Before I ramble on I feel I should announce Avatars #37.

So I watched 300 on DVD last night and there was a trailer that started with a scene of a chick dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood walking along a road at night. Then suddenly something you don't see attacks and she screams. It was for a movie called Trick 'r Treat. Never heard of it before, looks kinda corny, don't really care. Or so it would seem. My subconscious latches onto things I would least expect and draws them up in my dreams.
My dream took the startup to that trailer and turned it into a preview for a different (and infinitely more awesome) movie. Again, you see what appears to be Little Red Riding Hood walking alone at night. You see the eye then the face of a wolf in the dark. She looks uneasy. The wolf emerges and you see that it is a tall, lanky gray/blue werewolf. It leaps to attack her. Her look of fear is replaced with a smirk. She rolls to the side, pulls a machine gun out of her basket and starts firing! That's right! It was a Darkstalkers movie trailer!
Next thing we see is a lot of action scenes of various characters fighting. Dimitri played by um... don't know his real name... Agent Smith. (Looked surprisingly good for the role.) I think Felicia was Anne Hathaway. Hot. But in a cute way. Don't recall any other actors, (can't for the life of me put a name to the faces of Morrigan and Lilith) but Anakaris and the zombie-rocker dude looked cool. I can't wait to see that mov- oh, right, dream. Dammit.

It's strange. TV and movies have too much of a random effect on my dreams. A few weeks ago I had a dream where I forgot to pick up my co-worker in the morning and when he got to work two hours later he was right pissed. Next thing I know, he's got me on Judge Judy suing me for lost wages and pain and suffering for having to walk to work in minus 40 weather.

So anyway. I issue a call out to any movie studio. MAKE A DARKSTALKERS MOVIE! AND DON'T FORGET TO DO IT RIGHT!! BOTCHING THIS ONE WOULD BE A GRAVE ERROR!!!! THIS IS NOT A THREAT!!!!!!!

I often have the urge to call into work claiming to be too lethargic or apathetic to come in. Wouldn't it be great, though, to be in a position where you've given your notice and you already have a new job lined up or you have some reason that you don't care about burning bridges. I'd call in sick each day with progressively more absurd excuses.
"I can't come in, terrorists have me."
"I'm batman, and I was up all night fighting crime."
"A magic pixie told me that if I left the house the butterfly effect would cause a jet to crash on my parents' place, killing everyone within a twelve block radius. I don't believe him, but I'd rather not take the chance."
And so on.

Avatars #38 is up.

I don't remember the last time I was this sick. Had such a bad fever that I couldn't go to work monday or tuesday. I went to work yesterday but regretted it. And today my fever was back. I'm feeling okay now, but I'm taking it real easy.

That said, I had Tylor provide an Avatars Filler for the week. I hope you like it.

For the record, Pixies are not responsible for people getting sick. We apologize for implying that they are. Rather, we are sorry for leaving the impression that they might ALWAYS be responsible. They are mischievous little buggers who can and sometimes do make people sick but they want us to make sure people know that this is not their one forte. My illness last week was not the fault of a pixie or pixies. A pixie by the name of Naitara, however, was responsible for passing my sickness onto Janis.

Though Avatars this week is not a crappy filler, it is crappy. But please read it anyway.

For not having any real update, Mark sure said a lot this week.
I'll just say this. Read Avatars.

Oh, right, and the HMB section is up! Finally!
Okay, so that was Mark's doing. I guess he did have an update in a way. I'm sorry for slandering him. For calling him lazy. For taking advantage of his good nature. And for hitting him the next time I see him. What for, you ask? Ask him.