What We Do In Life Echoes In Eternity.

The Internet has become a place where people put their lives on display for the entire world to see. A place to put our thoughts and ideas to the test. And it is more and more common all the time. Which is kinda cool and yet kinda creepy all at the same time. There is quite a lot of stupid stuff on the Internet. Some stuff is pretty interesting, and yet others are just down right nasty! 10 years ago, most of us couldn't care less about what someone half across the world was doing for fun or in his free time. But because he puts it on the Internet, it makes it all the more interesting. For some reason we care. Well, here is a video I found. This is what this guy does in his free time, lol. I can only imagine the amount of time it spent to do this! It's a video of a guy parking cars with his hands. Doesn't sound very impressive, I know. But wait until you see it! I love how he helps some people across the street. I think I remember seeing a construction site video with the same sort of idea a while back. I hope you enjoy it.

This Isn't My First Rodeo, Mr. Stark.

Those who read this blog know, I get petty excited for movies before they are even in the theatre. Heck, I get excited for movies even before they finish filming! And this post is no different than that. So lets talk about The Avengers. I can not express to you how excited I am for this movie. (But I will try) Probably according to my wife, I am annoyingly excited for this movie. Lately she has had the SNL Aunt Linda "Ah, Geez" look on her face whenever I mention the movie. Ha! But it doesn't bother me. I figure maybe somehow my excitement will eventually flow onto her. Because this movie is absolutely worthy of excitement. Something like this has never been attempted before on film. It's the type of movie that is only dreamed of, but never brought to life. The sheer ambition of this movie is practically insane! Which is what makes it so much fun!

For those of you who aren't familiar, The Avengers superhero team will consist of Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Hulk, Hawkeye and Black Widow. That is a huge amount of kick butt! As of yet, not a lot of the plot or story has been released yet. Which doesn't really bother me, secrecy builds buzz and excitement. For the past couple weeks, production for the film has been filming in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. The streets have been made to look like an alien invasion is taking place. Destruction everywhere. There's been a bunch of stuff blown up, something like 20 cars. Extras running all over the place. Captain America and Thor are the only Avengers spotted on the set so far. And for the past few days they have been fighting actors dressed in motion capture suits... Can anyone say Skrulls or Kree? Neither alien race have been confirmed yet though.

I am completely sold on this movie. I figure even if it is lame and cheesy, I think this is going to be one heck of a ride. And probably going to be everything I think it will be. Fun, exciting and pure awesomeness. I can't wait to see a picture of the Avengers assembled! And as soon as I get a calendar for 2012, I am circling May 4th with a big red Sharpie.

               I wonder why some of the extras are wearing motion capture hats and some aren't?

I am expecting to see quite a bit of hammer bashing in this movie!



She May Not Look Like Much But She's Got It Where It Counts Kid

So in preparation for the release of Gears of War 3 I decided to play through the first 2 games, just to hone some of my skills. And get use to the button lay out again. But after playing through the first level on Hardcore (medium) I started to realize that I am really, really rusty! Now I am not an amazing gamer, but I think I can hold my own. But this morning I really felt off, like it was the first video game I have ever played. I have to admit that I haven't played this game in over 2 years, so that might have something to do with it. lol. I am pretty excited for the last instalment of the Gears trilogy and very intrigued to see how it all ends. It was the first game I played on my new 360 when I got it almost 6 years ago. So the game and characters sort have that special feeling to me, if that makes any sense. But I think I might need a bit more practice before I am fully ready to fight along side Marcus and the other Gears. Otherwise I think I will be getting my butt kicked all over the place. And that can't be much fun. Can it?

These Aren't The Droids You're Looking For.

I love Star Wars. I also love Xbox 360. So naturally, I think that a Star Wars themed Xbox 360 would be really cool. Well, Microsoft has done just that. A special Star Wars Kinect bundle is set to launch in 2012. And it really does look cool. It would be awesome to have a console and controller that looks just like my two favorite droids. And apparently it will have special sounds when it is powering up/down and when the tray opens and closes. I could only assume that they will be R2's signature beeps and whistles. Great touch to an already impressive system. I could only imagine how 'finger-printy' the shiny gold controller would get after a gaming weekend. Impossible to keep clean. I would absolutely love to pick up this limited edition set, but truthfully I probably won't. That is, unless my current 360 kicks the bucket in the next few months. Which I guess would be a good and bad thing to happen. lol.

Scruffy Looking Nerf Herder.

Someone showed me this video on the weekend. I couldn't stop laughing! The dogs reactions are absolutely priceless. I hope you enjoy it!