I R Disappoint

Today I am going to make a list of things that have disappointed me over the past month or so. My mood has greatly soured over the past day and now my poor blog gets to feel the wrath of it. There might be some spoilers for a few tv shows, but I'll spare you the Dark Knight stuff. And yes I liked the movie but I was still disappointed... Maybe I'll share it wayy down on the bottom.


SWTOR: My first victim.
I was given 7 free days of game time to try our 1.3. While I had fun doing a couple storylines, I wasn't overall impressed. My biggest disappointment in Swtor is the Legacy system. I don't like that I have to spend credits on some of the more wanted perks. I don't like that its ridiculous amount, even though credits aren't that hard to come. I don't like that, despite this, nothing has changed. No more subscription for me.

Game of Thrones will feature book 3, A Storm of Swords, in two seasons instead of one. 
As the cast list grows and grows, the storylines become more complex and drawn out. So yeah, it's no surprised that A Storm of Swords is getting two seasons. But at this rate, I'm going to be like in my 30s by the time the seasons finish. And whose to say that other books won't get split up. From the looks of it, A Dance with Dragons is like three times the size of A Game of Thrones. I only mention my concern/disappointment because I worry about the shows longevity. As the show gets more expensive to make (them dragons and dire wolves be growing) I worry it will become more of a burden to make and they may stop making it.

Final Fantasy Versus XIII may have been canceled. But we don't really know.
The only game (besides a possible Kingdom Hearts 3) I've been looking forward to console and Ps3 -wise was FF Versus XIII. The characters intrigued me, the battle system, what little I knew, made me wanna try it. I loved the gothic feel they were going for. But we haven't heard anything in a while, and the game has been obviously missing at game cons and showcases. Square only seems interested in pushing out more Lightning games, which doesn't appeal to me at all. I hated FFXIII. Aside from the fact that it was damn beautiful, I thought the characters were boring or annoying (cough Vanille cough), the battle system wasn't for me, and I didn't much care for the story. I instead long for the days of old Squaresoft and the amazing RPGS they used to release. To make matters worse, they haven't even really said yay or nay to FF Versus XIII, so we don't even know for sure if its done for. But most sources point to yes. Square's having some sort of party/announcement thing soon so I'm sure we'll be put out of our misery soon enough.
Speaking of disappointment...the one recent game I would buy of theirs, Theatrythm Final Fantasy is Nintendo 3DS exclusive. Considering I wouldn't even play any of the games in 3D makes the console a waste of money for me...but that game looks soo much funnnn.

Spoilers below for True Blood and The Dark Knight Rises

Oh hai! I'm alive!

Oh Hai!? I’m alive!: The Super Duper Update Extravaganza!
I've been missing in action because of college. It's basically taken over my life. I'm on the home stretch though and I've got a couple days off to just relax. Even though I'm not relaxing. I think, every second, I'm forgetting something aren't I.

BTW, I’m writing this on Word because Blogger is down! I didn’t know Blogger could go down D:. I’m itching to write, and I can’t get on my blog. It’s sad really. What I don’t understand is the status page. On Monday, they announced a maintenance day on Wednesday for an hour starting at 10:00 pm. It’s Friday, almost 2:00 am, and I can’t get on. I don’t get it. I want to blog.

Game of Thrones 1.1: Winter is Coming

aka: A Case of Bad Wigs

from the perspective of someone who hasn't read the books.

Spoilers!

I'm all for lip synching now.

I've been watching a lot of award shows and live shows etc, and I have been really unimpressed.
Screen Actor's Guild Awards (SAG)
 -The awards show was pretty uneventful. My biggest problem was the presenters. I think at least 40% of the presenters stumbled while reading the teleprompter. And they all had this weird glazed look. Usually, with the way the cameras film, you can't tell they re reading teleprompters even though you know they are. I had a very very strong sense that they were reading them. I couldn't believe how many of them stuttered while trying to say their lines. It was kinda sad because they were talking about their own movies.

Super Bowl
-Oh Christina! I feel for the girl. I was never really into her music back when it was Christina v. Brittany. But she has perhaps one of the most beautiful voices in the world. It was tough watching her stumble.
Her voice was so beautiful and yet, she will only be remembered for messing up the lines (it's a big mess up yet, but it's sad she'll never live this down)
-The Black Eyed Peas are a band I enjoy. I don't buy their music or listen to them on a daily basis, but their music is fun dance music and it always brings a smile to my face.
And I love Fergie. I think she is a very beautiful talented person.
I might have been wrong though. Damn she sounded bad live. I was horrified listening to her. I missed you Ashlee Simpson!
It might've been technical difficulties. There were obvious sound problems going on, and the background music seemed so dry and downplayed behind the artists singing.

The Grammy's (this is where I break) 

- First off, I just want to say that all the musical performances last night were amazing.
I wasn't too impressed with Lady Gaga's new song, but she has presence and I like watching her perform.
I loved the Aretha Franklin tribute with the five women (Go Flo Go!) and they all did an amazing job. I have new found love for Rihanna, Eminem, and Usher. And I loved loved loved Cee-lo and Gwyneth singing Forget You. That was fun to watch. McJagger! yeah! (The other day at  work I had to page someone named McJagger. I even said to poor Jr., "You're kidding me right?!"
Was unimpressed by muse but that's because I've heard that song way too damn much for my sanity. 
What got me was near the end.First they had the president of the board or whatever come out to speak. Which is good. He's promoting music education in schools. To emphasize this he had this really nice jazz band of high schoolers playing behind him.
They were playing fine...until they started playing loudly while the pres and Michael Morrison were speaking. That was so distracting it actually hurt me.

Album of the Year went to the much deserving Arcade Fire. It was awkward though watching the drummer chick try desperately to get in a word during the acceptance speech. She was trying to weed her way in front of the main singer to say some babble in some language I don't know.
They then, in the spirit of winning, decide to lay another song (they had just performed before winning)
Well it was impromptu, so we got to watch the sound crew scramble around Barbara Streisand and some other dude presenter, while the two of them said in a mic that was off that it was the end of the show. They awkwardly waved their arms around telling people to go home.

I can't wait to see what the Oscars will be like. I have great great faith in hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco (love them) and I hope to see Natalie Portman win her first Oscar. I just hope it runs more smoothly then these other shows.

 

Currently Watching

With raids overlapping primetime right now, I'm not watching too much TV. DVR is my friend <3

Monday: Gossip Girl/House
Tuesday: V, Hellcats, Glee, Teen Mom 2 
Wednesday
Thursday: The Vampire Diaries, Nikita/Grey's Anatomy
Friday
Saturday
Sunday: Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, Big Love

Unfortunately, my favorite shows are usually late spring/summer slot shows.
(Mad Men, True Blood)

Shows I should start watching:
The Good Wife
The Big Bang Theory
Modern Family