Today, I was talking with a stranger, and he asked me where I was from. He said he could hear an accent in my voice. I don’t think that’s ever happened to me before.
Then again, the way I speak is quite different from most everybody else around me. If the way they speak is considered standard, then I guess I do have an accent.
Grr!
Is there a memo that I didn’t get?
I keep running into people who watch videos, listen to music, etc. on their phones in crowded public places without headphones. Is that cool now? Are we all good with that now?
At work, we're doing a story about delivery robots at a college campus, and, when I look at this picture, I can't help but wonder if anyone has ever thought to have these robots drive around going, "gonk, gonk," as they make their way to their deliveries.
Wait, I guess that was part four. It should be Specialty Armor 2: Specialty Armor Harder, but that doesn't fit the post as well.
I found a Marvel Legends Iron man at Ross called Atmosphere Armor. He looks like this:
I decided to take it and convert it to a sort of Iron Patriot suit that I could put up at Fourth of July time. I took all of the black (or very dark grey) sections, and painted them red. It's gonna take several more coats, because black is the hardest color to paint over, but here's where I'm at so far:
I think it looks pretty darn cool. It'll look great when its done, I hope.
I got this Iron Man at Ross for half off, and I thought I'd convert it into an all new Iron Man armor. He has stealth armor and Hulkbuster armor and so on. What about Christmas armor?
First coat is done. What do you think? Should the face be green or should it stay gold? I'm leaning toward leaving it gold, but I'm seeking a second opinion.
I want to somehow turn the arc reactor in his chest into a snowman. I could just paint it on, but I feel like it needs a raised plastic circle for the other balls of the snowman to make it match. I don't know, maybe I just need to paint it, and not let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
I think it also needs a Santa hat to finish off the look. I've seen them on sale on Amazon, and not even that expensive.
Problem is that it's a total crap shoot as to whether they will fit or not. There's no useful description as to the size on any listing that I've found. I'm just going to have to buy them, and hope that they're not massively too big.
Wow! They make Sting Action figures. I love Sting! From the Police all the way through his solo stuff. I don't recognize this look, though. Not sure what era this was from. Maybe the early days of the Police. Maybe when the Police were first starting out they thought they'd be more popular if they imitated KISS?
I'm getting close to finishing up the Avatar: The Last Airbender series, and I have to admit that I am really enjoying it. In general, it's made for kids, but there's plenty to appreciate in it. And I don't have anything against something made for kids just for that reason. I'm a huge fan of Phineas & Ferb as well as all of the early Pixar films and most Disney animated features as well.
I told you before how I started watching the show because I wanted to buy the toy of Appa the sky bison. Well, now that I'm kind of a fan of the show, I was excited to see that wave two of the McFarlane figures has come out, and I found Toph at the store today.
You could say that she completes the Avatar's companions...unless you are talking about Zuko joining the group right at the end. I still haven't made it to that point, but over the years, I've seen some of the episodes where that has already happened when my kids were watching them. So, it's already been spoiled.
They have a Zuko out already, but it's a season one Zuko, not a season three Zuko that joins Team Avatar, who looks different. I hadn't bought the season one Zuko, because he didn't go with my group.
But then today, when I found Toph, I also found Uncle Iroh, who is far and above my favorite character of the show. I had to get him, and if I had him, then I probably ought to have Prince Zuko who travels with him for the first few seasons of the show. So I grabbed them both as well.
Watching Uncle Iroh during this show has been worth it all. Even if the rest of the show sucked. He is so interesting, fun, and wise. I love the guy so much.
I think I'm done with Avatar toys now, although I guess if they made a third season Zuko, I might have to consider adding that one.
