Well, this was really an interesting "surprise out of left field". Batman: The Brave and the Bold has a design that harkens back to the old 60s show, but the animation is also very fluid. I'm not entirely sure WHAT to think, other than its pretty awesome to see Plastic Man and Blue Beetle in a cartoon (good lord, I am such a comics nerd).

I now HATE HUMANITY.

I love humor that walks the fine line between horrifying and hilarious.

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Guess who just recieved a $5,000 scholarship to attend Law School!

I'm really excited about this, as I tend to worry and fret about my grades not being good enough and not being smart enough for law school. The scholarship (and acceptance letters and scholarship offers to other schools in Michigan, Florida, and Arizona) has gone a ways to soothe my shattered ego at not getting into my first-choice school, The University of Nebraska. Washburn (the college that accepted me and sent the scholarship offer) is a pretty good school as well, as there are a considerable amount of Chief Justices that have graduated from the school.

On the downside, if UNL DOES contact me and tell me they're interested in having me attend, I now have a VERY tough choice to make. This scholarship, along with the fact that I can start paying in-state tuition my second semester, brings the price down to match UNL (and actually makes the college a little cheaper). Plus, I'd feel really scummy dropping Washburn after they've been really nice to me thus far; every time I've visited the campus they've been incredibly helpful. But, if UNL never gets back to me (they say they still have a full roster), I guess it'll be a moot point...

I've decided that I've been spending a bit too much time this summer on World of Warcraft and /co/, so I'm taking a break from the more time-intensive internet aspects of my life. I canceled my subscription to WoW as there just didn't seem to be that big of an interest in it anymore with my friends, and WoW quickly looses its appeal without friends to do the higher level quests with. My subscription lasts till August 2, 2008 5:20 AM PDT, however, so I may as well enjoy what I can until the horrible life-draining first year of law school.

Also: AMC is showing 80s movies every Monday apparently, and I just finished watching The Princess Bride and am now segueing into History of the World: Part 1. It's great, you should check it out.

Still burned, still bored because I can't move my arms, yadda yadda yadda.

Given that a compilation of the hilarious antics of Sam & Max, Freelance Police, is coming out tomorrow for purchase at your local book emporium, /co/ has provided a bevy of rare, hard-to-find episodes of their ill-fated FOX series. Some of these episodic adventures into law enforcement have aged like fine wine, such as Aaiiieee Robot & The Glazed McGuffin Affair, while others have not (I'm looking at you, Fools Die on a Friday), but you should do yourself a favor and partake of their chewy nougat of odd-ball humor and make the judgement for yourself, as gosh-be-all if they aren't available for free and infinitely more interesting than whatever monotonous task you've set yourself to do. And who knows? Your viewing may spark a raging fire of nerd fanboy(or girl!)-ism that will posses you to purchase Sam & Max: Surfin' the Highway 20th Anniversary Edition and help stoke the smoldering embers of our doomed economy!

Now that those unnecessary long run-on sentences and shameless advertising are out of the way, to the free content:

Episodes 14 & 15 - Aaiiieee Robot & The Glazed McGuffin Affair
Episodes 18 & 19 - Tonight We Love & The Invaders
Episodes 22 & 23 - Fools Die on a Friday & Max vs the Uglions
Episodes 06 & 07 - Friend for Life & The Dysfunction Of The Gods
Concept Art
Series Bible

We've been getting a great deal of rain and tornadoes here in Nebraska this past week. It's raised water levels (at one point Wahoo was declared an island, with no way in or out), flooded out fields, and generally been a nuisance to everyone. At our lake-house, our boating dock was in danger of going completely underwater, so we decided to move it. Now this would have worked out fine if our dock was made of aluminum, but our dock is steel so it can survive the lake freezing. We ended up spending 4 hours trying to get it further up, and to our credit we did succeed in our task. However, since that Saturday I've had really terrible burns all over my back-I mean, I've had sunburns before, but none that have blistered all over my shoulder. I've actually had to call in sick to work today, and seeing as how it isn't clearing up I may have to do it again tomorrow. I can't even sleep very well, as it hurts no matter what I'm doing, even if I'm standing perfectly still.

Argh. This needs to clear up soon. I thought burns lasted 24-75 hours...

