Yes, yes, I'll give you all five minutes to pick yourselves up off the floor after the sudden shock of the first SuperSnotling blog in over 2 months...

Truth be told, my mind has been elsewhere. I've been caught up with trying to sort out my college for September, which still isn't going too well. The fact that it isn't going too well has led to an overall feeling of uselessness some days. Hard to describe really, but it just generally leads to me being in a slump all day, limited attention span, total apathy and lethargy. Not fun.

Thankfully I have someone to help me through things. I really don't know how things would have been if I didn't have Susi to help me through things. I know all you other guys would have helped me too, if I needed it, but Susi did such a wonderful job on her own, your services weren't required.

Then of course there is the fact that last week was carnival week here in Rhayader, which meant a whole load of alcohol was had by all. Going to take a little time off from that now. Maybe a few days at least, possibly longer.

I've got some pictures to put up, but given that the first half of this blog is me moping around, I'll save them for another day.

So, as a teaser, here's an excellent reason why I'm going to be cutting back on the drink for a while:



Yes, that's me. I borrowed half of someone's fairy costume for a photo op. Susi thinks it's sweet, I think I look like a fool. But then looking like a fool is part and parcel of carnival day...

So anyway, I'm all good and still alive these days. I've even started to show up around the site a little more, could be the start of a glorious return.

Well, this has been a short, sweet one. I'll try to geek it up a bit more next time, it's been a while since I helped you with your overdose of geekiness.

SuperSnotling out... (to go do some geeky research)

Hiya guys, just a quick one to let you know that I'm not dead (again) I was prompted by Claire's 'Goodbye' blog to post this really, so you might want to thank her.

Don't worry, I'm still here, just dropped into lurk mode for a little while. I still read most of the forum threads, and even post in a couple of them, but blog commenting has been cut back on. I do read them, honest.

The truth behind it is that I've become mildly addicted to a new computer game I have. Call of Duty 4, to be specific. Great game, too much fun. (anyone with an Xbox 360 and their own copy of CoD4 can find me under the Gamertag BunnyCommando (Just like that, capital B, capital C)

Add to that the bedroom finally falling into place after redecoration while I was in Germany, (furniture took its time arriving, long story there, might tell it later, but it really isn't that interesting) and you see why I've been away for a while.

The game is still fun too, no signs of the fun there slowing down, so I'll still be in lurk mode for a little while longer.

But I'm alright, everything's fine. I shall return properly at some point, but it might be a while...

(And for those of you thinking that this blog might seem a little unLeelike, with no bunnies or geek references, I point to to the title. Only mildly geeky, but I'm counting it. Bonus points for knowing the origin. )

SuperSnotling away... (to go shoot virtual people. )

Just a quick and random one from me today guys. Possibly a little geeky as well. Had to be cryptic with the title though, if i had just yelled PIKA! none of you would have come here.

Everyone knows Pikachu:



Cute little yellow fellow that he is. But have you ever wondered what the internet would look like if he was in charge?

Well, thanks to a little gizmo I found online, you can. With the help of the Pikachizer, you can Pikachize any web URL you like. A few examples for the more discerning amongst you :

Our very own Tv.com CSI:NY forums. Unfortunately you can't log in, it just reverts back to the original English version. The links still take you to a Pikachized area though, so if you know what's where, you can still have a look around.

The Doctor Who forums here at Tv.com. No danger of spoilers if you can't read the language. (Pika preferred Martha to Donna though)

Pikachu's Wikipedia entry. He likes this one.

Google. For the Pikachu who needs to find something.

PikaTube? Why yes, yes it is...

This very blog... Because without him, none of this would be possible.

Well, that's it for me, if you decide to play with the Pikachizer yourselves, just remember that (as far as I know) if you have to log in to anything, it won't work. That includes friends only blogs, if any of you have that option on.

Still, he had fun...


PIKA!

SuperSnotling away... PIKA PIKA!!

Hi guys and gals, sorry it's taken so long for me to get this up, but the problem with writing a blog about your recent holiday means looking through the photos you took to see which ones are any good, and unfortunately it's taken me this long to not get all tearful and sad every time I see a photo of Susi and I together. I really miss her, and wish I was still over there sometimes.

Anyway, I didn't actually go over to go sightseeing, I went over to see Susi, so I didn't really see very much of the country, just a little of Bonn, and parts of Cologne when we went shopping one time.

I had a great time when I was over there though, Susi is every bit as nice in real life as she is online here, if not more so, and she's a lot prettier than she thinks, she just won't accept it.

