Hiatus

As I transition out of holiday mode and back into the real world, I begin to feel as if my mind is a series of boxes which must be opened in a particular order lest the system collapse.
Many of these boxes are open. Many are not.
I'm going to take a break from posting until my mental facilities are again capable of facilitation.

Thanks!

While I'm away, I suggest you read 100 Bullets, play Street Fighter IV and watch LOST.

Truth in advertising

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Visiting Oscar

It was nice to catch up with Ryan's puppy, whose boundless, calamitous
energy was a fitting counterpoint for my 'last day of holiday' malaise.

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Leen and I

On our last Melbourne morning.

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Today I purchased pure evil...

...and I photographed it with my phone's abysmal camera.

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Waterfall buddies

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Goddam I love the zoo

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Waterfall terrain

Each sqaure costs two squares of movement.

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Bones

Our continent is built from the bones of ancient crocodiles.

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My kind of place

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At a secluded waterfall I walked along a log and slipped

My foot was soaked in black water. Private embarrassment ... until
now!!

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I find this surfboard wearing a shirt quite entertaining

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Stay classy Australia

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Our swingin' Lorne pad

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Was a long time between ocean visits

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@ Hanging Rock

I will never be seen again

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SPOTTED: Tribbles

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Visiting

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Pretty

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Markets swallow morning

I want millions of things.

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Lunch with Leen by the lake

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Driving in Melbourne

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Glenrowan

As we wind our way to Melbourne, we've stopped briefly to admire the
place at which Ned Kelly was shot to death.
Glenrowan celebrates this with a giant statue of the deceased, and by
putting his name on everything.
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Holiday!

Goodbye camel and sheep. I shall return to you, and my mundane life as a
whole, in due time.

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Holiday imminent

You know what makes you really need a holiday?
Those few days before a holiday when you're furiously organising everything.

On Saturday morning Leen and I will drive out for a two week tour of Victoria. Excitement flows through my veins!
I apologise for the recent lightness of the blog, and that it will continue for the immediate future.
I will likely send in some updates from the road, again spewing my uber-exciting holiday album across the internet.

Namaste!

More Clix

Tonight was a joyous night, as I received a box full of Heroclix in the mail.

[I also had some really good pasta for dinner. I know! Good day right?]

Anyway, my friend Aaron sent me his old clix after I mentioned on my Twitter feed that I was eager to play some more games.

[See? Twitter is good for something haters!]

It becomes apparent that my Canberran brother is peering down the Heroclix rabbit hole, and the promise of a future roadtrip for comic book fight purposes is too good to pass up, so I gots ta keep my skills sharp!

It struck me that I should record somewhere all the clix we own, starting with these new arrivals. I thought I should use google documents, as they allow you to create such a list and have it be accessable from wherever I happen to be.

It further struck me that this blog allows for the same thing, with the added advantage of boring the hell out of uninterested people.

I love the internet.

So here's a list of the Heroclix I got tonight [which will be dutifully added to the communal pool of game resources of our group, a group that sorely needs a nickname]. No particular order here, except for most to least awesome.

MARVEL

Whirlwind [YES. The green Spidey villain that I have never seen in a comic book, but who was in every horrible Spiderman NES and SNES game I played as a child. He's at the left in the photo above]

Orphan [From X-Statix. New favourite thing ever]

War Machine [Iron Man but with bright colours replaced with 90s mega death guns!]

Boomerang [Another D List villain. Her is wearing boomerangs on his pants. LOVE]

Iron Fist

Bishop [Awesome X-Corps costume he first wore]

Shathra [Awesome looking female wraith looking thing. Is apparently a reasonably obscure Spidey villain and spider wasp]

Quiksilver

Wolfsbane

Invisible Woman

Blade [Has, no, needs two giant swords]

Cyclops [Wearing that '90s costume. Also has seemingly miniscule arms]

Spiderman

Elektra

Wolverine

Sunfire

Silver Sable

Polaris

SHIELD Agent

SHIELD Medic

Hydra Medic

Professor Xavier

Kingpin

Juggernaut

Scarlet Witch

Skrulls [With what appear to be flamethrowers, which is awesome]

Bullseye

Vulture [When he was young for a while]

Hulk

Mystique

Gambit

Hobgoblin

Executioner [I have not heard of this person]

Lorelei [I have not heard of this person]

DC

Batman [We already had Batman, but he's still the coolest DC character ever]

Man-Bat [Like Batman, but a bat! Wordplay!]

Joker

Hourman [Don't know anything about him, but he looks cool]

Braniac

Captain Atom

Harley Quinn

Superboy [Connor]

Hawkgirl

Superwoman [Wearing black, never seen her before]

Robin

Jinx [I have not heard of this person]

Clifford Zmeck [I ... have not heard of this person]

Persuader [I have not heard of this person]