I managed to wake up early. I was afraid I wouldn't. The last couple mornings, I totally slept through the alarm. I don't know how that's possible since it plays music with increasing volume for an hour straight. I must be real tired these days. It's probably because of my new workout routine.
The reason I got up early was to watch Guardians of the Galaxy with my friends. Not a fan of waking up before noon. At least I squeezed in cereal. We didn't go to our usual theater at Century. We went to The Block, aka, The Outlets at Orange (terrible name). It was mostly out of consideration for our other friend, who lives five minutes away from AMC.
It was unusually packed for an early showing. The crowd was more expressive than I was used to. They laughed at everything. It almost felt like they were trying too hard. The movie was amusing, but I didn't think it was laugh out loud hilarious. I couldn't shake off how lazy the alien designs were. They were essentially human palette swaps. Where's all the tentacles and weird appendages? Thanos was the only guy who looked like a legit alien. Ronan was just a dude in body paint. He's a weak villain. I'd say he was post-twist Mandarin levels of lame.
I was waiting for things to kick into high gear but it never happened. It just kinda cruised. It's a good movie, but it lacked a defining moment. Things could've been tighter. Not bad for a first go around, but still room for improvement.
This was probably Vin Diesel's easiest paycheck ever. He only had one line, with one variation, where "I" became "we." Considering the level of modulation and post-processing on the voice, I don't know why they didn't just pull an everyday cartoon voice actor for the job. Hell, even I could do it.
I love the soundtrack. Sometimes, I wonder if the entire movie was just an excuse to play classics in a sci-fi setting. Especially, Ooh Child. I listened to that song nonstop after beating GTAV. I recognize and appreciate all the songs in the movie. It's my jam!
After the movie finished, we went to eat at In N Out. We broached a topic that was merely brought up earlier. It's finally happening. Not completely, but it's the first step. Following a series of events, we have reserved a three night stay in Vegas. I can't believe it. This is it--the dream.
One of things I'm worried about is the trip not living up to the hype. Vegas is one of those recurring topics that I always bring into the conversation because I want it, that definitive Vegas trip reminiscent of The Hangover. Okay, maybe not that intense, but somewhere in that ballpark.
For me, what it's really about is the chance to be different. This isn't about change. That happens at home during a long agonizing period of living. This is about instantaneous transformation. Into what? That's the question we have to ask ourselves. It just has to be something not entirely us--something different. This trip isn't so much about me than us. There's a lot I have to prepare for. I'm going to be doing things that I haven't tried before, but I'm doing it anyways. Because I need to know just how far I can get on my own.
You best prepare yourself.
When I got home, my friend and I played BF4. It started off standard, but there's this one map, Propaganda, that we keep losing on no matter our team composition. It's dumb because we always start on the same side of the map, and by all accounts, it's the losing side. We couldn't find a decent game with the maps we wanted so we jumped into a Metro 24/7 server. Our team dominated every round. It was boring until we got creative.
Initiate EOD bot shenanigans. Some of the kills I got were straight up ridiculous. Luckily, I recorded a bunch of good clips. After some fine tuning in SHAREfactory, you will get a glimpse of my mad genius. On the battlefield, he who improvises, wins. My friend started a new trend of setting a mortar in front of the elevator. He launches the shell directly into the ceiling, damaging anybody around. As soon as the elevator doors open, bam! He managed to get one kill with this method. Imagine my surprise when I go down the elevator in an EOD bot and find an enemy mortar doing the same thing. Bunch of copycats. Even my teammates were copying me.
You don't go 16-0 without a robot, bro.
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