And There Was Much Rejoicing
Over 20 years ago, the Priests of Morloth convened within the the chambers of the Temple of the Damned, to discuss and interpret these recent signs and portents. Some suggested that Morloth would finally emerge to claim the world that was rightfully His. Others feared that Thyrn, God of Light, would descend upon the earth to lay His Judgement upon the Damned.
But by the end of the day, when the light of the Sun crept back, they all agreed. Something terrible was Born. And so, the Priests of Morloth knew that they balanced upon the edge of a blade, a blade that would mean either Doom or Salvation.
As the clouds parted, the earth trembled and the sky opened up, threatening to unleash a furious light, the Priests of Morloth huddled in darkened corners, chanting their incantations, praying that Morloth’s Salvation would come at last. Then… there was silence.
Dramatic nonsense aside, It’s actually my birthday today. Getting older is no picnic, I - and almost everyone else - can tell you that.
Becoming 20 was great, it’s a round number, and for some reason it is considered the ideal age. But becoming 21? Well, you realise it’s only going one way from here on out. It’s all downhill from here, folks!
On the other hand, it feels great! Who the hell wants to be 20 forever? Apart from those really sad middle-aged people you see hanging out at the trendy clubs. Or people who never dares to stop drinking or partying, because it’s the only thing they have left to cover up the fact that they are a just a complete douche.
No, getting older feels good. Despite the fact that society has a lot of expectations of me, and that I don’t fulfill any of them, I still feel pretty good.
My birthday wishes are these: That the Kimbo inside me remains strong.
That I will soon get my hands on a proper PC.
That part 1 of the 4th season of “Battlestar Galactica” will hit the shelves as soon as possible, and that I’ll love it.
That Sci-Fi channel picks up “Firefly”.
That Garth Ennis, Warren Ellis and Neil Gaiman never stops writing. T
hat season 4 of “Lost” will hit the shelves soon, and that they don’t ruin the mystery.
That Diablo III will be great.
That McCain will lose the November election.
And that I will always have a book to read, a show to watch, and a game to play.
I’m not much of a celebrator, so today will be relatively quiet, save for my brother and perhaps a few friends visiting.
Hopefully someone will give me a pretty good movie to watch. The Movie-Ghost has been kind lately, and blessed me with good films such as “Juno” and “Charlie Wilson’s War”. Something along those standards would be pretty neat for a present.
And with that, I conclude this self-glorifying birthday post, and leave you to your affairs.
Oh, and by the way, next post will be about a TV-series. I swear!
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Congratulations!
Me, I’ve been moaning and groaning with every year I’ve added on my total since I turned eight and realized five was the ideal age for me. Still hasn’t changed, and I’m now 23. Groans getting higher though.
1. July 2008 @ 10:17 ( Permalink )
Since I’m in a giving mood today, I’ll grant you two wishes: You’ll love BSGx4, and you’ll love LOSTx4, too. I hope this makes you happy, because the chances of Firefly being picked up are slim to none, and with Warren Ellis’ frail health (he’s nearly a cripple already. Can’t walk, gets cramps and can’t breathe properly, and I doubt he’s broken much over forty. If that.), I doubt he’ll be around forever.
Speaking of Ellis, I’m getting the first five issues in his new series, “Doktor Sleepless”, in the mail tomorrow or Thursday at the latest. It’s scheduled to run till issue #50, which means that it’ll be the new Transmetro. I’m also going to review “Planetary” (full run) when I’m done with “Toll the Hounds” and “Preacher”. Btw, what have you read by Ellis?
Anyways, congrats on nudging closer to your glorious burial and keeping up the good work on this blog. You’re more accessible than Terje ever was
1. July 2008 @ 13:02 ( Permalink )
“Me, I’ve been moaning and groaning with every year I’ve added on my total since I turned eight and realized five was the ideal age for me.”
Thank you!
Haha, isn’t it typical? Though I am very curious of why exactly 5 is the ideal age.
“ince I’m in a giving mood today, I’ll grant you two wishes: You’ll love BSGx4, and you’ll love LOSTx4, too. I hope this makes you happy, because the chances of Firefly being picked up are slim to none, and with Warren Ellis’ frail health (he’s nearly a cripple already. Can’t walk, gets cramps and can’t breathe properly, and I doubt he’s broken much over forty. If that.), I doubt he’ll be around forever.”
I’m overwhelmed with relief to hear that BSGx4 rocks, because season 3 ended brilliantly, and featured one of the most impressive quotes in the entire series.
