Okay, so now I've been asked twice "what the fuck is this strip about?" Well, more precisely, I was asked, "So what is under the tarp" and Rini said, "context? what the heck is this about?"

Nothing really cryptic about it. I was driving home from work one day and this flatbed truck is in front of me in the lane going from I394 heading east to I94 going east... or south... or wherever the fuck it goes. Anyway, there was this huge half-sphere shaped object sitting underneath this big dark tarp on the back of the truck. I knew that if this was the X-Files, there'd be some sort of mutant-alien sperm beast underneath it.

On other notes I've started playing that Dark Age of Camelot thing that the kiddies are raging about. I'm not really one for playing online games (ignore my early 90's MU* addiction... I'm warning you, just drop it), but this is just cool. I mean, they have siege engines. That and an archery system that actually requires a bit more strategy than point-click-kill.

But the big thing that really made me pick the game up was that it encouraged player interaction and teamwork. Plus it seems to have a programming staff that actually cares about making the game deep instead of a simple "get as much stuff as you possibly can" fiasco like Everquest. I'm not saying that DAoC is a perfect MMORPG, but at least it does a pretty good job of keeping people from doing PK stupidity to show the size of their penii through their online personas.

That's what EfNet is for.

i have nothing really to rant about. well, actually i do. i always have something to rant about. i make dennis miller look like an amateur, he just gets paid more.

evangelion. now, i haven't seen that much of it, only about 10 eps (dubbed *shudder*) and that horrible movie. did i mention FUCKING HORRIBLE???? ok, just checking. saw it several years ago fansubbed at a convention. GODDAMN FUCKING RIP MY GODDAMN EYES OUT, RAPE ME WITH A CRUCIFIX, FUCK JESUS HORRIBLE!!@#%^$#%^&#

best thing about the entire movie was nijyo's comment after 15 minutes of live action power lines, "brought to you by northern states power company!" the crowd cracked up. i figure, that about sums it up.

now, most of my friends out here in denver are anime snobs and elitest. you say "fansub" and they shudder and curse at your in japanese that was used in the meiji period. you should hear them curse the name evangelion and how gainax is anathema. well, not really, not especially now since gainax is nearly bankrupt...oh, wait, did i let that slip? heh. sorry.

that leads me to FLCL. fucked up, i say. too much angst. can gainax make one fucking series that doesn't have ANNNGGGSSSTTT in it? oh yeah, they blew their budget with nadia. now, mind you, i liked nadia, i also like kare kano, but, fuck me up the butt with a crock-pot:

AAAAAAAAANNNNNNNGGGGGGSSTTTTTTTT

gag me with a rectal thermometer.

and shinji, grow some fucking balls. my stuffed teddy bear has more balls than shinji. as the immortal bill hicks sez, "take another look, oh yeah, PIECE OF SHIT!"