Monthly Archives: January 2011

I hate work

Man, I go on a prolific writing spree in December and completely eat dirt in January. It’s been brutal at work for the passed 3 weeks, just a never ending mountain of work. The worst is over I think, but there could still be some nagging left overs this coming week. And more snow. MORE SNOW. It’s like 1985 or something. Spring can’t come soon enough.

Quick mention for WTF with Marc Maron. It’s a brilliant podcast from a brilliant stand up comic, Marc Maron. Like any stand-up with his salt out there, he’s nuts. But he does some of the greatest interviews. He’s pushing 150 episodes now, each with a different comic (there are some 2 parters though, Judd Apatow, Louie CK, Carlos Mencia). You can get it from his website, through Itunes and the Zune marketplace. check it out.

How To Train Your Dragon the Review

Dreamworks Animation makes a winner of a movie! Hiccup, the black sheep of his Viking family, befriends a dragon. A first, to say the least. Vikings are dragons have been feuding for generations and as Hiccup discovers, everything they know about dragons is wrong.

An adaptation of the book of the same name, it’s a really cute story with some great characters. The art an animation in this movie is head and shoulders above anything they’ve done before. The art style is great an unique, the dragon designs in particular are really brilliant. They have this 3D illustrated look that reminds me a bit of Blizzards style of artwork. The animation on the people can look a little odd sometimes, but the work on the dragons is terrific. And the effects? The fire and smoke look real. The clouds! Look at the clouds!

Even though the story is very predictable, it’s still a really fun kids movie. Really well made, I’d love to see a sequel.

New Year

After missing a full two months of any updates here (the longest ever, I missed 1 full month once before a few years ago) I made December a prolific one. Didn’t realize how much stuff I had stored up, feels good to write on a more regular basis. You really do get rusty, I was really flowing by the last updates I did.

No New Year resolutions, as I have done for awhile now. Why ball it all up for a goofy line at the beginning of a year? Just impress yourself every chance you get.