Suicide Squad Harley Quinn

Yes, it's a little late to give a review about a comic that came out in September, but who asked you?
*insert rude hand sign here* (cue monocle drop and smash)

Anyway.. I've got mixed feelings. I've always had mixed feelings, it's part of being both a Libra and a psycho. Sometimes it does come in handy. I've got half a mind in each direction, so when something inevitable happens I can turn around and say 'I half told you so!'

This of course, doesn't make me many friends... which brings me back to comics.

Suicide Squad #1 - part of the new DC 52.

Cos We're Cosplaying Around!

Some of my recent adventures have involved costumes. ...Most of my recent costumes were worn on adventures.. Hmm, let me try again. People I know often don't recognise me because I tend to go out wearing crazy things. Most of them aren't really on purpose, it's just what I wear.

My workplace threw a Western style event and I had a lot of fun dressing up for that and I'm really looking forward to some upcoming Halloween events. It's nice when I get people asking me where I get/how I make my costumes, or if they can borrow one of them for their own parties. It's even nicer when people who I know are a lot more confident than I am in several ways - admire me because I can go out in public the way I do.

One of the highest compliments I've ever had was from an actress friend of mine. She said she wished she could dress like me. It's what she does for a living, but not something she could do in her spare time. It's just fun though, it's nice to be something or someone else for a day. I've just never grew out of the dressing up phase.

Jellyfish's Last Float

I haven't blogged for a while and I feel bad about it because there's just so much I have to let loose on teh internets and now I don't know where to start.

I guess I will by mentioning that we've been touched by two more close deaths.. the first one I will go into more detail on later because I just can't right now. The second, and much more recent was a co-worker of mine last Sunday. I heard about it because of random comments on Facebook and at first I thought 'holy crap, has he died?' quickly followed by 'No way, it must be some sort of in joke I'm not aware of.'
Then more and more comments and news swirled in and it became inescapable. Jellyfish had died. He was only a year older than me.

A Mortal Kombat Roast: Toasty!

Well, I seem to have misplaced myself. Where have I been? Yeah, small vacation to sort myself out, a buttload of assignments to successfully complete and then an actual vacation. By the way, I'm totally back.

More on those topics later - for now... Mortal Kombat 9!

Totally banned in Australia, but not from sale because I've heard tales of the many who have parted with their pennies to own it. So, I've seen some game play, not much but I thought I'd share my opinions on it. I haven't played a Mortal Kombat game properly because of my unreasonable trust of 3D game play and strange preference for Super Nintendo games.

I grew up with these games, and feasted on the bloodshed, storyline and interesting characters. So when my brother told me that he'd heard that this game had some strong ties to the older games, with some Back to the Future shizzle going on I was very interested.

However.. as awesome as the skull cam is.. man is it annoying to watch the same footage of internal damages, the screaming, and then the victim getting back on their feet after two seconds of hemorrhaging declaring that they're fine. What?! All that damage for nothing?! Stay down and shut up, damn it!

The women's clothing - no surprises here. They suck. I'm not just saying that because I'm sick of looking at gravity defying fake boobies.. but because it honestly grates on my nerves. Let's have a look at Sonya Blade. Once a great soldier, now she's wearing a painted on suit, including an army vest and dog tags.. with no bra. With no bra. No bra? What? Obviously there are no women working on the design team and/or it's entirely filled will blokes who like to wear burlap sacks around their privates and think everyone else should join them in a world of pain, scratching and disgusting habits.

But it’s not just that.. it’s that these women are given less and less clothing with each new game, while the men get more layers and more weapons. I mean sure, no one really wants to see Shao Kahn in a loin cloth but it did add a touch of realism. I look at these outfits and I want to SCREAM! Unless you’re made of Superman/Supergirl, you should really cover your soft underbelly unless like Mileena, you find being covered in your own blood and entrails damn hot.

Part of me would like to suggest that going out into the arena like this is saying to your opponent – ‘Hey, nice blades, but I don’t fear you enough to wear armour.’ The smarter part of me knows that no one thought about the women this way, and they’re only almost naked because it sells. This makes me sad and violent. Is it too much to ask for a few realistic characters?

Zombie Liu Kang, sure. Multi-limbed beings of terror, yes please. Trees that talk back, why not? Time travel – of course. All of this is believable.. I’m not asking for three dimensional characters and things that make sense. I’m asking for at least one fucking woman character that looks battle appropriate. If you wouldn’t wear that into a combat area, or zombie invasion or on a date with a being that eats souls.. DON’T MAKE ANYONE ELSE WEAR IT.

