Some random thoughts and stuff....

Hey there everyone. Time for me to put some thoughts down on to paper and let you, the gentle reader decide how nuts I am.

First off, on a rather personal note, my birthday has come and gone. Yes, I know you are crying in your beer at the thought of not getting me that elusive present. But fear not. I know that you are out there somewhere in the nether regions trying to find a piece of sanity. I only wish that you have a better birthday than yours truly did. It wasn't the worst by any means, but didn't really make me go, "wow am I glad I was born" either. Now, I need to preface this by saying my family has been there for me more times than I can remember. I love them to death and would do just about anything for them. But they really don't understand me. I am not really all that complex, but for some reason, my family just doesn't see it. I know I sound ungrateful. I feel that way too, after all I should be happy I have a family that is close by and willing to put an effort into getting me anything. This will not change in anyway how I feel about them. If it did, I would be one shallow, vain asshat. So now that's of my chest, let's move on.

The trailer for THE DARK KNIGHT has been released. My copy was a bit choppy, but was still enough to get me moist. Check out my good friend Shawn's (naked imagination on the right) website for more info. On a related note, the IRON MAN pictures I have seen posted really have me jazzed to see this. I thought the casting of Robert Downey Jr. was a good call from jump street, and so far it looks like I was actually right on something, for once.

The big comic-con was this week in San Diego. Lots of big news comes out of this magilla, and the one I really got happy about was the casting of Star Trek movie. It's a prequel ( and yes I know that ENTERPRISE technically is a prequel, sheesh dad!) to the original series. The one casting that I have heard of is that Zachary Quinto (Sylar from the show HEROES) is going to play Spock. This is great as I think he can pull off the silent, understated control needed to play the greatest Vulcan ever. I just hope it doesn't take him off of HEROES for too long. That show was really good and has the potential to only get better.

Lastly, this weekend is a big deal in Baltimore. Cal Ripken is being inducted into the Hall of Fame. Some of my family members have made the trek up there and all I can say is:Congrats Cal!

Now, go play in the hot sun and get all sweaty. Remember, showering together can be fun!