So, let's take it from the top, shall we? Turns out I don't fly well, my nerves were shot for days in advance, most of it due to the flying, not the meeting Susi, although that was a big part as well. A large coffee at the airport sorted out some of those problems though. So after the obligatory checking in, security checks, going through boarding, buying cheap video games in the duty free Dixons (yes, really ) I go to waiting for the plane. I would have thrown a mini blog up direct from the departure area, but for some reason, I couldn't access the airports wireless. I have no idea why, there was nothing wrong my end, and the guy sat next to me was connected just fine. But anyway...

It was a poky little plane, the safety voice over guy did say what it was, but I forget. Couldn't have been room onboard for more than 60 people.



As you can see, we didn't have brilliant weather for flying out with, it was already raining.

But after an uneventful journey, unless you count me almost filling my trousers when the landing gear deployed , we landed safely at Bonn/Cologne airport (apologies to anyone who might get a touch grr at the sight of the Anglicised version of German names, but I still haven't figured out how to do accents on my Laptop yet. P). Baggage claim only took a few minutes, and then it was through the door and into the waiting arms of a certain gorgeous blonde. That was nice, actually, no awkward silence, no me freezing up because I'm a wuss, just a hug, a hello and a kiss.

Safe journey back to Susi's place, which is really nice. Lovely cosy little apartment. Won't say any more, Susi might kill me, and I don't want that to happen. Of course I hadn't slept the night before, too nervous to sleep on the plane, so it's now 9pm ish (I forget which timezone my phone was set to at the time, so it might have only been 8 o'clock my time), and I'm falling asleep on the sofa, because we were watching a DVD or something, I forget.

Anyway, next day we start doing normal things. There were some days when we just spent the day lounging around the apartment, not doing very much of anything really. They were nice days, just the two of us relaxing on the couch or whatever, maybe mucking about online, maybe watching a DVD, but it was still just the two of us being close to each other. I think I enjoyed those days the most.

We ventured out of the apartment a few times, mainly for food, or to go shopping for one reason or another, I think we only had one or two actual days out to see things. Took a trip up to Bad Godesburg (which really wasn't that bad) where there's a castle, that was a nice day out, it's where we took the picture you've all seen of the two of us. Took a few piccies, but they were mostly ones that I need to cut and splice together, because I couldn't get everything in one shot. But you do get a lovely view of Bonn (I think it was Bonn, we didn't travel that far )





Same day, the weather was the best it had been the whole time I was over there, except for the last few days (typical, really), so we went for a walk around some park, didn't catch the name of it. I still reckon that it was about the same size as the town I live in, but then I do live in a tiny little town...



Not really anything special, apart from the bigness of it all, and pancake men. Stands selling crepes (again, sorry people but I have no clue how to put accents in) just dotted around. Brilliant idea, and dead tasty too. So we walked around for a bit, just chatting, me occasionally getting my camera out to snap off a shot, but every time I did, Susi would stand behind me so she wasn't in the shot.

A few days later, we went shopping in Cologne, mainly so Susi could look for some shoes (girl ). But I did get to see Cologne cathedral, very kind of them to build it so conveniently close to the train station, I thought. Really big too, sod cleaning that roof...




Really nice inside too, didn't take too many photos, my camera doesn't do inside very well...

Managed to get most of my souvenir shopping done that day as well, which was handy. There was even a Lego shop. If I were a few years younger, I could have spent all day and a small fortune there. As it was I got a Lego Darth Vader keyring for myself and Lego bottle opener for my dad.

We spent a day in (apparently) Germany biggest museum as well, charting the reassembly of the country after the end of the Second World War. Rather interesting actually, even if it was all in German and I couldn't understand a word of it. Got told off for photography there. That was an interesting experience, being told not to do something in a language I don't understand.

Then one night (the night before I left, I believe), we wandered down to the bank of the Rhine (Susi called it a 'beach' but I know a pebbly riverbank when I see one. ) Got a lovely shot of Bonn by night, even if it was a bugger to take the photo straight.



On the way down we went down a path which was rather muddy, much complaining by Susi over getting her shoes muddy, my fault really, I insisted that we keep going. But on the way back we went over the felled trees that were lining the path, it was more fun that way, and I got to see action Susi.



Anyway, that was the night before I came home. My nerves were no better on the flight home, and the goodbye in the airport was rather emotional and a touch damp. It was sad leaving Susi, maybe the hardest thing I've ever done, but we'll be seeing each other in a few months time, I just hope I have the patience to survive.

