Raithe

Well, it does beg the question of just what is the oldest profession.. warrior, prostitute, or politician.... Although some would say the last two are quite similar.

Is a cool film either way. Indeed. They had the guy who wrote Buckaroo Banzaii rewrite the script, and he used elements that he had planned for the Banzaii sequel in it.

There's stupid, and then there's this...

Mom had to go into the doctors today, now they're insisting she have an eyecheckup or she might have to lose her driving license. Thats going to hammer one of her methods of independence if it gets worse.

Big Trouble in Little China. Try watching it as if Jack Burton is actually the comic sidekick, not the main protagonist...

Happy Happy Joy Joy.. http://youtu.be/7YtvsxB9xQY

Andy Murray's outburst over the roof closure - First time a scotsman complained about a lock-in?

Sorting out a bunch of the things needed for switching broadband, tv, phone etc to Virgin Media. Running through the differences in terms & conditions and wotnot.. Man, it's unusually warm here for the coast. Well, the suns out, it's hot, and there's bugger all breeze which there normally is. We might get this sort of heat, but there's nearly always a breeze from the channel to add a nice wind chill effect... That still air and heat just combines to sap energy and make you drowsy if you're not careful.

Hiding from the varios and sundry hitmen types that the annoyed and envious members of this forum might be sending your way?

Hm, for those who might not have seen it yet.. An extended interview with chris avellone

http://youtu.be/An-_WttF490

I think it kind of stands out with Galt. You can go through the storyline up to that point as the whole, big, bad, professional Bounty Hunter with a code. You take your target, you don't get swayed, you capture/kill as the contract states and you don't break your word. They run through Tattooine pretty much laying the groundwork for you to be fairly irritated with his character and wanting to put a blaster bolt between his eyes.. run you up to that moment and boom. Suddenly you're faking his death, letting him be a crew member and ignoring the code you've been living by up to that point. Plus, he's a fairly annoying character as is.

Lines and quotes that I stumble upon as I wander around on the internet... “My experience of life is that it is not divided up into genres; it’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky.” "She was as welcoming as the local gestapo..." "Toykyo, Shibuya - Where Rule 34 leaves the Internet and Reaches the Real World" "Remember kids, you HAVE to follow your dreams. Because, well, otherwise... you could end up just like your parents and how frakked up would that be??" "Whoever says I'm an autocrat is clearly mistaken. I represent the height of representative democracy where everyone gets a vote. Mine just counts for more than all the other ones combined, when you read the final tally, that's all." "That's the beauty of democracy. If you can get everyone busy enough voting they will never see what it is you are really trying to do...." "Almighty God, please make me pass my exams. I know you didn't do anything to stop the holocaust, but I really want these qualifications." "If militant religions force you to worship at gunpoint, what does a militant aethiest do? run into a church with a gun and tell you not to pray? or going door to door and irritating people watching Wimbledon, by quoting Richard Dawkins and handing out blank pamphlets?"

The BH seemed to have some good ideas, but the execution kept falling through. Or railroading you along really silly routes. Although I guess there could be a fault to how they had to change it. As I recall, a lot of the storylines were originally written so that companions wouldn't automatically default to joining you. So it would be possible to turn them down or kill them or some such. But for various reasons during the beta period that got hammered out because people might get stressed over accidentally losing a companion when they didn't mean to, and since it's not like a save and reload environment..

Actually, ever since they combined the planetary commendations into one pool, this really isn't a hassle to keep gear up, you just go to fleet every other planet and pick up the assorted gear mods from planet y instead of planet x that you happen to be on/just completed.

Caught an old episode of Babylon 5. A View From the Gallery. Say what you like about Babylon 5... Sometimes the stories got a little ropey, the special effects might not have aged as well as others. But they did a whole lot more on a lot less budget, and they pushed the idea of a central story arc rather then purely episodic further then a lot of shows were doing at the time. Whilst the music Christopher Franke composed for it just always hits the right emotive notes without being blatant. Every now and again they'd do something to twist up the usual style like they did in this episode, following two characters who would basically be "extras" in the background of any other episode, a pair of maintenance workers doing odd work around the station and showing what the world looks like from their viewpoint. The main characters going around in the background, the overheard conversations and scenes with the "workers" commenting on this and that as they go about their day.

Despicable Me. Certainly a fair few wry smiles and half-giggles...

I actually knew someone who had been a cop for over a decade in New York, they really believed in helping people but got heavily worn away by the public attitude. It was interesting how cliquish the cops become to support each other in the face of that and cover each other's asses. Although it also got balanced by the cops concealing things to "protect" each other, but then handling it "internally" when it got out of hand. She actually transferred to Internal Affairs after being exposed to some "serious" corruption rather then the low-grade cop stuff. But when she did, lost over half the friends she had in other cops because of the attitude they have towards IA. Within a year the stress got to her along with the withdrawal of the usual cop support system that she quit the force.

"England had an Empire, we had fun. Russia had an Empire, they had fun. America has an Empire, have fun, it doesn't last....."

For some reason, in the past 6 or so months since I last played it and it worked perfectly with no problems then... Saints Row 3 randomly freezes up on my now. Usually during the cut scene at the end of a mission. So I end up having to alt tab out to hit the end process, restart, and then redo the mission once more..