Random Hoo Haasthe blog with the guff

Mask of the Phantom

Friday, September 3, 2010 at 1:34 pm Comments (1)

Oh, the irony. The very day after I made explicit notes to myself to begin a regime of backing up my files more consistently and to make routine check-ups of my computer’s wellbeing, it gets a virus and I have to spend the whole day doing countless scans to remove it. Aren’t computers great? I’ll use that as my excuse as to why I could only post the August 28th entry now rather than, you know, on August 28th.
Earlier this week I couldn’t think straight. I could barely remember what I’d actually done each day, and I’d struggle to remember if I was even productive at all. Did I try and work on any of my projects? Or did I sit on my ass and play games all day? The truth eluded me like the movements of a troublesome wasp, and I could do naught but curse myself for my slothsome folly.
Eventually I blamed it on the box art of the Phantom DVD.
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Machete vs. Scorcher

Saturday, August 28, 2010 at 11:52 pm Comments Off on Machete vs. Scorcher

I watched Tropic Thunder with the folks. Padre was under the mistaken belief that it would be the perfect movie for mother to watch. Cue an opening scene where people are blown up, a man’s hands are reduced to charred stumps, and all manner of grotesque imagery. Still, I don’t think it was quite as all-around shocking to her as, say, Team America: World Police. Great wisdom on picking that one, father!
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Sherlock Holmes in the Demonstration of Explosive Diarrhoea

Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 11:09 pm Comments (7)

Watched O Zango de Baker Street, or The Portuguese Sherlock Holmes as my dad and I decided to dub it. Being a foreign film that I don’t think has even had an official DVD release over here, I had absolutely no expectations aside from maybe a dude in a deer hunting hat showing up. It’s a quirky and mildly enjoyable watch, but I admit the primary feeling I felt after seeing it was “they could’ve done it so much better.”

Women are being murdered in Rio de Janeiro and a priceless violin has been stolen, and since the local detective isn’t doing a great job of cracking the case, here comes Sherlock Holmes and the stereotypical doddering comic relief incarnation of Doctor Watson to try and solve it!
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“It’s like turning your radio dial to K-I-L-L.”

Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 3:50 pm Comments (1)

Wouldn’t it be hilarious if that previous entry was the last one ever?

Just been busy with work lately, so I wouldn’t be surprised if August slips us by without a single update. As always I’ve got a fair few ideas of stuff I want to do, it’s more just a matter of having the time and the motivation to go ahead and do it – two things work does a fantastic job of sapping out of me. I’m almost thinking it might just save us all a bit of heartache if I put the site on hiatus (as in an official hiatus, not one of my unofficial “holy shit I forgot about the website for like six weeks, what am I gonna do?!” hiatuses) and come back when I’ve got something to show. I mean, it’s not like I have much to blog about either!

Well, I did watch Dark Angel a few days ago.
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Cause of death: Stabbed by a balloon

Monday, August 16, 2010 at 3:57 pm Comments (3)

How did I manage to cut myself on a fucking ketchup bottle? Honest to god, I’ve got a feeling my purpose in life is just to find the bluntest objects in existence and then find a way to injure myself with them.

Alpha Mike Foxtrot

Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 6:17 pm Comments Off on Alpha Mike Foxtrot

There are times, especially when I don’t watch the news, where every day feels the same and when I notice it my daily life almost feels like some kind of unbelievably boring time loop. Like Groundhog Day, except I’m making vain comparisons to a film I haven’t even seen. It really doesn’t help that it seems for weeks, if not months, Yahoo! Mail has had the same news piece about “South Africa denied dream start by Mexico” in its top stories box. For weeks. I think they sometimes changed the country name, but it otherwise did a fantastic job of feeling trapped in a time anomaly while simultaneously remaining aware that the few remaining days of the year are just slipping by like plastic bags in the wind. Thanks a lot, Yahoo! News.
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King of the Limbo!

Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 6:49 pm Comments (1)

So, I tried the demo of Limbo, some 2D platformer that people are claiming to be the new definition of artsy fartsy, all because it doesn’t have music or colour.

(Thanks to Codie for reminding me how appropriate this picture is, and also how terrible my arms are)
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Castlevania: Disenchantment of Multi-player Nonappearance

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 8:39 pm Comments (7)

Castlevania: Harmony of something-beginning-with-D is out! And I only heard about it last month! So, what’s it like?

Well thanks to the wonderful world of game demos I can’t actually tell, as I haven’t bought the game and the demo offers only the first level with Alucard as the sole playable character. I can get behind that. It may not be cool, but that’s just how the world of demos is run.

I’m not so appreciative of the fact that it doesn’t offer the multi-player mode. What the hell? That’s like shilling a Sonic game without the speed, or a Metal Slug game without the bullets.
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An ample amount of observations

Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 2:42 pm Comments (1)

Today’s observation: I have only just discovered that the diarrhoea song actually goes “it’s hot and it’s runny and it’s not very funny.” For all my life it was “and it’s very very funny.” Kind of explains a lot about myself.

Today’s lingual observation: Man, what’s up with the word diarrhoea? It’s already an awkward word, but the British spelling adds that totally superfluous O that just makes it look even more repulsive.

Today’s less amusing observation: Just when I think I can’t hate the internet more than I do already do…
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Who wants to hear the nags of an indecisive webmaster?

Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 11:50 pm Comments Off on Who wants to hear the nags of an indecisive webmaster?

Haven’t been up to much at all lately, I’m afraid. Life is mildly busy – mildly busy in the sense that I have stuff to do, even though said stuff is not exactly interesting, productive or even worth bothering with, but I guess just doing it is better than raising a stink about the issue. I suppose saying life is mildly boring would’ve been more accurate. My current events have been mildly boring. Perhaps on the verge of moderately boring!
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