There were a few other things we got up to (no, not what you're all thinking, dirty people. ) but they weren't that major, or photographically impressive, maybe I'll throw up part two in a few days, maybe I won't I probably won't.

But that's me out, I'm off to do, erm, stuff? Yeah, that's it, stuff. Not like I have anything important to do, so stuff it is. I shall return with your regular dose of geekiness as soon as I get a chance and/or a topic.

SuperSnotling, away... (To be all lonely and miss his Girlfriend. )

I don't really think there were any of you out there that doubted for a minute that I was really over here in Germany, you're all a reasonably trusting bunch. But just in case any of you had any remaining doubts, I Photoshopped something especially for you.

Ah, dammit, I wasn't supposed to say that. Forget that you read that last part, it never happened, this is real, people, a genuinely falsified photo of me and... I did it again, didn't I?

I'm just kidding anyway, it's a real piccie. Touch dark, but that's the cameras fault, and in no way the fault of the monkey operating it (me) forgetting to turn the flash on, nope...

So, people of a nervous disposition, with heart problems or those who are allergic to images of mild cuteness might want to look away now.

Don't say we didn't warn you...



Those of you still conscious may leave via the hall exits to the left.

That's about it really. I'll post all the sightseeing shots when I get back to the UK and have enough time without being distracted.

SuperSnotling away... (to be distracted)

Hey guys, just a quick posting to let you know that I made it here okay. It'll only be a quick one because someone has their arms hanging around my neck trying to distract me, but it isn't working... Okay, maybe it's working a little bit.

The accomodation is nice, my roommate is wonderful and the available choice of entertainment is excellent. Even has an internet connection, although you have to bring your own computer because of the silly keyboard layouts over here Even the food is better than I was told it would be. All told, the Hotel Susi gets 4 stars out of 5.

The only pictures I have at the moment are of the plane I flew over on, so nothing worth posting yet. The flight was the worst part so far. My nerves were shot as it is, partly from not being sure about flying (Gravity, people, it's there for a reason. ) and partly about meeting Susi the other end. I had NO sleep the night before, thank you very much nerves. But an nice early night/lie in/snuggles combo took care of all my sleep related ails.

From the smell of things, dinner is about ready, so I'll sign off here, and try to get back to you all during the days ahead, but if I don't get the chance I'll post when I get back.

SuperSnotling out... (for munchiness. )

Hey guys, just a quick geek update from me.

Not the whole 'I'm going to be missing for a fortnight and I'm absolutely bricking it with nervousness' bit, I'll do that tomorrow. (although the nervousness part is quite true)

Just thought I'd give you all one last good solid dose of geek before I left.

As most of you within eyeshot of a calendar at some point during today will be aware, today is March the 14th. Now, written in the silly date format (America, I'm looking at you ) we get 3/14.

That means?

IT'S PI DAY!!



Yes, today is the one day of the year when we celebrate that magical constant number representative of the ratio of a circle's diameter to its circumference.

In celebration, here is a selection of pi based junk

Silly Pi jokes.

Q: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern by its diameter?
A: Pumpkin pi.

Q: What do you get when you take a bovine and divide its circumference by its diameter?
A: Cow pi.

Q: What do you get when you take green cheese and divide its circumference by its diameter?
A: Moon pi.

Q:What do you get when you take a native Alaskan and divide its circumference by its diameter?
A: Eskimo pi.

Q:What do you get when you take the sun and divide its circumference by its diameter?
A: Pi in the sky.

Q: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a bowl of ice cream by its diameter?
A: Pi a'la mode.

(Okay, so I couldn't find pictures for all of them, I'm writing this right off the cuff here, no preparation at all, I only came up with this idea like an hour ago.)

And there really isn't too much funny out there about Pi. Damned mathematical constant, interesting, yes; able to lend itself to humour, no.

This is kind of funny, not very pi, but he's in there.

Pi goes on a blind date with e

May contain excessive pointless math references, not for the weak of heart.

You know, this whole Pi Day thing sounded a lot better in my head when I thought of it. Didn't quite turn out the way I expected. Still, it's mildly geeky, so it should you guys going for a little while.

Well, this might be your last dose of geek for a little while, so you might want to read it once of twice just to let it all sink in properly. But if you need more, click the following link...

Oh, no, I'm not telling you what it is, you have to find out for yourself.

I expect you all to read and memorise the preceding link, there will be a test on it when I get back from Germany.

