Yet another round of "Mis-guess Ro's nationality" + Metal Gear

The other day I went down to Puffer's Pond to do a little swimming and sunning to make up for the fact that I had to miss our church picnic due to work on Sunday, and after I chickened out as far as the swimming part went (too cold!) I was going back to my stuff and this guy who was also up there asked me if I was French-Canadian, since I just had "that look" about me.

Buh? That's a new one. In retrospect, the funny part of that was that I was putting on my glasses at the same time, and they happen to be made in France. I replied something to the effect of "No, Irish," but it was still pretty weird. There were also the requisite obnoxious children and parents down there, but there was only one set. And now I don't look quite so pale on my legs, what with the Irish skin type of either looking like a ghost or a lobster, though I've managed the middle ground so far.

In other news, I stayed home today and beat Metal Gear Solid -- finally. I think I have a bit of a twitch in my thumb now from doing that, since I was playing for around 3 hours (with a few sanity breaks, stupid Liquid and his nigh-indestructible-ness) but I finished it! I also said "Aww..." out loud when Snake and Otacon tell each other their real names at the end.

And it looks like my chances of being rained out at work tomorrow have gone up from 50% to 80% if the most recent weather forecast is right. That's good, since it will mean less of a crunch when it comes to going to get whatever award they're giving me at the high school. I'm still wondering exactly what they're giving me, but hopefully it involves some monetary sum to help out with the next stage of my education, but we can only hope.

Playing movie catch-up

Dad and I decided to join a local video store up in North Amherst recently, and I've been catching up on the movies I've missed because I either haven't been willing to buy them on DVD (20 bucks or more a pop is a bit much for me at the moment) and the fact that I haven't been to the movies in quite some time, the only exception being Narnia last week with Mom. Since there have been a few I'll just do short notes and rections to not take up to much of my time or space:

Transformers: Nice big explosions and robot action, I felt like a dork when I said "Yay Starscream!" when he showed up. Felt slightly anti-climactic at the end. Wish I had Barricade's cop car.

Hot Fuzz: Funny as hell and a great spoof of the genre. Loved the use of running gags and their eventual payoff (one of which I'm still laughing about a week later), and thought the writing was bloody brilliant.

Casino Royale: Jesus Christ that man can survive anything! Loved how it subverted most of the cliches the genre helped establish in the first place (poor car, though), and though Bond may be pretty icy, I like him better that way. Noticed that there was more fanservice on Bond than the Bond-girls this time around.

Dress To Kill (Eddie Izzard): Cake or Death? And squirrels leaving the gas on. Also finally recognized him as the voice of Reepicheep in Narnia.

And that's all so far.