So, World of Warcraft has dug it's claws into me something terrible now that Summer has started, and I have significantly more free time than I used to (what with being cut off from all my friends in Lincoln). Anyways, I've started to get fairly decent at the game, although I don't have much group experience because the only people I have friended are folks who're so much higher in level that they can't get any experience points when they help me with quests. So if you're interested, I have two personas I play on occasion:

Server: Lightbringer
Horde: Leatherback - lvl 25 Tauren Druid (my main character)
Alliance: Lunaglade - lvl 11 Nightelf Druid

I've tried several different classes, but I kinda like the flexibility of the Druid, especially given how I have to join up with already formed groups (which may need anything from a tank to a healer to a DPSer) or solo adventure. I have to admit, I've gotten a little wrapped up in the lifestyle of a druid. I used to take any job I came across, but that changed after a mission that sent me after some harpies in the Barrens. Originally the mission said that the Harpies were going after caravans, stealing supplies, ect, and I was all "Okay, whatever, sounds good." But later missions along that vein ended up telling me to kill the Harpie leader, who it turns out had sent the Harpies to disrupt trade after the Horde killed her sister in the most offhand way possible. I mean, come on dude! I'D be pissed off if I was in her position too! So now I've become a little more select in what missions I choose, because I empathize way too much with video game characters, especially the ones who are girls who would gladly rip my head off and feast upon my entrails. *eye roll*

Oh well. It's a fun game anyways, so if ya want to chat or quest together, give me a ring. I'm on afternoons and/or evenings.

Venture Brothers Season 3 clip.

Hey guys and gals. Hope everyone had a good memorial weekend! We got hit by some pretty bad storms lately in Nebraska, and then the temperature dipped below the 60s AGAIN, so I can't help but wonder what this is going to do to the farmers (My mother is the head of extension education for the southeast division, and they primarily deal with farmers, so I tend to wonder about this more often then the normal Nebraskan)...

Anyways, I also got to see Indiana Jones 4 this weekend. I'll cut the comment so I don't spoil the movie for someone. I'm not including any major plot spoilers, but you can never be too careful with some people...

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Links from forums to blog posts criticizing the Iron Man movie for being racist because "All the Arabs are bad guys" (Despite the fact that there were no Arabs in the movie, and the Ten Rings Organization was specifically addressed as an organization that was made out of a hodgepodge of people from a carefully selected assortment of multi-ethnic nations) and has comments on it like "On the other hand, it seems like a bad time, culturally, to make the alternate head bad guy and minions middle eastern--they could've mixed things up a bit like in Speed Racer" make me want to start punching kittens.

AND I LIKE KITTENS. D:<

I really shouldn't let other people's stupidity bother me. But, dammit, I'm allowed to be angry every now and again at this kind of... retardedness.

First: Thank you everyone who came and/or showed interest in my Graduation. Even if you couldn't make it, it does mean a lot to me that you wanted to come.

So, I picked up Mystery Science Theater 3000 the Movie a few days ago, and finally saw it today. The movie lampoons the terrible flick This Island Earth, a pretty terrible movie where the plot meanders around in a drunken stupor until blowing fun little chunks all over the audience by not resolving anything or going anywhere. Joel and the robots were outstanding, though.

Now, this may seem to you to be a relatively positive LJ post. No, this could not be further from the case, because after I watched the Movie, where it proudly proclaimed This Island Earth as the worst movie ever made, I decided to re-watch Manos: the Hands of Fate to compare the two.

I believe it was the closest to death I've ever come. I was actually writhing around in my seat out of sheer pain due to the long, awkward pauses between dialogue, bizarre character logic, and tedious pacing. Needless to say, I can't wait to try and wrangle my friends together at some point and forcing the movie on them again.

Also, I jettisoned three of my Phoenix Wright User-pics, and replaced them with some others.

I have a lot of stuff to cover, so we'll try to get this done as quickly as possible.

It's finals week! Hooray! My last week as an undergrad. I managed to write a 10 page final exam paper in under four hours, and finished up a group presentation 30 minutes before the class began. Oh, how I'll miss this hectic time.

Our family cat, Pumpkin, of the past 20-some years (at least, this is how it feels) died yesterday, as it had gotten so old that it was breaking bones and other horrible things. The vet said that it would only get worse and be in more pain, so my parents had it put to sleep. Blargh.

I was accepted into Washburn College of Law in Kansas, but was put on the wait list for UNL and Creighton. Even though I would love to try again next year to get into UNL, especially now that I have a better understanding of the law school application process, I feel it would be irresponsible for me to gamble it all on one school. If I turned down Washburn this year I definitely wouldn't be able to apply to it next year, and there's no guarantee I could get into UNL or Creighton if I tried again. So I will be attending Washburn, which to its credit was a very nice school (I enjoyed touring the campus), and I put myself on the wait list for my other two schools. If a spot opens up, I'll take it, otherwise... see ya later guys, I guess!

ON MAY 10th, I will be having a graduation party (around noon, after the UNL graduation ceremony). It will take place at Mussehl Hall on East Campus. Lunch will be provided by Valentinos. I think my Aunt and Uncle from Chicago will be there, as well as my Grandmother (Mom's mom). If you want to come, please let me know by the end of Thursday by posting in this journal. If you don't know where Mussehl Hall is, leave your email and I can send you a map. Thanks in advance, if you guys decide to come.

Now I must go give blood so I can afford to go see the Iron Man movie with Mike. Tomorrow is also my sister's birthday (she'll be 21), so I have to figure out what to get her...

