10 Things I Love: Comics

Despite being over 30, I still love to read comics. I’m not talking the Sunday funnies, I mean tights and capes, superpowers and sidekicks, multi-issue cross title events with alternate collectible covers where major characters die (or become resurrected), heroes and villains switch sides, and the world is changed FOREVER kind of comics.

It’s currently a great time to be a comic book fan, with almost the entire summer blockbuster movie line this year dominated by comic book characters (Iron Man, Incredible Hulk, Hellboy, The Dark Knight) or graphics novels (Wanted, The Spirit). Finally comic book creators and artists are being taken seriously, and the medium is being discovered and rediscovered by fans of all ages.

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Posted by Haggis on July 16th, 2008 @ 11:39 pm.

10 Things I Love: Television

When I was in my early twenties, I was so addicted to television that I actually used to highlight all of the programs I wanted to watch in the TV Guide so I wouldn’t miss them. I thought this was a perfectly logical thing to do, until my friend discovered it one day and mercilessly mocked me for it.

I’ve gotten much better over the years, thankfully, and only relegate my television watching to specific shows and events instead of the mindless zombie watching over my teenage years.

Several TV series have left a profound impact on me after all these years, some of which I still watch frequently, sometimes seeking to introduce a new person to a favorite show.

Here’s some of my all-time favorite TV shows, some old some still on the air.

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Posted by Haggis on July 5th, 2008 @ 4:02 pm.

10 Things I Love: Food

Loving Food is about as basic a love as it comes. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Bowls of cereal at midnight. Snickers bars out of the candy machine. Perfectly grilled filet mignon’s on the charcoal grill. The Rooti Tooti Fresh and Fruity at IHOP.

Sorry, I had a point in there somewhere, but it was lost as soon as I typed “Rooti Tootie.” While I do love food overall, for me its not only about what I am consuming, but the environment I am in, and especially the company I dine with.

The most optimal conditions for the perfect meal usually involve being surrounded by my friends and/or family and enjoying dinner over good conversation. Sometimes it’s the occasion that makes the meal memorable, like Thanksgiving, and other times it’s just a late night meeting for coffee and milkshakes at Denny’s (or House of Pies, or IHOP, or Waffle House.)

Since listing my favorite foods would not only be boring and would make me very hungry, instead I will make the rest of you hungry by showing you pictures of some of my recent favorite meals.

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Posted by Haggis on July 1st, 2008 @ 11:07 pm.

10 Things I Love: The Internet

No, it has not been four months since I last posted. I have no idea what you’re talking about. Moving on…

Continuing with the series of “10 Things I Love” we reach the next item on the list, something that without which you would not be reading these very words:

THE INTERWEBS.

Yes, as lame as it sounds, I love the Internet. It’s completely changed my life and managed to make things both more efficient AND take away hours of free time at the same time.

Where did it all begin? Where did this fascination of wanting to be online and interacting with complete strangers come from?

Follow me as we take a short detour to my teenage years.

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Posted by Haggis on June 30th, 2008 @ 11:32 pm.

10 Things I Love: Movies

Leon: The Professional, one of my favorite movies

Everyone loves movies, but most people don’t love them as much as I do. The whole experience, be it at an overpriced mega-movie theater, or sitting comfortably in your own home theater, is something that I’ve enjoyed since I was a little boy and could actually follow along with the plot.

I really get into movies, especially really good movies. I laugh, gasp, get scared, jump in my seat, shout at the TV, tear up at emotional scenes, and get excited at plot advancements. I’ve been known to exclaim “Oh shit!” loudly in the theater (embarrassing my mom during The Two Towers, hehe), and get so freaked out by Cloverfield that when the movie went all silent for a moment, all you could hear was me breathing hard.

I try not to be a movie snob when it comes to most films, but I have my limits. Ridiculous comedies (like most Adam Sandler films), Musicals, and blatant “chick flicks” (like Sisterhood of the Traveling Terms of Endearment or whatever) I mostly avoid. I can tolerate musicals sometimes, but it depends highly on the content. For instance Little Shop of Horrors is awesome, as is Chicago. The Sound of Music and Mulan Rouge, not so much.

Rather than discussing the entire history of my movie watching experience (a la the last article), I thought instead I’d list a few of my all-time favorite movies and why I enjoy them so much. Looking forward to hearing feedback about some of these in the comments.

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Posted by Haggis on March 12th, 2008 @ 4:54 pm.

10 Things I Love: Video Games

I logged into my Wordpress dashboard the other day and realized I was only ten entries away from my 1,000th blog. I’ve been busy with life and haven’t had the motivation to post lately, even so much as letting the fifth anniversary of the website come and go without a mention.

Since 10 is such an easy number to work into blog entries, I thought I’d do a “10 Things” list, but break it into ten separate entries with more content than a typical top ten list does.

The topics discussed are in no particular order, except for the 1000th entry.

10 Things I Love: VIDEO GAMES

Colecovision, my personal gateway drug into video games. It’s no surprise to people who know me and for the regular readers of this website that I’m a big fan of video games.

It all started when I was a small child and my granddad let me play his Colecovision for the first time. Playing with those blocky characters and obnoxious tweets and chirps that passed for video game sound effects opened me up to a whole other world that I had never seen before.

My next great adventure in video games came with the release of the most perfect toy in the world for a boy in 1988: The Nintendo Entertainment System. I wasn’t fortunate enough to have one myself, but luckily I had a friend who was terrible at it and asked me to beat Legend of Zelda while he watched. I was over at his house every weekend for like two months exploring the first version of Hyrule, occasionally breaking to jump on Koopas dressed like an Italian plumber.

If the Colecovision was my gateway drug into video games, then Nintendo was the crack that got me hooked for a lifetime. The addiction only got worse as I grew older.

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Posted by Haggis on March 6th, 2008 @ 2:55 pm.

Kick-Ass Wednesday!

One of the best damn writers in Comics, Mark Millar, is trying to promote his newest book, Kick-Ass!, out Wednesday February 26, 2008 via Marvel Comics.

The book features a “realistic take” on superheroes with storylines a little more mature than the standard shoot kid-friendly storylines featured in the books. How they can get more mature than shooting Captain America on the steps of a courthouse, or having seven villains raping Tigra, I dont know. I’ll read pretty much anything Mark Millar puts out though.

Also, I am kissing ass for the hopes of having my name included in a future issue of the book. Millar is asking anyone with a website/blog/forum to post the image above to promote the book, and the first 100 people get personally thanked by name from him in the next issue!

So dammit, go buy this book already!

Update: Apparently I got excited and can’t read. I wasn’t supposed to post this until midnight EST, but oh well, I guess a little early promotion never hurt anyone. Just for those who care, after I posted this article it was picked up by Google within 20 minutes, and currently (as of this minute) if you Google search “Kick Ass Wednesday” i’m the #2 spot. Yes, I OWN the internet.

Maybe I can get a little exception for posting early with my leet SEO skillz? XD

UPDATE: Mark Millar put my name in the letters page of Kick-Ass #3! AWESOME. Mark you are DA MAN.

Kick-Ass #3 - featuring my name in the letters page!

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Posted by Haggis on February 26th, 2008 @ 4:38 pm.

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