Turning you on to the greatness of Geektopia

From the same guy that pushed Buffy the Vampire Slayer onto me (thanks DrMaustus) comes my next favorite television series I’ve seen the in the past few years; Veronica Mars.

Well, I’ve finished watching this 3-season series now, and all I can say to sum it all up is, wow - what a great show. I know it’s not full of geek-lore, vampires, zombies, elves, dwarves, computer hackers, robots, space ships, time travel, alien races, space exploration, or anything of that sort… but this series is really great.

So - what is this series? It’s a detective series, really. I never imagined I would really enjoy a detective show so much though, it’s not really my thing. But Veronica Mars is a smart, well written, cleverly put together series with enough well played out characters that the show just grows on you and hooks you but-good.

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This summer I mentioned that I’d watched the Watchmen Motion Comic on Blu-ray and really enjoyed it - well there’s another set of motion comics that are coming down the pipeline this fall, one of which started mid-August.

And who is behind this new motion comic endeavour? It’s none-other than Marvel.

The first comic to get the specialized animation treatment is Spider Woman - and while I have never been a great fan of the Spider Woman character, I have to say that after watching the motion comic music video to promote the comic, and then sitting down to watch the first episode (currently available for free on Marvel’s motion comic site - though that might change soon) I’d have to say that this medium appeals to me greatly.

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Ooof - it’s been a while since I got to writing. While I am sorry about that, I’m discovering that job hunting is exhausting along with energy draining.

What makes it worse is that I spend my time looking for work on the same PC I write posts on, and writing AGR posts and cover letters were starting to blur… it was getting disturbing.

I was starting to fear that I might send out a job application and start talking about Felicia Day in it, or link to a cool, yet slightly inappropriate, video - I have to be careful that the lines never blur so that I don’t find myself working at… wait a minute, perhaps that is exactly what I need to be doing! Adding the cool things I come across online to my cover letters, this would guarantee me to find work - right?

If only it were that easy.

Ah well, the job hunt goes on and Karnatos finds himself tired. All is well though! On the plus side, since it has been a while there are a good number of things to check out this week - enjoy!

• Lego Mini-Fig Cake Mould
• Star Wars: A New Hope Lego Chess
• Official Photo of Charisma Carpenter on Legend of the Seeker
• They Might Be Giants: Meet the Elements
• Do You Want To Date My Avatar (Second Life Adaptation)
• Star Wars: Luke Skywalker by ~Mystic-Oracle
• Fear of the Living Dead - Trailer One

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I watched a movie yesterday that I completely stumbled into by accident; Wing Commander. If that does not ring any bells, it’s a movie based on the same video game franchise by Chris Roberts.

Sadly I missed the first 15 minutes of the movie, and I don’t see it scheduled to play again anytime soon… but I don’t think I missed too much, other than introducing characters and perhaps a cool space battle… gah, now I wish I’d seen those 15 minutes!

I’ll avoid spoilers for the most part, in case you’ve not see the movie - but it’s about a young 1st Lieutenant Christopher Blair and his friend Lt. Todd ‘Maniac’ Marshall and their fight in the Kilrathi-Terran war.

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Today was pretty much a write-off.

While I did get some job hunting done, I was really under the weather and wishing I could speak with my normal voice… sadly I spent the day possessed by someone that speaks with the same verbiage as me but sounds something like a cross between a chain-smoker and an over-excited schoolboy going through puberty; I could not get 4 words strung together without my voice cracking or wisping into silence, which would be truly entertaining were I not be looking for work and preparing for interviews.

As I lie on the sofa, I flipped through the movies I’d recorded on the PVR, hoping there was something half-way interesting… and what I got was far more than that - this movie was simply fantastic.

I’m not sure who has, and who has not, heard of Let The Right One In. I’ve been aware for this movie for some time now, and as things are with several movies out there, I’d always meant to find the time to watch this one. I pulled down the blinds, grabbed a blanket, and curled up on the sofa to watch yet another movie.

[ yes-yes, mild spoilers after the jump… but I do keep them mild ]

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Yesterday I spent the day today trying to feel better - seems I’ve picked up some sort of bug. I had the chills all day accompanied by cold sweats, stuffy nose, and a very slight fever… perfect for job hunting, really.

Well, I managed to find a couple spots to apply to, and once I’d sent off copies of my resume I needed to relax, vegetate, and hoped that a couple of Tylenols and a short rest on the sofa would help cure my craptastic state.

As my luck would have it Stardust was going to be on, so I set up the PVR to record (in case I fell asleep), made myself some tea, and plopped down to watch a movie.

I’d always meant to watch Stardust - I remember when it came out that people I knew were surprised that I had not gone to see the movie. Well, a couple of years later and I’d still not seen Stardust, it was time for me to sit down and watch.

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