I've decided I want to learn PHP. I was looking around at freelance programming jobs, considering earning a little money on the side if I could do it, and I found that most of the jobs on the site were calling for people to do a PHP script. Apparently PHP and MySQL database are closely tied together and it's a highly marketable skill. I'm not sure how I'm going to go about it yet. I could just get a book and try and learn it myself in my freetime. I could look around the Computer Science department, ask the ACM guys, to see if someone could teach me. I could do a little of both, that'd probably be the best idea. I've decided that I want to add that to my arsenal though.
By the way, PHP is the stupidest acronym I've ever seen.
PHP stands for - PHP: Hypertext Preprocessing
Let me break that down for you.
P stands for PHP
H stands for Hypertext
P stands for Preprocessing
They call it a "recursive" acronym. I think they must have done it because HP was already taken.
Speaking of that. A friend told me, I can't remember who, the reason for the lame change of Sci-Fi channels name to SyFy. Apparently they couldn't trademark Sci-Fi because it was too generally used as the name for the genre. They did it so they can have a name they can trademark and slap on their B movies.
ARSENAL:
Main Weapon: Java
Type: High-level applications
Sub Weapon: C++
Type: High-Level applications
Sub Weapon: COBOL
Type: Business Data Processing
Accessory: HTML
Type: Internet Formatting
Accessory: Flash
Type: Interactive Presentations
Accessory: Photoshop
Type: Image Editing
Artifact: BASIC
Type: Outdated High-Level Language
Aquiring:
Visual Basic - GUIs
MIPS - Low-level Assembly Language
*new* PHP and MySQL - online databases
why'd I list that? I don't know, just felt like it.
I started this really generic RPG, but it's so generic and cheesy that's it caught my attention. It's very colorful and has catchy music too. It's called:
Lufia and the Fortress of Doom (SNES)
Yep, legendary heroes, evil beings called Sinistrals... Very, very generic.
If you can't tell, I'm kinda ADD with my games. I like to have options when I decide to pick one up.
Games I'm working on:
Megaman ZX
Sword of Mana
Scribblenauts
Blackthorne
Lufia and the Fortress of Doom
Games I might pick back up soon:
Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga
Metal Slug 7
Final Fantasy Tactics A2
Lovin' the lists tonight. So I gained a few levels in Lufia.
And then...
I thought I'd head to the bar to recap my latest adventures and search for new work. Notmos Eisley has the best joints to get Spaceweiser and Captain Morgan's. Captain Morgan went on to a sucessful career as a space pirate after his supposed death on Earth. That's why they drink his rum out here.
I ordered a rum and coke and began remembering how I recieved a lead to the Planet of Reeva. The planet had been completely uninhabited. My contact Ash was a green haired hottie. together we disabled three security robots to collect a Refractor Crystal worth a large amount of money.
Ash...
I had learned that her sister Lee was accused of destroying the planet Reeva in a power struggle with her planet Kattox, leading producer of Refractor Crystals.
That was right before she died. A robot-ninja lopped off her head. Her body mysteriously crumbled into ash. By the way, I found a more elegant pouch to keep her ashes as opposed to the tupperware container I originally kept them in.
I sold the Refractor Crystal to buy a wooden spaceship I wanted, but I still need more money to get the thing spaceworthy.
That's one of the reasons I came to this bar in Notmos Eisley. This seedy joint was the best place to pick up lucrative jobs. I looked around the room.
An alien scratching his tentacles,
a blue skinned girl (looking for a good time),
a ninja-robot getting drunk...
Wait a second. It couldn't be. He's getting drunk? He's a robot.
It was definitely the same robot from before. A big grin came over my face. I couldn't resist this.
I slapped him on the back, "Hey buddy, wazzup?"
"I have failed my mission, I lost the..."
"Yes?"
"You! You're the one who did this to me."
"Guilty"
"You're the ONE who did This to ME!"
"You're drunk."
