Ramblings Of A Bored Texan

Talented Mr. Roto: The Movie

2011-07-05T18:24:00.000-07:00

When Mystique visits College Station, TX pretending to be TMR on a surprise visit home, Mayor Berry is kidnapped and held hostage by a league of super-villains. The villains, led by Magneto and Dr. Doom, tell TMR that the only way to retrieve the Mayor is to defeat them all in a fantasy baseball league.

TMR is distraught and confides in the Say Nay Kid, who says that there is nothing they can do and all hope is lost. TMR refuses to give up and is able to enlist the help of his 10 top awesome superheroes (minus Space Ghost and adding Deadpool, much to the horror of 5 year old TMR). Thanks to a screw-up by Pod Vader, Aquaman is also contacted and offers to help, but nobody wanted the help of freaking Aquaman.

TMR accepts the villain's challenge, and is put into a 12 team mixed league against Magneto, Dr. Doom, Green Goblin, Lex Luthor, and others. While the draft is taking place, Professor X and Iron Man are busy trying to find the villain's hideout, which is discovered to be a heavily fortified Castle Doom.

As the weeks progress and the heroes try to find a way into the castle, the chances of winning are looking bleaker for TMR, as he has been hit by the injury bug. However, he does not realize how much the villains would not want to lose to each other, as they have refused any kind of collusion with each other. They have also become distracted by the thought of actually winning at something. As the heroes move closer, TMR slowly climbs the league standings and barely makes the playoffs in the last week of the season.

TMR's good luck persists, as he makes his way to the league championship game to face Dr. Doom. The heroes finally infiltrate the castle on the last day of the league. However, Albert Pujols (who had led TMR's team for the entire season) is suddenly attacked by Lex Luthor's henchmen as he heads to the stadium on the last day. Nobody thinks he will be able to play, but TMR is unable to edit his lineup to remove Pujols because Magneto has scrambled all internet connectivity in TMR's radius.

The inhuman Pujols still manages to play, and TMR manages to eek out a victory after a walk off grand slam by Pujols. As this is happening, the heroes manage to win a devastating fight against the villains, saving Mayor Berry at the last second.

As the movie ends, Albert Pujols is seen walking toward the hot tub. He takes off a mask and reveals himself to be Aquaman, who wanted to prove that he was not the worthless super-hero that everybody believed him to be.

Evolution of a Character: Hugo Weaving as Elrond

2011-07-04T21:43:00.001-07:00

I am finally getting around to doing this...I have been busy this past week, and just got back from visiting family in Seguin today, which is always a good time. I figured that I would try and do this instead of playing PS3 before going to bed. So you can either thank me, curse me, or feel indifferent toward me. This edition of Evolution of a Character is on Hugo Weaving, who has had roles in Babe, The Matrix trilogy, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, V for Vendetta, Happy Feet, the Transformers series, and The Wolfman.

Hugo Weaving was born in 1960 in Ibadan, Nigeria (that is factually correct). He lived a normal life, appearing in numerous movies until the mid 90's when he was abducted by a Scottish scientist, and his mind and soul were transferred into a sheepdog named Rex. Rex lived a peaceful life until a pig named Babe was introduced into his life and made Rex realize that he missed being human. After helping Babe win a sheep herding tournament he ran away from home, hoping to find the scientist that turned him into a dog. Instead, he found a portal that took him to Middle Earth.

While on the journey to Middle Earth, his human soul mixed with his non-human body to turn him into Elrond, the eventual Lord of Rivendell. He led the Elves with the hope of someday returning home. This hope came in the form of a questionably heterosexual hobbit by the name of Frodo Baggins. He saw the determination in the young Baggins' eyes, and the lust that his partner Rudy Ruettiger had toward him, and realized that if he were to help him then he would be able to find his way back to his home somehow. In doing this, he sent along Will Turner to try and keep Rudy's affections at bay, and help as he could from afar. After Baggins succeeded in destroying the horcrux that was created by the Lord Voldemort wannabe named Sauron, he showed his gratitude by kidnapping Steven Tyler's daughter and giving her away to Frank Hopkins to do with as he pleased. He then talked Frodo into joining himself and Magneto on a journey from Middle Earth back to his homeland, breaking Rudy's heart in the process.