Now Kitana.. what’s with her hair? Why is it doing a Sindel? Sure, she’s her daughter but still.. so annoying. Didn’t Jade used to have some sort of ethnicity?

It kinda bothers me that the Klassic Kostumes for Kitana and Jade are being called horrible granny swimsuits.. I have images of the future offspring of these commentators running around in g-strings and pasties at the beach, because anything that vaguely covers the buttocks is apparently so incredibly old fashioned that only surfing grandmas would wear them.

If I had to describe granny swimsuits, I’d probably refer to the modest 1920’s bathing suits as I haven’t really seen many geriatrics at the beach lately. Although having said that, with many women having children younger, grannies aren’t as old as they stereotypically are anymore.

Mortal Kombat’s newest release has not performed an amazing fatality over my Super Nintendo games but it has killed a part of my love for it. I’m just not as interested as I used to be, even though I like the new features, and the beautiful graphics and all that. Although the battle realistic damage to the clothes seems to have a glitch in that it only seems to affect the women’s outfits around the privates. I’m sure they’ll get right on to fixing that very soon.

I’m a girl who loves sex, adores fighting and encourages blood thirsty battles, but it hurts the few feelings I have to know that the makers of MK don’t consider me their target audience at all and continue to pander to fanboys. It’s not doing them any favours either, fanboys and girls hardly get respect as it is.  

It would be nice to have a game that didn’t make me feel like I’ve just wandered into the dirty video section of the rental store. It would be nice to have a fighting game where it’s about fighting, not just supermodels and thugs. Don’t we have enough sex and violence going on? Aren’t there enough sexed up parodies of females in military/combat roles?

Final word: You’re all soft for having the walk throughs teaching you how to do fatalities lol

I Thought it Was Supposed to be 'Clucky', Not 'Woofy?'

So, the other day I'm on FaceBook and I notice that several peoples and friends have written on my buddy Jambo's plank. Um, wall. (I use Pirate language. There is no other way to live.)
WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE AND WHY SHOULD I CARE?!?!

I still don't know the answer to any of those questions, but what made me curious was that most of them were writing things like 'Congratulations!' or 'I'm so happy for you!'
Which made me wonder if said fairly new weds were perhaps knocked up?

I do try not to think about them doing it, I really try. If indeed there was a bouncing baby blight on the way though, I figured I should write something too. People seem to expect that. (Congratulations! You found out the secret to procreation! Humankind owes it's existence to *you!*)

Train Spotting AKA The Light at the End of the Tunnel

Today I'm writing about this article on a boy that got hit by a train.

footage-released-of-boy-being-hit-by-train Via NineMSN 15:30 AEST Fri Aug 26 2011

When I first read that title I was like, 'no way are they going to show some kid getting killed!' Of course, they didn't. The lucky ass kid survived. I hope he didn't lose too many brain cells because frankly, he needs them.
Obviously I'm not sitting in my chair gleefully rubbing my hands together at the prospect of people getting hit by trains, but at the risk of 'victim blaming' I'm still going to say that if you run over train tracks, you're kind of asking for it.

So Sexy It Huuurts...

Okay, I have a very dirty mind. I had to put one of my friends on the 'show less' pile - lovely friend but I really needed to see other updates apart from hers - so I go off to check what she's been up to. She's a fan of a FaceBook group named 'A parents sex life' (sic)

I have nothing against this site. It could very well be the first page I've seen in a buttload's time that isn't filled with spam or those annoying 'here's another page you should like. Like, like for a like?' Damn, I hate those. So I'm looking at the wall and I see.. NAUGHTY MAD-LIBS!!!

Only problem is, everyone else who is posting is being too shy to say what they really think. I'm brave enough to do it though.

Kitty, Kitty, Quite Contrary... Where did your ears go?

There is more to being Catwoman than having cat ears. That said, you do kind of expect it. Otherwise, why not call yourself Burglar Woman? Thief Girl? Theft Lady? Selina Kyle is a cat person, owning enough to prompt a change of name to CatLady as well as donating to and acting on their best interests let alone dressing like a cat.
Then of course she IS a cat burglar.

When I decided to grace the world with my presence this fine morning, I was confronted with an uproar about Catwoman's apparent lack of ears. Alrighty then. There's always so much drama about the female stars in these movies. Firstly everyone whined that Anne Hathaway surely could NOT be playing teh Catwomans! People wondered if she would be sexy enough. Now it's all about the ears.

