Hairuku For Youruku

Woop, pow, surprise! Well hello there! Its been a while, hasn't it?

Anyway, in honor of National Poetry Month I think its hairuku time! 'What is a hairuku?' you ask. Its a haiku/poem/slam poetry/freestyle hybrid of sorts. There's no particular meter or rhyme scheme it has to follow. It can make sense, have varying degrees of depth, or it can be totally absurd. Regardless its all about fun! A great excuse to feel like you have the ability to wax poetic. As a matter of fact that's how it came about. One night The Wil! over at AIR & G had an incredible urge to spit hot fiyah beatnik style while wearing her lil beret. I of course didn't help by serving as her introduction, clearing my throat and saying 'hairuku' sharply and japaneseque with a bow. We decided they should all end with the line 'All is rosy and grey' (though we do differ on our spellings of 'rosy' and 'grey', not that that has any relevance). I won't promise that there will be more of these this month in particular. I mean we'll see and all. This definitely won't be the only one on here though! More will follow eventually.

Onward to the hairuku! This one was inspired by some wrapping paper I found while helping my sister shop for a gift for a wedding shower. It had nice words pertaining to love and marriage written on it. As a matter of fact it was one of my favorites when I used to work at a card shop and we had it in store. My sister asked me what it said and I summed it up terribly...'Love is something, circle like a ring, drop it like its hot'. Now it goes a little something like this:



*clears throat*
Hairuku! *bows*



Love is a stranger
Love is a fool
Love is a verb, love is a verb
Love is...something

Circle like a ring
Drop it like its hot

All is rosy and grey





Now go ahead and sip on some of that while you make like a mirror and reflect *winks*

Conan Greetings Via The Floo Network

So its Christmas Eve. I'd like to say I'm up right now because I'm just THAT excited for Christmas (well I am...to an extent), but that's not why. I do hope you all-assuming people read this-have a lovely holiday though.

Anyway, its been a little cold here recently in my part of Florida. But I don't have a fire place. Don't have one either? Conan's got you covered! Head on over here to experience the warmth. (Ok not literally, I just wanted an excuse to use an Incubus lyric, but still!) There's a nice fire, a nice jingle, and randomositous Conan O'Brien for your viewing pleasure. You'll also be safe since you won't have to worry about your house burning down!

I think I'm gonna put this up tomorrow to greet all of our Christmas visitors! Or jack my bro's lighter and just pop out yelling 'Hey everybody!' and look like Conan does.


*Bonus points if this reminds you in a weird strange way of Harry Potter talking to his godfather! Double bonus points if you use it to talk to Sirius Black, or at least rig it to connect to the rest of the Floo Network!*

Merry Christmas-Boys II Men cover 'Iris'~Goo Goo Dolls

 Boys II Men are making a comeback! Schkloopin around on the internetery today and came across this video of their recent visit to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Apparently they have a new album of covers. I'm a sucker for covers-especially when they're done right. With it being Boys II Men and they haven't been around in a good minute I was excited.
 THEN, I saw they were covering 'Iris', and I was ready to die! That's one of my jams from back in the day! That song can come on right now and my sisters and I will break out in song with our best voices (well their best, my closest to John Rzeznik best, but still!) without even thinking about it...and I don't like to sing! I had to watch the vid.
 THENNNN, I watched it, and I did die from an overload of amazingly super spectacular! Watch it, and if you do not like it you deserve to be back handed, by the 90's, TWICE, straight to the 90's where you can do some homework! And I don't want you to come back until you get straight A's in Boys II Men and Goo Goo Dolls!! Shoooot.



They still sound good even though Michael isn't with them anymore. *sniff* And Wanye tie is killin it!


And just for the heck of it, here's the original for you to enjoy:



And John Rzeznik's hair & jacket were killin it in this vid!

Play Incubus' Chuck Head Defender!

                                                             

So I bought the 'new' Incubus album Monuments and Melodies a bit back (pre-ordered it as a matter of fact) and I FINALLY made my way around to downloading the available content from The Vault. Before everything in The Vault was unlocked you had to play this fun little game called Chuck Head Defender to unlock everything before it was available. I lazed around and thought about it, but never got around to it. Since everything's unlocked now I figured I'd still play anyway. I mean, HELLLOOOOO?!! Its a freaking Incubus game! WITH CHUCK! He's only the best non-member, band mascot, Brandon's dad, killerest mustachioed dude ever! 'Nuff said yo.
 I totally suck at the game but like I said, Chuck game=life so it was fun anyway. I've put it up on the bloggage so you can scroll down and play right here. Or you can play here, wha'ev. You still unlock stuff but I dunno what good it'll do you. Well you can listen while you play. But still!! Have fun blasting away at Incubus asteriods in space...with Chuck's head.