Well, I'm off, got to pack, amongst other things.

SuperSnotling away, to calculate pi to several hundred places, or just look it the hell up.

Hey peeps, I know, I know, no blog for nearly two weeks and then two in the space of a few days, but I was doing a little random Wikipedia jumping. You know the kind of thing, you look one thing up, click a link and another, and another, and before you know it, you've gone from the internal combustion engine to Batman, via three bestselling authors, five breeds of dog, three types of sausage and all points in between (including sausage dogs, and dog sausages). Anyway, I was doing this random jumping and I noticed a rather interesting little thing...

WARNING!
May contain edukashunal materiul.

So, I found this little thing about symbols for the two genders. It's mentioned in The Da Vinci Code as well, now that I think about it. Right, onward.



This is Da Vinci's symbol for woman. It's supposed to be all cuppy and representitve of the uterus or some such biological nonsense. It's a bloody triangle, mate, get over it.



And this is Da Vinci's symbol for man. Yeah, yeah, we get it, pointy, phallic, good god, that Da Vinci had a dirty mind. And a rather abstract one, as well. I still only see a triangle, but who am I to argue with the greats?

Now, here's the fun part, remember, triangle pointing up for man, down for woman. Let's put them side by side, and put heads on them:



And then throw some legs on (mmm, legs...):



Conclusion.

From this definitive study, we can clearly see that Da Vinci DID NOT design those little signs that go on public bathroom doors.

That's it really. Just thought you should all know. I'm off now. Bye...

Oh, by the way, 'Good Afternoon Coruscant' is still broadcasting in the previous blog posting, just in case you missed it or anything.

Well first of all m'colleage and I would like to welcome you to a brand spanking new edition of 'SuperSnotling's Blog', the blog that tries to put a bit of jolliness back into the darker corners of modern Britain, but doesn't.

Wait a second? M'colleague? I write these things alone. Have I been hallucinating again? I have got to stop smoking kittens. They send me crazy.

Anyhoo, just thought I'd throw some words together to let you all know that there is still nothing happening in my life, nothing. Unless you count preparations for a holiday. But aside from that, nothing. Just watching a lot of Voyager, doing a little painting. Which is really the main reason I'm here. You guys know how much I enjoy displaying the things I paint, so I figured I'd take a few shots of the new guys and show everyone.

Now, they're a little weird, but they're supposed to be, they're Chaos Spawn, and are basically walking mutations. There is a lot more to it, but the story is basically that they were once mortal men (that's the generic 'men' they could have been anything, man, woman, Eldar, Tau, bunny, sheep...) and have been either excessively gifted by the powers of Chaos, to the point where their bodies could no longer take it; or they have been cursed by the Chaos gods or one of their followers.

Anyway, enough blather, on with the pictures. They do have names, but they're kind of a work in progress, so they're subject to change.

Okay, first up is a scale shot. Figured I'd do this to make things a little easier than trying to describe things like I did the last time I showed you guys stuff. That's a 10p coin in front of them, which according to a little Wikipedia Research is about the same size as the US quarter, or the half Euro. Hmm, is that everyone? I know it's most of you.

Ooh, it's a little bigger than the Australian 10c coin as well. There we go, that will only leave a few stragglers...



At the moment, the bright one on the left is called Stephen, and the duller one on the right is called Hugh. There's a cookie up for grabs if anyone gets the name references.

Okay, so let's start with Stephen, seeing as I think I've done a better job of Hugh.




Here's two front views, one from each side, a full front-on view meant you couldn't see his 'head' so I left it out. I'm rather chuffed with the blending from yellow to orange to red on this guy. Not an easy technique at times. He's got no eyes, but they don't need eyes...



You can see the blending a little better here, I deliberately kept the red to a minimum to keep the model nice and bright. It does mean he'll stand out a little when he's lined up with the rest of the army, but I want another four of these guys in the force anyway, and one of those is probably going to be bright blue anyway, so he'll end up in good company.

Onwards to Hugh, who I'm starting to think is one of the best models I've ever done. I'm just happy with the way he's come out.




Okay, so they're pretty much the same angle, but after I took the first one, I decided that you couldn't see all the details properly. The grey highlighted over the green makes him look suitably odd, kind of gribbly, like something you might find at the back of the fridge after six months.



Here's a rear view of Hugh, he's got a tail, unlike Stephen, I thought Stephen was a busy enough model anyway, but Hugh needed a tail. He's also got Stephen's share of the eyes, he's got five all told, if you look closely, you can see the two on his back. Well, one on his back and one on the end of that top tentacle...

