A Nerd's Guide

Nerd thing to do today. 

Two words. Adventure Time.

A friend of mine from KS turned me on to the show a month or so ago and I've been hooked ever since. Its out there either on youtube, cartoon network, or frig man, google it and see what wacky things come up. Watch it. Naooow.

MOVIE

Appleseed Ex Machina. Knowing that there are two CG Appleseed movies I often forgot what made them different, except for the fact that Briareos is in human form running around. I just recently picked it up in a video store when I visited home last week. Much better than I remember it. 

Deunan and Briareos are dealing with terrorist attacks on the citizens of Olympus, humans and cyborgs alike. A bioroid named Tereus (a genetic copy of Briareos) joins the team and threatens their partnership. Plenty of mechs and John Woo style action. They also stepped up the graphics on this movie from the first one.... I need to go back and watch the original-original. 

Oh, lady with the side burns. You so crazy.

AURORA'S BIBLIO-FILES

 The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
 I bought this book a while ago because it intrigued me, and just recently picked it up and read it. It was so good that immediately after I finished it, I found the sequel at the library and blew through that one too. Now I'm anxiously waiting for the final installation. The story follows Kvothe, a man of legend. Or in his own words: "I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at an age younger than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that made minstrels weep."
This book is told in first person, as Kvothe remembering his youth. He is not an old man, but something in him is quietly waiting to die, and his student Bast is determined that this will not happen, that somehow he can make the old Kvothe come forth again.  It is the story of how legends are born, of one man's search for meaning in his universe and of his fight against the powerful, sinister forces that not only took his family from him at a young age but also threaten the world he knows. It is beautifully written, and like all legends, Kvothe does have his blind flaws. This is a great read of epic proportions. 

PLUGZ's PROJECTS

I havn't done squat in a month because some moron hit me on the freeway and totaled my car. But I will be involved in a reality TV show for SyFy coming up on the 18 of September called Hot Set. Two Production designers pinned against each other to build a movie set in three days. Go team Aronowitz!

Oh, also I've been messing around with Kingdom Hearts and building Gumi ships that resemble starwars ships.

QUOTE

"O LORD, bless this Thy hand grenade that with it Thou mayest blow Thine enemies to tiny bits, in Thy mercy." And the LORD did grin and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats and large chu...."

- Cistercian Monk

From Monty Python and the Holy Grail. 

Learn the order of the list. If there's anything a nerd hates more its when his quotes are quoted out of order.

"Good idea oh lord-"

"Course it's a good idea!"