While on this journey with Frodo and Magneto, Elrond was kidnapped by machines that had taken over the Earth. These machines reprogrammed him and inserted him into the Matrix as Agent Smith. Smith followed his programming by the book, but in the back of his mind he always wanted to escape and return to his home. He tried on multiple occasions to destroy Keanu Reeves, but the 'roided up Reeves was much too powerful, or Agent Smith was too much of a wuss, to defeat him. This resulted in a final battle where millions of Agent Smiths, who were created after Smith pulled a Chuck Norris and impregnated everybody on earth to create clones of himself, watched the original Smith get blown up by Reeves. This blast fried Smith's programming and burned his entire body. It also blasted him back in time to a different Great Britain than the one that he knew. This was a Britain ruled by anarchy, and so he decided to wear a mask and become the vigilante known as V.

As V, he wreaked havoc on Great Britain, but he was haunted by nightmares. These nightmares were always the same, where he is a penguin elder to Frodo and Wolverine, and he rejects the idea of Frodo marrying Luanne Platter. This hell that is spent in Great Britain is finally ended when V takes Padme Amidala under his wing. She eventually blows him up while on a train, which burns his face even worse and sends him back in time once again. He awakens badly burned in Nazi Germany and becomes the infamous Red Skull.

After becoming the Red Skull, his mind is still partially programmed from the robots, and he takes to Hitler's teachings. After eventually becoming Hitler's right hand man, Red Skull comes face to face with the Human Torch. Without bothering to find out how the Torch came back in time and gaining different powers, the Red Skull continues to try and beat him. As he is unable to do so, he is killed by the Torch and his living nightmare is finally put to an end....

...at least for now...

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ZOMG~! IT'S A ZOMBIE-BLOG~!

2011-06-29T13:09:00.000-07:00

As the distance between the previous post and this post would show, it has been a little while since I have written on here. I just got bored with it I guess, and there is a fairly good chance that I will get bored with it again. Much has happened over the last 2+ years though, none of which I will get into right now. I would like to mention the reason(s) why I have decided to bring this thing back from the grave, and make it a zombie-blog! ZOMG~!

The first reason is that I would like to be able to promote my podcast (which will often times be referred to as 'the crappy little podcast') in another place. It has been about a month since one has been made, but that is not because of a lack of interest in doing one. Buster, Lance, and I have all been busy leading our lives, and with the podcast being only a hobby, it is not the highest of our priorities. There have also been trips taken, and parental holidays observed that led to cancellations of possible podcasts. I do plan to create one either this Friday, or possibly next Friday, depending on schedules and whether we feel like making one. More details to come...assuming that this is not the only post that is put up here again.

The second reason is that I would like to do a little blog theme. I do not know if it would be bi-weekly, weekly, monthly, or what. Since it would also be purely a hobby, there is no way of knowing how often I would get around to updating it. Anyway, my randomness knows no bounds at times. If you happen to follow me on Twitter (not likely) or are friends with me on Facebook and saw my wall a few days ago (a little more likely, but not by much) you may have seen my "Evolution of a Character" posts on Elrond, who is played by Hugo Weaving. I really enjoyed doing that, but I do not think that Twitter allowed me to give it the proper respect. It needed much more space than I could fit into even 4 tweets. That is the main reason this blog has been resurrected - I need a proper outlet for my randomness. I will follow the life of an actor's character, and pretend that the same character is shown in all the movies the actor is in (or something to that effect). If there are other nonsense posts along the way, then so be it.

So there you have it. I hope you enjoy whatever may come of this. If you do, then please let me know (just so I know that there is a point to this besides a randomness outlet).

I guess I will now plug my twitter (@Emass85) and the crappy little podcast (emasspodcast.podbean.com). The podcast can also be found on iTunes under the name "Beer Logic with E-Mass"

til next time...

So Anyways...

2009-02-10T19:27:00.000-08:00

What's happening everybody? Nothing is going on here. Just catching up on the shows that I missed yesterday/today. Already watched Heroes and American Idol, and I am watching Two and a Half Men right now. There was no Big Bang Theory or How I Met Your Mother recorded yesterday because of the damn Obama press conference. It pisses me off, let me tell you.

I just realized that I might know one of the final 54 Idol contestants, but I am not sure. So that goes to show you how well I knew her. Kendall Beard, I think, is a girl that Buster and I met at Garner State Park like 6 or 7 years ago. I am not sure though because I stopped talking to her about three years ago, and I cannot remember her last name now. She did look familiar though.

I also bought NHL 09 for the Playstation 3 yesterday. Hockey video games are always fun. The last one that I actually played was, I think, NHL 04. I don't remember for sure though, and I guess it really doesn't matter.

I don't know what else to say right now.

'Til next time...