Hugh was actually painted from bare plastic to completion over the course of a day, but I wasn't trying, I would just pick him up and do a little more whenever I felt like it. That makes me all the more impressed with the way he turned out...

There we have it. I'm in the middle of some others as well, I'll see what I can do when I'm finished.

Well, I don't want to clog up too much bandwidth, so I'll skip the usual end of blog stuff, I need something for later in the week anyway. I'll try to add the promised geekiness to the next one as well, even if it means I don't understand it myself.

Well, I'm out of here, I'll see you all around. I'm off to try and kick my kitten smoking habit.

SuperSnotling away... (to score some quality Persians)

I'm having the best day ever.

Seriously, this is like one of the top five days I have ever had, ever. Possibly top three. I feel that I must warn you, this doesn't contain any of my usual laughs, in fact it might get a touch mushy and sentimental...

Okay, so first up, obviously it's Valentine's Day, and last week I got a little parcel with a Deutsche Post label on it. Well, I was allowed to open it this morning, and it was so lovely... I cried a little (alright, more than a little) at the letter within, and I have the giftie contained therein sat on my painting table so I can see it whenever I like. I'm lucky to have someone who means so much to me...

An hour or so later, the postman arrives, and he's got the rest of my Star Trek Voyager DVDs. This in itself would have made for a great day, but today it was just a second thought. I'm about 5 episodes in right now, with plenty to go, seeing as I avoided seasons 3 and 4 until season 2 arrived.

And then, about half an hour ago, there was a knock at the door. There was a chappie with a little envelope. Turns out it's from the passport office. Ooh, I wonder what could possibly be in it? Which now means that I can go ahead with my planned Easter holiday. I was a touch nervous about the passport, I left it quite late applying for it, they say to allow 6 weeks, and it hasn't even been 3.

All in all, one of the best days I have ever had. You have no idea how happy I am right now, it makes a pleasant change.

Okay, well that's me; it was just a post to let you all know about my extreme happiness, I know I don't do that real life thing often, but it's always nice to share the happy.

It was a touch selfish yes, but I deserve it occasionally. Not even going to include a bunny. Nope, you can't make me include a bunny, not even peer pressure will make me include a...



Oh, alright then, one with roses, considering what today is and everything...

SuperSnotling out (to go be extremely happy.)

(normal SuperSnotling silliness will resume when I come down from my happiness)

Right, I'm, not going to decide who I stole this from, but it seemed like a good idea at the time (it's certainly doing the rounds though), and reorganising my DVD collection was getting a bit boring. So I stuck out my thumb and waited for the bandwagon to pass by.

So, I present to you the now infamous Quiz.

With running commentary by me of course.

As with all things in life we first cover a few simple things known as



Rule 1.) Only answer in pictures...go to and type in your answer...pretty easy... BUT...
Rule 2.) You can only use the first page...
Rule 3.) No hitting below the belt, gouging, or spitting...
Rule 4.) There is NO rule 4...
Rule 5.) Have fun! (Cause I'll know if you don't )

1. What's your name?



2. Favourite food?



Yes, I thought it was rather a spooky coincidence that me and Susi should have the same taste in food, but hey, it's not the first spooky coincidence, and it probably won't be the last...

3. Relationship status?



But if you didn't know that, then you've been living under a rock, at the back of a cave, in a galaxy far, far away... (also possibly a long, long time ago )

4. Celebrity crush?



5. Favourite TV show?



Can't decide which one though, I won't do it, you can't make me...

6. A band you like?



Only because it said band, otherwise it would be Meat Loaf here right now, possibly using the comedy effect of actually having the meal, instead of the person. Although Messrs. Daltry and Townshend (and the other two who no one can ever remember the names of) might object to being referred to as a band...

7. What did you have for breakfast?



And lots of it...

8. One thing you're wearing?



Eh? Eh? Anyone? No? Alright, I'll play properly...



Now that first picture should seem a little funnier. I hope... (Clue: think biology...)

9. Favourite colour?



10. One word to describe you?



No real need for words here, but these words are at war with the other words, so they need to be kept separated...

11. Your thoughts on the last person you were with?

I didn't really understand this question. Did it mean the last relationship I was in, or the last person I was in a room with? Cause it's two different answers. I'll take the latter, which would be my sister...



Surprisingly, I got this from 'hug'. But it kind of fits a running joke me and my sister have...