Suicide Squad Madness

I'm in a totally Harley Quinn mood right now - I just finished framing all of my photos and unique artwork of her. That's not too bad, considering my hectic schedule of.... of..... huh. I'll get back to you on that.
Anyway, I won't get the next Arkham City until tomorrow, Sirens won't be out for a bit and I've just read Batman: Streets of Gotham/House of Hush (.. boy, try saying that a few times fast) which featured a few references to Harley, namely her hair colour.

Oh, I enjoyed the Jenny Duffy story a lot but for someone who has the appearance of awesomeness, she sure rags on Harley a lot. I mean, really? You're an Alice in Wonderland knock off, dearie. This graphic novel is still in the Gotham City Sirens time frame because Selina is having sleeping troubles. Namely when Harley Quinn tries to kill her. Turns out she's sleepwalking. Kind of. Bedbugs!!

Ick! 'Don't blame my kitties!' Selina mews. 'It's probably her hyenas!'
I'm sure her hyenas ate the damn cats like they did the dogs. Typical cat people and their weird priorities. Not the hyenas? Try a new villain named Bedbug! .....Eew... Still, could have taken a leaf out of Bat-mite's book name-wise. Be grateful.

Facebook 30 Days of Confessions

Day 1; Your biggest fear.
People pawing through my stuff after I pass away and thinking 'what was this girl's damage? Look at all this crap!!' Which is a long version of saying I'm afraid of being completely misunderstood, I guess.

Day 2; Worst nightmare.
Well, I have a lot of random nightmares. One that sticks out and left me shaking when I woke up was one where I was lost in a bazaar filled with horrible torture devices and disgusting objects that no one else seemed to notice. I came across someone I knew vaguely, and when their friend said something about us I went to go pat them on the back as an apology and they were paper thin. I felt like I could destroy them without even trying or meaning to. I probably should have listened to that dream as it turned out to be quite predictive. 
 
Day 3; Something you wish you could forget.
My past failures. It would be nice to forget them, but you do learn so much from them as well so it's important to remember the lesson more than the actual failure.

Day 4; Best dream.
If only it were that simple. I do not dream. I watch sagas unfold while I sleep.

Gotham City Sirens #25

                                                  A Sister's Betrayal!/FRIENDS part three

After what seemed like a year, my partner and I went comic shopping. I was hoping to pick up the next Arkham City but apparently that's been postponed another week or so. How does that keep happening? Is the Arkham City comic licenced by DC Direct? Oh well, at least I got the latest Sirens.

Now I'd seen the cover before I bought the issue, but a few things bothered me about it. I mean, it makes enough sense - Harley and Ivy wanting revenge on Catwoman. Although, the words 'sister's betrayal' and the fact that one of Catwoman's eyes look like her sister Maggie's when she got all church demon-crazy made me think that they were going to tie Maggie all up in this somehow.

That said, it's a great cover. Harley Quinn being the more obvious threat, wielding her spike and nail riddled hammer and Ivy lurking in the bushes. (fancy that) Catwoman is a bit stuck and I'm stuck wondering how low they're going to have her zipper until they finally answer the question of if she's wearing a bra or not. Of course, her breasts are far less dangerous than they were in the purple painted on spandex era but that doesn't make this question any less relevant.

Batman: Arkham City #3

Choosing Sides

Awesome, visually appealing cover. The tear stained mascara seems to be a hot thing for Harley Quinn now but hey, at least she makes it work. The black dye of one of her pigtails looks chlorine pool green, but I can over look that.

So the comic opens on a security van zooming through the streets of Arkham City before the grand opening. Or is that closing? Anyway, random thug provides some commentary from the street corners and I think to myself, damn it, Batman, get a job!

Well, apparently he's looking for one and both the Joker and Penguin are offering! The Joker-coaster from the game trailer is explained here as a sort of informal interview. Where Joker gets the time and tools required to make all these themed death traps is beyond me. Moving on. Bat-thug makes an excellent leap of faith and find out that the second interview is a little more personal.

Little Miss Springfield

Today's hot topic - child beauty pageants.

There may be some that will disagree with me on this but I can't help but think that any kind of beauty pageant is an oxymoron, let alone moronic.

With the kids ones, I really do find it pretty sad. I hate seeing little kids on the street, at a birthday party or at dinner just whipping out their iPods, iPhones, DS and PSP or what have you and no one looks twice. It's not the kid's fault, they are the result of the super techno information generation after all.

It's just that when I was growing up, we had to look after what we got because if we broke our Super Nintendo, if the GameBoy went bust, you know, that was it. Maybe if we were lucky we might get a new one. If we were responsible, we could get our own mobile phone when we were old enough.

