League Assignment: My Latest Obsession

     I heard a comic(don't remember who) describe himself as OCD/with ADD- he was constantly changing what he was obsessed about, and I think the describes me as well

     I see....I covet. the images from 2014 ToyFair were bad for me, because I saw so much that I wanted that was not available yet, and would not be for some months. I know it gives me stuff to hope for but it also

MAKES ME CRAZY

 

Now I've seen the masterpiece bumblebee which I thought was second quarter 2014...and it is if you consider November to be 2nd quarter. I don't think anyone does. I saw the Mara Jade figure from the Star Wars Black series at Target and picked up Armada Starscream instead thinking I would just pick up Mara Jade next time(hah- ended up buying her from hasbro toy shop after a couple of frustrating weeks hunting) 

 

 

     but for my latest obsession, I have been learning about Conflict Materials. I have been learning about them, and mining them...Stone, Iron, Coal, Gold, Diamonds, Lapis, Redstone, all mined under armed conditions, where zombies, creepers, spiders, and skeletons are constantly trying to kill you.

 

     What I am trying, cleverly, to say is MINECRAFT

 

I'm not sure what draws me, whether it is the sense onf imaginary accomplishment when I find a good vein of minerals, or the feeling of exploring as I GO DEEPER but I feel like I have to mine a litte each day, and it's been affecting my blogging

 

     so now I find myself in a pimped out suit of magic armor, with an enchanted diamond sword, wandering through a lego-world of minable blocks and collecting  minerals, mining things, and generally wasting time entertaining myself...

 

 

Sexy Geek is obsessed with Oliver

Yelinna from Traveling Pics is obsessed with The White Stuff

Retro Robot Review likes his arcades Fun-Sized

You Can't take the sky from D.I.Treasures

Nerd Nook loves The Goldbergs

G.I.Jigsaw has a muppet mania

Pop Rewind is looking for Orange Drink Rewind

Brian from Cool and Collected is Binge Watching...

The Dusty Shelf has a new obsession that is just...FANTASTIC!

Diary of a Dorkette is bringing Archive room 2.0 online

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Been down - way down

In a deep, dark hole...with monsters surrounding me


I am not depressed, not overly. What I did however was get involved in MineCraft

is MineCraft a metaphor for depression? Do the imaginary accomplishments, such as finding Iron or Diamonds fill some deep inner need for me?

To be truthful, I'm not sure. All I know is that I have managed to arm up with a diamond sword and a full suit of iron armor, and I am strip-mining blocks

I may even be Fracking- I'm not sure

Goofy WalMart Stuff and Random Thrift Finds

     .....Because there is not much else you can call this....

I'm not sure which is the best approach to use scientifically...

Whether camouflage or psycholigical warfare to dishearten and intimidate
flies

But clearly....

Flyswatting technology has advanced beyond my comprehension

a prepaid master card...with "hidden" charges...

Millet is already natures bird-candy. But remember, birds deserve Type II
Diabeetus just like humans do

until now, I thought celery was always ready to eat. how did I
survive this long? There was a store manager nearby when I took this
shot. Suffice to say, his answers to my questions were not
as illuminating as they could have been

Where would her fins go...? and for that matter, how does she
propel it?

what would you baste with this...oh, Turkey!

Because Pizza is always better when cut by a unicycling primate
just oh...my...god, who could have thought this a wise idea?

And give Shrek a lush, green afro...

Transformers Prime Part the Third

     Summary of season 1 and a link to episode summaries

     This iteration of Transformers is my favorite since generation 1, and the storytelling here is amazing. The characters have depth, feeling, and there is no reset button. What I mean by that is this:

     Back in generation 1, in the 1980s, every episode ended with the Decepticons in retreat, battered and dinged up, but the next episode they would be back with all injuries repaired- there were few multiple part episodes, and in most cases the shows could be watched in any order with no confusion. And lets face it, that was the storytelling of that era. Go watch the Dukes of Hazzard if you doubt that-hell, go watch it anyway, it's probably better than you remember. But I digress- up until the tranformers animated movie in 1984, we had a reset button marked "Status Quo" and everything went back to where it was for the next episode.

     In Transformers Prime....not so. Oh so very not so. the story opens on Cliffjumper, talking to Arcee, and his spark has been extinguished by the end of the first episode. Gone, not forgotten, but no coming back from it. It leaves the survivors to react with all the ways survivors act: guilt, anger, emotional shutdown...

     In each episode, they build upon what has happened before, and very little is not significant, as the season builds to it's climactic battle with Unicron and the price that is paid for his defeat, only a small part of which is a run-on sentence

     The Characters: Guilt by Word Association

• Optimus Prime: Burdened
• Ratchet: Crotchety
• Arcee: Driven
• Bulkhead: Gentle
• Bumblebee: Risk-Taker
• Wheeljack: Lone Wolf
• Megatron: Narcissistic
• Starscream: Hubris
• Soundwave: Creepy
• Knockout: Vain
• Breakdown: Thuggish
• Airachnid: Brutal
• Jack Darby: Teenager
• Miko Nakadai: Adrenaline Junkie
• Rafael "Raf" Esquivel: "Young"
• Special Agent William Fowler: Blustery
• June Darby: Quintessential Single Mom