Bangai-o. Yes indeed. Found at a pawnshop. You can kind of see the sick minds at Treasure deciding that Gunstar Heroes was all well and good, but really you should be able to fly around in a giant mech and shoot hundreds of missiles at a time. With fruit.
posted by Andrew Sarazin at 3/23/2002 06:40:56 PM

Oh, I also mean to post a review to the Wiki over the weekend sometime. I'll leave you in suspense as to what the review is on. I haven't actually finished the book, but I intend to.
posted by Andrew Sarazin at 3/22/2002 09:30:42 PM

Speaking of which: I think I'd like to try a Greg Egan novel sometime. And also maybe give Ken Macleod another try.
posted by Andrew Sarazin at 3/22/2002 09:27:20 PM

Got a 1998 *Year's Best SF" anthology (the Gardner Dozois edited variety) remaindered for a couple bucks. Should be fun to dig into over the next couple weeks.
posted by Andrew Sarazin at 3/22/2002 09:21:02 PM

Have you ever noticed how the people living below you who practice their music at night never actually play a song? They just play random notes in succession, with no melody or rhythm. And they never stop, like they're between songs. They just keep playing constantly.
posted by Andrew Sarazin at 3/21/2002 08:16:50 PM

On this subject:

I was not a great Johnnie. I contributed little to most of my classes, and I can't say I had much of an impact on anyone, particularly in my junior and senior years, where I was just barely scraping along.

When I think back, though, I'm glad I went to St. John's. Part of that I think is actually due to the disappointment of discovering that St. John's made a lot of it's most "successful" students into pretentious neurotics.

I guess it's because I brought something to St. John's that was "me", and I left with it. St. John's helped me to work with it, and understand it, but it didn't chip away at it until I was Johnny Me.

I don't actually think about St. John's much nowadays. But I still think about my friends, and I still think about the Great Books. And that's a good thing.
posted by Andrew Sarazin at 3/21/2002 06:45:27 PM

I have this weird habit. Whenever I find some more efficient or labor-saving way of doing things, I think to myself, "Saves wear and tear on the old repulsors." This can be traced back to an issue of Iron Man I had as a kid. In it, Iron Man protects Spider-Woman from these guys the government hires to capture her (it's a long story). Iron Man takes one of them out with his chest beam, and utters the above quote. It wasn't a very good issue, actually.

I can remember this, but I can never remember where I left my keys.
posted by Andrew Sarazin at 3/21/2002 06:06:04 PM

Ok. If you want to understand why I don't read internet movie news sites anymore, click here. WARNING: very bad words, do not read at work.

Anyway. In the words of Seth, "I have no mouth, yet I must crap."
posted by Andrew Sarazin at 3/20/2002 05:49:50 PM

I read this funny LA Times article about an afghan psychiatrist today, but I can't find it online. I did find this, though, as a text ad on Google.
posted by Andrew Sarazin at 3/20/2002 05:34:24 PM

So it's been over a week at my new job, and I still feel like a newby, constantly looking over my shoulder to see if I've really screwed something up.

Oh well. At least I'm getting paid.
posted by Andrew Sarazin at 3/19/2002 09:24:22 PM

Well, the fonts are a bit off from last time but I can blog again.

I need to find something to do with this time between work and sleep that is somewhat productive. Otherwise I'll work for a year and not get anywhere. My problem is this: writing and using a computer at work all day makes me want to avoid touching either at home. And I don't really have any other goals right now.

I need goals. And stuff.
posted by Andrew Sarazin at 3/19/2002 09:07:59 PM

Ok. The blog is working again but comments are down. I will fix this when I get back from work. In the meantime, ponder my strange, obsessive comics sidebar, organized by day.
posted by Andrew Sarazin at 3/19/2002 07:06:03 AM

I'm trying to update my template but Blogger is being reticent. Egh.
posted by Andrew Sarazin at 3/18/2002 10:16:40 PM

I guess it isn't so much the interface as the lack of a compelling way to manipulate the content. It's all there, and it's very good, but it's delivered in kind of a bland fashion. If I'm paying for it, I kind of feel like I should be able to affect how it's delivered to me (at least in a fluid medium like the web). Ah well, it's still well worth it.
posted by Andrew Sarazin at 3/18/2002 07:35:31 PM

Modern Tales is pretty cool. They seem to get a couple new comics every week or so. I kind of feel like subscribing, but the lack of a decent interface has left me with a vague sense of unease. Ah, what the heck, I'll plonk down 3 dollars and try it for a month. 3 dollars- less than a wendy's value meal, you know? If I like it, I'll buy a year. If I don't, I guess I lost the chance to enjoy a delicious spicy chicken sandwich.
posted by Andrew Sarazin at 3/18/2002 07:18:09 PM

Pong ultraviolence. (flash required)
posted by Andrew Sarazin at 3/18/2002 07:04:30 PM

It's a beautiful day today. I think I'll spend some time outside.
posted by Andrew Sarazin at 3/17/2002 11:53:29 AM

Hmmm. Just discovered that if I hold my shift key down and move the scroll-y wheel thingy, it scrolls more slowly. Neat.
posted by Andrew Sarazin at 3/17/2002 11:50:18 AM