On a somewhat related note: IMDB lists Simon Pegg, and John Cho as Scotty, and Sulu, which I just can’t picture. I just keep thinking of Shaun of the Dead, and Harold & Kumar go to White Castle, which is not what I really what I associate with Star Trek.

Apparently, it was the cover art of an album by Funki Porcini (which also happens to be the text on the left).

Laurie’s wedding was fun. Quite a bit of dancing with Jackie. (Yay!) As always the weekend went much too quickly.

Now it’s just hanging out at the airport for another 45 mintues until it’s time to board. (Not yay.)

Back to the daily grind tomorrow.

This is another one that really could have been told in half the number of episodes (13 vs. 24). Up until episode 22, it didn’t really feel like the story was actually going to go anywhere. All of the other characters were just kind of swirling around Tetsunosuke, while he basically did nothing. Most of the episodes are filled with Tetsunosuke either whining, or getting into trouble by goofing off. It doesn’t even really feel like he’s trying to become a full member of the Shinsengumi, which was the whole premise behind the series.

When Tetsunosuke finally gets to confront the person he thinks is responsible for killing his parents, the guy has no clue what Tetsunosuke is talking about. We never really find out who killed Tetsunosuke’s parents, or why. We also never get to find out why Tetsunosuke is referred to as being “tainted”.

Unless you enjoy watching anime with whiny main characters that complain all the time, and always seem to be saying “why me”, I’d skip this one.

Every time there was a race, I kept feeling like I was watching pod racing from Star Wars: Episode 1. Eva/Molly’s “Star-Racer”/ “Pod racer” felt a lot like Sebulba’s.

Even though it’s 26 episodes, they probably could have told the same story in 13, without losing any actual content. There was a lot of focus on Eva/Molly’s “emo” moments, which got a little annoying after a while.

There is a pretty decent, unexpected surprise (at least for me), at the very end, involving one of Eva/Molly’s love interests.

Probably not a show I’d bother watching again, nor one that I would recommend anyone go out of their way to watch. If this one falls in your lap for some reason, it’s worth watching at least a couple of episodes to give it a try, though.

Jackie,
originally uploaded by jacob.helwig.

For anyone that hasn’t already found out, Jackie and I are now engaged. I proposed, and she said yes, the morning of Feb. 28th (also her birthday).

We haven’t set a date for the wedding yet, other than knowing it’ll be some time after Jackie finishes up her (approximately) last year to go at EMU.

In no particular order, they are Fallout 3, Fable 2, Lost Odyssey, and Too Human: Part 1.

I never did play Fallout 2, or Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel, but I absolutely loved Fallout. I fell in love with the lore, and post-apocalyptic world. As long as they keep the same feeling to the world in Fallout 3, I’ll be happy.

I thought Fable was a little short, but I still liked the dynamic feel to the world, and your character. From what I’ve seen of Fable 2, it looks to be just “mo’ better”. I haven’t really seen much about “the dog”, other than you have no direct control over it. The dog will be like a real dog, reacting and learning based on how you treat it. So far it sounds similar to the avatars from Black & White, which is great in my book. More depth, and subtlety is always welcome.

Lost Odyssey looks pretty sweet from the trailers I’ve seen. The “ship” I’ve seen reminds me a lot of the air-ship from Final Fantasy VII (again, a good thing). The game appears to be pretty massive, since it is 4 discs. I’m kind of a sucker for large RPGs (Such as Final Fantasy VII/VIII).

Too Human combines future, spacey stuff, with Norse mythology. Again, I’m kind of a sucker for the “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” explanations of mythology.