"No, I'm malfunctioning. I'm not supposed to put liquids into my system."
"So. How's things?"
"Rematch."
"Excuse me?"
"I challenge you to a rematch. You will acquire another refractor crystal to replace the one I guarded and I will take it from your dead hands."
"Why would I do that?"
"These."
He held up a transparent box the size of a wallet. It glittered with a strange light that wriggled and moved in an organic manner.
"They're nanobots. They can repair and maintain spaceships, even WOODEN ones."
"How did you know that?"
"Internet. You purchased it online."
"Fair enough, but it was enough trouble getting the first Refractor, how am I going to get another?"
"Head to Kattox. They're the leading producer. You're a pirate right? Be... creative."
"Deal. I steal a crystal and you show up with those nanobots. Last man standing gets both. Where and when ninja?"
"The name is Jack, Jack Haley and Kattox, top of the Fraction Building, day of the solar eclipse."
"I look forward to killing you, Jack."
I'm gonna die.
Until next time fellow pirates.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Actually Friday
It's the weekend! I'm sleeping in til noon tommorrow. Hua! (Marine corps style)
Every good work of fiction needs plot twists. If everything in a book is something we'd expect then we get bored pretty quick. But there's different types of expectations and suprises.
People don't like "What they expect" in a book because that makes the book too easy to figure out and doesn't tell them anything they don't already know.
But people do like "what they've been waiting for" in a book because if you've been building something up then you gotta let it down somehow. Don't leave 'em hanging.
People also like "what they don't expect" in a book. This gives them a sense of something new and leaves them wanting more. However, if you're twist is too unexpected then people will find it "cheap" or "random" and feel like you took the easy way out.
So, the literary sweet spot for a plot twist is:
"What they expect not to expect"
When something happens that the reader didn't see coming, but completely understands why it happened, that is the sweet spot. It's not easy to set up. The process of setting it up can often clue the reader into what is going to happen or the lack of set up can make the twist, too random. If you get it though, you're readers will love you for it.
I've been reading Stephen King's, "The Dark Tower." No sweetspots in this book yet. It's kinda random, but like I said, people do like the unexpected, just not as much as the expected unexpected. But he's been building something and I don't know what it is yet.
The ACM is still thinking about working on an augmented Pac-Man game, where you walk around with a Pac-Man helmet on and the screen shows the grid as if it was in real life. It's an interesting project, but I think it's a bit too lofty and misdirected. I was kinda hoping they'd all be working on a real computer game and I could get my hands dirty on a real programming project.
I went to ACM movie night tonight, but no one was there, maybe it got canceled.
And then...
I spent several days pirating with the crew again. During that time I looked up a necromancer to take Ash's remains to.
Necromancers aren't bad guys, and being undead isn't that bad either. You're not dead. Yes you have a craving for brains, but with a good support group and the patch you can get over that pretty quickly. Fine, think what you want, but I thought it was worth a shot.
The necromancer took the tupperware container of ashes and looked it over. He picked up the powder and rubbed it between his bony fingers. He was a gaunt fellow in a long black robe.
What'd you expect?
He stood there in contemplation for a while and then handed the box back.
"I can't resurrect her."
"Because..."
"Because she is not really dead. I'm not really sure how or why, but she's not. Trust me, I'm an expert."
"Will she ever be ali... Will she be sentient... Will she ever be humanoid again? Yea, let's go with that one, humanoid."
"She may possess the powers of the Phoenix. If so she will rise from her ashes, I assume, but I cannot tell you when."
"That's not good."
"I thought you wanted her back?"
"Yea, but I didn't expect it to happen. We kinda spent all of her share of the treasure we found."
"Change your name? Move out of the galaxy?"
"Naw, not again, this time I'm just gonna tell her and try to pay her back."
"Keep her remains with you. When she reincarnates, she will be disoriented and need someone to care for her until she recovers, probably."
"Thanks doc."
