Only time for a quick one tonight, Internet. But although I’m short on time, you can bet your ass I’m big on content.
Thanksgiving 2010: Nothing too fancy, just dinner with my dad’s side of the family. The most eventful part, however, was how I got to and from that dinner: a bus to campus, a bus from campus to the greyhound station, a bus from Syracuse to Port Authority, a late-night walk to Penn Station, and a commuter train (unfortunately on which the toilet was broken and overflowing — Springsteen never sang about that shit) into New Jersey. Then the dinner — delicious! And then repeat the travel process in reverse.
I could put up with the late hours and the long travel times pretty well, but what drained the remainder of my soul was waiting in line for my bus at Penn Station. I witnessed a woman stuffing her suitcase full of wigs, a pigeon riding the escalator, a man carrying a full box of pizza in and out of the bathroom, and a heated argument in French (where I was caught in between the two arguing parties) about cutting in line. Humanity: you’re doing it wrong.
Facepalm is Futile.
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And now I am back frantically typing to meet the deadline for an article review (a very intriguing look at how Victorian developments in thermodynamics influenced the man / monster transformation in Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) which means only one thing: I’m procrastinating like no man’s business. Here are the latest gems:
– True American Dog: Ok, so I never said everything here was of the highest caliber.
– Scenes From a Multiverse: Snapshots of our galaxy. Almost as random as Penn Station at 12am on a Friday.
– GunBlood, a Western-style duel game. Gory, fast-paced, and addicting as hell.
– Journey Quest: If you like Dungeons & Dragons and comedy (let’s be honest, who doesn’t?), you’ll love this. The first episode alone is better than all of the first D&D movie. (Why is Marlon Wayans in an RPG fantasy film? *commercialization shudder*) Also, it’s Creative Commons licensed, so be sure to spread the nerdy humor to all who’d appreciate it (in other words, everyone).
Ah, procrastination, the politically correct cousin of masturbation. Feels good while you’re doing it, but in the end you’re just screwing yourself. So now I must get back to work.
But before I go, rest in peace Leslie Nielsen. Surely you’ll be looking down on all of us and laughing.
