Humid! Plain and simple ... it has been humid here and we are not a humid area. I felt like Florida in early Fall, not sure what is going on ... it can't be global warming because that doesn't exist according to people ... yeah right. We get heat here, it is Southern California but it's direct heat, straight from the sun and almost zero moisture. The humidity makes everything sticky and gross that you just want to take another shower after being outside for 5 minutes or less. I have literally experienced that before when I have been in Orlando in mid-October, it is simply not pleasant at all.Weekly Update:
Somewhat of a normal week but got a chance to head to a recording studio again to watch some work being done on a Blizzard game and/or expansion, can't really say at this time. But the studio they do it has other people there doing other things for games, videos and shows. So while having lunch, there was a girl hanging out in the tiny kitchen and managed to sneak a picture with her just in case ... turns out, she was someone I knew from various movies!
*Alyson Stone - best known from "Step Up 3D" and she was VERY cool to hang out and chat with for about 30 or so minutes.
Aside from that the rest of the week was pretty nice and mellow.
At the movies:
Action and comics take the box office as the film 2 Guns shoots up the crown earning a nice 27.4 mil for its 3-day weekend. This film is based on an actual comic book, who knew! Holding ground at #2 is "The Wolverine" with another 21.7 mil as it reaches 95 mil cume, sure to break 100 by Tuesday. New at #3 is the sequel to our beloved childhood friends ... Smurfs 2 with only a weekend total of 18 mil and a 5-day total (opened on Wednesday) of 27.6 mil. Holding solid ground at #4 is "The Conjuring" with 13.7 mil as it breaks the 100 mil cume mark. Rounding off the top 5 is "Despicable Me 2" earning another 10.4 mil as it slowly reaches the 350 mil mark for domestic box office.Quote of the week:
"Social networks are to socializing what reality TV is to reality." - Aaron Sorkin
Other News:Now this is a cool list ... top 10 Greatest Syndicated Comic Strips in American. In this day and age the printed medium is fading extremely fast but till then, these are the comics who have "made it" in their world and though it won't be the same as online, they can still enjoy their glory for a couple more years probably. #10) Krazy Kat - written and drawn by George Herriman and ran from 1913 to 1944 in papers ... not one I am familiar with but have actually heard of before! #9) Liberty Meadows - By Frank Cho and have seen this comic but was never really a fan. Couldn't get into it at all. #8) Garfield - by Jim Davis and I actually got to meet him once when the original movie came out. I grew up on this but looking back I wonder why. It ran for pretty much two decades and I always felt bad for Odie the dog. #7) Li'l Abner - by Al Capp and this has been an American classic even though I never really followed it. Capp drew this comic for 43 years. #6) Opus - by Berkeley Breathed and I never knew he had his own comic. The lovable penguin was part of Bloom County and that is the comic strip I know. #5) Doonsebury - by Garry Trudeau and I found this to be one of the boring-est comics on the face of the planet, even today. I was never a fan but I do recognize his place in comic strip history. #4) Peanuts - by legendary Charles Schulz who drew this comic for 50 years and should be much higher on the list, closer to #2 even ... a beloved American classic. #3) Pogo - by Walt Kelly, never read this but have heard of it. Was in the time frame from 1948 to 1975. #2) The Far Side - by Gary Larson, what made this comic so appealing was its quickness to the joke, even a one-frame picture at times. It was both funny and fun ... lot of newspaper clippings and calendars are out there for this one. #1) Calvin and Hobbes (pictured) - by Bill Watterson. Another one I grew up on from day one and thought the world was being seen through a stuffed tiger's eyes.
Facts & Tips:
At 5 feet, the whooping crane is the tallest bird in North America."What? No. I'm from Saskatchewan. The hinjews of Saskatchewan. Some thought we were a cult of some sort." - Vik Sahay as Lester Patel in the TV series "Chuck."
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