"One last thing, be careful. When she emerges, she will have the power and fiery fury of the Phoenix and only an animalistic instinct to survive."
"Like a woman scorned."
"Indeed, now if you'll excuse me, I have a skeleton army to raise in the first step of my conquering the galaxy."
"You have fun with that, you crazy necromancer."
He seemed like he was guessing. I didn't really believe him, but I was keeping the ashes with me anyway, until I could find someone who knew what they were doing.
I was busy right now. I bought a ship! A wooden spaceship designed after 17th century sailing vessels. It was in disrepair, but a few more lucrative missions and I'd have enough to get it running. I decided to head to Notmos Eisley and look for some jobs.
Until next time fellow pirates.
Every good work of fiction needs plot twists. If everything in a book is something we'd expect then we get bored pretty quick. But there's different types of expectations and suprises.
People don't like "What they expect" in a book because that makes the book too easy to figure out and doesn't tell them anything they don't already know.
But people do like "what they've been waiting for" in a book because if you've been building something up then you gotta let it down somehow. Don't leave 'em hanging.
People also like "what they don't expect" in a book. This gives them a sense of something new and leaves them wanting more. However, if you're twist is too unexpected then people will find it "cheap" or "random" and feel like you took the easy way out.
So, the literary sweet spot for a plot twist is:
"What they expect not to expect"
When something happens that the reader didn't see coming, but completely understands why it happened, that is the sweet spot. It's not easy to set up. The process of setting it up can often clue the reader into what is going to happen or the lack of set up can make the twist, too random. If you get it though, you're readers will love you for it.
I've been reading Stephen King's, "The Dark Tower." No sweetspots in this book yet. It's kinda random, but like I said, people do like the unexpected, just not as much as the expected unexpected. But he's been building something and I don't know what it is yet.
The ACM is still thinking about working on an augmented Pac-Man game, where you walk around with a Pac-Man helmet on and the screen shows the grid as if it was in real life. It's an interesting project, but I think it's a bit too lofty and misdirected. I was kinda hoping they'd all be working on a real computer game and I could get my hands dirty on a real programming project.
I went to ACM movie night tonight, but no one was there, maybe it got canceled.
And then...
I spent several days pirating with the crew again. During that time I looked up a necromancer to take Ash's remains to.
Necromancers aren't bad guys, and being undead isn't that bad either. You're not dead. Yes you have a craving for brains, but with a good support group and the patch you can get over that pretty quickly. Fine, think what you want, but I thought it was worth a shot.
The necromancer took the tupperware container of ashes and looked it over. He picked up the powder and rubbed it between his bony fingers. He was a gaunt fellow in a long black robe.
What'd you expect?
He stood there in contemplation for a while and then handed the box back.
"I can't resurrect her."
"Because..."
"Because she is not really dead. I'm not really sure how or why, but she's not. Trust me, I'm an expert."
"Will she ever be ali... Will she be sentient... Will she ever be humanoid again? Yea, let's go with that one, humanoid."
"She may possess the powers of the Phoenix. If so she will rise from her ashes, I assume, but I cannot tell you when."
"That's not good."
"I thought you wanted her back?"
"Yea, but I didn't expect it to happen. We kinda spent all of her share of the treasure we found."
"Change your name? Move out of the galaxy?"
"Naw, not again, this time I'm just gonna tell her and try to pay her back."
"Keep her remains with you. When she reincarnates, she will be disoriented and need someone to care for her until she recovers, probably."
"Thanks doc."
"One last thing, be careful. When she emerges, she will have the power and fiery fury of the Phoenix and only an animalistic instinct to survive."
"Like a woman scorned."
"Indeed, now if you'll excuse me, I have a skeleton army to raise in the first step of my conquering the galaxy."
"You have fun with that, you crazy necromancer."
He seemed like he was guessing. I didn't really believe him, but I was keeping the ashes with me anyway, until I could find someone who knew what they were doing.