12. Electronic you personally love?



13. Fun thing you did in the last three months?



Yes, I can... Also nothing much has happened in my life the past three months... (The fun thing was finding a girlfriend, not 'did' in the literal sense...)

14. Song you currently have stuck in your head?



Because Photobucket doesn't recognise Baba O'Reilly...

15. How do you feel?





I know I shouldn't have used all those shiny words (rule one can kiss my ass ), but when was the last time I ever did anything properly? Besides, I don't like writing short blogs, and all the words and line breaks make it a little longer, and hopefully gave a giggle or three...

Well, I'm off to do stuff. Don't know what yet, I'm sure I'll think of something...

SuperSnotling out... (to go do something as yet undetermined...)

Hello there peeps, I'm currently fighting through the combined demons of writer's block and insomnia. (it's almost 6am at time of writing and I'm just spewing random brain words into MS Word whist listening to random Youtube videos. ) It's probably my own fault (the writer's block, not the insomnia) by using up more than my fair share of random in the last blog.

So, here I am, sat in bed (I made the effort) rambling aimlessly into my keyboard. I suggest if you have an aversion to random, you click away now. There may also be some mild DVD plagiarism, um I mean research, yeah, that's it, research...

Hell, why don't I randomly throw some of these music videos I've been listening to in here for funsies? Could be fun, especially seeing as some of them are actually quite good. Yeah, let's try it out...

Nerf Herder: Mr Spock

Oh yes, it's a +3 Video of Geekiness. You might know Nerf Herder better for their contribution to great TV theme tunes of our time in the form of the Buffy theme, but anyone know the origin of their name? Anyone? Yes, you at the back there, your answer? That's right, Leia uses it to insult Han in Star Wars. There's your second Geek Point, anyone care to take a pointless guess at the third? (I'll give you a clue, it's the frickin' title. ) Good tune though, enjoy.

Madgod Sheogorath's Quote of the Day.


"I once dug a pit and filled it with clouds... or was it clowns... come to think of it, it began to smell... must have been clowns."

That Sheogorath, what will he do next?

Ooh, time for another random video. Nothing could fit the random pattern of randomness better than something that fits quite nicely...

Weird Al: White and Nerdy

I would like to point out that Although the title describes me quite well, the song itself does not. Apart from the bit about being able to recite Monty Pythons Holy Grail. I can do bits of that... Also bonus points to the video for at least 2 Star Trek references, a cookie to anyone that spots them.

I'm *still* playing Oblivion. Getting to be a slog getting anything done though, too high a level for things to be anything but monotonous, so that restart will be happening as soon as I finish the Shivering Isles expansion. Which could very well be later today. Or I could go kill things with added swearyness by playing Kane & Lynch: Dead Men... Wait, this paragraph is starting to look like some sort or real life interruption. I will not have real life intruding on the randomness!! Off with ye, foul non-randomness...

'Nother random song thrown in here I think, still has is geeky connotations, but it is also a lovely song.

Rachel Luttrel: Beyond Sacred Ground

Taken from an episode of Stargate Atlantis (Critical Mass, season 2, I do believe) and actually sung by the actress herself. In the episode Teyla is asked to perform a ceremony to celebrate the natural death of a person. It's a really nice song, and it's from a sci-fi show, so it's allowed here...

Stopping for a brief moment to do something I don't normally do here (talk about tv.), last night's Torchwood was the best in the series so far, it had everything you need, big alien thing, stun guns, bad guys, random sweary and shouty moment, emotional finish and a trailer that says next week's episode might be even better than this one. So much better than the first series was in its first four episodes...

TV theme tune of the Blog.

I included this in the last one more for a laugh than anything else, but I used to have a musical interlude section, so it's now been revived as this bit.

Lazlo Bane: Superman

It's the Scrubs theme, in case anyone missed it. Directed by Zach Braff as well. Is there nothing that guy can't do? It's a lot longer than the ten second blast you hear on the show as well...

Tachokomatic Moment



Not a proud week for Tachi, after the welcome back Boom party, during which he was found buying alcohol for him and Claire's Aye Aye using a fake ID, and was then found in the bath with said monkey wearing a dog collar (the monkey, not Tachi). And apparently the monkey has now taken to wearing a gimp mask. Probably best if I don't let Tachi get involved with any more small primates...

Well, time to segue out of the random videos and into the usual crud that goes in here to end the blog on a nice note and keep you guys coming back for more... Ooh, actually, let's slip a little extra something in there beforehand...



Hah! This is what you get when lolcats crossbreed with geekyness... Everyone loves Tribbles... And if they don't...

