Random Hoo Haasthe blog with the guff

“This is probably a stupid question, but do you hire real birds to make your chilli, or do you just get guys in costume?”

Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 11:55 am Comments (1)

… I asked the canary wearing a chef’s hat.

Today’s observation: I have no idea what last night’s dream was all about. It involved going go-carting with my friends; being invited to a group of medieval knights living in the mountains (who called themselves the Nigerian Knights, but had surprisingly few Nigerians); a group of canaries making chilli as a tie-in promotion for the Super Mario Bros. movie; and an arcade game based off M*A*S*H, with Game Over screens featuring shocking amounts of blood and gore from the main characters.

Today’s epiphany: My dreams have better writing than my actual writing.

Update!

Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 11:45 am Comments (1)

So, uh, I decided to go back to an unfinished project I started a little over four years ago. I sure hope somebody’s still interested in that stupid thing, otherwise I’ll have killed an afternoon for naught! (if anything, it’s better to have killed an afternoon for something you can still look at afterwards. You wouldn’t believe the evenings I’ve totally wasted in trying to complete campaigns of Left 4 Dead or Resident Evil 5 on the hardest difficulty)
Also, some sprites. That’s about it for the update.

“… he’s adopted.”

Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 7:14 pm Comments Off on “… he’s adopted.”

Went to see Avengers Assemble. Can’t say I was too disappointed, really. Expected some superhero rompy-time fun, and that’s precisely what I got.

Just for giggles, let’s see if I can save myself the time of recapping and let a picture do the talking.

… just pretend that the Hulk, Hawkeye and Black Widow are there, and they’re all gonna beat up Loki because he’s doing bad stuff, right? It’s close enough.
(I could’ve had the Hulk and Loki, but you wouldn’t believe the resale prices on their minifigures, it’s bloody sacrilege!)
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Half cop, half man

Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 2:18 pm Comments (2)

Watched all three RoboCop movies earlier in the week. Thoughts!
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Dream and friends

Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 11:13 am Comments (2)

I watched Inception on April 13. Here’s a review from then!
Heh. The internet has been raving up and down about it since its release… what, two years ago? I can’t even count the amount of Cracked articles there are about it, and apparently dubbing something mildly paradoxical as “[noun]-CEPTION” is the height of internet hilarity. Not to mention all the discussions that have erupted over it. I suppose there’s good reason to be nuts over it.
But you know me, I don’t really do anything everyone else is doing. Skyrim? Not for me – yet! Inception? Pfft, please! Using a combination of male and female sexual organs for pleasure and/or producing offspring? God, everyone’s been doing that! Let me know when people have found a way of making our genitalia into short-wave radio transmitters and then I’ll be interested.
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Back from the melting pot

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 10:40 am Comments (2)

Oh, hey. I went away to England for nine days to see my brother (who for those who like internet continuity, I mentioned was moving to England way back in early 2011). I thought of leaving a message, but I figure, who would notice? The blog’s been totally untouched for weeks at a time at this rate, and I don’t have the excuse of “I’m busy”. I don’t think watching more movies than I can remember, playing Rayman Origins all week and attending not one but two barbeques qualifies as being “busy”. That’s more akin to “chillin’ the hell out”.
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It don’t take any fuel ’cause the rocket’s in my pocket

Friday, March 30, 2012 at 11:20 pm Comments (7)

Bloop. Some updates! There’s Games I Own reviews, some music, a couple of sprites, and a Bomberman update that could’ve been a lot more substantial if I had the patience to work on it. Recapping a game’s content in a blank, encyclopaedic manner only has its kicks for so long. Sometime!
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Vestigial arms, romance and anatomy

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 3:16 pm Comments (5)

Went to see John Carter last night. Had no expectations, but definitely enjoyed myself – it’s not the far-out, totally alien sci-fi experience I’ve been interested in seeing on the big screen, but it’s a fun ol’ romp with some fantastic eye candy.

I’d be lying if I said I completely understood the story, though. At the core there’s a basic seen-it-a-million-times “white guy goes to another planet, has a unique power (jumping really high!) the locals don’t have and unites all the warring races against one bad dude, and probably gets the girl too if that’s the way he swings, and there’s some drama about whether or not he wants to go home that depends on how cool the new planet is.” And there’s also immortal dudes who can shape shift and dictate the course of the solar system, and they plot evil shit.
Okay, that probably wasn’t as basic as I thought it was, but you get my drift, surely.
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MATT DAMON IN DA HOUSE

Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 2:39 pm Comments (1)

That sounds really awkward. Could you imagine going to a rental store and having a bunch of movie stars lurking about? Traipsing about and listening in on customer chatter? Uncomfortable.

And restocking shelves is bad enough, but having to pat Hugh Jackman on the back and tell him that being in Happy Feet wasn’t a bad idea sounds like a rough job for any rental store employee.

“Who are you calling a you-you?”

Monday, February 27, 2012 at 5:04 pm Comments (1)

I have been sleeping terribly these past few days, and feeling like rotten hell to boot. If there’s one upside from this, I’ve been having rather outlandish fanfiction-esque dreams relating to TV shows.
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