Munden's Bar - Day

11:30AM - Better Zombies Thru Physics

For the zombiologists on my flist, I thought I should point out that the comic strip, Better Zombies Thru Physics, is appearing on the web courtesy of Tor Books.

Oh, and happy birthday kittyfarmer, Your handle and the story have something in common!

2:26PM - Vampires & Werewolves

I've decided, after seeing it a second time, that I really like Le Pacte des loups (Brotherhood of the Wolf). It's up there with 13th Warrior in the "historical pseudo-supernatural but darkly gritty" stakes. It is a little long, somewhat brutal, is almost too many movies crushed into one, and if you don't know French you need to watch the subtitles. But even I with my limited high school French could tell that the subtitles were not saying exactly what the characters were saying, and that does not really detract from a movie that does so many of the tropes of modern action movies, but sets them in 14thC France. The villain is perfect. Over the top in such a way that if I described him bluntly here you might say he was tacky and unoriginal, a caricature, but as portrayed and revealed in the film, just lovely. Some events are predictable, almost clichéd, but are perfect in the context of the story. As a modern movie it needs serious editing, but as an experience to wallow in it;s just right. And the wolves... well, I can't say much without spoilers, but there is a lovely karmic balance between the titular Brotherhood being the villains, and real wolves.

Here's another Vampire Clan test. But I quite enjoyed this one :

( My result for Which Vampire the Masquerade Clan Are You? )

5:39PM - Afternoon low

I woke up with a bad headache this morning, and have been popping aspirin all day to try and keep going, but it's getting worse now. I'm getting that feeling behind the eyes that's sort of like tear gas and decompression at altitude. Don't feel like I can do do much except sit in front of a screen and veg. Maybe I can list some more items on Trade Me.

I seriously doubt that I'll get to either wyldcard's flat-warming or house_monkey's bash, as i'm feeling more like curling up in bed. Still, at least I think I've seen part of wyldcard's apartment in his, er, I mean, The Embezzler's Evil League of Evil application.

Another for the zombiologists : in a comment to my previous post elfs brought to my attention the possibly NSFW My Zombie Pinup ("Where beauty eats brains!").

With China having hacked the World Bank (hat-tip, meesto) , and Bush ordering troops recently returned from Iraq onto US streets for "crowd control" in direct violation of US law, it all just makes me feel more and more like curling up in my hillside tree-surrounded lair and hibernating until it's all blown over. Or maybe that's the cold. At the least the recent poll showing that more of us New Zealanders are supporting the current government now makes me feel a bit better about my fellow citizens. Labour may not be what we want, but they're better than letting National get in. As Lazarus Long said

If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for...but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against.

Instead maybe I'll take solace in astrology(yes, Heinlien fans, the juxtaposition is intentional). My horoscope says :

The bad news is that you are, metaphorically speaking, in jail. The good news is that a recent visitor sneaked you the key to the locked door of your cell. The weird news: You have not yet realized that you have the means to escape, since your visitor did not actually tell you that the key is hidden inside a certain thing he or she left behind. The great news is that I'm here to inform you about the situation. Once you locate the key, Scorpio, slip your hand between the iron bars so you can fit the key into the keyhole from the front. It won't work from behind.

Hmm... OK, which of you is it? Who's been hiding keys in my house? And where did you put them? I don't want to pour out my cereal in the morning and lose my remaining teeth chomping down on a big metal key! If you hid it one of the things wasup_bro threw out after the ant invasion, well, it's gone now!