As ever to keep Lin happy and returning, a bunny must suffer. Time for the Bunny Suicides... (I'm just joking around Lin, I know you love coming here really)



And the regular 'borrowing' from icanhascheezburger.com.



He doesn't seem too happy, does he? Can you blame him?

Hey look, it's another piece of Your Very Own Transcendental Number

1

Only another infinite number of parts to collect. Should be finished about 3 weeks after never.

Right, well that's the end of another random ramble, I've got things to do. Okay, that was a lie, I've got nothing better to do than play games and watch Star Trek. You caught me... Maybe I'll go tip pedestrians, that could be fun...

SuperSnotling, away... (To go do nothing majorly important at all...)

I was leafing through a few old blogs, and discovered that the emphasis these days has been on interesting real life topics, and not on the good old crazy stuff I used to do. Well, no more, today sees a return to the days of yore,

I mean, of course if something interesting happens in my life, like I feel a gaming milestone coming on, or a shiny new set of DVDs or a new feat of painting wonderment, then of course I'll bring it up. This does of course mean that I may even be blogging more often. But I'm sure you can all live with that, and besides, it adds to my list of things to do...

So, because it never feels right to just go right ahead with the crazy stuff, not without some sensible real life stuff so I took a piccie of the dog, just to show you how big he's gotten.



That's him hiding under our new coffee table, when he works his way out, he ends up accidentally opening the drawers from underneath.



That's my sister in the picture as well, she isn't the tallest person in the family, coming in at a shade over 5 foot 1. So now you get an idea of how darned big Leiker is getting. Too big. Still, at least he's going to training/obedience lessons now, so he won't be trying to eat the cat anymore.

I hope not, I prefer the cats... (but don't tell the dog, m'kay?)



Now, onto the real crux of the blog, and the origin of the title. I have acquired (through legitimate means, hence the lack of air quotes ) the complete Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (hereafter referred to as Gits:SAC) on DVD. I'm typing this while I watch the 8th episode, but I've already decided I want a Tachikoma as a pet. And why not? They're funny, and have machine guns fitted as standard. They're supposed to be intelligent as well, but seeing as one just tried calling checkmate in a game of reversi, I'm not so sure...



Fantastic little guys, all with the mentality of little kids, but the (supposed) intelligence you would expect from the Police robots that they are. (Read into that however you desire.) And with one as a pet, he/she/it wouldn't need feeding, I'd have my own bodyguard and maybe he/she/it can play computer games as well... Not sure if I could train one to watch Star Trek as well though...

All Your Base Are Belong to Us...

Inspired by the liquid geekiness I had to wash off myself after visiting XxClaraxX's blog and finding out that I am apparently a massive geek. (go try for yourself, I got 49...) I bring you the musical interpretation of the geekiest (and best) internet meme ever...

All your Base, Your Base

There is an origin story behind all your base, stemming from a very badly translated intro sequence to a computer game. But it's a story, and boring. Good tune though. As is this one...

Inner Universe, alright, so it's the GitS:SAC theme, but it's good; it's in Japanese as well, but don't let that scare you...

In celebration of my new found randomness, I bring you a blast from the past, that's right, gentle reader, it's the return of

THE BUNNY SUICIDES.
(grr, Lin, grr)



And seeing as we're resurrecting old favourites, why not throw some random cuteness in there (stolen from the nice people over at icanhascheezburger.com, I love that site.)



Other old favourites will return (all in good random time of course) for those of you collecting your transcendental number like good people, here is your free decimal point, and the next number in the series.

.1

Ooh, wonder where it could be headed?

Well, I'm off to be random for no real reason at all, wish me randomness. (and to hunt down a Tachikoma.)

SuperSnotling, away (on a Tachikoma Hunt)

Greetings mortals, 'tis I the SuperSnotling, and I bring you some words of wisdom.

Well, I bring you some words anyway. Whether they're wise or not is entirely up to you. As you all know, I was given one weeks' notice of the termination of my employment. Well, thanks to illness (well, alright, I'm not that ill anymore, but I like to think that's because the 12 hours of sleep I had last night have helped a great deal), I've called that week short, and start my foray into the world of unemployment today. I've been here before, so it's not a big problem. The thing being, how do I survive? The first time it happened back in September '06, I got a big fat redundancy cheque and used it to buy my Xbox 360. I then proceeded to notch up 8 or 9 hours a day keeping myself busy.

