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Avatar: Last Airbender

Unknown — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:27:32 GMT

The series, not the movie!

Watched the 1st season a while back and thought it was a light-hearted, but fun little series. By the end of the first season, it had grown somewhat more serious and hinted at the levels of epicness the series would be reaching for.

We recently got back into the series (since it's streaming on Netflix now) and watched season 2 and are about halfway through season 3. It's fantastic. It's Dragonball meets Miyazaki meets Whedon. The attention to detail is fantastic - they use actual martial artists to do the base motions used for the animations, and have martial arts consultants making sure it's all authentic (they mix styles together, but it's done in a very natural way - everything from tai chi chuan to wing chun to hung gar to capoeira etc).

If you're looking for a way to kill some time, I highly recommend it. I'm seriously bummed that cartoons weren't this good when I was a kid.

Motorola Droid 2

Zogie — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:13:44 GMT

I pre-ordered my Droid 2 on the 11th, and it was here on the in-store date of the 12th. I got it around Noon yesterday, and I have been messing around with it ever since. So far, I am really enjoying the smart phone aspect of it all. I haven't downloaded too many apps just yet, and I am still trying to figure out this whole crazy thing.

The unit is crazy fast, with a 1ghz processor and 512mb of ram. It has 8gb of storage, expandable up to 32gb with a new micro SD card. The battery came half charged from the factory, and lasted me from Noon until last night when I plugged it into my docking station around Midnight.

I will keep updating this thread as I get more acquainted with the phone, Android 2.2 software and the app store.

Dessa: Mineshaft 2

helava — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:23:55 GMT

Grabbed the album "A Badly Broken Code" by Dessa - I really like the whole album, but one song in particular stood out.

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Fifteen years from tonight you have to make a decision
The greatest love of your life
Is gonna call during dinner...
From the home of the girl that he's living with now
And the guilt he'll say is killing him
He's wilted in the middle and
He knows how bad he acted
Knows he can't have you back
But the fact is he can't be happy when you're angry
And you're so angry, he says you stayed so mad
And he heard it on the street that
You moved back in with your dad
You were drinking something awful
And that makes him sad
Then he says it's good to hear your voice again
And that it's hard to ask it,
But he's calling with a question
He's been working real hard, he's trying to make a new start
An honest to god fresh beginning
So maybe you could try to finally find it in your heart
To forgive him

You've already been here before
You already know where it goes
You chose this, you know it's supposed to be over
You've been here before
You already know where it goes
You chose this, you know it's supposed to be over

He hung up the phone, you listened to the dial tone
And you stared at the stove until the beeping started
You read some love letters some threats
And some you couldn't tell apart
That you keep under the bed at the apartment
And then you did what he asked you to do
You opened your heart up
Right there on a napkin on the carpet
And part of it was frostbit
But you've always been a smart kid
Could still distinguish the blood black as pitch
Valves had gone stiff, veins and scar tissue
Four chambers just a standard issue
But none had room, forgiveness is huge
And you had two full of ice water
One full of salt, one packed with coal
Eager and ready and willing to find fault

You've already been here before
You already know where it goes
You chose this, you know it's supposed to be over
You've been here before
You already know where it goes
You chose this, you know it's supposed to be over

Then with your heart in your lap
And your head in your hands, suddenly you had a plan
Wrap the mess in newspaper
Headed west on Hennepin,
Heavy with a huge favor for a kid that just turned ten
A flat-chested, gap-toothed girl
Was the best that I've been so far
And now I'm too big to forgive him
I need just a moment with me,
A moment when I was still little
I used to sing on the roof outside my windowsill
And I came hoping some ghost of me would be here still
And here you are, stick figure and a busted grin
Still ignorant of all the trouble I'm gonna get us in
Hoping we could trade, just for tonight
Like I could borrow your heart
And I could leave you mine
It's not much for collateral, tattered and battle-scared
But I can promise you solemn
That I will be back for it tomorrow
I only need yours this evening
So I can call an old friend
And I can tell him
That we're finally even,
That we're finally even

You chose this, you know it's suppose to be over
I've been here before
And I already know where it goes
You chose this, you know it's suppose to be over