Have that book/game/movie washed and send it to my tentFollow

I'm always looking for bad movies. Sometimes intentionally bad, but I prefer ones that are meant to be good and are genuinely bad. We're talking Troll 2 or MST3k type stuff.

Hmmm, I just occasionally try and grow something different. I got a hibiscus plant late last summer. It was a sad looking thing on sale at Home Depot. Hibiscus i read can't tolerate the winters, so I found a spot in the house that give about as much sunlight as I could get inside but didn't think it would thrive with the shortened day.

I moved it back outside last week. Yesterday it blossomed with 5 big red flowers. I should take a picture.

There's so much great new music these days, I can't keep up. Mostly I'll check out stuff my daughter links me that I find on NPR or stuff I hear here. This reminds me though, Connor Oberst (Bright Eyes) has a new album you can get a first listen in it's entirety HERE - probably only for a couple more days.

New food item....Sometime over the winter I bought chia seeds - not to plant but to use in parfait like things. I liked the parfaits (mostly greek yogurt and oats), but didn't like the chia seeds. Now I'm wondering if i can plant them, but they're probably sterile. They were expensive.

Oh here's a new one we discovered and have indulged in over the winter. There's just two of us now so when we make pancakes or waffles there are always lots of leftovers. I freeze them flat (in the case of waffles I'll quarter it as well) then stick them in freezer bags. You can pull them out individually and toast them. Home made Eggos basically.

Just finished watching Breaking Bad from start to finish. It was like a show on TV that felt more akin to reading a good book you just can't put down. I've never seen anything like it. It has this way of building up and building up until there's these moments where you almost jump out of your seat with your jaw on the floor. The people they cast for their roles could not have been more perfect. I think it's something like 62 one hour long episodes all on Netflix.

I just started reading the Dresden Files again. I left off at book 3 but started over at 1 to get refreshed on the charcters. What a friggin great read!!!

Watch the first episode at least. After that, at least watch the first season. Then at least watch season two. Then at least all the things.

Edit:

It took us about two weeks to finish it all. I know some people who accidentally the whole thing over one weekend.

Edited, May 14th 2014 5:21pm by Kuwoobie

62 divided by 24 is 2.59 days. That's one hell of a weekend.

I've been playing Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag. You have lots of fun being a pirate and every now and then the game ****-punches you and says "Why don't you pretend to be an office worker instead with some guy yelling at you to play Frogger so you can hack files? Wouldn't that be a great break from sailing the Spanish Main and taking frigates?"

Playing Rift and Sims3, listening to 20-year-old music, went outside and flew a kite on Monday. New stuff is for kids and hippies.

Peg+Cat released their 2nd season though, so I've seen a good amount of that with the little ones. Cat is awesome.

Huh, same, though for a completely different reason - my sister lent it to me somewhat forcefully. I enjoyed it, though I wasn't too hot on the ending. It's very long, but if you like somewhat pulpy fantasy scheming with an interesting premise then you, meaning Samira, might want to check it out. Maybe not, though. Who can say for sure?

If you stop and check it, it asks you if you want to pause. You don't collect items unless you're moving, so it kind of encourages you to at least slow walk when you're not in RUN FOR YOUR LIFE mode.

It also keeps those moments pretty sparse in the first couple of episodes, in case you aren't in good running form. I think the first mission only has you running seriously for 2-3 minutes every 5-10 minutes, ish. They also have a 5K training variation that is designed to gradually ramp you up for a race.

The voice acting in the radio broadcast portions is top notch, too. All UK voices if I'm picking up the accent right.

Here's the website: Zombies, Run!

Edited, May 14th 2014 2:01pm by Catwho

Zelazny? I read all of those when I was in high school, I think.

This is part of my problem, with fiction. When I find a writer I like, I devour everything I can find by them - which has resulted in some very embarrassing court orders; but never mind that.

You weren't the kid that ran away to live with Piers Anthony were you?

Yes, Roger Zelazny. With these darn pirated electronic documents the authors name doesn't show up much. Also I just saw on the Wiki that the Chronicles are a collection of 10 books not 5. I guess I'm on book 8.

Any kid who ran away to live with Piers Anthony would be at risk, I think. That guy was seriously creepy, or at least a lot of his writing was disturbingly rapey.