Capes

I see capes as a fashion trend in a lot of superhero wardrobes, and I find myself wondering, why? They don't look that comfy, they can't possibly be that useful, and they tend to look less aerodynamic. My favorite example of this was displayed in the Pixar movie, The Incredibles, when the costume designer is explaining problems with Capes. The scene is below for your viewing pleasure. I'm getting pretty fancy, eh? adding links and such.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M68ndaZSKa8
Anyway, the only other appearance of capes is on old school vampires and villains. Dracula and the Count from Sesame Street have been rocking it for years, and watch just about any Disney movie to see a lurker in a cape like get-up trying to stab the hero and steal a princess. Just saying. As for me, I guess I can't talk because I'm wearing a cape in my profile picture. Anyway, until next time.
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Captain Obvious

Success

When you feel it it's great. It comes from accomplishment, acknowledgment, and acceptance. For me, it's not necessarily when you win something, but when you finish something, that the feelings of success blossom into a beautiful bouquet of achievement. Starting things is easy, but seeing it through to the very end takes a lot more than a simple notion. I've started countless things that never saw an end, including books, art projects, video games, Risk, movies, sentences, etc. So when something gets finished, that's cause for celebration.

Success is that little pat on the back, that story you tell your grandchildren about, that moment where you want to lift your arms up like the boxing champion of the world and wear a golden belt far too big to fit in your belt loops for a few moments, then stash it on your mantle for party guests to gawk at. It can be defined, in some methods, by the amount of money or by the items you have to show for your endeavor after, but it's mostly a feeling, and as such varies from person to person. If you don't feel successful every day, start doing something about it. it's all up to you.
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Superhero: The Musical

Perhaps you didn't hear about the schism (<--not all together sure what that word means) that is Spiderman the musical. It was this elaborate production that had everything going for it.The rights to Stan Lee's character, original music by Bono, and 65 million dollars invested in it. Then came the accidents. Four of them I believe (will check facts later. On tight schedule), and with these accidents came delays, lawsuits, and controversy. During this time I garnered the inspiration to make my own musical. Originally it was to be Batman the musical, as a direct joke at the web-slingers failed attempts to become the web-singer. But then even more brilliantly I created a new character named Street Rat. Street Rat has no powers and beats people up with a broom. I'll give you more teasers as the project comes together, but right now I'm having second thoughts about his side kicks name. Right now his name is Mosquito Man, which isn't half bad, but maybe there's a better option? Give me your opinion on a name, or if you think Mosquito Man should stick around. Til next time.

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Captain Obvious

Tetris

The simple formula of keeping blocks from stacking too high is as addicting as hard core drugs, maybe more so. It's not like you can beat the game, only keep working on a better score and getting to a higher level. I can play for over an hour straight without any regrets and still want to play more. As the blocks speed up and become harder to manage your mind kicks into overdrive and your fingers move as fast as lighting. One slip up and your back to level 1. I've had periods where I actually started playing Tetris in my mind. That can't be healthy. My strategy usually relies on getting some of those long pointy rods to fill in the sides, and when they are sparse my score suffers. I hate those zig zaggy ones that look like z's, you know the ones I'm talking about, because they throw off everything! Big red blocks are tough to work with too when you don't have a flat space to put them. I really like the L shaped ones for whatever reason. But, alas, all this talk fills me with a strange need to play a match. Later.

(If you want to play one too, this is the site I always use http://www.tetrislive.com/)
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Captain Obvious

New Year Resolutions

They usually don't last, and are related in some way to weight loss but I've got a better one in mind. Back to blogging!!! I have missed it, and come to find that others have missed it as well, so let's try again. My idea is to post two entries a week (subject to change) but one would be about something random, and the other would be related to superheroes. I'm pretty good at those ones and they garner the most attention. If I lay out a schedule like this I hope that I will stick to it. AND if you enjoy my blog posts and I fall through please call me out on it! If I feel that someone is reading these I'll try a lot harder to get them out there. That's the dealio. Welcome back to the mind of Captain Obvious.
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Captain Obvious

Text Talk

I guess that's what they call it when you put letters together to represent words, but IDK if it has a real terminology connected to it. But OMG I can't stand the text talk. It's like we're taking a huge piss on the English language. KK I might be overreacting, but I really don't like how people BRB and ROFL in conversations like it's proper. I think my favorite one is LQTM, which means Laugh Quietly To Myself. Comedian Demetri Martin taught me that. Other than that I've had none too positive relations with text talk. I did at one point try to make my own little anagram texty thing for a way people were feeling at a current time. It ended up horribly, but I'll let you read it anyway and see if you LOL. It was Pissed Of Right Now, and I'll let you put the letters together. Anyway this has been fun but I have to say GB. Captain Obvious FTW!
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Captain Obvious

Airplanes

Well it's been awhile. No excuse really, I'm just incredibly lazy. In the meantime lets talk about airplanes. The mechanics themselves are amazing and the fact that we, humans, can fly en masse to another state or country in a matter of hours is truly remarkable. Airplanes bring to mind the Wright Brothers, Amelia Earhart, and the Tom Hanks movie Terminal. Though the Wright bros. are accredited with the creation of the first air craft, Leonardo Da Vinci's sketches illustrate an entire laid out plan for how to create a flying machine. Perhaps you've seen this:

I'm not much of a history buff but I did catch some ridiculous show called Creating Da Vinci or something of that nature where a group of modern technicians try to create the mechanisms from Da Vinci's recovered sketches. Best get off this tangent. Back to planes. Planes are famous in people's minds for crashes and security. No need to bring up the 9/11 event, or any other one for that matter but when you're that high up all I can think about is everything that might go wrong. Not crashing into a building either, but being like Tom Hanks Cast Away (what is with all the Tom Hanks references?) and forced to live on some stranded island all alone. I don't think I could handle the sand being in my shoes for all that time. As for security it's infamous around the country. The things that we can and can't bring on planes nowadays is a bit ridiculous. Here's a look at some of the fun things airports take.

I don't know if you can make all of that out but I see sunscreen, a wrench, what looks like a yo-yo, and scissors. I understand the scissors but some of that stuff just makes you go really? Flying, in short, is cool. Never been on a hang glider, rocket ship, jet pack, helicopter, parachute, dragon, giant bird, human kite, blimp, hot air balloon, or other flying machine besides an airplane so I reckon it's the best way to get around and it's the only one I can speak on, but I do think it's an amazing invention. If only we could figure out how to deal with our ears popping...
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Captain Obvious