Category: Musings

Dead.

That about sums up last night. No trick or treaters around our block – no candy bearers. Now my block has few kids and they’re a rare bunch. But just this morning, my mom told me that my aunt hadn’t given any candy last night either and that area is usually full of kids.

Last night proved that Halloween around my neck of the woods is pretty much dead. I mean, sure it rained, but so what? By six or seven, it died out and it’s all good. But other than my cousin’s kid, nobody showed up. What happened? There used to be this one Halloween years ago when it SNOWED and we still went out collecting candy and egging peoples’ houses.

What the fuck happened to Halloween around here?

This is ridiculous, man. We need to reclaim Halloween.

For Montreal users of public transportation only

Note: This concerns local interests so most parties outside of Montreal may not take notice.

Apparently due to some settlement between the Societe de Transportation de Montreal and some union group, the monthly passes are cheaper for the month of November. Now you can purchase your monthly passes for $61 instead of the usual $63. That’s right; you save a whole two bucks off. Goes to show how “generous” the STM just happens to be.

Of course, the part about all this is that in a couple months, the fares will raise again, ensuring that the STM will eventually get those two dollars you’ve saved this month.

Public transportation… sucks.

Happy Halloween, everyone.

Later.

Don’t Play This Game! It’s Controversial! (Or Not.)

I just read a report somewhere that attonery Jack Thompson, a longtime critic of video games, might face jail time for contempt in court due to his ramblings over the video game called Bully.

First thing that comes to mind is who’s Jack Thompson.  No, seriously. I don’t know who this guy is. Usually when I hear someone complain about a video game’s content, it’s usually incompetent parent organizations who would rather push censorship rather than regulate what their own kids play. If a guy’s name comes up and I don’t know him, goes to show how much of an impact he truly has.

Second thing that comes to mind is… this game Bully has controversial content? I better buy it then. I mean seriously. I absolutely love it when these people push a game into the limelight, telling consumers not to spend their money due to some hot coffee incident, and suddenly sales would spike because of it.

In a sense it’s similar to the MPAA giving free promotion to the pirate sites so that people, rather than avoiding them, will go ahead and download stuff off that site.

Of course, I don’t get why you’d want to download movies off the Internet. Sure, ticket prices are high these days, but would you rather pay twelve bucks for a clear picture and sound quality or download a video of some shoddy picture and camera work that a 3-year-old could probably outperform. It’s absolutely nuts.

But I digress.

It’d be interesting to see what comes out of this. But what really wacks me is that this Jack Thompson guy is apparently going after Midway because he is apparently creatable in the new Mortal Kombat game. Okay, so we can make a lawyer. Please, get over yourself. This is just an attempt to get more money off of people who’ve earned it. This guy, ironically enough, seems like a bully to me.

Then again, most religious groups tend to be.

I won’t go farther than that.

Later.

Kurt Angle Signs With TNA – Why Do You Look Surprised?

Anyone who has been to a wrestling website or has seen the recent TNA PPV knows what I’m talking about: former Olympian and former WWE champion Kurt Angle has signed with TNA wrestling. When people last saw Angle, he was fired by WWE so that he can heal. Roughly a few weeks later, he signs with the distant competition.

It’s not a big surprise. From the instant Kurt got canned, almost everyone was calling it. Some people saw through the transparent desires of doing MMA bouts and said he would show up on TNA.

So yeah, I can say I saw it coming… but not this soon.

I wonder what Vince is thinking now…

More on this later tonight…

No Words…

You know sometimes I tend write some funny shit here and sometimes I tend to write the stuff that people have no idea on what to make of it. Today’s post doesn’t apply to either one.

Earlier today, there was a gunfight at Dawson College in Montreal. Twenty people were shot, two died, and the gunman was also killed off. Sometimes, you just don’t have the words to properly convey what’s going through your head, knowing something like this happened around your neck of the woods.

Prayers go out to those affected by this tasteless tragedy.

You know what? I’m tuning out for the rest of the week.

The Flame Could Be Gone

Something has been happening as of late. I can’t really explain it and I don’t know why.

As you may have noticed, there have been few Power Ranger-related postings as of late. In fact, the last time I’ve touched upon the subject was in a Bite post and in a fanfic update that never came to fruition. I haven’t been overly critical of the recent series on air because I have yet to see it… even now, when the series is already halfway through. Could it be possible my interest in the series is finally waning?

Can’t be, because I still watch the old stuff from time to time. I still read the occasional fanfic (now if only I can haul my ass to write the stuff left hanging). So what happened? Could it be that the more recent incarnations have lacked any value for me to be even remotely interested?

I don’t know. But I’m sure I’ll find out soon enough.

Captain Wesley – Misconceptions and Sequels… Oh Dear God, No!

So a few months back, I had written this short little non-comedic piece called The Adventures of Captain Wesley Crusher. In simpler terms, a terrible event occurs in which wizkid Wesley Crusher, still in his child genius stage as depicted in the first season of Next Gen, is promoted to captain. Hilarity ensures, right?

Two reviews are posted and both of them tell me the same thing; that I wrote the story as is because I hate Wesley Crusher. Now, I’ve cleared things up with said reviewers in a calm, polite manner since their reviews were written in a calm, honest, and polite manner. But since there are obviously those who are going to assume the same thing, I felt the need to address the story on a public forum… namely mine.

Two things need to be cleared up: first off, I have no ill will towards the Wesley Crusher character. Sure, I thought he was a snotty child genius character, but over time, he evolved into a young officer-in-training who earned his stripes, got a fair chance to contribute as an officer, and eventually managed to forge his own destiny. He’s not my favorite character, but he’s not exactly number 1 on my death list, either.

Another thing is that I had written in the disclaimer that characters wouldn’t portrayed the same way as they are in the show. It’s a necessity since you couldn’t overexaggerate the more mature Wesley Crusher of the latter days prior to his departure, but his early-first season role as the child genius was perfect fodder. The ending was written that way because it had to be for a happy ending. Either that or he died, and I didn’t want to kill him. Now would I have done that if I hated the character? No, but then if I hated the character, I wouldn’t have written about him, much less made a parody of him.

And that’s my two cents. Hopefully this clears up some misconceptions you might have about the story. And now that we got that out of the way, anyone who thinks Captain Wesley is a story that will go away into obscurity… well, think again. For I’m in the planning stages (with a friend) to write another epic master

That’s right, kids. A sequel.

There are a couple of changes made in terms of the treatment of characters. Unlike the first “epic” tale, this takes place a couple years later when Wesley is a little more mature and responsible. This means all the bad jokes and ugly portrayals of the first story is out, replacing it with proper narrative (don’t get too comfortable – some bad portrayals have leaked through the shields). The other change is that the story will have a darker slant to it and no doubt the challenges will put our Acting Ensign to the test.

Now would I be writing a serious story about a guy I hate?

Saturday Night's Main Event Dead Last In The Ratings!

According to insidepulse.com, WWE’s latest edition of Saturday Night’s Main Event was dead last in the national TV ratings, earning a 2.65.

When approached about the news, the Orange Goblin had to say: “Well, you know somethin’, brutha? It shows that John Cena isn’t ready for the main event, dude! The main event should have been me wrestling Edge for the title and winning it again for the umpteenth time, jack! And the rest of the card would have been replays of my daughter’s cool video for the whole night, brutha! So whachagonnado, brutha?!”

Note that the above quote isn’t true. For the original story, click here.