I was busy right now. I bought a ship! A wooden spaceship designed after 17th century sailing vessels. It was in disrepair, but a few more lucrative missions and I'd have enough to get it running. I decided to head to Notmos Eisley and look for some jobs.
Until next time fellow pirates.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Dirty Little Secret
Patrick Swayze, teengirl heart-throb actor, died recently from cancer at the age of 57, I think. I'm saddened by this. Keep it a secret, but I thought Patrick was a pretty good actor. A friend of mine tried to help me hook up with this friend of hers that was a lesbian. It didn't really go anywhere, as you might imagine, but they both forced me to watch Dirty Dancing and I thought it was a really good movie. So now you know, don't tell anyone, like I just told you, random person reading my blog. That's my only guilty girly pleasure, I'm not a fan of Gilmore Girls or anything, Who said that? (Nobody technically, I'm writing all this.)
Some guy in my computer lab was telling me that Final Fantasy Dissidia was a really good game. This is a request to any of my friends reading my blog. Any of you played it? Post comments if so. I'm not dying to know, I don't have a PSP and don't really intend on getting one.
I think the DS is a better system, the games I've seen played on PSP have long loading times and often small text. I'm not that fond of the touch screen, but it's better than the Wii motion controls. However, I think the DS's combined screens have more area than the single larger PSP screen. Before I saw the PSP in action I thought it was going to be better. I liked the UMD media better than the tiny DS cartridges and the media capabilities of the PSP were attractive. I liked the PSP's joystick, but my friends have told me it messes up often.
Today was really dull. I sat through two classes of teachers telling me what they were planning on assigning at later dates and going over material we had already covered. I went to the ACM meeting, but the only interesting thing was that the fighting game tournament they were planning on hosting has been postponed. Woo hoo. But hey, maybe I'll have a more entertaining weekend. Oh yea, Friday, well it'll be over with before I know it. I watched an episode of SG-1 about a computer virus alien that infected the brain of Major Carter, (she's hot) but it ended with them beating the virus and getting Carter back and there really wasn't anything interesting in between. I think there might have been some message about making peaceful contact at any cost or something, but it was more about seeing Amanda Tapping shoot lightning from her fingertips. Yeah.
And then...
I warped back to warp point resting in the hallway before the refractor room. Last time I was in the refractor room and had an urge to jump out. As I suspected, the ninja-robot was standing directly behind where I was standing before I warped. I could see that if I had so much as blinked instead of warping I would have been sushi.
Now was my chance, probably the only one I would get. I charged the thing with my sword raised high and my pistol firing shot after shot towards the thing. The robot took the first shot in the back, nothing he could do, but he whirled around and blocked the next shot with his sword. Yea, they do that. He retreated into the refractor room, lept onto the wall above the door and continued to climb to the ceiling. I kept a sharp eye on him and fired off another round. He jumped onto the tower in the center of the room so fast it was just a blur flying from one side the room to the other.
He stood on the wall as if he was standing on level ground and held out a single hand.
"Enough." His voice was deep and sounded synthetic.
"Your ability to move faster than my sensors can indicate clearly outmatches my own abilities. I will surrender, for now. I must seek out new abilities to better protect the main power unit."
He didn't realize how my warping power was limited. He couldn't, N.O. can't be detected by machine. Most people can't feel it at all. He tossed a small orb down in front of me. I tried to shield my eyes, but I was too slow. The bright flash disoriented me and when I got my vision back, he was gone.
"Does someone need my help?" a brassy superhero-ish voice rang out behind me.
"Captain Comic here and...AHOY! Firstmate Keelhaul! You've taken too long getting back. Do you need HELP?"
The guy sounds like a Buck Rogers knock-off and his pirate lingo is so forced that it sounds like he's desperately trying to fit in. Besides his demeanor, he's a good captain, and I could have used him in that fight.
