That Erie Feeling

For those who didn't know, I live in Pietermaritzburg. Sounds innocent enough doesn't it? Well some of the locals refer to it as Sleepy Hollow, and we all know the crazy shiz that went down in that place.

Exhibit A:

Like this, only not quite as awesome as Christoper Walken

Every now and then, we have to go to the Post Office at the local shopping centre to pick up... post. Now as normal and random as that might seem, it's not. After minutes of deliberation I've come to the conclusion that the entire area is situated in an ancient vortex known as the PENTACLE OF NOTHINGNESS. Seriously. Every time we go there my car's remote stops functioning. EVERY TIME. This leads to me looking like a car thief/idiot as I walk around the car, pressing the button like some compulsive idiot having just escaped from the nuthouse. Now the first time this happened I just thought that the batteries were flat, so I bought new ones, but like clockwork, the remote stopped working the moment I got to the shopping centre again, but started working as soon as I tried it anywhere else. So please, as a concerned citizen, I beg of you beware the PENTACLE OF NOTHINGNESS!!!

Exhibit E (for EVIL):

It could just be some radio interference, but I'm not taking any chances

In Retrospect

I'm currently trying to stave of a bit of writers blog (see what I did there?). Anyway, I was surfing around biding my time when I came across an image on Manofest. I've decided that should anyone, ever, ask me again what high school was like for me, I'd show them this picture:

In retrospect, I probably should have hanged out with the popular kids just a little bit more (Just for interest's sake, I'm not the guy on the right).

Vibrate Master 5000

So the other day, my newish (6 months old) aftermarket CPU cooler decided to make me crap myself in small increments when it unleashed it's fury on the rest of my PC by vibrating like a little rat in heat (Weird analogy, but if you've seen the little suckers vibrate you'd understand.) I was already saying goodbye to my HD4850 sitting underneath the hulking, vibrating monster.

Luckily my growing up in the 80's finally paid off and I was able to Macgyver the bastard. An instruction leaflet paid dearly. Hopefully I can guess the dosage of my meds the next time I need to take them...

Smack! Pow!

Ah, first post in Smack! Pow! This is a beta release. So please, bare with me as I figure out how to not let this blog look too much like vomit. First up: a shiny new logo/banner thing (I'll probably either change it in about a week's time, or leave it that way for ever, depending on my mood).

This will mainly be a blog about anything to do with visual media, be it illustrations, comics, film/video or even games (Yes, a stunningly developed game can be considered art, just like some games *cough* Bad Day L.A. *cough* can be considered random spurts of diarrhea). Basically anything that catches my interest or disgust. edit: (oh yeah, PC stuff too)

Thus, Smack! Pow! Version 1.337 is launched! (Sorry, couldn't help myself)