I Found an Easter Egg!

As you (the only person who reads my blog) know, I love the Grand Theft Auto-series. Every now and then I check from the Internet wether there are some new things to find from the games. And as I tried to find a picture of a guy jumping through the window to my earlier blog text, I came across directions that help you find an easter egg from Vice City.


It even says Happy Easter!

This is how you will find it:
1. Go to the VCN building Downtown (it's near the most Northern bridge)
2. Go through the open doors so you get to the helipad.
3. Go on the helipad and near the wall. Jump through the window and you land in a room where the Easter egg is.

Stupid Stunts! part 1

Jumping through glass
As simple as this stunt may sound, it really pisses me off. In about every possible action movie we see people jump through a window. That's ok, sometimes it's necessary to get out of the building as soon as possible. It's how Hollywood does the stunt that I find annoying.

In the golden days of the moving pictures, every stunt was made for real and without much attention paid for safety of things. Take Harold Lloyd for instance. He was really hanging from that clock as though it wasn't really as high as it seems in the movie.

This really was dangerous

In those days when there was a scene where the character had to jump through the window, you did it for real. If you did it at all (the glass was quite expensive).

Then came sugar glass. It is made of sugar, water and corn syryp. As it hardens it looks just like real glass and it breaks easily. And the best thing about it: it's edible! Sugar glass is what you see in most of the older action movies. I like it when they use sugar glass.

But. Nowdays they rig the glass to "explode" into little peaces. This is how it's done: some electrical thingys are wired to the glass and when a stuntman jumps the charges break the glass. Of course timing is crusial and sometimes you see the glass break before the guy hits it. And that is one stupid stunt!

Unless you are Chuck Norris when it's understandable that you can break glass just by staring at it.

Chuck is the man!

Complaining About Things

This is going to be a complaining post. Some positive things may appear.

Again I have to bring up the scheduling on TV.
On Saturday 10pm I watch Most Haunted (very stupid British show and that's why it's funny) and after that at 11pm it used to be time for Murder (very good show about regular people that are trying to solve real murder cases).
For two weeks now things have been different. Most Haunted is still in its regular slot but now I have to suffer through two unfunny programs before Murder. And do I have to mention that those two shows are fucking repeats!
So I have to stay awake until midnight to watch Murder. And after thet there is still Stargate (season 3 repeats) and The X-Files (season 8 just starting). If I wanted to watch all those (of course I would like to) I'd have to stay awake 'til almost 3am!
For me it's impossible to stay awake if I have to watch boring shows in the middle of the night just to wait for the good one. I better send some angry feedback...

My morning routine was badly interrupted today
Here's what I do when I wake up.
1. Get dressed
2. Put the kettle on
3. Take the dog out
4. Feed the dog, make tea and sandwitches
5. Open computer and check mail
This morning I got to the 4th point. My brother woke up and went straight to the computer. I was just making the sandwitches. So I went to Plan B (sort of from outer space, just read on): I watched a movie. From 1985. Morons From Outer Space. It was funny and just what I needed to get my spirit up.

My dad doesn't know how to use the Internet
This happens every so often. He and I are at home together and of course when he has to do the simplest thing: check his e-mail (which there isn't any) I have to do it for him. So annoying!

My dog is fine
Now here is some positive news. During the last week of her heat she got a diarrhea. After that she was constipated. At some point she didn't eat well.
Things are different for her now. She eats well (I got her back on Nutro), her droppings are normal (a vital fact ;) and her nose is cold. And we're going to agility practice on Wednesday. Our last practice went well and Helka is becoming a master weaver (not quite yet but we're getting there).

I use too many brackets (in case you didn't notice)
This is something that I do a lot. Those darn brackets! I can only guess how annoying it is to read my text and I can assure you that it's pretty annoying to write too. All those brackets! Get me to the bracket rehab (is there one?)!!!

I Love Harryhausen

During the weekend came two movies that weren't that great but I had to watch them anyway. The reason was simple: Ray Harryhausen.

Harryhausen's visual effects may look rather ridiculous today for people who are used to CGI but to me they still look great. And cute. Stop-motion animation is today underrated. Unless you work in the industry of visuals. But Harryhausen has had a great influence on special effects industry and his creations are truly memorable.
I have listed here some of the best Harryhausen creations.

The Skeleton Army

Possibly the best known creation. Watch Army Of Darkness and see the influence.

Minoton

Very impressive and a loyal helper to his master. I want one!

The Dinosaurs

These are better actors than Raquel Welch. Honestly!

Medusa

Don't look her in the eyes! Nooooo!!

Kali

The most impressive one. You should see her dance.


And sorry about the crammy quality of the pictures. It's hard to find any better ones.