Avatar: The Last Airbender is probably one of the better cartoons to come out of the U.S. animation studios. And the soundtrack is to die for.

Anyways, here's something that was posted on /co/: the trailer that was shown for the final season 3 episodes (direct feed, so it's minus all the screaming fangirls/boys).

Well, a letter of acceptance for Washburn college of law in Kansas came to the house today. My parents were very excited, tho' I guess I had just assumed I was expected to make the cut, so there was a bit of confusion over the phone when I didn't react with cries of glee like they expected. I'm still a little hesitant about moving away from Lincoln and leaving behind all my friends, though. :/

My team recieved 1st place in the Two-Headed Giant Tournament on Sunday. It was for the card game Magic: The Gathering; a prerelease event for the set of Shadowmoor. I'll try to not go into too many specifics and bore those who don't know/care about Magic... basically my friend, Mike Fox, and I were given a card-pool of all-new cards from a set before it's released, tasked with building two decks in 40 minutes, and then facing off against teams of other players. I like working with Mike, as we both think in scarily similar terms. It should be noted that one aspect I love about the format is the Team Names. When I was partnered with Greg (before he moved out to Colorado) we had the name Colbert's Bears (A pun that utilized multiple levels of nerd-dom, as "Bears" are a generic term in Magic for creatures that are 2/2s for 2 mana, and on The Colbert Report, Bears are the single greatest threat EVER), and when I was partnered with Echo we had the name Master Blaster (An obvious choice for anyone who's seen Thunderdome). Mike and I decided to go the Strong Bad route with our team, and so our name is "The Double Deuce". Anyways, this is the first time I've ever placed first in the format, so it was really very neat (overriding the fact that we had to play against someone who acted like a total dick in one of our matches).

Also, I finally tried reading Making Money by Terry Pratchett. It was a mistake, I know, because now that I've stopped I CANNOT PUT THE BOOK DOWN. I have a paper due tomorrow and all I can think about is reading more of the book.

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Well, I don't really... NEED sleep, do I?

Well, we had my Uncles service. It was a very nice service, and thankfully his ex-wife Ann, her daughter (and my only cousin) Heather, and his new wife Rose all were civil. We were unable to scatter Dave's ashes across the Rockies due to a snow storm, so they're thinking about doing it on his birthday. Thank you, everyone who consoled me during this.

Dave left something for my father in his will, my Grandfather's old World War II Journal. He was in the Navy, and stationed in both the Atlantic and Pacific regions (He was also involved in D-Day, and his ship was apparently instrumental in taking out a mobile sentry gun of some sort that was giving the Navy problems, I'd have to recheck the story for more details). It might be interesting to read at some point, if any of us can figure out my Grandfather's chicken scratch.

My family isn't quite sure what to do about Rose, as she was only "married" (not by law, due to insurance reasons, but they had a religious ceremony) to Dave for a year. She and her daughter (my... new cousin, I guess?) were nice people, if a bit hippy-ish (I got an earful from her daughter about the "evils of business", and her husband makes no secret about the fact that he smokes weed). But... the connection isn't really there for us. I mean, they say things like "Oh we're one big family!" at the funeral, but I have to admit I have a bit of aversion to picking up and having to remember the names of any more in-laws, especially given that we barely know any of the in-laws of my other aunts and uncles.

Well, I just got a call from my mother that my Uncle Dave, who we went up to visit at Colorado over Easter, died of a massive heart attack while he was in the kitchen, making a sandwich. I can't help but wonder if he hadn't had that foot infection that postponed his heart surgery, maybe they would have fixed his heart in time.

My Dad is going out to Colorado for the funeral service, as my uncle asked to be cremated and spread over a certain area of the Rockies.

I just feel... numb. :/ I've never been one to get all weepy or sad when a family member died (even when I found out that my Grandmother died in the middle of Math class in High School, I was just sent back to class and expected to finish out the day), instead I feel like my emotions are just... "switched off", if that makes any sense. Hrnnn.

Damn 1960s, you were some kind of crazy awesome.

My journal is where meme's come to die.

Comment on this post and I will...

1. Tell you why I friended you.
2. Associate you with something - fandom, a song, a colour, a photo, etc.
3. Tell you something I like about you.
4. Tell you a memory I have of you.
5. Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
6. Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
7. In return, you must post this in your LJ.

You know, I like to think I am gentle spirit, a man who isn't given to just... "random" bursts of anger. I like to believe that I have a very "live and let live" type of personality. It takes a great deal to get on my bad side, and I can stand most annoying people long after anyone else would have given up on them. I mean, I can listen to some idiot in a Poly Sci class label Barack Obama as a muslim without batting an eye.

But, ladies and gentlemen, there are some things that cause me to fly into unimaginable rage. And a new one has been brought to my attention: