01Jul2009 1905: Titanic

Hahahaha I am watching Clash of the Titans over Netflix streaming right now and it is still bitching after 28 years. After this post I'm going to kick back with some gin and relive my childhood Sunday afternoons -- only this time with gin. And then I'll jump on the Prototype and play into the wee hours. I sat down around 1400 on Friday and accidentally played until 130 Saturday morning. This is starting to reach Burnout Paradise levels of obsession.

I can't remember the last time I had so much fun doing the same task in different ways. For example, you get plot cutscenes by eating the brains of people who know the plot. For a while I was just rushing in as my default form and gobbling them up -- they would generally spook because, as they are privy to the plot, they are privy to what a badass I am. Then I started sneaking up in a civilian form, grabbing them, carrying them to a rooftop, and whispering "you will KNOW ME" as I transformed back to normal. Then the military presence got a little hairy, so I started sneaking up and stealth-consuming them, snapping their backs and/or necks without raising an alarm. Then I started over in the calm Manhattan of post-game, and have taken to stalking them from the rooftops, at last using my extendo-arm to silently pluck them off the street. And mark you well, all these techniques end with them screaming in my belly.

Tomorrow my last paycheck from Multiband shows up, groaning under the weight of 130 hours of cashed-out PTO. I've already started celebrating by cleaning up some of my Amazon wishlist, but there is going to be hella beer for July 4th.

[Roba - Laberinto] is like some sort of geographically-inverted Bryan Adams. Play-by-numbers guitar rock in the traditional denim and t-shirt vein. And hey, that's what he's wearing on the album cover! So I guess if you know Spanish it's the perfect time of year to crank this kind of thing way up on your deck and grill some burgers. What's Spanish for "burger"?

[The Grouch & Eligh - All In] is the video this week, and despite being a group rap based on the apparently-still-current fad of texas hold 'em it's not that bad. They run out of verses about two minutes before the song finally wraps, but it's otherwise a very upbeat song about how their lives are really pretty sweet.

[Leslie Mendelson - Hit the Spot] runs away with first prize this week. Leslie swings through a quiet jazzy love song and skirts around the innuendo of "the spot" like a pro. A little less tempo and a little breathier voice would put this squarely into a smoky Vegas lounge, but as it is it's a great song for skipping through the park and then going home to bang your honey.

[Ace Hood & Schife - Loco Wit the Cake] is strictly inferior to Like a Boss, and that's one of the most annoying songs Lonely Island has. Oh, also this is the radio edit.