Now it's a bit like.. well, why look after your phone? It'll be obsolete in a few months anyway and you'll HAVE to get an upgrade so who cares? Instead of waiting until Christmas for a few new games, people will buy these youngsters all the games they want for any special occasion.

The Ancient Art of Karaoke

I love to sing. My sister has always been the openly musically gifted one but I have snuck out from behind the drum set and the percussion jungle to join the lead singer of the band, dude. Well, sort of.
My voice, in my opinion, has always been kind of... manly. Of course, I always used to say that about my shadow too. Obviously my opinions there and also my perspective are skewed in a self depreciating kind of way.

Impersonations are really fun to do but you should never really do this outside the home, unless you're going for laughs. The most common mistake when people start singing is that they try to sound like the artist. This is bad if you're going for someone like Mariah Carey, Britney Spears or Ke$ha. Of course, that's bad in the first place before you even start singing.

Failure to Communicate

There has actually been a little drama going on in my life! Well, it depends who you talk to. I'm not exactly a drama llama, I keep to myself and don't spoil for fights. Most people I'm not close friends with find it easy to ignore me. UNLESS!! Something I've said could relate to them in their past, present or future. Which is probably why I'm not a big fan of people.

General Scenario:
Lucky Tiger: ....and that's my view of our political situation.
Random: Uh huh.
Lucky Tiger: This is one lovely day we're having, isn't it?
Random: Mmmm.
Lucky Tiger: Oh crap, my head's on fire!!
Random: You don't say.
Lucky Tiger: Don't look now but *you're* head is on fire too!!
Random: OMFGWTFHALP!!!1!!!111!!!!
Lucky Tiger: Lolz JKs
Random: ....what?

The Unbloggable

Okay, it was my bad. Turns out my friend had loaded that damn profile application - which caused all the extra ads so I'm sorry Facebook. Facebook always looks different whenever I log onto it via computer so I attributed to that without thinking. However, having said that - I've been forcibly added to two more groups, had multiple service issues and Facebook never seems to want to notify me about anything anymore. This leaves me to stalk my own page like a lone, festering zombie.

Tigerey Updates

Well it's been a while since I've blogged, so sorry! I just haven't had much time to come on here for personal time. I do like that though, that I'm not glued to a computer 24/7. It's nice to actually live again - how we used to before all this.

I do use Facebook on my phone so when I come on the actual Internet and see weird things happening it disturbs me. There weren't enough ads on Facebook already? Hurray, let's chuck some more in, smack bang in the middle of your feed. Let's put some updates to the right side of the adverts that are usually there so you're more likely to click on the ads by accident. Let's give you the option to 'change layout' or 'remove layout' and then just chuck it right back on there a minute after you remove it.

Literary Fever

Because I often enjoy the agony and drawn out suspense of anticipating book/comic/statue releases, I am happy to announce that two books I need are coming out soon.
The first is Skulduggery Pleasant: The Death Bringer.

Whoop. Freakin' Whoop. I love this series! Yes, I do feel sort of bad when I walk into a book store to purchase it and find it in the youth if not children's section... but then I realise that it's a great book and children have great taste. Sometimes. Sometimes I cry when I watch children's programming. It's pretty crap and badly drawn compared to the awesome stuff we had. Poor bastards. *sniff*

Gotham City Sirens #24

'The Joke's on You!' / FRIENDS

This came around sooner than I thought. Perhaps I should just forget that Harley Quinn exists in the time that it takes for her new issues to come out. So far that seems to have worked this time, although I did have some nice shiny Harley Quinn statues and other models/figurines to distract myself with so I'll have to try that next time.


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Still, awesome cover. Harley is back to her gorgeous self, enveloped in bliss as she wraps her arms around her gun totin' Puddin'. Looming in the background is Clayface. Hi Clayface. Yes, the last issue did say he would cameo, but I figured if he made the cover he was going to have a pretty big part in the story but he didn't so I'm not sure what's going on there.

Transformers: Dark Side of the Review

It's not really a dark side. I just thought it would make my review sound cooler. Also, it rings in with the title of the new Transformers movie. My partner and I went and saw it last week - and as always we missed our Transformers partner, who is unavailable to watch any of the sequels but is perhaps glancing down at the reviews from heaven.

Immediately after watching this one, I realised I probably should have re-watched the first two before seeing this one. It was a nice, back to basics kind of movie but it was filled with little throwbacks and references to things I can't remember. Were those little 'Formers in the second movie? What's with the rabbit's foot again? Who am I and what am I doing here?!