Also relieved that LOSTx4 is good. I very much liked season 3, considering it to be a huge improvement to the troublesome season 2.
I was not fully aware of the grimness of Ellis’ health. I knew he was sick, but I did not realise how bad it was.
I’ve read various Marvel works by him ages ago, but it’s mostly through the ever-brilliant Transmetro that my soul has been captured. I will probably check out Doctor Sleepless once I finish it.
Oh, and Preacher is simply marvelous.
“Anyways, congrats on nudging closer to your glorious burial and keeping up the good work on this blog. You’re more accessible than Terje ever was”
Why, thank you. I am pleased to hear that my blog is to your satisfaction. I tend to slack a bit, once in a while, but hopefully I am becoming more diligent in my posting.
I have browsed through both yours, Terje’s and Loki’s blogs, and have to say that the amount of posting is… formidable to say the least.
Oh, and it’s always nice to be reminded of my eventual demise.
1. July 2008 @ 18:48 ( Permalink )
“Haha, isn’t it typical? Though I am very curious of why exactly 5 is the ideal age.”
At eight? Because it was the last year of absolutely no school. Old enough to understand and enjoy things, young enough not to have a single obligation in life.
Lost 4, in my humble opinion, shows a great improvement over season 3 - greater than the improvement from 2 to 3, actually. BSG 4, so far, I’ve found to be holding a more steady and higher average than season 3 did (which rocked insanely in some parts and limped a little in others), but I’m sure opinions differ on the matter.
The amount of post in my weblog is directly relatable to my amounts of social life, self-restraint and delusions of grandeur.
2. July 2008 @ 03:22 ( Permalink )
“At eight? Because it was the last year of absolutely no school. Old enough to understand and enjoy things, young enough not to have a single obligation in life.”
Yeah, looking back it still amazes me that we accepted to spend 9 years of our childhood in school.
“Lost 4, in my humble opinion, shows a great improvement over season 3 - greater than the improvement from 2 to 3, actually. BSG 4, so far, I’ve found to be holding a more steady and higher average than season 3 did (which rocked insanely in some parts and limped a little in others), but I’m sure opinions differ on the matter.”
I was very much pleased by LOSTx3, especially due to the more focus and insight on The Others (Ben in particular.). I felt the writers wrote themselves into a corner in season 2, especially with the whole button thing.
I “theorycraft” a lot when it comes to “Lost”, especially in regards to the “monster”, and Christian Shepherd.
I loved BSGx3 to bits, the only drawback I can remember at the moment were the occasional stand-alone episodes they made the - in my oppinion -mistake of throwing in.
2. July 2008 @ 06:20 ( Permalink )
Unlike you, I loved the button-thing in season 2 (the concept more than the execution, but the execution was fair enough), but yes, season 2 was very uneven, dragged out and rather aimless at times. Season 3, while better, still felt weaker than season 1 to me, though.
Season 4 can compete with season 1. I think it beats it, but I never was as big a fan of season 1 as most Lost-watchers were.
Ben continues to hold a lot of spotlight in season 4, and indeed, that is awesome, he’s my favourite character by a rather huge margin at this point.
BSGx3 was under the network’s continual insistence of making the show more standalone. According to Ronald Moore on a commentary track I watched a couple of weeks back, I think on “Razor”, the network-people finally caved towards the end of the season, admitting that standalone-episodes didn’t work on this show.
2. July 2008 @ 07:18 ( Permalink )
I liked the concept of the button, but very much disliked, as you said, the execution. I didn’t mind it too much when I believed that the button was just an psychological experiment, but when it turned out to be something different entirely, I kind of fell off.
Also felt that the button-plot brought the Locke character down a few notches, though he eventually picked himself up again.
Ben is my favourite character as well, which is one of the reason why i love season 3 so much.
I’m not really one of those “season 1 idolizers” either, and actually preferred season 3 over it.
“BSGx3 was under the network’s continual insistence of making the show more standalone. According to Ronald Moore on a commentary track I watched a couple of weeks back, I think on “Razor”, the network-people finally caved towards the end of the season, admitting that standalone-episodes didn’t work on this show.”
Glad they came to their senses, because a stand-alone episode in a show like BSG is the devil!
2. July 2008 @ 09:18 ( Permalink )
“I’m not really one of those “season 1 idolizers” either, and actually preferred season 3 over it.”
I’m not alone! (Though I don’t think I’d go quite so far as to put 3 above it)
2. July 2008 @ 09:27 ( Permalink )