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This has got to be the weirdest conversation I've ever had with a complete and total stranger. It happened late last night, and I was kind of tired from taking care of my nephews all day (I wore my shin-guards this time, unfortunately, they didn't help my Mom's toy poodle - Cutler is one nasty little boy), so it gets kind of off toward the end. Ironically, my tiredness meant I wasn't thinking clearly at the last couple of posts and I say this is ironic because it implies that I was thinking clearly on the others (which I was, believe it or not).

So a friend mine went to see Transformers 2 over the weekend. Now, I hated the transformers movie. The movie had no real plot, the character development was non-existent, the action was poorly directed (in the last 30 minutes, there was at least 15 minutes of slow motion and I know because I timed it), and there was a terrible glare problem (every time the camera turned around, a bright light was shining directly on it). But this friend of mine is not the sort you argue with. If he disagrees with you, he just says "well, that's your opinion" even if you've got facts to back it up (I don't talk science or history with him. Ever) Still, I wasn't going to let him get away with enjoying a movie that I have no doubt was actually crappy, so, rather than argue logic with him, I said this:
"What the transformers movie really needs is a pimpmobile robot."
To my surprise, he thought this idea was funny and even went on to describe the robot's characteristics. Apparently, the huge feather in the robot's hat is a chainsaw. The autobot insignia (or decepticon, whichever he ends up being) hangs from a gold chain around his neck and his main weapon is a cane with a diamond-tipped drill at the end of it. He apparently hits on the cars that ladies drive.
Someone needs to draw this now.

Also, I am apparently a geek. Somehow, I stumbled onto a torrent for Pokemon in its original Japanese language track. I'm not terribly ashamed to admit that once upon a time I watched the show. I was never a great fan, because even then, the 4kids dubbing offended me in many ways and I could see that they were chopping the story to bits, but I did watch an episode every now and then. Well, when I stumbled onto this torrent, I thought "why not?"
After downloading and watching a couple of episodes, I came to one where Team Rocket leader Giovanni (whose Japanese name is apparently Sakaki - I'll give 4kids the thumbs up on that name change, because he oozes Italian mob boss), I said to myself, "Hey, that's my favorite seiyuu, Suzuoki Hirotaka."
I can't decide what's more geeky, that I have a favorite Japanese voice actor and I know him by name, or that when I think Japanese voice actor, I actually use the Japanese word for it, or that I like the actor so much, that I wanted to download the rest of the series just to hear his performance. At least I can say that I resisted the urge to download them all; however, this is only because I know the actor well enough that after listening to his performance on a couple of episodes, I could get an idea of how he was playing the character and can imagine for myself what the rest of it would be like.

Oh, well. That's all for now. Now I need to get back to my writing, which my nephews and work have kept me from.