May 27, 2013

Yeah, so today was not productive in the least. I just watched a bunch of stuff on Netflix and messed around on my computer. I did discover that if I watch Netflix on my computer, rather than my Xbox, I can record it with my Elgato. I can't remember how I recorded sound though. In my earlier tests I was able to but after awhile of recording there was noticeable sound lag, so maybe it is for the best that I can't get the sound to work. The workaround for this is to record video with the Elgato and record sound with Audacity, then use software to sync the two files. I haven't actually tried that yet because I couldn't find the motivation to do so but I am curious to see if I can do it. So I might try that soon.

As for what I watched, I started with The Chaperone, starring Triple H and the youngest daughter from Modern Family. The basic premise is that Triple H gets out of jail and in order to get to know his daughter he becomes a chaperone for her field trip. And his old bank robbing buddies are after him throughout the whole movie. It was pretty cheesy but for a WWE movie it wasn't too bad and I was actually entertained by it.

Next I watched Tucker & Dale vs. Evil. I have wanted to see it since I first saw a trailer for it however long ago but never got around to watching it. Until today. And it was great. The idea for the movie is looking at a horror movie in the woods from the innocent hillbillies perspective. They buy a fixer-upper cabin in the woods for a vacation home and a group of college kids camping in the woods seem to be attacking them and committing suicide all around them, while the kids think the hillbillies are after them. It was hilarious and I will probably watch it again. I wonder if there are more movies out there that show the perspective of those who are typically portrayed as the bad guys but maybe it is just a misunderstanding.

After that I watched the first series of Red Dwarf, which is a sci-fi comedy on the BBC that started in 1988, and apparently ran through 2012. The setting is a space ship traveling through space. One of the crew snuck a cat on board and he is given the choice to turn the cat over to be killed or to be put in stasis for a certain period of time. He chose stasis but while he was in stasis there was an accident and all the other crew members were killed. The ship computer kept the original crew member in stasis until the radiation on the ship dissipates, which takes three million years. When he is woken up his only company is the ship computer, a holographic representation of his old bunk mate (which is just the same actor with an 'H' on his forehead) and a descendent of his cat, who has evolved to look just like a human but still retains certain cat mannerisms. I didn't know what to expect going into the show but I ended up liking it. I am curious to see how the show advances over the years. I stopped after the first series but I plan on checking out the other ones.

Next was Aziz Ansari's special Intimate Moments. I had seen a lot of it before, maybe even all of it on TV, but it was still funny. After that I changed it up with some cartoons. I started with Superman/Shazam!: The Return Of Black Adam, that included a few shorts after it involving different DC superheros. Then I watched Planet Hulk, where Hulk is expelled from Earth and ends up on another planet where he becomes the reluctant leader of a revolution. Hulk is a freaking badass. Also in my Netflix cue is Hulk Vs. which pits Hulk again Wolverine and other superheros. I think I'll watch that tomorrow. Right now I am watching Bravo Girls. An awkward anime. The main character has a girl phobia and is always accidentally walking in on naked girls and getting the crap beat out of him. And there is a girl from another planet. It has really funny moments but there is also a lot of random and unnecessary nudity. Animated nakedness is not my thing and I don't really understand it. Especially in this case because all the girls are supposed to be in their mid-teens. I don't get it.

We had a family dinner tonight and it was really good. I had fake burgers, potato salad, deviled eggs, and pasta salad that my sister made. With a peanut butter chocolate thing for dessert that my sister made.

Now I think I am going to read a little bit and then go to bed. I definitely seem to be on my summer schedule. I am staying up later and later. I don't really want to be doing that. Oh well.