Ramblings about crap in my life.
Reading
Waiting anxiously for the Deathly Hallows
Apr 9th
Major Spoilers.
I happened to stumble upon the release date for the last Harry Potter book (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), and was chocked to see it's already being released this july, I've never been wanting to read a book more than this one, so I probably just suppressed the fact that the seventh book wasn't coming out anytime soon when I read the Half-Blood Prince the first time, but now it's almost here!
Therefore I've read the Half-Blood Prince (once again) during this Easter, to refresh my memory. I was actually a bit let down by the first two thirds of the book, it's a very good read, but it doesn't seem to have all these small things, that all seem to be solved in the end, well it does have these, but Harry has, more or less, already guessed them all. One major thing I didn't guess when I read the book the first time was the fact that Snape is the Half-Blood Prince, and that still shows what a genious writer Rowling is, considering how many hints you get while reading the book (well, maybe I'm just an idiot, and you all guessed it). Also, I wanted to read more about Harry and Ginny and a lot less about the Hermoine-Ron-Lavender drama, although It'll probably fit nicely when Hermoine and Ron start dating in the final book (because they will, right? ;)).
The ending though, is incredible, no one probably anticipated the death of Dumbledore, and even by the hand of Snape. Also, it seems like Harry has a revelation, he accepts that he has to journey onwards to find the last Horcruxes and that's where the book ends. Now I'm actually looking more forward to Harry's confrontation with Snape than the final one with Voldemort. It's sad to think this extraordinary legend is soon coming to an end though, I heard a fan say he didn't want to read the final chapter of the Half-Blood Prince at its release, because he knew he had to wait for two years until he could read the next book, I truly understand that, and it's gonna be a bit sad when the last line in the seventh book has been read. Can't say I'm not looking forward to the film-version of the sixth book though, that's gonna be great.
Preacher
Jan 16th
Thanks to polt I've begun reading Preacher, a comic book series from the late nineties. Me being lazy I'll just paste a synopsis from the series' Wiki-page:
Preacher tells the story of Jesse Custer, a down-and-out preacher in the small Texas town of Annville. Custer was accidentally possessed by the supernatural creature named 'Genesis' in an incident which killed his entire congregation and flattened his church.
Genesis, the product of the unauthorized, unnatural coupling of an angel and a demon, is an infant with no sense of individual will. However, as it is composed of both pure goodness and pure evil, it might have enough power to rival that of God himself. In other words, Jesse Custer, bonded to Genesis, may have become the most powerful being in the universe.
Custer, driven by a strong sense of right and wrong, goes on a journey across the United States attempting to (literally) find God, who abandoned Heaven the moment Genesis was born. He also begins to discover the truth about his new powers, which allow him to command the obedience of those who hear his words. He is joined by his old girlfriend Tulip O'Hare, as well as a hard-drinking Irish vampire named Cassidy.
Sounds weird? It is, weird in the most magnificent way, I just finished volume two, and it's probably the best comic book I've ever read (that doesn't say alot though since I haven't read a lot of them, just trust my taste in litterature, okay?). The theme is pretty dark: brutal murders, rape, child-molestation, disfigured characters, stuff like that, the language is written like it's pronounced and it's very harsh, profanity on almost every page, very Tarantino-like actually, which means it's great and it's one of the things that makes Preacher so entertaining. The stories are very interesting, so are the characters, it's just incredible. If you want to start reading comic books but are tired of superheroes then buy Preacher.
Post-Christmas and presents!
Dec 27th
The best evening of the year is over, as always, now you're supposed to feel guilty about all the disgusting things you've been filling yourself with the last month. Well, that's what you're supposed to, you could also just enjoy all your presents, bring up the extra case of Coca Colas from the basement and continue stuffing your growing, belching gut. Anyway, that's what I'm gonna do. ALL HAIL THE SPIRIT OF GEEKNESS!
Call of Duty 3, Madden NFL 07.
Thanks to Play.com I didn't receive Call of Duty 3 and Madden NFL 07 in time of christmas. Should be here soon.
Resident Evil 4.
I've been playing Resident Evil 4 for a while, I'm a big fan of the series, and RE 4 is not really what I would call a Resident Evil game (mainly because you collect money and buy stuff from freaky-looking guys in alleys, and the zombies often come running at you in big crowds, not really scary), but it's still a lot of fun. The graphics are decent, and the interactive cutscenes are great.
Metroid Prime.
Haven't been able to play this alot, got around to kill the first boss and it's very entertaining so far, I love the way the interface looks like it's actually a part of the inside of the helmet.
Guitar Hero 2.
Sooo addictive, I'm on medium difficulty now, a lot more fun than easy, which is just dull.
The Ultimates vol 1.
Not as good as Astonishing X-Men (the only comic I can compare it with, because I'm a comics-newbie), probably primarily because of the missing Whedon-humor in The Ultimates. It's still very entertaining though, nice story, intriguing characters, interesting dialogue, including the cool punchlines.
Preacher – Gone to Texas.
Fascinating on so many levels it's hard to explain. The story is extremely far out, vampires, angels, serial-killers, stuff like that, but it just fits so well together it all seems believable. Extremely violent, a lot of gore, and of course, foul language, but hey, I'm a guy, my neanderthal-like brain loves those sort of things.
Wishlist – Christmas 2006
Dec 12th
I love winter, 'winter' as in tons of snow and a clear sky, which has not reached Denmark yet, so, instead of trying to enjoy the horrible weather, I'm looking forward to Christmas Eve, and of course, that means presents;
Games
I got my Wii, unfortunately I'm only interested in a couple of games, most of them are sold out, and so is all accessories for the console. I've been wanting to try Resident Evil 4 for the GameCube for some time, so I've put a GameCube controller and some games from that console on the list instead.
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Books & Comics
I bought my first comic earlier this year; Astonishing X-Men, loved it and now I want more, so I contacted lopt from the >pcplayer-forum, he's a bit of a comics-expert, and after describing what I'm searching for he suggested Ultimates and the Preacher-series, and therefore I'm getting those. Also, I've always wanted to read the Fight Club novel, so that made it on the list aswell, along with a short comic set in the Firefly universe.
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Finally ordered comics
Sep 23rd
I've been thinking about buying comics for a while now. I've finally ordered Astonishing X-Men volume one and two, written by the genious Joss Whedon, creator of the best Tv-show ever made; Firefly. The book contains 12 comics and I had to pay 265 DKK for it, at Play.com, which was a lot cheaper than the alternative, the danish webshop Faraos Cigarer, where it costs 498 DKK, so I'll probably survive one or two weeks of waiting time.
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