His blond wavy hair looks like it was squirted out like toothpaste. His large muscular physique is wrapped in a glaring red jumpsuit with oversized white gloves. A big "Blastola Cola" endorsement is pasted on the front of the suit depicted a soda can with an explosion on it. He's always smiling with this huge Colgate smile that either says he's a really good guy or says that he likes you, a lot, too much.
"No thanks cap'n. I had deal with a ninja-robot, but it's taken care of. My contact was killed, do you have an urn? I'd like to take her ashes to have someone look at them."
"You cremated her? Man, you work FAST!"
"No I... Nevermind, have ye an urn or not?"
"I've got a tupperware container on the ship, but let's get this haul of booty here first."
"I want fifty. I did most of the work."
"Twenty." "Forty." "Twenty-FIVE!"
"..."
"Forty it is."
Until next time fellow pirates.
Some guy in my computer lab was telling me that Final Fantasy Dissidia was a really good game. This is a request to any of my friends reading my blog. Any of you played it? Post comments if so. I'm not dying to know, I don't have a PSP and don't really intend on getting one.
I think the DS is a better system, the games I've seen played on PSP have long loading times and often small text. I'm not that fond of the touch screen, but it's better than the Wii motion controls. However, I think the DS's combined screens have more area than the single larger PSP screen. Before I saw the PSP in action I thought it was going to be better. I liked the UMD media better than the tiny DS cartridges and the media capabilities of the PSP were attractive. I liked the PSP's joystick, but my friends have told me it messes up often.
Today was really dull. I sat through two classes of teachers telling me what they were planning on assigning at later dates and going over material we had already covered. I went to the ACM meeting, but the only interesting thing was that the fighting game tournament they were planning on hosting has been postponed. Woo hoo. But hey, maybe I'll have a more entertaining weekend. Oh yea, Friday, well it'll be over with before I know it. I watched an episode of SG-1 about a computer virus alien that infected the brain of Major Carter, (she's hot) but it ended with them beating the virus and getting Carter back and there really wasn't anything interesting in between. I think there might have been some message about making peaceful contact at any cost or something, but it was more about seeing Amanda Tapping shoot lightning from her fingertips. Yeah.
And then...
I warped back to warp point resting in the hallway before the refractor room. Last time I was in the refractor room and had an urge to jump out. As I suspected, the ninja-robot was standing directly behind where I was standing before I warped. I could see that if I had so much as blinked instead of warping I would have been sushi.
Now was my chance, probably the only one I would get. I charged the thing with my sword raised high and my pistol firing shot after shot towards the thing. The robot took the first shot in the back, nothing he could do, but he whirled around and blocked the next shot with his sword. Yea, they do that. He retreated into the refractor room, lept onto the wall above the door and continued to climb to the ceiling. I kept a sharp eye on him and fired off another round. He jumped onto the tower in the center of the room so fast it was just a blur flying from one side the room to the other.
He stood on the wall as if he was standing on level ground and held out a single hand.
"Enough." His voice was deep and sounded synthetic.
"Your ability to move faster than my sensors can indicate clearly outmatches my own abilities. I will surrender, for now. I must seek out new abilities to better protect the main power unit."
He didn't realize how my warping power was limited. He couldn't, N.O. can't be detected by machine. Most people can't feel it at all. He tossed a small orb down in front of me. I tried to shield my eyes, but I was too slow. The bright flash disoriented me and when I got my vision back, he was gone.
"Does someone need my help?" a brassy superhero-ish voice rang out behind me.
"Captain Comic here and...AHOY! Firstmate Keelhaul! You've taken too long getting back. Do you need HELP?"
The guy sounds like a Buck Rogers knock-off and his pirate lingo is so forced that it sounds like he's desperately trying to fit in. Besides his demeanor, he's a good captain, and I could have used him in that fight.
His blond wavy hair looks like it was squirted out like toothpaste. His large muscular physique is wrapped in a glaring red jumpsuit with oversized white gloves. A big "Blastola Cola" endorsement is pasted on the front of the suit depicted a soda can with an explosion on it. He's always smiling with this huge Colgate smile that either says he's a really good guy or says that he likes you, a lot, too much.
