GeekGasm

The San Diego Plan Nine Deprecation

2008-07-02T19:05:44Z

Just booked my flight so I'm VERRA excited now!

For my fellow Comic-Con attendies interested in seeing Rifftrx live, here is teh info:

If you want to go on your own, feel free to get yer own tickets at either time.

BUT - if you wanna go in a group (even a tiny one), let's figure out who all's going by Monday (unless we're afraid that's too late, in which case - tomorrow nightish?). Once we have that settled, we can all paypal me (or anyone really, I don't care) and I or the designated buyer will buy all the tickets at once so they seats are together!

Tickets are from ticket master so they are $25 PLUS a $6.25 convenience charge PLUS a $2.50 Building Facility charge (whatever that is) which equals $33.75 (Anyone know if there's tax? Also, I may check that phone number in the info to see if they're any cheaper.)

I personaly prefer the 9:30 time because A.) I already know a few people hitting that one and B.) It'll allow us time to milk every last second of the Exhibitor's hall and Panels.

Anyway - I already got a few responses from those interested in my last entry, but feel free to speak up again or for the first time!

Long time no LOLDance :)

2008-06-28T18:22:01Z

Forgive me, I'm rusty.

They say celebs die in threes.

2008-06-23T12:19:41Z

But isn't this like 15th over the past couple weeks?

R.I.P. George Carlin.

I'm not sure what's funnier, his stand-up or the fact that it took comedy like his and Lenny Bruce's to change a nation.

LESS THAN AN HOUR!

2008-06-16T23:08:21Z

Come party with me for the Middleman Premiere (East Coast!)

OMG!

2008-06-08T20:42:31Z

IT R MY BIRFDAI!

I CAN HAS 28 YERS?

LOST ate my life with cute puppy and smoke monster that sounded like roller coaster.

2008-05-28T12:14:40Z

Two of my friends -- Amy "Two Guns" Johnston and Jon "Nerf Guns" Lachonis -- recently wrote a tell-all book about the LOST fandom. (Don't be so embarrassed, LOST fandom. At least they didn't release the grainy night vision sex tape!) It's called "LOST Ate My Life!" and is now available for pre-order at Amazon which has apparently lowered its standards quite a bit.

I am, of course, kidding. Two Guns and Nerf Guns are awesome. So awesome that they got my pal and yours, Javier Grillo-Marxuach (aka Javi!), to write a foreword for their book. Though, instead of discussing the show which the book is about, the foreword is mostly Javi pimping "The Middleman" and wondering if he remembered to walk his dog the Kremlin early that morning.

It should be good stuff. Both Guns are more than qualified to write this lovecraftian tale of obsessive horror. And come November 1st, 2008 you'll see why.

For more info on the book I was forced to pimp at gunpoint, click the purdy picture below:

Madame Mirage Finale!

2008-05-19T23:16:21Z

Don't forget that this Wednesday the season one finale of Paul Dini's Madame Mirage hits comic stores everywhere!

And for those of you who can't wait, here's a preview!

oh, and I guess I should wish that kaidysoft person a happy birthday or something...

GOOD Animal News!

2008-05-16T04:20:53Z

Well... depending on your point of view. Actually - I'll get to that in a minute. First, a tangent:

Still feeling down from Li'l Miss. And I think Minkey's starting to feel it finally. But we're giving her lots of play time and making sure she's eating and drinking.

On the less sad end of the Animal spectrum...

Remember this skinny kitty?

Well... she's not as thin as she used to be...

Four Months Later:

In fact... she's kinda... FAT! LMAO

We try to regulate her food but she just goes and eats Chi's.

Speaking of Chi - they're both getting along great!

They play together and get in trouble together. They're not snuggling yet, but I'm pretty sure that'll come.

The only issue they really have is that when we try to pet Chi, Tara gets jealous and runs over to push her out of the way. I REALLY hope she gets over that, but I'm not exactly sure how to train a cat to respect another cat. Dog psychology doesn't exactly work on cats.

It's just nice to see her doing so well after the way we found her only a few months ago.

Now if I could just convince her to exercise...

R.I.P. Li'l Miss

2008-05-13T00:39:03Z

My wife's already pretty much said anything I might have said.

We've had ferrets since before we were married. We pretty much picked out Minkey together at college. She's now seven, a ripe old age for American ferrets. We got Li'l Miss only a year after we were married and just after we got our house. They didn't get along at first. Minkey wasn't happy about having another ferret in the house. She would bite Li'l Miss' scruff and drag her across the floor. After a month we thought we'd never get them in the same room, let alone cage.

But Minkey warmed to Li'l Miss. We should have known, no one can resist a girl that sweet for too long. Within a year they were snuggling together in the same sleeping bags.

And of course, there was much playing. We both expected Minkey to go first because she was older and cranky and skinny and has already had an adrenal gland removed. Not only that, but she's damned intelligent. Li'l Miss was sweet and loving and... not the sharpest tool in the shed. We figured she'd outlive all of our animals.

I took Minkey to the vet today just in case Li'l Miss had died of something contagious. Thankfully, Minkey got a clean bill of health. I described to the vet Li'l Miss' state and she was almost positive it was insulinoma. Basically, it's not uncommon for American Ferrets who are spayed earlier than any other ferrets in the world to get pancreatic tumors. This causes low blood sugar which can lead to seizures and death. The only real signs of it are changing in behavior and lower energy. But as Li'l Miss was five (American ferrets live five-nine years) we just attributed her lesser energy to age. The vet told me that even if we did catch it, there's not much you can do. There are some very expensive medications, but they're not 100%. And you can't remove the pancreas or the tumor.

Still, I can't help wishing we would have caught it so we could have at least said good bye.

I actually didn't cry last night. Or this morning. My main concerns were Mel and Minkey. I took a half day so I could take care of things like the vet and also get Li'l Miss buried before the sun went down. Last night we wrapped her in a towell and put her in a box in the garage. This afternoon we buried her in her cardboard coffin in our front yard next to a small tree my mother-in-law gave us.

That's when I cried.

We put a couple rocks over her grave and I knelt down to pay respects and it just hit me all at once.

Well, I ended up writing a little more than I originally intended so I'll leave on a stupid video I did. It is dumb, but the beginning's not what's important. It's the intended punchline at the end. It stars my Li'l Miss doing what she loved doing most.

Good bye Li'l Miss. I love you and miss you.