Everyone Loves The Slinky

2009-02-07T12:33:00.000-08:00

My parents got back from Germany last night. It was good to see them again. My sister and Rex were with them and they made it back to China safely, so that is good also.

I was talking with Joe about the NCAA basketball tournament which is coming up in a month. We both agree that it is the most exciting thing in sports. Any team can catch fire and make it to the Final Four (George Mason a couple of years ago is the best example). I live for the first few rounds though, I love upsets in anything. I guess I just love it when the unexpected happens.

Kind of last night. I was getting ready for bed and playing some PS3 when the power goes out and I start hearing voices outside, so I think somebody cut the power on purpose. As it turns out it was just John, Courtney, and J.D. getting back from Northgate and they thought I was asleep. They were waiting outside since Joe wasn't back yet, and apparently some drunk dude ran into a light pole and that was what messed up the power. It went out a few more times the next few hours. I go back to my room and am about to go to sleep when I start hearing more voices in the kitchen. More people had shown up. So I walk outside and within five minutes there is a beer pong game going on. We ended up having about 15 people over until about 5:30 in the morning. Fun times.

The Texas A&M/Kansas State basketball game starts in about 15 minutes. Hopefully they can pull it out. They need a win desperately. I don't know what it is, because they have a good team. They just need a true point guard or something. They tend to go flat offensively a lot more often than they have the past few years. I guess we will see.

'Til next time...

Who's Betta Than Kanyon?

2009-02-03T22:04:00.000-08:00

Alright, I guess the title doesn't really say anything about what I am going to talk about. It is just a catchphrase from a pro wrestler back when it was actually entertaining to watch.

Today on the Jim Rome radio show they were talking about whether or not Pat Tillman deserves to go into the pro football hall of fame. I don't know if he does or not because I guess I am a little biased in his favor. The guy was a total stud when he played for the Cardinals, but it was only for four years. The guy did, however, turn down a multi-million dollar a year contract in order to become an Army Ranger. That is unheard of these days. Just about every professional athlete is about the money and that is about it.

Anyway, if you don't already know about him, he was killed in Afghanistan in 2004. Ever since then he has been nothing but beloved by the media and pretty much everybody who knows his story, and rightly so I think. If I had a say, though, I would put him into the hall of fame just because people could bring their children and show them his plaque in Canton and tell them about the guy. Almost nobody (including me, more than likely) would be willing to give up that much money and that much fame.

Right now I am watching Scrubs again. I am totally addicted to the show. My brother got me started on it while we were in Tahoe. I had seen it a few other times before then but I was never hooked. I only have the first four seasons on DVD right now, and will probably buy the last three sometime soon. I just don't know when.

It is weird how I go through different phases where I am obsessed with different shows, movies, or books though. I think since I have graduated I have been slightly obsessed with the Harry Potter series, the Dark Tower series, How I Met Your Mother, Heroes, and now Scrubs. I guess it is natural, but I also think it is kind of funny.

Anyways, 'til next time...

Slasher Films...And More?

2009-02-02T22:41:00.000-08:00

I am ready for the new Friday the 13th remake to come out. I don't know if it will be any good or if I will even see it in theaters, but Jason is a badass. Michael Myers is also a badass, but I haven't made it around to seeing that Halloween remake that came out a year or two ago. I think the thing that I like most about slasher movies is how stupid all of the other characters are. There are always the sex starved teenagers that get killed just before or just after, and a lot of times the female is still naked when she gets killed. And then instead of getting as far away from the place as they can the rest of the people try and find a way to stop the killer, or they move slowly and/or stupidly enough to where they are able to get caught. I mean what kind of female runs through the woods in heels? If you can hardly walk in them without spraining your ankle then how do you expect to run in them?

I guess the only ones that I am not a big fan of are Nightmare on Elm Street and Child's Play. Freddy has never clicked with me, and I am still a bit scared of Chucky. The thing with Chucky is that I first watched part of a Childs Play movie when I was little and that kind of stuck, but also I hate, HATE, porcelain dolls. They have always freaked me out. My sister used to have one in her room and I am not a fan. If she is reading this, I hated that thing almost as much as ET.

I do wish it was Friday though. Weekends always seem to fly by while weekdays drag on.

Oh well. 'Til next time...

