… at not being congratulated on it’s one-year anniversary.
Thus we must all suffer the consequences. The picture above was just one of the scenarios my blog has described to me in a threating e-mail that contained a lot of sinister looking pictures and all the words were copy/pasted from different sites on the Interweb. The entire thing was very disturbing to say the least and I hope you will all do your utmost to prevent slight apocalypses from showing up Somewhere Near You.
I was actually planning to do a little thing regarding my own one-year anniversary as a blogger, but was entirely convinced that it wasn’t due before a couple of days. But it urns out that I started blogging a little earlier than that; the 1th of February was the date that brought forth the first entry in “A Slight Apocalypse”, and it’s been going steady ever since.
I did a quick read-through of my first posts, and I was happy to learn that they weren’t as crappy as I thought they’d be. They are in fact quite fun and well written, though my spelling and grammar seems to have improved dramatically from those early days. They also feel a bit fresher than the mulch I’ve been churning out of late, though that wasn’t entirely unexpected. Things have grown steadily more streamlined over here, and that goes for both content and language alike.
A competition of sorts seems fit for the occasion: From what show does the title to this blog derive from? One point goes the guy who gets the name of the show right, and he’ll get additional point’s if he can name the season it was mentioned in, who said it and why that person said it.
Some sundry blog stats: This is the 320th post and there are totally 1,245 comments divided amongst them. Apparently there are about 110 ten people who are subscribing to my RSS feed, which seems far too high, but I’ll take what I get and smile ignorantly back at reality. After all, an optimistic and deluded daily-visitor number is a lot more satisfying to read than the alternative.
So congratulations to me and my blog for having existed so long that our planet has finished yet another circle on its eternal merry-go-round. Let’s hope we’ll get do some more before my blog makes real on its threats.
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8. February 2008 @ 14:14 ( Permalink )
Boom. Big badda boom. Congratulations indeed.:)
“A Slight Apocalypse” sounds like something that could be from Angel, or Buffy for that matter.
8. February 2008 @ 16:45 ( Permalink )
Sounds way more Buffyesque than like anything Angel, really, but I guess it could be said on either show if the moment was right.
8. February 2008 @ 16:50 ( Permalink )
No fun!
You have to choose which show your going with; safeguarding is not allowed. Try also to guess the rest for extra points
9. February 2008 @ 12:19 ( Permalink )
Well, see, now you made me google. And I was indeed right, Buffyesque it was.
Still, it could’ve been said on Angel, there’d just be a smaller chance for me not to remember it. Angel’s light and quippy dialogue is (for obvious reasons) often very much like Buffy’s, but it’s so much *rarer* due to the show’s generally darker tone that such scenes and lines stand out in memory. On Buffy, such a phrasing could be in almost any given bit of dialogue in almost any given scene. On Angel, it would fit just as seemlessly into the dialogue, but only in the very light scenes.
9. February 2008 @ 16:25 ( Permalink )
Hee hee! A point to Loki, then. Care to guess who, why and when it was said?
10. February 2008 @ 02:51 ( Permalink )
Google showed me it was Giles. I have to admit, I’d never have guessed that on my own. From the dialogue-snip I saw I’d assume season 7, probably mid-season.
10. February 2008 @ 04:30 ( Permalink )
Perfecto!
Full score to my One True Commenter. I hereby grant you a Free Pass on the next apocalypse. You may either keep it for yourself or sell it on Ebay for vast amounts of money.
’tis your choice
10. February 2008 @ 10:21 ( Permalink )
What does a Free Pass entail in practice? Will I and all my loved ones be magically transported to a heavenly plane of luxury while this world is engulfed in apocalyptic mayhem and horribleness, or does it simply mean that I’m guaranteed to (potentially barely) survive? (I’m assuming somewhere in the middle and would like specifics)
10. February 2008 @ 19:00 ( Permalink )
It all depends on what kind of Armageddon that will transpire the next time around. If it’s the trademark “Oh my Gawd! Flaming astroids are bombarding us and Tom Cruise has become the hegemon of the world”, then you will most likely get a Free Pass at either becoming a scientologist or getting torn apart by rocks from outer space. I think I’d prefer the latter.
If it’s the trite “Zombie Apocalypse”, you’ll get a Free Pass at surviving the whole affair thus becoming the second to last man on Earth (’cause, come on; even you can’t hope to beat Will Smith to that title).
If it’s the much anticipated “Hell on Earth” scenario that will come to pass, you’ll get the chance of a) being killed outright by a ferocious Bunny Demon, or b) becoming the first female Slayer without a soul.
The Free Pass entails endless opportunities, though you’re quite right that none of them are especially pleasant. Which should be all right - you don’t want to be the only one missing out on the fun, do you?
11. February 2008 @ 02:46 ( Permalink )
Well, as I don’t particularily like Vizzerdrixes, the thought of a gender-change, Will Smith, shreddings, scientology or indeed zombies, I think I’ll auction it off, then.
11. February 2008 @ 14:08 ( Permalink )
(I don’t dislike Smith as an actor or a person, I just don’t particularily fancy the thought of spending the rest of my life with him.)
11. February 2008 @ 14:09 ( Permalink )
(The same, by the way, goes for Vizzerdrixes. Zombies, however, I *do* dislike as both actors and people.)
11. February 2008 @ 14:21 ( Permalink )
I’m actually a bit miffed about missing out on “I Am Legend”, even though I’ve heard nothing but bad things about it. VG seemed to like it though; an ominous sign if there ever was one…
12. February 2008 @ 12:11 ( Permalink )