"No thanks cap'n. I had deal with a ninja-robot, but it's taken care of. My contact was killed, do you have an urn? I'd like to take her ashes to have someone look at them."
"You cremated her? Man, you work FAST!"
"No I... Nevermind, have ye an urn or not?"
"I've got a tupperware container on the ship, but let's get this haul of booty here first."
"I want fifty. I did most of the work."
"Twenty." "Forty." "Twenty-FIVE!"
"..."
"Forty it is."
Until next time fellow pirates.
Friday-like, Wednesday
I'm still tired. I wanted to post, but I'm gonna keep it short. I had two exams yesterday and one today, but the good news is I'm done for the week, with exams I still have class. Classes are gonna be booring with all the teachers just lecturing and no assignments or tests but hey no work. I have some stuff that'll need to be done by sometime next week and I'll probably get a jump on some of that, but nothing urgent.
Oh, oh, listen to this, I got stuck in my apartment this year because I tried to sign up for a good room deal, an early bird special, my friends kinda led me into. They both bailed on me, one of them really tried to help me out, but the office staff just wouldn't let me go. This is all just background, what's cool is that because I signed up early, I got a $200 gift card! Cha ching! I guess it's not so bad living here after all. The random roommate they stuck me with ain't a bad guy either.
Okay, so I played some Blackthorne on the SNES, great game I'll review it later, maybe tomorrow. I finally got past the underground area.
And then...
I warped back to Reeva, but not in front of the ninja-robot where I'd likely get split in two from his next blow, but to the room where we fought the giant robot.
Ash had started to grow on me. I still can't believe that she died in my arms. Actually, I guess she was probably dead before she hit my arms given the decapitation. I still don't understand why her body crumbled into dust either, the sword the ninja was using looked like an ordinary katana, maybe adamantine like my sabers, but still nothing disintegrating.
I had a pistol in one hand and a saber in the other. This ninja could be anywhere. As I walked, every once in a while I would duck just in case. I heard this improves your odds. I walked down towards the area where we had passed. I would check around corners before walking down them and I would walk very slowly and listen. All I could hear was the sound of my own not-so-stealthy footsteps.
The hallway where the ninja attacked was dark and the walls were littered with pipes and machinery to hide behind. I checked carefully before entering the area again. The ninja wasn't here, I knew he wouldn't be here probably. I kneeled next to Ash's ashes, ha, wait that's not funny. I made sure to keep my head up so I could see the ninja coming, hopefully. It was still there scattered across the smooth metal floor. Fine gray powder that clumped a little. It didn't have an odor. It was just dust. I'd collect it all later once I had defeated the ninja-robot.
I continued down the hall in my usual fashion. At the end of the very same corridor the ninja had attacked us in, was a huge room. In the center of that room was a mechanism as big as a nuclear cooling tower. It looked like one too, but a little square window on the front was open and inside it I could see a huge ruby colored refractor crystal. It was as big as a microwave oven. It however did not look like a microwave oven, much more like a crystal, yep.
Just then I had a sudden urge to warp back to Earth, I listen to those types of urges and ask questions later. It helps. Sometimes.
Until next time fellow pirates.
Oh, oh, listen to this, I got stuck in my apartment this year because I tried to sign up for a good room deal, an early bird special, my friends kinda led me into. They both bailed on me, one of them really tried to help me out, but the office staff just wouldn't let me go. This is all just background, what's cool is that because I signed up early, I got a $200 gift card! Cha ching! I guess it's not so bad living here after all. The random roommate they stuck me with ain't a bad guy either.
Okay, so I played some Blackthorne on the SNES, great game I'll review it later, maybe tomorrow. I finally got past the underground area.
And then...
I warped back to Reeva, but not in front of the ninja-robot where I'd likely get split in two from his next blow, but to the room where we fought the giant robot.