I might very well do the same thing this time. In fact, if I restart this:



then I'm set for a few weeks at least, possibly months.

Now, those of you familiar with this game (also available on PC) will know how life absorbing it can be. Well, for the first three weeks of my first unemployment, I averaged about 6 hours a day on it. I still dabble in it occasionally, but not to the full on hardcore extent that I used to. Well, I think that's all about to change...

I love this game for so many reasons. You can do almost anything you want to, you play the game in your own way, making your own character, customising almost every detail of him/her. And then, after the games one and only compulsory event; a prison break through the Imperial Sewers, lasting about an hour; you get dumped in the game world and let loose to do as you please. Yeah, sure there's a main storyline, but at no point do you actually have to follow it. My second character, Thog the Orc (named after a character from The Order of the Stick webcomic) reached level 31 before I got distracted by another game (although he was a fighter, not my favourite character type, so I might abandon him) and he still hadn't started the main quest at that level. My original mage, Illyria (sorry Shakespeare fans/Susi, named after the character in Angel, not the place in Twelfth Night) finished the main quest quite nicely, if a little easily and cheaty but hey, if you're a magic user capable of making yourself completely invisible for long periods of time, then of course you're going to spend most of your time invisible, chucking invisible fireballs at people... It's only polite.

Not sure how to play this time, I'm thinking Wood Elf Archer/Acrobat/Thief sort of thing. But I can never decide until the last minute anyway, I'll just see what comes along as I play. Definitely liking the idea of an archer though...



Okay, enough rambling about a game most of you have probably never heard of. I've also got some Star Trek to watch. I now have seasons 1, 3 and 4 of Voyager, with season 2 on back order with the website. If it isn't dispatched by Friday night, I'm going to see if I can get a copy when I go shopping on Saturday, and then cancel my order, cause I can't be doing with watching them out of order (cause I'm an obsessive Star Trek nerd ) I don't want the unnecessary confusion of having to switch between Janeway's many hair fashions too often. (seriously, why the hell can she not make up her mind? Picard never had that problem) I always loved Voyager, not sure why, but it was always my favourite out of all the Star Treks. Enterprise was good as well, but not quite as good. (yes, I liked Enterprise, so nyeh people...)

Then there's all the painting I have to catch up on, haven't had a chance to perform those repairs from the other week. And I still have a boatload of other models to paint, including most of my latest army. I always buy too much stuff than I can possibly paint in one go. I have zero willpower...

So, as you can see, at no point will I be getting bored during my tenure in the land of the workless. I'll still be a regular fixture around the site, possibly more regular than I am now. Might even take a stab at editorship. (don't count on it though, I don't have the patience)

I might even be able to take the time to think up those new regular features I promised you. But again, don't count on it.

Well, a friend of mine



Is crying right now, so I should probably go take care of him. (I like to think of it as a him, the language it has to put up with sometimes would offend or corrupt a girl. )

Wish me monsters.

SuperSnotling away, to the lands of Cyrodiil...

Holy crap, I almost forgot to include a



*whew* disaster averted...

Yes, that's right, it's me, and I actually have something happening in my life.

*Dramatic pause for effect*

Yes, you can all pick yourselves up off the floor now, I know how rare it is for my life to be interesting, but this is one of those occasions. So onward with my tale...

Well, I had a surprise when I got to work this morning. Not long after arriving, Bryn (my boss/supervisor chappie) told everyone else to vacate the area so he could have a quiet word with me. Immediately I'm like 'Oh god, what the hell have I done, or what the hell have I NOT done?' Anyway, Bryn goes through a whole thing about how our company (the one I work for, which is a smaller part of the main company) is overstaffed, and in a spot of financial difficulty. Anyway, long story short, he's been told that he has to let either me or this other guy go. And seeing as the other guy can drive and thus fill in for the van drivers if necessary, I had to go.

So I've been given one week's notice. Which means next Monday I get to lie in... I really should care more, but all day I haven't been able to muster anything close to sincere anger or upset. In fact I might even be a little happy about everything. I just haven't enjoyed working there for months now, and I was leaving mid-March anyway, to give me time to sort my life out before returning to the world of education.

Still, this gives me time to catch up on all my reading and gaming as well...

In other news, I have the first four seasons of Star Trek Voyager on order, so expect another mildly obsessive blog soon...

Hmm, that's pretty much all I had planned for this blog, I know it wasn't my usual brand of giggles, but how often is getting laid off fun? Maybe I'll throw another one up here in a few days...

Later, people...

SuperSnotling out...