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For the past couple weeks I’ve been thinking “shit, nothing’s been going on for me to write about here,” but then I realized I was just being lazy.  I mean, I haven’t really felt like writing a serious movie review, but there definitely has been some stuff worth mentioning, at least.

I saw Chromeo play at the House of Blues here in San Diego last week, which was awesome.  It happened to be P-Thugg’s birthday so they brought a cake out and sang for him.  Immediately after that they did a short Journey tribute.  Totally rad.  Here’s some video I took of it… sorry it sucks.

Later this month I’ll be seeing Radiohead and next month I’ll see Ratatat.  I can’t wait for those shows.

Before that was Comic Con.  My objective of not spending money was a devastating failure.  I bought Tachikoma, Fuchikoma, EVA-01, Paragoomba, and Bob-omb action figures, as well as 8 Samurai Executioner books and 2 Hellboy books.  Overall, the show was a laid-back experience.  We didn’t make a big effort to get there early on any day, and didn’t go to many panels.  The three panels I attended in full were Watchmen, Pixar, and Kevin Smith / Seth Rogen.  We tried to go see the Ghostbusters Game panel, but it was cancelled due to a “scheduling conflict” with the talent (aka Dan Aykroyd).  I also got some awesome t-shirts.  Among them are designs featuring Donkey Kong, Megaman, Watchmen, Ghostbusters, and Marathon.

Aside from that, I’ve gone to see some movies.  The highlight has to be the Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, which I’ve seen twice now (once in IMAX).  This was the Batman film I’ve always hoped for.  Heath Ledger steals the show and sets the tone of the movie.

Comic Con 2007

This year’s Comic Con was a vast improvement over last year’s. All four days sold out, so I was dreading the crowds, but it wasn’t nearly as packed as it was last year on Friday or Saturday, which were a nightmare.

Comic Con 2007 Acquisitions 1

Some of my acquisitions from the Con.

I actually didn’t buy any comics at the show this year, since I buy them so regularly now. Instead, I scoured the floor for Nintendo-related merchandise, and found a bunch of neat little figurines and such. Last year there were barely any, so I was very pleased. Oddly enough, Nintendo itself didn’t have a booth at all this year, besides the Pokemon TCG booth.

Read about movie previews and more after the jump.

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