This Sparks With Me On A Primal Level. I Had A Save File Right Near The End And Would Replay The Final

This sparks with me on a primal level. I had a save file right near the end and would replay the final fights when I was going through a pretty dark time.

Fact: I would replay the entire 25 hours of KH2 just to be able to spend the last 30 minutes looking at Sora and Riku linking up and fist bumping after their link attack.

Back to Work.

My 2019 season started this week, so it's into the thick of it. Setting up the Studio venue and getting ready for the first show hang and focus.

Walked in and an actor held the door open for me. "Oh man, I'm jealous you've got your bike on the road already."

You're supposed to stop riding?

What?

I missed the memo.

Bwahahahah.

Umbrella Academy, Hamilton, Part 5

Okay, I lied, this one is ACTUALLY Toronto!

But I figured as long as I was doing these:

Across the street from the Griddy's Doughnuts we can see a red brick building with the stone text Gladstone House. We can also tell this is Toronto because of the street car lines running above the road, and the tacky as shit glass condo on the left. But not TOO far down town, because you wouldn't be able to see the sky for all the tacky bullshit overpriced glass condos.

One search for 'Gladstone House' lands us over here:

And as you can see, South across the street from the house is a parking lot with a lonely building in the middle. May I present:

The property when Google drive by is advertised for sale as.... You guessed it! More shitty glass condo towers! At least you're consistent, Toronto.

-Screaming "Simple and Clean" inside my motorcycle helmet while I wait for the red light to change. These past two weeks, phew. KH3 was good, lookin' forward to more.

Never had coworkers who played videogames when Kingdom Hearts all first started, Garwik was the one who was interested in it, I was sort of noncommital. I'd discovered Studio Ghibli in 1997 and was increasingly unimpressed with how cliche and uninspired Disney films seemed comparatively. I'd played a few Square games, but meh? Running around in the stupid derivative media Mouse worlds? For some reason I started playing it anyway, and Riku caught my attention as a character. Yah, yah, the tortured hero schtick.

And it's, what, 17 years later?

It's fun with the internet and social media now; to see everyone talking and sharing and making art and coming up with plot theories. You're all awesome.

I got a Riku hoodie for Xmas, maybe I'll wear it to work next week and see if anyone comments. A couple years back I had a Tevinter Imperium sweatshirt from Dragon Age 3 and one of the actors was like !!! and we both ignored work for five minutes talking about who we romanced, as you do. (DORIAN).

some of you haven’t been playing kh since 2002 and it shows

Umbrella Academy, Hamilton, Part 2

Sitting on the splash screen for Episode 1 while I'm settling in on the couch and I look up.

"Oh shit, is that the train station?"

Welcome to "The Capitol West Bank at Main and 6th," also known as Liuna Station off James Street North, now a banquet hall, but formerly the train station for Hamilton.

NERD TRIVIA TIME!!!

My first gig with IATSE was the film set for the first X-Men movie back in 2000. They filmed parts around here in 1998. Including the scenes inside the train station when Cyclops is trying to find Rogue and the baddies attack. Police cars blow up outside. Good times.

That was also filmed at this location.

BoTh SEriEs aRE aBOuT sUPeRhUMan KiDS iN a SpeCiAL scHOol!!1!1

Holy shit someone get that on IMDB trivia!

My world is colour and plastic...

Gearing up for a new season, and that means fresh new gels for all the lights! Welcome to my life for the last four days.

So many rectangles...