WHY I'M NOT LEONARDO DA VINCI
by Subhash Nair.
My BB gun wasn't working. So I dismantled it, and actually retooled it to arm itself when a paintbrush was pushed down the muzzle, just like an ancient musket.
It was all PERFECT.
Until the second test shot.
Boom.
It took a while, but I managed to get all 30 fragments of the firing mechanism and gun barrel. Hot damn. For a moment, I thought I'd be able to pull off an actual improvisation. I couldn't even make things with Lego as a child. Alas. Explosion. Thank no one that I didn't aim that thing at someone.
I also experienced my first REAL Christmas. I mean, the turkey, the gifts, the non-snow. Also the spirit of sharing. Hey, I didn't say I took part, I just watched, and was genuinely effected by all of it. Being in the right place at the right time with the right people also helped.
I also tried out the Wii for a good 3 hours. As interesting as the whole concept of motion tracking is, real gamers like sitting down and clicking buttons. Breaking a sweat is for the outdoors.
Assassin's Creed 2 is a semi beautiful game. It's perfect in almost everyway except for the unpolished story and bad close-up graphics. The first game was somehow more interesting. But It's a really good sequel. Best single player game of 2009.
Avatar, in my less than humble opinion was absolute rubbish. The 2 ways a person could enjoy Avatar is
1)by pretending it's more than what it is
2)by appreciating the effort put into it.
It's true, James Cameron and his gang of film-making-money-laden-technology-oozing-camera-wielding-Pocahontas-theme-plagiarizing people really poured their hearts into this. But to what end? The 'aliens' were simply Blue colored Red Indians(I mean their cultures were too similar for it to really be 'alien').
The graphics were top notch, but at 3 hours long, I'd much rather be asleep or out watching Zombieland.
Sherlock Holmes however was pretty darn impressive. Won't spoil it for ya, it's worth the watch.
This Christmas, everyone should send Batman a gift. Poor lonely guy.
p.s. Christmas does not suck. Mcdonalds sucks.
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