Diary of an up and coming sociopath

Yesterday Ian and I fought off a barrage of flying ants, since the fabled day each summer when a swarm of ants descends upon the planet happened, and most in our kitchen, it seems. It was making it hard for us to cook, what with the ants covering our windowsill, so I applied some RAID liberally, with no respect for the accumulation of poisons in the food chain, and destroyed the ebony agents of satan. Here’s a photo. It’s pretty large, hence the link. On the same trip, I also discovered that after weeks of waiting, the potatoes I deposited at the end of the garden a few months ago have sprouted mighty potato plants. It’s pretty sad that I won’t be able to see them through to their eventual growth and removal from the ground, and maybe even consumption (though I wouldn’t eat anything planted around here) but I guess, in some way, maybe it’s a nice legacy to leave with the house. Potatoes that become moe and more unruly with each passing year.

Today I ran the musical spectrum from hip-hop to acoustic folk, having procured both the Public Enemy album, “It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back” and the Kings of Convenience album, “Riot On An Empty Street”. I’ve been after the Public Enemy album for a while, because plenty of my media heroes cite it as an influence in some manner. Whether or not they’re being genuine about that, I can’t say, but it piqued my interest enough to give it a listen. Considering it’s hip-hop, which is always hit and miss with me, it was remarkably listenable. “She Watch Channel Zero” is probably my favourite track at the moment, and not because of the title. I suspect it’s the fact that the backing track is a bit more like the kind of music I listen to, to be honest. Anyway, I’ve had a taste, so to speak, the next few weeks I can attempt to digest the album. On the other hand, the kings of convenience album is instantly accessible, mainly because it’s practically indistinguishable form their previous album. Which is no bad thing, since that was great anyway. Gloriously melancholic.

I finally saw The Hulk today. Turns out it’s actualyl quite bad. Worse than Daredevil, bad, and I consider myself quite a big fan of The Hulk character. I have to say, it’s definitely the worst Marvel film I’ve seen, from the new crop, though I haven’t seen The Punisher yet. There’s still time.

Something I haven’t mentioned which I think is quite funny, is that while Paul and Relly are on their honeymoon, Nikki and I are more or less in control of the easyworld site. I have to update a news page, should it be necessary, and Nikki moderates the messageboard. The temptation to abuse that power is quite large. I kind of think that with the source files, I could’ve figured out flash enough to update the flash news page, but I can’t blame Paul for wanting HTML updates. I certainly can’t fuck that up, where it’s entirely possible I could bring the walls of the flash site crashing to the ground. I did change the layout of the HTML page a little, though. Paul had to make it in something of a rush, so I assume he won’t mind. And if he does, I can announce his premature death on the new page. Ha!