Until a moment ago I had a Christmas song stuck in my head.  It just popped in there, like a tiny piece of Hell dislodged and buried itself in my brain.  It has now switched over to Stewie Griffin singing the “My Left Foot” song from whatever episode of Family Guy that’s in.  Moments like these make me question the supposed potential locked away in all our brains.  Perhaps, just perhaps, they really are little more than a collection of flawed meats. 

My DVDs came today.  One of them had broken teeth, but not so many that the disc can move around, so I’m not going to return it or anything.  These sets are the perfect price for DVD season sets.  $10 for about 13 episodes.  Less than a dollar per.  At this point I’ve learned not to factor in the special features on Cartoon Network DVDs, they suck with few exceptions. 

I woke up this morning with the theme from Magnum P.I. stuck in my head.  Your whole life takes on a different tone when you clearly hear that music playing, persistently, in the background.  I couldn’t help but imagine myself at the helm of a speedboat, while pushing my cart through Wal-Mart.  Its prow cutting across the crests of waves as it carried me towards values of questionable quality. 

I bought Zelda: The MinishCap when it came out.  I beat it 3 days ago.  It took me this long because there are things about that game that I find extremely annoying.  It’s not a bad game, but a lot of little things ruin the game on average.  I am extremely pleased that I never have to think about Minish Cap ever again.  The best thing about Minish Cap is that it is mercifully short.  If I had realized how close to being done I was I would have pushed through it and got busy forgetting it sooner.

I think I’m going to try and finish Megaman Battle Network 6 now.  I got distracted when it came out and only got a little way into it.  I know I’ll enjoy it though.  I was already enjoying it when I stopped playing all those years ago.  I’ve kinda held off on finishing it because I know 6 ends the series and that’s a shame because I also know that what it evolves into is a pale imitation of Battlenet. 

I was tentatively excited when I heard that Capcom was producing a port of Dead Rising for the Wii. Dead Rising almost convinced me to buy a 360 back when it came out, but I was strong and remained 360 free. Now there’s no chance that I’d be able to get one, so I’m cautiously awaiting the likely stripped down version Capcom presents Nintendo. Capcom has been good to me in the past. Even with the limited powers of the Wii I expect a zombie stomping good time.

When I was little I used to have nightmares about nuclear holocaust. It was pretty constant for years and years. I don’t know when it happened, but eventually I stopped having those dreams and started having zombie apocalypse dreams. My guess is that the switch happened after the first time I played Resident Evil. Thing is, I actually had a pretty good time in the zombie dreams. They weren’t unlike being part of a really good zombie movie. I have them with the same frequency as I used to have the nuclear disaster dreams, but they don’t bother me. I remember many of them, and record them from time to time. At some point maybe I’ll write a book based on them.

Okay, also, since it’s October now, I’m having a contest.  It may fail miserably, but that’s hardly enough to stop me.  (The comic is proof enough of that.)  The contest is simple.  Try to look like a character from Between Failures.  Feel free to enlist people you know to help if you know someone who reminds you of a cast member.  Who ever looks the most like who they tried to emulate gets a drawing, on real paper, which I hardly ever do.  You can email me the results, post them in the forum, or whatever.  If you’re successful in any way you shouldn’t have to tell me who you’re dressed as.  And to keep you from cheating you, or who ever you enlist to help you, have to be holding a note that says “I love baby ducks.” on it.  XD 

Edit:  I’ma accept submissions till October 31.  The winrar will be revealed on November 4th.