Originally posted 6Nov 2004

I've been considering getting inked, but I keep having the same doubt that I've always had about it, and that's simply that I expect my tastes to change in ten years time. Yeah, I think the design is really cool (and it means a lot at the moment) but I have a strong feeling that I won't feel that way forever. Decisions!

I had another thought about music whilst I was proof-reading the entry I posted this morning. Something I really appreciate in a band is when they can deliver a CD that's not all one type of music. I think this is where my love for A Perfect Circle (and to a lesser extent bands like Incubus and Maroon 5) comes from. APC's Mer de Noms is a good example of how an album doesn't have to be full of identical tracks to be fucking brilliant. It flows from the hardcore base line and rifts of Judith to mellow, laid back stoner tunes like Rose and Brena, and it does it seamlessly.

That reminds me: Megalomaniac would be a fucking brilliant track to choreograph a fight too. The long intro leads into song really well, and the lulls that occur prior to the chorus would be great times for the opponents to catch their breath, hurl abuse etc. I think I've seen too many kung fu movies. Oh well.

Inspired Randomness:
Moments of Brilliance in Coreographed Fight Scenes (Hollywood) - Honorable Mention: The Matrix (1999).

Sacrificing himself to save Neo, whom he believes to be 'The One' (TM), Morpheous head-butts through a bathroom tile wall to take on Agent Smith, and proceeds to get an ass-whuppin'. His pretty much single moment of glory is when he half-cartwheels left on to one hand, raising his legs to chest height on the right of Agent Smith and delivers two quick kicks, before pushing back up to standing with his left hand. It's like some sort of psycho break dance move gone wrong. Unfortunately it's pretty much down hill from there - you know you're screwed when you break a porcelian toilet with your skull. (Coincidently, when Elle Driver, played by Daryl Hannah, repeats this in Kill Bill 2 as she thrashes around blind, it wasn't scripted. That's a real toilet, a real skull, and real breakage that occurs when they collide. Yeouch.)