Ash had started to grow on me. I still can't believe that she died in my arms. Actually, I guess she was probably dead before she hit my arms given the decapitation. I still don't understand why her body crumbled into dust either, the sword the ninja was using looked like an ordinary katana, maybe adamantine like my sabers, but still nothing disintegrating.
I had a pistol in one hand and a saber in the other. This ninja could be anywhere. As I walked, every once in a while I would duck just in case. I heard this improves your odds. I walked down towards the area where we had passed. I would check around corners before walking down them and I would walk very slowly and listen. All I could hear was the sound of my own not-so-stealthy footsteps.
The hallway where the ninja attacked was dark and the walls were littered with pipes and machinery to hide behind. I checked carefully before entering the area again. The ninja wasn't here, I knew he wouldn't be here probably. I kneeled next to Ash's ashes, ha, wait that's not funny. I made sure to keep my head up so I could see the ninja coming, hopefully. It was still there scattered across the smooth metal floor. Fine gray powder that clumped a little. It didn't have an odor. It was just dust. I'd collect it all later once I had defeated the ninja-robot.
I continued down the hall in my usual fashion. At the end of the very same corridor the ninja had attacked us in, was a huge room. In the center of that room was a mechanism as big as a nuclear cooling tower. It looked like one too, but a little square window on the front was open and inside it I could see a huge ruby colored refractor crystal. It was as big as a microwave oven. It however did not look like a microwave oven, much more like a crystal, yep.
Just then I had a sudden urge to warp back to Earth, I listen to those types of urges and ask questions later. It helps. Sometimes.
Until next time fellow pirates.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Zot! and other stuff
Zot! was a comic series written by Scott McCloud. Scott wrote a book called "Understanding Comics" that I would recommend everyone who is interested in comics takes a look at. But today's post is about his work in Zot!
Zot! has a lot of emphasis on romance, so if you can't stand mushy stuff then don't bother with this. The comic isn't just a romance though. The titular character Zot is a superhero from another world. He kinda feels like a mixture of Adam Strange and Superman.
Zot's world is almost perfect, free from most crime and natural disasters. Every once in a while a supervillain will attack which is where Zot comes in to defeat them. Even the supervillains are almost supposed to be there just to keep people from being bored.
Zot suffers from some culture shock when he travels to our world and finds that it's not so perfect. The story focuses on his relationship with a Earth girl named Jenny who has some confidence issues and often thinks about living in Zot's world.
I bought the Zot! paperback trade. Some of the issues are just cheesy fun, but most of them deal with interesting psychological issues and Scott uses various art styles.
I have heard from SOMEONE, he knows who he is, that the Penny Arcade people don't like Scott McCloud. I think Scott may have some Quentin Tarintino qualities to him. He makes really good work, but he might think a little too much of himself. I don't let that sorta stuff get in the way of me enjoying things, but I'll leave that to your individual discretion.
On what happened in the last few days, I have yet to get that book from the bookstore. Tomorrow after class I'm going to go in there and if I don't get my book, I'm gonna ask to talk the manager. I'm never ordering a book from the bookstore either. I've got a lot of tests this week coming up so you'll have to forgive me if the blog is a little spotty.
I beat Advance Wars: Days of Ruin. My friend, SOMEONE, gave me some advice that really helped me beat the last level. I worked on some of the extra levels today.
And then...
I made the most angry face I could at Ash. As stated before, it was rather difficult to do this.
"I just had a nice, but rather lengthy, discussion with a nice old man for the Intergalatic Bureau of Investigation. They're on the lookout for the girl who killed the inhabitants of the people of Reeva."
Pause.
"You wouldn't happen to know who that is, WOULD YOU?"
"Listen Keelhaul, I know who killed Reeva, I think, but you don't and neither does the Bureau. I'll tell you who that old man is looking for. He's looking for my sister, Lee. But she wouldn't... didn't do this."
