1. Battlestar Galactica
2. Farscape
3. Lost
4. Doctor Who
5. Heroes
6. Arrested Development
7. Studio 60
8. The 4400
9. Extras
10. Jericho
The shows that prey upon my free time
Reminisce
stavros had an idea for a graphic novel involving a woman with a cybernetic arm. I took one of his photos and worked up this piece as a proof of concept.
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The Prestige
If you see only one period drama involving magicians, see The Prestige. This is one of those films you need to see early before someone spoils it for you by revealing the secret.
1. Brick
2. Inside Man
3. Day Watch
4. Night Watch
5. Howl’s Moving Castle
6. The Departed
7. Crash
8. Uzumaki
9. The Prestige
10. The Chronicles of Riddick
Uzumaki
I had to think about this one for a few days, whether or not it made the list. But I think the fact that it has gripped my mind for so long tells me something. I ordinarily do not like straight out horror films, but there is something about Japanese horror films which lure me. They never try to pretty them up. Sometimes, as in Ju-On (The Grudge), they are a straightforward account of inevitable doom. There is no mystery to be solved, no way to fight the darkness, no way to win. *That* is horror.
That’s what Uzumaki is. But it also manages to throw in humor, imagination, and a puzzling entity that engages the mind like a David Lynch creation. If I had to pick a favorite horror movie, it would be Uzumaki.
1. Brick
2. Inside Man
3. Day Watch
4. Night Watch
5. Howl’s Moving Castle
6. The Departed
7. Crash
8. Uzumaki
9. The Chronicles of Riddick
10. The Illusionist
Perfect
After three attempts, I think I have perfected the recipe.
Banana Bread
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup + 1 tbs softened butter
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
3 large overripe bananas
1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1. Combine sugar, butter and vanilla
2. Beat eggs into sugar mixture
3. Mash bananas, leaving some small chunks, and combine with sugar mixture
4. Mix dry ingredients together
5. Combine ingredients and pour into greased 9×9″ glass baking dish
6. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes
Awaiting Further Instructions
The lifepod is unmoored once again. I’m not certain of what it is I am seeing when I look out the window. A trackless scrub dotted with discarded dog dishes, a bent antenna and a tomato plant that didn’t ever happen. Most of the comm channels are thick with static, though someone has taken to playing the Van Morrison cover of Comfortably Numb. I send out guarded queries, hoping for another mission, however lean. Received a map. Islands and a volcano. Migration patterns of tropical pigs.
As my interest with the mainland wanes, I spend more and more time hacking the Hanso frequency and scanning the transmissions from New Caprica. It is never good news, but it helps pass the time. A distraction from the food dilemma. Every meat has grown strangely repulsive as I slide towards vegequarianism and the perfection of banana bread recipes. This time I will use 3 bananas instead of 2.
I am tempted to begin a conspiracy. A viral marketing campaign, complete with carefully seeded jpeg images encrypted with vague riddles. There would be no ultimate product, just the stroking of some reptilian breed of hope.
The pneumatic tube coughs. LA, Montana and Phoenix on the line.
The Departed and Crash
1. Brick
2. Inside Man
3. Day Watch
4. Night Watch
5. Howl’s Moving Castle
6. The Departed
7. Crash
8. The Chronicles of Riddick
9. The Illusionist
10. Lady in the Water
Drey’s Top 10 Board Games
1. House of Whack
2. Puerto Rico
3. Caylus
4. Talisman
5. Cosmic Encounter
6. Runebound
7. Citadels
8. Carcassonne
9. Twilight Imperium v3
10. Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation
Updates
Eventually I will overhaul this site, but in the meantime I will do some housecleaning, update information and the like.