Obamarama, etc.

First and foremost, our nation is looking a lot brighter. Congratulations, Barack Obama. Here's a brofist for you. A Brobama fist, if you will.

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Also, I saw a bearded man running barefoot down 39th with a pickaxe on Sunday.

New Year, New Term, New Prospects

Currently the Robot Collector is reporting from Psych 101 class. So Nerding Up The New Year was a lot of fun, and a happy belated New Year to you all. Nerding Up The New Year is a Milwaukie based gaming event put on by some good friends of mine from high school, and it's one hell of a blast. Lots of fun, cheap cover charge ($5), all around good time. I'll remind people later in the year about it. Check it out at http://nerding.org/

So, that aside, I've thrown yet another new feature onto the blog: I'll be doing some more reviews now and then, and will include film and game reviews, as well as possible anime reviews. These will be sporadic at best, and will give just a bit more insight into my world as it is. Mind you, the blog is disorganized as usual, but I've decided that my New Year's resolution is to increase my output of amusing, fascinating, and high quality posts on this blog. I shall recount past stories, updated ones, and things will be better. So get ready for new stuff.

Season's Greetings and a Tribute to Horn Guy

Happy holidays, folks. I've been enjoying the fantastic snowfall in the city of Portland for the past week, and I'm all geared up for the holiday season. At the moment I'm listening to Japanese Christmas music non-stop and playing GTA2 at the same time. Nothing says Christmas cheer like listening to a J-Pop cover of Last Christmas by Wam! or hearing some of my favorite anime casts singing Santa Claus Is Coming To Town while I light up gang members with a machine gun or blow up cars with a flame thrower. Sleigh bells ringing alongside blaring sirens and gunfire is something special, or at least rather hilarious. Anyway, you all deserve a present this year, so time for a very special post.

May I present to you all an ode to one of the most memorable characters from the most memorable film I've seen: Horn Guy from The Barbarians.

The Barbarians is a film starring the aptly named Barbarian Brothers, Dave and Peter Paul. It's an Italian directed film of generic sword and sorcery fare, but with two overmuscled, overmulleted comedy-action heroes (Who made the fantastic Double Trouble and Twin Sitters) in their film debut. It has some fantastic scenes in it, including bizarre barking by one of the brothers, but really, the best part of the movie is one character named Horn Guy.

Horn Guy's role as a villain is very minor. He's no different than Bearded Horseman #5 or Generic Armored Baddie #46. What makes him special is his facial expressions, which I shall show you. The following photos were painstakingly compiled by my cousin Ben to be put on display in this very blog. Enjoy.
Starting off with a standard Horn Guy face

I wonder what he's glaring at so intensely.

A scream of rage, and god damn is his mouth huge.

Horn Man seems quite happy to see the destruction he's caused.

He also seems to be stricken in awe by what's happening and posseses some kind of overbite.

Horn Man does not seem amused. Look at that chin.

In this image, however, he seems greatly amused

Every villain needs an insane, maniacal laugh.

He seems very intense in this shot. I wonder what he's thinking.

Horn Guy can fit a whole grapefruit in his craw.

He seems quite pleased in this one. Notice the creepy wrinkles.

Winter Wonderland of Sorts

So we had some snowfall here, and I managed to spend plenty of time out in it. I attempted making several miniature snowmen, but the snow was a bit too dry, so I didn't manage it. I did, however, notice it was perfect for snowballs, so I made and threw some. Special note: Cars are fantastic for snow warfare, as they provide cover and a good supply of ammunition.

In any case, I had a lot of fun today, and I saw WALL-E, which is a great movie. Go see it. Now.

Happy Birthday To Me

Yep, I turned 21 today. I had dinner at the Baghdad on Hawthorne and I now have an iPod Nano. I got it for a lower price because it was open-box. Apparently the one who bought it before me returned it because he couldn't get any music on it. Because he didn't own a computer. I can't think of anything to follow that up with. More to be added later.

Wow, did I just see that? Report for 10/01/08

On Monday night we went out to dinner at Hodas, a Lebanese place on Belmont, to have a going away sort of thing for my brother. When we were driving home, we noticed a couple on at a crosswalk with a baby that was using the baby's blanket to carry a TV. We weren't sure where they were going or why they were carrying the TV with them. Maybe they just bought it, maybe they were moving it, who knows.

Also, on the way out to PCC today I saw a homeless man with a sign that said "Hungry Hungry Hobos".

First Robots, Now Dragons?

That's right, the Robot Collector has turned his eye on the Mega Brand Dragons toyline. While I have acquired a decent robot or two of MegaBlox origin, I absolutely couldn't pass up the dragons that I saw. I've gotten the ice one, the fire one, and the lightning one, and each one has a very solid design and four wings that fold around it like a shield, with a tail that folds on top. I should have pictures of them soon enough, as my next post will most likely be an image heavy inventory of my collection.