Posting in freefall

Of course, by you I mean me.

I never thought that a scant week and a half ago I would be saying that I was in love and that she would love me. My entire life has changed for the better. I was at work a couple of weeks ago where all of a sudden I discovered that a certain young lady that I work with had set her sights on me. Now I was certainly surprised since I have never seen myself as that attractive to the opposite sex. It turns out that I was wrong about that! This young lady (who I will refer to only as S) came in to the extra shift that I run and made quite clear her intentions. Me being the chicken that I am decided not to do anything about it that day. The next day however I had discovered some secret reserve of courage and asked her if she wanted to come over to my place after work. She agreed, one thing led to another and I discovered certain skills that I never knew I had.

Now I am really, really, really happy. The only real downside to this is the fact that she is married and has a kid. Oops! You can't stop love though and I won't stand in its way. I'll just let it sweep me away.

Because with a love like that, you know I should be glad.

(and I am)

What TV show(s) will you be watching this season? Why? 
Submitted by ducnly.vox.com.

Too many this year. Right now I am watching; the various Law & Orders, Prison Break, I'm going to try out Heroes, Kidnapped, Jericho, Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip, Justice which I'm probably going to drop unless they have a guilty client sometime soon and I think thats about it. Oh, I'm also watching the returning prime time cartoons on Fox even though The Simpsons and Family Guy aren't very good this season.

Crank

No, not the drug, the movie! I just got back from seeing it today and I have to say it was one of the most enjoyable experiences I've had in the theaters in a long time.

The plot is that Jason Statham is a hitman for a West Coast crime syndicate. He wakes up one morning to find that he can't see straight and his chest hurts. Watching a DVD that was left on his TV he discovers that a young Turk in the group has given him the "Beijing Cocktail" which cuts off of his adrenal gland and will eventually stop his heart. The only way to keep alive is to keep moving.

Now, if this premise sounded silly to you that is because it is. However it is the execution that is so great. Crank redefines high energy in a bombastic style that will get your heart pumping. Chock full of violence with a dash of nudity, Crank is the kind of movie that just isn't made anymore (if it ever was in the first place.)

British comic god Warren Ellis (known for super-techno series such as

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Is writing a new series called NEXTWAVE. What is NEXTWAVE, you ask? It is quite simply the funniest comic being published right now. In the comic itself, NEXTWAVE is a group of 5 individuals assembled by the Highest Anti-Terrorism Effort, aka H.A.T.E. Which in itself is led by a complete madman by the name of Dirk Anger.

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The team's members are all D list characters from Marvel's past. The leader is Monica Rambeau who has formerly gone by the name Captain Marvel (no not that one) and was during one point was the leader of the Avengers. The funny thing is when she was removed from the Avengers and replaced by Captain America the writer at the time decided that she needed to be shown as completely incompetant. Which means this page is a pretty accurate representation of their treatment of her.

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The others are; Tabitha Smith aka Meltdown or Boom Boom, Aaron Stack the Machine Man (a self aware android who has been redone in the style of Bender from Futurama,) Elsa Bloodstone who comes from a family of monster hunters and The Captain aka Captain **** who is pretty much the only hero who is original for the series.

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The series runs in two issue story arcs. So issue 7 that just came out last week is the start of a new story. Marvel is supposed to be releasing a trade collection of the first six issues soon, so if you want to start reading it now is the best time.

Check it out its exactly what it sounds like. You take an image of yourself (or whoever you want to mock) and then upload it through their java applet. After some mucking about you can then transform your picture using the different settings. I started with this one:

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And ended up with this:

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Using the El Greco transform tool.

I just read one of the best webcomics ever. Its name is 5ideways and it is about the world going wrong. A truly multimedia experience it combines music, sound and animation to do things you really don't expect. Despite its short length, its still ongoing and doesn't have a regular update schedule, it is well worth checking out.

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So CHECK IT OUT

Be sure to go to the extras page to hear some really great MP3s.

GiveIn

Peter Gresser

What magazines do you subscribe to, and why?

None.

I used to have a couple but the internet is much, much more usefull. I mean, why read something that is a couple of months old by the time you get it when you can use the internet and get up to the minute information?

The only thing magazines usually have that the internet doesn't is exclusive interviews and I really don't read those to begin with.

I dyed my hair black this weekend as you can see from my new picture. When I took it I discovered that I have a really big head. Seriously, its fucking huge look at it!

The only problem I forsee is when I go back to work tomorrow everyone is going to make a big damn deal about it. My coworkers treat me like a child sometimes, its very annoying. Yes, I am the youngest guy at my company, but I am the assistant supervisor.  Bah!

And you should too. Right now the two major comic publishers (DC and Marvel) are putting out some of the best written and drawn books in the history of comic books. The only real problem is that everyone feels the need to be in the middle of huge meta events so the books aren't very new reader friendly. Oh well.

In my opinion the very best writer out there right now is a Scotsman named Grant Morrison. He is the master of magical realism with a dash of drugs. Right now he is almost exclusively with DC. He has been writing some of their major events like 52 and Seven Soldiers.  If you want to read some of his best work I would suggest picking up

The Filth

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The Invisibles Vol. 1: Say You Want a Revolution

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Both really excellent books.