Best Random Dancer EVAR

So, I drove out to Iona on Thursday to visit Rob and take care of that transcript business. All went well, although I felt bad about not joining Rob & Co. in seeing Iron Man that night. I really did want to go, but considering I hadn't been sleeping much (thanks to my cousins, who kept me up to the wee hours of the morning the weekend before and screwed up my sleep schedule) and that I had work the next day, it just wasn't a good idea to go see the midnight showing. I wouldn't have gotten home until 5 A.M.! >_>()

I did get to see Iron Man this weekend, though. It was good! At times, it seemed more like a military thriller with a sci-fi twist rather than a superhero flick. I think what really made the movie was Robert Downey, Jr. ... he brought something to the movie that it would have seriously lacked otherwise. I honestly can't imagine ANYONE else playing Tony Stark now and look forward to the inevitable sequel:

The Avengers.

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BTW, if you haven't seen it yet, DEFINITELY wait until the credits are over. A character barely hinted at during the film appears, played by an actor you may not at all expect (but makes sense, because the latest version of the character's design is specifically based on this actor).

Go! See! Now!

On Friday, I went to a party. Like usual, I was just about the only person who WASN'T drunk. >_>() On the plus side, though, I won an award for my work with the TV Station!

Paul Cwiakala, BEST RANDOM DANCER!

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In the meantime, I'm having issues finishing one of my stories (not the story for the contest, that's already finished and submitted). I think the problem is that the nexus of the creative energy for it was about a week ago... I didn't take advantage of it until too late, so I haven't been able to get much further than a page. It's not a difficult story (and I really like the concept here), but it's being bitterly slow.

I'll probably give it another shot tonight.

I should probably mention what the story is about, eh? I'm calling it "All Hail the Gods of Titan"... yes, it's pretty much that Titan story I've been kicking around for who knows how long. I've decided to attack it from a different angle, though, and now I'm telling the story from the POV of the Huygens probe rather than either the Titanians or the ISRO gaganauts that arrive at the end. The premise is that NASA lands its probe on Titan, it remains active for 2 hours, and then shuts down. In those two hours, how was this stationary object supposed to learn that there ARE in fact intelligent, albeit primitive, aliens on the moon? Little does humanity realize, but we have just introduced a metal piece of technology on a world that knows neither. The story follows the chaos that overtakes the Titanians and, ultimately, the reactions of the Humans when we finally conduct a manned landing 150 years later.

Oh, I also bought GTA4 yesterday. It is AWESOME. More news as it arrives. ^_^

As a final note, I recently noticed that I forgot to actually include a link to The Race, but not their Empire, ISOT to OTL 2007 the last time I mentioned it. So, here it is! Let me know what you think... I've been getting pretty good reviews, but I don't know how good it could be... I mean, it's just fan fiction. ^^()

Ah well, until next time!