger Games trilogy), only remember a few pop songs released last year, despite running an alternative rock radio station, and only watched Legend of Korra online and House of Cards on Netflix as far as "TV." So my "best of" lists would be pretty pointless, but I look forward to yours.
Great loot, though, especially the movies and the Superman shirt, which I thought was a jacket at first. I've gotta stop responding to blogs with blogs ...
Yeah, but Hero is still a favorite of mine. I'd recommend it for fight scenes, although they're less frantic and more poetic than these ones, so other people might get bored.
I used to read manuals just to look at the illustrations and read more about the characters/stories in the games.
Thanks, I'll keep all of that in mind. I may do a free trial of hulu Plus, so I'll be sure to keep your sister the first unit Assistant Director for as long as I can.
Well, when NSonic79 was posting about it (I think I got the username right, apologies all around if not, I'll edit this later), I liked the fights, but not really the story in RWBY. So this sounds promising.
However, I watched until part of the snow one (I love fight scenes in snowy environments) and was reminded that I get bored by fight scenes with no context, even if these are well directed and choreographed. Oh well. I understand the appeal, though.
I've never owned a fight stick, and honestly never really thought about it, since they tend to be more expensive, and I tend to feel just as ok with just playing with controllers at home and fight sticks at the arcade.
It's awesome you got a free one (basically) though. I'm at work, so I may have zoned out a bit. What is the pulse feature doing exactly?
Playing: I don't know about any of these, but if any are free on Steam, I'm open to suggestions. lol
Reading: I really liked The Hunger Games books, and I've liked the movies so far. Have you seen the trailer for Divergent? I didn't know about it until I saw that preview come on before Hunger Games.
Listening: I share your feelings on tinkle tinkle new age crap, though I do like the typical Christmas songs in their original version, and when Bad Religion covers them in a punk rock style. Your Christmas choices sound much more interesting, though.
Watching: On my end, I finished House of Cards. I'm not as into crime dramas as you are, but I would like to watch Agents of SHIELD, if my stupid antenna starts working. Hero is one of my favorite movies. It's one of the few I would call "visually poetic" with a straight face.
I've seen you do the photo challenge on Facebook ... not a BaD idea for blogs either. Hmmm .... what source are you using to get the photo challenges for each day?
Unfortunately, I'm getting out of "training" mode and my school and work will start becoming more serious in February, so I may post a few cat pics myself, but I am going to attempt to try to maybe participate in BaD.
