A Wednesday Post
Ever seen a crackhead do a backflip off the roof of a two-story house?
This video pains me, he can't have been OK after that landing. Giving someone a dollar to do something like this is in no way the responsible thing to do, and yet since he did how can you not watch this?
It's definitely up there with some of the most impressive movie stunts of all time. And this ain't no movie. And with no dampening. Damn.
It's definitely not the type of thing you'd do if you're trying to abide by a strict longevity protocol to maximize life, but then again what does our life matter if all we do is live?
How do we go about immortalizing our time on this planet? Why do we even care? Why are humans so vane and self-indulgent?
I can't but not think of the legacy I leave though, and want there to be more of it. Meanwhile I'm here updating anime episode counts, archive links and the sidebar on the main page with a link for the year. And wrote up a quick a walkthrough for a game I didn't expect to play (DOOM: TGE).
I listened to a fascinating pod with Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently too.
Although Lex (the host) comes across unfortunately naive, it's clear he prepped a lot for this episode.
Didn't he get enough sleep before it? Did he have trouble with the language barrier and translation lag? Was just too set on a peaceful solution to properly lead the conversation? No matter, it certainly gave me new perspectives on the war, and how complicated everything really is.
Pride really will be our downfall. It makes sense it's part of the seven deadly sins.
Speaking of which, they'll actually be showing Se7en at the cinemas again soon! I hope to see it. It was before my time of seeing anything but kid's films at the cinema.
Saw Heretic, Nosferatu and Paddington in Peru there recently - all three on the same day - yesterday, and that was a killer set of movies.
Watch in reverse order if you want to save the best for last. Or watch in that order if you want to have a laugh when it's over, and not linger on contemplations of life and death and the essence of control.
Wonder what perspective Putin would have on Heretic. World leaders commenting on controversial or otherwise make-you-think type media would be fascinating to see...
On a more positive note do y'all know Harry Mack? Did y'all catch his Dr. Phil freestyle recently? Did y'all know he could do this? Did y'all know his house burned down in the recent California wildfires? I guess this wasn't all that positive a note after all! My bad.
The New Year may not be starting off as ideally as the last one for all, but I do hope his spirit's still strong, and I really hope he had offsite copies of all of his songs!!!
Reminder: Spend time in the moment. Take nothing for granted. Live your life with this kind of energy. RAGE.
Mike Shinoda's final meal may be worth a watch too. Good conversation. Some other LP videos. And here's Madelline singing Dopamine IN TWO LANGUAGES AT ONCE (French/English). Very cool! Headphones is a must though. Or a broken speaker, if you'd rather just listen to one language
at a time.
Apparently that particular track's good for ADHD too! Who knew some people need to play two tunes at once to truly appreciate 'em the way most of us appreciate the one song, and calm the fuck down.
To spend time in the moment. And take nothing for granted. And live.
Yes I realize I've been spending all too much time on YT again. I'm attempting to do something about that right now - as I type this after just skimming through a bundle of RATM reaction videos with Krizz Kaliko, Shaq, LBoyd and FlawdTV.
To be fair these particular selections of viewables have been building up in my Nytt textdokument (4).txt
draft file for a while now, and I'm just now getting to posting about 'em.
Also gotta post about this new WaterFlame album.
I'm not a huge WaterFlame fan - I have none of his other albums, but when I first found out about the great NewGrounds back in the day, and started perusing the audio that was available there, and unexpectedly stumbled into the realm of Techno and Trance, with artists like @ParagonX9 spearheading my interest for the genre, there was also this one up-and-coming artist by the name of @chainsaw_09 there, who piqued my interest... and then he disappeared!
Years later I find out it was in fact @WaterFlame!
So he went back to his roots with this one, remastered a bundle of his old stuff released under said alterego, and threw in a bundle of previously unreleased tracks from the same era. And that is pretty cool. I had to buy it.
There's also a NEWGROUNDS DOCUMENTARY ON THE WAY!
Here's the Kickstarter for it.
My first thought when I saw the ask was honestly that Conner's getting a little greedy with the budget, but I misread, I thought it was 800,000 USD, it was but 800,000 SEK! That's conservative - especially after that misconception.
It's still a lot. It's more than most creative projects of a seemingly similar caliber, but considering this'll probably be a full-time gig for at least a year or so for two people, and involve plenty of other artists and creators on the site, who ought also get some compensation, it's a bare minimum for sure.
I hope they make it. Will check back later and remind. They're certainly doing their marketing right, but there's a long stretch left on the funding.
Also Nintendo just introduced their next console, the Switch 2, the first console in their assortment with a straight up numerical title?! This one really won't stand the test of time when it comes to innovation, mark my words, it looks like an appreciative upgrade but... same name!? Come on.
The trailer's a disappointment too. I miss the old Nintendo, when they were always on the cutting edge; always new new...
Also this giveaway is still going!
That's all. Cyberdevil over and fall.