The Sword - Apocryphon
For a band I just learned existed last night, I have been consumed by a passionate hard rock love for this band. The song Cloak of Feathers has totally made my day. I not only recommend you listen, but the Gods of rock command it!!!
Check this live video on you tube: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R9YuTkxlP90
For all those have served, are serving and to those who will serve in the future, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Over the top, boys and God speed.
My only recommendation on this movie is WATCH IT!!! If you're a Bond fan, you either already have seen it or are planning to and if you're not a fan, this would be an excellent time to become one. Oh and Judi Dench is the hottest Bond girl ever. That is all
Wise man say: ”Forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza” - Michelangelo
Moneypenny and I were discussing something very dear to my heart today. Star Wars.
Sure the presidential election was sort of a big deal and all, but the most important news recently certainly had to be Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm and the announcement of the new trilogy.
I have the same reservations as every die hard fan of the greatest of all sagas, but as time goes on, I'm beginning to see the advantages of the merger. The biggest of these is that, though I'm certain he will be involved in some way, George Lucas will not be directing our otherwise altering any more movies, clearing up the field for (fingers crossed) another movie closer to Empire Strikes Back than Phantom Menace. That alone is worth 4 billion dollars to me.
The other excellent SW news is Angry Birds: Star Wars. If you aren't already playing it, I suggest you do so immediately. They seem to have combined both the original and angry birds space into one big, beautiful package filled with classic sound effects and Sandpeople pigs. If you're one of those who is sick of angry birds and think you won't have any fun, you're lying to yourself because foolish and insecure. Search your feelings, you know it to be true.....
If you are a fan of Sci fi/fantasy fiction, I would like to highly recommend Brandon Sanderson if you haven't already read any of his work.
I got wind of him because I'm a huge fan of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series and Sanderson was asked to complete the last book, or rather books, of that series. I feel he's done a remarkable job with that and I can't wait for the last book to come out, but the real prize of learning about him was being exposed to his own writings.
His style is such a unique fusion of the high fantasy lightheartedness of authors like Jordan, combined with a gritty and well routed realism found in authors like George R. R. Martin.
Sanderson´s first novel, Elantris, is a perfect example of what I mean. I don't claim to be a critic or a real die hard, but his ability to build an entirely new and vibrant magical world, while still giving it real weight and intrigue has made me a fan for life.
So I hope this will sufficiently entice some of you who read this to check out one or all of his books. I don't think you'll regret it.
As was pointed out to me so expertly by my dear Moneypenny, I haven't been a very good blogger over the last week. So I shall attempt to make up fo it right now. First, I'm not going to talk about the election, except to say that it was an excellent way to start my new project, Gentelman Shark. The photo posted here will be the first in a hopefully long series documenting the exploits of this mustachioed debutant shark. Second, I can't really decide where my interests are at the moment. I have started writing again and I still have alot of older poems and stories I need to go back over, but I keep getting distracted by my other pursuits. Maybe I'll try to focus and crank out some new material. In the meantime I can slap some other stuff I've written on here, assuming they will get read. So commemt if you want to read more of my stuff. I'm certain I can come up with a better post as the week continues, so bear with me. In the mean time, bask in the glory of Gentelman Shark.