Super Bowl Thoughts

2009-02-01T21:31:00.000-08:00

So that was a great game. We were all on the edge of their seats. We had 8 guys over here, all going for the Cardinals. I was also talking to my friends Marrissa, who lives in Pittsburgh (kinda obvious who she was rooting for) and Lauren. It was just a great game to watch. That is all that I really wanted. It was the second best Super Bowl that I have ever seen, only behind the Titans/Rams. It would be the Bills/Giants in '91 but I don't remember actually watching it. Last year's game is a close third.

Anyways, I am now watching Scrubs while laying in bed. I am a bit drunk right now, but I will be good to go for work tomorrow.

I think it is the alcohol, but I cannot think of anything else worth while to talk about. So I am going to keep watching Scrubs before going to bed.

'Til next time...

Here We Go Again

2009-02-01T10:17:00.000-08:00

I really don't know what I am going to say here. Nothing is exactly on my mind that needs to be talked about, but maybe something will come as I type.

Right now I am just laying on the couch watching Ghost Hunters on Sci-Fi. It is a pretty interesting show if you haven't ever watched it. I guess it is safe to say that I do believe in ghosts or spirits or whatever. Then again I also believe in life on other planets (kind of that 'the universe is too big to only be us' thing). Throw in the fact that I love reading Stephen King's Dark Tower books, which deals with parallel universes and stuff, and it can get you thinking. One thing that kind of stands out to me is this: what if you got to the edge of the universe only to find out that it was just an atom in a cell of something like a blade of grass in another universe. I know that is highly unlikely, but is there any way to really know for sure?

My arm is really sore right now. I joined a slow pitch softball team with Joe and Andy (my roommates) along with Justin (my college roommate) and Andy's brother and some of his friends. We were just meeting to try and shake the rust off since the season starts here in a couple of weeks and to try and determine where everybody will be playing. As of now it looks like I will be at third base if you happen to care. It had been a really long time since I had thrown a baseball/softball so I expect my arm to be sore here for a few days.

I wonder if there are any guys who have read an enjoyed the Twilight books. A couple of friends of mine (female of course) are trying to get me to read them. I expect that I would probably enjoy them, but I am not always big on the love stories and such.

On a side note, McDonalds is brilliant for doing their 50 piece McNuggets for 10 dollars during Super Bowl weekend. I swear my roommates and I have already bought 3 of those things since yesterday evening. That is 3 total, not each.

I spent about half an hour earlier searching for and saving wallpaper images for all 32 NFL teams. My Macbook has a feature that rotates images contained in a folder, so I think it is pretty cool that I will have all of them rotating on my computer and changing every five minutes (it just went from the 49ers to the Broncos). Now if I can only find one of the Houston Oilers then I will be all set. I love me some Houston Oilers. I wish the Texans would have been able to buy the name back from the Titans.

I guess that is it for now. Check back later. There may be some drunken ramblings after the Super Bowl, but I cannot promise.

'Til next time...

Everything Old Is New Again

2009-01-31T09:26:00.000-08:00

Well here I am again. I used to have a Xanga account that I wrote in religiously back in college. Then I got a bit tired of it. I then started writing MySpace blogs, but I don't know if it was that I got tired of it or that I became too busy to write blog entries. Maybe it was a little bit of both. Either way, I do feel like I need to get stuff off my mind a lot of times, so I have decided to start on here, and hopefully it will last.

Everybody who knows me will not need to read this paragraph, but if you do not know me and want to know a bit more about me, then here you go. I am 23 years old and was born and raised in Bryan, TX. I went to Texas Lutheran and graduated in May 2007 with a degree in Computer Science. I then moved back to College Station and currently work as a programmer down here. I currently live with two guys that I have known for a long time (one since I was 14, one since I was 5). I do enjoy writing, and would like to one day write a book about the great experiences that I had back in high school playing six man football. I guess the hardest part is finding a way to begin.

With that said, I am really excited about the Super Bowl tomorrow. I am not sure how good of a game it will be. I also do not have a rooting interest. I do, however, always go for the underdog whenever the Texans are not involved (or I guess when I do not have a lot of fantasy football players on a specific team). I really just want to have a great game, like everybody else I think, but I hope the Cardinals are able to pull it out. I am not like a lot of my friends who are going for the Cardinals just because if the Steelers win then they will have more Super Bowl titles than the Cowboys. I also know quite a few people who are die hard Steelers fans, and I have nothing against them. I am simply going for the Cardinals because it has been so long since they have done anything relevant. Kind of like the Cubs of the NFL, only they are not nearly as arrogant or whiny.

I guess that is all for now. Hopefully I will continue to update this. Maybe I will later today, if I feel the need and I am not too busy.

'Til next time...