Street Fighter IV 'Snuggie'

So my friend showed me this a few days ago via gizmodo 

found on kotaku (and like EVERYWHERE else)

I was like 'What?! Street Fighter snuggie?!'. And I laughed a lot. Then I contemplated one! I'm not usually one to be all like 'Waaahhh, I'm cold AND lazy =( ' (usually just the lazy sometimes), and when I am actually cold, covering my feet usually helps. As far as some sort of practicality I have no reason to use, need, or want this. But I think I do!

found on Capcom Unity

The good old internetz has been driven mad by this thing. People have either been like 'Wtf are you kidding me?! LAAAAAME!' or 'OZMGZ I WANT IT! Where can I buy?'. Well, as far as I've seen there still isn't anywhere official of sorts to buy the Street Fighter IV cozy (get it right folks-cozy, not snuggie) per se. But it seems the folks over at  Capcom Unity have one to give away. If you're looking to get it simply hop over to their page, leave a comment about which Street Fighter IV character should or shouldn't be wearing it, and hope that you're the one who's randomly picked. Then prepare to Spinning Bird Kick cold across the face.

New Astro Boy Trailer!

So, yesterday a new trailer for Astro Boy came out. I'm so excited for this movie! I swear I'm like one of the only people I know that likes Astro Boy. People are kinda like 'Oh, I don't wanna watch that, its OLD! Mehh! Give me shiny and newwww!' But its Tezuka!! I liked it even without knowing this and not knowing Osamu Tezuka's and Astro Boy's significance. It makes me sad when people dismiss it 'cause its black & white or how old it is. Its such a great story regardless. Hopefully this new and improved version will garner more fans and give old school Astro Boy a boost. The animation looks amazing! This new trailer shows off a little bit more of the movie than the other one did-more robots, Dr. Tenma, more voices (Nathan Lane!!). October should be here now!

So, in case you haven't heard, Disney bought Marvel

Or is buying it rather. Whatever. This is blowin up the internet yo. I first heard about it either when someone I follow tweeted about it or on yahoo uk . Then Supercon-a comics/anime/animation/gaming convention-asked peeps how they felt about the merger. A lot of people weren't happy.
Honestly, at first I was like 'WTF?!?! Disney's buying Marvel? Why exactly? o.O' Then I was like 'NOOOOOOOO!!!!' But me and the House of Mouse have a hot/cold relationship. I mean when you think of Disney you think of kiddy shite and princesses, not superheroes. But that's exactly why they want Marvel. The Yahoo article mentions that they're looking to appeal more to and draw in boys since Disney tends to be more girl friendly. I think its more kid friendly than anything but I can't deny the abundance of princesses & girl power and the like. The article also mentions that Disney's not looking to rebrand Marvel but to build off of the good thing they've already got going. As long as they stick to that, which I don't see why they wouldn't, then I think I'm good. I do wonder a bit what's going to happen to Disney parks and the Marvel Heroes Island at Islands of Adventure (best part of that park! Until Hogwarts opens). Also, if they're planning on using their theme park prowess to build & expand with Marvel parks, might I suggest a Kingdom Hearts theme park or at least a ride or SOMETHING!!!! That my imagination can't wait for! As a matter of fact, do some KH before ya Marvel it up, k Disney?! There's already a Marvel something at a theme park. (Oh, and do something major and NOT cheesy with ninjas! Ya already got pirates, now its ninja time! Be neutral in the battle of pirates & ninjas. Pinja for life!)

Anyway, in the meantime people have been having...fun? with the news of Disney/Marvel mashup merger funtime. Comics Alliance has some links to Disney/Marvel mashup art . I'll help out one of their mentions, Craig Yoe's I.T.C.H blog just got up & running I assume with this as a first post & a reason to bust out some art from his book 'The Art of Mickey Mouse' which features some Disney superhero clashes.


In the meantime...this is going to be interesting. And maybe I need to buy stock in Marvel? Maybe Disney as well? Once they start making some Marvel money it'll probably be nice? What do you think about it all-nay or hooray?