As I watched him work, I wondered if “now” would be an appropriate time to stop him from overdoing the hairdryer-blowey-styley bit (I’m sure there’s a proper name for it) or if the only polite thing to do was to sit through the whole ordeal, and at least pretend to be appreciative and almost admiring at the end of it. How about “now”? …Now?

It took longer for him to finish with the hairdryer than the cut itself had taken; perhaps that’s his specialty–I had just ordered a burger from a guy whose forté was waffle fries, and he had chucked me a burger and was now going to make me sit through the painstaking, artful creation of an plus-size serve of waffle fries that I didn’t ask for.

To be fair, stopping him midway may be tantamount to a passenger telling me to “just put the plane down”. I’m a professional, damn it, and I take pride in my job, and I’m going to grease this sucker if it ki…you get the idea.

Styling complete, I have to say he did a rather nice job on the whole, and I quite liked the light curls he baked into the ends of my now-traumatised hair.

I smiled while he handed me my change then rounded the corner and made sure he wasn’t watching before I undid his work with a ponytail. Greased it.

This and this.

I understand that this style of gameplay doesn’t appeal to everyone—in fact, T has already, based purely on my description of it, declared a rather resolute lack of interest in the game, probably because it involves too much resource gathering and not enough cars and/or guns.  I am myself a great fan of shooters, but I find this odd little game is quite a nice way to pass time while watching shows and waiting for certain other games to launch.

The shelter goes on for quite a distance, curving as it does, and the “flaps” appear to be at different angles so we’re not sure if they’re actually movable or if it’s just for visual effect. If they actually move, it would be very, very excessive, but also very, very cool.

http://www.naturalmotiongames.com/games/my-horse/

–Inspector Lestrade, Sherlock (2011)

Had to try it!

As bad as the Doom movie was in box office terms, I thought it was awesome from the point of view of someone who’d played the game.  There are a couple of sci-fi (SyFy?) actors I’d prefer to see in Mass Effect’s lead role of Commander Shepard than other suggestions like Matthew Fox (too Party of Five) and Brandon Routh (we’re looking for an actor, remember).  It just seems appropriate to pick someone who already has the genre in their resumé, like Joe Flanigan (SG:Atlantis) or Brian J Smith (SG:Universe).  I may have a Stargate bias, but just sayin’ (Richard Dean Anderson, squee!).  How about Colin Ferguson from Eureka?  Tahmoh Penikett from Dollhouse?

I think more than a few ME fans are also SyFy viewers though, and perhaps choosing someone who’s already a little familiar will pay off.

(Post title is taken from the YouTube comments)

No, musicjunkie1990, it wouldn’t.

This rifle, plus the fantastic Garrus cosplay is making me really, really want to play ME3.  NOW.

Sometimes I do this.

Nice, yay Fillion!

“I don’t know,” she sighed. This failed to satisfy him and he shifted impatiently against her leg. She tried again. “Sometimes, people disagree about things, and it takes time for them to…sort it out. It’s grown-up stuff.” It had worked before, making things sound too complicated for him to pursue. Nothing a little tiger should be occupying himself with, when his days could be filled with extravagantly long naps and adventure-filled forays into the kitchen. His furrowed brow betrayed some doubt but he did not press the matter. She smiled weakly at him and he recognised a fruitless endeavour.

Tail in the air, the plush tiger cub ambled off into his corner of the bed and lay down in the semi-darkness. As she extinguished the light, the cub whispered, “I miss him.”

She realised the voice was her own.

Indeed, much has changed in the game since I was last in it, and I find myself enjoying the discovery of new things and comfort of old things that I had fun doing before. Damn, they’re good.

Also, finding an old 60-day game card that was a gift is always a bonus!