"Fine, but we have to wrap this up here, becuase I get the feeling that old man is going to plan a trip here real soon... with backup."
"Okay, but the last robot guarding the crystal is more dangerous than those last two. This robot is designed to use stealth to avoid intruders and perform quick killing blows."
"A robot-ninja? Great, number one killer of space-pirates."
"Like you said, we better hurry."
We began our march closer to the main power chamber. Even I could tell where we were going now. All the cables were leading into it. As we walked down the corridor, I snickered.
"What?"
"Ash and Lee? So together you're Ashley?"
"Yes, my parents thought it was funny too."
Just then the robot-ninja fell from the ceiling and severed Ash's head from her shoulders. The head dropped to her feet. Her legs gave way and her headless corpse fell into my arms.
I panicked. A little.
As I was screaming with my eyes wide open in horror. Her body crumbled into fine gray powder. Not a bad time for a relaxing trip back to Earth.
Until next time fellow pirates.
Zot! has a lot of emphasis on romance, so if you can't stand mushy stuff then don't bother with this. The comic isn't just a romance though. The titular character Zot is a superhero from another world. He kinda feels like a mixture of Adam Strange and Superman.
Zot's world is almost perfect, free from most crime and natural disasters. Every once in a while a supervillain will attack which is where Zot comes in to defeat them. Even the supervillains are almost supposed to be there just to keep people from being bored.
Zot suffers from some culture shock when he travels to our world and finds that it's not so perfect. The story focuses on his relationship with a Earth girl named Jenny who has some confidence issues and often thinks about living in Zot's world.
I bought the Zot! paperback trade. Some of the issues are just cheesy fun, but most of them deal with interesting psychological issues and Scott uses various art styles.
I have heard from SOMEONE, he knows who he is, that the Penny Arcade people don't like Scott McCloud. I think Scott may have some Quentin Tarintino qualities to him. He makes really good work, but he might think a little too much of himself. I don't let that sorta stuff get in the way of me enjoying things, but I'll leave that to your individual discretion.
On what happened in the last few days, I have yet to get that book from the bookstore. Tomorrow after class I'm going to go in there and if I don't get my book, I'm gonna ask to talk the manager. I'm never ordering a book from the bookstore either. I've got a lot of tests this week coming up so you'll have to forgive me if the blog is a little spotty.
I beat Advance Wars: Days of Ruin. My friend, SOMEONE, gave me some advice that really helped me beat the last level. I worked on some of the extra levels today.
And then...
I made the most angry face I could at Ash. As stated before, it was rather difficult to do this.
"I just had a nice, but rather lengthy, discussion with a nice old man for the Intergalatic Bureau of Investigation. They're on the lookout for the girl who killed the inhabitants of the people of Reeva."
Pause.
"You wouldn't happen to know who that is, WOULD YOU?"
"Listen Keelhaul, I know who killed Reeva, I think, but you don't and neither does the Bureau. I'll tell you who that old man is looking for. He's looking for my sister, Lee. But she wouldn't... didn't do this."
"Fine, but we have to wrap this up here, becuase I get the feeling that old man is going to plan a trip here real soon... with backup."
"Okay, but the last robot guarding the crystal is more dangerous than those last two. This robot is designed to use stealth to avoid intruders and perform quick killing blows."
"A robot-ninja? Great, number one killer of space-pirates."
"Like you said, we better hurry."
We began our march closer to the main power chamber. Even I could tell where we were going now. All the cables were leading into it. As we walked down the corridor, I snickered.
"What?"
"Ash and Lee? So together you're Ashley?"
"Yes, my parents thought it was funny too."
Just then the robot-ninja fell from the ceiling and severed Ash's head from her shoulders. The head dropped to her feet. Her legs gave way and her headless corpse fell into my arms.
I panicked. A little.
As I was screaming with my eyes wide open in horror. Her body crumbled into fine gray powder. Not a bad time for a relaxing trip back to Earth.
Until next time fellow pirates.
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