Thursday

Listening to: Cancer Bats
Question: What in the name of Sega Genesis!?

So I bought "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury a couple days ago at BMV for $6. I read "The Homecoming" illustrated by Dave McKean and wondered why I hadn't read RB before, especially since a lot of my favorite authors cite him as being a major inspiration to their work. As I was reading "The Earth Men" chapter I realised that this was the same book my buddy Vahon was reading on one of his trips to Toronto. I'm only half way through it but it's already one of my favorite books!

Speaking of Chronicles, avoid "The Mutant Chronicles" AT ALL COST. Let me break it down for you...

The earth is divided into 3 or 4 mega corporations who are constantly warring because that's what you do in the future, have wars. A giant rock crashes into earth bent on turning all humans into mutants (I'm not kidding, that's exactly what they say in the movie). Not cool mutants like in Xmen who can do cool useful things. No, these are bald bad ass single clawed mutants with bad skin! The mutants single purpose (Besides slicing people in the face) is making more mutants by dragging them to a pit where they land on a metal plate that shaves their heads and injects the mutant gene into their arm HOLY CRAPS! The movie was shot much like Sky Captain or Immortal Ad Vitem, and it looks good, but everything is rushed and none of the story elements are developed or make any sense at all, so it kinda falls on it's.... claw. I'm pretty sure the movie was directed by an eight year old boy who was like "Oh man it would be sooo cool if these mutant claw monsters were running around killing everyone and like some cool guys and a hot Asian chick have to kill them with swords and it's the future and it looks like the 1940s *aaachoo* oh I just squirted milk out of my nose!"

In other news, I'm building a Steampunk outfit. I'm going for an Aviator look, so old army kinda look and feel with goggles and leather bald hat. For dressings I'm looking for metals, wings, maybe even a gas mask if I can find one. So far, I got the coat! The coat cost me $11, and it's amazing, thing will probably last till I'm 40. The entire outfit is going to cost something like $70 I guesstimate. Mind you if I get boots for it to it could easily double in price. As for the goggles I have found a couple tutorials online on making your own, so that's probably the route I'll take. I'm planning on attending Fan Expo like this, not entering any contests, just doing it for fun. Once this outfit is complete I'll start working on my "Pirate Gentleman" Steampunk suit. I'll post a step by step for both outfits once there done.