As you can see I’m doing a top 10 of ‘09 list for movies because I saw a lot of them and I feel passionate about my choices. The trick of it is… I didn’t see all of them so really this is just the best of 2009 based on what some dude in New Jersey saw. Then again, aren’t all Best of lists a variation of that?

So without further handwringing…

Watchmen oozes cool. The end is so punk rock it makes me want to smash a TV with an actual rock in a show of solidarity. It deconstructs the American hero/superhero and exposes all the gooey messed up insides that compel them. Zack Snyder, auteur behind the extremely watchable 300, doesn’t so much adapt the subversive graphic novel for the screen as directly lift scenes from its pages and bring them crackling to life. The result is a mess but it’s a wonderful mess that I find myself increasingly eager to romp in again and again.

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No time for being coy!

At last the Inu, SHE LIVES!!!! While the pickings are still a bit slim, the WORKS and PROJECTS pages are now fully online thanks to Miss Sakura’s tireless efforts. First and foremost a big round of applause for our webmaster extraordinaire, Leisl “Sakura” Schrader!

But, boo, what does this mean for me, Joe Six Pack and my wife Sally Lunchpail?

Well  Joe & Sally, it means that at last you can check out the fun promo video I made on Last Group Sounds band The Captains, which I never had the chance to release during purple SKY’s run due to sound issues I only recently resolved with Leisl’s help. You can also see what projects I’m working on including the script for the first episode of YANBARUKUINA! a one shot comic I’m searching for collaborators on. This section will also be home to I LOVE ZOMBIES, my serial novel as well as links to my other projects like Yochien Ronin and F is for Film. Or how about buying one those stylish LIZARD MAN T-Shirts that are all the rage?

And of course, what you’ve all been asking me for….

The return of Centigrade-j’s massive translation archives.

You’ll notice that Dir en grey has been temporarily removed. There is a backstory here. I worked, like, 100 hours formatting for a new database based on a friend’s programming, and in the process of transfering from one format to the next I also rewrote hundreds of translations and corrected a LOT of mistakes. I also added romaji to every single song. Well, the database thing never panned out and was abandoned and I LOST ALL OF THE CHANGES. I can’t in good conscience put Dir en grey translations, especially, out there again without first sitting down to review the lyrics with a careful eye. I promise they will be back eventually.

Because Centigrade-j is still not in a searchable database new songs will first appear on my blog, and will be added to the Cent at a later date.

I don’t care what yo’ CHINESE ZODIAC says, this is going to be the YEAR OF THE DOG, werd.