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I have many things to report. First and foremost: Maiden was awesome. Their set was a spaceship. Their setlist was excellent. Bruce did a lovely tribute to Dio. Dave was amazing.
Aforementioned setlist )

Hung out in Chicago for a while with Nate and Paul.  Nate and I went to see Jim Gannon in Milwaukee. He took us to a new brewery near his house. After that Nate drove me to Madison. I got to go drinking with Veronica, Jameson, and, later, Hartley. It was super fun. Then I returned to Chicago and saw Inception (finally) and Iron Man 2 (at the cheap theater). I found the first awesome and the second slightly more perplexing the second time around. I guess Vibranium is Stark tech now. Also, Howard Stark was in his late 40s when Tony was born. Also, the map at the end in the SHIELD outpost has something pinpointed in Scandinavia. Sites I've seen say it's around Germany and point to Red Skull, but I'm not too sure.

Continuing in this vein, there is troubling news from Comic Con. I'm really concerned. This looks awesome, no?
I'm seriously worried it's all going to fall apart.  Joss says it's going to be Ultimates (which follows with Sammy J Nick Fury), which makes me really unhappy from the beginning.  Also, they gotta stop replacing actors left and right after any little discretion (I know it's Sony that is the most guilty, but still).  Chris Evans, don't be disappointing. 
I just don't know.  I'm so worried. 
I'm almost too worried to be excited.
But Karl Urban getting cast as Judge Dredd gives me some hope.
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Chicago was fun. Hung out with Paul and his friends most of the time. Kate and Austin's shindig was fun, but I don't really feel like I totally spent time with anyone but Robert and maybe Ted. Waking up in that tiny hotel room was super confusing though. Didn't know where I was. Also, I was proud of myself for getting from Glen Ellyn to downtown and back again. At one point I was kinda nervous, but I looked down the train car and there were two guys reading the Axis & Allies rule book and another reading Battle Royale. Comforting.

Avatar 3-D IMAX success on Tuesday night. I felt a little sick near the beginning. Don't sit in the third row. Elizabeth and I saw Up in the Air last night, which was good. One day I should update my movie review blog.

Christmas was good. Got some neat stuff including the bag of holding from thinkgeek, a Degobah frog terrarium, a gift certificate to Anthropologie, Special Edition Star Trek Blu-ray, etc. Made a good Christmas mix. Christmas party went well enough. Most of us spent our time standing around talking and laughing it up in the kitchen. Christi's boyfriend is a riot. BJ put both of us in his ugly sweater. A certain member of our party got plastered out of her mind for the first time ever. Whee! Over all, though, it wasn't very Christmasy, except for gift giving.

Need to find a ride to New Years festivities tonight. Should probably get that sorted out.

The 2009 Review )

I have a D&D character to finish, a package to mail, and booze to buy.
Happy New Year!

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