Mindless Juices

5/22/05 I've got a few geeky things to talk about: So, I just finished watching Episode III. I LOVED catching as many geeky details that I could. Sure, everyone notices how "this" ship is the predecessor to the Tie Fighters or "that" one is the predeccessor to the X-wing. But, do they notice the capital ships of The Republic resemeble Star Destroyers? Do they notice Senator Palpatine working on the Death Star's schematics? How about the fact that the droids are entrusted with Captain Antilles? If you don't know why Captain Antilles is important, you're not a Star Wars geek. If you want to know, post a comment. George Lucas is not a great writer. There were some horrible lines, but the characters and their backgrounds are huge, especially when you consider where they all end up eventually. Chewbacca was second in command... let's say, a General maybe? Who knew R2 was such a battle veteran? Consider the fact that he knows it all. Well, he knew a lot... a lot more than he ever let on. The Jedi-on-Jedi battles were a little tough. Especially the one with the droid Captain. Lucas had a beutiful thing with all the bad guys having red light sabers. Fight scenes get a little hard to follow when both (or more) blades are blue or green. ------------------------------------------------------------------- The other night Sabrina and I caught the end of American Idol. It was the episode where they show some of the really bad people who tried out. They were showing clips from Pop Idol, the British original. They were showing geeks and all was well and good until the sort of picked one out. He was the "ultimate nerd." Well, he fit the bill. Glasses, poor attire, and he couldn't sing. He wasn't horrible, but "Great Balls of Fire" really needs a piano backup. He had a Ph.D. in something mathematical. The "judges" asked him questions like, "Why is a smart guy like you trying out to be an idol when you could do great things?" The answer is, it's his dream. Well, Simon doesn't do dreams unless it can make him more money. Now, know this: I am not a Simon hater. I could care less about the man. But, he broke this geek. It was like the episode of The Simpsons when Lisa breaks Ralph's heart on TV and Bart records it and plays it back for her. You could see the moment his heart broke. It was so sad. So, so very sad. It hurt me. It hurt my wife. You just hate to see that sort of thing. And we weren't anticipating it. It's not like when you see a movie and you know something bad is going to happen. This was sudden. One second, the poor geek was handling things and the next, his dreams were snuffed, his spirit was robbed and his heart was demolished. And we hated watching it. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 5/22/05 I haven't played Everquest 2 for two weeks. There are several reasons, but it mostly that I've been busy with other things. Babysitting, my beautiful wife needs the computer, or I just wasn't in the mood. Yes, there are times that I'm not in the mood to play video games. So, after 14 days, I hopped back on and had some fun. I just wanted it stated for the record that, I hadn't played for two weeks. If anyone wants to know about this wonderful game, please let me know. I get free trial offers from Sony to give to friends about every 3-6 months.